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

Chapter 74
The relationship between the Zhou family and Tao Yue depends on what the parties involved think.

Haijiao couldn't wait any longer and wanted to get some information from Uncle Xie. Thirty-one years ago, Xie Wenzai had a good relationship with Tao Yue in the capital. He must know his attitude towards the Zhou family?

Hai Jiao had been a spy in his previous life and knew how to get information without leaving any trace, so Xie Wenzai didn't notice anything at first and unconsciously told him many past events with his friends.Haijiao secretly dug out useful information, and even Haitang found an excuse to come to listen and help analyze the intelligence.

However, Xie Wenzai is not an ordinary person after all. Hai Jiao has inquired a lot, and he is somewhat aware of it. He smiles and asks Hai Jiao: "Baoshun, why are you suddenly curious about the past affairs between cousin uncle and Master Tao?"

Hai Jiao blinked, but he was somewhat glad that he had been warned by his little sister in advance and had already prepared his words. He hurriedly said: "I want to know what kind of temperament Mr. Tao has. What will he do with the barbarians when he comes to preside over the peace talks? What's the result? I don't want the barbarians to take too much advantage. We almost asked the third prince to come in in Suzhou City. We finally caught him, how could we let him go so easily?!"

Xie Wenzai didn't think much about it. He really thought that Haijiao was concerned about the peace talks, so he smiled and said: "You can rest assured about this. The border instability in Dachu for decades has been caused by the greed and untamedness of the Hu people. Now it is finally possible. How could the imperial court easily let go of the opportunity to break the situation? Since Tao Yue has been appointed as the leader of the peace talks, it is not difficult to guess what the imperial court means. This time the Hu people will definitely not be allowed to pass easily!"

Haijiao patted his chest: "That's good! Nothing else matters. I just hope that the border area can be peaceful for a few more years and not start wars at every turn. If they hadn't been invading the border town all day long, our family wouldn't have to move out in a hurry. In Guazhou, even the land industry has been abandoned.”

Seeing that Xie Wenzai did not become suspicious again, Hai Jiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "Master Tao will come to our northwest soon, and the high platform is not far from Suzhou City. Will my cousin go to see him?" "

Xie Wenzai was stunned and said nothing.

Haitang received the look from her brother and immediately responded, "What does the Gaotai Institute look like? Has my brother ever been there before?"

I have been to Haijiao in my previous life, but now I can only pretend to be confused: "I must have been there when I was a child, right? I don't remember it anymore." He looked at Xie Wenzai, "My cousin must have been there! Can you tell us about it? It's a big place there. ? How does it compare with Suzhou City?"

Xie Wenzai couldn't help but laugh: "Gaotaisuo is different from Suzhou City in that it is much smaller. However, it has been known as 'the key to Hexi and the throat of five counties' since ancient times. There were also counties there, so it is quite prosperous and lively with many people." We live together in large groups and often have caravans coming and going. When our family moved from Ganzhou to Suzhou, we stayed for one night in the big cart shop in Gaotaisuo. The mutton soup cakes in that shop were delicious. I remember Baoshun you. I loved eating it at that time, and was reluctant to part with it when I left, so your mother specially asked the store to make an extra pot and take the pot with her, since it’s so cold that it won’t get damaged anyway.”

As Hai Jiao listened, he vaguely remembered that such an incident seemed to have happened in his childhood. The mutton soup cake in his memory was also very delicious.At that time, my little sister had not yet been born, and he was just a little baby. He couldn't even speak clearly, but his parents doted on him and relied on him for everything...

Hai Jiao's eyes were slightly red and he fell silent for a moment.

Haitang caught a glimpse of her brother being distracted, and quickly picked up the conversation: "It sounds like Gaotaisuo is a pretty big place. The imperial mission is negotiating with the barbarians there. Even if we go there, we shouldn't have no place to live. Cousin, you really are. Aren't you going to take a look? As we get closer, we can also find out more about the peace talks. If you are lucky, you might even find a chance to meet Lord Tao. Aren't you very good friends? ?Don’t you miss him after not seeing him for so many years?”

