To the east of Chaoge, at this time, Jiang Huan Chu and his entourage, who were already about to reach the boundary of Caozhou, suddenly stopped halfway through, and had stopped for almost ten days, and they did not continue to move forward. Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu took his third son Jiang Wenye to just drink tea and wander around every day, without mentioning the matter of hurrying, but it made the people a little confused.

It wasn't until one day that a fast horse came from the west, and the man on the horse followed Jiang Wenye into Dong Bohou's tent, and the atmosphere in the camp became a little tense.

In the tent, Dong Bohou's face was no longer his usual comfortable look at this time, and he said a little nervously: "Have you ever succeeded?"

The messenger arched his hand and said, "Back to the Hou Ye, I have never succeeded." ”

Hearing this, Dong Bohou suddenly leaned back, closed his eyes and let out a sigh, and when he opened his eyes again, his expression was already a little cold, and said, "Has anyone been caught?"

The man said: "All the army is destroyed." ”

Dong Bohou's voice was already a little trembling: "What about the queen?"

The man said: "The queen has been detained, and no one can see it, so it should be the king of Shang who is investigating the matter." ”

Jiang Wenye on the side said: "Father, it will definitely find out our heads sooner or later, let's go back to Donglu quickly." ”

Dong Bohou suddenly threw the teacup on the table to the ground, and shouted angrily: "Why did it fail? How was it found?"

Seeing that Dong Bohou was angry, the man said with some trepidation: "Master Hou, the reason why this was found is really a bit strange. My lord also didn't understand it, so let me tell you in detail. ”

Dong Bohou made a fuss, forcibly calmed down, and said, "Okay, you say, what else did Jiang Jia ask you to tell you?"

The man said: "Master Hou, the most strange thing about this is that before the assassin entered the palace, he was recognized and arrested in prison. ”

"Oh?" Dong Bohou was also a little surprised when he heard this, and said, "Who recognized him?"

The man said: "Doctor Fei Zhong, You Hun." ”

Dong Bohou was even more surprised at this time, and asked, "How are these two living treasures, how can they recognize the assassin?"

The man said: "It is said that one day, Fei Zhong and You Hun entered the palace to meet the king of Shang, and at the gate of the palace, they saw a few people who were a little suspicious, so they stopped them. One of his servants, who was the original butler of the Hou Mansion, was called Jiang Huan, and recognized that those people were from the Hou Mansion and plotted against him, so he took them to see the king of Shang. I don't know how they persuaded the king of Shang, so they put the five people in prison and bit the queen's head. Now the two of them have been rewarded by the king for this merit, and it is said that they will be promoted to doctors. ”

Dong Bohou sighed: "Jiang Huan, how could it be him? He didn't want me to spare his life that day, but he left a disaster and a big deal for me." ”

Jiang Wenye interjected: "Father, no, the killer is the child who is responsible for cultivating it himself, for the sake of secrecy, they have never entered the Hou Mansion, why would Jiang Huan recognize them? ”

Dong Bo Hou Qi said: "Hasn't Jiang Huan ever seen a killer?"

Jiang Wenye said: "Absolutely not. Jiang Huan is just a steward in charge of purchasing, and he is not a figure in the Hou Mansion, how could he be involved in such a confidential matter?"

Dong Bohou said: "What will happen then?"

When Jiang Wenye heard this, he thought for a while and said, "Father, the child thinks about this matter, but there is only one possibility. ”

Dong Bohou said: "Come on." ”

Jiang Wenye groaned: "The child thinks that if you want to explain this matter, Jiang Huan may not be the key, you have to start with Fei Zhong and You Hun." The child once heard the eldest brother say that these two people have no ink on their chests, they are stupid and incompetent, and they all rely on bullying the good, slapping horses, and framing ministers to get to where they are today, I don't know if that's the case?"

Dong Bohou recalled for a moment, nodded and said, "That's right, Wen Huan described it very appropriately. ”

Jiang Wenye nodded and continued: "Father, then do you say that this will be the case, the killer was outside the palace gate, and was bumped into by Fei and You, and for some reason there was some conflict, so the two took down the killer and framed him as an assassin, but the result was crooked. ”

Dong Bohou said: "It's not impossible, but why was your sister bitten?"

Jiang Wenye said: "The child heard that Na You Hun sold officials with his sister that day, but he was found out by the king of Shang and punished him for bankruptcy. Afterwards, he also found someone to send a message to his sister, saying that he wanted his sister to give some compensation, but his sister refused. Those killers all grew up in Donglu, and they inevitably spoke with some Donglu accents, so they must have taken the opportunity to bite their sister on the head to blackmail them. ”

Dong Bohou said: "There is some truth in your speculation, but why it is so coincidental is really unbelievable." ”

Jiang Wenye said: "The child also thinks it's too much of a coincidence, but can the father come up with other explanations?"

Dong Bohou pondered for a long time before he said, "There is really no other explanation. ”

The messenger interjected at this time: "Master Hou, third son, in fact, my master's thoughts coincide with the two of yours. The virtues of Fei Zhong and You Hun are known to everyone in the whole dynasty, and only by explaining it in this way can it make sense. ”

Dong Bohou suddenly cried and laughed, and said: "I didn't expect that I had been planning for many days, and I was inadvertently destroyed by such a villain." These two people are so messed up, why is it that the king of Shang is also inexplicable now, and they are messing around?"

