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

Chapter 806 Remarriage
As the conversation between Ma and Hu continued in the room, Haitang gradually figured out what had happened to Fang.

After the death of Hai Dongling and Hai Dingkun, the father and son of the eldest son of the Hai family, the entire Hai family in Jianghaitun began to go downhill. The eldest son's family had no adult males to support the family, only women and children. Although there were many young and strong people in the family, they were all mediocre and useless. None of them were talented and could not support the Hai family's former dignity. The Hai family had a lot of land and real estate, and was a well-known and prominent family in the local area, but there was no foundation behind it. To those who were interested, it was a piece of good fat meat without an owner.

Hai Xiya was still in Guazhou at that time. He had no official position and had not been in contact with his hometown for many years. News came back that his son had been killed in battle, and the old couple could only depend on their grandchildren. Such a family branch could not bring any help to the main family, and the people in Yongping Prefecture almost forgot about them.

At that time, Fang was the mistress of the household and was in charge of the household expenses of the Hai family. She had a daughter, Baozhu, and a concubine of her husband Hai Dingkun gave birth to a bastard son, Hai Baozhu. Although the latter was young, he was the only male child of the eldest son of the Hai family, and he could inherit the family business and continue the family line in the future. If nothing unexpected had happened, Fang was smart and capable, and the concubine was honest and simple. Hai Baozhu looked quite smart when he was a child, and had a harmonious relationship with his eldest sister Hai Baozhu. The family depended on each other for survival, and it might be hard for a few years, but as long as Hai Baozhu grew up, passed the imperial examination, or sought a military position, life would always be back on track.

However, the Jiang family coveted the wealth and properties of the Hai family, and colluded with some malicious members of the Hai family to plot against the orphans and widows.

At first, Hai Baozhu suddenly had vomiting and diarrhea and fell ill. Then Fang found out that a servant in the family had been bribed and someone wanted to kill Hai Baozhu, the only male. She decisively sent her concubine and illegitimate son away, arranged for trustworthy servants to accompany them, and spread a little news to the outside world that Hai Baozhu's situation was not good. Immediately, an elder in the family came out and proposed to her that she could adopt her grandson Hai Baozong as the heir to the eldest house and inherit the eldest house's family business.

The third uncle spoke nicely, but in fact, he no longer took Fang seriously. He was only coveting the wealth of the eldest branch of the family and regarded everything in the eldest branch of the family as his own private property.

Fang pretended to be friendly with the other party and sent his trusted men to inquire about the news. Only then did he find out that the third uncle's family had reached an agreement with the Jiang family. As long as the third uncle's grandson successfully became the heir of the eldest branch of the Hai family, the Jiang family would help him to get a position in Shanhaiwei in exchange for a large tract of fertile land under the name of the eldest branch of the Hai family.

The third uncle was determined to become the head of the Hai family. He did not consider whether the clansmen could continue their current rich and comfortable life without this large piece of fertile land. After all, his grandson entered the Shanhai Guard and would be very successful from then on. He was not afraid of not being able to make money or buy land. He naturally did not hesitate to help others generously.

Fang was naturally unwilling to sit and wait for the bad to happen, but her third uncle had a very good relationship with her father-in-law Hai Dongling, and was very familiar with the eldest house, even the servants. She had just sent the bastard away, but her third uncle's hand had already reached out to the servant who left with the bastard. If Fang angered him, Hai Baozhu might be in trouble immediately. She did not dare to act rashly, so she could only temporarily calm him down with words, buy time, send more reliable people, and move Hai Baozhu and his mother to a safer place first.

Fang had just tried to delay, but something went wrong with her daughter. Hai Baozong deliberately brought a member of the Jiang family's side branch with a bad reputation into the inner house of the eldest house of the Hai family, and went directly to Hai Baozhu's boudoir, scaring Hai Baozhu half to death. Although the children were still young, the Jiang family member could not do anything to the young Hai Baozhu, but as soon as the incident happened, the third uncle shouted that the daughter's reputation was important, and wanted to use this as an excuse to marry Hai Baozhu to the Jiang family member. Even if they did not marry immediately, they had to make a marriage agreement first.

