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

Chapter 498 Surprise
Zhou Ma came back from the study not long after. The news she brought back confirmed that Zhou Yijun's guess was not random.

Zhou Jinpu caused such a big mess and was scolded by his father Zhou Shigong for a long time, but he still looked indifferent. Zhou Shigong originally thought that he could not hold himself up the wall, but he did not expect that his missing confidant would come back with a surprise when he returned home.

They found Mrs. Ma's last minions outside the mansion, which was also her remaining power. If these people are not discovered, after Mrs. Ma is punished by Ming Zhengdian, they may hold grudges against the third room of the Zhou family, the Duke of Zhenguo, and even Tu Tongzhi because of the death of their master. God knows what crazy things they will do. Coming?
It turned out that when Zhou Jinpu went to the West Courtyard to find Mrs. Ma and expressed his willingness to help her escape, he had said that he could only help her escape from the third room of the Zhou family at most, but he did not dare to see whether she could successfully escape from the pursuers after she escaped. promise. He wouldn't abandon his family and work and go with her, but most of her close followers were taken away. She was old and not in good health, so she could survive just by escaping. What? Can you support yourself? If she had no food and clothing after escaping, suffered from hunger and cold, and died earlier, then it would be better for him as a grandson not to save her. Although she couldn't live a long life if she stayed at home, at least she had enough food and clothing, and she died with dignity, and she still had her biological son back to die.

Of course Mrs. Ma is not willing to stay at home and wait for death. She originally didn't trust Zhou Jinpu, but after some testing, she found that he was still the obedient and stupid grandson in the past, who could be easily deceived by her, so she became interested.

She had no other choice. If she didn't run away, her death would come when her biological son Zhou Shicheng came back. Now that Zhou's eldest and third wards are keeping an eye on her, even the palace has sent people, and the emperor has even given poison, there is no way she can escape the crime by relying on her eloquent words. Even if Zhou Jinpu was just teasing her, or if he didn't really have the ability to save her, she could only give it a try. If she failed, she would be in the same situation as she is now; but if she succeeded, she would be able to live on!

With this idea in mind, she told her step-eldest grandson Zhou Jinpu an address and a name. That was the property she quietly purchased a few years ago, and the person she arranged to guard the property. She helped her daughter Zhou Shuyi cooperate with the Sun family, knowing that it would be detrimental to the Zhou family and would not end well if she was discovered. Just in case, she had made some preparations. If it came time to flee, she would have a place to hide, money to spend, and someone to send guards.

She bought a small house outside Chang'an City. The place was not big and looked inconspicuous. She never went there and never sent her confidants to go there. She would never let anyone think of her. She recorded the two houses under the names of trusted old servants and passed them off as their real estate. Of course, she has ways to control these old servants and prevent them from having any dissent outside.

And the people she chose to guard these two properties were said to be confidants, but in fact they could only be regarded as her daughter's abandoned sons. Zhou Shuyi had been the second wife of her husband's family, the Marquis of Yingchuan, in the capital for nearly twenty years. During this period, she had resorted to many shady tricks, and there were not a hundred but dozens of people who had worked for her. Except for those who must be silenced, the rest are close family members who can only be abandoned due to various considerations. However, the people in the capital were many-eyed and she was not in charge of the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion. She was afraid of being discovered and did not dare to kill everyone easily, so she found an excuse to send her back to her parents' home and asked her mother to do it for her. It's just that Mrs. Ma couldn't kill so many outsiders casually, so she simply raised them. Anyway, she spent the money from the Zhou family's third husband, so she didn't have to pay out of her own pocket, so she didn't care.

Some of the children in these people's families were quite talented, so Mrs. Ma tried to teach them how to ride and shoot, so that they could join the army when they grew up. She originally wanted to place her cronies in the border army, but most of these children were still at the grassroots level and had not grown up to the point where she was satisfied. They could not even see the guardhouse where she was, and she could not Just leave it alone.

However, in the eyes of the families of these children, their children and grandchildren can get rid of slavery and become official sergeants. They do not need to risk going to the frontier to fight, and can hope to be promoted to officers by relying on their masters. This is a great blessing for changing families. They were grateful to Mrs. Ma and devoted themselves to her wholeheartedly. Even though she had no use for them, they never changed their minds.

Nowadays, almost all the people around Mrs. Ma are behind bars, but these dozens of old servants whose existence no one knows are safe. They didn't know what happened to the third room of the Zhou family. They only knew that the door of his house had been closed for a long time. There were also rumors that Mrs. Ma had made a big mistake and was under house arrest. They wanted to rescue her, but they couldn't get in, so they selected a few smart people to go into the city to find out the news.

What Mrs. Ma told Zhou Jinpu was one of them and the address of the house in the city - just in case, of course she would not let Zhou Jinpu know all her trump cards.

However, Mrs. Ma's energy was exhausted. Zhou Jinpu is very lucky. After he told Brother Nai and his confidants about the matter, the latter went out and met someone who came up to inquire about the third room of the Zhou family. It didn't take much effort to find out that the person was one of Mrs. Ma's hidden old servants. , pretending to drive a carriage into the city to deliver goods to earn pocket money, and went outside Zhou's third room to inquire about the news.

Zhou Jinpu's confidant Chang Sui took the opportunity to get into the man's car, and relied on the token given by Mrs. Ma in advance to successfully establish a relationship with these people. On the pretext of asking about the escape route they arranged for Mrs. Ma, and asking about Mrs. Ma's residence and living conditions after escaping, he successfully gathered all her old servants who had been hiding together, and found out two things. The address of the house and the location of a fortune hidden by Mrs. Ma were also found out.

It took him a day to find out all the information, and then he returned to the city on the pretext of going back to his hometown to report to Madam Ma, and told Zhou Shigong everything.

The reason why Zhou Jinpu remained unconcerned even after being scolded by his father, and was not even afraid that Lord Zhen Guo, Tu Tongzhi and others would punish him for Mrs. Ma's leg injury, was because he knew that his long-term followers would definitely find out about Mrs. Ma. News of the remaining minions of the people. He can use this credit to offset the mistakes he made.

After Zhou Shigong listened, he couldn't say a word for a long time. He felt that he was not as calm as his son. However, with this credit, he really didn't have to worry about his eldest son being punished. But when he thought about such a big thing, the eldest son only relied on his servants to act, but didn't even let his father know anything about it. He couldn't help but feel anxious in his heart. A bit bitter.

When Zhou Ma went to the study, she happened to catch up with Zhou Shigong sending someone to report to the Zhenguo government and Tu Tongzhi. Therefore, she also knew about the good things Zhou Shigong had done, and she felt a little bit more bitter than her husband.

In the study, she could only smile and praise Zhou Jinpu to her husband. When she returned to her room, she could no longer bear the sadness in her heart: "Why is Zhou Jinpu so lucky? He doesn't seem to be so smart. This person can actually get a big credit after being convicted by the A family. I just thought that the master would be angry with him from now on and look at Jin Lin more. I didn't expect him to do such a thing...now. The master is so happy, how can he think of Jin Lin?"

Ma and Haitang could only comfort her softly. This fact was really unexpected. They were unprepared in advance and there was nothing they could do against Zhou Jinpu.

Only Zhou Yijun was puzzled: "Uncle doesn't seem to be such a calm person. He just gets angry these days. Could it be that someone else gave him an idea?"

(End of this chapter)