When all the jailers retreated, the slightly chubby figure uncovered the black robe, it was Cao Yuan, and the other figure also uncovered the black robe, it was a middle-aged man, it was Meng Yan, the doctor of the Criminal Department.

Seeing his son's dejected appearance, Cao Yuan shouted in distress: "Yan'er, Yan'er, you're okay, don't scare your father, Yan'er-"

When his father's voice came, Cao Yan, who had lost his mind, suddenly cheered up, crawled to the edge of the cell, held Cao Yuan's hand, and cried: "Dad, Jian Ying didn't hide by herself, Yan'er didn't want to kill him." ”

His sword was not fast, and he could clearly dodge it with Jian Ying's skills, but he didn't dodge, Cao Yan felt that it must have been Jian Ying's intention, absolutely deliberate, and he wanted to die with himself.

Cao Yuan also held his son tightly and comforted: "Yes, yes, yes, my father knows." ”

As he spoke, Cao Yuan glanced at Meng Yan again, Meng Yan nodded, opened the cell door with the key, and the black-robed figure who had not spoken all this time walked in.

The figure unveiled its black robe, revealing a face that was very similar to Cao Yan, and it was also wearing the same prison uniform, even its height and body shape were very similar.

Cao Yan couldn't help but be taken aback: "Dad, is he?"

"You don't care who he is. As he spoke, Cao Yuan glanced at the person who was exactly the same as Cao Yan.

The man nodded, took off his black robe and draped it on Cao Yan's body, walked to the corner of the wall covered with straw and hugged his legs, curled up, just like Cao Yan before.

Cao Yan immediately understood, put the black robe on his body, and walked out of the cell.

Meng Yan locked the door of the cell and swore to the man inside: "Rest assured, after you die, your mother will live a prosperous life, and she will receive the best care for the rest of her life." ”

The man fell to his knees violently: "Thank you, sir, I hope you can do what you say." ”

This person is after Cao Yan's accident, after King Rong decided to change prisoners, it took a lot of effort to find the person, his family is very poor, his father died early, and now his mother is seriously ill, and he urgently needs money and a good doctor.

At noon today, Meng Yan and Cao Yuan found him and made such a deal.

After changing prisoners, Cao Yuan and Meng Yan took Cao Yan and walked out of the prison in front of the jailer in the cell, but no one found that the third person had become Cao Yan.

A quarter of an hour later, Cao Yuan and the three of them came to the outside of the prison in black robes, but found that there was no one outside, and it was surprisingly quiet, only the crackling sound of the firewood burning.

Walking to the gate of the cell, Meng Yan, who was walking in the front, noticed that something was wrong: "Lord Cao, it's strange, there should be many jailers guarding outside the cell, but now it is empty. ”

Cao Yuan also realized it, and hurriedly looked around, and suddenly a torch lit up in the darkness in the distance, and many soldiers poured out, startling him, and then the jailer in the cell also rushed out and surrounded the three of them.

"Lord Cao, Lord Meng, good evening, it's so late, where are you going to take Gongzi Cao Yan?"

As the words fell, a middle-aged man came out of the crowd with a sword, this person was in his fifties, with a long beard, the whole person looked capable, and his eyes showed a sinister color.

"Jane becomes Jane, Lord. Meng Yan looked at the man, his eyes showed a look of fear and fear, and Cao Yuan looked at the man, and his fat body trembled unnaturally.

Although Meng Yan had already guessed that Jian Wencheng was in ambush, when she was caught, she still couldn't help but be afraid in her heart, knowing that it was inappropriate for her to change prisoners, but King Rong insisted, coupled with Cao Yan's pleading, she could only do so.

From the moment he insisted on the strategy of changing prisoners, Meng Yan knew that King Rong had planned to sacrifice himself and Cao Yuan, who was eager to save his son, in order to win the hearts of his subordinates.

