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

Chapter 824 Escape
Haijiao wrote a long letter, and most of it was used to describe the incident that day when Jin Jiashu refuted Jin Wu and the father and son of the Sun family. Perhaps he was also very excited when he heard Jin Jiashu tell this story, so he repeated it to his younger sister in such detail in his letter home?
However, in addition to this part, he also mentioned other things in the letter.

When Grandmother Ma wrote back last time, she had solemnly instructed Haijiao to find a way to rescue her cousin Fang and her cousin Hai Baozhu, and not let them continue to be trapped in the Jiang family. Haitang also mentioned this matter in her letter. Haijiao was obviously very concerned about this. In this reply, he mentioned that when he was helping General Gu check the accounts, he found evidence that the Jiang family was involved in the Shanhaiwei case.

He had no intention of concealing the matter, but told General Gu the truth. At the same time, he also told him the truth about Fang's mother and daughter being trapped in Jiang's house, and asked General Gu that if Shanhaiwei really wanted to capture Jiang's family, they should let Fang's mother and daughter go.

General Gu has a close relationship with the Hai family. How could he ignore Hai Jiao's request? But he also made it clear that this case has been exposed. Although the emperor is in poor health and has no energy to care about these things, Tao Ge Lao will ask about this case from time to time. He is determined to investigate the case thoroughly and will never let any guilty person go. The Jiang family deserves the punishment this time. The evidence is already there. There is no way they can get away. The so-called backers behind them can't protect themselves. The father and son of the Jiang family are just small minions and it is even more impossible for them to get away. But Hai Baozhu is okay. Although she was raised in the Jiang family, she is not a member of the Jiang family. As long as she doesn't take away any person or property of the Jiang family, no one can implicate her. But Fang is hard to say. Regardless of whether she was forced to marry into the Jiang family, she is now a Jiang family woman. If she doesn't want the Jiang family to be implicated when they are convicted, she'd better find a way to get away from the Jiang family as soon as possible and completely draw a line with the Jiang family.

General Gu could not openly protect the wife of the eldest son of the Jiang family, but he privately told Haijiao the progress of the case and when the Jiang family would be caught. This bought Haijiao some time, so that he could find a way to help Fang's mother and daughter out of trouble.

At that time, he was about to take part in the military examination and could not leave the capital. Hai Chang'an was responsible for the flag bearer guard and could not leave the capital without permission. Hai Jiao was considering whether to give up this year's military examination and try again in three years, but when Jin Jiashu learned about this, he persuaded him to ask Ma Shangyi, who had just arrived in Beijing, for help instead.

Ma Shangyi was happy to hear the whereabouts of Mei Niangzi's adopted daughter Cai Xiaodie. She learned that the Hai family was in trouble, and that Fang, who was in danger, was the hero who spread the news of Cai Xiaodie's whereabouts. The latter had protected Fang's son for many years. The relationship between the two sides was very close, so she was naturally happy to lend a helping hand.

She sent a letter to Zunhua Prefecture, which was only more than 300 miles away from Yongping Prefecture. With the manpower of the old people in Cining Palace, they could arrive within a day. Several retired eunuchs and old maids from the palace were experienced in the world and were masters of palace fighting. They used their skills in small house fights, which was more than enough to deal with the Jiang family.

In less than two days, they succeeded in making the Jiang family believe that the widowed sister of a high-ranking military officer in Zhili had taken a fancy to Young Master Jiang and was willing to marry him. So they disliked Fang for being in the way, quickly wrote a letter of divorce, and kicked her and her daughter Hai Baozhu out of the house. Even Fang's little dowry and the trusted maids and servants she brought from the Hai family were taken away by her. Young Master Jiang's eldest son was raised by Fang, and he still had some feelings for his stepmother, but he was even more afraid that the new stepmother would threaten his position. He cried and made a scene, but was scolded a few times and then he stopped.

