This heavy rain came quite suddenly, it lasted for a whole day and night, and when Si Ruihan and Xiao Jingyuan left the palace together, it was still falling, with little wisps and no intention of stopping.

Si Ruihan was sitting in the carriage, opened the curtain and stretched out his hand, a drop of rain fell on the palm of his hand and became invisible. Xiao Jingyuan looked aside and tugged at his sleeve, "Do you like rainy days?"

Si Ruihan withdrew his arms and raised his head slightly, "I don't like it, rain always makes people feel desolate."

Xiao Jingyuan carefully pulled his rain-stained hand over, and held it tightly, covering the little bit of water with his warm palm, "Ruihan, everything will pass."

Si Ruihan glanced sideways at Xiao Jingyuan, his eyebrows and eyes traced the outline of the other party, bit by bit, over and over again, until the carriage stopped before he looked away.

"Master, we are here." Ying Lan's voice sounded outside the car, Xiao Jingyuan opened the curtain and jumped out of the car.

They didn't appear in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but went straight to a small road outside the city. Xiao Jingyuan naturally helped Si Ruihan get off the carriage.

As soon as the two of them stood still, they saw Xiao Qingyang wearing a black cloak standing in front of the carriage, cupping his hands, "Master."

The two nodded and walked together with him into the woods. When they reached the woods, they saw Mu Yilan, Li Mo and Zhou Cixin waiting there.

Mu Yilan glanced at Xiao Jingyuan and waved to Xiao Qingyang, Xiao Qingyang hesitated for a moment before walking over, Mu Yilan stretched out her hand and pulled them into her arms, "I said I don't need to pick them up."

Xiao Jingyuan glanced at him, and shook hands with Si Ruihan's index fingers. Si Ruihan looked at the other's very childish behavior, sighed, and let him go.

"What's the situation now." Xiao Jingyuan asked.

"There has not been any news outside the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and people have been arranged at the major intersections from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to escape." Li Mo cupped his hands.

"Why did you choose this place?" Xiao Jingyuan glanced at Mu Yilan and said.

"Because this path is the most biased and the least likely to be suspected."

"Mu Yilan, what I want is not speculation." Xiao Jingyuan stared at him with burning eyes when he heard the other party's answer, with a little bit of dissatisfaction in his tone.

Xiao Qingyang raised her head slightly, and Mu Yilan saw the worry in the other party's eyes with downcast eyes, and raised the corners of her lips, "We are cooperating, even though I promised Qingyue Tower to obey you, it doesn't mean that I, Mu Yilan, want to Allegiance to you."

The gloomy wind in the silence made the surrounding atmosphere unpredictable. Si Ruihan glanced at Xiao Qingyang, then at Mu Yilan, "This road is the only way to the Southern Region. Other roads Either it’s too circumventing or it’s too dangerous, regardless of whether the people in the Southern Territory really intend to save Cao Xin, they will take him away.”

"Besides, there are many dense forests on this road. You can kill Cao Xin here without anyone noticing, so it's not easy to cause trouble." Si Ruihan said flatly.

Mu Yilan's cold eyes deepened following Si Ruihan's words, "You are very smart, I now understand why you survived that eunuch Sun."

"Lord Mu, Qingyuelou has always been trustworthy. As long as you can afford the price, you can get the corresponding information. Louzhu Mu will definitely not go back on what you promised, so why not be more frank, so that people around you, less Some troubles." Si Ruihan said.

Mu Yilan looked at Si Ruihan with a smile in his eyes, and then at Xiao Jingyuan, "It is true that people from the Southern Region are dispatched tonight, but their purpose is not to save Cao Xin but to kill him. , They used many spies hidden in the city."

"It seems that this Cao Xin really has mastered something extraordinary." Xiao Jingyuan said with narrowed eyes.

"Master, there has been movement in the prison of the Ministry of Justice." Yinglan stepped forward and said.

Prison

The bursting candles made the ghosts and snake gods who were silent here restless, and the spreading blood made waves in the eyes of the prisoners on death row. The life of waiting for death without seeing the sun for a long time made them bloodthirsty. People are extremely sensitive.

Several people who came with swords came to Cao Xin's door, and cut off the door lock with one knife, "Go quickly."

Cao Xin stumbled to his feet, and immediately followed them out. The remaining people looked at the death-row prisoners in the remaining cells, looked at each other, and cut off the locks together.

They acted quickly, and with the addition of those condemned prisoners, the soldiers and horses of the Ministry of Justice who rushed over were defeated in front of them, and it didn't take long for them to escape.

Cao Xin was dragged by them all the way, running exhausted, but he looked around and felt relieved. This is indeed the way to the southern region. Before he was arrested, he had checked many times. I have long been familiar with everything in the surrounding area.

Just when he was happy that he was about to escape from the sky, a sharp arrow pierced through the hearts of the people around him, and the man fell straight to the ground, and even Cao Xin was dragged to the ground .

Everything happened so suddenly, when several people reacted, they were already surrounded by Li Mo's men.

Seeing that they couldn't escape, those people turned around and were about to kill Cao Xin who was still dazed on the ground. Li Mo took the first step, hooked Cao Xin's neck with the whip in his hand and dragged him under his horse.

