King's favor is hard to do

"Han Yuan! I don't allow you to talk nonsense!"

Li Guangning roared suddenly, his eyes were bloodshot!

"Yesterday, Wang Li sent a letter to him for me! He was still fine at that time! Why did he die in the sky prison! You dare to bully the emperor with him, you are all so daring! Tell me the truth! Tell me! "

Han Yuan knelt on the ground with a plop, but his tone was still so calm.

"Your Majesty, the subject did not deceive the emperor. Du Yuzhang was indeed still alive when the manager Wang left yesterday. But when the subject entered the prison this morning, he had already drank poisonous wine and died in the prison. The body was still handled by the minister. "

As Han Yuan said, the scene when he parted with Du Yuzhang the day before yesterday appeared in his mind:

——"Master Han, do you have any wine?"

——"Master Han, before going on the road, he will always give the prisoner a meal of decapitation. Master Han has great powers, so it is not difficult to exchange for a pot of poisonous wine."

——"Du Yuzhang! So what you asked for from me was this 'wine'? You want me to help you die?!"

——"What I want is this jug of wine. So I want to ask Mr. Han to help me and give me a ride."

——"Du Yuzhang!"

——"I know, this is a bit difficult. But I... really don't want to go back to His Majesty again."

——"Mr. Han, Du Yuzhang is incompetent. Over the years, I have only had two friends who treat me sincerely. I can't speak to Mr. Bai, so I can only rely on Mr. Han."

It was because of this conversation that the tea tasting between the two of them yesterday afternoon, the silent farewell... and the small bottle of dark liquid that he left Du Yuzhang seemingly unintentionally.

At midnight yesterday, Han Yuan lit a small lamp and returned to the sky prison again.

He entered in the name of inspecting the prisoners for the last time before beheading, and did not arouse suspicion.But he knew that, in fact, he had only one purpose - to collect his friend's body.

[May [-]th, Zishi]

The whole dungeon was completely silent.The two guards on duty tonight walked in front, and beside Han Yuan was Master Liu, the official in charge of the prison.His official position is not as high as Han Yuan's, so he is responsible for leading the way.While leading the people inside, Mr. Liu flattered graciously.

"Master Han is really diligent, and the officials are very moved. Every time Lord Han beheads a prisoner, he must come to check and ask the situation the night before. If everyone is as dedicated as Lord Han, Dayan will definitely be stronger! "

"It's all His Majesty's wisdom."

Han Yuan looked indifferent.After walking a few more steps, when they arrived in front of Du Yuzhang's cell, the jailer suddenly exclaimed,

"Master Liu! Something happened!"

Master Liu's expression changed, and he took a step forward.Han Yuan moved faster than him and arrived in front of Du Yuzhang's cell.Everyone can see the scene in the cell——Du Yuzhang lying on the table, with a small porcelain cup leaning beside him.

"Master Liu! Master Han! What to do... Prisoner, the prisoner committed suicide!"

The jailer was very loud.Han Yuan's face darkened, and he kicked him aside.

"Speak up! Open the door and let me see the situation."

After the cell door opened, Han Yuan rushed to Du Yuzhang's side in two or three steps.He lifted Du Yuzhang up and tested his breath—it was icy cold.

Han Yuan took a step forward, and there was a small rubbing sound under his feet.Looking down, it was a very small piece of broken porcelain, which happened to be stuck in the bottom of his boot.He calmly pulled the straw on one side to his feet, and the sound of rubbing broken porcelain disappeared immediately.

——It seems that Du Yuzhang is also well prepared.He poured the poisoned wine that Han Yuan had given him into the teacup that Li Guangning had brought in earlier, but ground the original porcelain bottle and mixed it into the straw.In this way, even if someone investigates after his death, Han Yuan will not be affected by the origin of the poisonous wine.

At this moment, on the edge of the porcelain cup, there are still some droplets dripping slowly.

Han Yuan let out a breath slowly.Although he knew the result earlier, seeing Du Yuzhang drank the whole bottle of poisonous wine in one gulp, his heart was still sad because he was so firm in begging for death.

Beside Du Yuzhang was a piece of paper with a few lines scrawled on it.What is pressed on it is a longevity card.

Han Yuan lowered Du Yuzhang's body slowly.He raised his head and looked at the official in charge with a solemn expression.

"Lord Liu, something really happened. Du Yuzhang committed suicide in fear of crime, and the suicide note next to it is the evidence."

"This this……"

"He deserves to die. It doesn't matter if he died a few hours earlier. But His Majesty personally ordered him to be beheaded, so he must be beheaded."

After Han Yuan finished speaking, he put the suicide note on the table and the longevity card into his arms.

"Master Liu, those who know about this matter today, you can handle it yourself. Pick a death row prisoner who is similar in stature to Du Yuzhang, and then send him to the execution ground with his mouth covered and his head covered. As for the corpse, I will take it away overnight. You must not let others know."

"But...this..."

Master Liu was already panicked.But he still had a sliver of reason, and asked tremblingly,

"But isn't this deceiving the king?"

"What? You want to sue the monarch, saying that under the watchful eye of Mr. Liu, you failed to catch the felon appointed by His Majesty and let him commit suicide?"

Han Yuan snorted coldly,

"Where did the poison come from? How to communicate the news? Master Liu, you should think about it!"

