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

Chapter 401 A wave of unrest

"Of course Duke Zhen will not believe it!"

After hearing the younger sister's question, Hai Jiao replied with disapproval: "If Mrs. Gui is a person who listens to advice, why has no one in Cining Palace or Cheng'enhou Mansion really advised her in these years? But she listened. Has it changed? Has it changed? After arriving in Chang'an, she has become more and more arrogant. She is just restrained temporarily due to the situation, but the resentment in her heart has not disappeared at all. She is just waiting to gain power in the future and then explode again. Zhen Guo Gongjiu Who hasn’t seen the battle array before? How can you ask her to lie to you?!"

The Duke of Zhenguo suffered a loss once, and his own granddaughter was injured. Even if Mrs. Gui pretended to be sick and got away, it would be impossible for her to suffer the same loss again. These days, Mrs. Gui and her daughter have been surrounded by many more attendants. On the surface, they are taking care of the "sick" Mrs. Gui, but in fact they are there to monitor her. What Mrs. Gui does and says every day cannot be hidden from the eyes of these people.

Although Mrs. Gui did not trust these people, refused to treat them as confidants, and only allowed them to serve her in her daily life, how did she know how they monitored her? These people are well trained and can overhear or spy on her private words and deeds without her having to say anything to her face.

Mrs. Gui went to apologize to the Duke of Zhenguo. When she met the other female members of the Zhou family, she was able to maintain the outward etiquette. She thought that she had fulfilled her daughter's request, but from the bottom of her heart, she did not think that she should kowtow to the Zhou family. , but became even more convinced that the Zhou family had plotted against him and was untrustworthy and unreliable. Since her daughter Wu Qiong was coaxed by the Zhou family, she would of course want to coax her back and coax Wu Qiong to continue to be with her. In the future, if their daughter really can't marry into the Zhou family, then she won't marry, but they have to use the help of the Zhou family to find a truly honorable and decent marriage for their daughter!
Thinking like this, Mrs. Gui began to secretly speak ill of Zhen Guogong and his wife in front of her daughter. As long as she didn't reveal her feelings in front of others, Wu Qiong would not stop her - knowing that it would be useless to stop her, after all, her mother was "sick". Wu Qiong could only ask her mother to avoid talking to the maids and women, so as not to let the masters of the Zhenguo Palace know her true feelings. Then she went to the Zhenguo Duke's wife, and then humbly apologized for her mother and begged the Zhenguo Duke's wife. Please help me hire a good doctor to prescribe some calming prescriptions for my mother to make her less angry.

Mrs. Zhen Guogong had long known from the maids in the guest house what Mrs. Gui was whispering to her daughter in private. She was so angry and amused that she was too lazy to get to know her. She just felt a little more pity for Wu Qiong. Wu Qiong wanted to keep her mother's dignity, so Mrs. Zhenguo helped her and asked the doctor in the mansion to diagnose Mrs. Gui's Ping'an pulse. She did not prescribe any serious prescriptions, but only added health-preserving medicinal soups to her daily diet. Mrs. Gui soothes the liver and regulates the qi, so that she will not be depressed in the heart and think about getting angry with others all day long, complaining about this, hating that, and disturbing the master's family.

Mrs. Gui still doesn't know that she has been on the blacklist of the Zhenguo government, and she feels that she has coaxed the Zhou family. She was determined to win her daughter's heart back, persuade her to join forces with her, coax the Zhou family to agree to help them promote their brothers back home, and then find a good and prominent marriage for her daughter, so that she could kick out the Zhou family and make other plans. With the new plan, Mrs. Gui is no longer noisy now, and the Zhou family can have more peace in private, without having to be wary of her everywhere.

Zhou Yijun even came to express his gratitude to Haijiao for this. Mrs. Gui stopped making trouble, and he was the first to benefit. Now he no longer needs to worry about the day when Mrs. Gui suddenly bursts in with her daughter while staying in his room. He could finally breathe a sigh of relief when she no longer insisted on marrying his daughter to him.

