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

One of the errand boys returned to Chang'an City in Ma Changnian's carriage.

Hai Jiao was called out from the pile of account books. When he saw the young man at the door of his house, his face was full of surprise. After knowing the whole story, he couldn't help but laugh: "It seems that I did the right thing by sending you to him. Now I don't have to go to him in person, and I can talk to him."

He took the letter and gave the errand boy a few rewards. When he learned that the other person planned to go home and stay overnight and get up early tomorrow to go to another village, he made an appointment with the other person to come over early tomorrow morning to get a reply to the letter.

After sending the errand boy away, Hai Jiao put the letter in his arms and went back to Xie Wenzai's room to continue working. When it got dark outside and Haixi Yaxiaya went home, Haijiao handed over the work at hand and returned to his room with a groggy head.

He took out Jin Jiashu's letter and read it carefully.

When Haitang heard that his brother had returned to his room, he found an excuse to go over and asked what he had gained from going out at noon. Hai Jiao told the truth and took out Jin Jiashu's letter: "Shouldn't I always urge him to write to Concubine Xu Xian? I think he seems to be in a very difficult position..."

Haitang read the letter and saw that although Jin Jiashu was vague, every word hinted at his difficulties. He had never gotten along with Concubine Xu Xian. He only knew that she cared about him and had rewarded him with gold and silver. He hoped that his father Jin Juren would treat him better. But to what extent could Concubine Xu Xian care about him? After all, she was a high-ranking imperial concubine, and she had given birth to a prince, who was very hopeful of succeeding as emperor. It is impossible for a normal person to risk angering Long Yan and harm the bright future of his mother and son just to avenge a "nephew", right?

Jin Jiashu couldn't decide how to write a letter, and he was afraid that if he actually wrote the letter, it would cause trouble to his "aunt", so he was very confused. Now he has no one around him to discuss with, and the only one he can count on is Hai Jiao, a good friend who knows the "inside story" and seems to be quite smart and full of ideas.

Haitang thought for a while: "You and I both know his true relationship with Concubine Xu Xian, but he doesn't know that we know, and the Zhou family really doesn't know. If the Zhou family were asked to send this letter, the letter would definitely be delivered to Concubine Xu Xian. But he had just experienced a big change, and had experienced the betrayal of the second brother-in-law of the Jin family. He was probably as frightened as a bird, and could not trust outsiders 100%. He might be worried that if he wrote the truth in the letter, someone might peek. What should I do if I read the contents of the letter? What if the Zhou family becomes angry after discovering the truth? Now that he has lost almost all his relatives, it is estimated that he can no longer lose Concubine Xu Xian too. He really wants to avenge his enemies, but he is afraid of losing Concubine Xu Xian too. It causes trouble and is therefore indecisive.”

Hai Jiao raised his eyebrows: "What's so difficult about this? Empress Dowager Zhou claimed in her letter that he was Concubine Xu Xian's nephew. How could Concubine Xu not know this lie? He just regarded himself as Concubine Xu Xian's real nephew, and it would be easy to pull off this lie. Okay. Anyway, he only needs to report that he is safe and make a complaint. It doesn’t matter what his title is..."

Haitang smiled at Haijiao: "Brother, can you tell Jin Jiashu this directly?"

Hai Jiao paused and smiled bitterly: "Can't..."

Since he was ignorant of the truth, he certainly could not persuade Jin Jiashu to "regard himself as Concubine Xu Xian's true nephew." From his perspective, Jin Jiashu's entanglement is unnecessary. Isn't it normal for a nephew to write a letter to his aunt to say he is safe and cry out when something bad happens to him? As for what Concubine Xu Xian will do after receiving the letter, that is Concubine Xu's own business. If she is willing to make the decision for her nephew, Jin Jiashu will have hope if he wants to take revenge on his real enemies, the Sun family.

