"Take him away." Xie Fan pointed to Xie Jingci at the substitute beside Yao Yuan.

Xie Jingci immediately came forward like a puppet carrying a string, pulled the substitute from the ground, and strode towards the direction down the mountain.

Yao Yuan almost blurted out that Xie Fan had given his substitute to detoxify first, but he was holding back. He could not show that he cared about Su Mo's life. After all, Xie Fan had already said that Yao Yuan's substitute would be kept as a hostage. If Yao Yuan's request was made again, it would arouse Xie Fan's suspicion.

However, Yao Yuan was shocked and puzzled by the once romantic swordsman Xie Jingci becoming like a puppet of Xie Fan. From beginning to end, Xie Jingci had no eye contact with Yao Yuan, as if he did not exist. Yao Yuan deeply doubted that Xie Fan used some evil medicine to control Xie Jingci's mind, otherwise this situation would never have happened.

This made Yao Yuan even more cautious. He lied that he was jealous of Su Mo and had an obsession with Yuan Qiu, so he temporarily gained Xie Fan's limited trust, which was considered a cooperation on the surface. Once he lost Xie Fan's trust and could not turn over, he might not have ended up like Xie Jingci and turned into a puppet and a hostage.

"Now, you can get the throne of the Western Liao Kingdom." Xie Fan sneered.

Yao Yuan's eyes flashed with joy, "Thanks to your plan, I used poison last night and did not alarm Su Mo's other subordinates. Now I will go back, Xiliao Palace, it's mine!"

Xie Fan hummed lightly, "You are still careless. Xie Jingci found that a palace maid tried to inform Su Mo and had already caught him."

Yao Yuan felt a little deeper, but was surprised, "Palace maid? That palace maid..."

"Do you think you are an ordinary palace maid? That is also Su Mo's subordinate!" Xie Fan snorted coldly, "Although I'm not afraid of leaking the news, you are right. The longer you hide, the more beneficial it is to us."

Yao Yuan nodded, "That's true. Fortunately, you are cautious."

When Yao Yuan returned to the Western Liao Palace, it was almost noon.

When he left early in the morning, he ordered not to court today, and most of the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were dismissed and no one had entered the imperial study room.

Yao Yuan walked to the Dragon Case and sat down, unable to help but smile bitterly.

This is not the first time he sat in this position. He didn't feel anything when he sat there before, because he knew it was only temporary. Now it is also temporary, but it makes him feel uncomfortable.

I thought of the relatives of the Yao family, the subordinates who were arrested, and the Xie Jingci, who was exposed and turned into a puppet, and the unexplained words that Xie Fan said made Yao Yuan's thoughts and a split headache.

Yao Yuan sat motionless until the night fell, and sent someone to bring food and drinks, and then called out the two old men who were originally secretly protecting the throne, and asked them to have two drinks with him.

The two old men looked very good, but they still sat down as Yao Yuan ordered.

"Thank you for your care these days." Yao Yuan poured wine and looked at the roof calmly.

The two old men understood that there was someone above. Yao Yuan's strength was far from these two. He could not notice Xie Jingci's tracking before, which did not mean they had no. In fact, the two old men discovered Xie Jingci last night, and today they also saw Xie Jingci coming back with Yao Yuan like a shadow, and hid in the dark.

The reason why they did nothing was because Yao Yuan said that he was in trouble. The two old men were originally listening to Yao Yuan's substitute. Seeing that Yao Yuan's substitute was poisoned and took them away, they did not intend to take action, so they couldn't help but stayed farther away, pretending to know nothing.

Yao Yuan knew that these two people could tolerate it until now and never take action because he was Su Mo's friend and they chose to trust him.

Yao Yuan poured three glasses of wine, put a glass in front of the two old men, then dipped his fingers in the wine in front of him, and silently wrote a line of words on the table, "Pretend to be poisoned and help me save people."

Because Xie Fan gave Yao Yuan the task today to take down Su Mo's secret guard here, so that they can do whatever they want next.

The poison this time was different from last night. Yao Yuan took the medicine in advance. He asked Xie Fan if he would be weak or unconscious and where would he take them.

Xie Fan said that he would fall into a coma after being poisoned and there was no need to take him to any place. At midnight, he would come to check in person, and he would bring Mr. Yao over to see Yao Yuan.

Xie Jingci was arranged by Xie Fan and kept secretly monitoring Yao Yuan. However, there was no hole on the roof, so Xie Jingci could only hear the sound below, and could not see the words Yao Yuan wrote in wine on the table.

