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"My name is Ma Xiaoyao." Ma Xiaoyao said weakly.

"Xiaoyao Tianxia! People live their whole lives for the word "Xiaoyao"! Well, your name is good! Really good!" Duanmu Fenglei praised.

"you flatter me……"

"Little brother, I think you have an extraordinary appearance, and you show extraordinary momentum in your gestures. You must not be an ordinary person, right?"

"...Dude, I'm wrong. I'm just an ordinary person. I accidentally embarked on the road of cultivating immortals, and then started to practice hard. As for the aura you said...it's all fake...you read it wrong..."

"Hehe...Maybe I misread it."

……

In the lonely and empty cell, two strangers started a long chatting journey.

"You are a person with great wisdom." Duanmu Fenglei sighed: "Especially in the field of government officials... It's a pity... If I could meet you earlier, I wouldn't be usurped, let alone As for being under house arrest."

"Usurperation?" Ma Xiaoyao heard a word very sensitively: "You used to be..."

"To tell you the truth, I used to be the emperor." Duanmu Fenglei said: "Not long after I ascended the throne, I started to rectify the administration of officials. Maybe my method was wrong, which caused complaints from the officials below...Later, my younger brother, together with These officials kicked me off the throne... After that I was imprisoned here... Calculating the time, it has been several years..."

"You're really good." Ma Xiaoyao curled his lips: "How can someone else usurp the throne? You are so... so stupid!"

"Yeah." Duanmu Fenglei nodded: "I'm really stupid! Or I'm too soft-hearted. I always treat those who have different intentions leniently. Over time, these people are no longer afraid of me, and my brother is insidious. Cunning, very good at winning people's hearts... Sigh... Whenever I think of this, I feel so depressed that I want to die."

"I'm very curious." Ma Xiaoyao asked a question: "Since your younger brother dares to usurp the throne, it means that he doesn't care about family affection at all, and he doesn't care about you as a big brother... It stands to reason that he should kill you directly Ah, this way, future troubles can be avoided forever.”

"He wanted to kill me." Duanmu Fenglei let out a sulking sigh: "But...he had scruples, he didn't want to bear the notoriety of killing my brother, so he put me under house arrest and let me fend for myself. This method is particularly painful for me...I can't see the sun every day, I can't see my wife and children, and I have no one to chat with me, and the food is poor...It is better to kill me than to live like this. "

"It's better to die than to live." Ma Xiaoyao comforted: "As long as you live, you have hope to get out of trouble... As an emperor, the first element is to learn to be ruthless."

Duanmu Fenglei nodded: "You are right. The reason why I failed was because I was too soft-hearted. If I do it all over again, I will definitely not be soft-hearted again!"

"Maybe I can help you out..." Ma Xiaoyao rolled his eyes, "Even help you restore the throne..."

"Stop joking with me." Duanmu Fenglei didn't believe it at all.

"Do you think I look like I'm joking?" Ma Xiaoyao curled his lips: "Forget it, since you don't believe me, then I won't say anything, you just stay here for the rest of your life."

"You...you really have a way to rescue me?" Duanmu Fenglei's eyes showed hope, "Can you even restore me to the throne?"

Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "Yes, although there are some difficulties, but... there is still hope, the premise is... you must cooperate with me well."

"Cooperate, I will definitely cooperate with you." Duanmu Fenglei nodded hastily.

"I have one more condition..."

"you say!"

"Give me some orchid leaf grass after you restore the throne." This is the biggest reason why Ma Xiaoyao decided to help Duanmu Fenglei. If it wasn't for the orchid leaf grass, he wouldn't bother to talk to Duanmu Fenglei.

"No problem!" Duanmu Fenglei agreed without hesitation: "As long as you help me restore the throne, I will not only give you the orchid leaf grass, but I will also make you a general! Command the three armies!"

"Forget it, the general." Ma Xiaoyao waved his hand: "I'm not interested in becoming an official."

"Then I'll give you gold, silver and jewelry..."

"Listen, the reason why I help you is mainly for the orchid leaf grass. I'm not interested in other things."

"Okay! I promise to find the orchid leaf grass for you!"

"Next, let's discuss it carefully. It is not an easy matter to restore the throne. First of all, we must find a way to get out of here... By the way, you should have some loyalists, right?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.