But Jin Jiashu knows the "truth" and will inevitably think more. He may also be confused about who Concubine Xu Xian will pay more attention to, his eldest son from her ex-husband who has been separated for many years, or her youngest son, the Eighth Prince, who can bring her wealth and honor. Would she choose to let her eldest son suffer a few years of injustice for the sake of her younger son's future? Should he cry in the letter and beg his mother for mercy as a son, or should he call him "aunt" in a distant manner and weaken his biological mother's feelings for him?

In the final analysis, the key lies in the emperor's attitude. If the emperor did not want to punish the Sun family, Concubine Xu Xian would probably have to take care of the "overall situation."

Jin Jiashu probably thought of this, so he was hesitant, pitying and hurting himself.

At this time, a good friend is needed.

Hai Jiao sighed: "That's all, I don't need to ask someone to deliver the letter tomorrow. I'll just go to the other village myself..."

Haitang asked him: "What should I do with the errand grandpa asked me to do?"Hai Jiao thought this was easy to handle. His work efficiency today is quite high. It is estimated that grandpa will be busy all night. He will have time to continue working after he comes back from Jin Jiashu tomorrow. At worst, when grandpa comes back from the Yamen tomorrow, he will continue to work overtime with his grandpa at his cousin's place!

Hai Jiao went to ask for leave from his grandfather, but unfortunately Hai Xiya turned him back.

Grandpa said that although he is old, he has not lost his skills. His grandson has sorted out the accounts for a day, and he can finish them in half an evening. My grandson must continue to work tomorrow and cannot be lazy. The town government is waiting for the results! The grandson wants to find some friends to play with, so he can wait until he is finished.

Haijiao couldn't tell his grandfather the real story, so he had to change his plan. He would ask the errand boy to bring the message to Jin Jiashu tomorrow morning, and he would wait until lunch break before running to the villa. He went there on horseback, and it didn't take him long to come back. But in this way, he couldn't take care of Capt. Huang for the time being. He would have to wait until tomorrow evening or even at noon the day after tomorrow before he could free up and go to Huang's house to inquire about the news.

Haitang encouraged him: "Brother, why don't you just bring some of the account books back to your room tomorrow to do it? You don't have to work at my cousin's place. In this way, I can help my brother do part of it. As long as my cousin doesn't come to the back house, he won't do it." You will know the truth. If my brother finishes his work earlier, he will have more free time, right?"

Hai Jiao hesitated: "Little sister, brother knows that you are very smart, but... can you really do this job?"

Haitang muttered: "I don't know the tricks used by those at the guardhouse to manipulate the accounts, but I can still calculate whether the accounts are correct. If you are worried, just take those that only need to be calculated. Leave the work to me. You will still be responsible for other work such as summarizing, organizing and analyzing."

Hai Jiao thought for a while, then took out his pen and paper abacus, wrote down several accounts he had calculated today, and asked his sister to try to calculate them again.

Haitang has recently started to help her grandmother Ma calculate the household accounts. She is very proficient in using the abacus. She can calculate the result by dividing three by five and divided by two. There was no difference at all from Haijiao, not even much slower than him.

Hai Jiao was very surprised and quickly asked a few more questions for her sister to calculate, but the result was still the same. Haitang calculated quickly and accurately, and even discovered a small problem that the reef had not discovered before. This is an experience she learned from the accounting methods of the inner house that she had seen in her previous life. She was not using the same routine as Jin Yiwei, and Haijiao didn't even notice it.

Now Haijiao was completely relieved.

At dinner, he asked his grandfather to move the account books to his room to work on: "Although I can always ask my cousin for advice when I encounter something I don't understand, but where I am, my cousin's daily life is very difficult. It's inconvenient. No matter what he wants to do, he has to worry about me, and he can't eat or sleep peacefully. I feel very sorry. In fact, I live in the inner courtyard, and outsiders don't know what I am doing at home, so they can come and disturb me. ? When grandpa returns home, he comes to my house to settle accounts, so he can save a few steps, right?"

Hai Xiya felt that his grandson's words made sense and nodded slowly.

Hai Jiao was secretly happy. Behind her grandfather's back, she secretly exchanged glances with her sister.

(End of this chapter)