Chapter 527: Trade-offs, Transformation! [5]

Duan Yu pinched the maid Lian'er's chin with one hand and took the hangover soup from her hands with the other.

The letter sent by Liu Bai Tu from Jizhou said that Niu Yaodi and Dong Huang intended to harm him, but the specific method was not clear.

However, this was not hard to guess.

Although Niu Fu's family came from the Didao Niu clan and had once followed General Ma Yuan, they had long since declined.

Trying to use force was simply unrealistic.

Therefore, it could only be some other means in secret.

Assassination…

Duan Yu hadn't considered it.

His martial arts value was probably known to everyone in the world by now.

Relying on assassination was not reliable.

Then there weren't many methods left.

But this maid named Lian'er.

From the moment Duan Yu stepped into this room, he had noticed some things that were not quite right.

Actions, eyes, behavior…

Analyzing it this way, it wasn't hard to get the result.

Niu Yaodi, as Dong Zhuo's daughter-in-law, had been in the Dong clan for so many years and also had an affair with Dong Huang.

It wasn't strange for her to have some secret agents or confidants in the Dong clan.

It wasn't strange that she could get together with Dong Huang, help Dong Huang with schemes, and also be the daughter of the Niu clan and the sister of Niu Fu, and do something.

"Let me guess." Duan Yu looked at the maid in front of him with a playful look.

"What promise did Niu Yaodi give you?"

"Is it because you have a younger sister or brother serving as a slave in this fortified manor, or parents who are critically ill at home, or perhaps, is your entire family in this fortified manor?"

"Is she threatening you with their lives?"

With Duan Yu's words, the maid Lian'er's eyes became even more panicked, and she shook her head vigorously.

However, Duan Yu's hand was very strong, so Lian'er couldn't break free at all.

"Shitou, Hunu."

Duan Yu called out.

Outside the door, Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu rushed into the room, pressing the hilts of their swords.

When they saw the scene in the room, they understood what was happening.

Duan Yu handed the bowl of hangover soup to the two.

He then frowned and said, "Go, bring Dong Huang's father and Dong Min here. Additionally, arrest everyone in the fortified manor who has any connection to this maid; do not let a single one go."

"Also, go outside the fortified manor and notify Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu to immediately lead troops to Didao and arrest all the direct kin of the Niu clan; do not let a single one go!"

Hearing Duan Yu's order, the maid named Lian'er was instantly panicked.

"General… General… it has nothing to do with them, it has nothing to do with my family, General, I will speak…"

Duan Yu narrowed his eyes and released the maid Lian'er's chin.

The maid Lian'er, who had no strength left in her body, collapsed directly on the ground.

"It was the Lady…"

"It was the Lady. She said… she said if I didn't obey, she would kill my whole family…"

"If I obeyed, only I would die, and my family could leave Liangzhou…"

Duan Yu sneered.

Only naive people would believe such words.

Die one, live the whole family?

How could powerful clans leave behind trouble?

If someone had to die, it would definitely be the whole family together.

Duan Yu looked at Lian'er, who could be said to be very pretty.

To say he had no pity would be a lie.

But pity was pity.

If he let this maid go today,

then tomorrow, the day after, and in the future, such things would keep happening.

Pitiful people… must have something hateful about them.

Duan Yu shook his head.

He wasn't shaking his head out of pity for the maid in front of him, but shaking his head for the pity that still remained in his heart.

Before long, Dong Zhuo, who had just been about to lie down, and his brother Dong Min arrived at Duan Yu's room.

Duan Yu didn't immediately give the order to kill.

This matter had to be completely resolved through Dong Zhuo.

After all, Dong Zhuo was his father-in-law.

And if he killed this little maid now, it would be dead without proof.

"Take them away, keep them under strict guard. Also, send a letter back to Jixian; don't take any action until I return."

"Notify Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu that no one of the Niu clan can be let go."

"Also, send someone to Hedong Commandery to inform my father-in-law of this matter."

Duan Yu issued a series of orders.

Two days later.

Now, Niu Yaodi was even pregnant with Dong Huang's child.

Although this behavior might make the Dong family feel that he was distancing himself from them,

Duan Yu still had to do what he had to do.

As his forces grew larger and larger,

there would be more and more people around him in the future.

As long as there are people, there will be desires, and there will be disputes.