Duanmu Fenglei was stunned: "Deadly loyal?"

"That's right, since you have been emperor, you should have cultivated a lot of diehard loyalists, right?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.

"This..." Duanmu Fenglei's expression was a little awkward: "To be honest...the number of diehard loyalists I have cultivated... are really not many..."

"Not many? Why not many?" Ma Xiaoyao asked: "There must be such a group of people, right?"

"A group of people...only a few..."

"several?"

"Three or five..."

"..." Ma Xiaoyao was really speechless: "You... the emperor really failed!"

Duanmu Fenglei nodded: "It is indeed a failure."

"It doesn't matter if there are few diehard loyalists... The key is...the identities of these diehard loyalists..." Ma Xiaoyao said: "Do they have a lot of power? Tell me exactly, don't hide it, and don't exaggerate, because This is directly related to your restoration of the throne."

"Well, the few of them... the official positions are not too high... but they still have some real power..." Duanmu Fenglei said: "Two of them still hold military power."

"Is there no question of their loyalty to you?"

"Absolutely no problem! I saved their lives, and they are very grateful to me."

"Your brother doesn't know about this?"

"I don't know! I don't have much contact with these diehards. My brother absolutely doesn't know about our relationship."

"Well, you finally did a smart thing."

"This is my last hole card."

"We need to do three things. As long as these three things are successful, then you may be able to restore the throne."

"Which three things?"

"First, escape smoothly. Second, contact those diehard loyalists to ensure that they have not betrayed! The third and most important link is to get rid of your brother! Only when your brother dies can you take it back." Throne!"

"Must it be done?" Duanmu Fenglei frowned.

Ma Xiaoyao pouted crookedly: "When is it now, you are still soft-hearted? What did you say just now? You said that if you could do it all over again, you would never be soft-hearted again! Why did you change what you just said? ?”

"Okay! Listen to you! Get rid of it and get rid of it!" Duanmu Fenglei gritted his teeth and said, not because he didn't care about family affection, but because his brother went too far.

"Well, then let's discuss how to escape from here."

In the next period of time, the two began to conspire to escape.

After discussing for a long time, the two finally came up with a more successful method, which is to play dead!

Yes, just play dead!

As long as they are "dead", the jailer will definitely get them out, and then there will be a chance to escape.

In order to make things more realistic and not arouse the suspicion of the jailer, the two began to pretend to be sick, and became weaker every day. Just as Ma Xiaoyao guessed, the jailer didn't care about it at all, let alone go to a doctor to see a doctor for them. Perhaps Duanmu Fenglei's younger brother has already confessed, let Duanmu Fenglei fend for himself, as for Ma Xiaoyao...it is even more insignificant, if he dies, he will die, it's no big deal.

Up to now, Ma Xiaoyao has not figured out why he was arrested.

After pretending to be sick for a few days, Ma Xiaoyao and Duanmu Fenglei naturally "died".

Just as Ma Xiaoyao guessed, several jailers found the two of them dead and carried them out of the prison, but what happened next deviated from Ma Xiaoyao's prediction.

Ma Xiaoyao was directly thrown into the mass grave, and Duanmu Fenglei was sent to the palace. Maybe Duanmu Fenglei's younger brother's conscience found out, or maybe it was for the sake of showing the world that Duanmu Fenglei was going to hide the scenery. In this way, Ma Xiaoyao and Duanmu Fenglei's plans were completely disrupted.

After the jailer left, Ma Xiaoyao quietly got up and left the mass grave. He secretly said in his heart: Duanmu Fenglei, the plan has changed, the next step is up to you!

A few days later, a shocking news spread from the palace!Duanmu Fenglei was restored, but his younger brother... died of illness.

After hearing the news, Ma Xiaoyao was stunned for a long time. Duanmu Fenglei actually succeeded?How did he do that?Well, since he succeeded, there's no need for me to hide any longer. I'll go directly to him for the orchid leaf grass.

After making up his mind, Ma Xiaoyao went directly to the palace, passed several checkpoints, and finally saw Duanmu Fenglei in the main hall. At this moment, Duanmu Fenglei had changed his appearance, wearing a crown, wearing a dragon robe, sitting on a dragon chair On the ground, the momentum is calm and mighty, and the decadence and embarrassment in the prison can no longer be seen.

