Zhao Momo lowered her head at the side, knowing in her heart that Shen Jin was just telling the truth, and the last sentence was a bit of a show off, indicating that she was very smart, but she glanced at Zheng Liang with the corner of her eye, and saw Zheng Liang Cold sweat broke out on the forehead.
Zheng Liang thought of what Xue Qiao said when Lu met Xue Qiao, even if Zheng Liang reminded himself to be vigilant again and again, when he really saw Shen Jin, he would inevitably feel contemptuous.
At this time, Zheng Liang stopped saying those words, and said bluntly, "Madam Hou knows how Emperor Cheng treats Marquis Yongning. Not only Marquis Yongning, but Madam Hou's father, King Rui, is also Emperor Cheng's brother. What about Emperor Cheng?"
Shen Jin didn't speak, but just looked at Zheng Liang, Zheng Liang continued, "Madam Hou also knows that the death of the first emperor, the crown prince, or even other princes has nothing to do with the King of England."
"Because there is no chance." Shen Jin said, "The king of England was defeated by the crown prince. Didn't we discuss this just now?"
Zheng Liang said with a serious face, "At least King Ying is aboveboard, not a villain like Emperor Cheng."
Shen Jin actually thinks that Zheng Liang is very powerful, at least in terms of face, Shen Jin looked at Zheng Liang with a bit of admiration in his eyes, and heard that Zheng Liang first criticized Emperor Cheng and then praised the loyalty of the Chu family , Pity Rui Wang and finally think about the future.
Anping brought red date cheese to Shen Jin from the kitchen. After Shen Jin finished eating, he used a few pieces of cakes and plum tea. Seeing that Zheng Liang was still talking, he started to find melon seeds and peeled them one by one, but she refused to eat them. He put the melon seeds on a small plate at the side, and then he felt a little bored, so he took advantage of Zheng Liang's pause and asked, "Are you thirsty?"
"Not thirsty, in fact, as long as it is..." Zheng Liang was actually polite, in order to continue to persuade Shen Jin.
Shen Jin snorted and said, "But what exactly are you going to say?"
Zheng Liang said, "As long as the Marquis of Yongning is willing to cooperate with the King of England, and when the King of England is crowned a great treasure, he is willing to divide the territory with the Marquis of Yongning."
Shen Jin continued to lower his head to peel the melon seeds, obviously not attracted by the conditions Zheng Liang said. Zheng Liang understood that Shen Jin would not see the rabbits and would not scatter the eagles, so he narrowed his eyes and said suddenly, "There is also Chu Xiuyao's whereabouts and Chu Xiuyao's whereabouts." son."
"Huh?" Sure enough, Zheng Liang's words attracted Shen Jin, Shen Jin put the melon seeds in his hand aside, then looked at Zheng Liang and asked, "Chu Xiuyao?"
"Yes." Zheng Liang said, "Chu Xiuyao is not dead, he was rescued by King Ying."
The king of Ying mentioned by Zheng Liang was exactly the son of the prince of England in the mouth of Shen Jin. Shen Jin nodded, and Mammy Zhao narrowed her eyes. Shen Jin sighed, "I think the son of the prince of England likes to save people."
"The King of England is kind by nature..." Zheng Liang said respectfully.
Shen Jin took the handkerchief Anping handed over, wiped his hands and said, "I think you are very powerful, you can tell such lies without blushing."
Zheng Liang said, "I'm afraid Mrs. Hou can't decide on some things, why not invite Marquis Yongning out."
"I think talking to you will waste my husband's time, why don't you write down everything you want to say, and I will hand it over to your husband later." Shen Jin thought for a while and said, "Don't write too much, it looks a bit tiring."
Zheng Liang has a good temper. When facing Shen Jin in the border town, it is okay to have a bad temper. "Could it be that Mrs. Hou doesn't want to know the whereabouts of Chu Xiuyao?"
"To be honest, I don't really think about it." Shen Jin's eyes were extremely sincere, "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and one city cannot have two masters. Why do you think I want Chu Xiuyao's whereabouts?"
Zheng Liang said, "Mrs. Hou doesn't want to, does it mean that other people in the border city don't want to? If the soldiers of the border town know that Yongninghou treats brothers like this, I don't know if they will be chilled."
