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

Chapter 445 News from Zunhua Prefecture

After hearing Aunt Ma's words, Mrs. Ma laughed angrily: "What is this? Sister-in-law, she doesn't know who her beloved little son is, and she insists on him becoming a high-ranking official? An ordinary little errand can't get into her." Damn! If she hadn’t messed around, Malusheng’s future would have been settled! If she really wanted Malusheng to have a good job, why didn’t she keep an eye on him and train hard earlier?

Aunt Ma smiled bitterly and said: "I heard that after the Lantern Festival, my uncle urged the two young cousins ​​to practice their skills hard so that they could find new jobs more securely. The two young cousins ​​listened and had to practice two skills every day. Although he is good at riding and shooting, young master Lu Shengbiao's foundation is too poor. After three months of training, he has not seen any great progress. He still lags behind others in every assessment, but he is still far from qualified. It’s still far away…”

Ma Lusheng's qualifications are obviously inferior to others. Even Uncle Ma's good friends, or those who have received heavy gifts from their husband and wife, cannot force themselves to leave other more outstanding military children and choose him as a crane. Tail!

There were also old comrades who had a close friendship with Uncle Ma who came to him privately to persuade him, asking him to advise his younger son not to be too ambitious and to honestly apply for positions that were just a short shot away. If Malusheng is willing to start as a soldier, with the authority in the hands of his old comrades, there is absolutely no problem in letting him be selected. If you don't want to go to the border to fight, you can still be a postman. Although we have to be far away from Chang'an, at least the errands are relatively leisurely. If we spend some money and find a safer big inn, life will not be difficult. If Ma Lusheng is more successful, he will be promoted to the position of Yi Cheng in the future, and he will be regarded as an official. Even if he is not in the mainstream, he has the final say over the entire post. Wouldn't it be more honorable than staying in Chang'an City as an idle idler? ?
It can be said that this good friend sincerely thinks about Ma Lusheng, and Uncle Ma also accepts his support. Unfortunately, Uncle Ma's wife couldn't accept it at all, and even scolded her so unpleasantly on the spot that she has not come to Ma's house again since he left. Uncle Ma felt very sorry for this friend and sent his eldest son and grandson to his house to apologize. But as long as Uncle Ma's wife is still holding back, the other party can't really be relieved.

When Ma heard this, he no longer wanted to pay attention to his elder sister-in-law's unreasonable troubles: "Let them go. After all, the Ma family now has Lu Yuan to support the family, even if Lu Sheng has been idle at home, it doesn't matter. Wait until Ma Lu gets older. When you get older and people don't like you even as a soldier, your sister-in-law will regret it. "

She paid Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma a reward and asked them to retreat. When she turned around, she found that her grandson Haijiao had come back. She laughed and said, "Why did you come back so early and so late? Why didn't you say anything? Are you hungry? Hurry and ask for food!" "

Hai Jiao smiled and stepped forward to greet his grandmother, saluted, and sat across from the kang table. Haitang helped Aunt Cui arrange the chopsticks. While working, she turned to talk to him: "Brother, what did Capt. Huang say?"

Hai Jiao smiled: "Huang Captou is out to deal with a small official delivering official documents. It's no problem."

Huang Captou got the official officer drunk, and it didn't take much effort to dig out the truth from the other person's mouth.

There is indeed something fishy in Zunhua Prefecture's Zhizhou Yamen. A very important master under Zhizhou colluded with the clerks in the households below. He accepted the bribe money from the second brother of the Jin family and transferred the ancestral property in Jin Juren's name to Old lady Jin Er. Afterwards, Jin Juren found out and wanted to make a fuss, but his step-sister, Xiao Liu, advised him not to make the family scandal public. Mrs. Jin Er cited her past "favor" for her nephew and mentioned again that Jin Juren's first wife, Mrs. Xu, was once a member of the Wu family. The "secret" of the wet nurse recommended to the palace was so threatening that Jin Juren was frightened.

The original owner of this property remained silent, so Zhizhou would naturally not know what good deeds his trusted master had done, and the latter was even more happy to get a share of the benefits. In the next few years, he and the clerks of the household received a lot of money from the second room of the Jin family one after another, and helped transfer most of the property of the second room of the Jin family. Jin Juren originally had hundreds of fertile fields under his name, as well as several houses and shops in the city and town, almost all of which were within the reach of the Jin family's second house and the Zhizhou Yamen. Neighbors, classmates, and old friends all heard about it, and many people were willing to come forward to complain on his behalf, but he himself declined.

