I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 162 Furious Yuan Shu
The unarmed students did not have such strong military force, and they had no preparation or organization beforehand. Their scattered and guerrilla-like boxing could still put up a little resistance, but if the officials and slaves of Zhongdu really wanted to take action, the students would be quickly defeated.

Seven student leaders were arrested, more than a hundred students were beaten and injured, and three were seriously injured and lay on the ground, with widespread wailing.

Duan Xing successfully captured the man. The students suffered heavy losses and were outraged. They could not accept this situation at all and decided to launch a counterattack.

How to do it?

They surrounded the Sili Xiaowei Mansion and put pressure on Duan Xing, demanding that he release the people, otherwise they would not withdraw the siege.

Moreover, having learned from the lesson of the previous failure, some brave students prepared weapons such as wooden swords and sticks this time, thinking that if Duan Yu attacked again, they would be able to fight back.

On August 17th of the first year of Xiping, more than a thousand mobilized Taixue students surrounded the Silixiaowei Mansion, making it impossible for anyone to get in or out. They demanded that Duan Xing release the people, otherwise they would not leave.

The students shouted slogans such as "evil and cunning are rampant" and "persecution of loyal and good people". The voices were getting louder and louder, which annoyed Duan Xing, who was interrogating seven student leaders in prison.

He was very angry because these seven student leaders refused to cooperate. After being severely tortured, these seven people refused to speak. They refused to confess their guilt and were unwilling to confess the so-called "mastermind". They even turned around and said that it was the eunuchs' own people who did it.

It was the first time that Duan Yu had seen someone from Kanto with such tough bones.

Of course, he had seen many people with tough bones. There were many such people on the battlefield in Liangzhou, but they all died later - killed by him.

When dealing with someone who is stubborn, he must kill him. No matter who it is, as long as he violates his interests or makes him angry, he will kill him.

So he really planned to kill one or two students to force the remaining students to tell the truth, but the students shouting outside really annoyed him.

In anger, he ordered the officials and slaves of Zhongdu to attack and drive away all these ignorant bastards from Kanto.

Interestingly, in order to more efficiently drive away the troublesome students, Duan Xing even used military tactics.

First, he arranged for someone to pretend to talk to the leaders of the students to attract their attention. Then he arranged two groups of 500 officials and slaves from Zhongdu to go around the rear and encircle the students.

The students of the Imperial Academy did not expect that Duan Xing would be so unethical. While they were still negotiating, he launched a shameless sneak attack.

The students were caught off guard.

The officials and slaves in Zhongdu waved their wooden swords and sticks and hit the students on the head, one after another, and once again, the students were beaten so hard that they screamed and cried. Soon they collapsed and fled in all directions.

In the second fight, more than 500 students were injured, six leaders were captured, and the student was completely defeated.

Duan Yu was very happy and didn't plan to kill anyone for the time being. He continued to torture these students. It was just that he hadn't kept up with the times, otherwise pepper spray, tiger benches and the like would have been used earlier.

But it’s not bad.

Things like shaving hair, shaving beards, burning the body with red-hot irons, whipping the body to leave bloody marks and then pouring salt water on the body.

People are despicable creatures and won’t surrender unless they are beaten!
Hit me hard!
Duan Xing vented all his resentment for being excluded and isolated by the scholars in Guandong on these young Tai students, and wanted to take cruel revenge on them.

This series of situations were detected by the intelligence team under Cheng Li, and then reported to Yuan Shu.

After learning the details, Yuan Shu couldn't help but sigh that Duan Yu was completely a mini version of Dong Zhuo. The hatred of the Liangzhou people towards the Guandong people began to emerge. If he was given a good era, Duan Yu would be another Dong Zhuo, or a more powerful version of Dong Zhuo.

In addition, through Jia Xu's channel, Yuan Shu also learned that Duan Xing believed that since the students of the Imperial College were involved in this matter, Zhixing Academy was also to blame, because the Yuan family had a feud with the eunuchs, and a considerable number of students in Zhixing Academy came from the Imperial College.

In Duan Xing's view, Zhixing Academy and Taixue are two sides of the same coin. If Taixue gets into trouble, Zhixing Academy cannot escape the connection, and he seems to be planning to launch a search of Zhixing Academy.

But he was stopped by Wang Fu.

Wang Fu did not want to take the initiative against Zhixing Academy at this sensitive moment, and did not want to provoke the Yuan family.

"Sir, what are you going to do?"

