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

"General Du, have a drink to quench your thirst..."

Seeing Du Lu wolfing down his meal, the jailer felt a little sorry for him and took the initiative to pour him half a bowl of wine.

Du Lu didn't hesitate either. He slowly raised his eyes, smiled bitterly, and drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp.

"Ugh!"

The jailer sighed again, shook his head helplessly, and stood up.

"Ah~"

Suddenly, Du Lu covered his chest tightly, his face looking extremely frightened.

He pointed weakly at the jailer with a complicated expression.

"This wine is poisonous! You..."

By the time Dulu realized there was something in his drink, it was too late.

Before he could finish his words, he slowly fell to the ground.

The next second, he lost consciousness.

"Someone, drag him out and bury him!"

Seeing this, the jailer quickly called several people outside the cell to come in.

In just a moment, several jailers worked together to carry Du Lu out.

The night is deep, the moon and stars are dim.

It had rained in the past few days, and the muddy roads on the outskirts of the city were wet everywhere, making it very difficult to walk on.

It took a lot of effort for several people to move Du Lu onto the carriage and finally transport him to the designated location.

"General Du, I can only help you up to this point! From now on, whether you live or die is up to fate!"

The leading jailer untied the sack quickly, stared at the unconscious Du Lu silently for a long time, and said helplessly.

In order not to attract the attention of some unscrupulous people, he quickly asked everyone to leave.

"Whoosh~"

"scoff~"

"Ah~"

What caught them off guard was that just as they left the shabby house and before they had time to mount their horses, a volley of arrows suddenly shot out from behind them.

Following a few screams, all the accompanying jailers, except the leading jailer, fell to the ground with no vital signs.

"Thank you! Here is the banknote for you. You can take your wife, children and mother to find a good place and live in anonymity for the rest of your life!"

At this moment, Wanyan Hongze, with a group of people, quickly appeared in front of the leading jailer and handed him a stack of silver bills.

The jailer had no wife, children or mother, so he had no worries, and a strange idea came to his mind.

"Master, I have no father or mother in my family, and my wife died of illness at an early age.

Now that things have come to this, I have nowhere to go, why don't you just take me with you and give me something to eat."

What Wanyan Hongze didn't expect was that the jailer actually wanted to follow him. He was stunned.

"How can I trust you not to betray me? What if..."

Wanyan Hongze's worries are not without reason.

But the jailer immediately interrupted him and promised solemnly:

"No chance of that happening! What happened tonight is also related to me. We are now in the same boat.

If I betray you, I will undoubtedly be sending myself to death."

When the jailer said this, his attitude was very sincere and his eyes were extremely firm.

Wanyan Hongze glanced at the jailer with a half-smile, nodded with satisfaction, and said calmly:

"You're a little smart. Po, take him with you."

"Yes, son!"

Soon, the group took Du Lu away quickly.

And the jailer finally got his wish and was able to leave Daye, leaving this filthy place where he dared not speak out.

……

Yan'an Temple

"What?! Du Lu was kidnapped?"

When Empress Dowager Qiao heard Eunuch Qi say that Du Lu had disappeared along with several jailers last night, she couldn't help but get furious.

She dropped the teacup in her hand, her face full of anger.

"Yes, Madam Queen. The jailers who were guarding Dulu died with him. They were found in a shabby house on the outskirts of the city."

Eunuch Qi did not dare to hide it and responded tremblingly.

He lowered his head and was extremely frightened.

"Have you counted the number of people? Are all of them dead except Dulu?"

After a moment, Queen Mother Qiao suddenly realized and asked slowly.

His sharp gaze involuntarily fell on Eunuch Qi, like an icy knife that could kill him instantly.

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, besides Du Lu, there is another jailer missing."

Eunuch Qi answered with great fear and trepidation, feeling even more uneasy.

Hearing this, Queen Mother Qiao could not help but get furious again:

"Asshole! Is this how the jailers in the prison usually do things?

