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

Chapter 417 Hint
Haijiao suddenly realized.

He hurriedly told Xie Wenzai what Zhou Shigong said when he was in the third room of the Zhou family: "My great-uncle seemed to be convinced that Mrs. Ma was guilty, and also suspected that his father was an insider, so he felt that his family's sins were so serious that it was impossible to get rid of the charges. He was afraid that by asking for help from his clansmen, the Guoguo Guild would offend the emperor by helping his family, which would in turn implicate all the clansmen. Therefore, he would rather accept the punishment of the court and use the lives of his whole family to atone for Madam Ma's crime. He didn't intend to involve other clan members. He specifically asked the whole family not to tell the chief."

Xie Wenzai frowned when he heard this: "Confused! He is not only a scholar, but also a serious scholar. He has read history books all the time. How could he have such naive ideas?! Mrs. Ma is just a housewife who has been living at home for many years. Living in the rear, even if you are greedy for money and get the road documents for a few treacherous businessmen, it is just a small matter. Even if you want to be convicted, it will not alarm the emperor! What the court is afraid of is never a money-grubbing woman, but It’s the entire Zhou family!”

Mrs. Ma was just the widow of a logistics officer of the Northwest Frontier Army. Her husband had been dead for many years. She had not had much contact with the army's lieutenants. Her son was only a middle-level military attache and did not even have control over a thousand-household office. She had contact with Hu spies. Was it something major that needed to alarm the court? Is Tu Rong guilty of ransacking his house at night? Does it still need to be reported to the emperor before he can make the final decision? !
What really made the emperor and Tu Rong fearful and wary was the Zhou family behind Mrs. Ma. What they were worried about was whether the Zhou family was involved in the collaboration with the enemy!

This is not a matter for the Zhou family's third house. The third room of the Zhou family now only has one civilian civilian official in the army and two middle-level military attachés in the border army. They have neither power nor prestige, and there is nothing to be afraid of. Regardless of whether the emperor wanted to punish the Zhou family, eradicate the Zhou family, or pretend that it was nothing, and allow the Zhou family to continue to hold military power, it was never for the sake of the third wife of the Zhou family. Zhou Shigong took the entire matter on himself. To put it nicely, it was for the sake of the family. To put it badly, it was because he thought too highly of himself. He is actually not as important as he thinks.

If the emperor really wanted to punish Mrs. Ma for collaborating with the enemy, he would not give up his original idea just because the third member of the Zhou family took the blame.

Xie Wenzai sighed again and again, but it was a pity that his cousin Hai Xiya was on a foreign business trip at this time. It would take at least half a month before he would return to Chang'an. Otherwise, he could have asked his cousin to have a good talk with his brother-in-law. When such a big thing happened, what was the use of Zhou Shigong hiding it? His little scholar's weak shoulders cannot bear such a big thing at all, so it would be better to confess to the Duke of Zhen as soon as possible.

If the third wife of the Zhou family deserves what she deserves, Duke Zhen Guo will not blindly help her.

But if it was because Zhou Shigong deliberately concealed it that Duke Zhen Guo failed to find out the truth in time and was plotted against him, that would be too unfair!

Thinking of this, Xie Wenzai couldn't sit still any longer: "I have to go and tell Duke Zhen Guo quickly. If Lord Zhen Guo refuses to move on Friday, then we will have to ask Duke Zhen Guo's Mansion to come forward. Otherwise, Tu Tongzhi will I don’t know what Bian was thinking. He may not know that it was Zhou Shigong who was stupid, and he probably thought that Duke Zhen didn’t take his words to heart at all.”

Xie Wenzai lifted up his robe and got off the kang, then walked out without even bothering to pick up his coat. Haitang hurriedly ran to his house, took out a cloak, and chased it all the way out the door to give it to him. She couldn't let the old man catch a cold and get sick due to the cold wind. Although it is already March, the weather in Chang'an is still a bit cold. It was getting dark now. I'm afraid it will already be night by the time Xie Wenzai comes back from the Zhenguo Palace. The spring breeze is even more biting at night.

