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

Chapter 411 True or False?

Haitang left her life more than fifty years ago no more than three years ago, and she still still has fresh memories of everything she experienced at that time.

So she immediately thought that this mark was unique to the inner palace, but it was from the inner palace more than fifty years ago.

In the box of gold ingots produced by Neifu in Jin Jiashu's hand, the Neifu mark on them is no longer the same, but the change is not big, and the similarities between the two marks can still be seen. Haitang felt that he might be able to find something to write about here.

The gold pattern on the ebony comb is indeed a popular pattern more than fifty years ago. This comb... seems to be something Song Yuzhu is used to, right? The workmanship is excellent, the quality is excellent, and it is probably to her liking. Otherwise, she would have faked her death and fled, so why would she take these combs away and use them to this day?
Haitang tried hard to recall her experience in the clan palace before Song Yuzhu's accident in the previous life. She vaguely remembered that before Song Yuzhu's eldest sister Song Yuzhen got married, the clan clan lady went to the inner palace to order a batch of expensive and exquisite products in order to prepare a dowry for her eldest daughter. Since her youngest daughter also clamored for the same set of toiletries, she had no choice but to order a set of everyday items for Song Yuzhu.

However, Haitang, who was a nanny at that time, focused all her attention on the eldest lady Song Yuzhen's dowry, and did not pay attention to the specific details of the second lady Song Yuzhu's share. But the materials, craftsmanship and style are all on point. The set with Song Yuzhen is definitely produced by the same craftsman at the same time.

There should be records of orders received by the Imperial Household for custom-made supplies for the clan, right? Do you still remember the patterns on it clearly? Holding the item, can you find out the identity of the person who ordered it?
Haitang thought secretly, still staring at the two combs.

Mrs. Ma put down her comb and turned around to see Haitang standing on the side. She just thought she was shocked by the exquisite and precious jewelry in her dressing box. She snorted disdainfully and did not treat this little girl who grew up in the city and countryside at all. Taking it seriously, he turned to look at his daughter-in-law Zhou Ma and Ma: "Have you not finished writing yet? It's just a matter of a few words, what's the difficulty? You are also the daughters of an official family, don't you have a hard time reading? I’ve passed the book and now I can’t even write a few words!”

Zhou Ma's face turned red and he lowered his head. Isn't she a lady who has been carefully raised since she was a child? But her mother died early, and her stepmother didn't like her. She really hadn't studied seriously for a few years, and she couldn't compare to her stepmother-in-law. She knew everything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting...

Ma is not as sensitive and caring as Zhou Ma. Whether it is the Hai family or the Zhou family, there is no need for the talented daughter-in-law to be married into the family. It is more important for them to understand their own position clearly and not to do anything that goes against the interests of the military and civilians in the northwest and not to hold back the men in their families. If you have a character that does not know the importance of importance and does not care about the overall situation, no matter how many books you read, you will not be respected by others.

She slapped the handwritten letter on the table, grabbed the letter, and pulled Zhou Ma to leave. At the same time, she called Haitang and Zhou Yijun to leave together.

Mrs. Ma scolded them as "rude" and "unlucky" behind their backs, and ordered the girls to quickly fetch water to clean the floor. After that, she put away the handwritten note, but her face was gloomy and she did not relax at all. It means one breath.

Although the people brought by her stepdaughter-in-law did not actually take away the dowry she brought from the Ma family, Tu Rong's actions still gave her an unknown premonition. Now she doesn't have any confidants left, and all her foreign aid has almost disappeared. Even if she has all kinds of plans, she can't do anything about it. Is it really possible to stay in the third room of the Zhou family and wait for death? How could she be willing to do this? !

Zhou Ma and the Ma sisters returned to the main courtyard. After sending off the servants and wives with reward money, Zhou Ma looked at the old letter and hesitated: "Yumei, this letter...should we give it directly to Tu Tongzhi? Do you want to tell the master?"