Xie Wenzai smiled bitterly: "Silly boy, how could my cousin not want to see his friend? That was a close friend of my cousin's when he was young! Before leaving Chang'an, my cousin also had correspondence with him, but it was only after he went to Ganzhou that they broke off. Contact. My cousin has long since given up on returning to Beijing, and I am afraid that he will never be able to see his old friend again in this life. Now that I have this opportunity, it is not that I have not thought about going to see him and give him some advice..." But he I have concerns.

Xie Wenzai already knew the list of the peace talks delegation from his cousin Haixi Ya. Although Tao Yue was the chief envoy, it was impossible for Mr. Sun Ge not to stuff his confidants into it.Looking at the name and official position of that confidant, if Tao Yue, the minister of Honglu Temple, was not there, I am afraid that he would be the one leading the peace talks.Coincidentally, this person was also in the same year of their department. Although he and Tao Yue had no friendship with each other when they were young, they had met each other many times and there was no guarantee that they would not recognize him.When this person entered the Six Ministries to observe politics, he was with Cao Gengnian and was also an acquaintance.Xie Wenzai was afraid that when he went to Gaotai to meet his old friend, he would be discovered by this person as soon as he showed up. Then he would be in trouble!

Haixiya has been protecting them for 31 years, and has been trying to prevent the Sunge family from discovering their traces. For this reason, they did not hesitate to waste their future, and they moved again and again, becoming more and more remote.If he takes the initiative to get in front of people from the Sun faction now, what will the suffering that Cousin Hai has suffered in these years count?

Xie Wenzai expressed his concerns and said with a wry smile: "If possible, I would like to write a letter to Tao Nanshan... Suzhou Guards should send someone to participate in the patrol, and the same thing will be done by asking someone to deliver the letter."

Haitang blinked, thinking what Xie Wenzai meant...Would General Zhou Zhou, who was in charge of the Suzhou Guard, mind letting his men act as messengers for Xie Wenzai and Tao Yue?It seems that the Zhou family has no ill feelings towards Tao Yue?

Hai Jiao said to Xie Wenzai: "Writing a letter is different from meeting! We can obviously meet, so why just write a letter? What if Sun Ge Lao's confidants really know your identity, cousin? The emperor will The imperial edict has pardoned you, and now your fame has been restored. You can return to the court and become an official if you want, so why are you afraid of them? When Sun Yonglu was here, everyone was afraid that he, a fool who did not follow the rules, would hurt you, so our family I just avoided it on purpose. But Master Tao Yuetao is there at Gaotaisuo, and he is protecting you. Do Mr. Sun Ge dare to do harm to you?!"

Xie Wenzai sighed and shook his head: "They won't do anything to me openly, but the secret methods are enough to make me uncomfortable. I'm not afraid that the Sun family will vent their anger on me, but I don't want your grandfather to be implicated."

In the past, he, Cao Gengyun, and Lu Bainian were not the only ones who were exiled to the northwest border city together, but there were about ten people in total!Except for a few who unfortunately died, most of them left the northwest after being pardoned four years ago.Some people went back to their hometowns to take care of themselves, and some people were unwilling to do so and returned to the court to serve as officials.

The people in Sunge's old group probably didn't want to attract criticism, so they didn't embarrass them publicly, but privately, these people who returned to the dynasty, their in-laws, relatives, and friends all encountered a lot of troubles, and some of them should have been promoted. Relatives and friends received bad reviews for no reason and could only waste their time in the field; some talented young people who were supposed to take the imperial examination for high school failed inexplicably, and there were rumors that the examiner specifically named them out; there were also virtuous married women who were suddenly rejected by their husbands' families. , was abandoned and returned home with a stigma...

Those old friends wrote to Xie Wenzai, Cao and Lu not long ago. They talked about their experiences in recent years and confessed that they felt guilty. However, because there was no one in the family to support the family, they could only continue to stay in the officialdom and silently Bearing the resentful looks of relatives and friends...

When Xie Wenzai thought that the Hai family might encounter the same difficulties because they saved him and his friends, how could he dare to take any risks?

He and Tao Yue had a close relationship, and their relationship would not weaken just because they didn't meet each other, so he just asked someone to send him a letter to say hello.

Let’s meet... let’s forget it.

(End of this chapter)