Chapter 21 Chapter 21 You actually said I was disabled?
In Yin Jinglong's view, any statement made by Prince Xian was just an excuse to excuse his own irresponsibility and Chunyu's crimes. He didn't care whether Yin Jinglong believed him or not. He tried to get news about Yin Jingheng from Yin Jinglong.
"You and Heng'er are brothers from the same mother! They say twins are very sympathetic. If anything really happened to your brother, I believe you wouldn't sit idly by. In the past few years since your brother disappeared, Princess Chunyu has been crying every day. In addition to sending people to look for him, she also gets up before dawn every day to burn incense and pray for your brother's safe return. So... consider it as a plea from your father, can you tell us Heng'er's whereabouts?"
The virtuous prince who had always been arrogant and looked down on him actually begged him humbly for the whereabouts of Yin Jingheng. It had been many years since he had called him "Long'er".
Yin Jinglong removed Prince Xian's hand from his sleeve and brushed it off. "A few days ago, I returned from the snowy mountains. I brought back not only the goddess statue, but also a woman. She claimed to be my brother's wife. I think she knows where my brother is. If your father doesn't mind, you can come with me to the palace. If you want to know what happened during my brother's disappearance, you can ask that woman yourself."
So, after the banquet, Prince Xian and Princess Chaoyang accompanied Yin Jinglong to Prince Yin's Mansion.
Min Hanyu, who was imprisoned in the dungeon of the palace, was talking to the armored soldier inside. She said that the people of the Snow Mountain Tomb Guarding Clan were good at divination and pulse diagnosis, so she tricked the armored soldier into removing the shackles on her limbs. The armored soldier was skeptical at first, but when he thought about it, there were mysterious things like statues in the snow mountains, so it was normal for the people there to have some extraordinary abilities, so he removed her shackles.
Hanyu was secretly delighted, knowing that she was one step closer to escaping the dungeon.
The armored soldier asked her, "You claim to be able to tell fortunes and read pulses. Could you please calculate for me how old I can live? When will I be recognized by the prince and promoted to deputy general?"
"Give me your hand," Hanyu said, extending her hand.
Her slender, snow-white fingers danced gently on the armored soldier's wrist. When she closed her eyes and remained silent, she looked somewhat like the fortune-tellers and sorcerers in the Central Plains.
"Miss Min, what's wrong?"
"Don't make a fuss. I'm asking the goddess."
"Oh, is it the god of that statue? Then you have to ask her carefully for me."
The armored soldiers didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of disturbing the connection between her and the goddess.
After a moment, Hanyu's face became solemn, and he seemed to be hesitant to speak when he looked at the armored soldiers.
"What's wrong? Did you ask something bad?"
The armored soldier's heart skipped a beat, fearing that something might happen to him.
"The goddess asks Brother Bingwei, what is your name and age?"
"Reporting to the goddess, my name is Xin, I am well-known, just over thirty years old, I have a wife, a son, and..."
Hanyu interrupted him: "That's enough, don't answer questions that aren't asked."
The armored soldier didn't dare to say anything. He just sat there quietly, waiting for her to speak again.
But what she and he were waiting for was not good news: "The goddess said that Xin Da's fortune divination is a very bad omen, and he may be killed in the near future."
"What? A fatal disaster? Who wants to kill me? Did the goddess tell me how to avoid it?"
The armored soldier Xin Da thought that he had always acted cautiously and had never made any enemies. Who on earth wanted to harm him?
Han Yu shook her head and waved her hands. "The goddess said that the secrets of heaven must not be revealed. I don't know who wants to harm you, but there are ways to avoid it. The goddess mentioned the art of transferring bad luck. In short, it means finding a dying person as a scapegoat, and you can swap identities with him."
Xin Da was in a dilemma. Where could he find the dying person?
"Under the Emperor's feet, the law cannot be violated. Killing someone means paying with one's life. Although I want to eliminate the disaster for myself, I don't want to kill others for it! Miss Min, does the goddess have any other suggestions for avoiding disaster?"
Han Yu paced back and forth, lost in thought. "You are a kind person with a conscience, unlike your master who is so cruel. Although the goddess didn't mention how to avoid disaster, I have thought of a suitable candidate. I just need you to take the risk and bring him here."
"Who is the girl talking about?"
"The best candidate for the dying man is naturally your General Heng."
Xin Da was so frightened that he fell to the ground and stammered, "But General Heng is the prince's brother! What's more, General Heng's whereabouts are unknown now. Where can I find him?"
"Isn't General Heng in this palace?"
"Miss Min, where did you hear this news? General Heng disappeared several years ago, and our prince has been searching for him for years. How could he be in the palace?"
Hanyu shook her head in denial, still unwilling to believe the armored soldier's words. In her previous life, Ajiang disappeared without a trace since their wedding night. Later, she learned that he was imprisoned in this airtight dungeon by Yin Jinglong. But why did the armored soldiers here know nothing about this?
"This is the only way the goddess has given you to escape danger. You must not lie to her, or no one will be able to save you."
Xin Da collapsed on the ground with his legs shaking.
"My life is always in danger, how dare I lie to the goddess? If you can find General Heng to help me escape, I'm willing to do anything. Miss Min, please ask the goddess for help and come up with a solution! I'm still young, with elderly parents and young children to take care of, and I don't want to die yet!"
Xin Da really thought he was going to die, and his cries echoed throughout the dungeon.
