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

Chapter 456 Threats and Counter-Threats
Haitang stood outside the back garden, listening to Jin Liu's words, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Jin Jiashu’s mother Xu left too many imprints on the Jin family. She had been engaged to Jin Juren for many years before getting married. The two families were not far apart, and they knew everything about her. It was really difficult to fabricate the existence of a younger sister and hide it from the second wife of the Jin family. In the past, the people in the second room of the Jin family didn't think about it and didn't get suspicious. Now that they are forced into a desperate situation and need to find out the clues about Jin Jiashu, some people will naturally think of these clues that they didn't pay attention to in the past. Didn’t Jin Liushi discover it now?
I just don’t know how Jin Jiashu will deal with her threat?

In the back garden and in the thatched pavilion, Jin Jiashu didn't look at all panicked: "What I said is so strange. It was obviously you who said that my mother died in the capital, but you buried her with your own hands. Why are you talking about her now?" Never left the palace? If she never left the palace, then who are you burying?"

Mrs. Jin Liu suddenly choked and said squeakingly: "That's... that's because we were worried that people would find out that your mother was related to the Wu family, so we deliberately lied to people. In fact, your mother has never been from the palace at all. Come out!"

Jin Jiashu tilted his head: "In that case, why didn't you just tell the truth when the people from the prefecture's Yamen interrogated you earlier? Why did you have to say that my mother died of a sudden illness after she came out of the palace, and was buried in the capital by you? Everyone in the world Knowing that the Zhou family and the Sun family are sworn enemies, it doesn't matter if you tell them the truth, right? "Why do you continue to lie?" After a pause, "The third uncle even told the government to dig graves in Beijing." If you look at it, it doesn’t look fake.”

Did Jin Miao say this to anyone in the government?

Mrs. Jinliu was in a state of confusion. While secretly scolding her brother-in-law, she also complained that Jin Jiashu was not as easy to fool as before. She gritted her teeth and said: "No matter what, your mother doesn't have a sister, so it can't be false. You are just lying! When did Xu Qiuniang enter the palace? Sister? The palace has never chosen a maid in Zunhua Prefecture! Well, suddenly an aunt like this appears, saying that she is serving a nobleman in the palace and has become a female official..." She sneered triumphantly, "I'm afraid. It's not a long-lost sister, but Xu Qiuniang herself! She doesn't even want to recognize her husband and son, so she must be beheaded if others find out that she is a married woman."

She spit out this excuse that she had finally thought of recently, thinking that Jin Jiashu would give in this time, but the latter still looked calm: "What kind of taboo does a married woman commit when she becomes a female official?" ? When my mother came to the palace, she was originally going to be a wet nurse for the unborn emperor. Everyone knew that she was a married woman. If she really didn't die and stayed in the palace, it would be impossible. Beheaded for this kind of thing.”

Jin Liushi was choked again. How does she know the rules of the palace? I just guessed that the so-called aunt of the Xu family was probably Xu Qiuniang herself. She refused to recognize her husband and son because of taboos! Is it possible that Jin Jiashu didn't understand the seriousness of the matter and didn't take her threat seriously?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Jin Liu could no longer hold her breath: "Do you dare to be so sure in your heart? Then when I get to the court, I will tell the magistrate like this and let everyone hear it. That doesn't matter?!"

"You can just say what you want." Jin Jiashu sneered, "The magistrate is not like you, who listens to the wind and rains. He will contact the Zunhua Prefecture Zhizhou Yamen to check. It just so happens that the official from Zunhua Prefecture is still waiting in Chang'an Prefecture. It would be convenient to send a letter back. How many daughters did my maternal grandfather have and how old was one of them when they were lost? The Zhizhou Yamen has kept a record of them. I will find out when the magistrate knows you are here. If you lie, deliberately consume the government's manpower, and delay the trial of the case, you will be severely punished! By then, you will be guilty, and your precious son Jin Wu will become the son of a sinful woman. There will be no good future in the future! "

When Mrs. Jin Liu heard this, she was immediately frightened: "This... this is not a thing, how can Zhizhou Yamen keep records?"

"There are records in the Zhizhou Yamen, which proves that it is not impossible." Jin Jiashu still looked calm, but his tone was slower, "I didn't know about my grandfather's family. It was the wet nurse who told me. My mother had a twin sister who was born only half an hour later. My grandmother was injured during childbirth, and she never gave birth to another child. However, there were always people in the countryside saying that twins were unlucky, but my grandfather and grandmother never publicized it. When my mother and aunt were five or six years old, my grandfather took them to the city to see the lanterns. My aunt accidentally got lost, and my grandmother was so sad that she fell seriously ill. After that, they never mentioned her daughter again, just as a child. My mother was the only one living next to her, and she later moved to the town and changed neighbors. Naturally, no one mentioned it. "Jin Liu's heart was in confusion. After hearing Jin Jiashu's words, she felt that they were full of details and didn't sound like her. is fake. Jin Jiashu's wet nurse has been serving Xu Qiuniang since she was a child, so she naturally knows her family's affairs. The old man Fang of the Jin family met Xu Cai when they were taking the county examination. The children of both families were almost ten years old at that time. It seems that the old scholar Xu moved from the village to the town, and the scholar's wife has indeed been in poor health. But what happened to his family in the village in the past was unknown to the second wife of the Jin family.

However, at that time, there seemed to be a saying in nearby towns and villages that "twins are unlucky". There was a family in their village who gave birth to twin girls. The mother died in childbirth. Within a few days, the two baby girls also died. The men in the family and the mother-in-law felt very unlucky, and many people gossiped behind their backs. This happened about four or five years ago, so it seems to match up with Jin Jiashu.

Jin Liushi was not so sure anymore. Is it possible... that the Xu family really has a second daughter?

Jin Jiashu continued to fill in the details in the second half: "A few years ago, my aunt asked someone to send a letter to contact me. Dad and I found out that she was abducted by a kidnapper, and was later sold to the capital and entered the Marquis of Cheng'en. Because her aunt was good at medicinal food, the Marquis Chengen sent her to the palace to serve the Queen Mother. On the day of the fire in Kunning Palace, the Queen Mother heard that there was a fire in the palace, so she sent her palace servants to look for her. The Queen and the Prince, my aunt happened to meet my mother who had fled, so she took her back to Cining Palace. "

He raised his head and looked at Mrs. Jin Liu: "Because they are twin sisters, they were born so similar that my aunt recognized my mother at a glance. She asked the Queen Mother for her grace and hid my mother in Cining Palace. Wait for the news to pass before sending them out quietly... She thought that my mother had arrived home safely, but she didn't expect that my mother would die of a sudden illness... But you just said, uncle, that she never left the palace at all and did not die in the capital. What's going on at home? If you don't see my mother, who is buried in the capital?"

Jin Liushi looked away guiltily, not daring to look at Jin Jiashu.

Jin Jiashu took a step forward and continued to stare at her closely: "My aunt was serving the Queen Mother in the palace. A few years ago, by chance, she made a contribution to rescuing the driver and received a commendation from the emperor. The emperor asked her who else in the family, my aunt was She mentioned that my mother came with me. She thought that my mother had returned to her hometown with our family, but the emperor sent an envoy to give us the money, and she found out that my mother had died in the capital that year.

"Mother, I have never doubted your words. But you made it clear before that my mother never left the palace, and she is not the one buried in the capital. Can you tell me what is going on? ? I can write to my aunt. With her current dignity in front of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, it will be easy for me to find out where my mother is, right? ?”

Jin Liu was forced to take two steps back, her legs weakened, and she sat down on the ground. All the arrogance she had before was gone.

(End of this chapter)