Because in today's daylight, Meng Yan found that his henchmen were replaced by King Rong, which was about to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

Jian Wencheng opened his gloomy eyes, took out his long sword and lifted the trembling Cao Yan's black robe, looked at him, and said coldly: "Cao Yan, you killed my Ying'er, do you still want to live?"

was caught, but Cao Yan suddenly stopped trembling, and was surprisingly calm, and suddenly, in front of everyone, Cao Yan suddenly tore off a mask from his face, revealing a completely unfamiliar face.

Meng Yan and Jian Wencheng were suddenly shocked in their hearts, and Jian Wencheng even put his sword on Cao Yuan's chubby body, and shouted angrily: "Cao Yuan, what about your son, hand over your son, otherwise don't blame the old man for being polite." ”

"This lord, what are you talking about? It's not Cao Yuan. Cao Yuan, who was holding a sword, also suddenly tore off a mask from his face, revealing a completely unfamiliar face.

"This ......" Jian Wencheng was stunned, staring straight at the two people in front of him, not knowing what was going on, at this moment, Meng Yan's stunned voice came: "How... How are you?"

Meng Yan suddenly realized that these two people were his housekeepers and guards.

Looking at Meng Yan's surprised expression and listening to the shocked words, Jian Wencheng put the sword on his neck and asked with a grim look: "Master Meng, do you know them, tell me who they are, and where did the real Cao Yuan and Cao Yan go?"

"They ......" Meng Yan, who suddenly understood something, was about to speak, but at this time, the person pretending to be Cao Yuan walked into his ear and said coldly: "Lord Meng, you had better bear all the blame, and His Royal Highness King Rong can still spare your family." ”

"You ......" At this moment, Meng Yan knew that King Rong had never given up Cao Yuan's money bag, but only gave up himself, and then removed his henchmen from the critical position one after another.

Listening to the threat of his housekeeper, Meng Yan didn't dare to speak anymore, he came up to know King Rong's methods, on the surface, King Rong was benevolent and righteous, but in fact he was an extremely ruthless person, if he didn't bear all the responsibility as the housekeeper said, his family would probably be killed.

Seeing that Meng Yan knew something, after the housekeeper said something, he didn't dare to speak anymore, Jian Wencheng pretended to say: "Lord Meng, say quickly, if you say it, the old man may be able to intercede for you in front of the Queen Mother." ”

But it was useless, compared to his own life, Jian Wencheng was more afraid that his family would be killed by King Rong, maybe the Queen Mother would send someone to protect her, but the lives of many people in her family risked their lives, so she had to be dumbfounded.

"Meng Yan, say it quickly!" Seeing that Meng Yan ignored him, Jian Wencheng was furious again: "Meng Yan quickly say, who are they, where are the real Cao Yuan and Cao Yan?"

"Master Jane, Cao is here. ”

Suddenly, a neutral voice came, and then a slightly chubby man rode a tall horse and led a hundred or so Cao Mansion servants and guards dressed as people appeared in front of everyone.

It was Cao Yuan.

Cao Yuan turned over and dismounted, and walked to Jian Wencheng, who was stunned and full of anger: "Lord Jian, I know who the two of them are, these two people are Meng Yan's housekeepers and guards. ”

Looking at Meng Yan again, Cao Yuan said with a face full of self-blame and guilt: "Master Meng, you and I have a deep friendship, you can't imagine that you can do it so much to save your son, Cao is grateful, but you are wrong!"

Saying that, Cao Yuan arched his hand to the sky, and said regretfully: "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, not to mention my Yan'er, the old man originally stopped you, but it was still too late." ”

After speaking, Cao Yuan had become old and tearful.

Looking at Cao Yuan's coquettish appearance, Meng Yan was very angry in his heart, but he just dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, but in his heart, he greeted King Rong and Cao Yuan's ancestors for the eighteenth generation.

"Cao Yuan, you don't act in front of the old man. Jian Wencheng suddenly put the sword across his neck and said angrily: "Cao Yuan, where did you get your son? ”

"Yan'er, aren't you in prison?" Master Jian asked Cao what he had done. Although Cao Yuan was born slightly fat, his body was quite flexible, and his words fell. As soon as his body moved, his hands came out together, and he snatched the sword from Jian Wencheng's hand.

