The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Hearing the voice, Yue Haoran raised his head. His face was covered with blood, no longer as calm as that day. His lips were chapped and his eyes were dull. He was still wearing the black clothes, but it was torn into strips.

Seeing Xiao Mubei, he said in a hoarse voice: "I have said everything I need to say, just kill me now."

Xiao Mubei didn't say anything. Bai Yu moved an armchair and placed it opposite Yue Haoran. He also put a tea table there. Hei Mu had already brought some top-quality tea.

Xiao Mubei sat down, took a sip of tea, played with the ring in his hand, and said, "Don't be anxious. Why are you so anxious to die? Are you afraid that I will do something to you again, or that King Jingyuan will do something to you again?"

Chu Yunxi stood behind Xiao Mubei and observed Yue Haoran carefully since she came in. When she saw that the fear on his face deepened when he heard about King Jingyuan, she already knew what was going on.

Yue Haoran closed his mouth tightly, obviously not intending to speak anymore, and no longer looked at Xiao Mubei. Xiao Mubei looked at Chu Yunxi and nodded.

Chu Yunxi took two steps forward and said, "Put him down."

Bai Yu looked at Xiao Mubei, and Xiao Mubei nodded, "Do as the young lady tells you."

Bai Yu stepped forward and put Yue Haoran down. His internal energy had been sealed, and he was no different from an ordinary person at this moment. Plus, he had been hungry for two days, so he collapsed to the ground as soon as he was released, and posed no threat.

Chu Yunxi poured a cup of tea and passed it to Yue Haoran. Yue Haoran looked up at her and asked, "Who are you?"

Chu Yunxi smiled faintly, "Don't you want to know why King Dingbei is almost dying of injuries and poisoned, but he can sit here peacefully at this moment?"

“Could it be…” Yue Haoran looked at Chu Yunxi in astonishment, and the latter nodded, “Yes, I saved her.”

"who are you?"

Chu Yunxi's hand felt a little sore from holding the teacup, so she took it back and held it in her hand. "It doesn't matter who I am. What I want to tell you is that you should always have hope. There is no absolute dead end in this world. King Dingbei's serious injury can be cured. Do you think you have leaked the secret? Even if you can get out of here, King Jingyuan will not let you go. So you are dead this time, right?"

"Isn't it? Will you let me go?"

Yue Haoran's voice became even hoarser. Although he really wanted to drink the cup of tea in Chu Yunxi's hand, his remaining rationality told him that he should not beg for mercy. Perhaps there was a deadly poison in the cup of tea.

No one wants to die, even if they can live one more hour.

Chu Yunxi smiled, "You are right. We will not let you go because you killed the entire Gao family, so the law will not let you go. Even if you tell us everything you know, you can only get a quick death at best. In this case, why are you afraid of King Jingyuan? You can't get out anyway."

Yue Haoran stopped talking. He originally thought that Chu Yunxi wanted to negotiate with him and release him in exchange for some confidential matters of King Jingyuan. He didn't expect Chu Yunxi to cut off his hopes so decisively.

Chu Yunxi didn't want him to respond, so she continued, "You must be thinking right now, didn't I just say that you should always have hope? Why did I contradict myself and cut off your hope?"

Yue Haoran couldn't help but raise his head and look at Chu Yunxi, not understanding what she wanted to say.

"Your family is in the hands of King Jingyuan, right?" Chu Yunxi looked at him for a while and suddenly asked.

Yue Haoran's face changed and he blurted out, "How do you know..."

Before he could finish his words, he realized something and stopped.

Chu Yunxi curled her lips and smiled, "I guessed. Just now when I said you couldn't get out, you didn't react much, but you obviously didn't plan to say anything else. You kept your mouth shut about King Jingyuan, but when we mentioned King Jingyuan, you were obviously afraid. Why is that?"

Chu Yunxi took two steps closer, "This shows that you already know that you are an abandoned child and don't care about your own life or death, but you want King Jingyuan to let your family go, so you choose to keep silent, hoping to redeem yourself from King Jingyuan. Am I right?"

Yue Haoran gritted his teeth and said, "So what if I'm right? Don't even think of making me say another word."

Chu Yunxi squatted down in front of him, stared into his eyes, and said word by word: "You have followed King Jingyuan for many years, you know best what kind of person he is. Do you think that even if you don't say anything, he will let your family go?"

This sentence touched Yue Haoran's sore spot. He suddenly said excitedly: "What can I do? Apart from hoping that the prince will suddenly show kindness, what else can I do? My old father is over 80 years old, and my sister is ignorant. They are not a threat to the prince."

"But they are trouble." Chu Yunxi said mercilessly, "If you were King Jingyuan, how would you deal with the family members of the people you abandoned?"

"I…"

"You have another choice, which is to cooperate with us. King Dingbei values ​​friendship and loyalty. He has properly settled the families of all the fallen soldiers of the Langya Army. He is upright and his words are trustworthy. If you are willing, considering that you love your family, I can help you ask King Dingbei to rescue your father and sister."

Chu Yunxi said this very quickly, and not only Yue Haoran was shocked, but Xiao Mubei and Baiyu Heimu were also shocked. How could the prince be suddenly dragged into the water?

What Xiao Mubei was thinking was, am I not afraid of trouble?

"King Dingbei, King Jingyuan, which one do you choose?" Chu Yunxi looked into Yue Haoran's eyes steadily.

Yue Haoran was torn between his own conscience and his own desires. He knew very well what kind of person his own prince was like, but as for the King of Dingbei, regardless of the rumors, he had tried to assassinate him many times. Would he put all that aside and help his family?

Chu Yunxi did not rush him. It would take some time for him to accept this. She handed the almost cold tea in her hand to him again, "Drink it. It's not poisonous. You can still be useful to us."

Such straightforwardness made Yue Haoran feel relieved. Not eating for two days was not a big deal, but not drinking water for two days had pushed him to the brink of his limit. He couldn't wait to take the tea and drank it all. Chu Yunxi asked, "Do you want more?"

Yue Haoran nodded, and Chu Yunxi simply took the teapot and drank one cup after another without any impatience. It was not until she finished the fifth cup that Yue Haoran handed the cup back to her.

Then he turned his gaze to Xiao Mubei and said, "Your Highness King Dingbei, what do you say?"

No matter how turbulent Xiao Mubei's heart was, his expression remained calm, "What this girl said represents what I said."

These words carry a lot of weight, and Chu Yunxi was a little surprised. She had said what she just said without his consent today because she was forced by the situation. She thought she would need to secretly reason with him and appeal to his emotions, but she didn't expect that he would agree so readily.