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

Chapter 185 Returning to the Province
Why did the Sun family send killers to deal with Jin Juren's family?
The answer to this question is still unknown to Haijiao.

Jin Jiashu was very tight-lipped and refused to reveal the inside story to him.He didn't know if his cousin Xie Wenzai and the old military advisor knew the truth. Anyway, they wouldn't tell him if they knew.

If the answer is as he and his sister speculated, Jin Juren is Xu Xianfei's ex-husband, and Jin Jiashu is the eldest son of Xu Xianfei and her ex-husband. Concubine Sun in the palace wanted to take advantage of Xu Xianfei, so she sent people to harm the Jin family and attempted to kidnap Jin Jiashu. There is no logical problem in being a hostage and threatening Concubine Xu Xian to betray the Queen Mother Zhou's camp.

The problem is that neither Haijiao nor Haitang brother and sister have any evidence to prove their inference.

At present, it seems that the prefect's Yamen found out that one of the killers was a dead member of the Sun family, and the old military advisor found out that Du Boqin, an old ally of Sun Ge in his previous life, had shielded the escaped young killer. These can be used as circumstantial evidence for the killer's origin and the identity of the main messenger.But on the key issue of the identity of the Jin family father and son, there have been no new clues so far.Unless one day Jin Jiashu reveals the truth to the Hai family, the Haijiao and Haitang brothers may never get the answer to this question.

Haijiao smacked his lips and said: "Now the old military advisor is tracking down Du Boqin. I have nothing to do for the time being. I just need to wait for the news. After I go to my uncle's house, if there is no new progress in the prefect's Yamen, I will I’ll go to another courtyard again and try to find a way to find out more about Jin Jiashu’s family’s past.”

If we can find clues about the relationship between the Jin family father and son and Concubine Xu Xian in the palace from those past events, the doubts in their hearts will be answered.

Haitang advised him: "Brother, don't push Jin Jiashu too hard. He just lost a relative and was injured himself. It's so pitiful. Even if he is really Concubine Xu Xian's son, he is not a sinner. Why bother with him? As the saying goes , the enemy of our enemy is our friend. Since Concubine Xu Xian is the enemy of Concubine Sun and Ge Lao Sun, and she is a subordinate of Empress Dowager Zhou, she can be regarded as our ally, and we should maintain a good relationship with her. Now Jin Jiashu has escaped the big Difficult, there will always be a time to contact the biological mother in the future. If Concubine Xu Xian knows that her son was forced to confess by your brother after the tragedy, she will probably have a problem with you, right? She is the future Queen Mother after all, why should my brother offend her? ?”

Think about Haijiao as well.Now that the Jin family's case has been investigated, the Sun family can't escape involvement no matter what, and the letter that was supposed to be sent to the Zhou family has also been sent to Zhen Guogong.Jin Jiashu escaped, and the truth will not be buried. If Concubine Xu Xian is resentful in the future, she will not be able to resent the Zhou family.The Zhou family had one less scapegoat that they had inexplicably shouldered in their previous life.At this time, it is actually not necessary to ask about the identity of the Jin family.

Regardless of whether Jin Jiashu is the son of Concubine Xu Xian or not, he was destroyed by the killers sent by the Sun family, and he must hate the Sun family deeply in his heart.He is already an enemy of the Sun family, and he is now a friend of the Zhou family and the Hai family.Even if he refuses to reveal his true life experience, it will not affect what Hai Jiao plans to do in the future.In this case, why should Haijiao make things difficult for him?

The status of the son born to her ex-husband before the beloved concubine entered the palace sounded embarrassing.Hai Jiao asked himself if he was a good person, he should leave some dignity to his future friends.

Hai Jiao made up his mind and did not plan to ask Jin Jiashu any more questions, but he still wanted to inform the latter about the progress of the case.Now Jin Jiashu can only stay in Zhou's three-bedroom villa to recuperate. He can't even deal with his family's funeral. He must be very concerned about the whereabouts of the murderer, right?Hai Jiao decided to send him a letter as an apology for scaring him because of the robe where the letter was hidden.

Nothing happened all night. When he got up early the next morning, Hai Xiya went to the Yamen office early.After Ma took care of the housework, he ordered his second son Hai Chang'an and his second daughter-in-law Hu to take good care of the home. He took a pair of grandchildren and went to his parents' home to visit his sick brother Ma Yukun.

