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

Hai Jiao didn't know that his sister Haitang was complaining about a certain old lady in his mind. He had explained about the secret medicine and then continued to talk about the past events told by Zhang Pinggui.

Father Zhang's first dose of medicine was quite successful.For more than two years, there was no movement from the Yingchuan Hou and his wife.The wife of the Marquis of Yingchuan became anxious and secretly signaled to the eldest daughter-in-law that it was time for her husband to take a concubine. She also advised the eldest son not to be stubborn and to only guard his first wife and not to look at the woman next to him.

The Marquis of Yingchuan did not comment, but asked for the emperor's grace and asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him.But Mrs. Yingchuan Hou could not withstand the pressure, so she had her dowry girl exposed and became her husband's concubine.However, for the next six months, there was no movement from the wives and concubines. The rumors in the Hou family about the difficulties of Yingchuan Hou's heirs became more and more powerful, and even the outside world started to gossip.In addition, Zhou Shuyi tried her best to promote that her son could have two wives, and this time even the wife of the Marquis of Yingchuan was a little tempted.

At this time, Mrs. Yingchuan Hou showed symptoms of pregnancy.The wife of the Marquis of Yingchuan quickly asked the imperial doctor to diagnose her pulse. However, because the month was still young, the imperial doctor did not dare to make a conclusion and had to wait for another half a month.

Only then did Zhou Shuyi become anxious, wondering why her secret medicine failed.After inquiring later, she suspected that it was because Marquis Yingchuan had taken the body-tonifying medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor and accidentally unblocked the efficacy of the secret medicine.

Of course she wasn't willing to give up.Mrs. Yingchuan Houfu had already relented, and she loved and valued her son even more. If Mrs. Yingchuan Houfu had not suddenly received the good news, the matter would have been settled within this year.

She decided to let Zhang Pinggui's father take the medicine again.Although Mrs. Yingchuan Hou is likely to be pregnant, it is still unclear whether the child is a boy or a girl. It is even more unknown whether the child will grow up after birth. As long as she cannot be pregnant again in the future, the position of the heir apparent will still belong to the second wife. of.With this idea in mind, Zhou Shuyi once again sent Father Zhang.

When Haitang heard this, she somewhat understood: "Did Zhang Pinggui's father fail to administer the medicine this time? He probably even lost his life?" After all, the Marquis of Yingchuan is the queen of the generals and the commander of the forbidden army. How can he be attacked by a charlatan every time? succeed?

Hai Jiao nodded: "Although he was not caught, he was seriously injured. After escaping for a few more years, he still died of his injuries. That's why Zhang Pinggui said that his father was doing things for Zhou Shuyi. He just lost his life."

Zhang's father did a big thing for Zhou Shuyi. Later, in order not to arouse the suspicion of Marquis Yingchuan, Zhou Shuyi also reduced the number of times he was allowed to enter the city and only allowed him to live a happy life in the suburbs. Occasionally he went on business trips and was rewarded with generous rewards.In order to prevent him from escaping privately, Zhou Shuyi also betrothed a maid who had made a mistake to him as his wife.The girl soon gave birth to a son, Zhang Pinggui.With a wife and children, and no shortage of money, Zhang's father quickly forgot about the past and settled down to live an ordinary life in the dowry village. It is said that he even gained a lot of weight.

The failure of the second drugging operation was hard to say whether it was related to the fact that Mr. Zhang was used to living a comfortable life and his skills had deteriorated.

After suffering that big loss, Zhou Shuyi did not abandon Zhang's father, a tool man, and continued to support him.It's just that he no longer has the neat skills he once had, and can no longer do things for Zhou Shuyi, so he naturally loses the generous reward.He is used to living a good life, how can he be willing to farm honestly?Seeing that his son Zhang Pinggui showed his talent for martial arts at a young age and was fully capable of inheriting his own skills, he devoted himself to training his son during the days when he was recuperating from his injuries.

