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

Chapter 8 Entering the city and meeting the enemy (revised)

At dawn the next day, Haitang got up.

Jin Guo brought a cloth soaked in hot water, wiped her face, combed her hair, put on thick clothes, and brought her breakfast.

Breakfast is rice porridge, but it is a little thicker than the previous two days.

While Haitang was eating porridge, she asked Jin Guo: "How is Xiao Shitou? Has the fever gone?"

"I quit last night." Jin Guo said with a smile, "The medicine I caught really works. My second brother and second sister-in-law are very happy."

The little stone will be healed.Even if the Hai family really wants to run for their lives, the adults don't have to worry about his condition getting worse.

After breakfast, Haitang was about to send Jin Guo away: "I'm fine now. Grandma and Second Aunt must have a lot of things to do. You go and help them with their work. I just have my brother here with me."

Hai Jiao happened to be passing by outside the carriage. When he heard this, he smiled and said, "I will get in the carriage to accompany you. Grandpa has already made an agreement with the people guarding the city gate. It will be our family's turn to enter the city soon."

Jin Guo left, and Hai Jiao entered the car and asked her about her status today with concern.But as the Hai family's carriages set off one after another, slowly forming a queue and heading towards the city gate, Hai Jiao's attention involuntarily shifted to his grandfather Hai Xiya standing in front of the motorcade.

He has tested his grandfather, and it seems that his grandfather does not intend to leave Suzhou in the near future, which is somewhat different from what he said before.Grandma felt strange, but Grandpa had no intention of explaining.Even Uncle Xie didn't seem to object to his grandfather's actions.

This troubled Haijiao.He began to think about whether he should put more effort into his grandmother Ma's place.As long as grandma wants to leave Suzhou City as soon as possible, grandpa will listen, right?
But Xiao Shitou's illness was just right, and his grandmother would definitely ask him to go to the city to see a doctor to make sure that he was completely cured before traveling further.What reasons could make grandma change her mind?
Hai Jiao looked at Hai Tang who was excitedly lifting the car curtain and looking out, thinking that his little sister might be able to help him.It’s true that grandma loves Xiao Shitou, but he and Haitang, brother and sister, are grandma’s biological grandsons!

Haijiao approached Haitang: "Little sister, brother, I want to ask you something..."

Before Hai Jiao could finish speaking, Hai Tang showed an excited expression, pointed at the carriages and pedestrians outside and said to him: "Brother, look! That camel is so powerful! It can carry so many things!"

"Ah yes..." Hai Jiao responded to his sister casually, and tried to stir up conversation again, "Little sister..."

Haitang interrupted him again: "Brother, who is that person? My second uncle seems to be very familiar with him."

Hai Jiao turned around and saw that his second uncle Hai Changan was arming himself with a military attaché of similar age and thanked him with a smile.The other party in turn invited his second uncle to his house for dinner, as if he was a good friend of the whole family.Hai Jiao guessed: "This must be Second Uncle's friend, right? Helping Second Uncle buy medicine from the city."

Haijiao had a vague impression of this military attache, but he could not remember clearly.He didn't think too much and continued to speak to his little sister: "Brother, I want to tell you something..."

Haitang interrupted him again: "Who is that person? He pestered grandpa to talk and smiled so flatteringly at grandpa, but I think grandpa didn't want to talk to him at all!" Hai Jiao subconsciously followed his sister's instructions. Looking in the direction of the finger, his whole body was shocked, and his eyes immediately showed deep hatred.

This person is actually also in Suzhou City? !Even if he turns to ashes, Haijiao still knows who this person is!The father of the third prince's favorite Chinese concubine under the old king of the Hu people, is a famous spy and wealthy businessman in the Seven Guards of Kansai!Maybe this man is still unknown at the moment, but in the next two years he will become famous in the Western Regions. Once all the border soldiers in Da Chu see him, they will want to kill him!
After Haijiao was kidnapped in his previous life, he worked as a horse slave in this man's horse farm for three years, and his life was worse than death every day.If this man's daughter hadn't been arrogant and tried to harm her pregnant mistress, and was whipped to death by King Khan's third prince, implicating this man in being killed, Haijiao wouldn't have been able to take advantage of the chaos and escape back to the pass!
Hai Liao had been whipped many times by this man in his previous life, and the scars on his body still existed 20 years later.As soon as he saw this person, he could no longer suppress the hatred in his heart. He wanted to jump out of the car and rush up to kill him with a knife.

