When Chong'er set out from Bai Di to the east, the little man Tousu fled halfway with the property he was responsible for guarding, so that Lord Chong'er and his entourage actually reached the Qi country by asking for food along the way; To this day, people recall the predicament they encountered back then and still haunt him.

But the thief did not take his belongings for himself, and he secretly returned to Jiangdu and used them to make a request to the doctors, asking them to help Chong'er return to the Jin Kingdom.

Now, that little man took the initiative to send it to the door and asked Gong Wen to meet him. Gong Wen was washing his hair at the time, and he unceremoniously ordered the hair beard to be driven away. But the head beard said to the messenger: "When a man washes his hair with his head downward, his heart is turned upside down; upside down heart; The meaning of the expression is the opposite, that's why they don't see me. The minister defends the society at home, and is a servant of the prison brigade abroad, why should he be blamed for fleeing back? When the king of a country has a feud with his husband, there will be many people who feel fear. ”

Duke Wen of Jin summoned Tousu in, and only then did he learn the truth about his escape. Duke Wen then gave him an official position in charge of propaganda, and Toubeard praised Duke Wen for his tolerance and virtue all over the world; He appeared to speak and summoned the exiles back to the Jin kingdom with his own personal experience.

Wen Gong's tolerant policy towards opponents had a remarkable effect, a large number of exiles returned to the country, the hearts of the people in the country were stabilized, and he united all the countrymen who could be united; Those who committed minor or only minor crimes were not punished, and even blood relatives in the Lu and Hao families who did not participate in the rebellion were pardoned (the story of Xun Rui's son, Xun Que, will be told later); The situation in the country quickly returned to normal, and Duke Wen was also supported by the vast majority of Jin people.

Duke Wen then began to deal with the affairs of the harem. He first summoned Ji Kui, his distressed companion who remained in Bai Di, and Bai Dizi sent Ji Kui back, but left behind her two sons, Bo Xiu and Shu Liu. Duke Wen of Jin agreed, (when Li Ji knelt in front of the gods of the ancestors of the Jin Kingdom in the Taimiao, he cursed all adult sons in the country not to die well, unless they went into exile abroad. From that time on, the sons of the Jin Kingdom had to leave the country when they reached adulthood). Later, he took Qi Jiang, who was pampered in the Qi Kingdom, and came with Qi Jiang and his two concubines, Qi Yao and Du Qi.

The above four people, together with five princesses of the Qin State, formed his harem. Wen Ying, the daughter of Qin Mugong, was his wife; the second (the mother of Jin Xianggong); Ji Kui third; Du Qi fourth (the mother of Gongzi Yong); Qi Jiang is fifth (because Qi has no influence anymore); The three princesses of Qin are sixth, seventh, and eighth; Jin Huaigong's ex-wife Chen Ying (the mother of Gongzi Le, formerly known as Huai Ying) is at the bottom.

Duke Wen of Jin married one of his daughters, Zhao Ji, to Zhao Yuan. Zhao Ji asked Zhao Yuan to recall his family members who left in Bai Di back, Zhao Yuan said he didn't dare, Zhao Ji teased him and said: "The Jin people all praise the master for having literary virtue, but I don't see it." You have to be spoiled, how can you set an example for others? ”

Only then did Zhao Yu believe that Zhao Ji was not just talking, and he would summon Shu Kui and Zhao Dun back later. Zhao Yu left Bai Di when Zhao Dun was eight years old, and eight years have passed in a blink of an eye; Zhao Dun has grown from a child to a handsome teenager.

Shu Kui has not relaxed his education of Zhao Dun for many years, so he looks no different from the noble children of the Jin Kingdom (except for the accent).

Zhao Ji regarded Zhao Dun as his own, and he gave up the position of his wife to Shu Kui, making Zhao Dun the eldest son. Zhao Ji later gave birth to three sons, Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Yingqi; The three brothers' backgrounds are not illustrious, and their positions are not noble, but none of them have received a good death.

At a banquet for his followers, Jin Wengong asked the invitees to state their merits in exile. The fox brothers like to show themselves, and the two of them kept talking until they were stopped by Jin Wengong; Zhao Yu made a debriefing report in a decent manner; Others, in turn, recounted what they had done. Only Jie Zitui sat in the corner, eating and drinking as if no one was around, and Jin Wengong finally asked if anyone else had anything to add? He still didn't say a word.

Jin Wengong rewarded people according to their respective statements, and Jie Zitui did not ask for it, so he received nothing. After Jie Zitui returned home, he said to his elderly mother: "Among the nine sons of Xiangong, only the prince is still alive. Huigong and Huaigong lost the support of the people and were abandoned from inside and outside. But Heaven will not destroy the Jin Kingdom, and will definitely place a monarch in the Jin Kingdom.

"In this way, who else can become a prince but Chong'er? This was originally an arrangement from God, but the likes of Fox Yan regarded the power of Heaven as their own credit, didn't they confuse the monarch? Stealing their goods is called a 'thief,' how much more so is it to covet the merits of Heaven for your own strength? Courtiers boast of their crimes, and the monarch rewards the traitor; The top and bottom are blinded to each other, the office is smoky, and it is difficult for me to get along with those three indiscriminate! ”

The old mother said, "If you don't ask for the throne yourself, even if you die, who can you blame?" ”

Jie Zitui said: "If you imitate the evil deeds of thieves, the crime will be more serious; And if I complain, I will no longer eat the prince's fortune, and I will look for a remote mountain where I will live my life. ”

The old mother said, "Aren't you going to let the prince know what you think?" ”

Jie Zitui said: "Since you have decided to live in seclusion, where do you need to tell him? ”

The old mother said, "If you decide, I will go with you." ”

Jie Zitui nodded and said, "Okay."

The next day, Jie Zitui drove a carriage and carried the old mother back to the mountains.

The disappearance of this little figure did not attract anyone's attention until one day when Jin Wengong saw a butcher cutting the meat of the hind leg of a lamb and realized that there was one person missing from his side. Jin Wen went to find Jie Zitui in the Jin Kingdom, and finally only found the rest place where he and his old mother entered Mianshan.

Duke Wen of Jin ordered a search of the mountain, but nothing was found. It is said that a guy with no brains set a fire to force the mother and child out of stealth, and as a result, he burned many agile animals; Jie Zitui, who has weak legs and feet, and his old and frail old mother did not escape the disaster (I don't believe in this legend very much).

Later, in order to commemorate the push of Jie Zitui, Duke Wen of Jin set the day of his death as the "Cold Food Festival" and renamed Mianshan "Jieshan".