Luo Junyao stared at Cao Mian attentively, his ears standing straight up.
Is this a melon to eat?
After a while, Cao Mian said calmly: "After so many years, it's not impossible to say it. Even if I don't say it, Bai Xu may not be able to say it."
Luo Junyao thought to himself: "Bai Xu really didn't say anything. Of course, the main reason was that Xie Yan didn't ask." Luo Junyao felt that Xie Yan already knew what happened that year.
Cao Mian rubbed his brows and slowly recalled: "Back then, General Zhengnan and I were ordered to hunt down and suppress Bai Xu and protect the remnants of his escape. Unfortunately, we were too eager to make meritorious deeds and accidentally fell into a trap. General Zhengnan
He was injured by a stray arrow and died within two days of returning. And I... I was captured by Bai's soldiers and horses, but that was of no use. Because even if I and General Zhengnan's army were wiped out, there were already many people nearby.
There were many reinforcements coming from all sides, and they couldn't escape. What's more, we were not defeated at that time. The army just fell into a trap and was suddenly injured by General Zhengnan, which slightly messed up the position. General Zhengnan's serious injury was an accident.
, the Bai family’s people didn’t expect that arrow would actually kill him. So they didn’t want to kill me, but had other plans.”
"They let you go?" Xie Yan said.
Cao Mian nodded and said: "Yes, we reached a deal. They let me go, and I helped them rescue Bai Xu. I didn't want to die at the time, so naturally I had to agree."
Xie Yan looked at Cao Mian with a cold expression and said, "Does the death of General Zhengnan have anything to do with you?"
Cao Mian was silent for a while and then said: "No, when I returned to the camp, his arrow wound had already worsened. He only had time to tell me a few words about his funeral before he died."
Xie Yan nodded, Luo Junyao was a little disappointed, but there was nothing new at all.
Bai Xu said that he had the leverage against Cao Mian, but it was nothing more than those things.
But if Cao Mian is still the former Marquis of Wen Ding, it will really be a huge leverage for him.
But now that he has reported treason, he naturally doesn't care about reputation or not.
"What else does the prince want to ask?" Cao Mian said: "If it is about Bai Xu these years, then I don't know. Ever since he escaped from me, he has been avoiding me. Occasionally he
When people meet the Cao family, they are not very friendly. However, he is indeed not very interested in the court and the Cao family. The person he always wants to take revenge on is Bai Jingrong, but it is a pity that Bai Jingrong cannot be shaken with his ability and strength. This
It should be one of the reasons why he became the regent in the morning."
Luo Jun shook his head and said, "You don't know about him, but he does know about you for a long time, and he even got your token from Luan Yisi to deceive Wu Yi."
"Where's the booklet?" Xie Yan asked.
Cao Mian smiled and said, "Of course it's in a safe place."
Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "You don't plan to hand it over."
"I want to trade him for my life." Cao Mian made the conditions directly.
Xie Yan looked at him indifferently, "Do you think it's possible?"
Cao Mian smiled and said: "After so many years, Bai Xu still misses it, and even went to the regent. Isn't the regent curious about what is in there? Bai Xu may not tell you the truth."
Xie Yan said: "You are in my hands. As long as you are here, others cannot get that thing. I am not in a hurry."
Cao Mian stared at Xie Yan steadily and said in a deep voice: "What if I say... there is a secret in it that can destroy the Qi people?"
There was silence in the cell.
Cao Mian had the winning ticket. Looking at the two people in front of him, Xie Yan looked at him calmly, with no unnecessary expression on his face. It seemed that what Cao Mian just said was not a big deal.
Cao Mian said solemnly: "What I said is true... At least 30% of Bai Cu's notes are about the Qi people. The regent should know that when Bai Cu and the Qi people were married, he himself had traveled to and from the Qi people many times.
The royal court and various tribes. And Bai Cu himself is also a rare and famous general. Don’t you want to know what he discovered in the Qi tribe?"
"Isn't it too much to exchange this for my own livelihood?" Cao Mian asked: "As for what Bai Xu said, I probably have no chance to see the treasure hidden in the notebook. Whether it is true or not does not matter."
Xie Yan said: "Since Wen Dinghou hasn't thought about it yet, you might as well think about it again." He lowered his head and said to Luo Jun: "We want to go back."
Luo Jun shook his head and didn't ask any further questions. He waved to Cao Mian and said with a smile, "See you later, Mr. Cao."
Cao Mian watched calmly as the two men turned around and walked out without stopping them. He was sure that the two men would come back.
In this world, without his guidance, no one in this world can find what he has hidden.
When the two came out of the cell, it was already sunset.
The afterglow of the setting sun was still a little hot on his body. Luo Junyao looked back at the valley behind him.
The outside of the valley has returned to its original appearance, as if the chaos that night never happened.
"It's getting late, let's go back to the city. Don't you still want to go to Zuihong Mansion?" Xie Yan said softly.
Luo Jun shook his head and asked, "Do you believe what he said?"
Xie Yan said: "There is no need for him to lie now."
"Then aren't you curious about the notebook?"
Xie Yan raised his hand and pinched her earlobe, and said softly: "Even if what he said is true, this is not something that can be completed in a short while. There is no need to rush, the things at the moment are more important."
"That's right." Luo Junyao thought for a while, "Luanyisi! They are everywhere. It would be really annoying if they were allowed to escape again this time."
Xie Yan said: "That's it, Cao Mian is here, no one can bring him out alive."
"Let's go back to the city." Luo Junyao said with a smile.
When Xie Yan and Luo Junyao were preparing to return to the city, people from Luanyi Division had already approached Wu Yi.
Wu Yi looked at the group of strangely dressed people who suddenly appeared in front of him and asked warily: "Who are you?"
A young man walked out from beside the middle-aged man who was the leader of the group, and said with a bit of arrogance: "My master is a friend of Marquis Wen Ding. I heard that Marquis Wen Ding Meng came here to help. Marquis Wen Ding said that Wu Yi
The general is one of his most trusted people, so we came here to seek cooperation from the general."
Wu Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at everyone and said, "You are from southern Xinjiang? Since you are said to be friends of the Marquis, what proof do you have?"
The young man's expression changed slightly, and the expression on his face seemed a bit embarrassed.
He turned his head and glanced at the people behind him, then lowered his voice and said, "There was originally a token of Marquis Wen Ding, but it was... lost on the way here."
Wu Yi didn't believe it, "Lost? What kind of token?"
The young man said: "It is a piece of dragon jade pendant, carved from the finest white jade."
