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

Chapter 989 Qiao Fu
While Haitang and Jin Jiashu were whispering about their recent situation and troubles in the side room, in the living room of the front yard, Hai Xiya and his wife, their grandson Haijiao, as well as Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun, Lu Bainian and others, also had a deep conversation with Qiao Fu who came to recognize his relatives.

They confirmed the relationship between the two parties and inquired about the follow-up news of Qiao Fu's parents and relatives. They learned that except for a few distant relatives in the hometown, the rest of the Qiao family had unfortunately passed away in the past two or three decades. There were no descendants of Qiao's uncle Qiao Zhongran, and Qiao Fu was now alone in Beijing with no relatives. Everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Qiao Fu worked as a spy in Jinyiwei these years. Although he saved his life, he also suffered a lot. In fact, with his talent, he should have been able to make a name for himself long ago, at least he could have been an ordinary Jinyiwei regular soldier, instead of being a spy who could not see the light all his life. But when the Sun family was in power in Jinyiwei, he was still the son of an official slave and could only be exploited; later, when the Sun family left Jinyiwei, he was pardoned and rehabilitated. He thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, but he did not expect that new enemies would emerge. He could neither get rid of Jinyiwei nor find a way to rise within Jinyiwei. He had been living at the bottom all these years and was miserable.

When he was a child, when his parents were still alive, even though he was a government slave, he studied for a few years with his father and practiced martial arts with his grandfather. His family always believed that his grandfather died unjustly and that their family would be rehabilitated sooner or later. Therefore, they did not want him to fall into mediocrity. They hoped that when he grew up, the reputation of the Qiao family would be restored and he could enter the officialdom through the right path. Whether he was a civil servant or a martial artist, he would not bring disgrace to the Qiao family.

Unfortunately, fate played a trick on him. When he grew up and was rehabilitated, he was trapped in the Jinyiwei and could not get rid of his identity as a spy. He had no relatives or friends who could help him, and he had nowhere to appeal for his grievances. If Haijiao had not suddenly transferred him to his command and made him a regular soldier, he would have thought that this hopeless life would continue forever...

only……

Qiao Fu looked at everyone in the room, with many thoughts in his mind, but he hesitated to speak.

He didn't know Hai Jiao at first, but he heard from the spies nearby that he was a young military officer with a strong background and connections. Even his former boss, Qian Hu Da Ren, said sourly that he was lucky. He thought his new boss was the son of a powerful family, and he was shocked when he came to tell him about the relationship between the two families.

A family that can marry an old man from Wumen and a family of minor officials who just returned from the northwest, what kind of deep background is this?

Qiao Fu was very happy to recognize his relatives. He had been looking forward to having relatives for a long time, not to mention that this relative was his immediate superior, who could change his status and future in Jinyiwei. But he had not forgotten how many years of oppression he had suffered in Jinyiwei. He didn't know who had been targeting him, but that person could make the entire Jinyiwei remain silent about it, so he must be a big shot. The Hai family was just a fifth-rank family, with a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, a military officer in the Banner Guard, and a centurion in the Jinyiwei... Even if we add in the close friends of Tao Ge Lao and the civil servants that Zhenguogong Mansion once relied on, it doesn't sound like they have a powerful background. Can they really resist that person?
Qiao Fu was a little uneasy. He was a little worried that the new relative would clash with the big shot in the Jinyiwei who had always been against him just because he wanted to help him. The Hai family was no match for the other party, and instead suffered a great loss. How could he feel? !

Therefore, Qiao Fu carefully said: I am now a regular soldier in the Jinyiwei and can go out to meet people openly. I am very satisfied in my heart and dare not have any other extravagant hopes. The elders in my family always said that they would help me get a promotion. He was very grateful in his heart, but he did not dare to ask for more. If Hai Baihu heard that others opposed his promotion, he should not be angry. It is also good to listen to others' opinions. He must not have a rift with the predecessors and superiors in the Jinyiwei for his own sake.

Everyone felt helpless when they heard this. They knew that Qiao Fu had suffered too long in the Imperial Guard and no longer dared to hope that anything good would happen to him. They felt distressed and angry.

He was obviously a good kid, why did God make him suffer so much? He actually always thought that he had an enemy in the Jinyiwei, who had been suppressing him and was very powerful, and was afraid that even the Hai family would be harmed by this enemy. In fact, there was no enemy? In the early years, Sun Yongbai of the Sun family disliked Wumen Gusheng. Later, the amnesty order came down and Sun Yongbai left the Jinyiwei. There should be no one suppressing Qiao Fu anymore, but because of his outstanding talent and appearance, he attracted peach blossom debts, and the seeds of disaster were sown.

In recent years, it was actually his immediate superior who suppressed Qiao Fu. Others in the Jinyiwei ignored this to give face to their colleagues. There were quite a few Wumen who returned to the court, but unfortunately no one knew that there was a descendant of the Qiao family in the Jinyiwei, and no one spoke for him, so he has been wasting time until now. Now he has been officially transferred to Haijiao. Haijiao has made new contributions and is a new upstart in the Jinyiwei. In terms of face, he is more powerful than Qiao Fu's old boss, so the Jinyiwei are naturally more willing to support him. With such a new boss and cousin to support him, Qiao Fu has no obstacles in front of him. The future will be smooth, and his concerns are all nonsense.

But it was not right for everyone to laugh at Qiao Fu. He had lived in the lower ranks of the Jinyiwei for many years, with limited sources of information and limited knowledge, which was why he made such a mistake, which made people feel sorry for him. Now his lack of confidence would not affect his normal work, so everyone decided to ignore it for the time being. After all, he would be able to feel the changes over time, and he would slowly adjust himself.

Hai Xiya acted as if nothing had happened, smiling and talking to Qiao Fu about some trivial matters, and asked about his marriage, residence, future plans, etc. Later, as noon approached, Hai Xiya asked his wife Ma to prepare a family dinner, and called Haitang and Jin Jiashu from the wing room, as well as Hu and Xiao Shitou from the west wing courtyard, to greet the newly recognized in-laws.

Qiao Fu was very reserved and did not dare to raise his head when greeting Haitang and Hu. When he was introduced to Jin Jiashu, he heard that he was an old neighbor of the Hai family and the future granddaughter's son-in-law, and he didn't care much. But when Hai Jiao introduced that Jin Jiashu was the nephew of the Empress Dowager Xu and the cousin of the current emperor, the expression on Qiao Fu's face changed immediately.

As he watched Hai Jiao and Jin Jiashu talking intimately, and then saw that everyone in the Hai family was also very familiar with Jin Jiashu, he finally understood where the rumors about the Hai family having "deep background" and "strong backing" came from.

This Jin Jiashu is actually a royal relative! He is also a rare relative of the new emperor and the new queen mother!
The Hai family actually has a royal relative as their grandson-in-law. Such a background is naturally extraordinary. No wonder everyone says that Hai Baihu has connections everywhere!
Qiao Fu's restless heart finally settled down. He began to truly feel that the enemy who had been suppressing him was nothing, and his future was really bright!

Xie Wenzai secretly observed the changes in Qiao Fu's facial expressions and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In fact, he did not want to use Jin Jiashu's identity to add a layer of tiger skin to the Hai family. Unfortunately, Qiao Fu's cognition was limited. It would be more intuitive and effective to tell him about the changes in the court and the rise and fall of power than to tell him about the identity of a royal relative.

That's all for now. Anyway, he's already under Hai Jiao's command. There will always be friends and relatives visiting him in the future, and I'll teach him slowly then...

Xie Wenzai lowered his head and took a sip of hot tea, a faint smile appearing on his face.