On that day, Cao Duyun assassinated Sima Zhufeng in Nanquanzhuang, not many people knew about it, and Hua Bushi only speculated after being restrained by Yi Ruoying on the South Stone Cliff of Wanyi Island, and no one knew about it in the various sects on the island at that time.

Hua Bushi said: "Brother Cao, the person who leaked this matter, would never have imagined that it was Lu Qiuhong, the master of Wanyi Gate. ”

Hearing the name of "Lu Qiuhong", Cao Duyun's gaze instantly sharpened, and he said, "Didn't he die in the storm, where is he now?"

Hua Bushi said: "He was not drowned that day, and he also took refuge in the 'Black Dragon Palace' and came to Okura City, but now I am afraid that he is dead." ”

Cao Duyun said: "What do you mean by this?"

Hua Bushi said: "Lu Qiuhong came to this city to be an undercover agent for the 'Black Dragon Palace', and when he fought with Zhu Hong on the small West Lake of Mingxiangzhai, he was poisoned by his own palm and sank into the lake, although he did not look for the body, most of them had been buried at the bottom of the lake. ”

Cao Duyun's gaze dimmed again, and said, "It turns out that he is still dead." ”

On the same day, on the "Green Cockroach", Lu Qiuhong betrayed and raided Cao Duyun and seriously injured him, and Yi Ruoying and Xue Yuan both died at the hands of this person, Cao Duiyun hated to kill this big enemy with his own hands, but unfortunately he didn't have this opportunity.

Hua Bushi said: "Brother Cao's assassination of the Sima City Lord, the 'Wanjin Hall' has already known about it, and now this courtyard has been heavily surrounded, and there are hundreds of archers outside, I think Brother Cao still doesn't resist, and when the younger brother goes to plead with the city lord and the eldest lady, maybe Brother Cao can be spared from death." ”

With Cao Duyun's martial arts, it is certainly not easy for Yao Yuanxiao to capture him, but if it is really as Hua Bushi said, there are hundreds of archers ambushed outside the courtyard, no matter how strong Cao Duyun is, I am afraid that he will not be able to rush out, and at most he can only fight for the result of a fish dying and breaking the net.

Cao Duyun smiled coldly and said, "Brother Hua pleaded with the eldest lady of the city lord, can he save me from death, the revenge of killing my father is not shared, how can she forgive me so easily?"

Whether he could intercede with Sima Rulan without killing Cao Duyun, Hua Bushi was indeed unsure in his heart, he was silent for a long time before he said: "Brother Cao assassinated Sima City Lord that day, and he was also used by others, and the main culprit was someone else, Miss Lan'er is kind-hearted and generous, I interceded with her and pleaded, maybe there are still some opportunities." ”

At this time, Yao Yuanxiao in the courtyard couldn't wait, and shouted: "Young Master Hua, I see that you don't have to bother more, Yao will take down this murderer!"

In the eyes of the elder of the inner hall of the "Wanjin Hall", Cao Duyun assassinated the city lord Sima Zhufeng, and he was a member of the Ming court, so he would definitely not be able to spare it, even if he couldn't be captured alive, he had to be killed on the spot. However, before his words fell, a black shadow was already coming towards his chest, but it was Cao Duyun who struck first, and the short broom in his hand stabbed out!

Yao Yuanxiao hurriedly waved his staff to block, but he blocked a void, and the broom changed its direction and had already pierced his lower abdomen. This "Wanjintang" elder roared violently, and the iron rod immediately changed his move and pressed downward!

His cane was made of fine iron, which was not only hard and not light, but what Cao Duyun was holding in his hand was nothing more than a bamboo broom used for ordinary sweeping, as long as the weapons of the two sides touched, the bamboo broom would definitely break immediately. Yao Yuanxiao pressed down and exhaled his breath with this move, and he had already transported his internal force to the iron staff, and he was about to destroy the opponent's weapon in one fell swoop.

However, his blow was still a void, Cao Duyun's bamboo broom stabbed, obviously the move was already old, and he couldn't change the move, but suddenly he turned around, and he changed his position again, and stabbed Yao Yuanxiao's throat back!

And this time, Yao Yuanxiao was completely too late to respond!

The "Vientiane Silk Winding Sword Technique" was originally an unpredictable superior sword technique, which was used in the hands of Cao Duyun, and even Yu Jun, the elder of the "Huashan Faction", was defeated by him. Although Yao Yuanxiao's martial arts are strong, he is not an opponent, and he lost the opportunity as soon as he fought, and he was about to be injured by the other party immediately.

Although this short broom is just an ordinary bamboo branch, in the hands of a master of internal strength, the true qi is concentrated, and it is not difficult to pierce the neck. But Cao Duyun suddenly paused his move, and the bamboo branch only pressed against Yao Yuanxiao's throat, and did not stab straight down.

At this time, the guards of the City Lord's Mansion reacted, and each came forward with weapons, and the figures on the courtyard walls on all sides of the small courtyard flickered, and in an instant, countless soldiers appeared, one by one, bending their bows and arrows, and the tips of hundreds of arrows were all pointed at Cao Duyun in the courtyard! It seems that what Hua Bushi said before was true, and the "Wanjintang" sent many manpower to catch the murderer who killed the city lord, and it had already surrounded this small courtyard.

Although Yao Yuanxiao was restrained by the other party, his face was blank, and he shouted: "The surname Cao, if there is a kind, he will kill Yao! Today I will definitely make you pierce your heart with arrows, and there is no place to bury you!"

