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

On the fifth day when the Hai family's grandparents were busy checking accounts, Du Boqin's house was surrounded.

The operation was led by the Chang'an government office, but the main force was the soldiers of Shaanxi Dusi. Marshal Zhou, the Duke of the town, also came to the scene in person to take charge. He actually still holds the official position of Governor of Shaanxi, but except for being in charge of military affairs, he rarely acts in this capacity. Therefore, officials and people in the northwest are accustomed to calling him "Guo Gongye" or "Old Marshal". But when necessary, he would also use the banner of Governor of Shaanxi to let certain military attachés who committed crimes see his majesty as an old man.

Almost all of Du Boqin's soldiers were caught, and there were two who could not be found yet. Some people also reported their whereabouts, and soldiers from Dusi would go and arrest them. General Zhou personally led his men to guard Du Boqin himself in an abandoned house near Du's house, who had escaped from the tunnel. When the latter saw that he was trapped in a tight siege, he knew that he would not be able to escape, but he didn't understand how the Zhou family found him. Could it be that someone in the family betrayed him?

Du Boqin thought that after the death of his old concubine, many servants at home had changed their eyes on him, and he cursed in his heart. However, he did not want to lose his grace in front of General Thursday, a military attaché of the same period. Even if he was only wearing ordinary farmer's clothes, he still had to hold his head high and act like a man. He wanted to say a few nice words to help himself. Justify yourself. However, General Zhou was not interested in chatting with him at all and sent him directly to the Duke of Zhen and Magistrate Huang without saying anything.

When Du Boqin saw the Duke of Zhen, his waist sank subconsciously. Under the direct gaze of the old man, he could no longer say the words of defense he had planned out fluently. Anyone who listens to this will feel that he has a guilty conscience and must be a guilty person!

Duke Zhenguo didn't intend to say anything more to him. After staring at him for a while, he turned to Magistrate Huang and said, "He will be imprisoned in the Shaanxi Dusi Juanshisi Prison. Magistrate Huang can come as soon as possible for any subsequent questioning and interrogation." Be a witness.”

Magistrate Huang also understood what the Duke of Zhenguo meant: "Don't worry, Lord, I will send a new memorial to the capital today to explain the whole matter to the Emperor. Naturally, such traitors and evildoers must be imprisoned as soon as possible." , can make people feel at ease.”

The Duke of Zhen nodded, turned and left.

Generals Thursday and Saturday worked together to escort Du Boqin to the Duanshisi Prison in Dusi Yamen, Shaanxi Province. Magistrate Huang also brought his subordinates with him, and saw with his own eyes that Du Boqin was put into a cell, while his soldiers, party members, and several prominent stewards of the Du family were imprisoned elsewhere.

Du Boqin's treatment in prison had been discussed long ago between the Zhenguo government and the Chang'an government office. He was in a single cell, separated from other cells by a certain distance, and could not communicate with each other. He himself has a separate small stove to provide three meals a day, and even the purchase has to be sent out separately, and the people responsible for guarding him are specially allocated: those who are from the border army are all from the border towns outside Chang'an. , have never dealt with the Dusun family; those who came from the government office must have never had contact with the Dusun family. This is based on the previous experience. Lessons learned from the jailer’s spy.

The Zhenguogongfu, Shaanxi Dusi and Chang'an government officials were so cautious. Naturally, they were worried that Du Boqin would be silenced in prison. Even small figures like Zhang Pinggui and Wang Laoliu can reveal many secrets of the Sun family, not to mention that Du Boqin is also a secret ally of the Sun family? He must know more and more important information.

Moreover, as Du Boqin was a senior military attaché of the third rank, the weight of his confession in front of the imperial court was not comparable to that of two low-level killers.

The government of the town wanted to use him to attack his political enemies, so of course they couldn't just sit back and watch him be silenced. They were specially imprisoned in the prison of Shaanxi Dusi Duanshi Division, rather than the government prison or other places, because this was the territory of the border army that the Sun family could never reach, and it was heavily guarded day and night.

