noffsinger Chapter 268 Jiang Bin
Chapter 268 Jiang Bin
“Master Huineng travels among the common people, while I walk within the imperial palace compound. Logically, we two should not have any intersection.
Since Your Highness asked me about Huineng, you must have found out something."
"Master Li is right. I do have some guesses in my mind. I hope Master Li has the answers I want."
Twenty years is a very long time. Li Heng lowered his head. He needed to think carefully.
This was a very long time ago in Li Heng's memory, so long ago that he only had some vague impressions. If the King of Yan had not suddenly mentioned the name "Hui Neng", Li Heng might never have remembered who this person was in his entire life.
“I have indeed heard of Monk Huineng, because he was a good friend of my colleague at the time, Jiang Bin.
Jiang Bin was an unpopular illegitimate son of the Jiang family. It was said that he came to the Dianqian Division to beg for food because he could no longer make his living in the Jiang family.
Jiang Bin was a solitary person who always kept to himself, so when I accidentally discovered that he was on good terms with a monk, I was really surprised.
But I have no friendship with Jiang Bin, so I have not paid attention to his affairs with Monk Huineng. "
Chen Ji lowered his eyes to hide the surprise that flashed across his eyes.
Jiang Bin is now the head of the Jiang family, one of the five great families, and is also a powerful figure in the court. It turned out that Huineng had been friends with him twenty years ago, but he had never heard Huineng mention this matter.
"When did Master Li discover that Huineng and Jiang Bin were dating?"
"I don't remember the exact time, I only remember..."
Li Heng suddenly stopped talking, glanced at Chen Ji, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Chen Ji was confused, "Master Li, if you have something to say, just speak up."
Li Heng pondered in his heart and finally spoke:
"It was the year when Concubine Yun passed away."
Chen Ji's pupils condensed slightly, and his heart unconsciously choked for a moment.
"When my mother passed away, I was only a two-year-old child. People in the palace kept the death of my mother a secret.
Later, someone told me that my mother was a demon who had resurrected from a dead body, so she was executed by Emperor Taizong. Master Li, what do you think about this?"
The Prince of Yan's tone was indifferent, and no emotion could be heard from it, but Li Heng broke out in a cold sweat for no reason.
It has been twenty years since Concubine Yun passed away, but she is still an existence that cannot be easily mentioned. This is why he hesitated when King Yan asked him about the specific time just now.
After a long silence, Li Heng slowly spoke:
"It seems that I heard that after Concubine Yun fell off a cliff in the Royal Forest Garden, she could not remember anything when she was found, and her temperament had also changed.
The previous Concubine Yun had a gentle personality, and was a model of tranquility and virtue among the legitimate daughters of the Kyoto family. The later Concubine Yun was more lively and straightforward...
However, what I know is just gossip spread by people in the palace. Your Highness should just follow what the old lady says.
If someone didn't deliberately make it up, it's very likely that Concubine Yun injured her head when she fell off the cliff, so she lost her memory and her temperament changed drastically. After all, the idea of reincarnation is too absurd."
Chen Ji didn't say anything.
When he was young, Taizong's queen Lin Yueyi once lost her temper after getting drunk and whipped him severely, cursing his mother as a seductress and saying that she could not maintain her dignity as queen unless she got rid of her.
From then on, he knew that his mother was framed and killed by Lin Yueyi, and he made up his mind to avenge his mother.
Bringing a corpse back to life?
That was just an excuse for that group of people to kill his mother!
"Speaking of which, it was because of Concubine Yun that I noticed Jiang Bin and accidentally discovered that he and Huineng were on good terms."
Li Heng's words pulled Chen Ji out of his hatred. He stepped forward and asked anxiously, "What do you mean?"
“Your Highness, you don’t know that when we were in the Royal Garden, Jiang Bin fell off a cliff with Concubine Yun in order to protect her.
The two men survived the disaster and were stranded outside for more than two months before they were found and brought back to the palace by people sent by Emperor Taizong.
Taizong cherished Concubine Yun, and in order to prevent people from spreading gossip and tarnishing her reputation, he kept the matter to himself.
Therefore, few people know that Jiang Bin is the hero who protects Concubine Yun from outside, and I am one of the few people who know the inside story.
It was also from that time that I began to occasionally pay attention to Jiang Bin, and then discovered his interactions with Monk Huineng.
Not long after, Emperor Taizong promoted Jiang Bin to the position of Deputy Commander of the Palace Front Department. I think this was Emperor Taizong's reward for Jiang Bin's protection of Concubine Yun."
"I wonder how Master Li knew that Jiang Bin saved my mother?" Chen Ji asked another question.
A trace of regret flashed across Li Heng's eyes.
“The person who led the team to find Concubine Yun was a good friend of mine. It was he who told me that Jiang Bin had saved Concubine Yun.
However, not long after, my friend passed away, and most of his men died along with him.
To be honest, I once suspected that Emperor Taizong secretly sentenced them to death in order to protect the reputation of Concubine Yun, but later I thought about it and felt that it was not right.
If the emperor wants his subjects to die, they must die. If Taizong really wanted to kill people to silence them, he would have ordered their death long ago. How could he have had the chance to tell me about Jiang Bin saving Concubine Yun? "
Something is wrong!
After listening to Li Heng's narration, Chen Ji's brows tightened, and a strange feeling grew in his heart.
My mother was favored and was regarded as a thorn in the side of the Lin family. Jiang Bin saved my mother, which meant he indirectly offended the Lin family. Given the power of the Lin family at that time, it was simply impossible for someone who offended them to be alive and well and become the head of the Jiang family today.
Moreover, Jiang Bin was an unpopular illegitimate son, but in the end he became the head of an aristocratic family that attached great importance to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. This is something worth considering.
If the Lin family didn't know that Jiang Bin saved his mother, they wouldn't have made things difficult for Jiang Bin.
On the contrary, if the Lin family knew about this but still allowed Jiang Bin to grow his power in the Jiang family, then there is only one conclusion that can be drawn, that is, the Lin family and Jiang Bin have been secretly colluding with each other for a long time.
Chen Ji told Li Heng his analysis, and after listening to it, Li Heng remained silent for a long time.
"Your Highness, when Jiang Bin became the head of the Jiang family, it really shocked the court and the public, but I have never heard of any connection between him and the Lin family."
"Master Li, do you mean that the Lin family doesn't know that Jiang Bin saved my mother?"
"...Since this matter was leaked to me by my good friend, given the power of the Lin family, it is possible that someone will go and tell on me."
"Therefore, everything here still needs to be verified one by one."
"Your Highness is right, but it has been too long, things have changed and people have changed. I am afraid it will be difficult to move forward."
"It doesn't matter. Even if another twenty years pass, I will find out the inside story of this place!"