Chapter 707: Imperial Edict, Duan Yu, receive the edict! 【1】

Duan Yu, having turned around, looked at Zhu Jun.

His gaze gradually became cold and stern.

That trace of a smile from just now was now more like the calm before a storm.

Therefore, when Duan Yu looked at Zhu Jun with a cold gaze, the surrounding air seemed to go quiet.

"Zhu Gongwei." Duan Yu took back the sword from Qu Yi's hand and then slowly sheathed it, saying:

"This General respects you for your past merits in suppressing rebellions in Jiaozhou, and calls you Right Colonel of the Gentlemen of the Household, but that does not mean you can be arrogant here with me."

"My people, Duan Yu's people, need you to discipline them?"

"This kind of thing today, there is only one time."

"If there is a next time."

Duan Yu turned his head and looked at Sun Jian, who was being carried out, and said: "If there is a next time, the person lying there will not be him."

"Remember, this is not a piece of advice, but... a warning!"

Duan Yu's gaze swept over Zhu Jun, Wang Yun, and Huangfu Song one by one.

Handan Shang, standing in the hall, was already drenched in cold sweat on his back.

Overbearing.

This Duan Yu was too overbearing.

He had never dreamed that Duan Yu would use such a method to give Zhu Jun a huge show of force on the spot.

Right in front of Zhu Jun, he had directly crippled Zhu Jun's subordinate general.

Of course, there was also that formidable martial strength.

Handan Shang had heard of Duan Yu's name before.

This was Yingchuan, the center of the world's scholar-clans.

And it was close to Luoyang.

The name of Duan Yu as a tiger general of the age had long since spread throughout Yingchuan.

But before, he had only heard of it.

Handan Shang had originally thought that "tiger general of the age" referred to Duan Yu's ability to lead troops.

He didn't expect...

That he was such a tiger general of the age.

This martial strength.

One punch.

With one punch, he had sent a living person wearing armor flying several meters away.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Handan Shang would never have believed it.

And likewise, Zhu Jun, who saw this scene, had nothing but surprise in his eyes, in addition to anger.

Zhu Jun naturally knew how much ability Sun Jian had.

Known as the Tiger of Jiangdong, he had once, with his own strength, chased and hacked dozens of bandits with a sword.

Yet in front of Duan Yu, he couldn't even last one round.

Zhu Jun's gaze did not leave Duan Yu, his teeth clenched, his eyes angry: "Duan Yu... this behavior of yours, this General will definitely submit a memorial to impeach you."

Zhu Jun bowed toward the position of the Little Huangmen Zuo Feng and said: "In front of the Son of Heaven, there will naturally be a fair judgment!"

Duan Yu did not respond, letting Zhu Jun continue to speak.

Zhu Jun turned his head to look at Wang Yun, and Wang Yun, who was sitting in his seat without moving, nodded.

Subsequently, Zhu Jun spoke to the Little Huangmen Zuo Feng: "Regarding the matter by the Xun River yesterday, who is right and who is wrong is still hard to say!"

"But Duan Yu, His Majesty ordered you to lead troops to suppress the rebels, yet you have not appeared for over a month since coming from Luoyang."

"What is your intention in this?"

Zhu Jun said with his eyes wide open: "The Left Colonel of the Gentlemen of the Household was trapped in Changshe, and it was our combined efforts that broke the rebels and drove Bo Cai's remnants to the Xun River."

"You had your subordinates ambush on the west bank of the Xun River to reap the rewards of the fisherman; such conduct is despised by the world!"

"And now you have the nerve to say that my subordinate Sun Jian was snatching credit?"

"It is clear that you had people monitoring us in advance, preparing to intercept the primary credit for breaking the rebels halfway, and to kill Bo Cai to monopolize the credit!"

Zhu Jun's voice was deep and loud, and his angry shout echoed throughout the entire hall.

Qu Yi, standing beside Duan Yu, looked at Zhu Jun with bloodshot eyes.

Duan Yu could see that Qu Yi wanted to speak.

So he patted Qu Yi on the shoulder and said: "You go out first; rest assured, it is your credit, no one can snatch it away."

"I will handle things here for you."

Qu Yi nodded vigorously, then bowed to Duan Yu and said: "Understood!"

With that scene just now, Duan Yu had already proven everything with practical actions.

Qu Yi had also firmly chosen Duan Yu; his original choice had not been wrong at all.

If it were someone else, Qu Yi did not believe anyone could do better than Duan Yu.

"Are you finished?"

After Qu Yi walked out of the hall, Duan Yu turned his gaze to Zhu Jun.

Zhu Jun snorted coldly, turned his head, and bowed toward Zuo Feng: "Eunuch Zuo, every word I, Zhu Jun, have said is the truth."

"I ask Eunuch Zuo to report this to the Son of Heaven."

Sitting in the head seat, Zuo Feng, wearing a bright red robe, was holding the teacup with his thumb, index finger, and ring finger.

Upon hearing Zhu Jun's words, Zuo Feng raised his head, his long, narrow eyes sweeping over Zhu Jun.

"General Zhu." Zuo Feng said with narrowed eyes: "If we were in the Imperial Palace, you could call me Eunuch Zuo, and I would not take issue with it."

"But now that we are outside the Imperial Palace, and I have come with His Majesty's Imperial Edict, what should you call me?"

Zhu Jun's expression suddenly stiffened.

Wang Yun, who was kneeling above Zhu Jun, stood up immediately.

When it comes to marching and fighting, Zhu Jun might be proficient.

But when it comes to debate and schemes, Wang Yun had already seen that Zhu Jun was far behind Duan Yu.

Furthermore, this Little Huangmen Zuo Feng was a person from the palace.

To put it bluntly, if he wasn't a person of Zhang Rang or Zhao Zhong, he was a person of the Son of Heaven.

Naturally, he would lean toward Duan Yu.

If they were to be caught in a loophole by Zuo Feng at this time.

It was very likely they would be countered.

Plus, Zuo Feng had not accepted their gifts just now; they were already very passive at this moment.

Wang Yun knew he had to stand up.

"Angel, please calm your anger."

Wang Yun, dressed in black official robes, bowed to Zuo Feng and said: "The Right Colonel of the Gentlemen of the Household was just anxious for a moment."

"But every word is the truth."

"Angel, you may not know that just the day before yesterday, the Right Colonel of the Gentlemen of the Household, the Left Colonel of the Gentlemen of the Household, and I, the three of us, combined our efforts to rout Bo Cai's army outside Changshe."

"However, it is not strange that the Angel does not know, as we have not yet submitted the battle report." ===== CHAPTER 709 =====