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

Chapter 357 Intelligence

Huang Captou had to rush back to the prefect's Yamen to make preparations for the next plan, and Lao Zhangtou also had to report the latest progress to the old military advisor. They left quickly.

Haitang and Haijiao continued to stand at the entrance of the alley, watching from a distance their great-uncle Zhou Shigong's awe-inspiring gesture, expressing that he could not bear to see the Jin family bullying orphans like this, so they decided to save people to the end, sent Buddha to the west, and took out a small village. Give it to Jin Jiashu, so that he can have a home in Chang'an and no longer need to look at the faces of a few heartless tribesmen.

Zhou Shigong's reputation in Chang'an City is still very good. At present, most people in the city don't know what good things Mrs. Ma and her daughter have done. The third family of the Zhou family is still a benevolent and noble family in public opinion. He announced this decision in public, and the people around him praised his generosity and kindness. Jin Jiashu also expressed his gratitude and thanked Zhou Shigong with tears for his kindness, saying that he would study hard and pass the exam as soon as possible, and would never let down his benefactor, Mr. Wu, for his hard work, and so on.

Zhou Shigong and Jin Jiashu staged a story of mutual sympathy between the old man in the imperial examination and the new elementary school student. As the villain, the second brother of the Jin family could only leave the scene in despair.

After living in Chang'an City for so long, Jin Xin also knows how huge the Zhou family is in the local area, not to mention that Master Wu is still a civil servant and has a relationship with the prefect, so he can easily crush their family to death. Although he failed to get money from Jin Jiashu, he still took his unwilling wife with him and left with his children.

After they left, the maid quietly followed them. And as soon as she left, the farce in front of the third bedroom of the Zhou family came to an end. Jin Jiashu said goodbye to Zhou Shigong again. Zhou Shigong said a few words of encouragement to study and then left. After the protagonist left, the crowd of onlookers naturally also disappeared. However, the melon they just ate will definitely become the topic of their conversation in the near future. It will not be replaced by new topics within three to five days.

Only then did Haitang and Haijiao emerge from the alley.

Haitang asked Hai Jiao in a low voice: "Does it really not matter? Jin Jiashu appeared in front of so many people... The Zhou family seems to be very convinced that he is Xu Xianfei's nephew, and they don't mind making this known to everyone. Jin Jiashu actually cooperated."

Hai Jiao said: "The more openly and openly he does this kind of thing, the less likely anyone will be suspicious. The Zhou family is confident in their control of Chang'an City. They are not afraid of encountering the Wu family when walking in the city. They are in danger, not to mention that in their opinion, there is no need to keep Jin Jiashu’s identity secret? In fact, the only person who really heard the news today and knew that Jin Jiashu was related to Xu Xianfei was the maid. The other people were just talking about the Jin family’s case and the It's just Du Boqin's relationship. The leakage of the information is limited, so it must be okay. But if you want the spies planted by the Sun family around Chang'an to be deceived and take the initiative to fall into the trap, it won't work without a bait of sufficient weight. A Jin Juren who is rumored to have offended the Sun family cannot It doesn't matter, but Concubine Xu Xian's nephew is qualified to let them take risks."

Haitang sighed: "I hope the plan will go smoothly. If the Zhou family can really clear out the Sun family's eyes and ears around Chang'an in one fell swoop, we will be able to feel more at ease in the future. But... there are still people who know Jin Jiashu's true life experience. , we can’t guarantee that the Sun family will really keep secrets, some things should be handled with caution."

Hai Jiao pursed his lips and said, "I will remind Jin Jiashu." Apart from that, there was nothing more he could do. In Chang'an, except for Jin Jiashu and his two brothers and sisters, no one knows the true relationship between Jin Jiashu and Xu Xianfei, right?

Anyway, the second wife of the Jin family and the murderer sent by the Sun family were unaware of it. If the two correctional mothers really wanted to ask them for information, they would only get the information that "Concubine Xu Xian is the sister of Jin Jiashu's biological mother."