Master Liu raised his head in shock, and saw Han Yuan staring at him coldly with a stern expression on his face!

Master Liu suddenly remembered:

——Du Yuzhang didn't see anyone else all day today, only Mr. Han came here!Could it be?

——But when Mr. Han left, Du Yuzhang was still fine.Even not so long ago they checked cells.Could it be Mr. Han who murdered Mr. Du... Could it be that Du Yuzhang really committed suicide?But even if he committed suicide, why did Mr. Han pass the poison for him?If His Majesty discovers a problem, Mr. Han will not be able to get rid of it...

A series of thoughts flashed in my mind.But Mr. Liu didn't dare to question, let alone delve into it.After all, Du Yuzhang is dead, so what's the use of asking so much?The most urgent thing is, as Han Yuan said, the most important thing is to be able to hide it from His Majesty and get rid of yourself!

What's more, Han Yuan is a powerful minister in the sky, if he can use this opportunity to curry favor with him...

Master Liu made up his mind, he quickly knelt down and said,

"It's all dependent on Master Han! I beg Master Han to save the life of the official, and do everything according to Master Han's orders!"

……

Soon, a carriage left silently from the back door of the dungeon.Han Yuan seemed to hear a scream, but he didn't open the window to look back.

The moment the jailer yelled out the secret just now, his fate was decided.In a place like the Sky Prison, many secrets run amok underground.The flow of prison guards in the sky prison is very fast, and no one can tell whether those who disappeared have left or died.As long as the secret will not be leaked, Han Yuan doesn't care how Mr. Liu told those insiders to shut up.

Du Yuzhang was parked in the carriage at this moment.His face was blue, and he didn't breathe at all.There was no ups and downs in the chest, and it seemed that he could not die anymore.

Han Yuan looked down at him and sighed softly.He took out Du Yuzhang's suicide note from his pocket and read it softly.

"Du was so angry that he finally became what he is today. He was completely defeated and had nothing. Looking back on this life, he has no regrets.

If one person's reputation is ruined, if the border of Dayan is peaceful and the people are stable, this life is enough.Du has no father, no mother, no wife and no children. Although he has two or three friends, he doesn't want to hurt my friends.After death, there is no need for a cemetery or a tombstone, and the corpse can be buried in a random graveyard in the suburbs of the city in a straw mat.

Du was trapped in the sky prison, and he still had a thousand taels of silver notes and two jade pendants, all of which were given to the person who received this letter.There is only one thing to ask: Du was riddled with injustice in his life, and when he died, he just wanted to go clean.Don't be buried with Du Mou with a longevity card on his body.Abandon it and take it, it's up to you. "

Longevity brand...

Han Yuan took out the Longevity Card and put it in front of his eyes for a closer look.He knows the goods, and he doesn't know how many good things he has passed through.After a glance, I knew that this thing was unusual, it was probably congenital meteorite.

"Except for the emperor, Your Majesty, no one is qualified to use meteoric iron from the sky to make longevity cards. It seems that this thing has a lot of origin."

Han Yuan glanced at Du Yuzhang again and smiled.

"Du Yuzhang, Mr. Han really suffered a blood loss for you this time. You probably still want to leave the body to His Majesty, and the bottle will destroy the body and wipe out the traces, and you can also protect Old Han from disaster. Don't let His Majesty track down the origin of the poisoned wine."

Han Yuan said, turning the longevity card between his fingers,

"Unfortunately, Mr. Han just can't understand this kind of thing. It's so fucking unreasonable! This time, I, Mr. Han, will not leave your body to His Majesty-this brand and suicide note are both considered cheap him!"

[May [-]th, a quarter past noon]

"You bullshit!"

Li Guangning's eyes were red,

"If something really happened to him, why didn't you report it to me? Where is he hiding? Quickly let him come out to see me! How could he die? I clearly forgave him—I even sent someone to deliver a letter to him !"

"Your Majesty is talking about this?"

Han Yuan took out the letter beside Du Yuzhang from his arms, and offered it with both hands.Li Guangning only took one look, and immediately felt as if he had been struck by lightning.His eyes widened in disbelief,

"He... didn't open the seal?"

"This is the grace I gave him, the pardon I gave him, and all the promises I could give him! But he didn't open it?"

"He didn't even look! Didn't even look!"

"Isn't he really angry with me? Isn't he really trying to get more... Could it be that he really wants to die? He doesn't even want the chance to live that I gave him?"

"I thought he was trying to blackmail me, to make me beg him...I don't believe that he is really willing to die...but he..."

Li Guangning's original self-righteousness has been severely shattered by Han Yuan with an unopened letter!His pale and weak underbelly was torn apart in broad daylight to meet the cruelest blow!

Now he can't even believe it!Du Yuzhang didn't get angry with him, and it wasn't to blackmail him—otherwise, he had already sent a letter of concession, so maybe Du Yuzhang didn't read it?Li Guangning thought that Du Yuzhang stayed still because he was greedy for bargaining, but this unopened letter was just a slap in the face, slapping him hard in the face!

If he was not so self-righteous, instead of sending Wang Li to announce the decree, but to have a long talk by himself, would the result be different?

Maybe, maybe not.

It's a pity that Li Guangning will no longer know the answer to this question.