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

Chapter 368 Attending the Banquet

The Hai family brother and sister and Jin Jiashu failed to achieve any results from their discussion.

In fact, they were not all without ideas, but whatever the three and a half-year-old children wanted to do, they had to make suggestions through Xie Wenzai before they reached the ears of people who could make up their minds. But the Zhenguo Government was happy to accept Xie Wenzai's suggestion, but the Tang family trusted their own judgment more. They were very polite to Xie Wenzai, but they did not follow his advice and still acted according to the wishes of their family master. Xie Wenzai is helpless about this. What can the Hai family siblings and Jin Jiashu do?

They could only wait for the latest news at Haijia. Haijiao and Jin Jiashu had to receive instruction from three teachers: Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian. They read for half the night and did a lot of homework. When they woke up early the next day, they were all still a little confused and felt like their brains could hardly move.

Haitang's condition is much better than them. She actually resumed her homework after the Lantern Festival, but her homework was not the same as her brother's. She didn't need to recite the Four Books and Five Classics, or military books and military laws. She only needed to listen to historical allusions, memorize poems by famous writers, and then learn pairs and practice calligraphy and painting from the two elders Cao and Lu. That was enough.

Therefore, after completing her homework on time every day, she still has enough time to practice martial arts, do needlework, plant flowers and grass, study recipes with her grandmother Ma, help with household chores, and listen to her brother Hai Jiao about what is happening outside, and then discuss it with him Let’s talk about the encirclement and suppression plan of the Zhou and Tang families. She arranged everything in an orderly manner, yet completed it easily and casually.

Hai Jiao couldn't help but be filled with envy when he saw that his little sister was doing a lot of things but seemed to be very leisurely every day.

But he was envious, and he was not jealous. He knew that what he wanted to learn was different from that of his little sister. The little sister could live an easy life, but he had to work harder. Not only did he have to learn new things, but in order not to make his elders suspicious, he also had to take advantage of his free time to learn all over again what he had learned as a boy.

He rolled the papers by himself, and now he asked Jin Jiashu to do the papers together: "Are you feeling a little tired? You're just not used to it. My cousin, Grandpa Cao, and Grandpa Lu always teach me this way. It's a bit difficult to learn, but I get used to it. It will be fine after that. Now that we are still young and have nothing serious to do, if we work harder now, it will be much easier in the future. Besides, you said that your family did not allow you to study when you were a child, but when you did, your stepmother always Make trouble for you and prevent your father from giving you guidance on your homework. Now these obstacles are gone. My cousin is also more knowledgeable than your father. With his guidance, as long as you work hard and study hard, you will definitely achieve success in the imperial examination in the future. of!"

Jin Jiashu raised his head and looked at him: "The knowledge Mr. Not as knowledgeable as you." Hai Jiao is also smarter and more talented than he originally thought. Did he really have any misunderstandings about Haijiao in the past? How can you think that this friend is a solid eye who is excellent in martial arts but not very shrewd?

But Hai Jiao laughed: "I have learned all these lessons from you before. At that time, I also wanted to take the imperial examination route, but in the past two years, I changed my mind and planned to join the army. My cousin changed it for me. Homework. But I still remember everything I have learned in the past. My cousin also thinks that there is nothing wrong with me reading more books, and he has to check it from time to time. You think I am knowledgeable, but in fact I just have a better memory. You didn’t have the chance to do it before. Famous teachers teach you that you will always encounter obstacles when studying, which will cause delays. As long as you study hard from now on, you will definitely catch up with me soon, or even surpass me!"

He encouraged Jin Jiashu: "Study more! Now that no one is in your way, and you have famous teachers to guide you, you are not short of food and clothing, and you are keeping filial piety and can't go out, so you should seize the time to study hard. Wait for you to take the exam After gaining fame, the second brother-in-law of the Jin family will no longer be able to manipulate you in the name of being an elder. Instead, he will have to stay away from you in the future to avoid being retaliated by you!"

In the future, if Queen Mother Xu has a "nephew" who is famous, she will have a helper in the court, right? Will Queen Mother Xu also look at friends who help her "nephew" to become talented?

Hai Jiao was distracted for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he saw Jin Jiashu turning his head and looking out the door seriously. Following his line of sight, he saw that his younger sister Haitang was neatly dressed, pretty and decent, walking from the yard outside. Pass.

Hai Jiao hurriedly got up and walked to the door and asked, "Little sister, where are you going?"

While adjusting her rainproof cloak, Haitang replied: "Sister Wenjun's farewell party is today. I have to go there early to try to chat with her more. Didn't I tell you yesterday?"

Haijiao patted his head. His attention yesterday was focused on the Zhou and Tang families' encirclement and suppression operations. Even if the younger sister mentioned a few irrelevant gossips, he ignored them. However, when Zhou Wenjun wrote to his little sister a few days ago, she mentioned this matter. He just forgot that the date of the farewell banquet was today.

He said casually: "Then you go and have fun - do you want me to take you there?" "No. I told grandma that Ma Changnian will drive me and Putao there, so there is no need for my brother." Haitang put the hood attached to the cloak on her head and walked towards the front yard. "Brother, please wait for the news at home. I will be back soon after lunch. I hope there will be someone at the Tang family by then." The result.”

Hai Jiao nodded in agreement: "Go ahead, be careful on the road and come back early."

He sent his little sister out all the way and watched her and the maid get into the carriage and drive towards Zhou Wenjun's villa. Then he turned back home. After thinking about it, he went to find his cousin Xie Wenzai to see if the Tang family had sent him home. New news coming.

Just when Hai Jiao was about to return to the Second Hospital, someone came to see Xie Wenzai.

Those who came were not the Tang family, but the soldiers of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, who came here specially on the orders of the old military advisor. He sent Xie Wenzai some bad news.

This morning, the nursing mother sent her maid Xiaocui out to "buy". While Xiaocui was walking on the road, she met people from the new stronghold. I don’t know what the two of them talked about. After that, the two of them quickly separated. Xiaocui returned to the correctional mother’s place, and then they started to pack their luggage. They ignored all the heavy and difficult-to-carry boxes and only concentrated on packing the small items. The commotion was so loud that even the servants sent by the Tang family noticed it. They tried to go to the inner courtyard to inquire, but were scolded back. However, they still dutifully reported the news to their master.

The Tang family sent people to surround the yard where the nuns were being educated, preventing them from leaving, but they didn't bother to deal with them yet because their attention was focused on the new stronghold.

I don't know when more than half of the people in the new stronghold were reduced, and the remaining two or three minions were creating various illusions in the house to make the surveillance people think that they were still in the house. If the person responsible for tracking Xiaocui hadn't seen her meeting people in the new stronghold, the Tang family would not have known that "Master Cai" had run away with his confidants!

There is a dog hole under the back wall of the new stronghold house, and "Master Cai" probably escaped from here.

This is the negligence of the Tang family. The head of the Tang family was furious, and his subordinates felt shameless. They didn't say anything, they only controlled those who couldn't escape, and were about to torture them and ask them about the whereabouts of "Master Cai" and others. The Zhou family felt something was wrong and hurriedly sent a letter to the old military advisor and Xie Wenzai, asking them to help with detailed information and guessing the most likely whereabouts of "Master Cai" at the moment.

According to the feedback from several guards at the city gate, this person has not left the city yet and must be hiding in a corner somewhere.

Xie Wenzai frowned and felt that he had to make a trip to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.

Hai Jiao quickly told Jin Jiashu the news.

At this time, Haitang had just gotten off the car in front of Zhou Wenjun's courtyard.

(End of this chapter)