If it were someone else, it would be impossible to enter the prison to visit Xiaoxiao.

But Fan Lu is different, he is the son of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, which means that the jailer's immediate boss is his father.

With this relationship, those jailers were naturally extremely accommodating, and politely "invited" him in for free.

"This matter must not be known to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Otherwise, the little one is really dead! They told me repeatedly.

"Yes." He promised.

Because Xiaoxiao is an important prisoner, he is locked in a fully enclosed room, with no windows, and the door is also sealed with iron sheets, only an opening at the bottom can be used to deliver food in.

The jailer opened the wire and woke up the smile from the barrel with a thud.

She poked her head out, and by the candlelight of the doorway, she saw a tall and lanky scholar walk in.

As the door opened, the candlelight cast a faint orange-red light on the barrel, shining on half of the face that was smiling above the barrel.

The jailer handed the lantern to Fan Lu, closed the door and went out, locking it again.

Fan Lu was very surprised, why was this woman in the barrel?

He looked into the barrel and held up the lantern, only to see the woman completely submerged in water.

He probed the water with his fingers, and it was cold.

"What for?!" With a smile, he splashed the water on his face.

"I'm sorry, smiling girl, offended." He took a few steps back and saluted.

"Who are you?" asked strangely with a smile.

"Xiaosheng Fan Lu is a friend of General Banyue, and he entrusted him to visit the girl."

With a smile, he smiled: "How is the general?" ”

"The general is very troubled."

"Why bother?"

"Because I miss the girl."

"You tell her, don't worry, I'm fine here."

"Is this called doing well?" Fan Lu looked around and found that there was nothing left in the room except for two wooden barrels and a toilet. So where does she sleep?

Also, the room has no windows and is closed all day, isn't she scared when it's dark? Not lonely?

But under the candlelight, her face was white and red, and it was very moisturized, and it really didn't look bad.

"Why is the girl soaking in such cold water?"

This is a question that the jailer once asked, and replied with a smile: "Take care of your skin." ”

"Isn't it cold?"

"It's good to get used to it, it makes the skin firm."

Fan Lu sighed, this girl's skin is indeed like an immortal, moist and tender, no one can compare, it turns out that this is the trick.

It seems that in order to be beyond ordinary people, you have to endure the suffering that extraordinary people can endure.

"It's a great way to get some exercise. Xiao Sheng had heard that some people relied on winter swimming to improve their physique. Fan Lu said suddenly realized.

Smiling and pursing his lips, this scholar is full of nerdy flavor and is very cute.

Fan Lu looked at this girl's face carefully, not only did she have good skin, but her appearance was even more earth-shattering, no wonder Ban Yue would compare her to the likes of Bao Xi Daji.

"May I ask you, girl, in court, how will you state your relationship with General Banyue?"

"What you see is believing." replied with a smile.

Although this person claims to be a friend of Banyue, what does the ghost know? You can't talk nonsense.

"Very good. Can the girl tell me what your name is and who you are? “

"You call me a smiling girl, why do you still ask my name?"

"But as far as Xiao Sheng knows, this is the name Jin Ning gave you."

He looked at Fan Lu with a smile, thinking that this scholar should be Ban Yue's friend, otherwise it would be impossible to know so much.

"Don't hide it from Mr. Fan, I did forget my origin, I can only be called Xiaoxiao, I am the sister of Lord Jin." Confess with a smile.

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Two hours later, Fan Lu returned to the General's Mansion.

"Strange woman." He said excitedly to Banyue.

"It's very strange indeed." Banyue put down the book in his hand and muttered.

The woman's performance was so incomprehensible that she was so preoccupied with the puzzles that she couldn't read a word in a book.

Why did she know in advance the actions of those people who were in ambush in the pine forest and those who put ecstasy incense in the inn?

If she could have known about the Assassins' plans in advance, she would have been with them, but why should she help her out of danger?

I persuaded her not to come to the capital, why did she come to the capital?

Why is it unfortunate that the prince can find her as soon as he returns to the capital?

It's more like she was deliberately caught by the prince in an attempt to get close to the prince.

Is her real purpose the crown prince?

Who else is there to take care of her in the cell but the prince?

......

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that she was weird and mysterious, like a vixen, not Daji?

Fan Lu gave an alternative view: "Smiling is not strange, it is magical." She's not your average person. ”

"She's certainly not an ordinary person, but a specially trained Bunch."

Fan Lu shook his head: "No, she is not a Bangshi, if she is a Bangshi, she will not tell me about the prince." She told me that the prince wanted her to lie that you had robbed her and forced her to do something unscrupulous. The crown prince promised to include her in the East Palace after the matter was completed. ”

"This trick is poisonous." Banyue's mood became even heavier, and the prince had the intention of completely crushing himself.

"Indeed, if she does what the prince says, your sin will be even greater, and the emperor will be completely disappointed in you."

"But why should she be on my side instead of clinging to the prince?" Banyue was puzzled.

I had suspected that her purpose was to deliberately get close to the prince, but it didn't seem to be.

"I also asked her this question, and she said that the prince has nothing to do, and he has arrested her again and again, which is very hateful, so why should he listen to him."

"Do you think this woman is credible?" Banyue didn't dare to be gullible.

For those who don't know, there's really no way to guarantee that she will match her words with her actions.

What if she says one thing now and does another thing in court?

Besides, if she disobeys the prince and the prince uses persecution against her, can she disobey?

"I chose to trust her. She looked like a believable girl. Fan Lu's eyes were as simple as ever.

Banyue shook her head, how could people judge her heart by her appearance?

"In prison, have you checked the mysterious person who covers her?" He asked Fan Lu.

"I can't find out. The man claimed to have been entrusted to take care of Miss Xiao, and did not ask to visit her, but left a large sum of silver taels for the jailer in charge, and asked them to give her a good life, and then left. ”

Ban Yue frowned - that means that the person just wants to keep Hanxiao thoughtful, and has no other purpose, so he really can't guess the relationship between him and Hanxiao.

Maybe you're mistaken, smiling. Just because she can't tell many things doesn't mean she's lying. Fan Lu insisted on his opinion.

"Isn't it a big lie that she relied on me?"

"But don't you acquiesce? and finally admitted his relationship with her in public. I understand that you are only doing it for self-preservation. She told me that she wanted to go back to the sea, but everyone mistakenly thought that she wanted to kill herself, so relying on you was also planning for self-preservation, not malicious intent. ”

"Can you trust an average woman to swim 20 nautical miles and be safe?"

"I believe that she is so good at water that she even sleeps in water, so it is not impossible for a water-based superman. You have to believe that there are strange people in the world who are beyond our imagination. For example, there are many strange things in the ancient book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" that I have been sorting out recently, which is really unheard of. It's not that the unheard doesn't exist, it's just that we don't know it. ”

"Do you believe that absurdity?"

"Of course. The ancestors were able to write it, even if their imagination was extraordinary, it must have a basis in reality. ”

Pan Yue didn't want to argue with the nerd about this topic, and said, "What is in front of you is important. ”

"Okay, I have a plan. We put our trust in her perspective. She said she couldn't remember who she was, and we assumed it was true. Then we'll make up an identity for her. That way you can both lie. ”

"Do you need to make up more lies for the sake of one lie? I'd rather admit to the emperor that I lied. Ban Yue disagreed, and made mistakes again and again.