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Chen Gangping looked at the strategist and asked, "Strategist, do you already have a plan?"

“You can fake a prison fire. After all, the Emperor is too embarrassed to make such things public, even though evidence of treason was found in General Gu Yu’s mansion.”

Li said, "But many people still don't believe it. The emperor wants to execute him secretly, so even if the jailer sent over dies while the male lead is still alive, he can't do anything about it."

Chen Gangping nodded repeatedly: "The strategist's idea is the best. In this way, we only need to send a nimble person to do this."

Madam Li nodded: "That's true, but we still need to send someone we trust, so that he can help General Gu Yu kill the jailer."

Upon hearing the strategist's suggestion, Chen Gangping immediately dispatched his trusted soldiers to do the task.

……

The jailer arrived at Gu Yu's cell, saw him, and sneered, "Wake up, get up, and get out of here."

Gu Yu opened his eyes, and before he could react, he was tied up by the jailer who came over and dragged him outside.

At this moment, Gu Yu was unaware that he was about to be secretly executed. He followed behind the jailer and asked calmly, "How do you intend to torture me today?"

"Torture you? You're overthinking it. You won't be tortured anymore. You can be completely free now."

The jailer said with a sneer.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yu was momentarily stunned. There were only two possible solutions to freeing him: either the emperor would release him and declare him innocent.

But looking at his bound hands, he felt that the emperor had no intention of releasing him at all.

That leaves only one option: to kill him. After all, death is a kind of relief. But unfortunately, he had no intention of dying.

Thinking of this, Gu Yu lowered his eyelids slightly. Just as he was about to break free of the ropes and escape, he saw the prison burst into flames.

"Help! Help! The prison is on fire!"

Upon seeing this, Gu Yu stopped what he was doing and then calmly looked at the jailer walking in front of him.

The jailer was also puzzled: "How did it suddenly catch fire?"

Just as the jailer was wondering what was going on, Chen Gangping's confidant suddenly appeared and killed the jailer. After that, he looked up at Gu Yu.

"General Gu Yu, do you want to leave here?" a trusted soldier asked.

Upon seeing his trusted soldiers, Gu Yu instantly understood the key to the matter. He returned to the prison to prove that it was truly an accident.

His trusted soldier, who had been following him, was somewhat puzzled when he saw him return to his cell, but he didn't ask anything, assuming that Gu Yu had his own ideas.

"You started this fire, didn't you? Who came up with this idea? It shouldn't have been Chen Gangping, since he would only have thought of bringing me here to save me, not doing this."

Gu Yu leaned against the wall, looked at his trusted soldiers, and asked calmly.

The trusted soldier thought to himself, "No wonder it's General Gu Yu; he knows General Chen Gangping so well."

"Looking back at General Yu's words, this method was indeed not the Grand General's idea, but the strategist's. General, would you like to leave here with me?"

The trusted soldier looked at him seriously and asked.

Gu Yu nodded repeatedly: "This method does seem to be what the strategist thought of. Alright, you can go back now. I won't go out with you. As for why, the strategist will understand."

The trusted soldier wanted to say something, but seeing that Gu Yu had already closed his eyes, he could only obey and leave the prison.

……

The Emperor quickly received news of the prison fire.

"Is Gu Yu really that lucky? It's so difficult to even kill him." The Emperor said loudly with a gloomy face.

The Emperor was furious at Gu Yu's good luck and immediately realized that the fire might have been caused by someone. He quickly sent people to investigate the male protagonist's whereabouts and learned that he was still in prison.

"What did you say? He's still in prison? He didn't escape?" the Emperor murmured.

The man kneeling on the ground reported, "Your Majesty, Gu Yu not only did not escape, but the restraints on his hands were also not removed, and the prison door was open."

"He must have gone back to his cell on his own."

The messenger spoke in a lower voice as he spoke, because the emperor's face had become extremely grim.

The Emperor did not believe that such a coincidence could happen to Gu Yu. On the surface, he ordered the Ministry of Justice officials to begin repairing the prison and handling the aftermath of the dead prison guards, while secretly sending people to investigate the truth behind the fire.

No matter how the emperor investigated, he found no trace of Gu Yu, which greatly displeased him.

Other ministers were also paying attention to the fire, especially the officials in the court who supported Gu Yu. They quickly defended Gu Yu by saying that he did not leave the prison even when the fire broke out.

"Your Majesty, Gu Yu's matter still needs to be thoroughly investigated. Based on this incident, it is clear that he would never do such a thing."

"Your Majesty, I believe that the matter of Gu Yu's treason must have been deliberately framed by someone."

"A deliberate frame-up? Who would deliberately frame him? Do you think anyone here would want to harm him?"

There were those who defended him, and naturally there were those who opposed him. So after the officials who defended him finished speaking, those who were dissatisfied with him would naturally speak up as well.

"The evidence of his treason and collusion with the enemy was all found in his residence. That's solid evidence. What? The evidence is right in front of you, are you pretending to be blind?"

“If Gu Yu really colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, he did not confess after such a long period of interrogation, and he did not run away after the fire.”

“If he really had betrayed his country, he would have fled long ago. How could he have stayed behind and waited for us to kill him?”

"Maybe he did this on purpose, so that no one would suspect him, just like you. Then the emperor would think he was framed."

"He will be released then and will be able to continue doing what he wants."

"That makes sense. Even if he didn't escape this time, he might have had his own plan. Who knows if he did it on purpose or if it was a setup?"

The court was in an uproar. The emperor sat on his dragon throne, looking down at the arguing officials below with a gloomy face and tightly closed lips.

The officials had been arguing for so long without hearing the emperor speak. When they looked up, they saw the emperor staring at them with a gloomy face.

They immediately fell silent, standing in their places, bowing slightly, without saying a word.

Seeing that they had quieted down, the Emperor finally spoke: "You haven't even finished your own business, yet you're all good at arguing. I ask you, have you investigated the fire incident thoroughly?"

Upon hearing this, the surroundings became even quieter.