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

Chapter 281 Du Qi’s Adventures in the Capital

The entire town government was in a state of shock.

Zhou Yijun couldn't care less about going horse racing on the school field with his new friend Hai Jiao, and quickly got closer to watch what was going on. Haijiao followed up smartly and took in the whole scene.

After a while, many members of the Zhou family who had received the news also arrived. The old general and his wife from the seventh room of the Zhou family rushed over supporting each other. When they saw Du Qi, they both fell silent.

As soon as Du Qi saw these two old men, he abandoned the Duke of Zhen and threw himself in front of them and cried loudly.

He calls the two elderly people in the seventh room of the Zhou family "grandfather" and "grandmother". Even if they are not related by blood, he regards them as relatives in his heart. He grew up in front of his aunt and biological mother when he was a child. He was often taken to his parents' house to play by his aunt, and he spent more time with the two elders of the Zhou family than his biological father Du Boqin, who stayed in the health center all year round.

In front of Duke Zhen Guo, Du Qi still had some reservations in speaking, and only told what he knew about the conspiracy between his father Du Boqin and the Sun family. But when he arrived in front of the seventh and second elders of the Zhou family, he could no longer bear the grievances in his heart, and cried and told what he had experienced in the past two years.

The year before last, he was sent to the capital by his father to study. On the surface, he became a disciple of a great Confucian scholar. At first, he studied seriously for a few months. Although he missed his biological mother and grandparents very much, studying literature was his path. I chose it myself, so I have nothing to complain about.

But as time passed, he realized something was wrong.

Although his teacher is a famous Confucian teacher, he actually has a close relationship with the Sun family. Many children of the Sun family have studied with him since childhood. Therefore, more than half of Du Qi's classmates are from the Sun family. The remaining half are mostly descendants of the Sun family's in-laws. Du Qi was the only student from the Northwest Frontier Army who was hostile to the Sun family.

Du Qi felt uneasy and wrote a letter home asking his father to study in a different school. Anyway, he was not taken very seriously by this great Confucian student, and his classmates were not very friendly, which had affected his homework. He would rather study in a quieter place. But Du Boqin resolutely rejected the request of his only son, and only ordered him to study in the capital with peace of mind, and was not allowed to go out and run around if nothing happened.

Although Du Qi was a concubine, because he was the only son of the Du family, he also met his gentle and kind aunt and maternal grandparents. He was loved and pampered since he was a child, and he had a bit of a bad temper. He did not dare to disobey his father's orders, but he would make some small moves in private, such as trying to contact the Cheng'enhou Mansion in Beijing, or Zhou Shuyi, the wife of the second wife of the Yingchuan Hou Mansion.

In his opinion, these two families are relatives of his maternal family, and they are the ones he can turn to for help. Even if they can't interfere with his father's arrangements for his son, as long as they can send a message to his grandparents in Chang'an and have their grandparents speak, his situation can be greatly improved.

Unexpectedly, the letter sent to the Marquis Chengen's Mansion was intercepted. Although the letter sent to the Marquis Yingchuan's Mansion was in the hands of Zhou Shuyi, the latter did not respond. On the contrary, the Sun family's supervision of Du Qi became stricter.

Because of the teacher's request, he didn't bring his head boy with him to school, and was left alone in an unfriendly environment. Once the Sun family spoke out, he couldn't even guarantee his daily life and food, and he was often bullied by the Sun family's children in private.

He quickly learned the lesson, pretending to be very obedient to the Sun family, respectful to his teachers, and even attached to one of Sun Yongbai's sons. The teacher was very satisfied with his attitude and felt that he had done well in his studies and would be promising in the future, so he protected him. Sun Yongbai's son, to whom he was attached, was equally satisfied with his help with his homework, and his life finally became easier.

As time went by, Sun Yongbai's son would occasionally take him home and ask him to help with homework and essays, and to deal with his father's inquiries.

Du Qi also had the opportunity to overhear the conversation between Sun Yongbai and Sun Yongping, the son of Sun Ge Lao, and learned the truth about his father Du Boqin's secret collusion with the Sun family. He turned out to be a hostage sent to the Sun family by his father!

