You are asked to marry in place of the tyrant, and you allow the tyrant to send you to marry?

Daye, Heavenly Prison

The night was dark, windy and rain was pouring down.

It was gloomy outside the prison, as if it was dead silent.

Extremely scary.

A man wearing a black cloak and holding a light yellow oil-paper umbrella in his hand suddenly appeared in the night.

After taking out some silver to pay off the guards along the way, he easily entered the Sky Prison and came to the cell where Du Lu was imprisoned.

"Come in, this is it. I'll be waiting outside, don't talk too long, if someone finds out, I won't be able to serve you."

The jailer swiftly opened the door of a cell and pointed at Du Lu, whose prison uniform was stained with blood, with a look of difficulty on his face.

Wanyan Hongze didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

"General Du, General Du, wake up, wake up!"

After the jailer left, Wanyan Hongze quickly squatted down, gently patted the unconscious Du Lu, and called out softly.

But Du Lu seemed to have been beaten quite badly, and his consciousness was also confused. After Wanyan Hongze called him for a long time, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Who are you?"

After hesitating for a long time, Du Lu finally squeezed out three words.

After saying that, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, which almost soiled Wanyan Hongze's black cloak.

"I am Wanyan Hongze, the husband of your daughter Du Qingwan.

I came to see you this time just to tell you that I will bring people to rescue you at this time three days later, so don’t worry.”

Wanyan Hongze did not hide anything and stated his purpose truthfully with a sincere look on his face.

But Du Lu didn't seem to be willing to appreciate it. He used all his strength to push Wanyan Hongze away and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, there was a wall behind him that he could lean on, thus avoiding a serious fall.

"Don't waste your time. I will never leave the prison, nor will I go with you."

Du Lu smiled bitterly, as if he didn't want to leave the prison at all.

Reaching out to wipe the blood from the corner of his lips, he slowly said:

"Since Wan'er was ordered to marry, for the sake of the people of Daye and Loulan, there is no need for her to come back."

Having said this, Du Lu couldn't help but cough twice.

He looked very weak. He must have been tortured a lot recently and his injuries must be very serious.

“Besides, the Emperor and the Queen Mother used me as a threat to force Wan’er to return to Daye, which was actually just a trap.

I lost the battle in the North Country, so am I not just a pawn of theirs?"

After resting for a while, seeing that Wanyan Hongze remained silent but looked extremely solemn, Du Lu continued to speak.

"If sacrificing me, Du Lu, can save more than a hundred people in the Du family, I will accept it even if you want me to die right now."

While he still had a breath left, Du Lu made his attitude clear at once, and his dull eyes suddenly became very firm.

Wanyan Hongze didn't know what to do for a moment. He just stood there stupidly, feeling even more conflicted.

If he had known the result would be like this, there would have been no need for him to travel thousands of miles and risk his life to come here.

"General Du, Wan'er said that no matter what, she only hopes that you can leave Daye alive.

As for other people and other things, she doesn’t care…”

Fearing that Du Lu would not believe him, Wanyan Hongze repeated Du Qingwan's original words before leaving.

But Du Lu suddenly couldn't help but sighed and smiled bitterly:

"That's easy for you to say! My Du family has been loyal and brave for three generations. How can you let the lives of more than a hundred people in the Du family be destroyed just because of my life?"

Du Lu's face was pale and he looked desperate as if he had no desire to live.

Having said this, his heart felt as if it was being stabbed by a knife and his whole body began to tremble.

"I am a Daye man in life and a Daye ghost in death. If the sovereign wishes the subject to die, the subject must die.

Go back and tell Wan'er that I, as a father, have let her down and have never considered her."

“Also, since she is marrying here under the imperial decree, let her just be the Queen of Loulan.

From now on, our Du family will have nothing to do with her!"

What made Wanyan Hongze completely speechless was that not only did Du Lu have no intention of leaving the Tianlao, but in the end, he even wanted to sever the father-daughter relationship with Du Qingwan.

Wanyan Hongze was stunned on the spot, completely at a loss as to what to do.

"General Du, are you worried that we don't have the ability to rescue you safely?

Please rest assured, I have brought the most powerful warriors in Loulan this time, and I guarantee that I can take you away from Daye safely..."

After pondering for a few seconds, Wanyan Hongze tried to persuade Du Lu again.

But he rejected it immediately.

"Go away! I've made my words very clear!

Before I die, I have nothing else to say to Wan'er.

Go back and tell her that your father is sorry for her, and ask her to go far away and live a good life!"

After saying this with tears in his eyes, Du Lu subconsciously covered his chest with his hands, looking painful.

"Come with me! There's someone outside!"

Just then, the jailer suddenly came over again, looking panic-stricken.

Upon hearing this, Wanyan Hongze quickly stood up and prepared to leave.

But when he was about to walk out of the cell, he stopped again.

"General Du, remember what I just told you!"

After saying this coldly, Wanyan Hongze quickly walked away without even looking back.

The jailer locked the cell door and quickly trotted after him.

"This is the extra reward I give you. Please don't make things too difficult for General Du."

Outside the prison, Wanyan Hongze quickly opened his oil-paper umbrella, then took out a bag of silver from his arms and stuffed it into the jailer's hand, saying coldly.

"Okay! Thank you! Don't worry, General Du will be fine with me here!"

The jailer was always greedy for money, so he agreed faster than anyone else and took the money bag with a smile.

"That's best!"

Don't stay here for long.

Wanyan Hongze didn't say anything more. He quickly walked into the rain curtain and disappeared from the jailer's sight in the blink of an eye.

three days later

"General Du, this is the wine and food the emperor has given you. After you eat, you should set off at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow! Alas~"

Since Wanyan Hongze came to see Du Lu three days ago, the jailer has indeed not made things difficult for Du Lu.

But no one knew what was going on, but early in the morning, the jailer came to the cell carrying a basket of sumptuous food.

The jailer had worked in this prison for many years and had seen many prisoners like this, so he was naturally used to it.

But someone like Du Lu spent most of his life fighting on the battlefield and dedicated his entire life to the court.

It was the first time that the jailer had seen someone being sentenced to beheading because of repeated defeats in battles.

"General Du, I'm sorry. Alas!"

The jailer sighed as he brought out the wine and food.

When he heard that this was the last meal before execution, Du Lu was stunned for a moment, and his slowly raised eyes were covered with a layer of inexplicable fear.

"Haha! This day has finally come! Wan'er, Daddy and the Du family are sorry for you, you must live well!"

To the jailer's surprise, he originally thought that Du Lu would refuse to eat the last meal before execution, or at least would protest.

Unexpectedly, Du Lu was so eager to die that after the jailer served the wine and food, he couldn't wait to grab the roast chicken on the plate and started to bite it hard like a hungry wolf.

His tearful face was full of vicissitudes of life, and turbid tears of blood slid into his mouth.

Bitter, innocent, angry...