Wu Huaiyu followed Zhang Liang to the prison.

In the six-door prison.

Du Jingai was lying on a door panel, her eyes were wide and bulging, there was a deep strangulation mark on her neck, and her tongue was hanging out.

The dead can no longer die.

The dignified Duke of Anji, the eldest son of Du Xiangguo, who held the title of direct bachelor from Hongwen Hall, died like this in a dark and damp underground prison.

"As soon as they were brought in, this guy hanged himself with his belt."

"Suicide?" Wu Huaiyu asked coldly.

"It was indeed a suicide."

Wu Huaiyu swept away several jailers. This matter was by no means that simple, because Du Jing'ai was the son of the former prime minister Du Yan, and he had the title of Duke, and his cousin was still the prime minister Du Ruhui.

With such an identity and an imperial prisoner, someone must be watching when he is brought in. It is impossible for him to hang himself so easily.

"Take down all the jailers on duty and interrogate them separately." Wu Huaiyu glanced at those people coldly.

Zhang Liang was a little embarrassed, "There's no need to be like this, right?"

Huaiyu came up to him and lowered his voice and asked, "Is it possible that Mr. Zhang has some private agreement with the Du family?"

Zhang Liang pulled Wu Huaiyu aside and said, "Mr. Yi, to be honest, no one wants to see Du Jingai alive, and Du Jingai himself doesn't want to live either."

"Really? But the court hasn't tried him yet. Mr. Zhang and I will explain it to His Majesty."

Zhang Liang pulled Huaiyu, "The outcome of this matter is quite good now. Duke Yi, do you still want to continue to pursue the investigation and overthrow the Du family? This is impossible,"

Wu Huaiyu narrowed his eyes and looked directly at him.

"Youpushe said hello to me," Zhang Liang admitted.

Du Ruhui has a grudge against his uncle Du Yan. This is a well-known thing. Du Yan and Du Ruhui's father are half-mothers. Du Ruhui's father is the legitimate son. Du Yan is actually the legitimate son, but his mother Guo is the successor.

wife.

Although the Guo family is also from a famous family in Taiyuan, the Du Yan brothers have been at odds since childhood. In the big house, half brothers are actually prone to conflicts, especially as Du Yan's mother is a concubine rather than a concubine, so it is easier for her to get into trouble.

contradiction.

Anyway, the son of the ex-wife looks down on the son of the second wife. This conflict is so great that it is irreconcilable, just like the half-brother of Changsun Wuji who kicked the mother and son out of the house after their father died.

It is said that Du Ruhui's father was also very rude to Du Yan's mother and son in his early years, and wanted to drive them out of the house several times. Du Yan's mother and son had suffered a lot of bullying at home. After Du Ruhui's father died, the three Du Ruhui brothers also had a disagreement with their uncle, and even

They were enemies, so later when Du Yan was serving as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs under Wang Shichong, he took the opportunity to avenge himself and directly killed Du Ruhui's elder brother, and imprisoned Du Ruhui's younger brother Du Chuke, who almost starved to death.

If Du Ruhui hadn't assisted Li Shimin in taking Luoyang, Du Chuke would have starved to death.

Anyway, after rescuing his younger brother, Du Ruhui asked Li Shimin to kill his uncle Du Yan, but it was Du Chuke who forced him to die, saying that his family should stop fighting among themselves and killing each other like this.

Du Ruhui is not as grand as Du Chuke.

After all these years, he and Du Yan are still strangers. Even if they are ministers in the same palace or prime ministers, they are still enemies.

Du drowned, and it is said that Du Ruhui drank to celebrate and got drunk.

Now that Du Jingai has committed a crime and is in jail, and he has committed such a serious crime, Du Ruhui also went directly to Zhang Liang, hoping that Du Jingai would die in prison directly.

This is not only revenge, but also to protect the Du family from being implicated by Du Jingai.

Du Ruhui is the prime minister, Zhang Liang has to give him face.

So after Zhang Liang put Du Jing'ai in prison, he spoke a few words to Du Jing'ai alone, conveyed the words of his cousin Du Ruhui, and finally sent away the jailer, giving Du Jing'ai the opportunity to hang himself.

Otherwise, Du Jingai would have no chance of hanging himself in this prison.

"Mr. Yi Guo, it was Du Jing'ai who tried to kill you. Now that Du Jing'ai is dead, you have also taken your revenge."

Wu Huaiyu was very angry after hearing Zhang Liang's confession, but he did not bother with him too much. He suspected that it was not only Du Ruhui who greeted him, but also the emperor's instructions that might have caused Du Jingai to commit suicide.

After all, he is the Jingzhao Du family, a Du family with two prime ministers.

If this matter gets serious, the consequences will be serious.

In particular, Du Yan's contribution was very great. Now he has just died, and Du Ruhui is still the prime minister of the dynasty and the emperor's confidant. If this matter is pursued, it will not end well.

It's better to just kill this piece of shit and be done with it.

It is even possible that the emperor did not intend to disclose Du Jing'ai's crimes, but instead announced that Du Jing'ai died of illness, and then asked his younger brother Du Jing to ascend the throne with him, and the matter was just covered up.

"Mr. Zhan Guo, this case has a lot of implications. Du Jingai died before we could find out anything," Huaiyu looked directly into Zhang Liang's eyes.

