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

Chapter 144 Suspicion
Haijiao was a little discouraged.

He really wanted to help the Zhou family, but he was really powerless.

Haitang was not as frustrated as he was.After being silent for a while, she said to her brother: "If we can't stop Zhou Shuyi from plotting to kill Prince Yingchuan, then we should give priority to exonerating the Zhou family from this matter? After all, our purpose is not to save Prince Yingchuan. But I don’t want the Zhou family to be hated and retaliated by the Marquis of Yingchuan because of this incident.”

Hai Jiao was startled, and then he came to his senses: "That's right! I actually lost my head and was just depressed! If I wanted to save people in the past, I would gain the support of the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, but now our family We have already contacted Mr. Tao Yuetao, and it doesn't matter if we don't have the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion. I don't need to care too much whether the Yingchuan Marquis Prince will be killed, right? Just save him if he can, but if he can't, You won’t worry yourself too much!”

From the beginning to the end, he just wanted to help the Zhou family avoid the fate of decline because of the Zhou family's protection of the Hai family for many years.

Once he woke up, he had already thought of a way to deal with it without Haitang's advice: "I have returned to Chang'an City, and I will definitely have the opportunity to deal with the young people of the Zhou family in the future. I can make more friends with the Zhou family. , it is best to be from the Duke of Zhenguo. When Prince Yingchuan comes to the northwest in the future, I will find a way to get close to him, and then leave him in Chang'an City instead of running to Ganzhou City which is beyond my reach! No matter what Is it the Baihu who killed his wife who wants to harm him, or is Zhou Shuyi colluding with someone to get rid of him? As long as something happens to him, I and the children of the Zhou family will rescue him, and the Yingchuan Houfu will naturally not complain. The Duke of Zhen’s government is at fault!”

The grace of saving a life is enough to overcome all suspicions.

As long as Marquis Yingchuan does not target the Zhou family of Zhenguo Gongfu, the pattern of the northwest frontier army will not change significantly.It doesn't matter whether Zhou Shuyi will be punished by her husband's family because her crimes are exposed, and whether the third wife of the Zhou family will be implicated by her.The third branch of the Zhou family has long since left the power center of the Northwest Frontier Army. No matter whether it is prosperous or declining, it cannot affect the overall situation.

Hai Jiao also felt that Marquis Yingchuan would not kill all three members of the Zhou family.In his previous life, Prince Yingchuan died and General Zhou was dismissed. But when he wandered back to Chang'an, the third room of the Zhou family was still fine. Even without Zhou Shuyi, aunt Zhou Ma and the others still lived a stable life with no worries about food and clothing. .If he could save Prince Yingchuan in this life, no matter how good the third family of the Zhou family was, their lives would never be worse than in the previous life.

He said to his sister: "Although my aunt is not very kind to us, she is Grandma's biological sister after all. If something happens to her, Grandma will be sad."

Haitang thoughtfully said: "To be honest... I don't think my aunt is such a cold and heartless person. Although she has rarely sent letters to grandma in recent years, the distance of two thousand miles is indeed too far. She is in her husband's house. She is very constrained, unable to do anything independently, and may not be able to write letters to such far places at will. If she is said to be weak, incompetent, easily bullied, and not smart, then she is indeed not being unfair;

"But if we say that she completely disregarded brotherhood, turned away her dead sister's only grandson, and allowed him to live on the streets at a young age...she doesn't seem like someone who can do such a thing. If she She really has no relationship with grandma, so she wouldn’t have driven ten miles early in the morning to go to another village to complain to grandma. The second courtyard of our house was burned down, and she obviously didn’t have much money on hand. , and even used his own money to help us repair our house."

Hai Jiao lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Actually... when I heard about the rebuilding of the house, I also felt strange. I felt that my aunt was not such a generous person. But if she really had sisterly feelings for grandma, why did she spend her last life Are you going to kick me out again?"

