Chapter 39 Chapter 39 If he is not a real person, then is he a ghost...
Just as Lai Rong said, Yin Jinglong's right arm had been broken and reconnected. Even though it had been restored to its original shape, the hand was still disabled.
But he was still young, and Lai Rong couldn't bear to see him lose the chance to stand because of the serious damage to his legs and feet caused by the poisonous insect. In addition, the owner of the jade pendant had a friendship with his family in Central Plains, so he was willing to try to help him.
On the other hand, Yin Jingheng pretended to be Prince Yin and acted in the southern border. In order to make himself look more like the real Prince, he deliberately cut his right arm with a silver knife to fake the scar on Yin Jinglong's right arm.
As for his snow-like silver hair, he could only rely on taking mild poison every day to barely maintain the appearance of black hair before it recovered.
He confined Hanyu to the post station, and guards watched outside the door day and night.
She had begged A Jiang and threatened him, but all she got in return was his cruel house arrest order.
Until the day when the guard who took turns to guard was Xin Da, whom he had met in the dungeon, Hanyu took advantage of A Jiang's absence, pulled Xin Da into the house, and closed the doors and windows tightly.
Xin Da looked at her in confusion.
"Miss Min, if you do this, the prince will misunderstand you. It's better for me to leave."
"Stop! This is a serious matter. Our lives are at stake. Why would we care about other people's misunderstandings?"
When he heard that it was a matter of life and death, Xin Da, who always valued his life, sat down obediently and listened to her next words.
"I know what I'm about to say is a little hard to believe, but right now you're the only person I can trust, so I have to tell you this secret. The prince's identity has been switched, and the person you see now is not the real Prince Yin Jinglong."
Xin Da opened his mouth full of black teeth and looked at her in disbelief: "If he's not a real person, then is he a ghost?"
"Of course it's not a ghost!"
Hanyu knocked on his wooden head.
"Who else could look exactly like Yin Jinglong and be so convincing? Of course, it's that long-lost great general you're talking about!"
As soon as these words came out, Xin Da almost fell to his knees, his eyes widened and almost fell to the ground. He looked around, fearing that someone was eavesdropping.
After confirming that no one was around, he asked her, "Are you serious? What evidence do you have? Where did the real prince go? Since the general is not dead, why didn't he just reveal his identity, instead of pretending to be a prince?"
Han Yu frowned and shook his head. "That's exactly what I want to know. It's a pity that he's locked me up here, so I can't find out the truth, let alone what happened after I fell unconscious. That's why I need your help. Brother Xin, the important mission of saving your prince falls on your shoulders. When Prince Yin returns, he will definitely appoint you as a deputy general."
"This...don't flatter me first," Xin Da said timidly, not daring to look her in the eye.
"Although I've never served the general, I've heard about his character from others. He's just as ruthless as the prince. Let alone finding the prince, even hiding this from the general is a bit difficult."
He carefully opened the window a crack, pointed at the guards standing guard outside the post station, and said to Hanyu, "Our team is composed of private soldiers trained by the prince over the years. Each of them has signed a life-and-death contract with the palace, entrusting their lives and property to the prince. Our every move is being monitored. Even if I believe you, how can I convince the other brothers? If I do something to disobey the fake prince, won't I become a traitor in their eyes? You also saw what happened to the last traitor. I, Xin Da, don't have much ability or ambition. I just want a stable life and don't take such risks. Miss, you should find someone else!"
"Really? If you don't want to be this person, I can find someone else to do it, but now you already know the identity of the fake prince. If I tell this to the general, do you think he will let you go?"
"Are you threatening me?" Xin Da drew his sword and pointed it at Han Yu, feeling both angry and fearful.
"Yes, I am threatening you. You can kill me, but you won't survive. Finding the real prince might save both of our lives."
Who is more ruthless than Hanyu? No one can compare to her. She has committed suicide once. She is not afraid of death, so what else is there to fear?
Xin Da was so anxious that his face turned red. He put away his sword helplessly and followed Han Yu's arrangements obediently.
Hanyu was eager to know where the real Yin Jinglong was at this moment. Since he disappeared, the spider also disappeared. Perhaps if he found the spider, he would know where Yin Jinglong was now.
So she asked Xin Da to find an opportunity to sneak into the Miao village in southern Xinjiang to inquire about the spider's whereabouts, and also to find out the purpose of A Jiang's forged identity.
Xin Da obediently set out to inquire about the affairs of Miao Village.
In the evening, A Jiang came back and did not see the guards outside the door. He became suspicious and looked at Han Yu who was sitting quietly in the room with suspicion.
"Ayu, I'm back."
Hanyu remained silent and refused to face him.
"Are you still mad at me?"
