After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 356 Passersby

Some of the onlookers were accusing the second brother of the Jin family for being shameless, some were comforting the miserable sufferer Jin Jiashu, and many people were privately discussing various gossips about the Jin family's case.

But those who can tell the background of the Jin family obviously have a unique identity.

The maid couldn't help but look back.

As she expected, standing behind her was a man wearing official uniform. He looked quite strong and capable. The person talking to him was a strong man with gray temples, dressed like a passing merchant. The two men did not seem to be familiar with each other. The strong man actively asked the official for news about the Jin family's case, claiming that he had just returned from doing business outside years ago and missed the news about the Jin family. Today, he encountered such excitement. It's so curious. He said many compliments to the official. The official was so happy that he could not hold back his words.

He even told the current fate of the murderer who killed the Jin family: "Tomorrow will be the official trial, and then the younger brother of the Jin family will also come forward. The witnesses and physical evidence in this case are complete, and the facts of the case are clear. There is nothing wrong with it." It's easy to say that the verdict can be pronounced directly after the trial, most likely by Qiu Houwenzhan. If you really want to know the inside story, just go outside the courthouse tomorrow and listen. The magistrate has never minded people coming to hear the trial, as long as they don't cause trouble."

The strong man quickly thanked the official for informing him, and then asked curiously: "Is this murderer really someone sent by the Sun family? Didn't their master send anyone to rescue him?"

The official sneered: "Why do you want to rescue us? Our prefect's Yamen arrested eight people, six of them were silenced by Du Boqin, and the remaining two were saved with great difficulty. The cruel and ruthless people of the Sun family know If something happens to the people under my command, they will just die, so how can we bother sending people to rescue them? Our brothers have been waiting for two months, and not a single person is waiting. We ourselves are almost exhausted. "

The strong man smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, sir. If the Sun family doesn't come to save people, I can guess a little bit. You just said that this time it was the noble concubine in the palace who couldn't see other concubines being favored, so she sent Someone came to kill her relatives to vent their anger. As soon as I heard about this, I knew it was the woman's intention. The elder had to take care of national affairs, how could he come to Chang'an to cause trouble for such a trivial matter? The imperial concubine's people were caught by the government, He wished that they would die quickly, so he would not send anyone to rescue them. Even if the imperial concubine was reluctant to leave her men, no one could send them. She couldn't let the emperor come to rescue them, could she? Then wouldn't the empress whose relative died want to do it? Are you making trouble?"

The official laughed and said, "Yes, what you said makes some sense. However, even if the imperial concubine persuaded the emperor to come and save people, it still wouldn't work. Our Lord Magistrate is an upright and good official, so he won't let him go." There are criminals with proven crimes!"

The maid turned around, her eyes shining brightly. She felt that she had found a way to return to Beijing with meritorious service. Even if you can't please Mr. Sun Yongbai, it's not bad to be able to please Concubine Sun!

Although this maid had been trained as a spy by the Sun family, she was still young at that time and had some basic skills in martial arts, but she had not learned much in scheming. She has lived in the Tang family with the training mothers for the past few years, and her life has been relatively stable. She rarely takes risks on missions, and she is used to seeing any inconspicuous branch member of the Tang family being able to tell important-sounding military information. . She thought that hearing important news casually on the streets was common in the entire city of Chang'an. She could memorize the information about the prisoners in the Jin family case revealed by the official behind her, and she thought it would be prudent to find an opportunity to meet the two dead men in prison.

She was silently thinking about how to contact the two prisoners who were about to be sentenced to death, and she heard the official behind her asking the strong man what kind of business he was doing. She heard that he was selling medicinal materials, so she asked about several types of medicine. The price of medicinal materials is too expensive.

The strong man said that this was the going rate and he didn’t earn much. The official muttered that all his salary was spent on buying medicine. It was really hard to have a sick mother at home, and so on. The strong man had no choice but to offer a discount and ask the official to take more care of him.

The maid eavesdropped for a while and saw that the strong man was leading the official to see the medicinal materials, so she turned back and stared at the official a few more times. She remembered this person and thought that she might be able to take advantage of this official who was short of money.

As soon as the maid looked away, she found that a pair of unfamiliar brother and sister had arrived beside her. They were also watching the confrontation between Jin Jiashu and everyone in the second room of the Jin family. They were still talking in a low voice: "This little brother from the Jin family is so pitiful. He has no parents." Relatives, lonely and helpless, and the remaining relatives are keeping an eye on his money. If he becomes soft-hearted for a moment and helps this cousin, he is afraid that others will turn around and take advantage of him unprepared to plot his life and property. It will still fall into the hands of my cousin’s family.”

"Yes. If it were me, I wouldn't meet such ruthless tribesmen. Wouldn't it be better to hide far away? I don't want to be visited by such relatives. What if he harms me? If I pretend to be a bandit, I will die in an unknown way..."

The maid glanced sideways at the brother and sister and found that they were neatly dressed and dressed as typical children of local military families. They were simple and decent, but they obviously did not come from rich families and were not worthy of her attention. She looked away, but their conversation was still impressed in her mind. The door to the third room of the Zhou family opened, and Zhou Shigong, the head of the family Friday, came out, dismissed Jin Xin and his wife, and talked to Jin Jiashu. Upon seeing this, the maid hurriedly left the brother and sister behind and squeezed closer to Jin Jiashu, hoping to find out what the two of them had to say.

The maid didn't notice that as soon as she left, the passers-by who were standing beside and behind her dispersed. Some people followed her and moved to a new location, while the passer-by brother and sister moved to an inconspicuous place on the roadside and alley, where they joined the official officers and the strong man they had just talked to.

The maid probably never imagined that the "passers-by" around her who would reveal the news to her were actually all here for her. Although other onlookers would discuss the Jin family's case and various rumors related to Du Boqin, the person who mentioned the key information of "the relationship between the Jin family and the palace concubine" only wanted her to hear the news alone.

Once this task is completed, the passers-by can leave and start talking to real friends.

The young man among the passersby brother and sister saluted the official and said hello: "Huang Captou, I haven't seen you for a few days. How are you lately?"

"Okay, okay. Brother Hai is still full of energy." Huang Captou glanced at the girl next to Hai Jiao with a smile, "Is this your sister, Brother Hai? I didn't expect that in this lively event today, you brother and sister They’re all here.”

Haitang actually came here with her grandmother and brother. Currently, Mr. Ma was still chatting with Mr. Zhou in the third room of the Zhou family. They ran outside to watch the fun and also participated in the plot against the maid. However, she didn't need to explain these things to Huang Captou in such detail. She just smiled sweetly at him and saluted him: "Hello Huang Captou. My grandparents said, thank you for taking care of my brother all the time. When are you free, can my brother treat you to a meal?"

"Easy to say, easy to say." Huang Captou responded with a smile.

Hai Jiao turned to the strong man again: "Grandpa Zhang, is our arrangement today really feasible?"

When Huang Captou heard this, he also looked at the strong old man Zhangtou.

Lao Zhangtou said with a smile: "How often did the old military advisor's idea fail? Don't worry, this is just the first-level arrangement. If they go to the Yamen Prison later to inquire about information, Brother Huang will have to deal with it according to the plan. "

Huang Captou smiled and said: "Don't worry, our brothers are all ready. It's okay if they don't come. If they do come, we will definitely fool them into nowhere!" When he thought that their government office might catch another batch, Man, he couldn't help but feel excited.

The four of them looked at the maid who didn't know that she had stepped into a trap, and they all showed meaningful smiles.

(End of this chapter)