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

Chapter 828 Whitewash
Haitang raised an eyebrow.

Of course, she understood the explicit and implicit hints in Jin Jiashu's letter, but her grandfather Hai Xiya had his own plans, so there was no need for her to urge him to go to Beijing early.

Did she go too late, and there was no further news between her and Jin Jiashu? If this was all he was capable of, and he couldn't handle his "aunt" at all, then there was no need for him to tell her about the future.

Whatever, he was living a good life in the capital now. He had reliable teachers to teach him his lessons, his life was guaranteed, he had people to serve him, and he had freedom of movement. He could go to see his friends anytime he wanted. This kind of life was already very ideal, so he would just continue like this for the time being.

However, after Jin Jiashu confronted Jin Wu, both the father and son of the Sun family lost their jobs, and there are still people in the palace who want to kill Jin Jiashu. He now lives alone outside the palace. Can his personal safety really be guaranteed?

The emperor and Concubine Xu both asked him not to ask about the follow-up of the third attack, and he did not ask, but the mastermind should be punished, right? At least he should lose his freedom and not have the opportunity to harm others again. Did the emperor do this?

Although Jin Jiashu and Haijiao's letters were very detailed, a few thin sheets of paper could not contain too many details. Haitang knew nothing about what they did not mention, and could not do anything about it. She could only stay thousands of miles away and heard about their experiences at least half a month later. She imagined the various open and secret struggles that took place in the capital, and secretly worried about them in her heart.

This state is really too passive.

At that moment, a thought flashed through Haitang's mind: Maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to go to Beijing as soon as possible? At least she could stay by Haijiao and Jin Jiashu's side, know what happened to them at the first time, and help them with ideas, instead of just waiting for news thousands of miles away, without any room to intervene, whether it was good or bad.

Haitang pursed her lips and suppressed the thought deep in her heart.

This was not something she could decide easily, so she decided to test her grandparents' feelings first.

Jin Jiashu's life as a student in the capital was quite relaxed and happy. Since Tao Yue was the emperor's cousin and a relative of the emperor, Jin Jiashu was in his family's school, and neither his teachers nor his classmates would complain about his relative of the emperor. He was the same as other classmates there. When others talked about him, they all knew that he was the nephew of Concubine Xu, that his mother died early, and that his biological father was a juren who was unlucky enough to be blamed by the Sun family and became a victim. They only felt sympathy for him, the orphan of the Jin family, and did not look down on him at all.

Even his father, Jinsen Jinjuren, had his past experiences beautified.

It is said that Jin Sen took his wife and children to Beijing to take the exam, but he failed to pass the exam due to bad luck, and then he encountered the fire in Wu's house. As a neighbor of Wu's house on the same street, he was angered by the Sun family, and his wife was unfortunately killed. He had to take his family back to his hometown to take refuge. Later, he remarried and had another son. Because of his gentle and modest temperament, he was bullied by his relatives for property. He didn't want to hurt the harmony, so he tolerated it again and again. When the second branch of the Jin family went too far, he used the excuse of visiting friends in Chang'an and took his wife and children away temporarily, which also meant that he didn't want to tear his face with his clan members. Unexpectedly, the people of the second branch didn't give up, and followed him desperately, forcing him to go bankrupt to help them pay off their gambling debts. He couldn't bear it anymore and resolutely refused them. Unexpectedly, the cousins ​​of the second branch held a grudge. When they learned that the Sun family had sent minions to harm Jin Juren, they told the people of the Sun family about his whereabouts, causing the unfortunate death of Jin Juren and his wife and youngest son, and Jin Jiashu was seriously injured and rescued by passers-by.

Jin Juren's family was destroyed, but the second branch of the Jin family refused to give up and chased after him, trying to kill Jin Jiashu and steal Jin Juren's inheritance. They were caught by the Chang'an government, and the killers from the Sun family were also brought to justice. Jin Wu, the only survivor from the second branch of the Jin family, was filled with hatred and fled back to the capital from Chang'an, determined to kill Jin Jiashu and falsely accuse Jin Jiashu's only surviving aunt, Concubine Xu...

The whole story was rewritten, and the rumored version did not mention how weak and incompetent Jin Juren was, how he let his wife be a wet nurse for the rich and powerful, how he was afraid that the Sun family would use Liu Dainiang, a relative living in their home, as his deceased wife for funeral, and how he indulged his second wife and young son in bullying his eldest son after remarrying... All these dark histories were not mentioned in the rumored version. After hearing about it, people who did not know the inside story thought that he was a gentle and upright scholar who was innocently persecuted by powerful officials and calculated by relatives, and died in a foreign land. And his eldest son Jin Jiashu, who was left behind, was naturally a scholar with a clean background. He passed the examination and became a scholar at a young age. Although he was a relative by marriage, Concubine Xu was just a palace maid when she first entered the palace, so the quality of this relative by marriage was discounted. He could only be regarded as a lucky young man with a clean background who became a relative by marriage in the middle of his life.

Of course, judging from Jin Jiashu's real experience, whether this identity of a relative by marriage brought him luck or misfortune is a matter of opinion.

Jin Jiashu speculated in the letter that this adapted version of his life story was most likely released by the palace, which could be said to have completely whitewashed Jin Juren. However, Jin Jiashu himself did not dislike his father, because his innocent but unfortunate father could make him stand more firmly in the reading circle of the capital, and it would not be easy for people to vent their anger on him because of their dislike for in-laws. In other words, he was an in-law, but others did not regard him as a real in-law, just like the scholars of Da Chu now do not think that Tao Yue Tao Ge Lao is an in-law, and think that he is not the same as Sun Ge Lao.

So far, no one has been so blind as to question this version of the story.

Jin Wu was already dead. It was said that he was beaten to death in the palace. He died in agony. The emperor hated him very much, so he would not let him die too easily. His body had been returned to Jin Ergu and his wife, and Jin Ergu, the closest relative and elder to him, was responsible for handling his funeral. Jin Ergu cried for a while, asked her husband to buy a thin coffin, buried her nephew, and held a simple ceremony. Then she hired a car and planned to carry the coffin back home.

The bodies of Jin Xin and his wife and Jin Miao are still in the northwest. Only the coffin of Old Lady Jin Er was carried back to her hometown by Aunt Jin. Now that Jin Wu is dead, Aunt Jin Er, out of consideration for family affection, naturally cannot let him die in a foreign land. But other than that, she will not do more for this nephew. After all, she saw the whole thing from beginning to end, and she just felt that Jin Wu was asking for death and deserved this end. She still has her own family and children, and her own good life to live, so she will not spend any more effort on her nephew! What if the emperor vents his anger on her one day, wouldn’t it be unfair? !
Jin Ergu had also gone to look for the Hu brothers and sisters, but they were cold and didn't want to mention their past relationship with Jin Wu. The past relationship had disappeared when Jin Wu watched his parents sell them off, not to mention that they now knew the truth about their mother's death. They didn't vent their anger on Jin Ergu, because they saw that she was more reliable than her parents and brothers, and not as hateful, and they didn't want to have any contact with the second branch of the Jin family.

After Jin Jiashu moved into the house outside the palace, the Hu brothers and sisters came to say goodbye and left a generous gift, thanking him for asking someone to send their deceased mother's remains back so that they could be reunited, and then quickly left the capital.

Jin Ergu had no choice but to let them go. She had also come to Jin Jiashu, but she didn't dare to make any requests, let alone ask for travel expenses or funeral money.

She only asked one thing: When would the coffins of the Jinsen couple and their youngest son be sent back to their hometown?

(End of this chapter)