Du Qi was greatly shocked, but even more frightened. He grew up in Chang'an. Before officially becoming a master, he studied with his aunt and a master from Chang'an. In his mind, the Zhou family is the Optimus Prime of the Northwest. If the Zhou family is good, the Northwest will be safe and sound. Nothing can go beyond the Zhou family.

After knowing his father's conspiracy, his thoughts have not changed: his father is wrong, and a son cannot watch his father make mistakes again and again, so he must find a way to turn the tide!

Du Qi worked hard to coax Sun Yongbai's son to let down his guard against him and occasionally send him out to run errands. He also took advantage of one of the opportunities when he went out to run errands to escape from the control of the Sun family and found the Chengenhou Mansion.

Originally, the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion was closer to him and had more opportunities for contact. But he had suffered from Zhou Shuyi before and could no longer trust her. Even if it took more time and energy, he decided to seek help directly from the Chengenhou Mansion.

Hard work pays off. He finally found the Chengenhou Mansion last winter. After hearing his explanation, Marquis Chengen did not dare to be careless. From the traces of being bullied and beaten, he judged that his statement that he was controlled by the Sun family was true. Regardless of whether Du Boqin betrayed the Zhou family and the Northwest Frontier Army, sending Du Qi back to Chang'an to explain the truth was the only choice.

Marquis Chengen found out that some Sun family members were wandering around his house, and he was worried that if he sent Du Qi away, the child would be kidnapped. Therefore, after discussing with his wife, he decided to let his daughter-in-law take a pair of grandchildren back to Chang'an to visit relatives. Regardless of whether they can make it in time for the New Year, Du Qi must be safely sent to the seventh room of the Zhou family.

It's not that Marquis Cheng'en is too impatient, but the Sun family's plan that Du Qi overheard. As early as the first month of this year, or at the latest this spring during the Shangsi Festival, they will conspire with Du Boqin to provoke the Zhou family and the generals of Chang'an. It has something to do with it. I don’t know how many young people will be killed by then! In order to stop the Sun family and Du Boqin's conspiracy in time, they naturally had to notify the Zhenguo government as soon as possible.

Mrs. Cheng'en Hou Shizi took her children, and Du Qi, dressed as a servant boy, in the team, went out in the cold winter. They didn't know yet that ten days after they left, a messenger from Chang'an Town's Duke's Palace would arrive in the capital and bring news about Chang'an to Chengenhou, including the Sun family sending people to kill the Jin family, and Du Boqin's betrayal of the border troops and instigation. The latest news about the Zhou family and generals.

The teams on both sides went astray. Cheng'en Hou Shizi's wife, mother and son also entered the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, only to realize that their work was in vain. However, Mrs. Zhen Guogong felt sorry for her nephew-in-law and grand-nephews, who had suffered a month of serious crimes for the sake of the family's interests and the overall situation of the border army, and quickly asked her daughters-in-law to send them to the backyard for resettlement.

And Du Qi, who had just cried bitterly while holding his nominal maternal grandparents, learned that his father had been exposed a long time ago and had become a prisoner. His biological mother had also "committed suicide in fear of crime" because of his father's conspiracy. Even his maternal grandparents , and completely severed relations with his father. The thin and pale boy did not react for a while, and later he fainted.

The old man and the old lady in the seventh room of the Zhou family hugged the child tightly. The latter looked at her husband with red eyes, and the former looked up at Zhen Guo Gong.

Duke Zhen Guo's expression was very gentle: "It's a pity that this child has suffered a lot, but he still doesn't change his innocent heart. Now that the Du family is in a mess, I'm afraid no one can take care of him. What are the seventh brother's plans? Do you want to start first? Take the child back and ask a doctor to take a good look at it?"

The old man from the seventh room of the Zhou family nodded: "It's time to find a doctor to see the child and see how thin he has become? I don't know how much suffering he has suffered at the hands of the Sun family in the past two years. He has not been able to survive well." Dad, my future will be affected by Du Boqin. I don’t know what will happen in the future. He calls me grandpa after all, and I can’t ignore him."

He picked up Du Qi himself, and his old wife followed him closely and left together.

(End of this chapter)