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

Chapter 446 Plan
"How can you be so calm? Not angry at all?"

After dinner, when Haitang and her brother Hai Jiao went to the Second Entrance Courtyard to visit Jin Jiashu, they saw that he really didn't have any sad or depressed expression on his face, so she couldn't help but ask him this.

Jin Jiashu just smiled: "Otherwise, what else can I do? The deal is done. Even if I get angry again, the land and house that were sold will never come back."

Besides, he really doesn't plan to go back to his hometown. Zunhua Prefecture leaves him with almost no good memories. Except for a few warm moments in his life with his wet nurse, he experienced either cold treatment, abuse, hard labor, torture, or gossip from his neighbors.

Those people will discuss what evil deeds Jin Juren did to allow his second wife to suck blood? Was he abused by his father because he was not his biological child? What big mistake did his mother make that caused her to still be reviled by her husband's family many years after her death? Or what charming skills does the stepmother Jin Liu have to coax Jin Juren to disregard the life and death of his eldest son? Etc., etc.

But no matter how much they talked, they would not say a kind word for him or persuade the Jin family to stop beating and scolding him... He didn't want to see such neighbors again, let alone being in the same neighborhood with them for many years. Living off the land?

Jin Jiashu has made up his mind to study hard in Chang'an and strive to obtain merit and honor as soon as possible. Then, after the eighth prince succeeds to the throne and his "aunt" Xu Xianfei no longer needs to face the threat of the Sun family, he will go to the capital to reunite with his relatives.

Over in his hometown, he may go back to worship his ancestors every few years, but he has no intention of staying there for a long time. Even for Jin Juren and their coffins, he did not intend to carry them back home. Instead, he planned to find a temple in Chang'an to temporarily store them. When they went to Beijing, he would then send them to the mountains near the capital to find a quiet temple for burial. In this way, he lives in Beijing and it is convenient for him to visit his tomb every year and pay homage at four seasons.

As for whether the younger brother born to his father Jin Juren and his stepmother would not be buried in the ancestral grave and would die with his eyes closed...Jin Jiashu said he didn't care about that much anymore. Isn't it normal for family members to die in other places and not be able to return to their roots? He now faithfully observes filial piety for his father. He never leaves three sticks of incense every morning and noon. He burns enough incense candles and paper money, and also spends money to let the monks in the temple perform rituals for them. This is filial piety enough, and there is no reason for his father to do it anymore. Complain about him. Is it possible that his father would be happy if he sent the family's coffins back to his hometown for burial and then didn't go back to pay respects year after year?

Since he doesn't plan to live in his hometown, and he doesn't want to go back a few more times, what does it matter if the property in his hometown is sold? He would ask someone to take care of his ancestral home, ancestral field, etc. The income from the ancestral field is enough to pay for the maintenance and repair of the ancestral house and ancestral tombs. When he arrives in the capital in the future and settles down, he will be able to buy property again and will not let himself sit in vain.

Jin Jiashu made up his mind, but in front of the Hai family brothers and sisters, he did not go into too much detail. He just smiled and said: "Then Xin Zhizhou is not the culprit who helped the second brother to plot his father's property, so I will not vent my anger on him. And He is an old parent in my hometown. I may need to ask him for help in the future. What good will it do if I offend someone? It is better to accept the money sent by his official officer and write a letter to thank him. It’s thoughtful. As long as I make him happy, he won’t deliberately embarrass me whether I want to change my household registration, go back to my hometown to buy a house, or do anything else.”

Hai Jiao suddenly realized: "So that's what you had in mind? The town government will take care of the household registration transfer, so you don't need to worry about it. But what you said makes sense. Well, since you don't care about it, I don't need to. Fight the injustice for you."

Seeing this, Haitang started a different topic: "Since the official documents from Zunhua Prefecture have arrived, the evidence that can prove the guilt of the mother and son of the second wife of the Jin family should also have arrived, right? Can Magistrate Huang open a court to hear the case?"

