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

Chapter 410 Chapter Four Hundred and Nine Old Letters
Haitang immediately noticed something strange about Mrs. Ma.

She understood in her heart why Mrs. Ma was so shocked by Ma's words.

Before Mrs. Ma became the adopted daughter of the old aunt of the Ma family, she was the daughter of the clan. She was also the daughter of the clan who committed treason. She took revenge on her family and former lover and faked her death and escaped, only to survive. How dare she let others know her true identity? ! If someone discovers her past of stealing military intelligence, her charge of collaborating with the enemy and treason will be confirmed, and she will never be able to clear her name again!

The crime of stealing military aircraft is much more serious than the crime of providing a guide for Hu spies. The latter can still argue that he was deceived, but the former is an active treason! The person she was colluding with at that time was the old Khan King of the Hu people, a former great enemy of Da Chu, and an old rival of the Zhou family for decades. The nature of this was even more serious.

Is she scared?
It was nothing if Mrs. Ma had someone take away the dowry she brought from Ma's family. But the most terrible thing is to ask the old man of the Ma family about her origins.

What will Mrs. Ma do?

If she followed her teenage habits, she might get angry when encountering difficulties, lose her temper at innocent people around her, and speak harshly. But if she encounters a life-threatening crisis, she will calm down and use her acting skills to deceive others, stall for time, and gain a chance for herself to stand up.

Haitang stared at Mrs. Ma, and saw that she was silent for a while with an ugly face. She took a deep breath and then began to speak: "You don't need to deliberately use words to provoke me. You even said things about tracing my background...I If he is really a spy, do you think that the old man will not find out for decades? Or do you think that the old man will deliberately cover up me? ! He is a real hero and would never do such a thing! I don’t know how disappointed the younger generation will be if they underestimate him so much!”

After saying that, Mrs. Ma deliberately squinted her eyes and said to Mrs. Zhou Ma in a contemptuous tone: "In order to repay the Ma family, I should not have urged the old man to choose you to fill the house. You have a mediocre education and insufficient moral character. She is also stupid and is not worthy of being a wife of the Zhou family! "

These words hit home what Zhou Ma had been worried about for many years, and she suddenly lost half of her heart: "No... Ah Jia, I didn't underestimate the old man..."

Ma heard something bad and quickly interrupted the eldest sister: "Sister, don't listen to her. For decades, these words have come and gone, as if you are really that bad. No matter how small your Ma family is, you are still better than someone with unknown origins! No matter how ordinary your education is, you have not brought any disaster to your husband's family! How can you be inferior to her in the future? , when you see your old man and your ancestors, you can stand up and speak!"

When Zhou Ma heard this, he was stunned again.

That's right! No matter how bad she is, she is still better than her stepmother-in-law. She did everything her step-mother-in-law could do, and even better. She still raised her stepson and gave birth to a son and a daughter. She had never done any harm to anyone, never collected money she shouldn't have, and never colluded with foreign spies. How could she be inferior to others? ! The old man can tolerate his step-mother-in-law, so why should he be disappointed in her? ! The old man married a troublesome step-mother-in-law, so what right did he have to complain about his daughter-in-law? !
Mrs. Ma looked at the change of expression on Zhou Ma's face and felt unlucky. She glared at Ma sternly: "I'm not some barbarian spy. Stop talking nonsense here! What did I do wrong to deserve to be so humiliated by you two juniors?!"

"If you are not a Hu spy, why do you help the Hu spies to guide the way?" Zhou Ma asked this sentence again, his tone was much more confident than the first time he asked.

Mrs. Ma was silent for a moment and then said: "Because someone asked me to facilitate those businessmen. I did this because of favors."

Ma sneered: "Have you come up with a reason now? Who is the person who asked you? What evidence is there?!"