Majia Zhaizi is located in the southeast area of ​​Chang'an City, close to Yongning Gate and not far from Haijia Zhaizi.Mrs. Ma took her granddaughter Haitang in a carriage, her grandson Haijiao rode a horse, and Uncle Cui and his wife followed in the carriage. After walking for half an hour, they arrived at the street where the Ma family's house was located.

The Ma family lives in an inner street, and the alley in front of their door is so narrow that even a larger carriage cannot pass.Mr. Ma took his granddaughter out of the car at the entrance of the alley, looked up at the surrounding scenery, and felt familiar and nostalgic.However, compared to more than ten years ago, the streets here seem much older.I don't know if it's because the twelfth lunar month is approaching and the weather is cold. There are no plants and trees, and there are few pedestrians. The whole neighborhood looks decayed and lonely.Ma sighed and without saying anything else, she took the children and walked into the alley.

It was the first time Haitang returned to her maternal home, and she was more curious.Haijiao has been here several times in his past life, but every time he came back disappointed, so he doesn't have much of a fond impression of this place.He looked at the dark and mottled door of Ma's house a little critically, feeling that it was not much newer and more respectable than the one he had seen in his previous life.It can be seen that even if the great uncle of the Ma family had not moved away from Chang'an, the Ma family would have already been in decline.Even if he recognized this relative in his previous life, his life might not have been easy, but he had nothing to regret.

Standing in front of Ma's house was a middle-aged man with a round and chubby face who looked kind-hearted.When he saw Ma, he immediately came up to her with a smile on his face. He called her "Second Aunt" and spoke a lot of cordial greetings, but Ma didn't even get a word in.

Haitang guessed from the sidelines that this must be the second cousin of the Ma family. He seemed to be named Ma Lusheng, and he was favored by his mother.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ma will arrange for her second son to come and receive her when she returns to her parents’ home today.Does she just not want to see her eldest son and daughter-in-law?
Ma finally caught Ma Lusheng's breath when he was talking and asked, "Are your parents at home?"

Malusheng's eyes clearly showed a guilty look, and he murmured: "Dad has been waiting for you to come back for a long time, and just now he urged his nephew to come to the door to see if you have arrived!"

He didn't mention his mother.

Ma sneered, did not go in, and spoke directly in front of the main door of Ma's house: "Sister-in-law, I haven't been back to my parents' home for more than ten years. It's hard to come back to the province. How come you can't even see me once?" Don’t you want to? Well, you’ve spent more than ten years’ rent on your own house, as well as the money you paid for burning down the house, to give you as a gift for your reunion after a long separation. Could it be that your sister-in-law doesn’t even appreciate this thousand taels of silver? !”

As soon as she finished speaking, four or five doors opened in the alley. It seemed that the neighbors were attracted by her words and couldn't wait to open the doors and come to watch the food.

Just as Malusheng stared at Ma's loud performance in amazement, a loud door opening came from inside the Ma family's house, and then footsteps came. An old woman with gray hair and a round waist appeared in the Ma family's house. At the door, there was a stern face: "What are you talking about?! The second aunt is going back to her parents' house, and she needs my sister-in-law to welcome her out of the door?! Come in quickly, don't embarrass yourself in front of the neighbors!"

Ma's lips curled up: "Hey, sister-in-law, where are you? From what Lu Sheng said, I thought you were afraid of being forced into debt, so you were so scared that you ran away!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Mrs. Ma's wife tried her best to force out a twisted smile, "Knowing that you are back, my sister-in-law is too late to be happy, so why are you scared? You also prepared a big gift for my sister-in-law, and she is very happy. So early in the morning. Your brother and I have been looking forward to your arrival. Has it been a smooth journey?" As he said this, he took his sister-in-law's arm, half-supported and half-mopped the floor, and dragged her home, not forgetting to stare at the neighbors' doors. A few glances.

Unfortunately, she dragged Ma and his party into the house and quickly closed the door, still not stopping the curious eyes of the neighbors.The neighbors soon gathered together in groups of twos and threes, talking about Ma, an old friend who had been away from Chang'an for more than ten years.

(End of this chapter)