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

Chapter 481 Two Letters

Zhou Ma was shocked and was reminded by Haitang's words.

She turned to look at her husband Zhou Shigong. Zhou Shigong also heard Haitang's "whisper" and showed a vigilant expression.

He asked Mrs. Ma in a deep voice: "The Hu man, the old Khan, left evidence of your crime in the Zeng family ancestral hall. It is certainly a threat to you, but you have changed your name and married into our Zhou family. There is no one else in the world except No one knows that Song Yuzhu is your old sweetheart and his spy. Do you need to be so panicked? Even if you let our daughter of the Zhou family marry a man who is not suitable for her, you have to ask her to do it for you. Go into the Zeng family ancestral hall and retrieve the evidence of your crime? Is it possible that the old king of the Hu people can go to the capital of Dachu to report you? Or maybe the spies he sent will use this to threaten you to obey their orders? ? But if they really have such a big handle on you, can they just ask you to get them a few directions? Have you really not done anything else for them? "

Mrs. Ma glanced at him from the corner of her eyes, but remained silent.

Zhou Shigong suddenly became angry: "At this point, you still want to hide the truth! My father is really blind, and he has been kind to you in vain for decades. He gave up high-ranking officials and nobles for you, and was willing to retreat to the rear and manage the army. Not only did you lie to him for a lifetime, but you also wanted to harm his descendants and smear his reputation after his death! If I hadn't married you, a broomstick, my father would have achieved greater success, and so would our third wife. It will be more prosperous and more prominent than it is now! It’s all your fault!”

Mrs. Ma showed an angry expression, and she looked at Zhou Shigong with a knife in her eyes, and she almost cursed. But in the end she didn't say anything, she just snorted and turned away.

It seemed that she was determined to remain silent to the end.

Zhou Shigong became even more angry when he saw this and stood up suddenly. Duke Zhen Guo glanced at him: "Brother Gong, please be patient." Zhou Shigong paused, took a deep breath, and then sat down again with a straight face. Zhou Ma quickly stroked his back to calm his nerves, and whispered to him not to be so angry that his body was broken. Zhou Yijun also took out a fan and fanned the wind behind his grandfather to help the old man calm down.

Tu Rong had already read the next two pages of the confession, and then turned to stare at the small paper package opened in the hands of Duke Zhen: "This is what Yingchuan Hou found from the ancestral hall, but there is more than just It's just a letter written by Mrs. Ma to her foreign lover when she was young."

He looked at the culprit in the center of the room: "There should also be a hastily handwritten letter written by the old king of the Hu people, as well as... additional things that were hidden many years later when someone was sent to enter the secret passage of the Zeng family ancestral hall for the second time. ”

Everyone was shocked again.

Zeng Qingxi couldn't help but ask: "The second time? Not only did that guy use the tunnel of the Zeng family ancestral hall to escape from the capital, but he also sent people to drill it for the second time?! What did he think of our Yingchuan Marquis Mansion?! " He was shocked and angry, and couldn't help complaining deep down in his heart about his sworn brother, Marquis Yingchuan. Is it possible that Hu people came and went in the ancestral hall in the hinterland of the Zeng family more than once without anyone noticing? What are the people guarding the temple doing? What are the head and heirs of the Zeng family doing, who clean and maintain the secret passage every year? ! Didn't they find any clues? !

No wonder the Marquis of Yingchuan said when he handed the mahogany brocade box to him that he would not take out the brocade box until someone from the Marquis of Yingchuan's mansion came forward to testify in Mrs. Ma's case. Otherwise, there would be no need to open the brocade box. Others saw it. Who would be willing to let outsiders know about such a shameful thing unless it was absolutely necessary? !
Back then, Prince Pingxihou violated family rules and brought his fiancée into the main room and secret passage behind the ancestral hall without permission, which was the trigger that caused everything to happen. No wonder Ping Xihou suddenly fell ill and died. They and his son must have discovered the truth after that, right? It is very likely that he even took the initiative to apologize to the emperor. Prince Pingxihou felt ashamed of his family, so after his father's death, he did not fight for the ancestral title. Instead, he went to the northwest to participate in the war and made solid military achievements before being re-confessed to a lower-level title.

