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

Chapter 336 Self-recommendation

Haijiao did not return home until after noon the next day.

When he entered the house, the front yard was filled with the strong aroma of food. Aunt Cui and her daughter-in-law, Da Zhuang, had just finished making a pile of dry food. After preparing it to dry, they packed the boxes and sent them to Peng Yuqi, who lived in the Guogong Mansion in the town. As for the patent medicine pills that will be delivered at the same time, Ma is also busy bottling them himself.

When she saw her grandson coming back, she put the newly prepared pills after arriving in Chang'an into small bottles and put labels on the bottles. She scolded her grandson and said, "I didn't come back last night. It's because I didn't make it to the city in time." Door? Um, what are you talking about? I told you to go early and come back early. You must have been delayed at the villa, right? Where did you sleep last night? Did you have breakfast and lunch? "

Hai Jiao replied somewhat sarcastically: "I was so excited to chat with Jin Jiashu yesterday that I didn't pay attention to the time and left late. The head of the village said that I would be late to enter the city gate, so I simply stayed at the villa for one night. , lived in Jin Jiashu’s yard. After getting up early, he went to Lao Lao Lao Zhuangzi to visit the old military advisor before coming back. He had already had lunch, which was eaten at the old military advisor’s house. Someone gave the old military advisor a whole roasted lamb. It’s so delicious.”

Mrs. Ma felt relieved when she learned that her grandson had not suffered much this night and had eaten, drank and slept well. She suddenly felt a craving for roasted whole lamb, so she asked Ma Li's house: "What are you having for dinner today? Is there any lamb? If not, go to Lao Zhang's house and buy a roasted leg of lamb. I haven't eaten for several days. It's weird." Yes." Ma Lijia responded with a smile.

After asking all the questions, Mrs. Ma sent her grandson back to the house to rest: "I slept outside yesterday, so it must be better than sleeping at home, right? Look at the black spots under your eyes, go back to the house and catch up on some sleep!" When dinner is ready, I will send someone to fetch you."

Hai Jiao bowed and left the house. When he saw his sister Haitang coming from the backyard, he winked at her and went back to the east wing.

Haitang paused for a moment, then continued to go to the upper room. She said a few words to Mr. Ma and helped him fill two bottles of patent medicine pills. Mr. Ma just sent him away impatiently and then turned away. East wing.

At this time, Hai Jiao had already changed into homely clothes, lay down on the kang, closed his eyes and rested. When he heard his sister entering the room, he sat up, looked up at Haitang, paused, and sighed.

Haitang blinked and sat next to the kang: "Brother, what's wrong? Didn't the trip to Biezhuang go smoothly yesterday? Doesn't Jin Jiashu like that wheelchair?"

"No, he likes it very much." Hai Jiao replied, "I think he likes it so much that he almost sheds tears. But his injury has been recovering for two months and has improved a lot. Even without this wheelchair, It’s just an extra month to raise him. If I had known better, we would have made a wheelchair and sent it to him years ago.”

That's not what she said. She hadn't finished the drawing of the wheelchair years ago, and she didn't know where to find a reliable carpenter. How could she send this gift to Jin Jiashu in advance?

Haitang said: "Even if it only lasts for half a month, it is better than nothing. His injury is still in the critical recovery period. Even if he wants to move his body, try not to touch the injured area. If the injury does not heal well, , it will affect his ability to walk in the future, which will be troublesome. He is a scholar and will take the imperial examination in the future."

Haijiao also understands this truth, but he just said it casually.

Seeing that his face was still a little bleak, Haitang couldn't help but ask: "Brother, why do you have such an expression? Since Jin Jiashu likes that wheelchair, it proves that our hard work has not been in vain. Isn't this something to be happy about? Why are you so nice? Looks like you're worried?"

Hai Jiao sighed: "I'm not worried about the wheelchair. I'm..." He paused, "Well, I don't know who to discuss this matter with. I can only talk to you, my little sister." . Maybe you can think of a way to dissuade him."

Haitang raised an eyebrow: "What? Is Jin Jiashu going to do something you don't approve of?" Hai Jiao sighed again, and then told her in detail about yesterday's trip to Villa.

He drove to Biezhuang. Although the road was a bit troublesome, it was generally smooth. When he arrived at Biezhuang, it was still early. According to common sense, it was impossible to miss the return to the city.

He just felt that he had enough time, so he chatted with Jin Jiashu about home affairs.

During the first month of the year, he was often invited by friends and didn't have much free time. He only made three trips to the village during the whole first month. The last time I came here was a few days after the Lantern Festival. Therefore, he has not seen Jin Jiashu for more than ten days.

Without Hai Jiao as a source of information, Jin Jiashu's recent days of recuperation have been a bit difficult. Although he re-hired the young errand boys in Chang'an City after the Lantern Festival, they were only familiar with the situation in the city and were insufficient to inquire about information. Many of the information were not accessible to them due to their status. Therefore, they only knew that Shaanxi Dusi had arrested a lot of people for a while, and they heard that there were spies among them; and then they heard that the young master of the Jin family had climbed up to the eldest daughter of the Tang family, and the two had a private meeting in a teahouse, but were killed by their respective Mother caught Xingxing; then the Tang family wanted to drive away the correctional nuns invited from the capital, and several generals from the Tang family wanted to be promoted to officials elsewhere...

The young errand boys only knew a little bit about these hot news in Chang'an City through hearsay, but some of the information mixed in the rumors made Jin Jiashu notice something strange. Unfortunately, the young men running errands could not find out more detailed information. He could only count on Haijiao to bring him more accurate information.

Hai Jiao felt that many things were not classified at all, so it was not important for Jin Jiashu, a victim of the Sun family, to know, so he told him all the non-confidential information, including that the Tang family had found out the Sun family's remaining contacts in Chang'an City. , but could not find the manpower arranged by the Sun family outside Chang'an City, and they were afraid that if they caught the nun or the pigeon breeder rashly, they would alert the snake, and cut off the clues for further investigation, etc.

Unexpectedly, after Jin Jiashu listened to his words, he was silent for a while and then said to him: "I can help the Zhou family and Tang family find these people."

Hai Jiao didn't understand: "What did you say?"

Jin Jiashu repeated what he said, and then said: "Help me tell the Zhenguo government that I am willing to be a bait. They will try to let the Sun family's spies know my existence. As long as they know the Sun family's attitude towards me. No one can let me go. Now my leg injury has not healed and I have difficulty moving. I live alone in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city without even a powerful guard. As long as they know where I live, the Sun family will Whether the spies want to come and kill me or kidnap me, it won't take much effort, right? After taking care of me, even if they don't make any other great achievements, they won't be afraid that the Sun family will punish them heavily when they return to the capital."

Hai Jiao was stunned when he heard this: "Are you crazy?! You can't even run away now. If a killer really comes to your door, are you going to die?!"

"Of course I am dying." Jin Jiashu smiled at him, "It is precisely because I want to live that I don't want to wait any longer. I don't know when the Sun family will come to kill me. To tell you the truth, Zhuang My boss once told me that there have been strangers coming and going in the village recently. I don’t know where they came from. If they are from the Sun family, it will be a matter of time before they find this courtyard. In this case, I might as well take the initiative and On the contrary, it can catch them off guard!

"Besides, the Duke of Zhen Guo has taken me in and will protect my safety in the future. I should help them with a little help wherever I can, right? The Duke of Zhen Guo will definitely send enough people to protect my safety. Even if I made the bait, so there’s nothing to be afraid of.”

(End of this chapter)