"Cao Yan, what are you going to do?" Although the sword in his hand was snatched away by Cao Yuan, there were still his servants and guards standing behind him, but Jian Wencheng was still not panicking.

"Give Master Jian an explanation!" Cao Yuan said coldly, and walked towards the prison with his sword.

"Arrest these three. Although he didn't know what Cao Yuan was doing again, after ordering his subordinates to take care of Meng Yan and the others, he followed in.

A little more than a minute later.

"Cao Yuan, what are you going to do?What is your conspiracy tonight?" As he spoke, Jian Wencheng had already followed Cao Yuan to the cell where Cao Yan was being held.

Seeing Cao Yuan coming, the person pretending to be Cao Yan immediately pounced, grabbed Cao Yuan's hand, and cried: "Dad, you are finally here, you must save Yan'er, it is Jian Ying who does not hide by herself." ”

"Enough!" Jian Wencheng wanted to get angry and said that this person was not Cao Yan at all, but Cao Yuan suddenly screamed, and then looked like an old tear: "Yan'er, if you kill Jian Ying, your father can't protect you." ”

Saying that, Cao Yuan caressed Cao Yan's face and said in great pain: "Yan'er, it was Dad who brought you to this world, Dad doesn't want you to suffer while waiting for death, Dad ...... Sending you away. ”

After speaking, without Jian Wencheng reacting, he stabbed a sword into the chest of the person who was pretending to be Cao Yan, looking at his breath, Cao Yuan said with tears in pain: "Don't worry, Dad will take care of your mother and won't let your mother suffer." ”

The person pretending to be Cao Yan heard the meaning of Cao Yuan's words, and immediately showed an indifferent smile, and then fell to the ground, without any breath.

Jian Wencheng was taken aback by Cao Yuan's sudden behavior, and when he came back to his senses, he snatched the bloodstained sword from Cao Yuan's hand, and said angrily: "Cao Yuan, what are you doing, are you killing people?"

"Lord Jane, I don't understand what you're talking about!" Cao Yuan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and also drank: "Lord Jane, now that I have killed my son with my own hands, I can be regarded as paying off the debt for your dead son, what do you want?"

"You ......" glanced at the dead people in the cell, and Jian Wencheng said angrily: "This person is your son at all, Cao Yuan, you are so special to kill people and kill people." ”

Cao Yuan was also angry, and pointed at the dead man: "Master Jane, what else do you have to do?" You can see clearly that person and my son look exactly the same, the height, body shape, and appearance are exactly the same, how can you say that he is not my Yan'er?"

"If Lord Jian doesn't believe it, you can carry him out so that others can identify whether he is my Yan'er, if he kills Yan'er in Xia, if Lord Jian can't relieve his anger, then kill me!" said Cao Yuan, who had already closed his eyes.

"You ......" As soon as the long sword in Jian Wencheng's hand pointed at Cao Yuan, he wanted to pierce his neck, but when the tip of the sword was less than three inches, he stopped: "Alas——, Cao Yuan counts you ruthless." ”

Throwing the sword heavily on the ground, Jian Wencheng walked out with a step, just took two steps, looked back at Cao Yuan, and said with a cruel gaze: "Cao Yuan, Meng Yan and the three are still in my hands, don't be too happy, old man, ......"

Jian Wencheng was just saying, and Jian Ying's swordsman guard, that is, the lurking Mozong Night Man, ran in in with a panicked expression: "My lord, Lord Jian, it's not good, Meng Yan and the three of them committed suicide." ”

"What, they committed suicide?" Jian Wencheng's face suddenly changed when his words came to an abrupt end, and he didn't dare or want to believe his ears.

The swordsman guard nodded.

Jian Wencheng looked at Cao Yuan with a cold gaze again, and snorted coldly: "Cao Yuan, you are ruthless, the old man misremembered you, and King Rong, the old man will never stop with you." ”

After speaking, Jian Wencheng led the swordsman to escort and left angrily.