This Song Yuzhu is really harmful... Zeng Qingxi glanced at Mrs. Ma and couldn't help but spit at her.

Mrs. Ma's face is not as numb now as before. She stared straight at the mahogany brocade box on the table, looking like she wanted to pounce on it, which made General Saturday and Lin Sandao feel wary, and they put their hands on her shoulders to prevent it. just in case.

Duke Zhen Guo carefully removed the letters and drawings on the upper layer of the paper package and found two pieces of silk cloth that had been flattened underneath. One looked like it was a handkerchief. The material was grey-blue, with obvious creases and slightly written writing. It's too sloppy, and the ink color is very light, but it's still barely legible, and it's obviously aged quite a bit; the other one is made of fine white silk with a more delicate and dense texture, and it's densely covered with small characters, which looks more... The first one is much newer.

The words on the handkerchief were left in a hurry when the Hu people, the old Khan, took advantage of the tunnel of the Zeng family ancestral hall when he fled the capital of Chu. It stated the origin of the attached letter written by Song Yuzhu, and what he had left behind. The reasons for these incriminating evidence also expressed his resentment and anger towards this clan girl who was cheated of her feelings.

He believed that as a hostage of an enemy country, whether it was stealing intelligence from military aircraft or approaching the children of powerful people in Chu to inquire about information, this was his duty. If the monarchs, ministers and people of Dachu want to be on guard against and arrest themselves for this reason, they will not complain. But Song Yuzhu was obsessed with him, took the initiative to cover him when his whereabouts were exposed, took the initiative to take him into the secret passage of the Zeng family, and offered to steal military intelligence for him... These were all her requests. He may have been trying to push things along. But there was absolutely no intention to seduce her, and he never promised to stay with her forever.

All the girls in the capital who were attracted by his appearance knew that he was not a good match, so no one had extravagant hopes, they just flirted and joked with him for fun. However, Song Yuzhu was confused and dreamed of being with him for a long time, but she was unwilling to leave behind her wealth and honor and went back to Hu State with him. She just wanted to be a pair of wild mandarin ducks with him, but she also asked him to concentrate on her love. He asked another girl for information, but she actually felt resentful and directly reported him, causing him to become an outcast, almost lose his life, and even run away in embarrassment. He will never forget this hatred in his life. When he returns to his homeland, he will try his best to attack Da Chu in his lifetime to avenge today!

After Tu Rong read the contents of the handkerchief letter, everyone present showed ugly expressions.

The border dispute between Chu and Hu has lasted for nearly a hundred years, but in the past fifty years, the fighting has indeed become more intense than before, and the number of casualties has increased more than ten times. Considering that the Hu Kingdom has been in power for more than 50 years, at least forty years ago, the old Hu king was in power. Is it possible that the sufferings suffered by the soldiers and people in the northwest over the years were all due to the unprovoked birth of a clan girl who rebelled against the country and ran away from home? Jealous? !

It’s simply a disaster!
Everyone glared at Madam Ma angrily, but she just closed her eyes and remained silent, like a wood sculpture made of clay.

The Duke of Zhen Guo was too lazy to question her anymore. He only asked Tu Rong: "Did the other silk letter be hidden by the old king of the Hu people when he sent someone here later? What was written on it?"

Tu Rong carefully put away the handkerchief letter, picked up another silk letter, read the beginning, and raised his eyebrows: "On the way to escape, the old Khan of the Hu people disguised himself as a caravan boy and passed by Chang'an. ...It happened to happen that Mrs. Ma was marrying into the third room of the Zhou family. He recognized the old aunt from the Ma family who was getting married, and said that Song Yuzhu had pointed out this lady to him and told him that she had no children. "

How could a noble lady without children give her daughter in marriage? After finding out that the bride was his adopted daughter, the old king of the Hu people vaguely guessed the identity of the bride.

(End of this chapter)