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

Chapter 121 Testimony
Young Xu Jiashu continued to tell his lies in front of Zhuang Shitong, an official from the Chang'an Prefecture who came to inquire about the incident.

It was a little more perfect than what I told Haitang before.

He claimed to be the son of Jin Juren's wet nurse. His father was deceased, and his mother was once the maid of Jin Juren's original wife. She married an ordinary farmer. After losing her husband, she had no livelihood, so she had to turn back to her old master for help.But the old owner had passed away. The old owner's husband Jin Juren took in her mother and son and asked her to be a wet nurse for their newborn son. She also asked her son Xu Jiashu to wait in the study and teach the child to read and read in his spare time. Therefore, Although Xu Jiashu is the son of a servant, he has certain knowledge.

But Jin Juren's second wife, Mrs. Jin, didn't like the wet nurse, the maid in the front room, and always used Xu Jiashu to do rough work in private, so the skin on his hands was rough and he also got frostbite.

However, the wet nurse and Xu Jiashu's mother and son have a very good relationship and depend on each other for life.The wet nurse made a complete set of winter clothes for her son, every stitch was made with motherly care. Even if the only material for the clothes was cheesecloth, Xu Jiashu still cherished it very much.Now if the government wanted to take away his blood-stained clothes as evidence, he would not let them go no matter what.

As for that gorgeous robe, it was indeed awarded to Xu Jiashu by Jin Juren, but there was a reason for it.They were on their way, and Jin Juren always felt that someone was following him. He was worried that he was being targeted, so Mrs. Jin gave him an idea. Let Xu Jiashu wear his robe, and let the wet nurse wear her cloak. The mother and son rode in the carriage of Jin Juren and his wife, acting as the master's substitute and taking the first step to distract the pursuers, so that Jin Juren, his wife and their children could leave safely.

But before this plan could be implemented, the Jin family and the others encountered a killer blocking their way.No one escaped. Only Xu Jiashu was held in the arms of his "mother" and received only one stabbing blow and his leg was hit by a carriage. He fell unconscious in a pool of blood. The killer mistakenly thought that both mother and son had been killed. He was stabbed to death and slipped through the net.

In fact, after the knife passed through the nurse's body, it only passed through Xu Jiashu's waist.He was seriously injured, but not fatal. He would pass out, not only because the injury was too painful, but also because he was greatly stimulated by witnessing his "mother" dying while blocking a knife for him.

When Hai Xiya, Hai Chang'an and the guards tried to lift the carriage and rescue him, he had already woken up.Facing the reality of the tragic death of his loved one again, he cried involuntarily. His injuries were serious, and the crying exhausted his energy, and he lost consciousness again.

However, after treatment and a night's rest, he woke up now, his mental state had become stable again, and he could clearly describe what happened last night.

He clearly remembered the number of killers, as well as their clothes and weapons. He could also describe the appearance of two of the killers. He also remembered who they attacked first and how they attacked women and children. Reluctant to let go.These people are not interested in the gold and silver belongings carried in the luggage of the Jin family.Jin Juren took the initiative to bribe them with gold, begging them to spare the lives of his family, but they just chopped the box containing gold to the ground with a knife, leaving the shining gold ingots scattered in the soil.

However, as the son of a wet nurse, Xu Jiashu was sitting in the carriage behind with his "mother" and had no idea why the killers wanted to kill Jin Juren and his family.He could only hear a few loud conversations between Jin Juren and the leader of the killers. He could not hear a single word of those low-volume conversations.

He didn't know what Jin Juren was doing in Chang'an, nor why he took that road, nor what enemies the Jin family had provoked.He is just a pitiful little guy who doesn't know anything and has suffered the disaster of being a fish in a pond.