"Mr. Yi Guo, don't worry. This case will definitely continue to be investigated. No one can escape. It doesn't matter whether Du Jingai is dead or alive." Zhang Liang said with an embarrassed smile.

After they finished talking, Qiu Xinggong arrived.

Seeing the hanged man, he spat disdainfully, "It's bad luck."

"We can't let him die so easily. The Du family must compensate Duke Yi this time."

Notify Du Jingai's younger brother Du Jingtong to come and collect the body.

Qiu Xinggong came forward to negotiate terms with Du Jingtong, and Lao Qiu threatened Du Jingtong very rudely. Compared with the sick Du Jing'ai, this Du Ergong was actually a talented person.

The future is pretty good.

He was indeed not involved in Du Jingai's conspiracies. He had very different personalities from his brother, and he was also very opposed to the sinister things his brother did.

Of course, the rumors about Du Jingai receiving virgins every year, and even getting these virgins pregnant and then using caesarean section to remove the fetuses and use medicine are actually nonsense.

After all, Du Jing'ai was the son of the prime minister and a member of a famous family, and he was not the leader of a demon sect. Du Yan would not allow this to happen.

There is indeed such a thing as being happy. Taking in several concubines a year is nothing in a wealthy family. Except for one or two who died of illness, the rest of the concubines are living well in the Du family. It's just that Du Jingai was born sick and weak.

, marrying a wife and taking concubines is actually just a decoration.

He couldn't even get his wife or concubine pregnant, let alone take the fetus by caesarean section and make medicine for it.

The medicine Du Jing likes to take does contain deer fetuses, purple river carts, etc., but it is purely a rumor that he eats human fetuses. He does not raise desperate villains in ghost caves, kidnap people, and rob people, but Du Jing

It is true that Jingai has many interests in the ghost market.

Du Jing'ai was a sick man. Although he had a bachelor's degree, he was not in good health and had no future in his official career. Therefore, Du Yan focused on training his second son very early on.

Du Jingai likes to make friends in the world, and Chai Lun has a good relationship with him. He also likes intrigues, and he inherits this aspect from his father.

Du Jingai's pursuit of Wu Huaiyu is most likely related to Nanshi and Wall Dragon Chailun.

But now people are dead.

Although Du Ruhui had a grudge against Du Yan, he did not want Du Jing'ai to implicate the entire Du family.

Qiu Xinggong was not as polite as Du Jingtong.

At this time, Du Jingtong just wanted to put an end to the matter as soon as possible. After all, not only was Du Jing'ai's body there, but the evil he had done was also there. If the investigation continued, the Du family would be in danger, and at least his family would be destroyed.

Two villages in the capital, a thousand acres of land, a villa in Chang'an City, Lishan, Wugong, and Lantian, a villa each, plus a thousand guan of money, fifty slaves and fifty horses.

Qiu Xinggong asked for a high price, but Du Jingtong did not bargain much and showed enough sincerity to compensate Wu Huaiyu.

The Du family is willing to exchange these for Wu Huaiyu's understanding.

Du Jingtong hoped that his brother's death would preserve some dignity and leave some dignity to the Du family.

Qiu Xinggong ignored this. The dignity they wanted could only be given by the Holy Emperor.

Du Jingtong took away Du Jing'ai's body and sent the house deed, money, silk and slave horses to the Wu family on the same day.

Du Ruhui even visited the Wu family in person that day and had a pot of tea with Wu Huaiyu.

Du Ruhui apologized to Wu Huaiyu, but also hoped that Wu Huaiyu would show his respect.

Things began to develop towards clarity, which was becoming more and more favorable to Wu Huaiyu. At least now the emperor no longer believed in the prophecy of the so-called Wu Dai Li Xing, and believed that it was a rumor concocted by Du Jingai.

The charlatan was taken to the market and beheaded, and his head was hung on the city wall for public display.

Yongzhou Yamen and Chang'an Wannian County Yamen, as well as the Wuhou Guards and Liumenmen, etc. were dispatched together, capturing many such charlatans, sorcerers, witches and witches, and beheaded them all.

The rumors in the market that Li Xing, the heroine of the Wu Dynasty, was the heroine, also disappeared for a while.

Anyone who dares to commit crimes and spread rumors will be exiled to the frontier if caught.

Things are still fermenting, but things are already heading in a good direction.

Under Du Ruhui's operation, Du Jingai's death was silent, and in the end Li Shimin still retained some face of the Du family.

Du Jingai died of illness. Since he had no heirs, the emperor issued an order to let his younger brother Du Jing take the title of Duke of Dongyang County and be demoted to the first rank.

The emperor also acquiesced in the compensation the Du family paid to Wu Huaiyu.

However, although the emperor did not disclose Du Jing'ai's crimes, he finally issued a secret decree and rewarded all the concubines and servants in Du Jing'ai's house to Wu Huaiyu.

Early morning.

Above the Golden Palace.

The general secretary read out the edict.

"Bachelor of Chongxian Hall, champion general, Shangzhu Kingdom, Yongzhou Biejia, Prince Ximawuhuaiyu, concurrently minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, judge of the branch, and concurrently in charge of writing and serving as the censor."

"General You Xiaowei, Huo Guogong Chai Shao, was renamed Qiao Guogong and removed from the position of General You Xiaowei."
To be continued...