Liu Heng was stunned again. He carefully considered the matters related to Xiangyang Station in his mind, and then said in astonishment: "Are we waiting for Cao Yong here?"
Liu Heng is not stupid.
In the past few days, I had a demonic blockage in my heart and my thoughts were not sensitive.
After several days of threats from Kou Ji, he finally came back to his senses.
After hearing what Kou Ji said, combined with what happened in recent days, it was easy to guess Kou Ji's purpose of going to Xiangyang Station.
Kou Ji nodded, "Yang Huaimin escorted Cao Li to Fangzhou. This is the only way."
Liu Heng opened his mouth slightly and said in shock: "Fourth brother is planning to save Cao Liang?"
Kou Ji nodded.
"Yes, this is the only way to untie the demonic barrier in your heart. I just want to tell you that if I have the ability to keep Cao Yong alive, I will also have the ability to keep your Liu family alive."
Liu Heng was inexplicably grateful and saluted Kou Ji again, "Fourth brother traveled hundreds of miles for me and even took the blame to rescue Cao Liang. I really don't know how to thank fourth brother."
Kou Ji waved his hand, "If one family doesn't speak the same language, it's not easy to rescue Cao Yong. In order not to get into trouble, Xu has to hide it from Yang Huaimin."
Liu Heng said gratefully: "I understand what fourth brother is thinking. Now that I have overcome the demonic barrier, there is no need for fourth brother to spend a lot of time on my behalf."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "You have a knot in your heart. If you don't untie it, it may affect your whole life. There are only two ways to untie your knot. One is to get rid of your aunt, and the other is to save Cao Liang.
With your aunt's current status, if she loses her life, I'm afraid the officials will go crazy.
So the only way to untie your knot is to save Cao Lili."
Liu E had not liked Liu Heng since she was a child, and Liu Heng did not have much affection for Liu E.
Liu E's use of Cao this time has already given Liu Heng a chill in his heart.
Even if Kou Ji said something like getting rid of Liu E in front of Liu Heng, Liu Heng would not refute, let alone defend Liu E.
Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's words and was about to speak, but Kou Ji raised his hand to stop him and said: "There is no need to say anything more. At present, we have already occupied seven or eight of the wing rooms in Xiangyang Station.
After Yang Huaimin arrived with Cao Li and his party, there were not many places to stay.
In order to live comfortably, Yang Huaimin will definitely evict my men and make room for them.
Among the people under me, some have identities and are not afraid of Yang Huaimin, while some have hidden identities.
As long as Yang Huaimin forced them, they would vacate the room at any time.
One of the worst rooms will also be vacated.
According to Yang Huaimin's temperament, Cao Li will definitely be arranged to live there.
You quietly lead people, scrape open the wall of the next room, remove the bamboo wood inside, and wait for everyone to go under the water.
At that time, I will go over and talk to Cao Li."
Seeing that Kou Ji had made up his mind, Liu Heng stopped admonishing him.
Liu Heng left the room with gratitude and went to do things according to Kou Ji's instructions.
Just as Kou Ji expected, it was late at night.
Yang Huaimin, Cao Lili and his party have arrived.
In order to trample Cao Yongli into the mud as quickly as possible, Liu E did not give Cao Yongli any time to bring his family, and directly asked Yang Huaimin to send Cao Yongli to Fangzhou alone.
When Kou Ji heard the noise outside the inn, he opened a corner of the window and looked outside.
I saw two carriages outside the inn, escorted by a group of soldiers, arriving at the gate of the inn.
The carriages go one behind the other.
The carriage driving in front was very gorgeous, and it looked like the kind used by dignitaries.
The carriage behind is a prison carriage.
Cao Li was demoted in his name, but was tied to the prison cart like a prisoner.
There were two shackles made of wooden sticks on top of the prison car, which tightly clamped Cao Li's neck.
Cao Li wanted to sit down and take a rest, but it was impossible.
The group of people arrived at the door of the inn.
The clerks in the post station took the initiative to come forward and help the soldiers escorting Cao Lili to lead their horses.
Yang Huaimin staggered out of the carriage with the help of a young eunuch.
Then he walked to Cao Li, covered his nose with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Privacy Minister Cao...oh...we forgot...you are not the Privy Councilor now...General Cao, we have arrived in Xiangyang...it's time to rest."
Just a moment..."
