The person who really suffered in the Xu Mansion was not the princess of Jin but the king of Jin, Song Heng, and he had no chance to meet the princess Xu Jinrou in the Xu Mansion.

Song Heng was locked up in a windowless warehouse in the Xu Mansion, the water and rice were not given to him all night, and Ye Kai, the head of the guards of Liu Rentu, had a gloomy face, and personally guarded the door of the warehouse that night, Song Heng was honest and did not dare to have any objections.

The guards of the Jianguo Mansion patrolled outside the Xu Mansion all night, and no idle people were allowed to approach.

Early the next morning, Ye Kaicai gave Song Heng some food and drink, let him eat and drink to his heart's content, and then took a bath and changed his clothes under the supervision of the palace soldiers, and then left the Xu Mansion with Xu Jinrou, the princess of Jin, and went to the palace.

From yesterday to the present, Song Heng has not even had the opportunity to say a word when he met Xu Jinrou.

Xu Jinrou and Fang Ruo sat in the carriage, Song Heng rode on a tall horse and followed behind the carriage, surrounded by the soldiers of the Prison Mansion led by Ye Kai.

Xu Shilang's mansion is in the north of Kyoto, and the Great Chu Palace is in the south of the city.

Song Heng, the king of Jin, rode on a horse and raised his head, his eyes looked ahead, looking radiant and refreshed, Xu Jinrou, the princess of Jin, sat in the carriage, and the carriage was covered by a gauze curtain from the door to the window, and he couldn't see the situation clearly.

On both sides of the road, there were many people standing on both sides of the road, commenting and pointing at the bustle.

Since the signing of the truce between Da Chu and Ximan, the men between the ages of sixteen and sixty in Da Chu have been moved away from the places designated by Ximan, and the young and middle-aged people of Xiban have also entered all walks of life in Da Chu in a planned way, trying to grasp the economic lifeline of Da Chu.

After a few years, these later Western barbarians have slowly gained a firm foothold in Dachu, under the management of Liu Rentu, these Western barbarian men can basically abide by the law, and coexist peacefully with the people of Dachu, and some of the more down-to-earth and hard-working Xiban men have even intermarried with Dachu women.

It is precisely because of the arrival of these Western barbarian men that the people are no longer as respectful to the magnates of Da Chu as they were at the beginning, and it is commonplace to discuss and comment in private.

Xu Jinrou could hear the whispers of some people on the side of the road relatively clearly in the carriage,

“… This person on the horse is the King of Jin, he really has an extraordinary appearance and a dignified appearance, worthy of Princess Xu..."

"King Jin looks refreshed, his eyes are shining, it seems that he was satisfied last night..."

"Although King Jin was arrested in the City Patrol Division this time, it seems to be a blessing in disguise, and now he is escorted by the Prison State Mansion when he enters and exits!"

"You know what? The King of Jin will be sent to Xiban to take up important official positions, so naturally he will have to have a guard..."

"It can't be that King Jin knows what is secret, right?"

"It can't be that King Jin has an enemy, right? …”

"Nonsense..."

……

Listening to the discussions of the people on both sides of the road, the corners of Xu Jinrou's mouth rose slightly, and some public opinion should have been deliberately released by the prison government.

The carriage passed by the door of the Xiban Medical Hall, and Xu Jinrou saw through the gap in the curtain of the carriage that the owner of the hall, Qin Xuanzhi, was standing in the door and looking out.

There was always a smile on his chubby round face, and when he saw Xu Jinrou's carriage passing by, his two crescent-like eyes blinked very meaningfully, I don't know if he saw Xu Jinrou behind the gap in the curtain or did it unintentionally.

The carriage moved forward for only a few hundred meters, and suddenly there was a sound of "whoosh", and then Song Hengda was heard screaming, and then he fell down from the horse with a thud, and there was a great chaos around the carriage for a while, "There are assassins, catch assassins..."

Xu Jinrou lifted the sedan curtain and poked her head out, she looked frightened, only to see Song Heng lying on the ground with his eyes closed, a crossbow arrow inserted in his chest, and his chest was stained red with blood.

The soldiers of the Prison Mansion were well-trained, and they did not panic when they encountered this situation, and in Ye Kai's loud orders, some of the government soldiers gathered around the carriage to take strict precautions, and some of the government soldiers jumped on the roof of the roadside to chase the assassin through the house and jump over the ridge.

Ye Kai's figure flickered in front of Song Heng, and after he glanced down, he turned around and ordered, "Come and find Lang Zhong." ”

With Fang Ruo's support, Xu Jinrou got out of the carriage in a panic and prepared to go over to inspect Song Heng's injuries.

Suddenly, a short and fat figure flexibly rushed in front of Xu Jinrou and came to Song Heng, it was Qin Xuanzhi, the owner of the Ximan Medical Hall.

Qin Xuanzhi stretched out his hand to probe Song Heng's snort, and at the same time, at a speed that almost no one could detect, he stuffed a pill into Song Heng's mouth.

Then Qin Xuanzhi examined Song Heng's wound very skillfully, and then shouted loudly, "Song Heng, the king of the Great Chu Jin, has died. ”

Xu Jinrou, who was guarding the side, shouted "ah", and when she was about to pounce on Song Heng, she was stopped by Qin Xuanzhi stretching out his hand, "Princess Jin mourns, the corpse is poisonous, don't get close." ”

The assassin resisted stubbornly when he was chased by the soldiers of the prison state's mansion, and saw that he was surrounded and had no way to escape, so he committed suicide with a knife, and the assassin shouted before he died: Song Heng, the king of Jin, escaped from the battle, and the son of the Great Chu army died tragically, I have taken revenge and died without regrets!