"Master Jane walks slowly, Cao doesn't send it. Cao Yuan, who was behind him, saluted him, and his words carried the pain and sadness of losing his "son", but there was a hint of joy in it.

Out of the cell, Jian Wencheng glanced at the dead Meng Yan and the three people on the ground, shook his sleeve robe with a cold face, and said to the people: "Let's go, we lost." ”

Just when Jian Wencheng left with a group of people from Jian's house, Cao Yuan also walked out of the cell, followed by a person dressed as a jailer, if you look closely at the person dressed as a jailer, you will find that he is Cao Yan.

Jian Wencheng left, and Cao Yuan also left with his son and a group of Cao Mansion's subordinates.

Walking on the streets and alleys, not long after, when passing through an intersection, Cao Yuan ordered the people to take four swordsman guards and Cao Yan to another road.

After about a stick of incense, Cao Yuan and his party stepped on the snow to a pavilion, in which a person sat and three people stood behind him, one of whom was wearing armor.

"Lin Mo is you?" When he saw the appearance of the person sitting clearly and found that it was Lin Mo, Cao Yan, who was dressed as a jailer, had a poop on his face, and he was about to scold when he opened his mouth, but Cao Yuan stopped him.

"Stop talking!"

Drinking to stop Cao Yan, Cao Yuanxing stepped forward, saluted Lin Mo, and said respectfully: "Thank you Sect Master Lin for saving my son's life by his strange strategy, and in the future, Cao Mou wishes that only Sect Master Lin will be the first to look forward." ”

Of the three people standing behind Lin Mo, two of them naturally accompanied Lin Mo's breath and Qiu Yun, and the person in armor was the commander of the security battalion, Ji Qian.

Before noon today, it was Cao Yuan who came to Lin Mansion to find Lin Mo, and Lin Mo came up with a plan for Cao Yuan there, that is, to let people pretend to be Cao Yuan and Meng Yan to save Cao Yan.

And the reason why Cao Yan changed into a jailer's costume and was pretended by Meng Yan's guards was also Lin Mo's plan to steal the beam and change the pillar for Cao Yuan, and when he left the cell door, Cao Yan kept walking behind Meng Yan, that is, he replaced Cao Yan at that time.

Why were Meng Yan's guards and housekeepers willing to die for Cao Yuan and Cao Yan? No, it was not willing, but the family members of the guards and housekeepers were caught by Cao Yuan's faction and coerced and enticed.

How did the guard enter the prison of the Criminal Department? Because that guard is in the realm of a sword master, and he often goes in and out of the prison of the Criminal Department with Meng Yan, and it is naturally a simple matter to sneak into the prison of the Criminal Department.

Why did Cao Yuan think of going to the Lin Mansion to ask for a plan, the merit of the Mo Sect Night Scholar who was naturally lurking in Cao Yuan's sword master realm, Cao Yuan, who was already desperate, when he heard that there was someone who could help him, he naturally listened to it.

Moreover, when King Zai Rong was determined to save his own Yan'er, although Cao Yuan was moved, he also vaguely guessed that King Rong was planning to give up on himself and Meng Yan, especially when his own people were replaced again, Cao Yuan was sure.

Hearing that it was Lin Mo who saved him, although Cao Yan was extremely unhappy with Lin Mo, he didn't dare to say anything at the moment, after all, his father was grateful to him at the moment.

Seeing that Cao Yuan's face was full of excitement for the rest of his life, Lin Mo smiled and said: "Okay, Lord Cao, you don't have to be so polite, I still need your help in the future, and this is also what Your Majesty meant." ”

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Cao Yuan was taken aback.

Lin Mo nodded: "Yes, I went down the mountain this time at the invitation of Your Majesty, and now Your Majesty has married the sister of the queen mother, and I naturally want to assist Your Majesty wholeheartedly!"