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"Do you remember when you told your father about me? He rejected me as an outsider and always suspected my true purpose for approaching you. But you told me that no matter what happened, you would choose to believe me. But what about now? It's only been a few months, and the vows we made have become a thing of the past?"
Hanyu turned to look at Ajiang's disappointed face and retorted, "Every word I said to you was sincere. I have never lied to you. But what about you? Are you still the same innocent Ajiang who has lost his memory? Can you still make me trust you unconditionally?"
A Jiang helped her stand up from the table, holding her hands tightly, then holding her face, staring at her tearful eyes with sincere eyes.
He said, "No matter what happens, no matter how much time has passed, I'm still your A Jiang, your husband. It's just that there are too many things involved, and I'm worried that you'll be in danger if you get involved. So... just don't worry about it, just wait here for me. When everything is over, I'll take you back to the snow-capped mountains, back to our home, okay?"
A Jiang reached out and wiped away the sad tears that overflowed from her eyes, then held her tightly in his arms, hugging her tightly, as if she would run away if he let go.
Hanyu was in a state of turmoil and torment. For some reason, when Ajiang, whom she had been thinking about for so long, returned to her, she felt no joy at all. Instead, she was thinking of someone else.
She closed her eyes and shed tears, trying to persuade herself to accept the old friend in front of her. It would be great if they could just ignore worldly affairs and live in seclusion in the snow-capped mountains from then on.
Hanyu lowered her hands and was about to wrap them around his waist, but suddenly she was hit hard from behind the neck and was knocked unconscious without any preparation.
A Jiang picked up the unconscious Han Yu, put her on a carriage at night, and sent two guards to escort her back to Prince Yin's Mansion.
Late at night, Xin Da, who had just returned from Miao Village, crouched down and tiptoed to Hanyu's room, calling out in a low voice, "Miss Min, I'm back. Open the door for me."
He stretched his head and looked around to see if there was anyone else around. He specifically glanced towards the "Prince's" room and made sure that the candle in the prince's room had been extinguished before continuing to knock on Hanyu's door.
After a while, the door opened. Xin Da had just taken half a step in when he suddenly realized that the person who opened the door for him was the "Prince".
Yin Jingheng's tall and mighty figure standing in front of Xin Da made him look a little small.
"What are you doing in this room so late at night?"
"Prince...Prince, I...I went to pick herbs for Miss Min." Xin Da had an idea and took out a bag of herbs from the bag behind him.
"Didn't the doctor say that Miss Min was weak and needed more nourishment? So I went to the doctor to get some medicine during the day."
He didn't dare to stay, so he handed the medicine bag to Yin Jingheng and turned to run away. Fortunately, he was not caught and escaped. The next day, he learned from his companions that Min Hanyu was sent back to Shangjing by the "Prince" overnight.
Xin Da felt guilty and scared. Even Min Hanyu, the prince's favorite, was secretly sent away. If the fake prince found out that he knew the fake prince's identity, would his head still be able to stay safely on his neck?
Min Hanyu was knocked unconscious by Yin Jingheng and then put on a carriage back to Beijing. Half a day later, when she woke up, she found herself lying alone in the bumpy carriage. She immediately shouted, "Stop!"
The two guards ignored her instructions and drove the carriage on their own without paying any attention to her.
"How dare you two kidnap me without the prince's order? Don't you want to live?"
One of the guards looked at her with a scornful look.
"It was the prince who ordered us to bring you back to the palace. Miss Min, please stop making such a fuss and just obey the prince's orders."
"Are you all fools? The one who ordered you here is not your master at all. You have all been deceived by him. Turn back now!"
The two guards obviously didn't believe her and thought she was just talking nonsense because her brain was damaged.
"The prince has the regent's jade seal on him. Even if he is fake, the seal is real. Seeing the seal is like seeing the person. We all obey the regent's orders unconditionally. Disobeying orders will cost us our lives."
Hanyu understood that no matter what she said now, neither of them would believe her. She was a weak woman and could not beat two skilled men. A head-on confrontation was not feasible. She had to endure it for the time being and save her energy to wait for an opportunity to escape.
The carriage passed through a jungle. The place was remote and gloomy. There were still the howling of wild beasts at night. In the depths of the dark jungle, there seemed to be dozens of pairs of wild beasts' eyes emitting fierce light. They seemed to be staring at them not far away.
The two guards lit torches to try to drive away those eyes. They were alone, and if they really encountered a group of wild beasts head-on, they would probably be eaten to the bone.
But misfortunes never come singly. The jungle was already full of dangers and the mountain roads were winding. The two guards could not tell the direction back to the capital and got lost here. They hesitated for a while, which put them in a dangerous situation.
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