The news of the assassination of the King of Jin soon spread in the city of Kyoto, and various versions were noisy, mainly discussing whether Song Heng's escape was true, and from then on, the people of Dachu all shook their heads when they mentioned the King of Jin, feeling sorry for the widowhood of the princess of Jin, and felt worthless.

When the queen got the news, Song Heng's body had already entered the palace under the escort of the soldiers of the prison state's mansion.

The corpse was rotten, and Qin Xuanzhi, the owner of the Xiban Medical Hall, said that the assassin might have smeared the overbearing poison on the crossbow arrows because he hated the King of Jin so much.

The queen was grief-stricken, Xu Jinrou also cried sadly, and the palace changed from a bright light to a whole palace in a blink of an eye.

For a time, the palace was solemn, and the whole palace, regardless of whether it was high or low, was dressed in plain clothes to mourn the deceased King of Jin.

Standing in front of the coffin where King Jin's body was placed, there was no longer a tear on the queen's face, and Mama Li said in a low voice: "Queen, King Jin's death is very strange. ”

The queen's eyes showed a ruthless color, "Liu Rentu, the mourning family will kill you sooner or later." ”

Three days after Song Heng, the king of Jin, was buried, a handsome male servant came to Qiuyue Pavilion, and Liu Jianguo gave him the name Liu Er.

The prison has an order, and without his order, Liu Er is not allowed to leave the Autumn Moon Pavilion for a single step, and if he dares to disobey the order, his limbs will be cut off.

Xu Jinrou and Fang Ruo came to the Prison Mansion, they stood quietly outside the Qiuyue Pavilion, and saw that Liu Er was cleaning in the courtyard.

Fang Ruo's eyes were shining, and she looked surprised, "Princess, that's... Rajah? It's King Jin, Song Heng... And not dead. ”

Xu Jinrou's expression was calm, "Song Heng is indeed not dead, he is a well-deserved fake death this time." ”

Fang Ruo chuckled, "He doesn't have Wan Niang with him now." ”

Xu Jinrou stroked her abdomen, "Now the child in my womb is finally famous." ”

On that day, Liu Rentu saw Song Heng in the prison of the City Patrol Division and clearly told him that there were two ways to choose.

One is to send to the most remote and barren place in the West, the barbarian mountains, where there is not a single woman, and the people who are sent there are all extremely vicious and evil people, who are lacking a man with fine skin and tender flesh, and the last such man has been tortured to death by those criminals.

Another way, once again fake his death to hide his name, but he can't tell anyone, and then he will serve in the prison for ten years, and after ten years, he will be free.

Regardless of whether he could really be free after ten years, Song Heng chose the second path with almost no hesitation.

He had already seen what the need for men with fine skin and tender flesh was in the prison of the City Patrol Division, and the wicked people who had been imprisoned for years in the barbarian mountain should be even more unbearable, and he would only be arbitrarily humiliated and eaten alive if he went there, and life was better than death, and he shuddered to think about it.

Liu Rentu told Song Heng that since he had chosen the second path, he had to do everything according to the order, otherwise he would be directly deprived of the opportunity to make this choice and immediately sent to Manshan.

After leaving the prison of the city patrol division, he is not allowed to return to the palace, he will go to Xu's mansion to stay for one night, and then continue to obey orders, and will arrange for him to play a scene of fake death, and then come to serve in the prison mansion in the name of justice.

Liu Rentu's orders, Song Heng did not dare to disobey in the slightest, and everything was strictly followed.

Ye Kai hid a bag of dog blood on him, and the crossbow arrow shot through the bag impartially, and the crossbow arrow pierced the bag, only hurting the shallow flesh.

However, when he fell off the horse, he almost knocked Song Heng unconscious, and Qin Xuanzhi stuffed the medicine into his mouth that made him quickly unconscious, and he looked like a dead man.

The prison government exchanged the body of a death row prisoner with Song Heng, and then sent it to the palace, and from then on, the career of King Jin who faked his death began again.

Song Heng faked his death, Xu Jinrou naturally knew that this was Liu Rentu's strategy, and he had told her in advance.

Xu Jinrou did not leave the prison mansion, but took the initiative to listen to Yuxuan's private meeting with Liu Rentu, she also brought rose dew, and she wanted to drink a few glasses with Liu Rentu tonight.

Hearing that Xu Jinrou didn't leave, Liu Rentu listened to Yuxuan early, and before he entered the house, he heard the sound of the piano.

Seeing Liu Ren Tu coming, Xu Jinrou smiled and stroked the strings with her hand, "Today I have composed a new piece for the supervisor to taste, called [Xijiang Yue, listen to Yuxuan tonight]."

After that, the piano sounded, and the song was tactful.

"The bright moon is still high, and the men and women in the Xuan are in pairs, and they come to drink and see new makeup at night, just like the heavens on earth.

I don't feel that the weather is as cold as water, the lovesickness has been looking at it for many years, and the tenderness and cold eyes have seen the vicissitudes of life, but I can recall the immediate horizontal gun. ”

Xu Jinrou jade lightly picked the strings with her hands, plucked with both hands, the sound was like heaven, after a long time, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and Xu Jinrou slowly stood up.

She deliberately dressed up today, wearing a plain dress with a low neckline, the plumpness on her chest looming, her black hair pulled into a high beauty bun, her face like a hibiscus, her eyebrows like willows, her eyes more charming than peach blossoms, her skin like snow, her tender red lips rose slightly, and she was slim, like a picture of a beautiful woman in a city.

Liu Rentu was stupid at first, then patted his chest, and said with a wicked smile: "Haha, tenderness and cold eyes see the vicissitudes of life, but I immediately crossed the gun, and I have a gun on my body." ”