Chapter 122 Dragon Travels the World 9
Chapter 122 Dragon Travels the World 9
Bai Shanshan hesitated for a moment, but still felt something was wrong and retorted, "One thing at a time! The country has laws, and those who enforce them should act in accordance with the law. If they arbitrarily change them, how will the ruler govern the country in the future? I admit that Lord He is a good official, but we cannot exempt He Yaozu from his crimes just because he is a good official, can we?"
“He Yaozu has already shown remorse, and as the saying goes, a prodigal son who returns is more precious than gold! Moreover, he captured the Dragon Slaying Society alive last night, which is a great achievement! His merits and demerits should be balanced, so why not spare his life and change his sentence to another punishment?”
Ding Wuwei was not in the court or in public office, but wandered the world. He acted as he pleased, entirely based on his feelings. Although he claimed to be able to deceive the world, he was actually the softest-hearted person. He viewed things more from the perspective of personal emotions and was unwilling to hurt others easily.
So he used to be the one who disliked Ho Yiu-cho the most, but now that Ho Yiu-cho has changed, he is the first person who feels he should be given a chance to change.
In contrast, Bai Shanshan's stance is different. She is the only daughter of the late General Bai Wu. Influenced by her father, she values the laws and regulations of the country and is accustomed to viewing things from a legal perspective.
Furthermore, as a woman, she could empathize more with Yun'er's current predicament. Therefore, although she felt somewhat sorry for He Zhengjie who was about to lose his beloved son, she still could not forgive He Yaozu for his previous misdeeds.
Hearing Ding Wuwei's words, Bai Shanshan still disagreed: "How can merits and demerits be easily offset? If that were the case, wouldn't everyone be able to find opportunities to perform good deeds before committing evil in order to escape responsibility? Wouldn't the world be in great chaos?"
Seeing Bai Shanshan's emotions gradually escalating, Ding Wuwei felt a headache coming on. Realizing things were getting out of hand, he quickly waved his feather fan to ease the tension: "Alright, Shanshan, let's leave this matter here. Anyway, my disciple isn't the real king, and I'm not the real Eunuch Ding. Let the real king worry about this!"
Our top priority now is to find a way to leave here as soon as possible. Otherwise, things could get complicated. If we slip up and people discover we're impersonating the king, things will be very bad!
After speaking, Ding Wuwei shook his head casually and strolled to the side to look at his pictures of beautiful women, leaving Bai Shanshan speechless for a moment, only able to give him a helpless reproachful look.
She became increasingly suspicious that Wuwei knew that Tianyou was the king, otherwise why would he always say to leave the matter to the king to solve whenever he couldn't win an argument?
As time slowly passed, Chu Tianyou (hereinafter referred to as Chu Tianyou) and Zhao Yu did not wake up until dusk, their fatigue from the resting period completely gone.
After a simple meal, Chu Tianyou looked out the window at the setting sun, pondered for a moment, then instructed the inn's servants to prepare some food and led Zhao Yu leisurely toward the prison.
He's going to visit Ho Yiu-tsu!
Chu Tianyou did not truly intend to kill He Yaozu. Whether it was out of political considerations, sympathy and pity for He Zhengjie, a loyal subject, or his own compassion, he hoped that He Yaozu could come to his senses, repent, and give him a reason to forgive his death sentence.
Fortunately, judging from He Yaozu's actions yesterday, he seems to have genuinely repented, but whether this is true or not still needs to be carefully verified in person.
At the same time, he also had doubts in his heart. He Yaozu's martial arts skills were mediocre. He could deal with ordinary people, but if he were to face Xiao Tianzan, he should have no chance of winning.
Was He Yaozu able to successfully capture Xiao Tianzan yesterday because someone secretly helped him, or was He Yaozu intentionally hiding his abilities beforehand?
Chu Tianyou suppressed his doubts and walked into the deep prison, while Zhao Yu followed closely behind, carrying a food box and carefully maintaining a proper distance.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
In the prison, the jailer and the guards hurriedly knelt down and bowed respectfully upon seeing the two figures.
"The king wants to see He Yaozu, so hurry up and lead the way." Zhao Yu's tone was calm, but it carried an unquestionable air.
Normally, when the king and the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness personally visit, the jailer would lead the way, filled with trepidation. However, thinking of He Yaozu's situation, a hint of embarrassment flashed across the jailer's face, and he forced a vague reply.
"Um, a young lady is visiting Young Master He."
girl?
The two were momentarily stunned, but then immediately remembered that Madam He had wanted to leave an heir for He Yaozu.
Chu Tianyou frowned slightly, and just as he was about to ask a question, a jailer hurriedly ran over.
"The king is here? What kind of behavior is this, all flustered and disrespectful!" the jailer shouted sternly.
The jailer was startled at first, then quickly bowed. Chu Tianyou didn't care about such a trivial matter, but instead asked, "What happened inside?"
The jailer answered honestly, "I was following Madam He's instructions to take Miss Zhou to Young Master He's cell, but I found that the lock on the cell door was broken and I couldn't open it."
"Take us to see it?" Chu Tianyou said directly.
"Yes!"
Led by the jailer, Chu Tianyou and Zhao Yu walked toward He Yaozu's cell. From afar, they saw Zhou Yun'er in a pale yellow dress, standing quietly in front of a cell door, carrying a food box in her hand. Faint voices could be heard coming from inside the cell.
“Miss Zhou, the prison is not a good place. You should go back quickly so that your mother won’t worry.” He Yaozu’s tone was gentle. He always felt guilty towards Zhou Yun’er, so he unconsciously lowered his voice when he spoke.
Zhou Yun'er lowered her head, her gaze fixed on the ground, looking like a puppet, lifeless, her voice low and devoid of emotion: "I promised Madam He that I would marry you and continue the He family line."
"You...you want to marry me?" He Yaozu was shocked.
Zhou Yun'er nodded slightly.
He Yaozu looked at her, feeling utterly bewildered. Was he still half asleep? Or was there something wrong with his ears?
Zhou Yun'er said she wanted to marry him! How could that be?
He asked, puzzled, "What prompted you to make this decision?"
"Lord He saved my life twice, so I've decided to marry you." Zhou Yun'er's face was calm, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.
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Her experiences during this period left her heartbroken and devastated, causing her to lose her original enthusiasm and hope for life.
When her old illness flared up yesterday, for a moment, she even thought it would be better to die, so that she could see her father and Wenxing again.
But seeing her mother's sorrowful face and gray hair, hot tears pulled her back to reality.
She couldn't be so selfish as to let her mother, who had already lost her husband, lose her daughter as well. So, the future mother, she survived.
Later, Mrs. Ho approached her and asked her to marry Ho Yiu-tsu, which she accepted.
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