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

Chapter 465 Ending
Aunt Jin couldn't come to her door because the bodyguards that the Zhenguo Palace had found for Jin Jiashu were already in place.

The Duke of Zhenguo arranged for Jin Jiashu an old soldier in his early forties named Zhou Dachang. He was tall, strong, powerful, and had outstanding martial arts skills. He could also serve as Jin Jiashu's martial arts instructor.

Zhou Dachang was born as an orphan. He grew up in the Zhenguo Palace and was given the surname Zhou. Among the soldiers of Duke Zhen, he was one of the most outstanding in terms of military force. He was taciturn, straightforward, and not good at strategy. Therefore, he could not be an officer and could only be a pioneer on the battlefield. However, Duke Zhenguo had not been on the battlefield for many years, and the major generals had their own personal confidants, so they had no need for him, so he became increasingly idle. In the past few years, he only did the work of delivering orders and messages, and was often away from home.

The Duke of Zhen Guo considered that he was getting old and didn't know how many years he could last. He couldn't bear to see the soldiers around him lose their future, so he planned to recommend them all to take charge of their own affairs. This week Dachang is over 40 years old. He is a little too old and can't serve as a messenger for a few more years. He has never had the experience of being a military attache, and he is not a good-tempered person. It seems that he is not suitable for wherever he goes. It happened that Jin Jiashu needed someone here, so Duke Zhen Guo simply transferred the person over.

He joined the Jin family and held four jobs at the same time: doorman, bodyguard, coachman, and martial arts instructor. He quietly did each job well. Jin Jiashu was very convinced and gave him the task of guarding the door.

Now Jin Jiashu no longer needs to communicate privately with the people in the second room of the Jin family, and naturally has no intention of meeting them again. However, Zhou Dachang blocked her, and although Aunt Jin once came to the door, she was driven away before she could even get in.

She was not as willing as Jin Liu. She did not dare to cry in the alley. She only dared to cry and complain to her old mother, Mrs. Jin Er, when visiting the prison. However, doing so is of no use at all. The old lady Jin Er was hit one after another, and soon she couldn't hold on any longer and fell ill in prison. Where does the patient have time to understand Aunt Jin’s complaints? She just urged her daughter to find a doctor for herself. Aunt Jin had no choice but to squeeze out a few cents of money from her small living expenses and hire a doctor to diagnose her illness and provide her with medicine.

Aunt Jin has never been able to find a wealthy family willing to marry her. In fact, there are people who don't mind her family's crimes and are willing to let her know that she is marrying. But none of them are rich people who can satisfy her. At most, they can only guarantee that she will have enough food and clothing after marrying, but it is impossible to spend tens of Two pieces of silver to redeem the sinful old lady for her. Aunt Jin was still thinking about her mother, even though she knew these families were more suitable for her, she still flatly rejected them.

The marriage has not been settled for a long time, but the money in Aunt Jin's hands is getting less and less. She was a widowed woman and had to rely on her mother's family for food, clothing, housing and transportation. She had no income, and her original private money was gradually spent. Living by pawn clothes was not a long-term solution. Now, coupled with the cost of my mother's medical treatment and medication, she can hardly afford to pay the rent for June.

She wanted to find some work to earn some living expenses, and she had to take care of her sick mother in prison, so she could only use her free time to do some needlework and sell it for money. But there are many military widows in Chang'an who do needlework to support their families. Her needlework is not good enough to be sold at a high price. The three melons and two dates she earns are only enough for her to feed herself. If she couldn't get married again, she didn't know what to do. She couldn't help but cry every day, talking to the old lady next door or the woman she met in the old temple.

Zhou Xiaojian continuously inquired about the current situation of Aunt Jin and Mrs. Jin Er, and reported back to Jin Jiashu. Whenever Jin Jiashu heard about it, he would always go to the small Buddhist hall at home to offer incense to his deceased father, so that his spirit in heaven would know the current fate of everyone in the second room of the Jin family.