Cao Li said very weakly: "Bitch, even if I am demoted, I am still a military governor. If you humiliate me like this, aren't you afraid that I will write a letter to impeach you when I get to Fangzhou?"
Yang Huaimin was taken aback and laughed softly: "That will have to wait until you arrive in Fangzhou..."
The words fell to the ground.
Yang Huaimin looked at the soldiers around him and said calmly: "We heard that General Cao likes to get close to those beasts in the mountains and forests, so don't put General Cao down.
So as not to disturb General Cao from getting close to those beasts in the mountains and forests."
The soldiers shouted in unison: "Here..."
Yang Huaimin nodded with satisfaction, turned around, and ordered Yi Cheng, who had already come out of the inn, to pick out two clean rooms for our family, boil some hot water for our family, and prepare a table of good food and wine...
"
The postmaster said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, the best rooms in our posthouse are already occupied."
Yang Huaimin said dissatisfied: "Then drive them out... Do we still need our family to do such a small thing?"
Yi Cheng said hurriedly: "Don't dare, I will take care of it now."
The Yi Cheng welcomed Yang Huaimin into the inn, sent people to drive away Kou Ji's subordinates who had hidden their identities, and helped Yang Huaimin free up two rooms for Yang Huaimin to live in.
When Kou Ji saw this, he withdrew his gaze and knocked on the door.
A well-dressed man appeared in the room.
"What are your orders?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Go and tell Liu Heng so that he doesn't have to dig walls."
The man agreed and left the room.
Kou Ji came to the window again, looked at Cao Lili who was feeding mosquitoes outside the inn, and curled his lips and said: "None of these eggless ones are good. If Liu E wants Cao Lili's life, just kill him, why torture people like this."
Could it be that by forcing Cao Li to commit suicide, others wouldn't know that it was you, Liu E, who did it?
hypocritical!"
After a pause, Kou Ji added: "Since Cao Li can't come in, then I have no choice but to go out and look for him..."
Kou Ji returned to the room and sat down on the stool, waiting quietly into the night.
Time passed bit by bit.
The moon climbed up into the sky little by little.
The bright moonlight reflected on the earth, giving it a slight chill.
The soldiers who were guarding Cao Li returned to the post station in twos and threes to rest. In the end, only two soldiers were left to guard.
The two soldiers looked at each other.
One took out a piece of cooking cake from his arms, the other took out a bag of water, and climbed onto the prison car where Cao Lili was being held.
Cao Li didn't refuse what they offered him, and he wasn't afraid of poisoning it. He just opened his mouth and ate it.
After Cao Li had eaten and drank enough, the two of them packed up the wreckage and returned to guarding both sides of the prison car.
From beginning to end.
The three of them didn't say a word.
"It's really strange..."
A slightly joking voice sounded in the ears of the three of them.
The soldiers guarding both sides of Cao Li's prison car immediately drew their weapons and prepared to fight the enemy.
But as soon as he made a move, he froze in place.
On each of their necks, a dagger appeared.
"Don't hurt their lives..."
Cao Li shouted in a deep voice.
"Then let's capture him first..."
The two soldiers were instantly pushed to the ground.
Kou Ji slowly approached from the darkness.
Cao Li used the moonlight to see Kou Ji's face. After being stunned for a moment, an ugly smile appeared on his face, "You want to kill me too?"
Kou Ji didn't reply, but walked closer to Cao Li.
A moment.
A strong fishy smell poured into Kou Ji's nose.
Kou Ji frowned and said, "It seems that you have been tortured a lot since you came out of Bianjing City."
Cao Li gritted his teeth and said, "How could Yang Huaimin hide his little thoughts from me? He wanted to torture me, humiliate me, and force me to commit suicide. But I just couldn't do what he wanted."
Kou Ji said slightly curiously: "You want Yang Huaimin to kill you, and then use this to let the officials kill Yang Huaimin, embarrass the Queen Mother, and avenge you?"
Cao Li said in a deep voice: "I don't want to die yet..."
"Do you want to save your life and take revenge yourself?"
Kou Ji asked with a smile.
Cao Li did not speak, acquiescing to Kou Ji's statement.
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "But if you don't die, the Queen Mother will have trouble sleeping and eating."
Cao Li looked at Kou Ji, gritted his teeth and said, "If you want to take action, just do it, don't hurt them both."
Kou Ji's eyes fell on the two soldiers who were captured, and he said doubtfully: "I was in the dark just now, and I saw them feeding you, and I felt strange. Can you help me clear up the confusion first?"