However, the voice of his younger sister Haitang calmed him down in time: "Brother, who is this person? Do you recognize him? He really doesn't look like a good person."

Hai Jiao took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart: "I don't know... but if I don't want to talk to him, he is definitely not a good person. We need to stay away from him!"

Haitang responded, staring at the businessman wearing silk and fine clothes. He saw two officials who were chatting and laughing with his grandfather Haixi Ya, who had brought new soldiers and replaced the ones who were originally responsible for registering immigrants into the city. , and the person who was replaced ran to talk to the businessman, but was sent away by the latter with a sullen face...

She thought that this person must be the businessman named Sun whom Uncle Xie and the others talked about, and he was suspected of being a Hu spy.Looking at the expression on the little brother Hai Jiao's face, the identity of the spy is gone.This man must have contributed to the destruction of Suzhou City, otherwise how could Haijiao hate him so much?

The businessman surnamed Sun always had a smile on his face. Even though he knew that Hai Xiya, Liu Keren and others did not want to pay attention to him, he did not lose his face.Liu Keren personally brought people to replace Sun Yonglu's confidant who was in charge of registration, and began to speed up the progress of immigrants into the city. In addition to saying hello, the businessman surnamed Sun asked about Hai Xiya's identity and the reason why Liu Keren and others would be friends with him. Nothing was done, not even to stop the soldiers from simplifying the procedures for immigrants to enter the city.

He even sighed with a grimace in front of Liu Keren and Hai Xiya, implying that he was also following General Sun's orders and could not help himself...

Hai Xiya was warned by his cousin early on and was wary of this businessman named Sun.No matter what he said, he ignored it.However, Liu Keren was obviously somewhat convinced, and his eyes towards the businessman were no longer as cold and guarded as before...

Haijia is the second wealthy family from Guazhou to line up to enter the city after the city gate opened today.After Liu Keren's prior arrangement, the person in charge of registration only wrote down the names of Hai Xiya and his son Hai Chang'an. The names of the other old, weak, women and children were omitted, and only the names of several men, women, children and horses were omitted. Horses, a few sheep, a few cars, etc.Xie Wenzai, Cao and Lu, two old friends, had been sitting in the car without showing their faces, and followed the Hai family to successfully complete the registration and enter the city.

The speed of immigrants registering into the city has accelerated much faster than in previous days.Even if the men left by Sun Yonglu were still thinking about catching Hu spies, they did not care about the big names who had names and even held military positions. They only paid attention to those who came with a single horse and a large army, or who No one can prove his identity, especially a young man with barbarian features. Such a person is considered the most suspicious.

After the Hai family entered the city, Liu Keren handed over the work at the city gate to others and accompanied Hai Xiya to the direction of the Bell and Drum Tower in the city.

When Hai Xiya was working in Suzhou, he thought he would stay here for a long time, so he spent money to buy land and build a private residence.Later, when his son died, he took his family to Guazhou, and then lent the house to Liu Keren, who was demoted to Suzhou.Liu Keren lived there until the imperial court issued a decree to pardon Xie Wenzai and others, then he bought a new house and moved out, and wrote a letter to persuade the Hai family to move back.However, the Hai family and Xie Wenzai have been declining, and the house has been vacant for three years.Now Liu Keren sent his servants to clean up the house, repaired the roof, tiles and walls, and happily returned it to its original owner, and he felt relieved.

The Hai family entered the city smoothly and felt relaxed.Halfway through the motorcade, Ershu Hai Changan got off the car and planned to go to the city's Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic to see a doctor.

Hai Jiao watched his second uncle get out of the car and followed him.He coaxed Haitang: "Brother, go buy you delicious food on the street." But in his heart, he was thinking about finding out what bad things his enemy was planning to do in Suzhou City...

(End of this chapter)