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

Chapter 847 Postman
Haijiao did not mention in the letter why he wanted to find a job for Malusheng. He simply told his sister that he had managed to arrange for Malusheng to work as a postman at a post station near the capital.

Don't underestimate him as a mere postman. The postmaster of that post station is old and it's almost time for him to go home and retire. Unfortunately, his son died early, leaving behind a little grandson who is not even ten years old and is far from being able to take over. The postmaster is worried that if he finds someone else to take over, his grandson won't be able to take the job back when he grows up. Ma Lusheng is from Chang'an, and he is a suitable successor. He will work for five or six years and leave, and his grandson will take over. His family is just behind the post station, and all the other postmen in the post station were brought up by him. There is no need to worry that Ma Lusheng will kick his family out after he takes over.

Although Ma Lusheng himself felt that there was no room for advancement in the position of postmaster, the postmaster in the suburbs of Beijing and the postmaster on the official road of Mount Hua were different in importance. This post station was not busy on weekdays, but it was a must-go place for the capital to the imperial mausoleum of the previous emperor and two large military camps. In addition to the military officers coming and going to rest, the royal family and the court would also send a large group of people to the imperial mausoleum every year to pay tribute, and dignitaries and royal relatives often stayed in the post station. As long as you serve well, you will definitely get a lot of rewards. If you are lucky, you may even be favored by the nobles and rise to prominence from then on.

More than 20 years ago, their post station had a senior postmaster who was a cousin of the current postmaster. When a prince went to the imperial mausoleum to pay homage to the late emperor, he was appreciated by the prince and was promoted to be a guard in the prince's palace. Originally a postmaster of low rank, he suddenly became a centurion of the sixth rank. It was simply a great honor for his ancestors!
The reason why the current postmaster has been guarding this post station honestly for many years and hopes that his grandson can continue to guard it is because he hopes that one day, his family will be able to follow in the footsteps of that cousin, climb up the social ladder, and achieve class transition!
Ma Lusheng was originally very dissatisfied with the job of postman, thinking that since he had obeyed his mother's order and gave up the previous postmaster position, he should at least find a better job after entering the capital, so that his efforts would not be in vain. But if he could be promoted to postmaster after being a postman, and there was hope that he would be favored by nobles, get promoted and make a fortune, it would naturally be better than being idle at home and living off his savings. Even if he really couldn't climb up the ladder, at least he could get a lot of rewards during his years in office, which could make up for the expenses of the trip to the capital and accumulate some family property. Even if he had to go back to Chang'an in a few years, it would not be too embarrassing to see his parents and brothers and sisters-in-law.

He was very familiar with the job of a postman and was confident that he could do it well. If it was any other job, he would not have the confidence!

Furthermore, he was related to the third branch of the Zhou family by marriage, and Zhou Wenjun, the eldest granddaughter of the Zhenguogong Mansion, was arranged by her husband Kang Wenshu to a garrison stationed near the capital after entering Beijing. He happened to pass by the post station. When the couple passed by, they happened to meet Ma Lusheng and his wife to check the situation. The two sides had a simple meal together and talked. Ma Lusheng felt that with such a young relative as a backer, he would not have to worry about his future when he went to the post station, and he was not afraid that someone would make things difficult for him.

With this in mind, Ma Lusheng happily took up his post. He now gets along well with everyone at the post station. Even his wife has gone with him to help with boiling water, cooking, sewing and mending. If he sees a military officer with his family resting at the post station, he can show his courtesy and seek some rewards. On holidays, he and his wife can go to the garrison to visit Zhou Wenjun and his wife and keep in touch. When they were at home, they were used to pleasing their elders and felt that this was easy for them.

Haijiao introduced this job to Ma Lusheng, which saved Zhou Mashi a lot of effort and even saved the money she had originally used to rent a house for her nephew in the capital. Zhou Mashi was very happy and gave Haijiao a lot of good things.

Hai Jiao didn't care much about these material possessions, but if Ma Lusheng wanted to work in Beijing for a few years and then find an opportunity to climb up the social ladder, he had to be honest and not cause trouble for the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and the third branch of the Zhou family. As for the uncle Ma and his wife in Chang'an, if they didn't want their youngest son's career to be cut short, they had to be polite to the Hai family and the third branch of the Zhou family, and don't even think about coming to the Hai family to make Ma angry again.

Haitang understood Haijiao's intention after reading the letter to this point. In fact, as long as Ma Lusheng did his job well, she didn't care where he worked. The uncles and aunts of the Ma family were annoying, and she had ways to get rid of them. She was even happier that she knew the whereabouts of Zhou Wenjun. It turned out that the couple had arrived in the capital safely and took up their posts smoothly. The imperial guard station not far from the tomb of the previous emperor was not a particularly good place, but it was safe. Now that there were so many people in the Zhou family in the capital, they would help each other and support each other. Zhou Wenjun would surely get better and better in the future.

Haitang thought that when she arrived in the capital, she would find a way to ask her aunt Zhou Ma about Zhou Wenjun's contact with Fang. The two best friends were in the same place, so there was no reason for them not to get in touch again.

Haitang continued reading the letter. At the end, Haijiao simply mentioned that Fang had settled down in Beijing with her daughter, and had also written a special letter to her grandmother Ma to express her regards. The following words were long passages of coded text that Haitang had to translate by herself.

Haitang hurriedly found the book that her brother had chosen to use as a code book, took out a pen and paper, and began to decode.

Haijiao mentioned that ever since Jin Jiashu confronted Jin Wu in front of the Qianqing Palace a few months ago, exposed the lies of Jin Wu and the Sun family, and cooperated with the emperor to forcibly change Concubine Xu's identity to the younger sister of his biological mother Jin Xu, completely eliminating the hidden danger of Concubine Xu's background, he has never forgotten to play the show to the end.

In the past few months, he has been chasing the Sun family and forcing them to tell him the whereabouts of his "deceased mother", claiming that he wants to see her alive or dead. Even if the victims of that year were hastily buried in a mass grave, he will ask for the exact location and rebury the remains of those who died tragically so that the spirit of his "deceased mother" can rest in peace.

Jin Jiashu said this out of filial piety, and no one in the court had any reason to say that he shouldn't, and the emperor turned a blind eye and allowed him to interrogate the Sun family. Sun Ge Lao could claim to be sick and avoid seeing them, but if Sun Yongping was unwilling to lose his job, and if the Sun family wanted to connect with others and seek a chance to make a comeback, they would have to go out and meet people. No matter who is in the Sun family, they may meet Jin Jiashu when they go out, or someone who sympathizes with Jin Jiashu and is willing to speak for him.

Even the Sun faction members felt that the Sun family should give an explanation no matter what. That was not really a servant of the Wu family, but Concubine Xu's biological sister, who was innocently framed by her husband's family. She couldn't have died for many years without being buried, right? It would have been fine if there was no victim in the past, but now there is a victim, and the emperor and Concubine Xu have to make decisions for the victim, so the Sun family should show some attitude. Previously, the Sun family attacked Concubine Xu first, and now the plan has failed, and they have offended her badly. If they can take the opportunity of Concubine Xu's biological sister's funeral to ease the hatred between the two sides, what's wrong with that? They are reluctant to reveal the location of Jin Xu's remains, and let the relatives of the deceased be sad. Do they really want to make a mortal enemy? !
The Sun family now has a hard time complaining. How do they know where Jin Xu's remains are? Even if they want to hand them over, they have to have them!
(End of this chapter)