 Duan, in anger, decided that he wanted to kill Zhu.However, Zhu took preemptive action in summer 882 and attacked Duan, killing him.Zhu initially made the deputy mayor of Jiangling, Li Sui (), acting military governor, and then, when Emperor Xizong commissioned Zheng again but Zheng hesitated to report to Jingnan, put the officer Chen Ru in charge.