Haitang pondered for a moment and said, "I remember my brother said before that when he introduced himself, he said his grandmother's surname was Ma and that he and the old lady were sisters, right?"

Haijiao nodded.He was right.There’s nothing wrong with that, right?

There's really nothing wrong with it.However... Haijiao may have overlooked one thing.

Haitang reminded him: "My aunt's step-mother-in-law is also named Ma Lai. Others call her Mrs. Ma. My aunt is not an old lady at home."

Hai Jiao was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "Could it be that... they mistakenly thought that I was the grandson of Mrs. Ma's sisters?! But... isn't Mrs. Ma the adopted daughter of the Ma family's aunt? Where did she come from as a sister?!"

Since there are two wives named Ma in the same family, how could the servants of the third room of the Zhou family think that he is a relative of "Mrs. Ma" instead of "Mrs. Zhou Ma"?The one who obviously has a sister is Zhou Shigong’s wife, Zhou Ma!

Haitang thought of Mrs. Ma's real "sister" Song Yuzhen, and wondered whether Song Yuzhen was still alive?But the third wife of the Zhou family should have no knowledge of Mrs. Ma's life experience, so what reason would there be for shutting out her sister's grandson?Who made the decision to expel people at that time?Is it Mrs. Ma herself, or someone else from the third room of the Zhou family?If something happened to Zhou Shuyi at her husband's house, would her widowed mother be implicated?

Does Mrs. Ma know the whereabouts of her sister Song Yuzhen and is she afraid of her and her family?

All of these are mysteries that Haitang currently cannot understand. I wonder if there will be a chance to solve them in the future?

Haitang sighed, and was about to persuade Haijiao not to think too much, when she heard him say: "Actually, when I was in the other courtyard today, I looked at the maid brought by my aunt in the courtyard, and I felt that she was a bit... She looks familiar, I just can’t remember who she is.”

Haitang raised her eyebrows: "But in your last life, you saw her when you were kicked out by someone from the third room of the Zhou family?"

Hai Jiao shook his head: "I just remembered that in my previous life, when I was kicked out by the maid in the third room of the Zhou family, I once saw a maid... She just walked in behind a young master who was about the same age as me. When she saw others trying to rush out... I asked what happened, and the women who chased me away smiled and tried to coax her. She didn’t believe me and wanted to stop me to ask questions, but the young master kept calling her, so she left me alone. . This maid... looks somewhat similar to the maid who came to the villa with my aunt today."

Haitang blinked: "So, they are the same person?"

Hai Jiao still shook his head: "They are not the same person, maybe they are sisters. The maid I saw in my previous life was half a head shorter than the one I saw today, and she was also younger."

It was almost two years after he came to Chang'an in his previous life.It is impossible for a normal person to get shorter as he gets taller, or get younger as he gets taller. They must be two people with similar looks, most likely sisters. The one who went to the village today is the sister.When one day he and his sister go with their grandmother Ma to visit the third room of the Zhou family, they should have the opportunity to see them both at the same time.

Haitang tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Who is the young master that the maid is following?"

Hai Jiao shook his head again: "I don't know. My mother-in-law called him Young Master Cousin. I remember that he had a small round face, a bit like my aunt. He should be her grandson, right?"

Zhou Ma's grandson lives in Chang'an City, and you should be able to see him during the New Year.

Haitang tilted her head to the other side again: "Since the two maids are sisters, they should both be from my aunt, right? Brother, were you kicked out of the third room of the Zhou family in front of your aunt in your last life? If so, , the person who chased you away was not from your aunt, but instead hid your identity from your aunt’s girl. Does that mean that your aunt didn’t know that you came to her door, and she wasn’t cruel to you?”

Hai Jiao looked a little stunned and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

If he had asked old county magistrate Geng to deliver a letter to the Zhou Ma family, he might have resolved the misunderstanding with the Zhou Ma family long ago, right?Then his life in his previous life might have been completely different.

But it doesn't matter, this life is more important than the previous life.

Because in this life, he has the most beloved relatives.

(End of this chapter)