Haijiao also inquired about the whereabouts of Jin Xin's family of three. It is said that they boarded a caravan and headed to Yunyang Mansion. No one knew them there, and it was a bustling city, which seemed to be a good place for them to live. However, Haijiao heard their cousin Xie Wenzai mention that an old friend who was an official in Yunyang Mansion wrote a letter complaining that there was no peace in the area and that there were many bandits in the mountains and countryside. I don’t know if Jin Xin’s family can reach their destination safely and settle down there.

However, if Jin Xin's family really settles down in Yunyang, Hai Jiao also knows who to ask, and he is not afraid that the other party will escape his control and disappear without a trace.

Hai Jiao told Jin Jiashu the news he had learned. Jin Jiashu was very grateful, but also advised him not to spend more time on the second wife of the Jin family, as it was not worth it. Although many people from the second room of the Jin family were scattered in various places and not all were detained in the northwest border city, they were no longer a threat. Jin Jiashu has successfully deceived the Jin Liu family, and with the death of Liu Dainiang and the false accusation case of the Hu family, he is not worried at all that Jin Xin and his wife will talk nonsense and expose the identity of "aunt" Xu Xianfei. life experience.

As for Jin Miao’s wife and children? Jin Miao got married only later. His wife had never met Xu Qiuniang and abandoned her husband on her own initiative. Naturally, she could not be a threat. Her previous hints to Jin Xin and his wife seemed more like harsh words.

As for Mrs. Jin Er, Aunt Jin, and Jin Jiashu, they already had a plan to deal with them and were not worried. He didn't want his friend to delay his studies for him and focus all his energy on getting information for him.

After hearing Jin Jiashu's words, Hai Jiao also knew that he was thinking about himself, but he couldn't help but chatter to his younger sister in private: "Why is he so relieved? Who can guarantee that the people in the second room of the Jin family will not be outside?" Are you talking nonsense? Now that we are not under our noses and not subject to the constraints of the Northwest Frontier Army, many things are uncertain!"

Haitang, a bystander, was calmer than her brother: "Brother, you don't have to worry too much. I guess after Mrs. Jin Liu returned from Jin Jiashu that day, she must have told her family that the Xu family does have two daughters. The younger one is That person who entered the palace and became a female official is still a popular person in front of the Queen Mother. This is why the Zhenguo Government cares about Jin Jiashu so much. In this way, Jin Jiashu is no longer at their mercy, but has the palace behind him. It would be fine if they could coax Jin Jiashu into agreeing to help, but if they offended Jin Jiashu, they might face disaster at any time. How could they dare to talk nonsense like this? They don’t know Jin Jiashu’s background, and they don’t have the confidence to confront the Zhou family. Since they can’t take advantage, do they have any other choice but to stay away?”

Hai Jiao was startled for a moment, then realized what he was doing.

It was him who got into trouble. Because he knew Jin Jiashu's true life experience, he was always worried that the second roommate of the Jin family would leak the news. But in fact, the second wife of the Jin family has been deceived by Jin Jiashu. They don't know that the so-called "aunt" behind him is actually Jin Juren's first wife Xu Qiuniang, and they only think that she is Xu Qiuniang's long-lost sister. In addition, Jin Jiashu was supported by the Zhenguo Palace in Chang'an City, so the second brother of the Jin family had no foundation here and could only be feared. When they found out that they could no longer control Jin Jiashu, they were the ones who were afraid of being bullied and oppressed.

With this understanding, anyone in the second room of the Jin family who could leave would be eager to escape Chang'an. There is no need to worry that they will go to the Sun family to complain, because they can't afford to offend the Sun family, and they can't afford to offend the Zhou family either.

Besides, what can they say to the Sun family? The Queen Mother's courtiers have a nephew outside who they have never met. Is this a big deal worth talking about? If the Sun family wants to deal with the Queen Mother Zhou, they don't need to make plans for small people. That would be too cheap.

Hai Jiao thought about this and felt relieved: "When Concubine Xu Xian takes care of things in her hometown, we will be completely relieved, right?"

(End of this chapter)