The two old men looked at each other and nodded silently.

Yao Yuan wrote another sentence, "Drinking, pretending to be in a coma. Smash the cup as a sign, be careful to prevent the virus."

The two old men nodded again and heard Yao Yuan say, "Did it!"

The sound of three people clinking glasses was very loud. After a moment, the sound of someone falling to the ground came from the room.

When it was almost midnight, Yao Yuan looked at the old man who was lying on the ground pretending to be unconscious, took a deep breath, and felt that Xie Fan would arrive soon.

The reason why he did not choose to take action at Duanhun Ridge is that Yao Yuan did not have the opportunity to communicate with these two seniors last night about how to act. Secondly, the side was too open and Xie Fan was good at using poison and was easy to escape. Once he took action, he could not take him down. Xie Fan was very likely to kill the Yao family or Su Mo's subordinates to vent his anger.

But Yao Yuan did not plan to continue to act with Xie Fan like this, because after seeing Xie Jingci's miserable situation, he realized that Xie Fan was more dangerous and uncontrollable than he thought. In order to avoid the long night dreams, Yao Yuan thought about it and decided not to do it tonight.

Yao Yuan believed that as long as Xie Fan could be controlled, he would not use poison. The two seniors, plus him, would have a chance to take down Xie Jingci and Xie Fan. The only troublesome thing is that if Xie Fan brings Mr. Yao over, it would be a little dangerous at that time.

So Yao Yuan made a decision with the two seniors that the cup was thrown as a signal to take action. He needed to gain Xie Fan's trust first, and then find the most suitable time before taking action. He protected Mr. Yao, and the two seniors dealt with Xie Fan and Xie Jingci.

It was September, and the night was cold and mist was getting cold in Qitian City.

Yao Yuan imagined the possible situation next, and was a little uneasy, but now there was no other choice. Once the two masters left by Su Mo also fell into Xie Fan's hands, Yao Yuan completely lost the opportunity to turn around and could only wait for the Rong family to save him. He also provided Xie Fan with so many hostages, and the situation could easily deteriorate and get out of control.

Yao Yuan knew that he could only succeed tonight and he could not bear the consequences of failure.

Mid-hour is here.

Hearing the movement outside, Yao Yuan clenched his hand suddenly, let go immediately, and took another deep breath to calm himself down.

Xie Fan came with a sack on the night when Yao Yuan first met.

There was obviously a person in the sack, but I couldn't see who it was. Yao Yuan felt that there was no need for Xie Fan to do anything about this matter. It was probably his grandfather.

When he thought of the serious crimes Mr. Yao suffered these days, Yao Yuan wanted to tear Xie Fan, and he also wanted to tear himself...

Xie Fan entered the door and saw two old men lying on the ground with their eyes closed. A faint light flashed in his eyes. Yao Yuan's attention was on the sack and did not notice it.

"Junior brother." Xie Fan spoke.

Xie Jingci, wearing an iron mask, floated in through the open window and stood respectfully behind Xie Fan.

"Haha," Xie Fan looked at Yao Yuan and smiled, "Everything went well, it's so good. I know you care about your grandfather, so I brought him over and have a good chat tonight."

Xie Fan said, untied the sack, and it was indeed Mr. Yao inside.

Xie Fan took Mr. Yao out of the sack and stuffed a medicine into his mouth.

Yao Yuan frowned and heard Xie Fan say, "Don't be nervous, it's the antidote."

The next moment, Mr. Yao slowly opened his eyes and was pulled up from the ground by Xie Fan.

The old man was a little confused for a moment, as if he didn't know what was going on, and he stared at Yao Yuan blankly. The sense of fragility in his old eyes made Yao Yuan's nose a little sore.

Just as Yao Yuan was thinking, when Xie Fan asked Mr. Yao to come over to him and threw the cup and attacked him, he saw Xie Fan draw his sword and pressed against Mr. Yao's neck.

Yao Yuan's face froze and his eyes widened, "What are you doing?"

Xie Fan sneered, "I just think that you are so nervous that the Yao family looks like a good person no matter how you look. You are trying hard to disguise, but unfortunately, you don't pretend to be like you enough."

Yao Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't figured out clearly where the flaws were revealed, or did Xie Fan never believe him from beginning to end?

Then Xie Fan's eyes fell on the two old men on the ground and snorted coldly, "At that time, you asked me what the poison would be. I told you that you would be unconscious, but in fact, you were just weak and weak and would not be unconscious."