"Cao Mou understands, Cao Mou will obey the orders of Sect Master Lin in the future, and obey any orders of His Majesty!" Listening to Lin Mo's words, Cao Yuan completely understood, but he was also a smart person, and he knew that Lin Mo's words were somewhat true or false.

Cao Yuan's words not only showed that he was willing to take refuge in His Majesty, but also showed that if Lin Mo needed it, he would be more willing to stand on Lin Mo's side than His Majesty, so he deliberately put "Sect Master Weilin's order is obeyed" in the front, and "obey any orders of His Majesty" in the back.

Lin Mo couldn't hear the implicit meaning in Cao Yuan's words, and smiled slightly: "Lord Cao's words, I understand it in the next place, but during this time, I also ask Lord Cao to continue to stand on the side of King Rong, and when the time comes in the future, if there is a need for Lord Cao, I will definitely send someone to convey it." ”

"Cao understands, then Cao left first, it's late at night, Sect Master Lin should go back and rest, for the sake of Xiao'er's affairs, let Sect Master Lin worry, this is a little bit of Cao's heart, and ask Sect Master Lin to accept it!" Cao Yan saluted respectfully again, then picked out a stack of flying money from his arms, led Cao Yan and left.

Cao Yuan left, Lin Mo looked at the stack of flying money, looked at it, it was worth 70,000 gold leaves, and then put 50,000 of them into the sleeve robe, and the other 20,000 was handed over to Ji Qian.

"Lord Shangqing, this ......" Ji Qian was embarrassed and was reluctant to take it.

Lin Mo smiled and said: "Commander Ji will give this money to the brothers of the security battalion for new weapons and armor, and let everyone over fifty years old be discharged from the army, give them a sum of money, and replace a group of young and strong people to come in." ”

Lin Mo went to the security camp this afternoon and found that some of the weapons and armor in the security camp were a little blunt, and among the 20,000 soldiers in the security battalion, there were more than 3,000 veterans over the age of 50, and their combat effectiveness was worrying.

"Yes, the subordinates understand, and the subordinates will definitely build the security battalion into a strong army that can fight tough battles!" Ji Qian understood what Lin Mo meant, which made the security battalion a powerful wing.

Although Ji Qian is a five-rank military official, the security battalion has always been independent of the court, but there is no need to call his subordinates in front of Lin Mo, just call his subordinates, and now that he is a subordinate, he naturally wants to declare his allegiance like Cao Yuan.

Lin Mo nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, Commander Ji go and do something, something is going to happen to Cao Yuan, just follow the plan we agreed on before, and don't show any." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand!" Ji Qian arched his hand, exited the pavilion, came to a street corner, led a hundred or so security battalion soldiers, and quickly chased in the direction that Cao Yuan left.

Ji Qian left, Lin Mo also stood up, walked in the direction of the Lin Mansion, and said to himself as he walked: "Sect Master Han's side should also take action." ”

"Sect Master, Cao Yuan has just expressed his allegiance to you, do you really want to do that?" Thinking of Lin Mo's plan and Cao Yuan's sincere attitude, Qiu Yun's heart was full of doubts.

Lin Mo didn't directly ask Qiu Yun's words, but first asked Xi Feng: "Xi Feng, what do you think?

Xi Feng arched his hand: "The sect master is resourceful, Xi Feng is puzzled, but Xi Feng knows that the sect master has never missed it, and what the sect master did is naturally right, and it is the reason." ”

Lin Mo laughed when he heard it, and after laughing, he explained: "Qiu Yun, you have a straight temperament, you still don't understand people's hearts, then Cao Yuan has not reached a dead end, he will not be easily loyal to me, he will definitely change his allegiance to Empress Dowager Xuanshu now, and this sect master is now going to break off his choice." ”

As he spoke, Lin Mo took out the flying money worth 50,000 gold leaves from his arms, and said with a smile: "This sect master ran away in the middle of the night, and this time I go back, I can be regarded as having an explanation for my lady." ”

Xi Feng and Qiu Yun looked at each other and smiled: This sect master of his own family is not afraid of anything else, but he is a little afraid of the master mother.