Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 338 The Cause
Since it was confirmed that the main force of the Eight Banners soldiers outside the city had withdrawn from Jinzhou and returned to Shengjing, the soldiers and civilians on the front line of Songjin breathed a sigh of relief.When the packers who dug trenches outside the city also left one by one under the surveillance of the Han army flag, Jinzhou, which had been in a state of tension, finally relaxed completely.

A few days after the Jianzhou Jurchens could not be seen below the city, a narrow gap opened at the west gate of Jinzhou City. First, a group of military households came out of the city gate carrying large wooden boards, waiting for them to lay the long wooden boards. On the ditch, more than a hundred cavalry led the horses and filed out. After stepping on the paved wooden boards and crossing the ditch, the sentinel of the team greeted everyone to get on the horses, and after identifying the direction, they galloped north.

The task of this small unit that does not accept at night is to investigate the specific movements of the Jurchen army in Jianzhou and confirm whether the enemy situation in Jinzhou has really been lifted.

In Zu Dashou's mansion in Jinzhou City, looking at Wu Sangui who was kneeling on the ground, Zu Dashou who was sitting on a chair sighed: "Elder Uncle, get up! Your father has always been timid, maybe he is thinking too much." , that’s why I sent you to pick up your mother. To tell you something from your heart, if the imperial court really wants to clean up Jinzhou, even if you take your mother back, it’s useless! Someone in the imperial court has long recognized the Zuwu’s family, and your father’s behavior is at the mercy of others. It seems that our two families have reserved a way out! If something happened to Jinzhou, even if the Wu family escaped for the time being, they will inevitably be settled by Qiu Hou afterwards! That's all! The ancestors and Wu families are blood relatives after all, and this is yours Uncle, you can’t hinder your child’s future, can you? Come over with your mother tomorrow morning, and practice with my sister. Sigh, since we parted, I don’t know if we can meet again in this life!”

When it came to the end, Zu Dashou's words contained a little sadness, which also made Wu Sangui feel a great sense of guilt.

In order to take his mother back to the pass, he begged his uncle again and again, and today Zu Dashou finally nodded in agreement, but instead of feeling much joy in Wu Sangui's heart, a deep sense of loss shrouded his heart.

I grew up in Jinzhou since I was a child, and I can achieve today's achievements because of the honor of my uncle's family.Now that the matter is imminent, but he only thinks about his own future, and completely ignores the feelings of his uncle and the others. It is indeed a bit ungrateful to say it.

But things are already like this, and thinking about it will only make people even more ridiculous.Let's see if there is a chance to make a contribution in the future. If the imperial court wants to liquidate the ancestor's family in the future, I can stand up and intercede with my uncle's family with my military exploits.

"I thank my uncle's family for their cultivation over the years! No matter what happens in the future, Zu Wu is still a blood-related relative. No matter what happens, the Wu family will stand by the ancestor's side! My son looks at the actions of the past few years. Ruthless Monarch, Uncle don't need to worry too much about this!"

After Wu Sangui got up, he bowed and cupped his fists to salute.

Zu Dabi on the side sneered: "Uncle, don't blame your second uncle for speaking too bluntly. If it is true as you said, the emperor doesn't care about the fact that Jinzhou has been like a feudal town for many years. Then why is your father so eager to talk to my ancestors?" Get rid of the relationship? Uncle, you don't need to say anything today, we are still relatives now, who will know what will happen in the future! Second Uncle wishes your Wu family a prosperous future! Humph!"

Seeing Wu Sangui's extremely embarrassing expression, Zu Dashou couldn't help but scolded: "Second brother, how are you talking? Is there an elder who said that to the younger generation? Uncle, you go ahead and take the boy with you early tomorrow morning. Your mother is here, our family will have a reunion dinner together, and I have something to tell my sister! Go and go!"

Embarrassed, Wu Sangui just couldn't answer, so he took the opportunity to bid farewell to several uncles, left Zu Dashou's mansion, and returned to his own mansion with his own soldiers.