Fang finally realized that the Jiang family and the Third Uncle had formed an alliance to wipe out the Hai family's eldest son's family. On the one hand, they killed the male Hai Baozhu, let Hai Baozong adopt the eldest son's family as the heir, and seize the eldest son's family business. On the other hand, they married Hai Baozhu into the Jiang family, causing her to lose the right to control the property of the Hai family's eldest son's family. When the two children got into trouble, Fang, the mistress of the family, was sidelined. The Third Uncle had to kick her out, take over the power of the Hai family's eldest son's family, and work with the Jiang family to share the wealth of the Hai family. Fang asked for help everywhere, but she could not withstand the Jiang family's step-by-step pressure. The Third Uncle also instigated the clan members to make trouble for her and urged her to ask about the whereabouts of Hai Baozhu. If the child was still alive, he should be taken home quickly, and a filial son must come forward for the anniversary sacrifice of Hai Dingkun; if the child was dead, he should be adopted as an heir quickly, and the incense of the eldest son must not be cut off...

Fang had to protect her daughter and illegitimate son, and deal with the clan members, guarding against the calculations of her third uncle and the conspiracy of the Jiang family... She was alone and helpless, and accidentally let the Jiang family take advantage of the opportunity to forge false evidence to frame the deceased Hai Dingkun. The Jiang family had connections in the Shanhaiwei, and if they succeeded, not to mention the property of the Hai family's eldest house, even the men, women, old and young in the entire eldest house would be killed.

The Jiang family did this, of course, not just to uproot the Hai family. If the Hai family was convicted and their property was confiscated by the government, they would not benefit from it. They just wanted to use this handle to threaten the Fang family so that they could gain benefits. They kept this matter a secret from the third uncle and used the Hai Bao clan to hide the forged evidence in the ancestral home of the eldest Hai family. But after the success, they did not plan to share any benefits with the third uncle's family.

At this time, the Third Uncle finally came to his senses and realized that he had been used. He panicked and immediately confessed the truth to Fang, and begged her to agree to the Jiang family's request, even if it meant giving up all the land of the Hai family, but not letting them, the Hai family members, be successfully framed.

After careful consideration, Fang found that he could not resolve the threat from the Jiang family, so he changed his way of negotiating with the other party.

The eldest son of the Jiang family had once had his eyes on her, but because she was an orphan whose parents had both passed away and could not bring him any benefits, and it was impossible for her to be his concubine, he gave up the idea of ​​coming to propose marriage. Now, the eldest son of the Jiang family has been married for a year, leaving behind a young son. Fang said that she was willing to marry him as a concubine and use the Hai family's property as a dowry in exchange for the Jiang family to stop pursuing Hai Baozhu's whereabouts and give up letting Hai Baozhu marry a member of the Jiang family.

The Jiang family only thought that Fang was now the mistress of the Hai family's eldest house and would bring all the property of the eldest house as a dowry to the Jiang family, so they agreed to her conditions. When Fang married, they found out that her dowry was only what her uncle's family had prepared for her in the past, and the private property she had earned over the years. The property of the Hai family's eldest house still remained in the name of the Hai family, but she continued to manage it on behalf of him, and would not return it to Hai Baozhu until he grew up. But the land deed and the house deed were all in the hands of Hai Baozhu's biological mother.

Hai Baozhu and his mother had been sent to some unknown place by Fang, and the Jiang family could not find them at all. Even the troublesome Third Uncle was too ill to be fully recovered, and his children and grandchildren were so scared that they fled to other places, and they could no longer be used by the Jiang family to seize the property of the eldest branch of the Hai family.

The Jiang family spent so much effort, but they only married Fang, an old lady who had an affair with her, and her daughter Hai Baozhu, who was a burden. Other than that, they got nothing, and their efforts were in vain.

(End of this chapter)