Shen Jin looked at Zheng Liang, and said helplessly, "You have already entered the general's mansion, why do you think you still have a chance to see others?"
Zheng Liang had been prepared for a long time, straightened his sleeves and said, "The King of England has a lot of talents, I'm just a pawn."
Shen Jin asked, "Oh, that means you are not important anymore."
Zheng Liang frowned and looked at Shen Jin, why all of Shen Jin's reactions were different from what he guessed, obviously he was threatening Shen Jin, why did he have a feeling of being threatened, Shen Jin looked at Yue Wen and said, "Take him Push it down and find a way to make him speak, regardless of life or death."
"The two armies are fighting without killing." Zheng Liang finally showed a bit of anxiety on his face.
Shen Jin asked, "Who said that?"
"This is what a gentleman did." Zheng Liang said, and he found that Shen Jin did not seem to be joking at all. Zheng Liang was very sure of this trip, not only because he had the amulet of Chu Xiuyao and his son's news in his hand, but also because he was in advance. Many arrangements made.
Shen Jin nodded, "I'm not a gentleman." The most important point, Shen Jin felt that even if Zheng Liang died, Prince Ying would not act rashly, if he wanted to cooperate, even if Prince Ying's son died in Chu In Xiuming's hands, the prince of England will still cooperate with Chu Xiuming.
However, Chu Xiuming would not cooperate with Prince Ying's son, not to mention that when that happened, Prince Ying's son would hate Chu Xiuming to the core. Anyway, there are too many lice and it doesn't hurt.
Zheng Liang wanted to say again that Yue Wen had already made a move. Zheng Liang was the counselor next to the Prince of England, but he had brought guards, but those guards had been controlled early on. Zheng Liang alone was Yue Wen's opponent. When Zheng Liang was captured by Yue Wen After taking it down, Shen Jin said, "Nurse, please husband."
"Yes." Zhao Mama went outside and ordered the servants to invite Chu Xiuming, then came in and looked at Shen Jin who was sitting on the chair in a daze, and said softly, "Madam, don't worry, I think the general will take care of it."
Shen Jin froze for a moment before nodding, and said, "Actually, I just find it a little strange."
"Madam, do you think something is wrong?" Mother Zhao said.
Shen Jin responded, and continued to peel the melon seeds with his head down, "Why is the son of the King of England so single-handed?"
Zhao Momo didn't react for a while, Shen Jin said, "It's just that I took away all your things, and then gave you a little more like Shi En, isn't it the same for Xue Qiao?"
After listening to Shen Jin's explanation, Mother Zhao also understood, Shen Jin sighed and said, "Could it be that he thinks that in this way, he is a good person?"
"I think it's the confidence I got from Xue Qiao." Mother Zhao sneered.
Shen Jin nodded, "But there is only one Xue Qiao."
Zhao Nanny didn't say anything more. In fact, Shen Jin didn't think about these things, but about Chu Xiuyao. It wasn't whether there was Chu Xiuyao in the hands of King Ying's son. Zhao Mama and the others talked a lot, and occasionally Shen Jin also heard from Chu Xiuming that under what circumstances was such a person arrested by the Prince of England, and under what circumstances, he stayed for so long.
In fact, Shen Jin had already guessed in his mind that it might be true that the son of King Ying captured Chu Xiuyao, but... Chu Xiuyao is probably gone long ago, how could such a person be a prisoner, and how could he be willing because of He threatened his younger brother. If he escaped, he should have come to Chu Xiuming a long time ago.
So Zheng Liang's words should be false, but such false news made Shen Jin very sad. Chu Xiuming cared about Chu Xiuyao very much, and it can be seen from the importance he paid to the child who might be Chu Xiuyao. After easily accepting the fact that Chu Xiuyao died, the son of King Ying wanted to bring it up at this time, like a wound that had finally healed and was broken open again. Shen Jin felt sorry for Chu Xiuming.
Chu Xiuming came over soon. When he came, he saw Shen Jin staring blankly at the window, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He glanced at Zhao Nanny, but saw Zhao Nanny lowered his head, and had a vague guess in his heart , nodded to Zhao Nanny, and Zhao Nanny led the people back out, and carefully opened the door for viewing.
