She is different from the empress in the history books

Chapter 56 Interview 2
After Zhu Sanlang and his party were entertained for a meal, they finally found out that this family's surname was Liu and that they were old neighbors of the Zhu family. However, Zhu Sanlang had been gone for so long that he didn't remember them at all.

Early the next morning, Sister-in-Law Liu handed over the grocery store to her mother-in-law and a few younger uncles, and called Brother Liu to drive the car. The group headed to Erdaowa Village in the morning sun.

The road is not easy to walk, full of potholes, it doesn't look like an official.Zhu Sanlang heard from his grandfather that decades ago, a county magistrate came out of their county, and a bridge was built for the county the next year, and a stone tablet was erected to record this achievement.

"Sister-in-law, this road is not easy to walk. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to transport goods in the future."

Detective A, who was placed in charge by Zhu Sanlang, suddenly asked such a sentence.

Sister-in-law Liu's face froze. Of course her grandfather's village was very poor, and if she was not poor, she would not be so anxious to bring Zhu Sanlang over to buy goods.

Zhu Sanlang spoke for Sister Liu at the right time:

"Steward, you don't know. Unless there are particularly big problems with the roads in the village, the county government will not organize repairs. They have no money and are afraid of delaying farm work. Usually, they have to find a capable person and then spend money to buy materials. , and then let the villagers contribute their efforts to smooth the road."

Sister-in-law Liu quickly said:
"Yes, yes. In fact, my grandpa's village also had a high-ranking official. He said he was protecting the emperor. A few years ago, he even took his brother and parents away."

Detective B asked:
"Then he didn't build roads for the village?"

"What are you repairing?"

After Zhu Sanlang raised the volume and repeated it for the third time, Mrs. Liu's grandfather with a loud voice finally understood, and replied with a loud voice:

"The old Shao's family is really not human, and they are mean to their own family members, let alone to us villagers."

Zhu Sanlang gnawed on the melon, raised his head and listened to the old man continue:
"Boss Shao's daughter-in-law is a good woman. She does farm work as soon as she enters the house, and doesn't crowd out her brother-in-law. Her in-laws are biased and don't love the second child. She doesn't give him enough food, and she secretly saves food for him."

Detective A secretly wrote down, um, Shao Fan's mother was very kind to Shao Cang.

"That year, there was a military recruitment in the village. The Shao family let their eldest son live for several years without reporting, and insisted on sending their thin and dry second child."

Agent B also noted that brothers Shao Cangman and Shao Gufeng may have conflicts.

"Shao's second son left not long ago, and Shao's eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant. According to our thinking, the second son went to the army, and his life and death are unknown. The eldest daughter-in-law finally had a baby. This is the next generation of their Shao family. Why? Don’t you have to protect it? As a result, Boss Shao beats his wife every day, and the Shao family don’t care about it, and even help close the door, afraid that others will hear it.”

After Zhu Sanlang had a meal, he always felt that the melon in his mouth was no longer fragrant. The boss of the Shao family must be too disgusting.

Detective A asked:
"Then what happened afterwards? Old man, to tell you the truth, our prince is in the middle of the capital, and he is quite familiar with Commander Shao. His eldest brother cherishes that son, but he doesn't seem like such a person."

The old man smacked his lips and scratched his head again, finally figured out who Commander Shao was, and then continued:
"That was married later. The previous daughter-in-law was almost aborted before the child was born. Our village chief couldn't see it, so we notified her parents. The two families had a fight, and they just reconciled. , the child was not returned to the Shao family after birth. Now..."

Sister-in-law Liu's uncle took over the conversation:

"That kid is probably twenty this year. I saw him when I visited relatives in the next village a few years ago. His stepfather treated him very well and raised him to be tall and strong."

Zhu Sanlang asked curiously:
"The next door village is..."

Uncle said casually:

"Sandaowa, the duck eggs in their village are well raised. If you want to take a look, I will take you there in the afternoon."

Zhu Sanlang and his team had another exchange with the villagers in Erdaowa Village, and they also took a look at Shao's old house under the pretext of being "curious about the old house of Commander Shao's family".

The furniture inside is still there, and there are even a lot of pots and pans. It can be seen that the family was too lazy to take these rags with them when they went to Beijing, so they simply left them behind.

At noon, the villagers gathered at Sister-in-law Liu's grandfather's house, offering their own handicrafts for Zhu Sanlang and the others to choose from, while spy C sneaked away on the pretext of going to the toilet.

He's going to Shao's house to take another look to see if he can find anything of value.

Zhu Sanlang was only responsible for leading the way, and for the follow-up investigation, he knew that he had no such ability, so he simply sat on the bench and coaxed the villagers to smile.

Even though he only took things from the best families, he still let them go home contentedly in the name of "Take it back first and let them try to make it, and if it's suitable, send someone to collect it again" .

And spy C over there, after wiping off the dust and cobwebs all over, finally found half a page of residual letters in a basket full of sundries.

It asks in crooked handwriting:

"How are you, father and mother? Where's your elder brother? Has your sister-in-law been born? How is the child? Is it a boy or a girl?"

Obviously, this was written by Shao Cangman.

Nothing could be seen from the letter, but Agent C carefully packed it up.

In the afternoon, the group went to Sandaowa Village under the enthusiastic leadership of Sister-in-law Liu and uncle.

It is easier to inquire about Shao Fan's affairs here. His maternal ancestor's family belongs to this village. In order to seek justice for his daughter, he brought more than half of the village's men and aggressive women. curse.

Now the people in this village are very proud when they talk about the events of those years—from then on, the married women in their village are all straight-backed.

The man Shao Fan's mother married was also a land householder in this village. Shao Fan was a child born and raised by the villagers.

Here they heard more information.

Shao Fan has taken his stepfather's surname Li since he was three years old, and he has two younger brothers and a younger sister.

Shao Fan's mother passed away four years ago, probably because he suffered too much when he was young and his health was not well maintained.

Shao Fan's stepfather surnamed Li was a butcher in the village, and he also showed up. When asked why he gave away his raised child for nothing, he only said:
"The child's biological father and biological uncle are promising. You can live a better life by following them."

He knew that Zhu Sanlang and the others came from the middle of Beijing, and the master's family was still a prince, so he couldn't help asking:
"Are the Shao family easy to get along with?"

"I'm not afraid of getting along well or not,"

Zhu Sanlang said straightforwardly:
"Commander Shao doesn't have a son and a half now, and his elder brother only has one son. With Shao Fan, they will only feel sorry for him."

"Shaocang is full of children..."

Butcher Li was silent for a while and walked away.

Zhu Sanlang grasped this sentence keenly.

After Butcher Li left, the villagers continued to gossip.

"The Shao family is really outrageous. They didn't care about the children for so many years. After Lao Li raised them, they came to pick peaches."

"It's not that I don't care about it. It's just that the old couple of the Shao family and the boss have no conscience. Shao Cangman entrusted someone to send money after he became an official. Shao Fan's mother has backbone and is unwilling to accept it."

(End of this chapter)