Cao Li was silent for a moment and said helplessly: "They are old acquaintances of me and have received favors from me... Although I don't know what kind of favors I have received from them... They wanted to let me go, but I refused... If I endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden,
If I survive, I will still have a chance to take revenge in the future... If I escape, I'm afraid I will never have a chance to take revenge again."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Actually, you are just worried that if you escape and Liu E tracks you down, they will die, and their family members will also die, right?"
Kou Ji poked Cao Lili's thoughts, and Cao Lili glared at Kou Ji fiercely.
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled.
If Cao Li was really the kind of person who could endure humiliation and bear the burden, he would not have been forced to commit suicide.
Cao Li gritted his teeth and said, "If you want to kill, go ahead! Don't talk so much nonsense."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Tell me first why I want to kill you."
Cao Li glared at Kou Ji and said, "You, Kou Ji, have always been vengeful. When I was in the court, I helped the Queen Mother deal with your grandparents. Now that you have the opportunity to kill me, will you miss it?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "What if I said, I'm not here to kill you, but instead I'm here to save you?"
Cao Li was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "When you, Kou Ji, are kind-hearted, do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"
Kou Ji glanced at Cao Lili and said with a smile: "Cao Lili was not good at talking in the court, and you are not very talkative now. Why can you change, but I can't?"
Cao Li looked at Kou Ji as if he were a fool, "Who told you that I wasn't good at talking? If I wasn't good at talking, how could I have replaced the imperial court and sent an envoy to Liao?"
Kou Ji was slightly startled, "Then you are in the court..."
Cao Li snorted coldly: "I don't speak in the court, not because I don't know how to speak, but because no one gives me a chance to speak, and no one wants to hear me speak. If Wang Qinruo doesn't like it, your grandfather doesn't like it, so Ding Wei
I don't like it, and the Queen Mother doesn't like it even more.
They always feel that I am a sword for the imperial court.
I am qualified to speak only when the court can use me.
If the court doesn't need me, I have no right to speak.
Over time, the new officials in the court mistakenly thought that I was not good at talking."
Kou Ji suddenly said: "So that's it..."
Cao Li stared at Kou Ji and said solemnly: "Are you really going to save me?"
Kou Ji said in astonishment: "Didn't you not believe it just now?"
Cao Li said seriously: "If you, Kou Ji, wanted to kill someone, you wouldn't talk so much nonsense, let alone talk to a dead person. Just like the female assassin who assassinated you, you would let her go immediately after interrogating her.
Someone strangled her to death.
As far as I know, that female assassin is a first-class beauty.
But when you killed her, you didn't hesitate at all."
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Cao Li looked at Kou Ji and said in a heavier voice: "What do you want?"
Kou Ji was stunned.
Cao Li continued: "You, Kou Ji, will not save an enemy for no reason."
Kou Ji was happy when he heard this.
"You do understand me."
Cao Li said seriously: "The person who knows you best is your enemy."
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully, "So, the Queen Mother has secretly investigated me."
Cao Li kept silent.
Because Kou Ji said nonsense.
Kou Ji stared at Cao Li and said with a smile: "You want this person."
Cao Li was not surprised at all, "I guessed it, you are planning to recruit me to help you deal with the Queen Mother?"
Kou Ji shook his head, "No, no, no... I want you to silence yourself from now on."
Cao Li was stunned, frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "The Queen Mother wants you to die, so you must die. If you don't die, the Queen Mother will have trouble sleeping and eating. Even if I save you, the Queen Mother will use your family to force you to show up."
I can save you once, but I can't save you again and again.
After all, every time I save you, I have to bear some risks.
I have no life-threatening friendship with you, so I don’t need to risk my life to save you.”
Cao Li frowned and gritted his teeth: "I know many secrets of the Queen Mother!"
Kou Ji said slightly disappointedly: "Cao Li, you should wake up... I don't have to save you. You are dispensable to me, so you have no room to bargain with me."
Kou Ji stared at Cao Li and said calmly: "I just want to know if you can be used by me, if you can be the most loyal person under me, and if you can obey my orders.
If I can, I will save you.
If not, then I will wait until you are tortured to death by Yang Huaimin and help you collect your body."
Cao Li was a little anxious when he heard this, "The Queen Mother has many big secrets, many big secrets that can shock the government and the public. Don't you want to know?"
When Kou Ji heard this, he was even more disappointed and turned away.