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

Begonia slept happily until about three o'clock in the morning the next day.

When she got up, Putao had already warmed her clothes and put them by the kang. The stove next to the door is boiling hot water, warming millet porridge and steamed buns stuffed with mutton. After Haitang washed herself with hot water, had breakfast, and walked out of the room comfortably, she basked in the sun in the yard and moved her hands and feet.

She stayed up late these past few days, and she was not idle during the day either. In addition to persisting in internal strength training, the daily sword and whip training have been stopped, and the running time has been reduced by half compared to usual times. Now that the big things are done, it's time for her to implement her martial arts training plan again, and not give up halfway.

In the past, her feelings may not have been very obvious. She only felt that after practicing martial arts, she had become stronger and her skills had improved. Even if she went out alone and met three or five strong men walking by, she would not feel nervous at all. But this time she stayed up for seven consecutive days and nights. Although she felt tired, her condition was maintained quite well. She was better than her grandfather Hai Xiya who had never practiced martial arts seriously, and her brother Hai Jiao who had practiced martial arts but never practiced internal martial arts. , were several times stronger, she knew the benefits of internal strength.

Considering that she is now the daughter of a small official family, if she does not stay at the border in the future but lives in the mainland for a long time, there will not be many opportunities for her to display her skills. Practicing martial arts is to give yourself more choices and more confidence to protect yourself, while internal strength can make your body stronger and healthier. To her, internal strength seems to be more practical than martial arts that require the use of weapons.

Haitang thought to herself that she should spend more time and attention on practicing internal skills, as her body was already moving on its own. She ran around the yard twenty times, performed a set of punches, and took out a wooden knife to practice the sword technique twice. She felt warm and full of energy and blood, so she went back to the house, wiped her sweat, and changed her clothes. , go to the front courtyard.

Grandmother Ma had just met the mother-in-law sent by her brother Uncle Ma to talk to her. She knew that Du Boqin's arrest had caused great shock to the Chang'an avant-garde. Although everyone had a premonition that such a day would come sooner or later, but this day came so quickly that no one was prepared, so it was inevitable that they would panic.

Those generals and military attachés who once had a close relationship with Du Boqin began to worry about whether they would be implicated; those who had a mediocre or even discord with Du Boqin in the past began to think about the official positions that were about to be vacated; even marginalized people like Uncle Ma , also a little impatient, wanting to fish in troubled waters as soon as possible to benefit his family.

Ma could only remind her brother again not to act rashly, but she really didn't have any confidence in her heart.

Although the brother is not stupid, the sister-in-law is not that smart. Ma believes that sooner or later, his brother will be influenced by his sister-in-law and second nephew and do something stupid.

When Haitang came in, Mrs. Ma was telling Aunt Ma: "Go to Sister Er and tell her to be careful. No matter what Sister-in-law and Malusheng say to her, she can't agree easily! What time is it now? Chang'an There will definitely be chaos in the city for a while, and I don’t know how many officials will be dismissed. Even if she is from the Zhou family, she cannot get involved in personnel appointments. Their third house is in trouble now, so don’t cause any more trouble. coming!"

Aunt Ma looked solemn: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely explain the seriousness of the matter to my aunt!"

Haitang watched Aunt Ma leave, turned around and said hello to Mrs. Ma with a smile. Ma asked her if she had had enough sleep and had breakfast. When he learned that she was fine, he smiled and said, "Your brother is still sleeping. Look, he will sleep until lunch. For such a big person, Looking at how tall he is, I didn’t expect him to be as durable as a little girl like you!”

Haitang said with a smile: "This is different. My brother has been busy day and night these days. He is the main force and does more work than grandpa! I am different. I only need to help with a small part of the work and can still do well every day. Eat good food and drink, and sleep for three and a half hours every day, so of course you are not as tired as my brother!"

Ma sighed: "He is not yet fifteen years old, and he has already started working as an adult. He has no salary and cannot be promoted. Thinking about it, he feels that he is at a disadvantage! But your grandfather is the most observant. Well, ask him to find a job for your brother in the capital, even if it is just a temporary job as a soldier, at least he can get a monthly salary and food, so that his work will not be in vain, but he refuses to agree to it anyway. It’s against the rules! I don’t know what the rules are, but in the future when he gets busy working in the yamen, he still has to ask his grandson to help with the work? Isn’t this in line with the rules?!”

Haitang smiled dryly and changed the subject: "Grandpa hasn't come back yet?"

"No, the Zhenguo Duke's office sent someone to Dusi to ask for leave for him this morning." Ma said, "If it hadn't been for the old Duke's words, he wouldn't even have asked for the half-day leave. But the Zhen Guo Duke The messenger from the government also said that after lunch, your grandfather will go to the Dusi Yamen on his own, and then go to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion for dinner in the evening, so we don't have to wait for him."

So, apart from going to Dusi for a half-day shift, Haixi Ya will spend the rest of the day at the Zhenguo Palace?

Haitang recalled the information that her grandfather and grandson discovered from those large boxes of account books, and felt that it was normal for her grandfather to do this.     But there is something strange.

She asked: "Grandpa wants to ask for a half-day leave from the Dusi. Do you need the Zhenguo Government to send someone to say hello? Can't you just say hello to General Zhou?" General Zhou is now serving as the Dusi in Shaanxi. The commander, Tongzhi, is Haixiya’s immediate superior.

This Ma family member is not sure: "General, he must be busy with other errands on Thursday, right? How can such a trivial matter as asking for leave be used to work for his great master?!"

Over lunch, the question was answered.

General Thursday led his troops to the Chang'an vanguard early in the morning and blocked the entire guard post. It is said that Du Boqin recruited a lot of things, so the military attache involved in the case needs to be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible, and the relevant evidence must be sealed.

After Du Boqin was arrested, he seemed to be very cooperative. He took the initiative to confess a lot of things without waiting for the Du Si and Chang'an government officials to conduct a rigorous interrogation. Although most of them were the dark histories of generals and officials who were not closely related to him in the Chang'an vanguard, the crimes were all true and the evidence was true. To be honest, they were all things he had deliberately saved in the past, intending to use them to eradicate dissidents. Unexpectedly, he had now used them to protect himself.

After reporting on the dissidents in the Chang'an vanguard, Du Boqin also began to report on the dark history of other generals in the guard.

He has been colluding with the Sun family for a long time, and has been secretly collecting these dark materials. He originally did not plan to use them so soon, but now he is desperate, in order to buy himself more time, so that he can wait until Beijing With the help of his ally Sun family, he had no choice but to make use of all this dark history. Only by muddying the waters in Chang'an City could he find a chance for himself.

Shaanxi Dusi's arrest operation lasted less than three days. After the Chang'an vanguard men were arrested, they did not touch other guard posts. All the things Du Boqin recruited were temporarily sealed by the Zhenguo Palace for future discussion.

This was a decision made after discussing with the commander of the Shaanxi capital.

Du Boqin obviously had bad intentions and wanted to drag more people into the water and stir up chaos in Chang'an City. How could the Zhenguo Government and Shaanxi Dusi fulfill his wish?

Even Magistrate Huang, after listening to the old military advisor's persuasion, no longer insisted on eradicating evil.

Anyway, the evidence of the crime is ready. After Du Boqin is solved, it will not be too late for Shaanxi Dusi to bring up other people's cases again.

When the time comes, those who should be investigated and punished will be punished. But at that time, the Zhenguo government had enough time to deal with the turmoil within the border army.

Correspondingly, those generals who knew they were guilty should know what to do when they saw the attitude of the Zhenguo government.

(End of this chapter)