Cheng Li reported all the information he had available so far and waited for Yuan Shu's decision.

After much deliberation, Yuan Shu decided that he should get involved in this matter in order to gain more recognition from the students and the forces behind them. However, he still needed to discuss with Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui before making a decision on whether to intervene. So Yuan Shu rode back to Luoyang and talked to Yuan Feng about this matter.

Yuan Feng didn't really want to get involved in this matter. He felt that big things were about to happen and he shouldn't take the initiative to provoke conflicts with the eunuchs at this time.

Of course, if the eunuchs took the initiative to cause trouble, Yuan should not retreat, but should fight back bravely and beat the eunuchs back.

"But the eunuchs are already suspicious of us. If we sit back and do nothing and allow the Imperial College to be suppressed, who will speak for us when the eunuchs take action against us?"

Yuan Shu said earnestly, "Besides, since we are going to do great things in the future, we should naturally win the favor and trust of more people. By fighting the eunuchs tirelessly, we can gain the trust of people with lofty ideals and lay the foundation for deposing and enthroning the emperor in the future. This should be a good thing for the Yuan family, right?"

After hearing what Yuan Shu said, Yuan Feng had to admit that it made sense.

But he was still worried.

"But Duan Yu is a vicious man who doesn't know how to control his severity. He also has the support of the eunuchs and the emperor. I'm worried that you will be in danger. It's better to wait and see what happens, right?"

Yuan Shu shook his head firmly.

"Reputation is not something you can gain by just waiting and watching, but by getting involved. Anyway, my son has long been a thorn in the eyes of the eunuchs. Whether I attack him now or not, it will not change the eunuchs' view of him. What's more, my son is very worried that this matter will soon affect Zhixing Academy."

Yuan Feng stroked his beard and was silent for a moment, then made a decision.

"Let's put it this way. If the eunuchs can control this matter and not involve the Zhixing Academy, then you should not get involved. If the eunuchs can't control it and let that man get involved in the Zhixing Academy, then get involved and teach those eunuchs a lesson."

Yuan Shu got the answer he wanted and was very happy, so he returned to Liangzhuang in Luoyang.

A day later, what Yuan Shu had expected happened.

On August 20th of the first year of Xiping, the students of the Imperial College attacked the Sili Xiaowei Mansion for the second time and demanded the release of the prisoners.

This time they gathered more people and were more fully prepared, with a total of two thousand people. They were very powerful and determined not to give up until they achieved their goal, which made Duan Xing, who had not been able to interrogate anything, even more furious.

If he can't even defeat a small group of students, how can he still maintain his authority as one of the three independent governors of the Sili Commandery?

So Duan Xing ordered a thousand Zhongdu officials and slaves to launch an all-out attack, beating and arresting people, using escalating methods and responding with force.

Call me!
There was another huge and chaotic battle.

After all, the students of the Imperial Academy were too young and immature. They were no match for Duan Xing. Not only were they beaten and screaming, but many of them were also arrested.

This time Duan Xing wanted to arrest people on a large scale. It would not be enough to just beat them. He would not let them go even after knocking them to the ground. He would take them to prison and even chase them.

The first two times, they only caught the leaders, but this time, they would not let them go once they were caught. After the students were dispersed, they fled from Luoyang City. The officials and servants of Zhongdu split up and chased them from Luoyang City to outside the city.

Some students of the Imperial College fled in panic towards Luoyang Liangzhuang, and ran into a group of students from Zhixing Academy and Yixinhui members near the west gate of Luoyang Liangzhuang.

The officials and prisoners of Zhongdu who came in pursuit started beating them without saying a word, without distinguishing who was right or wrong. They caught a Yi Xin member and 23 students of Zhi Xing Academy by surprise and took them to the prison of the Inspector of the Capital.

This scene was seen by the farmers in Liangzhuang, and they quickly reported the matter to the Yi Xin Hui members who helped them with farming. The Yi Xin Hui members then reported the matter to the headquarters and let Yuan Shu know.

Upon learning of this, Yuan Shu was furious and immediately ordered 300 elite members of the Yi Xin Hui Security Department to carry ring-handled swords and enter Luoyang City with him to seize the person.

He didn't expect that he originally wanted to wait and see what happened and make a decision after observing the situation, but Duan Yu actually took the initiative and really dared to cause trouble for him. He even came to Luoyang Liangzhuang to arrest people. It was a slap in his face!

I haven't bothered you yet, how dare you bother me?!

court death!

(End of this chapter)