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

Chapter 496 Broken Leg
Mr. Zhou Ma was leaning on the kang, his face was pale, and he had another headache.

She told her sister Ma: "Zhou Jinpu's sweet words coaxed a few guards who were responsible for guarding the west courtyard, and asked them to turn a blind eye and let him go into the house to see A's family, and then gave A's family a pack of medicine. He went over and asked her to do it by herself, and charmed the two girls who were guarding her. Then she climbed out of the back window, walked in the dark along the back wall to the corner, found a long ladder he had placed in advance, and climbed to the Climbing over the wall. Everything went smoothly for Ajia at first, but when she climbed up the wall, the long ladder on the other side was removed. When she wanted to come back, someone also removed the long ladder on this side. When we came, Ajia was so frightened that he accidentally fell off the wall, broke his leg, and there was blood on his forehead..."

Ma was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Aren't those guards sent by the Duke's government? Why would they listen to Zhou Jinpu's coaxing? How does he look like he can coax people?!"

Zhou Ma smiled bitterly. Zhou Yijun said from the sidelines: "The old lady admitted the crime yesterday. Although my grandfather ordered people to block the news, everyone present could hear it. The old lady has made people angry, and there are many people in the guards who hate her! It's just them They were ordered to guard the west courtyard, and there was nothing much they could do. The uncle went to talk to them, and they were happy to go along with it. Anyway, they didn't have to do anything against the order. They just showed some flaws and caused the old lady to suffer a little. No lives would be lost. It didn’t prevent the old lady from knowing the canonical punishment, so they agreed.”

Although the matter has become serious now, Zhou Shigong, the head of the third family family, specially blocked the news in order to protect his eldest son. He did not dare to even rebuke the guards who were accomplices to his son, for fear of angering them, they would Tell the Duke of Zhen what happened, and then his precious eldest son, the culprit, will never be able to escape punishment. If he could be cruel enough to tell Duke Zhen Guo about the matter, Duke Zhen Guo might punish the soldiers who neglected their duty, but wouldn't he be cruel enough? What else could he do but greet the guards politely?
Haitang asked Zhou Yijun in a low voice: "How is Mrs. Ma's injury now? Is she bleeding a lot? Doesn't it matter if I don't call a doctor?"

Zhou Yijun nodded slightly: "It's not life-threatening, it's just that the leg is broken. There are veterans in the house who have learned medical skills. They can treat some bruises and injuries. Now the old lady has been bandaged and given medicine, and the bleeding has stopped. . But the veteran was not a serious doctor after all, and his hands were heavy. The old lady kept complaining that it hurt. My grandfather wanted someone to give her some medicine to calm her nerves, but no one in the family knew the recipe..."

The veteran who had studied medicine had learned how to treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield. It was impossible that he didn't know the prescriptions for pain relief, but he said he didn't know how to do it, and Zhou Shigong couldn't do anything to him. Needless to say, this veteran also knew the inside story and became resentful of Mrs. Ma.

In fact, among the veterans in the mansion, who had followed the old lady to the battlefield and still missed the old lady's majesty and kindness during his lifetime, after knowing what Mrs. Ma had done, who would not resent her? When Mrs. Ma and her daughter lost all their three-bedroom family property, they had never been so angry. But what she did in the past affected the reputation of the old man in Sanfang before and after his death, which is another matter. Everyone wished that she would suffer more, and it would be better if she died as soon as possible, so as not to continue living in the world and remind others that the old lady married such a harmful person, and all his achievements in life were in vain!

Haitang tilted her head and asked Zhou Ma, "Auntie, what is Zhou Jinpu thinking? Did he deliberately trick Mrs. Ma out and cause her to break her leg? Is he taking revenge on her?"

Mr. Zhou Ma sighed: "He said that he was ruined by the family's upbringing and took a wrong path, which is why he has accomplished nothing even at his old age. And his wife was also married for him by the family. In the past, he felt that his wife He is happy everywhere, and he is grateful to the A's for giving him a happy marriage. A few days ago, his wife was making noises about getting divorced, so he resented the A's, thinking that the A's had deliberately told him to be a troublemaker. Harm him..."