"If you can keep alive, stay alive. If you can't, kill them on the spot." After Li Mo finished speaking, those people struggled forward, and they were all beheaded not long after.

Li Mo got off his horse and ordered his men to take care of the corpse. He grabbed Cao Xin by the collar and dragged him to the depths of the woods. At this time, Xiao Jingyuan had already lit a cluster of bonfires and pulled Si Ruihan to lean against the fire to keep warm.

Cao Xin looked at Xiao Jingyuan's face against the light of the fire, as if he had seen a ghost that wanted his life, and he was so frightened that he lost his mind.

Xiao Jingyuan stretched out his hand and rubbed it close to the fire, "I thought you were so smart, you could believe such a clumsy escape method."

"It's stupid to think that you can escape with them by releasing a few condemned prisoners to disturb your sightlines." Xiao Jingyuan stared at him and said.

"Now I know who Cao Yunran is fooling around with." Xiao Jingyuan said with a smile.

Xiao Jingyuan's words brought Cao Xin back to his senses. He trembled like a sieve. He stared at Xiao Jingyuan obsessively. After a while, he knelt down and crawled forward. He was about to touch the corner of Si Ruihan's clothes, and was caught in the shadows. Blue threw a dart that nailed through his hand.

A mournful howl sounded, Xiao Qingyang couldn't help frowning and shrinking her body, Mu Yilan raised her hand to cover his ears, "I told you not to come."

Si Ruihan's expression didn't change at all, he looked at the blood that was about to spread to his feet and frowned, Xiao Jingyuan grabbed his waist and moved in, "Sit down, dirty."

After wailing for a while, Cao Xin seemed to have no strength left, only his body was shaking. Xiao Jingyuan glanced at him, "Cao Xin, do you really think that the people in the Southern Region will follow the agreement to save you?"

Hearing this, Cao Xin raised his head with scarlet eyes, looking very frightening, but Xiao Jingyuan didn't take it seriously. If Cao Xin can still calm down by this time, it would be abnormal.

"What will they get for rescuing you back? You know what others know, and if you spend all your energy saving you, it's better to buy another obedient official." Xiao Jingyuan said with narrowed eyes.

Cao Xin gasped, and after a while he stretched out his hand and pulled out the dart on his palm, "The emperor didn't order me to be killed, and why, if I really didn't know anything, the emperor should have killed me long ago."

The corners of Xiao Jingyuan's lips twitched slightly, and he nodded, "You look like you did before."

"I want to live." Cao Xin said in a deep voice.

Xiao Jingyuan raised his eyebrows, "Are you qualified to make a deal with me?"

"As long as the emperor wants to know this secret, he will definitely make a deal with me. This secret is worth more than my life." Cao Xin gritted his teeth and said, with an inexplicable light in his eyes.

"Okay, I'm curious about your secret after hearing you say that, yes, I will never kill you." Xiao Jingyuan responded with a full mouth.

Cao Xin's eyes swept over everyone present, and his eyes stayed on Si Ruihan, "Does the Emperor dare to swear on the Queen's life?"

Hearing this, Xiao Jingyuan's eyes were filled with black waves, Mu Yilan at the side glanced at Cao Xin and laughed, maybe Xiao Jingyuan would leave his whole body before, but now, he might be cut to pieces.

Seeing that Xiao Jingyuan was too late to move, Si Ruihan pushed him and raised his neck. Xiao Jingyuan looked at him, "I won't swear on the queen's life, I can swear on my life, if I kill you, God will punish you."

Cao Xin was silent for a while after hearing the words, "Eunuch Sun is the subordinate of King Zhongyi. King Zhongyi has an affair with Princess Nanyu and has a daughter."

Cao Xin's words made Xiao Jingyuan stand up abruptly. He never knew these things in his previous life. Now, for what reason, these secrets hidden underground have come to the fore.

Si Ruihan didn't expect Xiao Jingyuan to have such a big reaction. He thought about it carefully. There was no sign in the previous life. At least before his death, Xiao Jingmo, King of Loyalty, was silent.

Cao Xin looked up at Xiao Jingyuan, "This is the secret I know, can the emperor let me go now?"

"Li Mo, let him go." Xiao Jingyuan said calmly.

After Cao Xin left, Xiao Jingyuan sat down, "Do you know about this?"

Mu Yilan naturally knew that Xiao Jingyuan was asking about herself, "Although Qingyue Tower claims to have mastered the secrets of the world, in the end it doesn't know everything, especially when it comes to the royal family. If it is not necessary, it will not be easy to investigate."

"If it's an investigation, how long will it take?" Xiao Jingyuan asked.

Mu Yilan felt Xiao Qingyang's breathing suddenly became lighter, and smiled, "Give me ten days, within ten days I will help you find out the truth of this statement."

Xiao Jingyuan nodded, stood up and reached out to Si Ruihan, "It's late at night, let's go back."

Si Ruihan used his strength to stand up and left with Xiao Jingyuan. Mu Yilan sat beside the fire with Xiao Qingyang in his arms, "What do you want to say?"

"I, if I'm your burden, then...um." Before Xiao Qingyang could finish her sentence, Mu Yilan pressed her head and kissed her, and all her words turned into silence and swallowed into her stomach.

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