This movement caught Shen Jin's attention. She looked at Chu Xiuming, stretched out her arms and said, "Husband, give me a hug."
Maybe Shen Jin didn't know it herself. At this time, her face was full of grievances and discomfort, like a little beast that was helpless because of the injury of the mother beast. Chu Xiuming walked over, reached out and hugged Shen Jin, Shen Jin lay quietly in his arms, rubbed her face against his neck, and said, "Let's go back to the room and talk."
"Okay." Chu Xiuming lowered his eyes slightly, let Shen Jin sit on his arm, and carried her into the house, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
The simple five words made Shen Jin's eyes red no longer, and tears fell on Chu Xiuming's neck, "Husband, I hate Prince Ying." Shen Jin has never hated a person so much, even Emperor Cheng It's not as good as the Prince of England, but the Prince of England...
Walking into the room, Chu Xiuming didn't put Shen Jin down, but just sat on the imperial concubine's couch, and Shen Jin sat on Chu Xiuming's lap, hugged his neck with both hands, and said, "I saw Zheng Liang."
Chu Xiuming put his arms around Shen Jin's waist and said, "But what did you say?"
Shen Jin responded, "He said that if the husband is willing to help the son of the king of England, if it is successful, the son of the king of England is willing to divide the border with the husband and rule."
"Oh." Chu Xiuming sneered.
Shen Jin looked down at her embroidered shoes. This pair of embroidered shoes was just made for her by Concubine Chen. They were embroidered with koi with gold thread, and they looked vivid. son."
Chu Xiuming gritted his teeth, and Shen Jin felt the tension of Chu Xiuming's body at that moment, but even so, his arms around Shen Jin's waist were still gentle, "Impossible."
"En." Shen Jin stopped looking at her embroidered shoes, stretched out her arms to hug Chu Xiuming tightly, and rubbed his face lightly, "Husband, don't feel bad."
Chu Xiuming took a deep breath, exhaled it again, and managed to regain his composure when he closed his eyes and opened them again, "It is impossible for the third brother to fall into the hands of Prince Ying's son, the Chu family and the King of England are not in common." In fact, the third brother... is more proud than anyone else." Chu Xiuyao would never bend his arrogance just to survive.
Shen Jin bit her lips and said, "Husband, you still have me, Dongdong, and Xiuyuan... don't feel bad."
Chu Xiuming lowered his head and pressed his forehead against Shen Jin's, "Yes."
In fact, Shen Jin understands that Chu Xiuming is not only sad at this time, but also a kind of anger and remorse. If you want people to believe the lie of Prince Ying, there must be truth in it, so it is very likely that it was indeed Ying. Prince Wang captured Chu Xiuyao, but Chu Xiuming knew his third brother. If he found that he couldn't escape, he would definitely choose to die when he still had the ability to commit suicide.
If back then... Chu Xiuming regretted it, if he had realized this earlier then, would he have had a chance to rescue the third brother
Chu Xiuming's pain lies in this, not just because of Chu Xiuyao's death.
Shen Jin also knew that, so she was extremely distressed and uncomfortable. The Prince of England would send someone to talk about Chu Xiuyao. This move was more like wanting to anger Chu Xiuming and make Chu Xiuming lose his composure.
After a long time, Chu Xiuming calmed down, and said, "Prince Ying's son is probably trying to cause chaos in the border town."
Shen Jin responded. I am afraid that the son of King Ying found out that the news of the child did not allow Chu Xiuming to take any action, so he brought out Chu Xiuyao, just to increase the weight, no matter whether Chu Xiuming believed it or not. Believe it or not, his purpose is just to get Chu Xiuming to take action. Even if Chu Xiuming still doesn't move, he should spread rumors on the side of the border town. Or Chu Xiuyao's death was something that Chu Xiuming arranged to shake the morale of the soldiers in the border towns.
Chu Xiuming tasted the bloody smell in his mouth. Just now, in order to calm himself down, he bit himself hard, reminding himself with the stimulation of pain and blood. In fact, Chu Xiuming thought more than Shen Jin, but there were some things Unwilling to speak out to scare Shen Jin and make Shen Jin uncomfortable, she kissed Shen Jin lightly and said, "I'm going to the conference hall."
