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

Chapter 948 Escape
Although Hai Chang'an was missing and Cao Gengyun was present at this family reunion dinner, the Hai family still enjoyed themselves very much and the meal was very enjoyable.

The newly "researched" vegetarian dishes by Haitang were well received. Even though there was no meat or alcohol, everyone was still very satisfied with the dishes for this family dinner and praised Haitang highly.

At the end of the meal, Haijiao seemed to be extremely tired. He nodded and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Xiao Shitou supported him in time to avoid a tragedy.

Ma was amused and distressed when she saw this: "Is he exhausted? He has been working non-stop for so many days, and I have been so nervous that I dare not be negligent. I don't know if he eats well or sleeps well in the palace. He says he is fine, but who knows how much he has suffered inside!"

Hai Xiya smiled and said to Little Stone: "Help your brother back to the house and let him sleep first. We can continue talking."

As soon as Little Stone responded, Haitang got off the kang: "Let me help. Little Stone, I don't know if I can hold my brother steady by myself." Little Stone couldn't help but roll his eyes at her: "Big sister, you are underestimating me. Don't say that my brother is so thin. Even if he is twice as fat, I can still hold him steady!"

Haitang smiled and supported her brother Haijiao's other arm: "I know you are capable, but someone is sharing half of your weight, opening and closing doors, lighting the lamp, and making the bed for you along the way. Do you still find it objectionable?"

How could Little Stone dislike it? He immediately smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, big sister!"

The elders smiled as Haitang and Xiao Shitou helped Haijiao leave. Aunt Cui immediately lowered the cotton curtain they had lifted to prevent the warmth in the house from leaking out. Everyone resumed their heated discussion. They were very confident in the two children, knowing that they would take good care of Haijiao and they didn't need to worry about them.

Haitang and Xiao Shitou helped their brother back to the east wing. When Xiao Shitou put his brother on the kang, the former lit the lamp and added some fire to the kang stove. Xiao Shitou unbuttoned his brother's coat, and Haitang helped cover him with a quilt. After finishing, Haitang said, "You go back first. I'll wait until the water boils. My brother hasn't washed for several days, and he didn't take care of it after returning home. At least let him wash his face before going to bed."

Little Stone didn't think much about it and left immediately. Haitang watched him enter the upper room, then closed the door of the east wing. She turned around and sat beside her brother's kang, looked at his sleeping face, and whispered, "I'm the only one in the room, brother, you can open your eyes now."

Haijiao opened his eyes, looked at his younger sister, and smiled: "How do you know I was pretending to sleep?"

Haitang sneered, "You were sitting on the kang and almost fell to the ground. It was such a coincidence that you fell when the small stone approached, so he held you up. Otherwise, you would have really fallen to the ground and broken your head. You are such an alert person, but you could actually fall asleep with someone approaching you? I don't believe it! You must have done it on purpose! Just to make everyone in the family think you are exhausted so that you can get away. I think brother must be afraid that after the family has eaten and drunk their fill, they will ask you about the assassination of Xinjun again, right? Grandpa and my cousin asked so many questions just now, and you seemed to have answered in detail, but in fact you have been avoiding the important issues and refused to elaborate on what happened at that time. I don't know if my cousin noticed it, but I think you must be up to something."

Haijiao stretched out his hand from under the quilt and covered the bitter smile on his face: "Is it so obvious? It seems that my concealment skills are still not good enough. I thought I really kept it a secret."

Seeing this, Haitang said sternly, "What happened? Why are you keeping it a secret from your family? If there is a clear order from above not to disclose the forbidden matters to outsiders, just tell them directly. Your family members know the rules and will not ask any more questions to embarrass you."

Haijiao smiled bitterly: "But the problem is... there is no clear order from above! They... probably think that I heard nothing and saw nothing!" There was something wrong with this statement as soon as it sounded.

Haitang lowered her voice and asked, "What happened? There's no one else here. Are you trying to hide it from me, brother?"

Haijiao thought about it and realized that there was nothing to hide from Xiaomei. Xiaomei even knew his biggest secrets and was the only reliable person he could discuss serious matters with. What could he not tell her directly? Even if it might scare people, Xiaomei was not an ordinary girl. She had seen the scene of the battle in the border town with corpses everywhere. She also knew the tragic ending of her family in her previous life. What else could scare her?
Haijiao decided to speak frankly to his younger sister about his troubles, but once he opened his mouth, he didn't know where to start. There were thousands of words and thousands of thoughts, and his mind was just a mess.

Seeing this, Haitang said, "But what happened on the night of the assassination is problematic? Let's take it one step at a time. You are a member of the Jinyiwei, and you were only on duty at the palace gate. How could you be in front of the emperor? But Brother Jin spoke for you in front of the new emperor?"

Following Haitang's question, Haijiao sorted out his thoughts a little and began to tell about his experience in the imperial mausoleum.

He was indeed just an inconspicuous member of the Jinyiwei. On the way to the imperial mausoleum, he had not yet won the favor of the new emperor. When the team stopped at night, he had some free time to go and talk to his grandfather.

But when we arrived at the imperial mausoleum, everything was different.

He didn't know what happened. His Jinyiwei suddenly changed its duty location from the resting area of ​​​​hundreds of officials to the imperial court. Along with the Jinyiwei, the imperial guards under General Zhou Si and some elite soldiers under the command of Yingchuan Hou were transferred to the central area in front of the imperial court. The three forces of them jointly guarded in front of the imperial court and around the Grand Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother. The imperial guards who were originally responsible for guarding the three nobles were transferred to guard the royal family and important ministers of the cabinet. At that time, some people in the Jinyiwei speculated that there might be some unusual movements in the royal family, so the new emperor sent people to monitor them?

The ceremony of the late emperor's coffin burial went very smoothly, but at the end of the ceremony, the weather suddenly changed, and there was a suspected snowstorm. After discussing with the new emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager, the cabinet decided to stay in the palace for one night and decide when to return. That night, Haijiao was guarding the periphery of the new emperor's residence, working face to face with the imperial guards under General Zhou Si. Shortly after dinner, a young eunuch came. He remembered that he was a close friend of the new emperor and claimed that he was summoned to the emperor by order.

Colleagues knew that he had been good friends with his cousin Jin Jiashu, who was close to the new emperor, for many years, and they thought that Jin Jiashu had recommended him to the new emperor, and they all smiled and congratulated him on his upcoming success. He was modest, but he thought it was because of this. However, on the way to the new emperor's tent, the young eunuch did reveal a little, saying that the new emperor had an important mission for him to do, and asked him to act prudently and not to disclose the inside information to anyone.

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This made Haijiao alert. The young eunuch's attitude was very serious, and he didn't seem to be joking. So, what important mission would the new emperor have that would require him, an insignificant Jinyiwei, to bypass the most useful Yingchuan Marquis, Tu Rong Commander, and Zhou Si General?

Hearing this, Haitang couldn't help but have a guess: "Could it be related to the reason why your Jinyiwei was suddenly transferred to guard in front of the emperor?"

Haijiao smiled bitterly: "I thought of this at the time, and felt that something big was likely to happen. But I didn't expect that it would happen so quickly. It had already happened when we were on our way to the place!"