Jiang Wenye said helplessly: "Father, these people can sit firmly in the position of doctor, but I am afraid that the king of Shang has long been a little abnormal." I just don't know how we should deal with it now?"

Dong Bohou said resolutely: "Since the assassin has not yet entered the palace, then the situation will not be too bad. Now, we still have to go to Chaoge, and we have to rush there as soon as possible. Presumably the king of Shang will not embarrass your sister for such inexplicable reasons, after arriving at Chaoge, or I will contact some ministers of the court and the central government to go to talk about the item, or bribe Fei Zhong and You Hun, no matter what, you must bail your sister out first. As long as she is still in the palace, things will not fail, and there will be opportunities in the future. ”

Jiang Wenye said: "The child will go to inform him and go on the road early tomorrow morning." But father, this Fei Zhong and You Hun are so hateful, the child really doesn't want to be blackmailed by them. ”

Dong Bohou sighed: "In today's situation, I can only succumb to such villains first. He has a great cause every day, and how much they take Benhou, Benhou makes them vomit it twice. ”

And Huang Xue's side, since she failed to persuade the king of Shang on the day of the fight, she has not been in a good mood.

The king of Shang has been very busy these days dealing with the affairs of the queen, the prince, and the four princes of Shang Rong entering Beijing, and he has not come to Huang Xue for nearly ten days. This also made her feel a little lost, perhaps, the women in the deep palace are like this.

In the next two days, Jiao Fang, the chief attendant, first vaguely reminded her that she should not meddle in the affairs of the court in the future, and the matter of her sending the spring equinox to Fang Bi's mansion to deliver the letter had been concealed by Jiao Fang for her, so that she should be careful in the future. Then, it was his father-in-law, Wucheng Wangtuo, who sent a letter in, saying that he had already known that she had informed the prince, and that Fang Bi and Fang Xiang had been killed by him, and that he should not do such a foolish act in the future.

For this reason, her mood became even more depressed, it turned out that she thought she had done it extremely hidden, but she didn't expect it to be so full of loopholes. In this deep palace, although she seems to be carefree, her every move is under the surveillance of others, but in fact, she does not have much freedom.

On this day, she was very bored, and she was a little tired of playing with the cannon branding, and suddenly remembered the jade pipa that was brought back to the palace that day, so she let the spring equinox find it out, hold it in her hand and play with it.

Although Hu Yumei is bewitching, the jade pipa is really a good thing. After refining the true fire of Samadhi, the pipa is really as translucent as crystal, without a trace of impurities, and the sun shines on it during the day, projecting a colorful light.

It's a pity that all the strings of the pipa are broken, otherwise they can be plucked, but now they can only be used as decorations. Her heart moved, and she suddenly remembered what Huang Yan said that day, if she can really play this pipa, she should really be as beautiful as jade, and jade is as beautiful as a beauty.

There are many musicians in the palace, and it is not difficult to find someone who can continue the strings of the pipa, so she ordered the spring equinox to find a musician who is good at the pipa. The violinist is an old palace maid in her forties, who has played the pipa all her life, and when she saw the jade pipa, she was immediately shocked, and she looked back and forth, and loved it.

The things of the concubines in the palace, no matter how much she likes them, she can't keep them for herself, and after looking at them for a while, she continued the strings for the pipa according to Huang Xue's request. She was too familiar with this work, so she took out the prepared silk strings and wanted to connect them to the pipa.

She was careful in her work, and it took almost two quarters of an hour to pick up a string. Habitually, every time she picks up a string, she adjusts the tone of that string before moving on to the next one.

However, while she was tuning, something strange happened. A good string was connected to this jade lute, but it couldn't make a sound, and with a little more force, the string broke with a bang.

The musician peeked at Huang Xue, saw her curiosity, and was not dissatisfied, so he hurriedly took out a string again and connected it. But somehow, it's still the same as just now, the bullet is light and silent, and the bullet will break when it's heavy.

The musician's face was also a little ugly at the moment, so he no longer competed with that string, but switched to the other string first, and he didn't want to, it was still the same situation. Until the musician tried every string once, but none of the strings could be successfully connected to the jade lute.

Helpless, the musician had no choice but to confess to Huang Xue: "Concubine Su, this pipa is really a little strange, the slave is useless, and she can't continue the strings for this pipa." ”

Huang Xue saw the whole process in her eyes, and knew in her heart that this pipa might be a treasure, and ordinary strings should not be able to be continued, so she didn't blame the musician, but said: "This matter is originally not to blame you, this pipa has been played by people in this palace, it is indeed not an ordinary product, I am afraid that ordinary strings cannot be connected, but I don't know what kind of strings can be connected?

The musician hurriedly said: "Niangniang, the slave maid once heard the master mention that some good instruments will have spirituality if they are older, and ordinary strings cannot be connected, and they must be connected with the same spiritual strings." The slave and maid look at this lute so strangely, I am afraid that this is the case. ”

Huang Xue heard this, nodded, the jade pipa came from the Xuanyuan Tomb, and it was the magic weapon of the monster Hu Yumei, if it was said that there was no spirituality, it would be strange. She asked, "What are spiritual strings?"

The violin master said, "The slave doesn't know either." ”

Huang Xue was helpless, so she had to reward the pianist with a few silver coins, and let her leave.