Chapter 853 The Art of Immortality
Jiang Ren sat on the wooden bed, looking like he had lost his soul.
In just half a day, he felt like he had aged ten years.
He had said before that he wanted to meet Jiang Yongmiao, but Jiang Yongmiao did not come. This was even more of a blow to him.
He kept thinking about what happened in the past few years. The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to end his life with a sword.
There were many things he had never thought about before. It felt like the days just passed by one by one.
But now my mind seems to have suddenly become much clearer, and many past events that had long been lost in the gaps of my memory have come to my mind.
Ying Tong, Lieutenant General Song, and Deputy General Han were all imprisoned next to him.
Jiang Ren had heard them cursing before.
It's quiet now.
The others were all tied up, looking like prisoners, but he, at least, still looked presentable.
He was not tied up and was given a separate room.
Someone brought some boiled water, yes, cold. There was no hot water.
He didn't drink.
There were people guarding outside, and he didn't actually want to run away.
Jiang Ren knew that Prince Jin might want to have him escorted to the capital to be dealt with personally by the Emperor.
He had saved the emperor before, so there was some affection between them.
Moreover, he has the military power in his hands, and the King of Jin may not have the power to take it away from him, or the King of Jin is smart and does not want to handle the military power at all.
If he is escorted back to the capital and handed over to the emperor for disposal, the Prince of Jin will have no trouble.
Who said Prince Jin was just a dandy?
When Jiang Ren thought of this, he also felt that the world had been deceived by King Jin.
Now it seems that Prince Jin is definitely not the devil as rumored.
Zhou Shiyue and Lu Zhaoling came over.
Lu Zhaoling was originally too lazy to come and see Jiang Ren again.
However, she was not sleepy yet, so she might as well come here to kill some time.
"General Jiang."
Jiang Ren, who had been silent all this time, turned his head and looked at them when he heard their voices.
There was some light in his eyes again.
"Thank you, Lord, and Miss Lu, for being willing to come and see Jiang again."
"What's the matter?"
"Ms. Lu, Jiang knows that he has committed a serious crime, but could you please let me see Tong'er again?"
Later, Jiang Ren finally figured it out.
The fact that Lu Zhaoling was able to produce the portrait painted by Jiang Yongtong could only mean one thing, that she was able to see the deceased Jiang Yongtong.
Because he also realized from what he saw in the woodshed that it was impossible for Jiang Yongtong to write at that time.
His hands were broken and necrotic.
Lu Zhaoling is proficient in the art of Taoism and has a deep understanding of Taoism, so she must have seen Tong'er's soul.
"I really feel guilty towards my son. As a father, I was too irresponsible. I let him die tragically right under my nose, and I didn't even notice it. I have to confess to him in person, I..."
Jiang Ren's tears welled up in his eyes.
Lu Zhaoling interrupted him.
"He has already gone to reincarnation. There is no way for him to see you."
Jiang Ren was shocked.
"Miss Lu..."
"Do you think I was lying to you?" Lu Zhaoling said cruelly, "You saw his appearance in the woodshed. At that time, his soul was almost gone. If I had gone a little later, I would not have had time to see his soul again."
Jiang Ren's tears flowed even harder.
His shoulders shook from crying.
"I, I am really unworthy of being a father!"
Zhou Shiyue frowned, "What's the point of talking about this now?"
He hated people who waited until it was too late to regret. It was meaningless, and such people regretted because they felt pain.
Before things got to this point, because he didn't feel any pain himself, he ignored the pain of others and didn't feel the slightest bit of guilt.
"Your Majesty, can you please take Yongmiao in? This is my only daughter. Miaomiao is a good girl, really, she is not like me at all, she is a good one."
"I know that I will be escorted back to the capital. Miaomiao, as my own daughter, must also go to the capital with me. When the emperor is furious, I don't know whether he will punish Miaomiao as well. Please protect Miaomiao."
Jiang Ren looked at Prince Jin eagerly.
Zhou Shiyue raised an eyebrow.
"You are indeed stupid and unfit to lead soldiers. Jiang Yongmiao is a woman. You want me to protect her. Are you asking me to be disloyal?"
Infidelity?
What does this mean?
Jiang Ren really couldn't figure it out.
Zhou Shiyue sighed, thinking that this guy was really stupid.
"This king is henpecked. It is impossible for me to protect any girl other than my wife and daughter in this life."
Lu Zhaoling looked at him, "Wife and daughter?"
Isn’t this a bit far-fetched?
"Well," Zhou Shiyue lowered his voice, "It would be nice if we had a daughter who looks like you in the future."
You're thinking too much!
"We haven't gotten married yet." Lu Zhaoling said calmly, "You can't have children yet."
Not to mention that she couldn’t give birth, she couldn’t even have the wedding night.
Don't think that far ahead.
Zhou Shiyue touched his nose, feeling a little disappointed. He failed. He had thought that by bringing up the topic of daughter, Lu Xiaoer would be able to casually reveal whether they would indeed have a daughter in the future.
How can a person be so flawless?
Jiang Ren finally reacted at this time.
He immediately looked at Lu Zhaoling.
"Jiang Yongmiao will be fine." Lu Zhaoling said.
"I have some inside information about Master Gong's longevity technique that I can tell Miss Lu," he said.
"Master Gong?"
"It's Jiang Yongyi," Jiang Ren paused, his expression somewhat painful, "No, it's the master of the fake Yongyi, his last name is Gong. But I don't know his full name."
"He first came to the southwest for the cinnabar mines. He said there was top-quality cinnabar there, and he wanted it, so he gave the people who managed the mines a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and some talismans."
Jiang Ren said, "I just remembered a few things. I heard before that this old man Gong once sent a lot of talismans to the palace, which were carved from jade. I heard that those talismans were sent to Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu's continued favor is also related to the talismans he sent."
Concubine Shu.
Lu Zhaoling looked at Zhou Shiyue.
This is the Emperor's business, but the problem in Concubine Shu's palace is probably because the talismans are gone.
So in the past six months, the Second Prince has been in poor health, the Sixth Prince has been in poor health, and the Concubine Shu is also sick.
Lu Zhaoling thought about it and estimated that it was probably the murdered palace maid, the one who hid the Thousand Workers Lantern in Concubine Shu's palace, who did it.
It seems that the palace maid was a patient and capable person, and she did a lot of things secretly.
After returning to Beijing, she wanted to go and see Concubine Shu.
"You don't need to tell me the art of longevity."
Lu Zhaoling was a little surprised because it was Zhou Shiyue who said this.
He is not interested in this art of immortality at all?
"Can you tell me more about the man surnamed Gong?"
Jiang Ren told everything he knew.