"Okay." Shen Jin stood up from Chu Xiuming's arms, "I'll bring you meals later."
"En." Chu Xiuming kissed the corner of Shen Jin's eyes and said, "Leave this matter to me."
The implication is that Shen Jin will not be allowed to intervene anymore, because Chu Xiuming did not expect that the Prince of England would use such a method. Chu Xiuming knows that Shen Jin is a delicate person. Although she is not sentimental, it does not mean that I hope Shen Jin won't feel bad.
Shen Jin thought for a while, nodded and said nothing, and sent Chu Xiuming away from the main courtyard. Chu Xiuyuan glanced at Zhao Nanny and said, "Take good care of Madam."
"Yes." Mother Zhao respectfully replied.
Shen Jin smiled at Chu Xiuming, the little dimples were extraordinarily pretty.
Chu Xiuming reached out and touched Shen Jin's forehead, turned around and walked towards the meeting hall without saying anything. In fact, there is another possibility. Chu Xiuming did not tell Shen Jin that Chu Xiuyao was indeed in the hands of the Prince of England, and even had the ability to commit suicide. All gone.
Sometimes it is easy to die, but sometimes it is very difficult. If Chu Xiuyao really does not even have the chance and ability to die, one can imagine what kind of situation Chu Xiuyao is in now.
Chu Xiuming felt chills and trembling when he thought about it for a while. For so many years... What exactly happened to Chu Xiuyao.
The means to make people live but not die... The unknown is the most frightening thing, even Chu Xiuming is no exception.
When they arrived at the meeting hall, Chu Xiuming was the only one. He sent someone to invite everyone to come, and he was standing in front of the hanging map of mountains and rivers.
Chu Xiuming remembered that when he was young, there were many people in his family, grandfather, father, mother, elder brother, sister, cousin... He was the youngest child of the Chu family. At that time, his grandfather was in good health, and most of them Everything was in the hands of my father, so when I had a lot of time, my grandfather liked to call the younger ones together, and then pointed to every place on the map of mountains and rivers and told them.
At that time, Chu Xiuming was too young to understand many things, but he remembered that his grandfather said that the weather here is very hot, and it often rains, and there are many flowers blooming, but there are also many poisonous insects and weeds. , It must be noted that many soldiers are often lost due to acclimatization, eating the wrong food, or being bitten by poisonous insects and snakes.
Chu Xiuming still remembered that Chu Xiuyao was fearless at that time, and what he said while waving a small wooden knife in his hand, Chu Xiuming could no longer remember clearly.
When Chu Xiuyuan came, he saw Chu Xiuming like this. Chu Xiuming didn't turn around. When Chu Xiuyuan came to him, he pointed to a place in the lower left corner of the mountain and river map and said, "Didn't you ask me before, How did it work here?"
"En." Chu Xiuyuan said, "This looks like it was added later."
Chu Xiuming said, "It was broken by the third brother and me."
Chu Xiuyuan looked at Chu Xiuming, no matter how dull he was, he still felt something was wrong, but he didn't say anything, Chu Xiuming continued, "At that time, my father promised to take us hunting, that was the first time my third brother and I were caught Taking it out to hunt, I was naturally full of joy, but because..." Chu Xiuming pointed to the place that they cut off, "Father suddenly wanted to lead troops here, we thought that if we cut this place, father would not be able to find it. There is no way to go.” So at that time, they secretly found scissors and cut off that piece, and thanks to their grandfather who taught them to recognize maps since childhood, they did not make a mistake.
"Thinking about it now, I was really stupid at that time." Chu Xiuming said, the map of mountains and rivers is very important. For this complete map, many excellent spies were sacrificed, and they were young and ignorant at that time, and their father was cruel Taught them a lesson, obviously it was his idea, but after the incident, it was Chu Xiuyao who took all the responsibility by himself, even Chu Xiuming admitted that when he was beaten, Chu Xiuyao died He hugged Chu Xiuming tightly to prevent his father from hitting Chu Xiuming.
Chu Xiuyuan didn't know why Chu Xiuming suddenly mentioned this. Could it be that the envoy of Prince Ying's son said something, did something happen to that child
Chu Xiuming didn't say anything more. After touching the place with his fingers, he sat back on his seat. Chu Xiuyuan pursed his lips and didn't ask any more questions. At this time, Chu Xiuming would send someone to invite everyone here. New things need to be discussed with everyone.