"It's okay to tell your brother-in-law, but even if he says not to hand it over, the eldest sister will ignore it and just hand it over." Ma paused, "Even this letter, I don't know whether it is true or not. What if it's that old woman? It's a forgery. Tu Tongzhi might misunderstand that it was a deliberate manipulation to help your family get away with it!" "No way..." Zhou Ma looked at the letter, "It doesn't look like it's fake... A few years ago, when Mrs. Wang was still here, she was indeed very popular, and she was familiar with many officials and their families. During the holidays, she would send people to our homes to give gifts..." At that time, Mrs. Ma was still the mother-in-law of the third house, and Wang It was extremely unusual for the lady to write a letter trusting her to do something for her.

Zhou Yijun hurriedly asked: "Grandma, who is this Mrs. Wang?" Haitang also looked curious.

Zhou Ma made a brief introduction to the two juniors.

This Mrs. Wang is the head wife of a wealthy businessman in Liangzhou. Her natal family is a major grain producer in Sichuan, and her husband's family owns the largest grain store in the northwest. During the years when the Northwestern Frontier Army had their money and food confiscated by the imperial court, they always tried their best to squeeze out money and buy food from Wang's Grain Store. His grain store has a large inventory, which can meet 60% of the needs of the frontier army. The price is not expensive, and he is a fairly stable food supplier. A daughter of his family even married into the Zhou family, but she died without leaving any children. The eldest daughter-in-law of the fourteenth room next door is the granddaughter of the Wang family. The deceased daughter of the seventh wife, the one who married Du Boqin, had discussed marriage with the second son of the Wang family in her early years. It can be seen that the relationship between the Zhou family and the Wang family was still very good at that time.

However, after the death of the head of the Wang family, the eldest son was too weak to take charge of affairs, and the second son was incapable of handling common affairs, so his widowed mother, Mrs. Wang, took charge of the affairs. Since then, the Wang family's behavior has undergone some not-so-good changes.

The grain store under Mrs. Wang's control has caused scandals of shoddy goods more than once, and it has also raised the price of grain from time to time, causing embarrassment to border army logistics officials. But the border army couldn't fall out with her because the Wang family was the only merchant in the northwest who could provide a large amount of food in a short period of time. Moreover, under the guidance of Mrs. Wang, the Wang family has established relationships with the powerful people in the court. There are rumors that they have even established relationships with the empresses in the palace...

At that time, the Zhou family had always suspected that the Wang family was after the Sun family, so they did so many tricks on the military rations and deliberately caused chaos to the Zhou family. But before they could find any evidence, something happened to the Wang family. There was a fire in the grain store, and Mrs. Wang and her two sons, as well as her confidants and shopkeepers, were all killed in the flames. All the accounting books and documents were left. Finally, when the tribesmen from the branch came to handle the funeral arrangements, only three melons and two dates were left in the huge family property. . Although Liangzhou Wang's Trading Company is still open for business today, the scale is no longer the same as when it was at its peak.

This is what Zhou Ma is worried about: "Back then, there were some unclear rumors about the relationship between Mrs. Wang and the Sun family in Beijing. Now that the A family has published this unclear letter, they are afraid that if Tu Tong doesn't believe it, he will think that they are trying to To bite the Sun family back..."

"This is not necessarily the case." Haitang blinked and said, "Didn't it mean that Du Boqin knew that Mrs. Ma was colluding with Hu spies, and it was the Sun family who told him? And the Sun family would know about this, and it was Hu The spy told them. Who knows the relationship between the Sun family and those Hu spies? Maybe they set up a trap early and were just waiting to frame the Zhou family. Why did the Sun family catch the Hu spies? Instead of sending him to the government immediately, he would instead detain him, interrogate him first, and then hand him over? "

Can things work out like this?
Zhou Ma and Ma looked at each other.

Zhou Yijun clasped her hands and said: "No matter what the truth is, let's send this letter out first. This letter seems to be old. Mr. Tu came to search the west courtyard before and didn't find it. He probably kept it in a box and just let the old lady know it." Let Mr. Tu check this letter. No matter what is found, our family can buy some more time so that we can discuss it with the elder, and maybe we can find a way to solve the problem."

(End of this chapter)