Hai Jiao was about to answer his sister's question when he heard Jin Jiashu say: "At the beginning of April 23rd (9 a.m.), the court will be held. However, Magistrate Huang does not plan to hear the case in public, and will only let the relevant people wait. The other people are not allowed to listen." This is to prevent the general public from knowing that the hostess Jin's family room is a relative of the palace concubine.

When Hai Jiao heard this, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression: "How did you know?!" When he returned home just now, he didn't mention this to Jin Jiashu!

Jin Jiashu showed an embarrassed expression: "I hired someone to go to the prefect's Yamen to inquire..." Hai Jiao was even more puzzled: "I haven't seen those errand boys come to the house to look for you recently. Is this something serious? It was just decided yesterday.”

Jin Jiashu was even more embarrassed: "Today I finished my class at Mr. Xie's house. When I came back, I met Zhou Xiaojian and the others at the entrance of the alley..."

He was living in the Hai family and had nothing else to do, except that it was not convenient for him to see outsiders. There are not many visitors in the Hai family on weekdays, and there are three elders living in the front yard. It would be bad if a few errand boys often come to the door and disturb the gentlemen. But Jin Jiashu wanted to send someone outside to inquire about the news, so that he could grasp the movements of the second room of the Jin family in a timely manner. He didn't want his source of information to be only his friend Hai Jiao, who went to school every day. There were also some things he didn't want the Hai family to know, so a few familiar errand boys were indispensable to help.

After careful consideration, he found a compromise. While he was going out to attend classes at the new house of the gentlemen next door, he met the errand boys in the alley outside, paying for the errands in exchange for the latest news. The time he returns to Haijia after class every day is almost fixed. As long as he makes an appointment with the errand boys, there will be no problem. The Hai family and the gentlemen will probably not notice...

It's just that he did this without telling Hai Jiao and the Hai family, as if he wanted to guard against others. Now that Haijiao knew about it, he naturally felt guilty.

But Hai Jiao didn't think about this at all: "I see! That's convenient, but you don't have to see them outside all the time. So what if you call them home to talk? They have worked hard running errands outside, so let the kitchen Let’s make some soup and snacks for them. Don’t always worry about causing trouble to our family. Why do you still think of me as a brother when we are so familiar with each other?”

Jin Jiashu's face turned red, and he quickly shook his head and whispered no, but he couldn't explain the reason.

Haitang vaguely guessed Jin Jiashu's concerns. He seems to be living peacefully in the Hai family and is indifferent to external affairs. In fact, he is still very concerned about the case of the second brother of the Jin family.

So she interrupted Hai Jiao's musings: "Okay, brother, stop talking. What the second brother of the Jin family committed is not honorable. Although the eldest brother Jin resents them, he is from the same clan after all. He also wants to lose face and doesn't want to It is human nature to let others know about the scandals of our clan members.”

Hai Jiao reacted immediately and said with a smile: "I was careless." Then he stopped mentioning the matter and only talked about the case of the second wife of the Jin family, "I heard that the official document sent by Zunhua Prefecture clearly proves that the second wife of the Jin family According to the confession of the former household clerk who had seized the property, the new magistrate had already convicted the clerk's case. Magistrate Huang only had to directly convict Mrs. Jin Er and Jin Miao for not paying back the money they owed and for assaulting the creditor. Zunhua Prefecture also entrusted the Chang'an Prefecture to adjudicate the case, and did not plan to summon him back. It sounded to me that the new governor did not want to get involved in this case anymore. I guess he got it. He hopes that none of the two members of the Jin family will return to their hometown, lest the Jin family come to settle the score with him!"

Since the new governor of Zunhua Prefecture means this, it will be easier for Chang'an Prefecture to handle things. By sending away the second-bedroom members of the Jin family earlier, Jin Jiashu can live a quiet life, not to mention that they will not have to worry about them running back to Zhili and going to Beijing to talk to the Sun family about anything and everything, and give it to Concubine Xu Xian and Ba in the palace. The prince is causing trouble.

There was just one thing that puzzled Haitang: "Is Jin Xin not guilty? Where are the other people in the second room of the Jin family?"

(End of this chapter)