Jinghong Tower

There was a lock on the door. He Ran brought the fire stick close to it. The lock was clean and dust-free, and the lower part in the middle was polished.

This door, this lock, is unlocked every day by someone who goes in, and then locks it again when they come out.

He Ran took out something that looked like a key but was not a key from his arms, turned it left and right in the keyhole a few times, and with a click, the lock opened.

He Ran didn't hesitate, opened the door and walked in.

The scent of sandalwood hit his face, and He Ran frowned. Why is the smell so strong? No wonder you can smell it from afar when you're in the tunnel.

How much incense was burned to have such a strong smell?

He Ran raised the censer a little higher. There was no incense table in the room, but there was a large incense burner. The aroma wafted out from the incense burner. Next to the incense burner, a man was kneeling upright.

He Ran's first reaction was whether this was a real person or a fake.

Because this man was too thin and his knees were too upright, like a wooden man with poor carving skills.

He Ran came closer and used a fire stick to shine down the top of the man's head. This time he could see clearly that he was a real person, with skin, facial features, and slightly trembling hair.

But this man was very thin, with pale skin wrapped around his bones and dull, like a puppet whose flesh and blood had been sucked out.

He Ran had to look carefully to confirm that this was a woman.

It's just that the female features on this person are not obvious because they are too thin.

"Cai Ying?" He Ran asked softly.

The man was indifferent, his eyes were empty, and he stared blankly at the incense burner in front of him. He didn't look like a human being, but more like a statue.

He Ran walked around the room with the fire certificate. There was an empty bowl, a pail, a bed, a quilt on the bed, and a kang cabinet with several pieces of coarse cloth clothes. .

He Ranzhong walked back to this person and looked at her condescendingly. She had hair and was not the old princess he saw in the small Buddhist hall when he visited the palace at night last time.

"You are the real Cai Ying. You have been locked up in the dungeon, and the one in Xiuyuan is just your substitute."

He Ran expressed her guess. She didn't know who was the initiator of all this, whether it was the old King Jin or the King Jin.

He Ran sighed. Suddenly, she leaned into the man's ear and whispered three words: "Helin Temple!"

The man's body trembled violently, his neck turned around hard and stiffly, his eyes were no longer empty, but deep.

He Ran was originally just testing, but now she is sure that the Taoist temple where Cai Ying's little bamboo horse became a monk is Helin Temple.

And Helin Temple is the place suspected to be used by Prince Jin and his son to train killers.

"The man you love deeply is locked up in Helinguan, and you are locked up here like a mouse, year after year, day after day. The most ridiculous thing is that it was your husband who made you a mouse before. And now it is your son who makes you a mouse.

do you know? Your brother is dead, in your hands. "

When He Ran said this, she closed her mouth and looked at Cai Ying firmly with her beautiful eyes.

"You, you said." Cai Ying may have not spoken for a long time, her voice was hoarse, as if her throat was blocked by something, "You said Cai Jie is dead?" "Yes, he was killed by you." He Ran said.

"No, it's impossible, I didn't, I didn't." Cai Ying panicked, her body trembling slightly as she knelt on the ground.

"I know it's not you. You are trapped here. It was your double who killed Cai Jie. In the eyes of anyone, that one is the real you. These were all done by your son. Are you happy?"

Speaking of this, He Ran suddenly thought of something, and she asked: "Don't you know that your husband died a few years ago?"

Cai Ying's expression confirmed He Ran's guess, and He Ran sighed: "Your husband died of illness a few years ago. The current King Jin is your son. He didn't save you, so he borrowed your hand. The Cai family who killed your brother and lost Cai Jie is just a tiger without teeth."

Cai Ying looked at He Ran blankly. Suddenly, she smiled, silently.

"It's dead, it's all dead, good, so good, so good!"

He Ran looked into her eyes: "Do you want your son to let you out?"

Cai Ying seemed to have reacted at this moment. She looked at He Ran displeasedly: "What son? My son died just after he was born. He was beaten to death by that bastard."

He Ran almost thought she had heard wrong, but she soon understood.

"That child was not born to you and your husband, but to you and your lover?"

"No, no!" Cai Ying's face was full of pain, "He is the prince of the vassal vassal, and he was married as early as in the capital. At that time, his main concubine and two concubines were from seemingly noble families, but in fact they could not He was unwilling to accept any help from the official family, so soon after arriving in Jin, these three people died one after another."

He Ran understood what she meant. Such a marriage was most suitable for an ordinary prince who had no chance of being crowned king. However, this prince was ambitious. He wanted to return to the capital, and he also wanted to sit on that chair.

Naturally, he did not want such a Yue family, so the three princesses had no choice but to die.

Cai Ying continued: "Outsiders only think that the Cai family is rushing to marry me into the palace, but in fact, without his frequent hints, how would a small family like the Cai family dare to think of wanting to be the prince's in-laws?

At that time, although the Cai family only had two minor officials of sixth or seventh rank, they had mines. We had five mines, large and small, five!

He and my father talked several times before finally agreeing on the terms. He offered a discount and asked the emperor for a marriage.

In terms of background alone, I am not even as good as the previous concubines, but I am not disgraceful, so the emperor quickly granted us a marriage, and I became the Princess of Jin.

I was dowed with three mines, one iron mine and two coal mines, all of which were large mines, especially the iron mine, which the Cai family fought for their lives to save and gave to him. "

He Ran thought of the iron mines in the hands of King Jin. Except for the iron mine in Fenzhou, the others were all in Xinzhou.

"Is that iron mine the one in Fenzhou?" He Ran asked.

"Yes, that's the one! That iron mine was originally my family's private mine. After I brought my dowry to the palace, he wrote a note and dedicated the iron mine to the court to show his loyalty. Later, the court sent people to manage it. As soon as I arrived in Jin, I was bribed by him, and the iron mine changed hands, and it truly belonged to him."

He Ran nodded. Sure enough, I have a son. The old Jin King's trick of borrowing a chicken to lay an egg is worth learning.

Winter Melon is now in this iron mine. Master He Da said that she has taken a liking to this iron mine.

These past events were deeply buried in Cai Ying's heart. She had never told anyone, and no one asked her to say it or listen to her.

Today, this person who accidentally barged in suddenly gave her the desire to talk.

Three updates today, this is the first one