"Haha..." As soon as he saw Ma Xiaoyao, Duanmu Fenglei burst into laughter, "Why did you come? I'm getting impatient!"

"Brother... oh, no, I should call you the emperor now." Ma Xiaoyao changed his address very appropriately, his status is different, and his tone of speech and address also change accordingly: "May I take the liberty to ask... how did you do it?"

"It's all luck." Duanmu Fenglei sighed: "At that time, I was sent to the palace and put into a coffin, and then my brother came over, and I stabbed him to death while he was not paying attention. ...I was restored with the support of some ministers." At this point, Duanmu Fenglei added: "My brother has no heirs, he died, and the throne can only belong to me."

"You are really lucky." Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "If you fail in the assassination, then your result..."

"Thinking about it now, I'm also a little scared." Duanmu Fenglei sighed: "At that time, my younger brother was drunk and his reaction was not very sensitive, and he actually came up to talk to me, giving me a chance to assassinate. "Luck is really important. Regardless of your high cultivation base, you might be a coward who will die in the end. On the one hand, it is due to negligence, and on the other hand, it is also bad luck.

"Your majesty, since you have successfully reset, then... can you give me the orchid leaf grass?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.

"Not in a hurry." Duanmu Fenglei waved his hand.

"How can you not be in a hurry?" Ma Xiaoyao frowned. What does Duanmu Fenglei mean? Isn't it about going back on his word?

"I've already had someone check it out." Duanmu Fenglei said, "The orchid leaf grass in the imperial pharmacy has been used up..."

"What? Used up?" Ma Xiaoyao became anxious when he heard that.

"Don't get excited." Duanmu Fenglei waved his hand: "I have sent people out to look for it, and there should be news soon. Don't worry, since I promised you, I will definitely give it to you."

"That's good." Ma Xiaoyao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he can get the orchid leaf grass, it doesn't matter if he waits a few days longer: "By the way, who arrested me? Why did you arrest me?" Xiaoyao's heart disease must be cleared up today by taking this opportunity.

"I have investigated." Duanmu Fenglei said: "A few days ago, a group of soldiers withdrew from the front line. When they passed by a village, they found that you were covered with blood. You didn't look like a good person, so they arrested you. Yes, in order to avoid accidents, I fed you Fenglingcao and sealed your dantian."

"It's that simple?"

Duanmu Fenglei nodded: "Yes, it's that simple! You can say that you have suffered an indiscriminate disaster."

Ma Xiaoyao's expression became very exciting, damn it!How can I be so unlucky!But fortunately...the other party did not find out that he was an outsider, otherwise, the trouble would definitely be even greater.

Arrest because you don't look like a good person?This is really unreasonable!

"In this way, during the time of searching for the orchid leaf grass, you can stay by my side." Duanmu Fenglei said with a smile, "I need your help very much now!"

"My ability is limited, I'm afraid..." Ma Xiaoyao habitually wanted to refuse.

"You are too modest." Duanmu Fenglei waved his hand: "Although I have not been in contact with you for a long time, I can also see that you are a rare talent! Since you are a talent, you must be reused!"

"I..." Ma Xiaoyao was about to speak when he was interrupted by Duanmu Fenglei.

"Help me to straighten out the bureaucracy." Duanmu Fenglei directly arranged a task for Ma Xiaoyao: "I will give you the title of an imperial envoy, and you have the right to review everyone except me, and I will also give you Shang Fang The sword! You have the right to strike first and strike later!"

"This won't work..." Ma Xiaoyao definitely couldn't accept it.

"If you refuse, then it's hard to talk about looking for orchid leaf grass." Duanmu Fenglei said lightly.

"Are you threatening me?" Ma Xiaoyao's expression darkened.

"I'm just explaining the situation to you." Duanmu Fenglei said with a smile: "If you help me rectify the bureaucracy, I can free up my hands to do other things, including looking for orchid leaf grass. If you don't help me rectify the bureaucracy, then I will I can only be responsible personally, and I will be very busy at that time, and I will not be in a good mood, so I will not have the time and mood to look for the orchid leaf grass."