At the end of the next morning, Wu Sangui brought a hundred soldiers to escort his mother Zu Youlan to Zu Dashou's mansion, and the sedan chair directly carried Zu Youlan to the inner house.

Wu Sangui told the soldiers not to follow, just find a place to rest and wait for dinner.These soldiers also grew up in Jinzhou, and they are very familiar with the family members of the ancestral family.

After giving the order, he himself went directly to Sijin's main house.

In the living room of the main house, Wu Sangui chatted with his cousin Zu Zerun for a while, and then Zu Kuan, Zu Zehong, Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Kefa, Zu Zepu, Zu Zeqing and other cousins ​​also came to the living room one after another.

Except for Zu Zesheng and Zu Zepu, who are close to him every day, who came to say hello to Wu Sangui, the rest of the Zu family didn't give Wu Sangui a good look. Most of them sat down with cold faces, and then began to exchange ideas. They were discussing something in a low voice.

For the Wu family's behavior similar to defection, most of the children of the Zu family are annoyed from the bottom of their hearts, and they all have a feeling of being stabbed in the back by their own family members, and maybe there will be better things after they are stabbed. Future, this is really unacceptable to the children of the ancestors.

After knowing that Wu Sangui's mother and son would practice tonight, most of the ancestral children couldn't stay because they didn't want to see Wu Sangui's face, but they changed their minds after exchanging information. Everyone came to the ancestral mansion one after another.

"I'm talking about Xiaoqi, I heard that someone promised you a general from Ningyuan, so you turned to the imperial court, right? How many generals have I produced in the west of Liaoning over the years? Besides my father , How old are the second and third uncles before they became the commander-in-chief? Could it be that you feel that you have all the skills and have not been the commander-in-chief in western Liaoning for many years, and you feel a little aggrieved? Xiaoqi, you are not here Thirty, wait for the previous generation to enjoy the rest of life, how can you be missing the position of the chief soldier? But now you actually stand with outsiders for this chief soldier, what is the difference between this move and the white-eyed wolf?"

It was Zu Dashou's adoptive son Zu Kefa who said these words. He was originally the son of Zu Dashou's servant. His father died at the hands of the Jurchen to save Zu Dashou. Adopted as a adopted son, he also became a general in the past ten years.

Among all the people here today, he is the one who dislikes Wu Sangui's ungrateful behavior the most. The concept of never betraying the Lord that he has cultivated since childhood made him hate the Wu family's behavior very much.

After seeing Wu Sangui's guilty expression, the anger in Zu Kefa's heart had risen.But due to his relatives, he didn't say rude words, but forced his anger to ask questions.

"Fifth brother, what do you say? When did the Wu family stand together with outsiders? Whether it is the ancestor's family or Liaoxi, they are all relatives to my Wu family; the younger brother also expressed his position to the uncle today, no matter where he is in the future. The ancestors and Wu families have always shared weal and woe! Furthermore, no matter whether it is taking the mother to enter the customs, or the position of the general soldier, these two do not mean that the Wu family is about to betray Liaoxi! Brothers and virtuous brothers, why should you believe this? Why did the Wu family want to leave Jinzhou?"

Wu Sangui had a guilty conscience, but he couldn't tolerate being publicly accused of betrayal by others. Facing Zu Kefa's accusation, Wu Sangui responded without showing weakness.

"Xiao Wu, I'm afraid you didn't understand why Xiao Qi betrayed us in Liaoxi for the position of commander-in-chief? You underestimated our uncle too! He saw that the imperial court had come to our Jinzhou with a knife For fear of hurting the Wu family by mistake, I quickly turned around and ran away! Our dear uncle is timid, but he is a slippery character! There is nothing to say about this vision! High! Really high!"

Zu Zeyuan, who was leaning on the back of the chair with his legs spread wide, spoke in a strange way.

　Thanks to Bingyan Zier, who is also a writer, for the reward, and thanks to the book friends, I am my persistent reward, which made you spend money.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)