Zhuang Shitong looked at the poor little man in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

He was unwilling to give up, so he could only continue to make insinuations: "What is Jin Juren's name? Where did he come from? Didn't he mention where his destination was? Who else is there in his family? Now that all three members of the Jin family are dead, what will happen after his death? Someone needs to come forward to deal with it. Since you are the son of a servant and you are injured, if it is inconvenient to come forward, you should ask someone from the Jin family to come forward." Xu Jiashu hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Jin Juren's name is the word "sen". , courtesy name Maolin. Mrs. Jin’s maiden name is Liu. They... originally lived in Zunhua Prefecture, Zhili. The Jin family... the eldest family member only has Jin Juren, and there are others in the second family, but they... are probably all at the moment. Not in my hometown..."

Zhuang Shitong asked quickly: "Then where are they? How to find them?"

Xu Jiashu hesitated even more and hesitated to speak. After a while, he hesitated and said: "Master Tongxuan, my injury is not serious. I will be able to get up in a few days. When the time comes... I will go and do it for the Jin family. The funeral can be done. Gold and silver are readily available. What should I do for the funeral? I also know that the Jin family will be buried with dignity. I will also find a way to send the coffin and relics back to my hometown afterwards. If you insist on writing to Jin I asked them to send someone to deal with the second house, because I'm afraid... it would waste time."

Although this was reasonable, Zhuang Shitong had no intention of squeezing the wounded, not to mention that Xu Jiashu was still a child: "Don't worry about this, rest in peace and recover. If you are worried about your mother's funeral, the government will take care of it." Anyway. The winter in Chang'an is very cold, so it doesn't matter if the body is placed in Yizhuang.The Jin family left a lot of belongings, and the government could buy coffins and shrouds for them first, as long as they didn't bury them.Jin Juren had a great reputation and a great family, so it would be better to send his family back to his hometown for burial.These matters cannot be left to a half-year-old Xu Jiashu. They must be entrusted to reliable people.It would be best for the second brother of the Jin family to come forward. If they can't come, the government can just wait until spring starts tomorrow and the government will find a way.

Xie Wenzai, who was standing by, could tell something was wrong: "Xu Jiashu, don't you want the people from the second room of the Jin family to come?"

Zhuang Shi was also stunned and quickly looked at Xu Jiashu.

The expression on Xu Jiashu's face changed, he gritted his teeth, as if he had made some kind of determination, and then he said: "I heard the leader of the killers talking to Jin Juren. Jin Juren once said that he was not Jin Juren, but Jin Juren found him. A stand-in, used to lure away bad guys. But the leader laughed at him for lying, saying that he knew his appearance very well and would never mistake him for the wrong person. Jin Juren asked again...why did he know that we were taking this road? Obviously we only have a second wife. People knew about it. The leader said...it was the people from the second room who told them. He also laughed at Jin Juren for holding on to the gold, which made his relatives unable to stand it anymore. They would rather betray him than watch him take away the gold. , In the future, people in a foreign land can still eat well, drink hot food, and live a wealthy life..."

Zhuang Shitong was surprised: "You said it was someone from the second room of the Jin family who told the killer where Jin Juren was going?!"

Xu Jiashu lowered his eyelids: "I heard them say that, and I don't know if it's true or not... Those gangsters don't know that I'm still alive. What if... the government told the people in the second house, and they will handle the funeral affairs of the master and his wife. But they saw me and called the bad guys to kill me and silence me, so what should I do?"

Zhuang Shitong asked him seriously: "Do you really mean what you said? Didn't you lie to me?"

"Seriously!" Xu Jiashu said categorically, "The leader of the killers did say that to Jin Juren!"

Seeing the serious expressions on the faces of Zhuang Shitong, Hai Xiya, Xie Wenzai and others, he softened his tone again: "I also know that this thing sounds too scary. I am the only one in the whole family who survived. There is no witness, so I will There is no way to convict the second wife. If they know that I am still alive, they will definitely not let me go... But Mr. Jin is very good to me. If the person who killed him is allowed to handle his funeral affairs, I am afraid that he will be in Jiuquan. If you don't, you will be so angry that you will come to life..."

(End of this chapter)