However, since the Zhou family is convinced that this is the truth, others can't say much. How could the Hai brothers and sisters tell the Zhou family that the Queen Mother Zhou was also lying to them for no reason?

The door to Zhou's third room opened again. This time, Cai Luo, Zhou Ma’s confidant, came out. She came to find the Hai brothers and sisters on the order of her mistress.

Haijiao Haitang quickly followed her back to the Zhou family's three-bedroom mansion. Haitang returned the cloak he had borrowed from the concierge and gave him a reward. Then he returned to the main courtyard, took his own cloak from Zhou Yijun, and tied it up again.

Zhou Yijun asked her with some confusion: "What did you and Cousin Hai just go out for? I asked the concierge and he said you just went to watch the fun, but why did you change your clothes to watch the fun?" Haitang couldn't tell her. , she actually pretended to be the daughter of an ordinary military family, cooperated with her brother, and sent false information to the spies. As soon as she said this, there were too many topics involved, so she had no choice but to laugh and mix it up.

When the siblings returned home with their grandmother, their cousin Xie Wenzai also received follow-up news.

The maid who taught Mammy followed the second room of the Jin family. After finding out their current residence and asking people nearby for information about their home, she went into the kitchen in the backyard of the old temple and found the eldest daughter of Jin Miao who was alone.

This little girl is only in her early ten years, but she knows everything she needs to know. She is not very clever, but she is as greedy for money as her father. The maid fooled her a few words, brought out a few pieces of silver, and easily bribed her to spit it out.

As a result, the maid easily found out about the years of entanglement between the eldest brother's room and the second room of the Jin family. As for the relationship between Jin Jiashu and the palace concubine, the little girl didn't know the details. She only knew that his mother died in the capital many years ago, but an aunt entered the palace. His father married his stepmother and gave birth to a young son, who was not good to him. His aunt in the palace found out and sent him a box of gold. His father was kind to him again and was willing to teach him to read and no longer let him do menial tasks such as chopping wood and carrying water.

The little girl hated this. Because Jin Jiashu no longer does this kind of work, it is her turn to do the hard work. Although her mother always protected her and her sister, her father was away from home all day, and her grandmother thought they were little girls without the support of brothers, so she always sent them to work. Even if the family is rich, it is not their sisters' turn to enjoy the blessings.

The little girl kept talking about the gossip she had heard from her parents and family, while the maid's mind had already gone to someone unknown.

The Zhou family spies hiding outside the kitchen window sill in the backyard of the old temple could not hear anything more said by the maid. She quickly returned to the place where she stayed and told the two correctional mothers all the information she had learned.

"Concubine Xu Xian's nephew?" Fatty Aunt was a little surprised, "I remember when we first left the capital, the imperial concubine was quarreling with Mr. Ge, asking him to stop the emperor from making Mr. Xu a concubine. At that time, some people said that Mr. Xu was a concubine. She came from a humble background and had no support outside the palace. It was only through the recommendation of the Queen Mother that she won the favor of the Emperor... So this is all true? She was indeed born in the common people. She only had a brother-in-law from the countryside. Her sister is dead and only left behind The next little nephew is treated harshly by the stepmother. This is much easier to deal with than other family members of the stepmother!"

The thin nun asked the maid for every detail of the information, and then said seriously: "This little girl from the second bedroom of the Jin family is too young, and she is not favored by her elders. Her knowledge is limited, and her words may not be accurate. If we want to To determine the identity of Jin Jiashu, we have to find the person who is most likely to know."

The fat nanny was stunned for a moment, and then she realized: "Are you talking about those two dead soldiers? Are you crazy?! They are in the prison, how can we inquire about it? What if people guess that we are related to the Sun family? Oops! Even if we can actually see people, how can they tell us the truth if they are almost dead? What if they ask us to save people, but we can’t, and they threaten to turn us in?!”

(End of this chapter)