But even so, Duke Zhen Guo didn't think that the Sun family would really accept their fate. In order to protect Du Boqin, a criminal who might turn into a witness, he did not hesitate to use the strictest defense methods.

Not to mention how tightly guarded the prison was, it was already night when the news of Du Boqin's arrest reached the Hai family. Haixi Ya, who returned home from Dusi Yamen, brought back the good news. From Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun, Lu Bainian to Ma Shi, Hai Chang'an, Hai Jiao and Hai Tang, everyone was overjoyed.      However, it is joy to be happy, and we still have to continue to do the work that needs to be done, and we must not stay up one night less when we need to stay up.

By this time, most of the account books had been checked, and many of Du Boqin's crimes had been exposed. Xie Wenzai notified the town government of the results of the analysis, and someone would investigate the relevant evidence. The reason why Duke Zhen Guo and Magistrate Huang acted so quickly was because they already had a lot of evidence in their hands, enough to convict Du Boqin.

All three members of the Hai family feel that their efforts have paid off and they are more motivated to work.

On the seventh night when the Hai family's ancestors and grandsons immersed themselves in checking the accounts, they finally completed all the accounting work. Xie Wenzai didn't care that it was already the second watch, and immediately notified the Zhen Guo Gong's soldiers who were guarding near Hai's house, and sent four large boxes of account books, notes, documents and other information to the Zhen Guo Gong's mansion. In case the Duke of Zhen had any inquiries, Hai Xiya simply arranged his hair and clothes, and followed the car with his cousin Xie Wenzai.

The two juniors, Hai Jiao and Hai Tang, stayed at home to rest.

Ma had already fallen asleep, but after hearing the news, she got up again, cooked a pot of hot noodle soup herself, watched the two children eat them, and then urged them to go back to the house to sleep.

She looked at her grandson's haggard appearance, and felt extremely distressed: "It's been hard on you these past few days. It was originally your grandfather's mission, but he called you both on, and the half-year-old child was taken care of by him. Forced to have a good sleep every night, he doesn’t even know how to feel distressed!”

Hai Jiao smiled: "Grandma, my grandson is very happy to be able to help grandpa. He doesn't have to work hard. This is what a grandson should do. In the future, his grandson will inherit his grandfather's position in the military. !" He turned to look at his sister, "My little sister has worked hard these days. She is still young and a girl. If she hadn't been helping grandpa and me, she wouldn't have had to get involved in these things..."

Haitang's mental state is much stronger than that of her grandfather and brother. Although she also had two light dark circles on her face, they were far less obvious than those on Haixi Ya and Hai Jiao. Her complexion looked good, and her hair and clothes were not messy. Compared with the haggard and embarrassed appearance of her grandfather and brother, she didn't look like she had stayed up for several nights in a row. This is because she tries her best to ensure that she gets enough sleep every day, eats and replenishes her nutrition, and uses internal energy to regulate her body. Coupled with such high-intensity work, she was already used to it in the palace in her previous life. Although I have been away for a long time now, I have quickly adapted to it. This kind of advantage is not available to others.

Haitang put down the chopsticks in her hands and said with a smile: "I don't think it's hard work. Being able to help my grandfather and brother proves that my true ability is no worse than my brother's, and I'm just happy!" She turned to her grandmother, "Ah. If you need someone to do some accounting or auditing work in the future, just come to me. I am very skilled at this kind of thing now!"

Ma rolled her eyes at her granddaughter: "Well, I have to settle accounts and take stock of accounts. Don't you know how to do it yourself? Why do I need a child from you?! If I had known you were so strong, I shouldn't have taught you abacus in the first place! Well, I don't know how to do it! I expect you to help take care of the housework and share the burden for me. Who asked you to interfere with your grandfather's yamen duties?! Now you are still bragging in front of grandma... That's it, I know you are awesome! The third watch is almost here, hurry up and go back to the house to sleep!"

(End of this chapter)