Chu Xiuyuan sat beside Chu Xiuming and poured him a cup of tea.
After everyone arrived, Chu Xiuming stroked the rim of the teacup with his finger, looked down at the tea leaves in the cup slightly and said, "The envoy of King Ying's son said that Chu Xiuyao and his son are in their hands."
"Impossible." General Lin was the first to say.
General Wu also frowned. They all knew Chu Xiuyao, so they naturally didn't believe that Chu Xiuyao would surrender to King Ying's son in order to survive.
General Jin yelled angrily, "Young Prince Ying is a villain!"
Zhao Guanshi also calmed down and said, "If the third master is really in hand, the Prince of England will never wait until now to talk about it."
Manager Wang suddenly said, "There is another possibility..."
Chu Xiuyuan said, "What if it's true?"
Yes, if it is true, if Chu Xiuyao is indeed in the hands of Prince Ying's son, don't they really care about it? Chu Xiuyao and Chu Xiuyao's child are two different things. They can give up that child cruelly, but they have no way to choose not to rescue Chu Xiuyao.
Chu Xiuyuan said in a deep voice, "If the third brother is really in the hands of King Ying's son, we will agree to his conditions."
The throne is dead, but people are alive. Chu Xiuyuan now understands Chu Xiuming's struggle and pain just now.
Chu Xiuming lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Now there are two possibilities. One is that the Prince of England is a liar, and the other is that the Prince of England does have a third brother in his hands, a third brother who wants to die."
The four words of begging to die made everyone's complexions change. They thought of this possibility, but no one wanted to believe it.
Chu Xiuming said, "Bring Zheng Liang up."
No one spoke anymore, they were all thinking, after listening to Chu Xiuming's words, several people understood in their hearts that Chu Xiuyao could never be the kind of person who lived on mediocrity, so even if Chu Xiuyao was really in King Ying In the hands of the son, there are only two possibilities, one is Chu Xiuyao's corpse and the other is Chu Xiuyao who is better than dead.
In fact, they can't tell which one they want more.
Zheng Liang was quickly brought up. In just a short period of time, he was actually much haggard, but there were no wounds on his body or face. Everyone didn't ask Yue Wen how he did it. Zheng Liang saw Chu Xiuming When I was there, I felt like I was alive after a catastrophe.
"Zheng Liang." Chu Xiuming looked at him and said, "You said my third brother is in the hands of Prince Ying?"
Zheng Liang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, he knew that Chu Xiuming couldn't care less about this matter, even if he didn't want Chu Xiuyao to live, he still had to act like he cared about the position in everyone's hearts, in fact, no matter what it was for, as long as As long as you care, "Yes."
"I think Prince Ying's son has already told you how my third brother fell into his hands." Chu Xiuyuan said in a deep voice, "Tell me."
Zheng Liang knew that Chu Xiuming had a cousin. He took a look at Chu Xiuyuan, but he didn't hide anything. He carefully told the story of where Prince Ying's son found Chu Xiuyao. Chu Xiuming's heart sank. , Director Wang, and even General Lin asked several questions, some of which Zheng Liang did not know, and some of which were told by the Prince of England to Zheng Liang. Chu Xiuyao really fell into the hands of Prince Ying's son.
"The King of England said that if the Marquis of Yongning is willing to cooperate, he will not only return the person, but also share the territory with the Marquis of Yongning and share the heaven and earth." Zheng Liang said respectfully. In front of Chu Xiuming, he did not dare to have the slightest Concealment, "Even if the Marquis of Yongning is unwilling to cooperate with the King of England, as long as the Marquis of Yongning does not send troops to help Emperor Cheng, no matter whether the King of England wins or loses in the end, the King of England is willing to return the people, even with the border town as the center and the Huajiang River as the line. Send them all to the Marquis of Yongning as a fief."
"Return?" Chu Xiuming looked at Zheng Liang and asked, "Is it returning my third brother's body?"
Zheng Liang said, "I dare to swear to the sky, it will never be like this. King Ying admires the Chu family and will never neglect Chu Xiuyao."