Hurry up and check for me who went to the Heavenly Prison last night!

If you can't give me an explanation for this matter, I will never let it go!"

After angrily confessing, Empress Dowager Qiao staggered to her feet and slowly walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

"Go to the Qianqing Palace!"

"Yes, Queen Mother. Please proceed to the Qianqing Palace~"

Soon, a group of palace maids and young eunuchs from Ren'an Palace followed Empress Dowager Qiao and hurried to the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, Zhu Yunhao and the ministers were discussing matters in the Qianqing Hall.

Moreover, what they were discussing was the matter of how to deal with the hundreds of people in the Du family after Du Lu was kidnapped.

Logically speaking, Zhu Yunhao was the king of a country, and since Du Lu escaped from prison, the entire Du family should be executed.

But people's words are scary, and Zhu Yunhao has learned to be smart now.

Regardless of whether Du Lu really escaped from prison, he didn't want to wipe out the entire Du family now.

After all, as long as Du Qingwan didn't return to Daye, his beloved daughter, Princess Yunluo, might be sent to Loulan at any time.

He doesn't want to take the risk.

"Your Majesty, Du Lu escaped from prison and deserves death.

The old minister suggested that the Du Mansion be immediately sealed and the entire family be executed! "

No one knew when the feud between Prime Minister Zhang Xingguo and Du Lu began. As soon as Zhu Yunhao asked the question, he was the first to stand up and speak, and every word he said was about wanting to wipe out the entire Du family.

"I think this is inappropriate! General Du is a great general of our dynasty. Although he has been defeated recently, it is not his fault alone."

Li Yi, the Vice Minister of Works, strongly disagreed with Zhang Xingguo's proposal and immediately stood up to oppose it.

Seeing that everyone was looking down and not continuing to speak, Li Yi deliberately walked in front of Zhang Xingguo and said disdainfully:

"If the imperial court could allocate more troops to General Du, he wouldn't be outnumbered and suffer repeated defeats!"

"Besides, General Du suddenly disappeared last night and his whereabouts are still unknown. It is difficult to convict him of escaping from prison. Maybe it was deliberately done by someone with ulterior motives."

After Li Yi finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Yunhao with ulterior motives.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Li Yi was deliberately trying to please Zhu Yunhao.

Because Zhu Yunhao didn't want to wipe out the entire Du family at all.

At least not now.

"Well, Lord Li, what you said makes sense. I will think about it carefully."

When Zhu Yunhao saw that someone had the same idea as him, his gloomy face immediately relaxed a little.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Shanzhu, the head of the Imperial Hospital, immediately stepped out of the team, saluted and said:

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"allow!"

“It is unclear whether Du Lu escaped from prison, but it is an indisputable fact that three generations of the Du family have been loyal to the imperial court.

This old minister believes that we should not deal with the Du family immediately before they are convicted, but we can confine everyone in the Du Mansion to the mansion.

I wonder if the Emperor and the other gentlemen have anything to say about this old minister's proposal?"

After getting Zhu Yunhao's permission, Zhong Shanzhu quickly expressed his views.

His meaning was very clear, the Du Mansion would still be useful.

"Zhong Shanzhu, what you said is wrong, isn't it?

If Dulu didn't escape from prison with the help of someone inside or outside, why wasn't his body found on the outskirts of the city, but only the bodies of a few jailers?"

Zhang Xingguo naturally could not agree with what Zhong Shanzhu and Li Yi said, and immediately jumped out to refute it.

At this moment, Queen Mother Qiao also walked into the hall.

"The Queen Mother has arrived~"

"Good luck to the Queen Mother~"

Everyone saluted and stepped aside.

"No gift."

Queen Mother Qiao waved her hand and quickly sat next to Zhu Yunhao.

When Zhu Yunhao caught the murderous look in her eyes, he couldn't help but feel flustered, his heart was about to jump out, and he felt suffocated.