My spirit appeared on the road to exile, and I was treated as an ancestor.

Chapter 101 Bribing Du Hangwu

When Du Hangwu first arrived in the capital, he only wanted a job to make a living. But after staying in the capital for a long time and experiencing many things, his mindset changed. In the bustling capital, no one didn't want to climb the social ladder.

But the capital is full of high-ranking officials. People like them, who are at the bottom of society, have no background or money. Even if they have some achievements, they can't get them. If they want to climb up, they can only look for opportunities to get promoted in hard jobs.

A colleague of mine once went to escort prisoners. After returning from that trip, he was promoted, a far cry from his former colleagues.

Du Hangwu volunteered to escort prisoners for this very reason. He believed he was skilled enough to protect himself during the journey and was willing to gamble on a bright future.

But now he knows that the two assassination attempts along the way were orchestrated by the Imperial Guard Commander, a favorite of the palace, and that the person behind them could only be the Emperor. How can he possibly bear this?
Forget about a bright future; even if I manage to return to the capital alive, I fear I won't be able to save my life.

After all, it was the emperor who wanted to kill people. Not only would the criminals not survive, but even the officials who escorted them would not survive.

Unless he kills the person the emperor wants to kill before him, he can curry favor with the emperor and, upon returning to the capital, perhaps rise rapidly in rank.

But the emperor wanted to kill not only Princess Shunyu, but also the Lu family. The Lu family were powerful, and killing dozens of people was as easy as crushing an ant. He must be tired of living to oppose them.

To curry favor with the emperor and oppose the Lu family is to die.

Trying to curry favor with the Lu family would offend the emperor, and even returning to the capital would mean certain death.
Du Hangwu couldn't sleep; the pain from his wound made him wince, because both of his paths to survival were blocked.

Gu Xingzhao kept his eyes fixed on Du Hangwu. The ancients said, "If the ruler wants the subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die." Could this little Du be so pedantic?
If Du Hangwu intends to oppose the Lu family, then this person definitely cannot be allowed to live; after all, it's easy to defend against open attacks, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows.

However, the remaining officials only obeyed Du Hangwu. Without Du Hangwu, the remaining officials would inevitably fall into internal strife. After all, this is not a game of Candy Crush. He could not eliminate all the officials. Otherwise, before he even reached the place of exile, the Lu family would probably be accused of rebellion, and the dog emperor would have a legitimate reason to send troops to quell the rebellion and eliminate the Lu family.

Moreover, not all the criminals in the group are as kind as the Lu family. Many are vicious and wicked. Without the supervision of the officials, they will run away and harm innocent people.
Thinking of this, she bought another bottle of painkillers from the system store, wrote down the instructions and effects on a sticky note, and sent it to Du Hangwu.

A bottle of painkillers costs ten thousand yuan, which is a lot of money that will be gone in one gulp. Gu Xingzhao just hopes that he is a pragmatic person.

At this moment, Du Hangwu was still worrying about the future when he suddenly found something cold in his hand. He was startled and immediately threw it away!
what!
The plump bottle rolled on the ground with a "thud" until it was stopped by a stone.

Gu Xingzhao's face darkened. Ten thousand yuan worth of stuff, just thrown away like that. Luckily, this guy isn't surnamed Lu, or I'm afraid I'd vomit blood and die.

Du Hangwu's heart was pounding. He belatedly realized that the only person who could slip something into his hand so quietly was that deity from the Lu family!

Realizing this, his face turned deathly pale. He had actually thrown away what the gods had given him!
He suddenly stood up and rushed towards the direction where the bottle had rolled, trying to retrieve what he had just thrown away, his steps faltering.

Fortunately, the bottle hadn't rolled far and was stopped by a stone. His fingers trembled as he picked up the thing the god had given him and discovered it was a bottle. His mind was in turmoil. He carefully examined the bottle, his heart pounding in his throat.

Fortunately, the bottle was intact, and Du Hangwu breathed a sigh of relief. By the moonlight, he realized that this was not an ordinary bottle!

The bottle was completely transparent, like water. Even though he had never seen anything made of such material before, he could tell that it was not something that belonged to an ordinary person, not even the powerful and influential figures in the capital.

Du Hangwu looked at the note he had just picked up and was stunned. It wasn't words, but a drawing!
The note had a simple line drawing of a little person holding a bottle, who was pouring the contents of the bottle into his mouth and drinking it.

He vaguely guessed that this must be medicine for treating injuries.

This deity not only saved him, but is now also providing him with medicine, yet he was just now considering whether to kill the Lu family to curry favor with the emperor in the capital.
He felt uneasy.

Moreover, the note for delivering the medicine was drawn. Du Hangwu realized the deity's thoughtfulness and intention, and he felt ashamed because he was illiterate.

Fearing the displeasure of the Lu family's deities, he immediately unscrewed the bottle and drank the medicine inside in one gulp.

Du Hangwu drank it too quickly and almost choked. The warm medicine flowed into his throat and spread from deep within his body. He looked at his wounds, which had been in excruciating pain, in disbelief. They were now unusually calm, without any pain, and had even stopped bleeding!
He examined his body closely, hardly believing that such a miraculous medicine existed in the world. Shocked, his breathing became rapid and his heart pounded as if it would jump out of his chest.

This feeling is amazing!

Is this medicine available in the capital?

Does the palace have this medicine?

Did the emperor have access to this kind of medicine?

No! Absolutely not!
Du Hangwu gripped the bottle tightly, took a deep breath, his body trembled slightly, but his eyes were bright, and there was no more hesitation in his heart.

Compared to the supreme gods, what is a mortal emperor?!

With such extraordinary divine assistance, how could the Lu family possibly fall into decline? If I could follow the Lu family, even if I didn't return to the capital, I would surely benefit from their good fortune in the future!

At this moment, Du Hangwu realized that he hadn't been foolish enough to go against the Lu family.

Gu Xingzhao was very satisfied with Du Hangwu's change in mindset. She smiled slightly: Very good, I like this kind of pragmatic person.

The exiles were ambushed again, and dozens more died, leaving fewer than a hundred people.

Previously, the criminals who were dissatisfied with the Lu family dared not show any disrespect to the gods now that they were protected by the Lu family's deities. After experiencing life and death last night, the officials dared not utter a single complaint against the Lu family.

The Lu family immediately gained the upper hand in the exile procession.

Because of their close relationship with the Lu family, the Liu family also received the assistance of those officials.

Lu Qing secretly observed all of this, knowing that it was all thanks to his ancestors. He would repair the ancestral hall for his ancestors and order the entire clan to worship it day and night to repay their kindness when the family's situation improved.

The next day, Gu Xingzhao woke up and found that the offering value had increased by more than a hundred overnight, and he could repair cultural relics again.

However, I just sold a batch, so I have enough money for now. After thinking about it, I decided to keep the offering value in case I suddenly need it again someday.

Just as she finished dropping Lin Ting off and returned for lunch, a loud crashing sound came from the supermarket door downstairs!

"Bang bang bang!"

"Oh!"

Accompanied by a violent banging on the door, shouts and curses also rang out:
"Gu Xingzhao! Get out here!"

(End of this chapter)