Song Yi didn't want to participate in the family banquet in the evening, but after all, it was personally invited by the old lady, if she really didn't go, it would be equivalent to leaving a handle for the old lady. I don't know how to complain to the real king behind my back.

So, Song Yi was ready for a long time and must go to the banquet. But when he was going out, he suddenly received a letter, which was sent by Du Shuyin, the third princess.

received a letter from his best friend, Song Yi's heart was really excited. I can't help but want to see what Du Shuyin said in his letter.

Opening the letter, Song Yi looked at the familiar Juanxiu font, and felt like he had traveled back to five years ago.

Du Shuyin didn't say anything in the letter, just wrote about his recent situation, and then recalled the past when the two met and intersected. In the end, Song Yi was invited to go to the Huibin Building for a gathering the day after tomorrow. Although Song Yi didn't know why Du Shuyin had to ask her to meet in the Huibin Building outside, Song Yi was still a little tempted, after all, she really used Du Shuyin as her bosom friend in the past, and she really wanted to know what she was like now, how was she doing?

Zhu Xi changed his clothes and returned to the hall, and what he saw was a woman holding a letter in a daze.

"What's wrong? Whose letter? ”

"The Third Imperial Concubine Du Shuyin was sent by someone"

"Oh"

"She invited me to meet in the Huibin Building the day after tomorrow"

"Do you want to go?"

"Think"

"If you want to go, you can go"

"But why did she invite me to meet in the guest house? Is this the same building that used to be? Isn't that the property of King Liang? ”

"It's still the same restaurant. In that year, King Liang rebelled, and the emperor ordered King Liang's property to be copied. This Huibin Building is also one of them, but the third prince came to me at that time and wanted this restaurant. I crossed him out of King Liang's property book and kept it."

"I see. However, what does the third prince want this Huibin Building to do? Song Yi was a little confused.

"The crown prince and the second prince both have their own intelligence agencies, and the emperor also has my shadow army. There is only the third prince, and he has always wanted an agency that can collect intelligence. And King Liang's Huibin Building is a secret base for intelligence. On the surface, it is a restaurant, but in fact, it is a three-class restaurant, and any news can be inquired and disseminated. The third prince wants such an organization, collecting intelligence, and no one will find out."

"Well, it's hidden in the city, isn't that the truth?"

"You're right, often the most dangerous places are the safest. Everyone knows that the restaurant is a mixed place, but no one knows the true identity of the guests who are sent there every day, and it is the best way to hide the identity of the intelligence officer."

"Then you say, the day after tomorrow, do I still want to go to the appointment of the third princess?"

"Didn't you just say that you wanted to see Du Shuyin? You can go if you want. Not to mention, I'm getting close to the third prince now. Even if I am like the crown prince and the second prince with him, if you think Du Shuyin is still the same Du Shuyin back then, you can still have a relationship with her. I don't interfere with your decisions, and I don't stop you from associating with whom? I believe you have your own judgment and can tell who is sincere and who is false? ”

"Okay, I got it. Seriously, I really want to meet Du Shuyin. Back then, when I knew that she was the one who knew about the assassination of me by the third prince, I was indeed angry with her. However, later, thinking about it, she also reminded me at the time, but I didn't hear it. ”

"I thought your creed was 'a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye', but I didn't expect that you could still forgive people?" Zhu Xi couldn't help but tease.

Song Yi glanced at the man, "Am I so eager to repay me?" We all grew up together, and now we are both mothers. The things of that year had to be forgiving and forgiving. Didn't you also teach the three princes a lesson for me? ”

"You can do these things yourself" Zhu Xi gave Song Yi the greatest freedom.

After listening to the man's words, Song Yi wanted to see Du Shuyin even more.

Because of Du Shuyin's letter, Song Yi and the others played for a while.

As soon as I entered the Fugui Hall, I heard Cao complaining there.

Song Yi sneered, and before he could speak, he heard the true king beside him say, "Second lady, if you feel that you can't wait, just leave." ”

The Cao family had originally been talking, but when she heard the voice of the true king, she suddenly turned around with some embarrassment as if she had been frozen, and said, "The prince is here." Why are these subordinates in the real king's mansion getting more and more scattered, and the prince doesn't even report first when he comes in."

"It was the king who did not let them tell me. Fortunately, there was no report, otherwise, wouldn't this Wang Hai hear the second lady's true words? Zhu Xi's face darkened, and the corners of his mouth showed an indifferent and ruthless smile. The whole person is also gloomy.

"Lord Wang, what did you say? I don't understand. Just now I was just asking, what is the prince delaying because of something? "If you talk about the real king's mansion, who is the Cao family most afraid of now. That is the real king Zhu Xi. In the past, the Cao clan didn't really fear the true king. But five years ago, after the true king went to the north, there have been rumors that have reached the ears of the Cao family. It is said that the true king is known as the living king of Hades on the battlefield, and he is very ruthless, and he treats the Jurchens extremely cruelly, and I have heard that the true king treats traitors and Jurchen spies with all kinds of appalling punishments.

I heard that there were two most terrible punishments, one was to dig a cave in the ground, put the person into the cave, bury the earth, make an inch-long wound in the human skull, and pour mercury into the wound. Mercury enters the bloodstream through the wound, and people will be poisoned by mercury, hallucinating and itching all over the body, eager to find a hole in the ground to scratch it. But because it is buried in the ground, the person who is poured with mercury will not be able to bear it, and will break free from the wound on the top of his head, and the flesh will be blurred, and finally he will die of pain.

There is also a punishment, which is the tiger chair. This is mainly an interrogation of spies. After the Jurchen spy was caught, he couldn't confess no matter how he beat him. The true king had him tied to a bench and gradually put bricks on his legs. The height of the bricks makes the legs appear unbalanced. Until the man could not bear the pain of a broken bone and confessed.

Such a punishment made the murderous reputation of the true king not only terrifying on the grassland, but also in the Qianchao, and also frightened the courage of many female dependents. This also led to the fact that when the Cao family saw the true king now, they had a chilling feeling both psychologically and physically.

Cao's explanation is not true, but Zhu Xi does not take it seriously. Today, he had already thought about standing up for his wife, so that these people in the True King's Mansion would be punished for yesterday's incident. Therefore, he temporarily let go of Cao's disrespectful remarks.

Turning to the old lady, he said, "Old lady, thank you, and prepare a reception banquet for our family of four." I heard you lost your temper yesterday? ”

Zhu Xi's words silenced everyone in the hall. The old lady Du Shi also looked at Zhu Xi with a displeased expression.