When Haitang returned to Lu Bainian's room, she heard her brother Hai Jiao asking Lu Bainian: "... From what my cousin said, Tu Tongzhi seemed to have always wanted to tell Duke Zhen Guo about this, but he always couldn't explain it clearly? Why is this? Woolen cloth?"

Lu Bainian said: "We don't know about this either. Tu Rong has always been very careful to keep it secret and not allow people around him to leak the information. But there is an informant from the Zhenguo Government in Shaanxi Dusi, and everyone knows it. He does not He didn't stop those people from telling Duke Zhen what was going on. He even went to Duke Zhen and said some meaningful words in person, which seemed to imply that Duke Zhen came to talk to him. This was so strange that it didn't make people feel puzzled. Lao Xie is going to the Duke's Mansion almost every other day, so it's not surprising that he heard about it. It's just that this kind of thing is very disgraceful, and it's hard for anyone to tell anyone until the truth is revealed. "

Haijiao didn't know what to say for a moment. It turned out that he got the news from Tang Meng and hurried home to tell his grandmother. When the three of them immediately went to the third room of the Zhou family to ask what happened, the cousin who lived in the front yard actually knew what happened in the third room of the Zhou family. ? Then why didn't he say it? ! Hai Jiao felt a little aggrieved. He was really anxious before, and grandma was also really worried. How could my cousin watch them anxious and worried without saying a word?

He couldn't help but tell his little sister about this, with a bit of complaint in his tone: "Although I have to go to school every day now and am not as free as before, I can also help to find out information. . Cousin, I got some important news, why didn’t you tell me?”

Haitang accepted her brother's resentment, calmly sat down by the kang, and asked Lu Bainian: "Grandpa Lu, does my cousin also feel that my great-uncle is too silent and hopes that we can go to the third room of the Zhou family to help check the situation?"

Hai Jiao reacted and immediately straightened his expression: "That's right. Since my great-uncle has gotten into trouble, someone must wake him up. It's not easy for the Duke of Zhen to come forward. As relatives of the third room, it's reasonable for us to take the initiative to care about him. As it should be.”

Lu Bainian saw that he had figured it out, so he smiled and said: "It's not that we old men deliberately hid it from you, it's really... There was no movement in the third room of the Zhou family, and we were secretly worried, fearing that something would really happen to his family, and he would be implicated. Your grandmother. Your grandfather is busy all day long and has to go on a business trip. We really can’t cause trouble for him. Originally, if you didn’t get the warning from the Tang family boy today, we would have to find a way to let you brothers and sisters know about the third room of the Zhou family. Something happened. Didn't Tangtang always correspond with his little girl? It's hard to manipulate the letters, and the messenger would always let you know. As long as you were suspicious of the current situation of the third family member of the Zhou family, you would definitely run away. Come and find out."

Haitang Haijiao suddenly realized that they were the tools targeted by the old men, but before they could take the initiative to jump into the trap, they were intercepted by others.

Haitang smiled and said: "Grandpa Lu, this is because you are being unkind. We all know each other so well and we are all one family. What do you have to say that you can't tell us directly?"

Hai Jiao nodded repeatedly: "That's right, why bother taking such a big detour?!"

Lu Bainian sighed: "We have no choice. After all, this is the internal affairs of the Zhou family, and outsiders cannot say much. The Duke of Zhen has made up his mind to wait for Zhou Shigong to speak first, so how can we disobey him? Whatever we want to do, we must do our best. There may be no trace. I didn't expect you to get the news and take the initiative to intervene. We were in a hurry and had no time to explain, so we had to wait until you came home. Second, it is human nature. Your news comes from the Tang family and has nothing to do with the Zhenguo government. Even if Tu Rong knows about it, it will be fine. "

Haitang tilted her head in confusion: "Why is this? Does Tu Rong know that the Zhenguo Government's initiative to intervene in the affairs of the third room of the Zhou family will bring about any bad consequences?"

Hai Jiao also reacted: "What has he hinted in front of Duke Zhen these past few days? What is his purpose?!"

(End of this chapter)