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

Chapter 383 Small talk
The news of Tu Rong's interrogation of Du Boqin soon spread within the Dusi Yamen.

No one made any move. This is within the scope of Tu Rong's authority.

It's just that many people are talking privately, wondering whether Tu Rong will have a different view on Du Boqin's case?
Although Du Boqin betrayed the Northwest Frontier Army, apart from the obvious charges of embezzling military expenses, hiring private soldiers, and killing people, many of the bad things he did were under the instruction of the Sun family, and did not necessarily violate the emperor's taboos. If the emperor's confidants wanted to save his life, they could find reasons to reduce his punishment. As long as the death penalty is changed to exile, there are many ways to do it.

General Thursday did not deal with Du Boqin before leaving office, but he actually wanted to test his successor. This is also the plan of the Zhenguo government and the northwest frontier army.

From the day Du Boqin's identity as a traitor was exposed, he had little lethality within the Northwest Frontier Army. Then in order to protect himself, he confessed many people and things. Now he only has one life left. Whether he is dead or alive is not important.

The Du family has already come forward to remove him from the family tree so as not to be implicated by him. Even his only son, Du Qi, was adopted and adopted by his clan members and was recognized as someone else's name, so he was no longer the son of a criminal official. Although this approach can't be hidden from anyone, Du Qi will still have no hope of taking the imperial examination in the future, but he has the protection of the Zhou family's seventh house. It should not be difficult for him to go to the border town for a few years to gain experience and find a small civil service official to support his family. However, he would never be able to leave the northwest for the rest of his life, and even his descendants would not be able to take the imperial examination. The Du family was originally a military household. Du Qi tried to give up martial arts and become civilized and change his family, but failed because of his father's crime. Now he is just returning to the old path of his ancestors, which is not too tragic.

The Zhenguo government brought out Du Boqin to test Tu Rong and the emperor behind him, which was considered a waste.

Tu Rong met Du Boqin alone in the prison. There was no one else around him, not even the clerk responsible for recording the confessions.

What they said, no one knows.

Tu Rong met Du Boqin in the morning, returned to his duty room at lunch, and went to the prison after dinner until the sun turned west. But when the afternoon passed, he called one of the soldiers brought from the capital.

That night, he still stayed in the Yamen. The soldiers are still helping him find a suitable place to live. One of the candidate houses is on the street where the Hai family is located, less than a hundred steps away from the Chen family, which can be said to be quite close.

The news reached the Hai family. When Ma heard about it during the day, she immediately sent her servants around to inquire. When Hai Xiya came back from the Yamen at night, she took her husband and said, "The soldiers of the Tu family have arrived at Ermen Street." I've been here twice, and I found out that the price is right and the place is big enough. I think I really want to rent it. By then, won't this Tu Tongzhi be a neighbor of our family? Is he easy to get along with?"

Hai Xiya has been so busy these past two days and is about to leave Chang'an City for a business trip. How can he pay attention to these trivial matters? He replied casually: "General Tu seems to be a taciturn person, but he is not difficult to get along with and is very organized in his words and actions. Such a boss is not bad. He can live wherever he wants. Wait until he moves When he enters his new house, we will send him some congratulatory gifts. Why are you asking so many questions? Don't let him misunderstand and think that all the officials in Chang'an are secretly spying on him!"

Ma said: "Who wants to monitor him? I just think that he traveled all the way to Chang'an to take office. He only brought four followers, but he had to rent three big houses with gardens. He probably has his family behind him. When the time comes, Don't we have to deal with his female relatives? What's the point of asking in advance? Not all boss wives in the world are as kind, kind and easy to get along with as Mrs. Thursday! What if you meet someone who likes to make things difficult? , isn’t your wife the one suffering the hardship?!”

Hai Xiya coughed, lowered his head and admitted his mistake, obediently admitting that his wife's words made sense and that she was right to inquire. However, it was impossible for him to provide any useful information. He has been really busy recently, and people in the yamen don't talk much about his boss's family.