To be honest, Zhou Jinpu himself was happy to get married, and he has always had a good relationship with his wife. The two of them also gave birth to several children. The couple vented their anger through the same nostril, which caused a lot of trouble for Zhou Ma's stepmother. Zhou Jinpu's daughter-in-law had recently been clamoring for a divorce, mainly because she was frightened by the fact that her third wife was facing charges of collaborating with the enemy and treason. She was afraid of death and of injuring her family. Now that things have changed and the third house is out of trouble, she is relieved and no longer clamoring for a divorce. But Zhou Jinpu's resentment was deep, and he was determined to leave. He also became more hostile to his wife and step-grandmother.

Mrs. Zhou Ma doesn't intend to advise her on this matter. Anyway, Zhou Jinpu and his wife both dislike her. If her stepson marries a sensible and filial daughter-in-law, she might be less angry. Unfortunately, Zhou Jinpu resented his step-grandmother Mrs. Ma over the marriage, and she was indispensable for instigating discord. She knew this in her heart, so she couldn't help but feel guilty, fearing that her husband Zhou Shigong would know. When Zhou Shigong scolded his son, she also helped him to beg for mercy and said some kind words, which made her husband and stepson look at her with admiration and thought she had changed her gender. Zhou Ma said to Ma in a somewhat sarcastic tone: "I don't know whether Jinpu is grateful to me and doesn't intend to pay for me, or he just forgot about me's instigation. I don't even know what he said to Jinpu." What? I'm really scared, and I'm afraid that A's family will be seriously injured, so I haven't asked the doctor to get medicine. If something happens and no one drinks the medicine given by the emperor, we can't explain it to the government and Tu Tongzhi. I’m so worried that I even get the old headache!”

Ma said angrily: "Sister, why are you panicking?! What you said was to sow discord, but it was just to persuade Zhou Jinpu not to be sad for Mrs. Ma. What you said was to care for and comfort your son. How could my brother-in-law blame you for this? ! Besides, you just had a few words with Zhou Jinpu, and you tricked him into jumping over the wall in one night. Is he so capable? I'm afraid he had already prepared it. What does it have to do with you? Can't you be more upright and speak up? You are already at this age, you have children and grandchildren, and you are still caring for the old man until he is old. How could he divorce you? Isn’t he shameless?”

Zhou Ma's eyes were red and she said: "Yumei, you and your brother-in-law have never blushed in your whole life. You don't know the pain in my heart. I couldn't have been happier these past few months, and I really don't want to go back to the days like the past. …”

Although Mrs. Ma looked like she hated iron, but this was her eldest sister's marriage, what could she say?

She took a few deep breaths, stopped cursing, and just asked Zhou Ma: "Sister, does my brother-in-law plan to keep it a secret forever? Don't let the Zhenguo Palace and Dusi Yamen know that Mrs. Ma's leg is broken? But wait until you When my brother-in-law comes back to see Mrs. Ma for the last time, Ma Shangyi will still find that she is injured, right?

Zhou Ma said in a low voice: "The master said that he planned to tell the eldest brother that the family knew that they had sinned deeply and had no face to see their own children. They committed suicide last night. They were found and saved. Their legs were broken at that time. The wound on my forehead is also..."

Ma couldn't help rolling her eyes: "If she wanted to die, how could she use her son as an excuse to delay her sentence? How could the Duke believe such nonsense?!"

"The guards have done something wrong, and if they don't want to be punished, they will definitely cooperate. With their testimony, the Duke has no reason not to believe it." Zhou Ma pursed his lips, "It's just that the A family scolded people unpleasantly. Once they call outsiders Hearing this, the master couldn’t hide what he had done. He had no choice but to persuade Jinpu to apologize to the old lady. If Jinpu didn’t agree, the master would not shut up. "

(End of this chapter)