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

Chapter 788 Exploration
Haitang had no idea that her grandparents were secretly discussing her marriage with Jin Jiashu in bed.

She did not tell Ma directly that Jin Jiashu had expressed his love to her and asked for marriage. If Jin Jiashu could not get Concubine Xu to marry him, his and her future would be full of uncertainties. Even if she told her grandmother about it now, it would be meaningless, and it would only make her grandmother worry. It would be better to wait until Jin Jiashu persuaded Concubine Xu and came to propose marriage openly, and then let her grandparents know about this happy event. As long as she could stop her grandparents from finding another marriage for her before that, nothing would go wrong.

When Haitang fell asleep, the sky was already white. But her biological clock was always well-regulated, so she didn't sleep for a full hour and woke up. It was obviously much later than her usual wake-up time, but she still felt a little sleepy, so she simply sat cross-legged on the kang and began to practice internal skills.

After she finished practicing internal energy, her whole body was warm and she was full of energy. She jumped off the kang, and her energy was no different from usual. She put on her clothes, went to the stove outside to light the fire again, and started to boil water. Then she went to the yard to do a few boxing and run a few laps to exercise her body. When she returned to the house, the water had boiled, and Xiangcao had just stood up, with two bright dark circles under her eyes, and she was tidying up the quilt on the kang with a confused look on her face.

The master and servant washed and changed clothes with warm water. Vanilla woke up and hurried to the kitchen to ask for breakfast, but found that the family was still not awake, so she had to bring back a box of snacks left over from yesterday, and shared a makeshift breakfast with Haitang with hot tea.

It was almost noon when the Hai family resumed their usual bustle. But Little Shitou was too sleepy to walk and couldn't help dozing off during lunch. Second Aunt Hu was worried and went to Xie Wenzai to ask for leave for her son. Fortunately, Xie Wenzai had already gone to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and was not at home at all. The two old people, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian, were also in low spirits. Thinking that Geng Tianyou was still at home with his family for the holiday and would not come to school today, they simply stopped today's class and let Little Shitou review his lessons at home.

Hu was overjoyed and hurried home to tell her son. She then went to the upper room in the main courtyard to inform her parents-in-law.

When Hai Xiya heard that his cousin Xie Wenzai was invited to the Zhenguogong Mansion, he knew what was going on: "It seems that it won't be long before the incident of the attack on the Jin family yesterday will have a result."

Ma turned to Ma Youli's wife and said, "How is Zhou Xiaojian's injury? Have you asked a doctor to come and see him? Xiaojin and Sister Ma are not at home. If Grape is worried, let her stay at Jin's house to accompany her son-in-law. She doesn't have to come back to work."

Ma Lijia hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Madam. Xiao Jian asked someone to invite the doctor from Huichuntang to come to our house this morning. He and Ga Wa only had superficial injuries, and Mrs. Lu was frightened. I prescribed some medicine and she will be fine after a few days of rest. The old lady of the Zhou family brought her granddaughter to see her grandson. Seeing that he was fine, she urged him to return to Young Master Jin as soon as possible to protect him. She even sent Grape back."

Ma sighed, "Why does Old Madam Zhou have to be like this? Neither our Hai family nor our Xiaojin family is an ungrateful family. Zhou Xiaojian and Lu Ga Wa were injured while protecting their master. They should have rested well. Who is urging them to go on duty? The Zhenguogong Mansion has plenty of manpower and does not need two of them."

Ma Lijia hurriedly said, "The master, the mistress, and Young Master Jin are kind and compassionate, and Xiao Jian and the others know how to be loyal to their duties. Now the Jin family has the personal soldiers of the Zhenguo Mansion guarding, so there is no need to worry about the scoundrels coming to attack. Xiao Jian said that Ga Wa was injured in his foot and could not move easily, so he stayed at home to look after the house and his mother. Xiao Jian himself only had a superficial injury and was not seriously injured. After lunch, he would go to the Zhenguo Mansion to see Young Master Jin and see if Young Master Jin had any instructions."

"That's fine." Ma paused, "Is there anyone from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion still in the Jin family's house?"

"Yes, the gentleman who came last night brought about 20 personal soldiers to the gate at around 10 am, and checked the Jin family's house thoroughly, then left half of them to watch the house, and took the other half back." Upon hearing this, Ma turned around to look at Hai Xiya. Hai Xiya nodded slightly: "I guess he is investigating how the gang of thieves entered the house. When cousin Xie comes back, we should be able to get the news."

When Xie Wenzai returned home, it was almost evening. He went home for a while, then took Cao and Lu to Hai's house and went straight to the upper room of the main courtyard. Ma prepared tea and snacks for them, then dismissed the attendants and went into the inner room. Granddaughter Haitang had already come to the inner room with a food box, set up dinner on the kang table, and ate with her grandmother Ma, and could also listen to what the four old people in the outer room had to say.

The information that Xie Wenzai brought back from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was all first-hand information.

During the day, the captain of the personal guard of the Duke of Zhenguo led his men to conduct a thorough inspection of the Jin family's house and confirmed that the men in black climbed over the wall directly from the front yard of the Jin family and had never been to any of the houses of the neighbors or harmed any innocent people. This was a blessing in disguise. But this also indirectly showed that the group of men in black knew exactly where Jin Jiashu lived. There were more than ten households in an alley, and they went straight to the main person without any hesitation. It was unknown where they got the information.

Jin Jiashu usually stays at home and rarely goes out, except for going to school and hanging out with a few familiar friends. He never invites friends to visit him except for the Hai family, the Zhenguo Mansion, and his fellow disciples. On Ma Shangyi's side, only the Ma family occasionally visits. There are very few people in Chang'an who know his exact address. How do outsiders know it?
The leak of news was one thing, but the key was why these men in black wanted to come and kill him and do harm to him?

This time was different from the time a few years ago when the Sun family's minions sneaked into the Hai family's inner house and tried to abduct Jin Jiashu. The people who came back then wanted to kidnap him back to Beijing and use him as a hostage to threaten Concubine Xu; but this time, the people who came wanted to take Jin Jiashu's life directly, and even committed the crime openly in the heart of Chang'an, without considering the consequences at all.

If the people who came were the Sun family's assassins, then what happened in the capital that could make the Sun family commit such a brutal crime by any means necessary?
Xie Wenzai said: "The Duke of Zhenguo believes that something must have happened in the capital, and the messenger should arrive in Chang'an soon. The group of men in black just walked faster and got ahead. As long as the messenger arrives, we will know what happened in the capital that made the Sun family choose to take such a risk."

Hai Xiya sighed deeply: "No matter what happened, the Sun family didn't have to kill a child thousands of miles away. How could Xiao Jin hinder them? Even if he died, it would only make Concubine Xu in the palace sad for a while and make the Sun family happy for a while. What benefit would it bring to the overall situation?! I really can't understand what the person who made such a decision was thinking. Such an unwise person could actually hold a high position for many years. No wonder the government is getting more and more corrupt!"

Haitang frowned in the inner room, having a bad feeling.

Elder Sun has been in power for so many years, it is impossible for him to make a decision that is not beneficial to the overall situation but can make the Sun family die faster because of a momentary impulse. He sent someone to kill Jin Jiashu, there must be a reason for killing him.

Could it be that his plan to use Jin Wu to fabricate lies to frame Concubine Xu was really put into action? Did he send someone to kill Jin Jiashu in order to silence the witnesses?
(End of this chapter)