Because of this incident, he had a conflict with his wife, and the couple quarreled every now and then. A few years later, his wife threw herself into the water out of curiosity. He was deeply hit, and the injury took a long time to heal, so he let go.Hai Jiao told Hai Tang: "Zhang Pinggui's mother was born as a maid in the residence of the Marquis of Yingchuan. She used to be the maid serving Master Zeng Er. She was good at writing and calculation, and she was pretty and high-spirited. It was a pity that she made a mistake. , he was kicked out of the Hou Mansion and was married to an ordinary village man by his mistress Zhou Shuyi. She was always unconvinced. She wholeheartedly hoped that her son would succeed, so she taught Zhang Pinggui how to read and write since he was a child, and did not stop him from following his father. Practicing martial arts, I hope that when Zhang Pinggui grows up, he can return to the Marquis Mansion to be a book boy and a long-term follower to the young masters. But according to the ideas of Zhou Shuyi and Zhang Pinggui's father, Zhang Pinggui has been doing light-weight kung fu since he was a child, and he will also do errands when he grows up. You can't get ahead in your life by doing shady things. His mother was willing to fail, so she couldn't think of it and threw herself into the water."

Haitang understood it as soon as she heard it.Zhang Pinggui's mother was probably a candidate for Mr. Zeng's second concubine. As the eldest maid of the Yingchuan Hou Mansion, she was outstanding in both appearance and talent. However, she somehow made a mistake and asked her mistress Zhou Shuyi to find someone quickly. , there is no hope of a comeback.She placed her hope on her son, but neither her mistress nor her husband gave her son a chance, so she was completely disappointed.

Although she died young, some of her former arrogance can be seen from her son Zhang Pinggui.Although Zhang Pinggui is a low-level killer who grew up in Zhuangzi, he has studied and learned rules since he was a child, and his martial arts skills are better than others. He was always taught by his mother to be ambitious. He has never seen anyone better than himself in his living environment. People will inevitably have the problem of having their eyes higher than their tops.

Hai Jiao continued: "Zhang Pinggui was less than ten years old when his parents died one after another. At that time, he had already learned his father's unique skills, but he had not yet mastered the kung fu, so it was of no use at all. Zhou Shuyi ignored him, it was Zhuangzi The person who went to school kindly gave him a bowl of rice and continued to support him. He had some talent in reading and went to a teacher in a nearby village to secretly listen to the class, but they didn't chase him away. It's just that in such a life, after all, he can't compare to his parents. When he was here, he was thin and thin, he was obviously eighteen or nineteen years old, but he still looked like an eleven or twelve year old boy, which was caused by the loss of his health in the past few years."

Zhang Pinggui, who grew up in such an environment, naturally resented his master Zhou Shuyi in his heart.As he grew older and became more skilled, he had no chance to stand out even though he was well-versed in both civil and military skills, so he began to hang out with some unscrupulous people, attracting cats and dogs, and causing trouble.One time, a friend of his accidentally offended a Sun family member and tricked him into signing a contract to sell his house and land. Seeing that he was about to live on the street, Zhang Pinggui volunteered to climb over the wall of the Sun family's house and steal the contract. He gave it to a friend and burned it on the spot, thus escaping a disaster.

The friend soon left Beijing to avoid trouble, but Zhang Pinggui's skills came into the eyes of the Sun family.Sun Gelao's nephew Sun Yongbai personally came forward to recruit him. When he learned that he was Zhou Shuyi's person, he didn't care. He also reassured him that he could continue to lurk under Zhou Shuyi, and he would be useful in the future.

Zhang Pinggui did not dare to disobey because he knew Zhou Shuyi would not protect him. If he did not want to go to jail and lose his life, he would have no choice but to work for the Sun family.Zhou Shuyi has even left her natal family behind, so why should she ask him, a wild child who has been left alone, to be loyal to her?

This was five or six years ago. At that time, Zhou Shuyi was already trying to gain access to the Sun family.The Sun family didn't want to talk to her at first, but because of her generosity, they asked Sun Yongbai's wife to come forward and tease her, using the pretext of starting a business partnership to coax her into paying up.Because Zhou Shuyi's dowry was rich, she was famous among the powerful circles in the capital, and the Sun family was very interested in it.

When Haitang heard this, she couldn't help but sigh: "Zhou Shuyi's vision is really bad... Sun Guifei's son died six years ago. Five or six years ago, the Sun family was already in decline. How could she try to cling on?" ?!”

Hai Jiao also said: "At that time, the old man of the third bedroom of the Zhou family had passed away, and Mrs. Ma was in charge of the power. It was at this time that she started to hollow out the third bedroom. Both mother and daughter got into trouble, and they went all the way to the dark side from then on."

(End of this chapter)