Several of Zhou Yijun's brothers of the same clan and generation had already joined the army after the year, obtained military positions, and dispersed to the border towns for training. Although he is younger, since he has greeted his grandfather early, it is almost time to get ready now. Duke Zhen Guo found an old soldier who had been working with him in the early years to train with Zhou Yijun. He also said hello to the old military adviser and asked Zhou Yijun to come to his door at any time to ask for advice on geography and military strategy. After Zhou Yijun has mastered all the skills he needs to learn, he will officially go to the border town next year. At least he will have to stay on the front line for two or three years before returning to the rear to continue learning and experience.

Zhou Yijun was very excited to tell his friend Hai Jiao about his grandfather's arrangements for him. It was a pity that Hai Jiao could not go with him. When Hai Xiya retires and becomes an official in the future, Hai Jiao will follow his grandfather back to his hometown in Zhili. It's such a pity that these two good brothers can't guard the border together and make meritorious deeds together!

Hai Jiao also felt a little bit of a pity in his heart. Unfortunately, his family had already made a plan. There was no way he could abandon his relatives and go back to the border to earn a future. After two lives, there is nothing more important in his mind than family reunion. Although Zhou Yijun had a bad temper with him and he also looked forward to killing the enemy and making meritorious deeds, he knew very well in his heart what he should really pay attention to.

He echoed Zhou Yijun's words softly. Even if the two of them would be separated soon, he still hoped to be friends with each other for a long time. No matter how far apart the road was, he could still keep in touch through letters. When he encountered difficulties, We can take care of each other. Maybe, after he returns to his hometown in Zhili, he will have the opportunity to rise through the ranks and go directly to Beijing. When will he be able to help Zhou's family? Jin Jiashu listened and remained silent. He was always quiet, so Zhou Yijun and Hai Jiao didn't find it strange, and they didn't know that he was secretly wondering.

The children of officials in Chang'an have really different ideas from the people in Zhili. Is it a glorious thing to go to a border town to join the army and suffer? That’s all Zhou Yijun thought, but even Haijiao said the same thing...

Jin Jiashu felt that it was better not to express opinions easily. He used to grow up in the countryside of Zunhua Prefecture, and the people he dealt with most often were just a few difficult relatives and friends from the second room, and his neighbors in the countryside. Whether it is his father, stepmother, or relatives, friends, and neighbors, their thoughts are very different from those in the northwest. He couldn't show his cowardice and let others think that he was not the same as them...

Zhou Yijun came to Haijia once and had dinner at Haijia before leaving. Within two days, Hai Jiao heard that he had gone to the old military advisor's home for advice, and basically lived in Zhuangzi. Hai Jiao himself was busy with his studies in health studies and did not bother to go out of the city to play with Zhou Yijun. He only occasionally met Tang Meng and chatted for a few words to learn some news about the army.

One day, Tang Meng suddenly stopped him and asked: "Your family seems to be related to the third room of the Zhou family by marriage, right? The third room of the Zhou family seems to be in trouble."

Hai Jiao was startled: "What's the trouble? Have you heard anything about it?" The Hai family has been busy recently. Grandmother Ma has not contacted her aunt and uncle Zhou Ma for some days. Even Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma have not paid attention. I have to go up to see my daughter and son-in-law.

Tang Meng lowered his voice and told him: "I can't tell what the specific matter is. Anyway... your family is related to his family, go and ask yourself. I only overheard the elders in the family saying, this time The third room of the Zhou family may be in trouble, and the old lady is responsible for it. For this reason, our old lady specially greeted my aunt and asked her to continue worshiping Buddha outside and not to come back for the time being!"

Mrs. Tang used to be acquainted with Mrs. Ma, the third wife of the Zhou family. Although they have turned against each other now, everyone knows about their early relationship. The Tang family was afraid that she would be implicated again and bring down the Tang family, so they would rather let her stay out of town.

Haijiao was secretly shocked. As far as he knew, it had been almost a month since Mrs. Tang took her daughter out, and it was almost time to come back. Based on her relationship with Mrs. Ma, the Tang family was afraid that she would be implicated. What kind of trouble did Mrs. Ma have? !

He didn't dare to be careless, so he thanked Tang Meng quickly and immediately quickened his pace and rushed home.

(End of this chapter)