When Ma saw this, he left Haixi Cliff and only went to discuss the matter with his grandchildren. Hai Jiao has enrolled in Chang'an Guard School and can keep up with his homework. The teacher's evaluation is also good. However, he has to go to school every day and feels a little restricted. He is uncomfortable. Hearing that his grandmother wants to inquire about Tu Rong's family, he He volunteered and said, "I'll go find Zhou Yijun and ask. There must be a source of information in the Zhenguo Government Office, and they know where Tu Rong's family members have gone."

Hearing this, Mr. Ma hurriedly said: "Good boy, it would be great if you are willing to help grandma, but don't take it too seriously. It's more important to learn your homework. Just ask around when you have nothing to do."

Hai Jiao waved his hand: "It's okay. I also go to talk to Zhou Yijun on weekdays. When I have time, I will use the school grounds of Zhenguogong Mansion to practice riding and shooting. It is not as crowded as the big school grounds in the school. I will ask by the way then. That’s it. If Zhou Yijun doesn’t know, then there’s nothing I can do.”

However, this made Ma feel very satisfied. She herself will also keep in touch with the families of other officials in the Shaanxi Dusi Yamen and exchange information.

However, Haitang can't help at the moment. Zhou Wenjun will be leaving soon. He has been busy packing his luggage and saying goodbye to his relatives and friends recently, and has not been able to take care of his close friends. However, Zhou Xuejun's daily recovery is boring, and sewing is too hard on his eyes. Recently, besides reading to pass the time, he has been writing letters to his close sisters and friends. Haitang is one of the people who corresponds with her most often. Although you can try to get some information from her, Zhou Xuejun is still young after all. When her parents are not around, I am afraid that the elders of the Zhenguo Palace will not be around her. Talking about Tu Rong in front of him should not have much effect.

But Haitang was not in a hurry. Tu Rong has already taken office and will stay in Chang'an for at least a few years. His family members will always follow him. If he really becomes a neighbor of the Hai family, there will be many opportunities for dealing with him in the future. If people are not easy to get along with, the worst that can happen is that the Hai family will not develop personal relationships with the Tu family. The Zhou family still has the final say in Chang'an now. As long as the Hai family clings tightly to the thick thigh of the Zhenguo Palace and doesn't try to get close to a family member who has the same command and knowledge, what does it matter?
Anyway, according to Hai Jiao's recollection, Tu Rong's reputation in his previous life was pretty good. Apart from having a dandy son who didn't live up to expectations, there were no obvious evil deeds in his family. No matter how difficult he was to get along with him, there was a limit. With Grandma Ma's ability, she should be more than enough to deal with the female members of the Tu family.

Haitang is more concerned about another thing now.

Zhou Xuejun is now full of resentment towards Mrs. Gui, and often complains when writing letters. In the past two days, she mentioned in her letter what her family members had revealed. The government probably didn't want to let Mrs. Gui continue to run wild, and wanted to give her some color.

In addition to asking Wu Ke to move, Mrs. Zhen Guogong also arranged for Wu Qiong to have a nanny to take care of his daily life and homework. She also called it a beautiful name because she didn't want Mrs. Gui to have to take care of her daughter even when she was ill. worry.

Mrs. Gui is naturally reluctant, but she continues to pretend to be ill. She can't recover immediately, can she? Moreover, the upbringing nun arranged by Mrs. Zhenguo also told Wu Qiong about the pedigree of the Chang'an family, as well as the preferences and taboos of each family. These were things she could not teach her daughter, but they were of great benefit to Wu Qiong. She really couldn't say what she wanted to say to drive away the nanny.

At the same time, since Mrs. Thursday took office with her husband, Mrs. Tuesday and Mrs. Wednesday will also leave Chang'an in the near future and return to her husband. Mrs. Zhenguo has no junior to serve her. She intends to let Wu Qiong follow her to gain more experience. It's a rare opportunity. Mrs. Gui could not refuse either.

If she dared to say no, her daughter would really have no hope of marrying into the Zhou family.

(End of this chapter)