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

Chapter 429 Past Events

Jin Jiashu took his letter and walked out of the house again.

When Hai Jiao took the letter from his hand, he immediately noticed that the letter was a little thicker than before.

It seems that Jin Jiashu accepted the younger sister's proposal and added an extra page of stationery to the letter to his "aunt".

The mouth of the envelope has been sealed with sealant, which is still a bit warm. However, what is printed on the sealant is not the pattern of the seal, but the pattern of chrysanthemums. Although the lines are simple, they are quite vivid and delicate.

Jin Jiashu explained with some embarrassment: "I don't have my own seal, so I used the head of a chrysanthemum hairpin that my mother used to use as a seal. It is said to be a relic of my grandmother, and my aunt probably recognizes it. It has the same effect as the seal." Same."

The Hai family brothers and sisters suddenly understood. This is a relic of Xu Xianfei's mother, and it is also an old thing she used to use when she was young, so she naturally recognizes it. Compared with the unfamiliar new seal, the pattern of the chrysanthemum hairpin is more proof of the identity of the writer.

Hai Jiao put the letter away without any objection, turned around, went to the concierge, and handed the letter to the courier sent by the Zhenguo Government.

Haitang did not move, and stayed where he was and said to Jin Jiashu: "Although this hairpin is also very useful, it is your mother's relic after all, so it is not easy to carry it with you. You'd better discuss it with Grandpa Cao and engrave a private seal. . You are a scholar. There will always be times when you need to use a seal. Prepare it early to save yourself trouble in the future. "

Jin Jiashu nodded: "I will ask Mr. Cao for advice later."

When Hai Jiao came back, Uncle Cui and Aunt Cui also came back from the Ma family. Haitang wanted to know what news they had heard, so she greeted Jin Jiashu and went back to the main courtyard.

Mrs. Ma had been waiting anxiously for a long time. Seeing her grandchildren coming over, she quickly urged Uncle Cui and Aunt Cui to speak.

Uncle Cui said: "The young one went to see my two nephews first. They were also full of complaints, complaining that Mrs. Ma had obtained all the relics, property and people of my old aunt, and only gave them a small amount of property. They originally They want to make trouble with the clan, but the clan persuades them to live in peace, and they also want to make trouble with the government, but they have never made it in the army and have nothing to do so far. How can they go against the head of the third family of the Zhou family? They just cursed and complained while drinking in private. Their children and grandchildren still relied on the Zhou family to settle down in the army, so they never caused any real trouble to Mrs. Ma. "

These two people are useless, and Ma is also the daughter of the Ma family, so naturally she has known it for a long time. That's not what she wants to know: "Do they know what the old aunt said when she brought her adopted daughter back to Chang'an?"

Uncle Cui replied: "The old aunt only said that she was an orphan adopted in the capital. She was born with a decent appearance and a good education. It's a pity that her family fell into decline, her parents died, she lost support, and she was bullied by her tribe. The old aunt couldn't bear it. Seeing that the good boy was suffering, they simply adopted a goddaughter and took him with them to support him. Soon after they returned to Chang'an, the old aunt began to arrange the marriage for their goddaughter. They all thought that the old aunt was just trying to get married, so they didn't. Ask more.”

Later, Mrs. Ma married into the third room of the Zhou family as a stepmother, and she found a good backer for the old aunt Ma. Not only did her business in Chang'an City go smoothly, but no one dared to make any further plans for her family's wealth. The Ma family became more and more convinced that the old aunt had come back with a beautiful adopted daughter to use as a marriage tool. However, this statement is not much different from what Ma originally knew. Apart from proving that Mrs. Ma is indeed from the capital, it cannot provide any other clues. Ma turned her head to Aunt Cui again.

Aunt Cui went to visit someone from another house in the Ma clan. The blood relationship between that room and the old aunt is not close, and they are not eligible to inherit her inheritance. However, the old lady in this room and the old aunt were good friends and had a good relationship. When the old aunt was alive, she often met and talked with this cousin-in-law. The old lady is now over eighty years old and is also a famous birthday girl in Chang'an City. She lives a very low-key life and rarely sees outsiders. She is more than ten years older than Mrs. Ma, and she must have heard the old aunt mention her adopted daughter's life experience.

Ma's father once helped the old lady's son during his lifetime. Aunt Cui went here with a letter written by Ma family. With this relationship and the new news brought by Aunt Cui, the old lady told everything she knew.

Aunt Cui reported to Ma: "The old lady said that my aunt once mentioned that there was a rift between this goddaughter and her biological parents. In order to cling to the powerful, her parents and eldest sister forcibly gave up her marriage regardless of her wishes. They forced her to be a concubine because she refused to obey and wanted to find her fiancé. They even tried to give her medicine. She escaped after all the hard work, but found that her fiancé had already married someone else. She put it behind her.

"She was very sad, but she didn't dare to go home. When she didn't know where to go, she was tired and hungry and fainted. She happened to meet the old aunt. The old aunt met her by chance in a Buddhist temple. She was shocked and took her in. When she recovered, she felt pity for her and took her back to Chang'an. "

It sounds like a poor girl who stuck to her engagement and was loyal, but was betrayed by her parents, family and fiancé. Her parents and family members followed her, and her ex-fiancé was heartbroken. She was the most pitiful and innocent one.

Others were fine with hearing this story, but Haitang couldn't help feeling nauseous.

It was obviously Song Yuzhu who betrayed his fiancé, Crown Prince Pingxihou, and went to Pingxihou's mansion to steal military aircraft information for his lover, Prince Hu. She was exiled to the countryside after her parents found out. The couple broke off the engagement because they didn’t want their daughter to have the chance to harm the Pingxihou Mansion again, and they didn’t want Prince Pingxihou to know the truth, so they deliberately used the pretext that their daughter was ill and unsuitable for marriage, hoping to resolve the engagement peacefully. Things. When did Prince Pingxi get married again? Haitang died early in her last life without knowing it. But even if someone chooses another marriage partner, there is nothing wrong with Song Yuzhu. Her lover, Prince Hu, had betrayed her, but he had not made a marriage contract with her, and hadn't she taken revenge? I haven’t lost contact with anyone in these years!

Song Yuzhu made a big mistake and didn't know how to reflect. She took revenge on her parents, relatives and sweetheart, and then spread rumors in front of her adoptive mother to slander her ex-fiancé. Why is she embarrassed? !
Haitang felt uncomfortable, and Ma also felt that this story was false: "Why don't you believe it? This seems to be a story told in a play, but Mrs. Ma does not seem to be such a good and loyal girl."

What's more, Mrs. Ma's parents were both alive at the time, and her family had never been in trouble or lost support. The old aunt of the Ma family took her away from the capital and found a match for her in Chang'an. If her family knew about it, they would be held accountable. Suspected of kidnapping?

Aunt Cui nodded and said: "The old lady said that she felt it was wrong at the time and even advised the old aunt. The old aunt knew that it was wrong, but she really couldn't bear to see Mrs. Ma being forced to marry at such a flowery age. She became the second wife of an old man over fifty years old, so she took a risk. When she arrived in Chang'an, no one recognized Mrs. Ma. As long as she could marry into the Zhou family, even if her family came over in the future, the Zhou family would be able to protect her. She was careful. The old aunt cleared up the traces and ensured that Mrs. Ma’s family would not discover her whereabouts. After she married into the Zhou family, the old aunt continued to say, What I am most proud of in my life is doing this good deed!”

Haitang couldn't help but sigh.

How did the old aunt know that she was being used by Song Yuzhu? In this way, it was a blessing that she had not known the truth all her life and died under the illusion that she had done great things.

(End of this chapter)