Yin Jinglong happened to be returning home. Upon hearing his dying words, he angrily said, "Who gave you permission to remove her shackles? I see it's not that you don't want to die, but that you think you've lived too long!"
When Xin Da saw his master suddenly appear behind him, he was so frightened that he lost his soul. He could not speak clearly and could only kneel down and beg for mercy.
But Yin Jinglong didn't bother to pay attention to him. He walked straight towards Hanyu and said, "You are quite capable. The words of the goddess can only deceive a fool like him."
Hanyu spat at him and turned away without looking at him. She could only hear his sneer echoing in the dungeon like the Black and White Impermanence in hell.
"Are you so desperate to be reunited with your brother that you'd come up with such a ridiculous story to try to find out his whereabouts?"
Hanyu originally wanted to argue with him, but when she saw a few unfamiliar people standing behind him, she didn't dare to speak lightly and secretly speculated about their identities.
"Long'er, is this the mysterious woman you brought back from the snowy mountains? Is she really your brother's wife?"
In her previous life, Hanyu had more or less known something about the Yin royal family during the time she was imprisoned in the palace. This time, she roughly guessed the identities of these people.
Who else could call him so affectionately except his father, Prince Xian? And the noble lady in gorgeous clothes following Prince Xian must be Princess Chunyu.
The moment Princess Chunyu saw Hanyu, she couldn't contain her excitement and loudly asked her, "When did you marry Heng'er? Where is Heng'er now?"
Hanyu pointed at Yin Jinglong and replied coldly, "I also want to know where Ajiang is, but only Yin Jinglong knows Ajiang's whereabouts now. Why are you asking me?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I have never seen my brother on the snowy mountain. He disappeared after marrying you. You are the last person to see him. Only you could possibly know his whereabouts."
"I'm not talking nonsense! Although my words may sound unbelievable, I guarantee with my life that Ah Jiang is imprisoned somewhere by Yin Jinglong. He is jealous of his brother and is probably in great danger now!"
Yin Jinglong laughed heartily, looking up to the sky. "How dare you accuse me of fratricide without any evidence? I may have been jealous of my brother, but he is my brother after all, born of the same mother. How could I do such a heinous thing?"
The two of them insisted on their own opinions and neither of them would give in. Yin Jinglong glared at him with dissatisfaction. Perhaps it was the first time he had seen a woman as stubborn as Hanyu.
However, Prince Xian and his wife, Chunyu, naturally would not believe Hanyu's words. They hoped to learn from Hanyu what exactly happened to Yin Jingheng on the snowy mountain and how he ended up with her.
Han Yu was speechless for a moment before she slowly spoke of the beautiful memory that belonged only to her previous life.
"All this is related to the legend of the Snow Mountain Goddess."
Three years ago, the current emperor ascended the throne at a young age, and the government was controlled by the Queen Mother and Regent Yin Jinglong. The only confidant around him was Yin Jingheng, who was the Great General of the Great Yin Dynasty at that time.
Hearing rumors that the statue of the Snow Mountain Goddess had the power to captivate people, he sent Yin Jingheng to look for it.
Ying Jingheng, under the order of the emperor, went deep into the heart of the snow-capped mountains to search for the statue of the goddess. Like Yin Jinglong's army later, they suffered the backlash of the statue.
As a great general, Yin Jingheng had practiced martial arts since childhood and had a strong physique. His internal strength saved his life, but the backlash from the goddess caused severe damage to his brain, causing him to forget all his memories and become a little crazy.
As a member of the tomb-guarding tribe, Hanyu went up the mountain regularly every month to worship the goddess and clean the temple. One time, after coming down the mountain, she found Yin Jingheng fainted in the snow by the cold river.
She said: "He was lying in the snow in his armor. I don't know exactly how long he was unconscious, but I know he was cold and wet, and his breathing was weak. If he hadn't been taken back for treatment, he would not have survived."
Hanyu couldn't bear to watch him die, but the clan rules stipulated that they forbade any contact with outsiders who invaded the snow-capped mountains, so she could only secretly save this amnesiac stranger. At first, even her father didn't know about it.
Because he was rescued by the cold river, he was called "A Jiang".
Hanyu recalled the time she spent with Ajiang, a smile that had not been seen for a long time appeared on her face, and love could not help but appear in her eyes.
She said: "A Jiang is the kindest, most upright, and most honest person I have ever met. He is different from the other men in the tribe. He does not look down on me because I am an orphan abandoned by my biological parents, as they do. He also does not point fingers at me because he knows about my biological mother's bad deeds. He always dotes on me and tolerates me endlessly."
Hearing her evaluation of Yin Jingheng, Yin Jinglong couldn't help but interrupt, "You've been on the snowy mountain for too long. You've only met a few men, and yet you dare say he's the best man you've ever met? If you had seen your brother before he lost his memory, you definitely wouldn't have liked him."
"I don't know what he was like before he lost his memory, but a person's true nature won't change just because he regained his memories. I like him as a person. Even if he lost arms and legs and became a fool, I still like him. Unlike some people who hold grudges against others because of their physical disability caused by an accident and try to inflict their own pain on innocent people, I hate that kind of people the most in my life!"
Hanyu doesn't allow anyone to slander his Ajiang, especially those who want to harm him.
"Min Hanyu! Who did you say was disabled? Don't forget that you still have the poisonous insect I planted in your body. If you don't want to live anymore, I can end you right now!"
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