Chapter 17
— Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies; Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces.
Controller of the Granaries who issues grain in the short measure at Cao Cao's own order - then is summoned: 'I want the loan of your head to expose to the soldiery.' Beheaded on a pole as a 'peculator', his family bought off, the army quieted. The chapter's coldest bargain.