The crown prince fled back to Quwo. He knows the inside story of the conspiracy better than anyone else, but when his friends persuade him to defend himself, he says, "Of course I can prove my innocence, and Li Ji will be convicted." But the prince is old, and he will be restless and unstable in sleep for a moment when he leaves Liji; If Li Ji is convicted, what else can he think? Thinking of the sad and lonely appearance of the prince, I will not be happy. ”

People advised him to flee again, and Shen Sheng said: "If I flee the Jin Kingdom on the charge of killing the king, which country can accept me?" Then he decided to die.

The friends still did not give up, and they advised the prince not to watch the state power be taken away by a group of villains and not stop it; But Shen Sheng said: "There are heavy ears and major clans, and there are no bad people who can take away the Jin Kingdom." ”

Shen Sheng planned to send his wife to Qin. Because earlier in the year, Jin Xiangong married Shen Sheng's sister Bo Ji to Qin Mugong, who had just been on the throne for four years, and Jia Jun and Bo Ji had a very close relationship.

However, Shen Sheng did not reveal his true thoughts to his wife, he just asked Jia Jun to set off first, claiming that he still had some things to deal with, and then he would rush to Qin to meet her as soon as possible.

But how could the woman who knew Shen Sheng in the world believe everything her husband said? Because the prince can't lie at all! But Jia Jun still pretended to be looking forward to it, took his hand, stared into his eyes and said, "Earlier, don't make me wait too long." But Shen Sheng didn't believe that his wife didn't know his true thoughts, because Jia Jun was also a person who couldn't pretend.

Shen Sheng watched the convoy leave, and everyone present shed tears. Countless citizens spontaneously stood on both sides of the street, and their sad cries echoed in the streets and alleys of Quwo City.

Shen Sheng returned to the palace, changed into a ceremonial dress after bathing, and adopted the way of wearing the left side, to show that he would no longer undress; Then he retreated into the dormitory, closed the two bedrooms, and ended his young and noble life with a white silk.

Except for the Liji party, no Jin country's heart would be so hard as not to sigh and cry for the tragic fate of the crown prince. The people of the Jin Kingdom said: "There is no longer a son who is so upright and a father who is so evil in the world!" The prince gave the prince life, raised him into a virtuous and beloved gentleman, formed a happy family for him, and then the old tyrant ruthlessly took everything away! If he wanted to take it back now, he might as well not give it in the first place. He took away not only the life of the crown prince, but also the hope of the people of the Jin Kingdom and the justice of the world! ”

But Shen Sheng's suicide sent a wrong message to the office, and under the false accusations of the bad people, Jin Xiangong actually believed that the prince really committed suicide in fear of crime.

In the spring of the fifth year of the reign of Lu Xun (BC655), Jin Xiangong demanded the "complete destruction of the traitorous group headed by Shen Sheng". Real criminals become law enforcers, innocent people become victims, and villains create a lot of unjust crimes; Not even Xun Xi could stop them from using violence.

After the clean-up operation in the capital came to an end, Xian Gong ordered Chong'er to be arrested and brought to justice. But he was now at a loss: first, because he suspected that all men were sympathetic to Chong'er, and therefore could not faithfully carry out his orders; second because his suspicions were correct; The third is that even if he gives an order, no one is willing to accept the task.

Because Xiangong couldn't trust normal people, he had to send a personal eunuch and temple man out to deal with Chong'er.

Chong'er is the second son of Jin Xiangong and the son of Hutu's daughter, Dahu Ji. Due to the blood of Da Rong in his body, Chong'er showed different traits from his brother from an early age: he liked to be free and hated to be bound by complicated etiquette. He has a noble bloodline, but he never puts the stinky shelf of a noble young master in front of his countrymen; Even when people from poor backgrounds came to him for help, he never refused.

Chong'er has felt truly free since he was "banished" to Pucheng by Liji; Although he was only a teenager at that time, he began to govern the city according to his own ideals and methods.

Pucheng people often see him and his friends dressed in casual clothes, walking through the streets and alleys; Anyone can come to him, talk to him, talk to him, ask him to settle a dispute, and he is always more than willing to help and be genuinely happy with what he has done.

If the city is attacked by an enemy from outside, he will not hesitate to lead his troops into battle; When curfew was in place, he would patrol the city with his guards, just like ordinary officers.

Chong'er created the style of "Yangshi" in the Jin Kingdom. Many celebrities came to join him; Among them, in addition to his uncle Hu Mao and Hu Yan, there are also Zhao Shu's son Zhao Yuan, Wei Wan's son Wei Li, as well as Xu Chen, Jie Zitui and Dian Ji.

The people of Pucheng weighed the ear as "the little white of the Jin Kingdom". The Jin people even envisioned: once Xiangong returned to the west and Shen Sheng could ascend the throne again, Shen Sheng's "benevolence" and heavy ear's "righteousness" would become a perfect political combination; This combination will surely push the Jin state to the status of hegemon.

The status of heavy ears in Pucheng is so high that the locals only know that there are heavy ears, but they don't know that there are promotions. People can sacrifice their lives for the lord at any time, and Pucheng has become a place outside Jin. This situation gave the Liji party an excellent opportunity to blacken Chong'er, who said that the monarch's orders could no longer enter Pucheng, and that Pucheng was about to become independent from the Jin state, and that Chong'er went out hunting on a tall horse like a barbarian in trousers (at that time only nomads wore trousers).

For the first two crimes, Xiangong didn't even bother to take them seriously; But for the third article, Xian Gong pointed to the Jin Rong soldiers in the distance and said: "Several of the widow's concubines are what you call 'barbarians'; and it is these barbarians who have repeatedly made miraculous contributions to the Jin Kingdom's victory over strong enemies; ”

When the city was built by Gong Gong and Yiwu, he asked to build the city wall tall and strong, but the great Sikong Shipu did not faithfully carry out the task, and he behaved absent-mindedly and was suspected of perfunctory.

During the construction of the Qudi wall, Yigo sent his men to check the construction progress, and they found that there were many tree branches mixed in the rammed earth, and Yigo complained to the public about this. As mentioned earlier, in order to kick Shi Bao out of the center of power, Xiangong sent him to repair the city walls all over the world. Xiangong couldn't help but be furious, thinking that Shi Ping was fighting against him and being disloyal to him, so he recalled Shi Ping to the capital and severely reprimanded him.

Shi Bao said to the chief inspector of the public treasure: "The minister has heard: 'There is no mourning and sorrow, and great tribulation is coming; If a city is built without an external enemy, it will be preserved by internal troubles. Why be cautious when it will become a bulwark of the enemy? It is disrespectful to serve as a commonplace but abandon the king's order; To build walls for the enemy is to be disloyal; Loyalty and respect have been lost, and what can the minister serve the monarch?

"'Poetry' clouds: 'Waidwining, Zongzi Weicheng.' If the prince cultivates himself and cultivates virtue to stabilize the position of the crown prince, Shen Sheng will become your strongest line of defense, what other city does the prince need to build? The prince will raise an army within three years, why should the minister build it too strongly? ”

Xiangong was silent, waving his hand to signal that he could withdraw. After Shi Ping left the palace gate, he sighed: "One country and three dukes, who am suitable for me?" But for the rest of the work, he completed it all meticulously.