When he came to Dongchang death row again, Xiao Rui did not have the leisure and leisure of revisiting his hometown, but felt the cold silence and bloodshed in his face.

The shadow of the tree of human life, the East Factory has been established for more than half a year, and in such a short period of time, the people can talk to the civil and military ministers about the color change, and be afraid like a tiger, relying not only on the strong monitoring force that accompanies them at all times, but also on the all-encompassing care and the many means that make you look forward to the arms of hell after you come in.

Take a trip here, and when you go out, no one will be a ghost.

Xiao Rui was thinking, Emperor Xia is a benevolent monarch, he implements benevolent government, and he is under control inside and outside the court, why do he still have to set up Dongchang and Jinyiwei? There is no Donglin Party in the imperial court, and it has already centralized power, so why do you need to increase control?

Could it be that this is all the emperor's common disease, when they are no longer young and old, their hearts are lonely and lonely, and over time they will have a strong sense of loss, worried that the power will fall and they will not be able to control it?

But Emperor Xia is not like such a person.

Although Xiao Rui lived for two lifetimes, it added up to less than thirty years, and he couldn't see through his father's plan, and he deeply felt that his unfathomable depth.

Gonggong Wei personally led the way, and took Xiao Rui, Jia Xu and Li Kui to the depths of death row, and met the nephew of the head of the Cao family, Cao Hanbing.

At this time, he was tied up with five flowers, and there was something stuffed in his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide.

Hearing the movement, he raised his head, and when he saw Xiao Rui coming, his eyes froze, and he couldn't help but smile.

Li Kui brought a chair and put it in front of the prison door, Xiao Rui sat down, and asked with a smile: "Tie Niu, let him go." ”

Father-in-law Wei retreated, it seemed that Cao Hanbing's life and death had nothing to do with him, and he was left to Xiao Rui to deal with. Li Kui stepped forward and pulled out the foreign object in Cao Hanbing's mouth.

Xiao Rui then asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"I am very happy and excited to finally meet the famous His Royal Highness King Xian, and naturally I want to laugh!" The smile on the corner of Cao Hanbing's mouth did not disappear, and he replied with an answer that Xiao Rui expected.

Xiao Rui asked, "Isn't it supposed to be angry?" After all, Cao Lu died in the hands of this king, and now you fall into the hands of this king, and you will also die in the hands of this king! ”

"People always die, I have already seen it when I came to Great Xia, and I didn't report the idea of leaving alive." Cao Hanbing said casually.

Xiao Rui continued: "Oh yes, let me tell you one more thing, I have already sent a master to the Great Zhao Kingdom, he is a top master, and the assassination of the Cao family's high-level leaders should be a piece of cake, but it's a pity that you can't see the scene of the Cao family being wiped out, it's a pity." ”

"Oh, is it? Are you sure? Then I really want to thank Your Highness. Who knew that Cao Hanbing raised his eyebrows, and he was overjoyed.

This smile made Xiao Rui confused, and asked, "Are you doing this on purpose?" Trying to confuse the public and make this king spare your life? ”

Cao Hanbing shook his head and said, "I don't care to use that mentally retarded method, Your Highness is not a fool, how can you believe it!" I am sincerely grateful, I don't hide it from Your Highness, I don't have any gratitude to the Cao family, on the contrary, it's all anger! I am the concubine of the Cao family, I am not welcomed, I was bullied by my descendants, I was despised by my father, and this time I was sent to the Great Xia Kingdom to die! No one pities me, it's like sacrificing a chess piece and killing me. So when I died, I could let the Cao family be buried with me, and it happened that the family would gather together in hell, so I naturally have to thank His Highness for the grace of reunion. ”

Xiao Ruile was happy and said with a smile: "Okay! If you are obedient, you will be able to leave more peacefully, and you may want to go down in advance and prepare a house for the Cao family who will go later, and there is a shortage of rooms to come to hell. ”

"His Royal Highness King Xian came in person to ask who in the capital was colluding with us." Cao Hanbing asked.

Xiao Rui nodded and said, "That's right, you can't do it with your means alone." ”

Cao Hanbing agreed: "That's right, we were originally going to break into the Xianwang Mansion to assassinate, but when we were ready, that person suddenly found us and said that we were looking for death!" Not to mention how many guards there are in the Xianwang Mansion, just secretly protecting the forbidden army of the Xianwang Mansion is not something that those of us can stop. That person gave us advice, so there was a scene of a warrior fighting the tiger, I didn't expect it to really lead His Highness, and I almost succeeded, but I didn't expect His Royal Highness King Xian to die. During this time, I hid in the capital, not only hiding from the search of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, but also the killer of that person, who was afraid that I would reveal his identity and wanted to get rid of me as soon as possible. ”

"Who's that man?" Xiao Rui asked.

Cao Hanbing said: "I don't know who he is!" He came and went without a trace, I secretly followed him, but he escaped, but I expected that this person was not an ordinary person, but must be a master of strategists recruited by the dignitaries of your country. ”

"Then the king came to see you, did he come for nothing?" Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows, and then asked Jia Xu directly: "Sir, do you have anything else to ask?" ”

Jia Xu nodded and took two steps forward: "Cao Hanbing, you are a smart person, so we don't have to play dumb riddles." If you want to take today's opportunity to negotiate for survival, I advise you not to be delusional, it is absolutely impossible! But on behalf of His Royal Highness King Xian, I can promise you that if you provide valuable clues, I can promise you to do one thing for you, which can be regarded as our deal. I'm just going to give you this one chance! You are a smart man, we originally wanted to torture to extract confessions, but now it seems that it is better to forget it, respect the wise enemy, this is my respect. Think about it. ”

Jia Xu looked at Cao Hanbing, frank and straightforward. Cao Hanbing looked directly at him and saw the sincerity in Jia Xu's eyes.