Fang didn't care at all about her stepson's filial piety. She had received a letter from her nephew in the capital earlier, and knew that it was Hai Jiao who asked someone to rescue her, so how could she delay? As long as her daughter, confidant and a few most meaningful personal belongings could be taken away, she didn't care about other floating wealth. In the past, she would do her best to protect the Hai family's property and not let the Jiang family get any advantage, but now her nephew's advice made sense, that as long as there is a green mountain, there is no fear of running out of firewood. The Hai family was about to usher in a good day, how could she hold her relatives back for some yellow and white things?

Fang not only left the Jiang family readily, but also deliberately acted like an abandoned woman who was reluctant but powerless to resist. Young Master Jiang's concubine came out to show off, the members of the Jiang family who disliked her mocked her, and the Jiang family's side branch members mentioned marrying her daughter to their own playboys, but she didn't argue with them, as if she was really down and out and had lost all her confidence. Hai Baozhu didn't know the truth and wanted to argue with the Jiang family, but she was dragged away by her. She hired a car and left the Jiang family in a panic, like a defeated dog, amid the laughter and sarcasm of the Jiang family. When passing by the gate of the Hai family, some confused Hai family members ran out to block the road, claiming that the unfaithful abandoned woman was not allowed to return to the Hai family.

Fang held back her anger and ordered the servants to drive the car to Yongping Prefecture City. She had no intention of arguing with the Hai family. Anyway, when her second uncle Hai Xiya returned, the elders would make the decision for her. She didn't need to stay here and argue with those fools. Otherwise, the two families lived in the same village and were so close. What if the Jiang family was confiscated by the government and someone from the Jiang family escaped to the Hai family's territory to make trouble? She would not ask for trouble!

Fang arrived at Yongping Prefecture City and checked into the inn that was arranged by the old people of Cining Palace before she told her daughter Hai Baozhu the truth. Hai Baozhu had been sulking for a day, but she was happy when she learned the truth. The mother and daughter soon met up with Hai Baozhu and his mother. The four of them and their trusted followers, under the protection of the guards arranged by the old people of Cining Palace, heard the news that the soldiers came to search the Jiang family, and also saw the Jiang family being locked up and taken into the city from the window of the teahouse on the street.

It was only three days before and after, and the Jiang family, in order to climb up the social ladder, took the initiative to let Fang go, which allowed her to escape. Otherwise, she would have been among those who were arrested by the soldiers with chains and dragged through the streets of the prefecture city in public.

She was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat, but she was more relieved afterwards. She immediately wrote a letter to the capital to thank Hai Jiao for the arrangement. She was even more grateful to the old people in the Cining Palace who rescued her and her daughter. A nanny came to see her and asked about Cai Xiaodie's experience over the years. She told her everything she knew and even acted as a matchmaker to help the two parties meet.

What surprised the old people in the Cining Palace even more was that after meeting Cai Xiaodie, they also learned the whereabouts of another companion who had been separated that year. The old nanny, whose maiden name was Suyun when she was young, and Mei Niangzi Ma Yumei were very good sisters. They were also old people in Kunning Palace. Like Ma Yumei, they were plotted against in the palace fights, were demoted from the palace, and then their whereabouts were unknown. However, Suyun was luckier than Ma Yumei. After leaving the palace, she did not go far, but went to seek refuge with the parents of a sister, Mei Ye, who died in the palace. After that, she stayed with the two elders, supporting them on behalf of the sister who died unfortunately, and lived a stable life in these years.

It was Suyun who happened to meet Madam Mei, Ma Yumei, and took over the responsibility of raising her adopted daughter and taking care of her funeral. Even Cai Xiaodie's marriage to the scholar was arranged by Suyun.

As a result, the old people in Cining Palace finally found all their lost companions. Ma Shangyi was moved to tears when she heard the news in Beijing.

The old sisters who were once separated from each other can finally get together again.

(End of this chapter)