"It's Mrs. Wang from Liangzhou." Mrs. Ma named a person. "Her natal family is in Shuzhong, and her husband's grain store has abundant inventory. The old lady is in charge of logistics in the army and needs to buy a large amount from her family's grain store." Food. How could I offend her? It was just a small matter, and I had no reason to respond. I didn’t know those businessmen were spies..."

Neither Haitang nor Zhou Yijun knew who Mrs. Wang from Lanzhou was, but Mr. Zhou and Mr. Ma knew very well.

Zhou Ma said hesitantly: "But Mrs. Wang...she has been dead for more than ten years! She died in a fire...even the grain store was burned down. There is no evidence for this death..."

Ma sneered: "There is no proof, but you can say whatever you want, Madam. God knows whether this is true or not?!" "I have an autographed letter from Madam Wang." Madam Ma said, "There is also a letter above. Her private seal. If you don’t believe it, I can show it to you.”

It doesn't sound like it's fake. But if this was really the case, why didn't she tell Tu Rong when she asked about it earlier? When anyone questioned her, she would categorically deny that she had ever collaborated with the enemy, without mentioning any "just and aboveboard" reasons, which was also very suspicious.

Madam Ma turned around and returned to the house. Zhou Ma and Ma quickly followed with Zhou Yijun and Haitang.

Mrs. Ma took out an old envelope from her dressing box drawer and handed it to Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou quickly opened the letter and read it carefully. After reading it, she handed it to Mrs. Ma. Haitang stood next to her grandmother and scanned the letter a few times.

The letter was very old, with a strong aroma of camphor, but there were still obvious signs of yellowing and insect damage. This is indeed a letter written by "Mrs. Wang from Liangzhou" to "Mrs. Zhou". The former said that he had a businessman who was passing through Chang'an soon. He planned to go to Beijing to sell goods, but there was no way to lead him. He asked the latter to help him. Busy, provide a little convenience.

There is a private seal at the signature of the letter. Both Zhou and Ma seemed to have seen the seal style of Mrs. Wang and felt that the letter should be authentic.

There is only one letter that is credible, and it does not clearly state who the businessmen under Mrs. Wang are. Even the time of the letter is obscured by moths.

Mrs. Ma holds this letter, which seems to prove that she only provided convenience to those Hu spies at the request of others, but this evidence is not strong enough, and it does not seem to be able to completely clear away the suspicion on her.

Zhou Mashi hesitated again. Ma was very decisive and immediately took the letter in his hand: "Well, send the letter to Tu Tongzhi now. It would be best if he believes in the old lady's innocence. If he doesn't believe it, maybe he can use the clue of Mrs. Wang." Find out a few more people.”

Zhou Ma hurriedly said: "Yumei, the Wang family was destroyed by fire more than ten years ago. Only a few juniors from the branch survived, and there are no documents or accounts. How can Tu Tongzhi believe this unsubstantiated thing?!"

"It's his business to believe it or not. It's your family's business whether to send it if you have the evidence." Ma said, "I don't know if this letter is true or not. If you hand it over to others for verification, it will save you from wrongly accusing your elders." !”

She glanced at Mrs. Ma, her eyes still full of suspicion.

Madam Ma was expressionless: "Believe it or not! Anyway, I have already produced the evidence. You can take it away if you want. You have to leave a handwritten note to prove that it is true. Everyone present is a witness! Don't look back and ask others. , if you say you haven’t seen this letter, am I not being wronged?”

She took out the study box herself, put it on the table, then turned back to sit in front of the dressing box, pulled out another small drawer, took out a jade comb, and carefully tidied up her slightly messy appearance in the mirror. hair on the temples.

Ma and Zhou Ma went to write a handwritten letter, but Haitang stared at Mrs. Ma's small drawer containing jade combs. There were two combs in it. They were made of ebony and gold. The style was gorgeous and retro. They seemed to be very old. It's something, and there's still a faint mark on the end, and half of the gold paint has fallen off, but the general shape is still recognizable, and it looks familiar.

This is... the mark of the inner palace.

(End of this chapter)