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

Chapter 323 Mrs. Tang’s Secret

Hai Jiao went directly to the front yard to talk to his cousin Xie Wenzai.

Early the next morning, Xie Wenzai rushed to the Zhen Guogong Mansion to meet the Zhen Guogong.

On the same day, Mrs. Zhen Guogong personally took her daughters-in-law, Mrs. Tuesday and Mrs. Thursday, back to the Tang family to meet with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Tang, and her niece-in-law, Mrs. Tang. She retreated and closed the door for an hour, finally telling them the truth. Asked.

Mrs. Tang did notice something strange about the two nuns.

Originally she was not suspicious of them, but a few days ago, spies were being caught everywhere in Chang'an City, and even one person was caught in the outer courtyard of the Tang family. This incident gave Mrs. Tang, who considered herself a strict housekeeper, a slight blow. She couldn't believe that she had made such an oversight and asked the Sun family to plant spies in the Tang family!

From the Zhou family's mansion to the head of the branch, not a single person has been found! The Tang family is so close to the Zhou family and claims to be the second most wealthy family in Chang'an City. To make such a mistake would be a slap in the face to her, the head matron of the Tang family!

Mrs. Tang heard someone say that it was really strange that only one person in the Tang family was found, and he was still a man from the outer courtyard. He was just acting as a messenger for the spy woman next door. The men from the neighbor's family have been stationed in the neighborhood all year round, and they may not be able to go home even once a year. Why would the spies leave a prestigious family like the Tang family alone and only work on the neighbors of the Tang family? Mrs. Tang felt that this was reasonable, and she felt more and more that there might be a spy hidden in her family. She then asked her confidants to pay close attention and be sure to find any clues to uncover the spies!

Even if Mrs. Tang makes a mistake, she will make it up herself!

This investigation revealed the problem. No one acting suspiciously was found in the outer courtyard of the Tang family, but someone sneaked into the inner courtyard - the correctional nun from the capital brought two little girls with their heads left behind, saying they were orphans adopted after leaving the palace. The girl stayed by her side to wait on her daily life. After a few years, the little girl became a big girl. She was still waiting in the inner courtyard. According to the rules, she was not allowed to come to the outer courtyard.

Mrs. Tang originally thought that this girl was having an affair with the boy in the outer courtyard. She was worried, so she asked her confidants to keep an eye on it. It would be best to deal with the "adulterer" quietly, and then let the upbringing mama deal with the girl as well. So as not to affect Miss Tang's reputation and future marriage. Unexpectedly, his confidants discovered that the girl had gone to the outer courtyard without a private meeting with anyone. She just quietly went to a passage in the backyard and took away a small bag hidden in a branch extending from the other end of the courtyard wall.

At this moment, the Tang family's outsider who was caught shopping happened to reveal his contact information with the woman next door, which was the big tree.

Mrs. Tang was immediately alert.

After that person confessed, the officers and soldiers didn't find anything in the big tree. They just arrested the woman next door and the owner of the nearby tavern. As for the woman who was complaining about injustice, from all indications, she didn't look like a real spy. The owner of the tavern is only responsible for temporarily storing information, and he doesn't know anything else. The source of the purchasing information seems to be still a mystery.

But Mrs. Tang immediately became suspicious of the girl, and then she became suspicious of the upbringing mother behind the girl.

As soon as she had such doubts, a chill ran down her back.

Because the two nuns have lived in the inner house of the Tang family for many years and have close relationships with the female family members of the Tang family, they can easily know where the men of the Tang family will be transferred to serve, where they will go for training, and how many soldiers they have. Ma, which caravan is closely related to them, they can even find out the quarterly military supplies, personnel transfers, and military maps without much effort.

And the worst thing is that the Tang family has privately contacted officials and generals from other places, and secretly made friends with ministers and nobles in Beijing. The two aunts are aware of the violations they have committed in the military, and they have also helped with many crimes. idea. Even the Tang family temporarily gave up on marrying the children of Zhenguo Palace and chose to tell Tang Hui to the eldest grandson of Chengenhou Palace, because of their persuasion. The two nuns were too involved and too deeply involved in the internal affairs of the Tang family, and it was no longer easy to get rid of them.

It was easy for the Tang family to hand over the two nuns, but it was very likely that she would be investigated. All the secrets and calculations would be exposed in front of the public, and even create a rift with the Zhou family... Mrs. Tang was crying. He admitted in front of his mother-in-law, aunt and sister-in-law that he did not dare to bear such consequences. It was her own initiative to ask the nanny for education, and she persuaded her mother-in-law to come forward. Now that the nun who had spent so much effort to hire the nanny had a problem, it was all her responsibility. If other people in the family knew about it, She has no face at all.

These days, she has been worried about this incident. On the pretext that something happened to Tang Hui, she put the two correctional mothers under house arrest and isolated them from the outside world. It was just a temporary measure. Her purpose was to drive them out of the house and completely cut off the relationship between the two parties. If they were found to have problems in the future, it would have nothing to do with the Tang family.

However, in order to ensure that the two correctional mothers would not talk too much and ruin the Tang family's reputation, she did not intend to really let them go. She originally planned to find a small courtyard outside the city to settle the people first, and then send someone to set a fire after the news passed...

Mrs. Zhenguo and Mrs. Tang both scolded Mrs. Tang. No matter what, it is really inappropriate to hide such a big thing from your family! Killing people and silencing them is not what she should do! Even if she was trying to preserve the Tang family's reputation, this approach was too extreme. She should not hide everything from her husband and in-laws out of concern for her own face. Whether it's murder and arson, or risking exposing family secrets, it's the men in the family who should make the decision!

The Tang family has been a general for generations, what dangers have they not experienced in the northwest? There is no need for her to be a woman who can carry everything, and it’s not like all the men in the family are dead!

Mrs. Tang cried bitterly and said countless words of repentance.

After the elders finished scolding, it was Mrs. Tuesday's turn to speak again: "Sister-in-law, why do you have to go to see your great-uncle in the third room? Why do you have to go see her secretly without telling everyone?"

Mrs. Tang choked up and said: "It was her mother and daughter who introduced me to the education nuns. She must know their details. A few days ago, didn't you tell me that she and Zhou Shuyi were secretly colluding with the Sun family? I was thinking about that Since the nuns for education were sent by the Sun family, I don’t know what news they have conveyed to the Sun family in the past few years. If there is something about the Tang family and it falls into the hands of the Sun family... Rather than let us, the Tang family, suffer in the future. The Sun family is in charge, I might as well tell the truth to the A family and the general, and confess to my aunt and uncle!"

If that was the case, then she wouldn't need to do anything to kill people and silence them.

Seeing that the other members of the Tang family were already planning to take over the foster mother, this was definitely not in line with her idea of ​​driving people out of the Tang family completely. In order to eliminate future troubles, she was anxious to find Mrs. Ma to inquire. However, due to a moment of negligence, she attracted the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.

Mrs. Zhen Guogong scolded her nephew-in-law again, discussed it with Mrs. Tang, and decided to confess everything to the men of the Zhou and Tang families.

The Zhou family needs to know the private thoughts and plans of the Tang family, which has been a close ally for decades, before deciding how to handle the relationship between the two parties in the future.

The Tang family also had to make a decision. Should he continue to selfishly move closer to the capital and pursue a new career path, or should he give up all calculations and maintain his alliance with the Zhou family?

The Sun family has been exploring the secrets of the Tang family for several years, and they probably have a lot of information about the Tang family. If the Tang family does not make a decision, what awaits them in the future will definitely not be a bright and glorious future.

(End of this chapter)