Yao Yuan's heart sank heavily! He felt that Xie Fan was brainless because Xie Fan's motive for doing these was to retaliate against Su Mo, which made Yao Yuan think that he was too conceited. But now he discovered Xie Fan's insidiousness and cunning!

Yao Yuan thought that tonight was the game he set up for Xie Fan, but he never thought that Xie Fan had a hand and found something wrong as soon as he came over.

The two old men on the ground pretended to be unconscious. When they heard this, they didn't have to wait for Yao Yuan to throw a cup, so they all stood up.

The situation suddenly became tense.

Because Xie Fan was holding Mr. Yao's life in his hand, the two old men did not dare to act rashly for a moment. If he accidentally did not, Mr. Yao would be gone.

After tearing apart, Xie Fan looked at Yao Yuan with disgust, "I originally thought you were a character, but I didn't expect that it would be a mud that could not be supported on the wall! You would regret it if you dare to lie to me! Now, kill the two behind you, otherwise I will kill your grandfather!"

Yao Yuan's face turned pale, "Xie Fan, what's the benefit of doing this for you? If you let my grandfather go, I'm willing to surrender and be at your mercy!"

Mr. Yao looked at Yao Yuan, and his eyes were filled with tears, "Ayuan..."

The huge pressure over the past few days, when Yao Yuan heard the call from Mr. Yao, could no longer hold back, and his eyes were red in an instant, "Grandpa, I'm sorry, it's all my fault!"

Mr. Yao couldn't help but burst into tears, "I knew, Ayuan, you won't be confused again, I know..."

Xie Fan looked at the scene of the deep affection of his grandparents and grandchildren, and looked angry, "Enough! Ji Fengyuan, I only give you ten breaths to make a choice. If they live, your grandfather will die!"

Yao Yuan looked painful and knelt in front of Xie Fan, "Please give me another chance, I will definitely listen to you!"

"Okay! Then why don't you listen to what I asked you to do now?" Xie Fan sneered.

Yao Yuan kept shook his head, "I don't want to kill someone..."

Xie Fan looked at the two old men and snorted coldly, "Since you don't leave, it means you are on the same journey with Yao Yuan and are determined to help him. Well, it's the same for you to commit suicide! Consider it for the last three breaths, it's outdated!"

After Xie Fan finished speaking, he shook his body. No one, including Xie Fan and Yao Yuan, expected that Mr. Yao, who was held hostage, would fight back!

Mr. Yao hit Xie Fan, and there was a deep blood mark on his neck. He grabbed the sword with his hands and pushed it towards Xie Fan as if he was desperate!

"Grandpa!" Yao Yuan looked shocked and rushed over.

The incident happened in an instant. The two old men behind Yao Yuan no longer hesitated when they saw this and drew their swords and attacked them!

Mr. Yao was old and weak, and he only created that moment of chaos because he was not prepared for life and Xie Fan, and he could not hurt Xie Fan.

In a furious manner, Xie Fan pierced Mr. Yao's body with a sword!

When Yao Yuan rushed over and snatched Mr. Yao from his neck and chest, blood was gushing from his neck and chest.

"Grandpa! Grandpa, you can't die..." Yao Yuan was going crazy, covering Mr. Yao's neck with his hands and then covering his chest.

"You want to... live... live..." Old Master Yao grabbed Yao Yuan's hand, his eyes dizzy.

Because of Mr. Yao's desperate behavior, the situation reversed. The two old men waited for an opportunity to take action, one of whom was entangled with Xie Jingci, and the other one dealt with Xie Fan.

Given that Xie Fan was good at using poison, the two old men took the antidote left by Su Mo for them when they arrived in the middle of the year. It was specially made by Yuan Qiu. They were brought with them by Su Mo and Mrs. Xin in case of emergency. The antidote that Su Mo brought to Xiliao was eaten up on the night of the decisive battle with the Ghost Taoist Cliff. All the remaining ones on Mrs. Xin were left to her subordinates who were doing business in Xiliao by Su Mo.

Xie Fan knew that his martial arts skills were not good, so after he got rid of Mr. Xie, he returned to his calmness and immediately started using poison.

Unfortunately, he had lost the initiative, and the poison he used failed to affect the two old men.

Xie Fan realized something was wrong and wanted to escape, but he had no chance.

Xie Jingci is still fighting. Xie Fan, who has mediocre martial arts, faces the old guy trained by Qingjue. He loses the protection of poison skills and does not have much power to resist. But after a moment, he is stabbed into his right shoulder with a sword, screams and falls to the ground!
To be continued...