Cao Duyun's gaze did not look at Yao Yuanxiao, but turned to Hua Bushi and said, "Brother Hua, do you still remember what you promised when you 'cut the pulse and pull out the poison' for the younger brother that day?"

Hua Bushi said: "I remember. ”

Cao Duyun said: "So Brother Hua's promise is still valid today?"

Hua Bushi said: "It works." ”

On that day, in order to let Hua Bushi get rid of the demons in his heart, Cao Duyun would not have any scruples when he started to pull out the poison, and he once gambled with his life to ask Hua Bushi to promise to help the Ming court raise two million taels of silver, and Hua Bushi would certainly not forget.

Cao Duyun nodded and said, "Okay! As long as Brother Hua can complete what he promised, Cao Duyun's life and death are not important!"

He threw his broom on the ground with his arms down.

Yao Yuanxiao saw Cao Duyun withdrawing, and hurriedly took two steps back, getting out of the other party's control, and several guards from the City Lord's Mansion immediately grabbed it, and put the sword in his hand on Cao Duyun's neck. But this "Twilight Cloud Prince" stood with his hands down and no longer resisted.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ arresting Cao Duyun was just one of the things that Sima Rulan did after returning to the City Lord's Mansion from Mingxiangzhai.

In the fight with Xiong Bailing on the roof of Wangxi Building, Sima Rulan suffered a lot of internal injuries. Chai Lin was more seriously injured than her, and Deng Ran, the elder of the outer hall, was killed, and the important people in the "Wanjin Hall" died in one day, and they were injured, only Yao Yuanxiao was the least injured, and he was barely unhindered.

Sima Rulan couldn't lie down to recuperate, and there were too many things for her to deal with. The news that the city lord Sima Zhufeng had died spread in the city, which immediately caused a commotion, rumors spread, and the hearts of the people in the "Wanjin Hall" were also floating. At such times, as the eldest lady of the city lord, she must find ways to stabilize people's hearts.

For Xiong Bailing, Sima Rulan did not break her promise, and asked their father and son to leave Okura City with more than 600 people from the "Great Rebellion Department" and Xiongjiazhuang. Those who went out of the city with them also included the family members of Deng Ran's cronies, and there were more than 200 people.

Subsequently, Sima Rulan and Yao Yuanxiao gathered more than 30 people from the middle and low-level leaders of the "Wanjin Hall", the helmsman and the incense master, and explained to them in detail the assassination of the city lord and the betrayal of Xiong Bailing and Deng Ran from the sect. In fact, through the mouths of the business owners on the Wangxi Tower that day, these things have already spread in the city, even if these helmsmen and incense owners do not know, at least they all know about it, after hearing the words of the eldest lady and Yao Yuanxiao, they immediately expressed their willingness to lead the people of the headquarters to be loyal to the city lord and the eldest lady, and no one disagreed.

There were no twists and turns in this matter, and it was also because Sima Zhufeng single-handedly founded the "Wanjin Hall", and his prestige in the sect was extremely high, and these big and small leaders as subordinates followed the city lord from birth to death for many years, all of which were loyal.

At this point, Sima Rulan can be regarded as the main liliang who really controls the sect.

And then Yao Yuanxiao led the crowd to arrest Cao Duyun, escorted him to the city lord's mansion, and put him in prison.

Hua Bushi went to the city lord's mansion to intercede and begged Sima Rulan not to kill Cao Duyun, but the result was just as Cao Duyun had expected, and Sima Rulan resolutely refused to agree.

Regardless of whether she was used or not, Cao Duyun was the direct murderer who killed her most beloved father after all, how could Sima Rulan be willing to forgive her easily. In fact, even if Sima Rulan can ignore the grudge and hatred, Cao Duyun's assassination of Sima Zhufeng is now known to everyone, if he doesn't kill this person to avenge the hall master, the disciples in the "Wanjin Hall" will definitely not agree.

The "Wanjintang" was temporarily calmed down, but the other merchants and people in the warehouse were still panicked.

In order to stabilize the people's hearts, Sima Rulan ordered a notice to be posted, all the original rules of Okura Castle were implemented as before, and the port was still free trade and no changes would be made. Three days later, on the street outside the city lord's mansion, a white event meeting will be held to mourn for the city lord Sima Chafeng.

Originally, the zuihou of the "Zixiao Conference", the duel between the princess and the charoon dog king was postponed for a month because of this.

And the first thing at the beginning of the White Affairs Meeting was to behead Cao Duyun, the murderer of the city lord, on the street, and take the head to sacrifice Sima Chafeng's spirit in the sky.

Cao Duiyun is not only a shareholder of the same barking tower as Hua Bushi, but also his friend, and now seeing that Cao Duiyun's life is only three days left, Hua Bushi is very anxious, and he went to Sima Rulan again to plead for mercy, but it was completely useless.

However, just on the second day, a major event happened, which immediately caused everyone in Okura Castle to fall into a panic, and even the White Affairs Association that mourned Sima Chafeng had to be put on hold for the time being. The beginning of the incident was the wreck of a fleet carrying grain from the mainland to Okura Island.

A total of five large ocean-going sailing ships were robbed, each with dozens of bodyguards and equipped with defensive artillery, but in front of the pirate ships of the "Black Dragon Palace", there was no resistance at all, not only all the ships and food were robbed, but none of the sailors and bodyguards on board survived.

The place of the plunder, which was less than fifty miles from Okura Island, was spotted by a speedboat that happened to sail through that area, and immediately rushed to Okura Castle to report the news.