I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 171 Flood washed away the Dragon King Temple

Duan Ying said this, and Duan Wei felt a little emotional.

Thinking of Yuan Shu's appearance and demeanor when they talked, he also agreed with Duan Ying's evaluation.

"In this case, Yuan Shu's coercion of the Luoyang scholars seems commonplace... But brother, are you really going to follow Yuan Shu to the end? Abandon Wang Fu and the others and stop associating with them?"

"Yes, we must keep in touch."

Duan Yu shook his head and said, "The first instruction given to me by our Master Yuan is to continue to flatter Wang Fu and get more information from him so that he can grasp the whereabouts of Wang Fu and others and know what they are going to do in advance, so as to achieve the goal of anticipating the enemy."

"This... is also very normal."

"Normal, of course it's normal, but it's also not normal."

Duan Yu took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and sighed, "Asking me to pass on the message actually means that they don't trust me and want to continue observing. If they already trusted me, they would naturally tell me what they were going to do next, but he didn't say it. He just asked me to pass on the message, that's all."

Duan Wei felt a little unhappy when he heard this.

"Brother condescended to come to him, but he still doesn't trust brother? He is really thoughtful!"

Duan Ying shook his head.

"That's not the way to say it. Not to mention that he doesn't trust me, I don't necessarily trust him either. After all, we have had some disagreements and we have argued with each other. He is broad-minded and doesn't bear grudges, and I am willing to let it go. But since the overall situation is at stake, I still have to be cautious. If he wants to observe me, I may also need to observe him."

"Brother, you are thoughtful."

Duan Wei thought about it and agreed with this view, so he asked: "Then, will you continue to work for Wang Fu?"

"That's natural. We still have to do what we have to do."

Duan Yu nodded and said, "But I think there is no need to go to such extremes. Before, we had no other choice, so we had to be ruthless enough to satisfy Wang Fu. But now there is another way to choose, so of course there is no need to go to such extremes.

When you go back, tell them not to continue to torture them. If you can get the answers, ask them. If you can't, don't ask. If those students come to cause trouble, we should stop arresting them. Just leave the door and ignore them. If that happens, it won't be us who will be anxious, but Wang Fu."

"Ah? If you say that, won't Wang Fu be very angry?"

Duan Wei said worriedly, "You were so decisive before, and now you are going to make such a change. Wang Fu will definitely be dissatisfied."

"He's not satisfied? I'm not satisfied either!"

Duan Yu said angrily, "I offended Yuan Shu by helping him, but he didn't help me and asked me to apologize. He was not even willing to pay 24 million yuan, and he said I was richer than him? He is much richer than me! His wealth can buy the land of several counties! Do you really think I have no temper? I must have a temper!"

Duan Xing made this decision, and Duan Wei did not object. After returning to the Sili Xiaowei Mansion, he ordered to stop the torture, lock up all the captured students, and provide them with some medicine and enough food.

Duan Xing also collected the confessions that were originally obtained through torture, and did not plan to show them to Wang Fu for the time being.

The student leaders who were imprisoned and tortured suddenly found that the vicious torturers no longer tortured them. Instead, they brought doctors to treat their wounds and provided them with enough water and food.

Surprised, the student leaders discussed what had happened and wondered if some important figure had spoken for them.

Their assumption cannot be said to be completely correct, but it cannot be said to be completely wrong either. Although there was no important figure to speak for them, the students who were anxious to rescue their classmates did use their own abilities and asked for help everywhere.

In addition to the children of wealthy people from all over the country, the students of the Imperial College also included children of noble families and some children from high-ranking families.

The student leaders had a great influence. Some of them had contacts with these children from prominent families and had very good relations with them. There were even three or five children from official families among those arrested.

When faced with a flood that had washed away the Dragon King Temple, the family members outside must have been desperate to save people. They mobilized their social connections and political resources, ran around everywhere, and sought help from influential people everywhere.

Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui alone received requests from 40 officials within three days, asking Yuan to help intercede with the eunuchs and ask them to release their arrested children. In addition, although Yuan Shu was not an official, due to his special status and great reputation, the students of the Imperial Academy also sent several representatives to Liangzhuang to meet with Yuan Shu, hoping to get Yuan Shu's help to help them save their arrested classmates.

As for this matter, the three Yuans had already informed each other that they would intervene, but they could not take the lead in the charge. Instead, they had to wait until the time was right before giving Wang Fu the final blow.

First, create momentum and stir up public opinion about this matter in the entire Luoyang city, transform the incident itself from a "rumor" to "the Sili Xiaowei Mansion attacks the Imperial College", expand the scope of victims to the entire Imperial College, and spread rumors that the eunuchs are going to attack the entire Imperial College.

Not to mention how many children of officials were in the Imperial Academy, Wang Fu and Cao Jie were so anxious that they actually attacked the Imperial Academy at all costs. They underestimated the impact of public opinion this would cause, which caused them to be on the opposite side of the majority from the very beginning.

As long as public opinion gathers momentum and rumors spread, Wang Fu and Cao Jie will inevitably panic. By then, we can use Yuan She's relationship to put some pressure on Wang Fu and Cao Jie, and the matter will probably be left unresolved in the end.

Of course, it must be pointed out that the cause of this incident has nothing to do with the Yuan family. Including Yuan Shu, all officials of the Yuan family have no knowledge of this matter. They don’t know who the mastermind is behind this matter, or maybe there is no mastermind behind this matter.

This was a group of students who were so hot-blooded that they were angry about the eunuchs' decision not to bury Empress Dowager Dou and Emperor Huan of Han together, so they wrote such a slogan.

Anyway, in Yuan Shu's opinion, given Cao Jie and Wang Fu's behavior of giving birth to sons without anus, there is nothing wrong with them being treated like this.

Oh, forgot, they can't have kids.

What happened afterwards was just as Yuan Shu had expected. Once the intensity of the external pressure increased, the eunuchs became a little unsettled. They really believed that there might not be a mastermind behind this matter.

It's simply because of their bad reputation.

In addition, Duan Xing deliberately refused to cooperate, so neither Wang Fu nor Cao Jie received any information about the mastermind behind the incident.

In desperation, Wang Fu and Cao Jie discussed privately that if this matter was not handled properly, they really couldn't investigate it further, otherwise the whole Luoyang would be in turmoil.

So at the beginning of September in the first year of Xiping, Wang Fu and Cao Jie had to accept reality and decided to compromise and let Duan Jiong release the people.

However, before releasing him, Wang Fu called Duan Xing to his front and gave him a severe scolding.

"You were so determined before, and I really thought you could find out something, but in the end you found nothing. Did you really try your best to investigate? If I find out that you didn't try your best, you know the result."

Duan Xing was disdainful in his heart, but his face remained calm.

"If something doesn't exist, you won't find out no matter how hard you try. You can't use excessive torture. If I beat someone to death or offend some official, you will blame me for not following your orders and doing whatever I want. What should I do then?"

When Wang Fu heard this, he became very angry.

"You are still blaming me for what happened before? That was because you didn't listen to instructions and you really acted recklessly. Now I ask you to do it, but you still don't do it. What's the logic? Captain Duan, don't forget who recommended you for your position and who saved it for you!"

"It is precisely because I have not forgotten that I can do my best!"

Duan Yu said dissatisfiedly: "I have arrested so many people and offended so many people. Isn't it because I work hard?!"

"You better not forget!"

Wang Fu took a deep breath, calmed down, took out a bamboo slip and handed it to Duan Yu, saying unhappily: "If you can handle this matter well, it will be a great achievement for you. You lost 24 million yuan before, if you can accomplish this, 50 million yuan will be considered a small reward for you!"

When Duan Xing heard this, he was surprised!

He was a little confused. He took the bamboo scroll, opened it and took a look. His pupils shrank and his face changed drastically.

This……

Do you really want to attack him?
(End of this chapter)