After a long time, Cao Hanbing closed his eyes and sighed.

It is true that he wants to take the opportunity to survive, but it is clear that Xiao Rui will not give him a chance.

"Good!" Cao Hanbing screamed and said, "Originally, I didn't have any hope of living, and it was already rare to die without being tortured." I promised this gentleman a deal. I need His Highness to help me save someone! ”

"Who?" Xiao Rui asked.

Cao Hanbing slowly read out word by word: "The crown princess of the prince of the Great Zhao Kingdom, Cao Ruyu!" ”

After a pause, Cao Hanbing said again: "I know this request is excessive, but this is the only thing I can't let go of before I die." I am not afraid of His Royal Highness's jokes when I say it, and when I look back on my life when I die, I have lived so reluctantly and despicably, like a helpless dog, abused and scolded by others! Even my "respectful" father has always been cold-eyed and scolded! The lineage is always right, and what you get is good! I'm a concubine, I don't have anything! ”

"Who sets the rules, the descendants will be favored, and the concubines will have no status? I'm not convinced! Even if they are as stupid as pigs and as stupid as cows, they are good! ”

"Damn! Damn it! ”

In the end, Cao Hanbing's eyes widened, his pupils were red, and his mood was very irritable.

Xiao Rui shook his head, this is a person whose life has been affected by the concubine and concubine system.

Unfortunately, there is no fairness in this world!

Xiao Rui ignored his anger, and instead asked, "What does this Cao Ruyu have to do with you?" ”

"She is the daughter of the head of the Cao family, my cousin, she is the only person in the entire Cao family who is kind to me, and when she calls me "brother", it is the most beautiful title I have ever heard! I heard that she was very unhappy to marry Prince Da Zhao, and I wanted to help her. Cao Hanbing took a deep breath and calmed down: "This request is very excessive, but it is not difficult to do it, Cao Ruyu likes to worship the Buddha, just kidnap her while she is worshipping the Buddha." Anyway, the prince doesn't care about her, it's all for the Cao family. If you bring her to the Great Xia Kingdom, let her go free, and she can do whatever she wants. Like she used to say to me, dream of being a bird, carefree......"

Xiao Rui looked at Jia Xu, Jia Xu nodded, Xiao Rui said, "Okay, this king promises you!" ”

Cao Hanbing thanked: "Thank you! Actually, I didn't lie just now, the man was very cautious, I sent someone to follow him, but he found out and got rid of him. So I had a plan and sprinkled some powder on the hem of his robe, this powder is difficult to discern people's sense of smell, but professionally trained hounds can smell it, this time the Cao family caravan came to the Great Xia Kingdom, and there happened to be one such hound in the caravan. Later, when the man left, I personally led the hounds to follow him and discovered the whereabouts of the man. ”

"Where did he go?" Xiao Rui hurriedly asked.

Who knew that Cao Hanbing deliberately sold a pass: "Your Highness, there are no outsiders here, why don't you guess?" I'm sure you wouldn't guess. ”

"In this way, this person didn't go to other princes' mansions, and the place he went to must be beyond my expectations, it can't be the palace!" Xiao Rui was not annoyed, and he still had a guess.

Cao Hanbing said: "Of course it's not the palace, and I don't sell it anymore, it's... Ruyang Palace! The hound tracked the back door of the Ruyang Palace, and I didn't dare to approach, so naturally I didn't know the situation in the Ruyang Palace. ”

"Huh?"

Xiao Rui was startled and got up suddenly.

He was indeed surprised, not only him, but even Jia Xu was surprised.

The hidden black hand actually went to the Ruyang Palace, which was really unexpected by the two of them!

The next moment, Xiao Rui looked at Cao Hanbing, wondering if he was deliberately deceiving himself.

Cao Hanbing looked at him frankly.

"If I want to deceive His Highness, I can say that that person has entered the Chu Wangfu and the Jin Wangfu! I have told you the truth, if Your Highness does not believe it, then let us not have a deal. Cao Hanbing laughed to himself.

Xiao Rui got up and got out of death row and handed over the follow-up to Jia Xu and Li Kui.

He walked towards the outside of the prison with his feet raised, thinking about it.

Stopping in front of the cell door, the warm winter sun shone on his face, making his eyes squint slightly, but his heart was fluctuating.

It didn't take long for Jia Xu and Li Kui to come out.

"I asked Iron Bull to feed him psychedelics, and after reconfirming, what he said should be true." Jia Xu said.

The poison scripture that Ye Qianying gave to Xiao Rui is quite useful, the psychedelic drugs in it can cause people to fall into psychedelia, as long as this person does not resist strongly and resists violently, he can tell the truth, which is why Jia Xu made a deal with him, and he must stabilize his emotions.

Xiao Rui nodded and sighed, "The water in the capital is too deep. Is the person dead? ”

Jia Xu replied: "I lost my breath, and Li Kui crushed his throat with a little force. ”

Li Kui stood aside, and stretched out his hand to geek, with a sincere smile on his face.

"Your Highness, even if the hidden person enters the Ruyang Palace, he is not necessarily a person from the Ruyang Palace, and this matter needs to be considered in the long run." Jia Xu reminded.

Xiao Rui smiled: "Don't worry, sir, I've experienced a lot of things, I'll be careful." However, it's time to visit the Ruyang Palace tomorrow, what do you say, sir? ”

"It's time to go, since the incident in Lingxiao Tower, His Royal Highness has only seen the Lord of Lanling, it's been so long, you should take a look at people, and talk to King Ruyang by the way." Jia Xu quipped.

Xiao Rui thought of Xiao Qingqing, and his heart was hot.

Of course, it was true that he went to see King Ruyang by himself, and he just took Xiao Qingqing by the way.