In recent years, Jin Juren seems to have regretted it. It may be that he has recognized the true identity of his second wife, or it may be that he has received a message from the palace, an imperial edict, and a bounty in hand, so his attitude has become much tougher and he wants to Get those industries back.

However, how could the second wife of the Jin family spit out the fat that was in his mouth? Not to mention that in order to repay the gambling debt owed by Jin Miao, they had already sold a lot of land and couldn't get it back even if they wanted to. The Zhizhou Yamen did not want to cause trouble. Although Zhizhou knew what his master had done and was very angry, he was even more afraid that his promotion would be affected. He just wanted to put the matter to rest, so he simply pretended to be deaf and mute and avoided seeing Jin Juren, leaving him with no way to ask for help.

His classmates, relatives and friends were chilled by Jin Juren's cold attitude in the past and refused to meddle in other people's affairs.

Therefore, Jin Juren has never been able to get back the lost properties, and can only live with his ancestral home and his family's savings of gold and silver.

The second roommate of the Jin family probably wants to continue plotting against him and plunder all the property in his hands. In addition, Jin Miao is jealous of losing money in gambling and has long regarded his gold as his own property, and has been entangled with him all these years. When he suddenly decided to move his family away from his hometown, the second roommate of the Jin family immediately panicked after receiving the news and hurriedly followed him.

Nowadays, except for Mrs. Jin Er's youngest daughter, Aunt Jin Er, and her family, who are still in their hometown in Zunhua Prefecture, everyone else in the second room of the Jin family is stranded in Chang'an City. As for the Jin family's properties in their hometown, Aunt Jin and his wife are now helping to take care of them.

Hai Jiao said: "Second Aunt Jin is not as stubborn as her parents and brothers. When Zhizhou Yamen called the couple over to talk about the matter, she obediently handed over the land deed, house deed and other documents. But Zhizhou considered Jin Jiashu He had to study and live in Chang'an from now on, and he had no reliable relatives or friends to take care of his property in his hometown, so he exchanged the land and houses that were supposed to be inherited by him into money and asked the official to send them over together with the official documents and evidence. Once the case of the second member of the Jin family is completed, the things will be handed over to Jin Jiashu. "

Haitang couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "How come this magistrate suddenly became sensible? Didn't my brother just say that he wanted to settle the matter? Because the magistrate of Chang'an already knew the truth, he gave up?"

Hai Jiao smiled and said: "That's not the case. It's because the previous magistrate has finished his term and left, and now this magistrate has just taken office after the year. Magistrate Huang is in the family, so naturally he doesn't mind betraying Magistrate Huang to gain face. Besides, he also No loss. The Jin family's fields, houses and shops were said to be sold for money, but according to the figures disclosed by Huang Captou, they were only about 70% of the market price. It was said that they were sold in a hurry and the price was reduced. Needless to say, the price difference was definitely there. Then we have to go to Xinzhizhou.”

Ma scolded: "This new governor is not a good person! He used the excuse that Brother Jin wants to study in Chang'an, and sold someone's ancestral property without even saying hello or asking if they were happy! Brother Jin, forget it I will live in Chang'an for a few years, and I will have to go to the capital sooner or later. I will have to take care of the property in my hometown. What's the inconvenience? What will happen to Brother Jin after he sells the ancestral property of the Jin family?"

Hai Jiao said: "I heard that the ancestral house and ancestral fields have been left, and the ancestral graves have not been touched. However, all the land and properties accumulated by Jin Jiashu's father and grandfather for two generations, which have not been sold by the Jin family's second house, will be sold by Zhizhou Yamen this time. Lost it. The new magistrate was killed first and then reported. In order to get the benefit, he also deliberately delayed the delivery of the official document. After learning the truth, Magistrate Huang of Chang'an couldn't help but curse. However, the matter was a foregone conclusion. What could we do? What to do?”

After returning home, he first went to Jin Jiashu and told him the bad news. Jin Jiashu calmly accepted the reality.

(End of this chapter)