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

Chapter 87 Haixiya Business Trip

After breakfast, Tao Yue quickly said goodbye to everyone in the Hai family and old friends, and left Suzhou City on horseback.

On Wednesday, the general assigned him a team of elite cavalry to escort him and his party back to the high platform.

To be honest, although the Tao family guards have some skills, they are not familiar with the northwest wilderness at all.Tao Yue dared to ride a fast horse for a day and a night in an unfamiliar wilderness with less than ten people. General Zhou couldn't help but sweat for him just thinking about it.Afterwards, in addition to admiring Tao Yue and his guards' ability to identify directions, he could only feel grateful that the Chu and Hu sides were now preparing for peace talks. They were in a critical period and the nearby area had been cleared by men named Ganzhou Guard and Suzhou Guard. Otherwise, Tao Yue and his party would be enough to drink a pot if they encountered a few horse-riding bandits.Now he didn't dare to take it lightly, and quickly added a few more reliable guards to the opponent, just in case.

Before, he didn't know that Tao Yue would leave Gaotai and come to Suzhou on his own, so that was it. Now that he knew it, he let Tao Yue come and go as he pleased. Afterwards, he told his family that he would definitely be beaten!

After seeing off Tao Yue and his party, General Zhou discussed with General Gu and Hai Xiya again on Wednesday and made some adjustments to the original arrangements for the next few days.

Tao Yue had already come to Suzhou to meet his old friends, so Xie Wenzai, Cao and Lu didn't have to go to Gaotai, but Haixi Ya still had to go.

The Suzhou Guard had previously arranged for Liu Keren to teach the soldiers and civilians of Gaotai Station to plant new grain varieties. Before the Chu and Hu peace talks arrived, Liu Keren stayed there for several days.It's just that many officials in the peace negotiation mission in Dachu know his identity. Once the two sides meet, there may be a quarrel, and then Liu Keren can use this as an excuse to withdraw from the teaching mission, and Haixi Ya will take over. Haixi Ya can take Xie Wenzai and the others along the way.

Nowadays, Xie Wenzai and his "staff" no longer need to appear, but Haixi Ya still has to rush to Gaotai Station to "rescue the situation."Liu Keren didn't know the latest changes in the situation. He probably had found an opportunity to have a dispute with the people from the peace talks two days ago. He was probably on his way back to Suzhou now.If we don't go to Haixi Cliff, how can the soldiers and civilians of Gaotai Institute continue to learn to grow new grains?Don't offend your own people.

Haixi Cliff will set off today. It is only one day later than the originally planned departure time, which does not affect the overall situation.Xie Wenzai and the others don't have to follow him, but they can stay at home and think about where to go in the future.

Mrs. Ma took her children and family members to send her husband Hai Xiya out. When she got back to the house, she couldn't help but sigh: "What the hell is this? Okay, you have to find work for yourself for no reason, and you have to run away by yourself." Under the noses of the traitorous ministers who come to the capital, I don’t know if they will cause trouble.”

Aunt Cui smiled and comforted her: "Madam, don't worry, it's okay. Isn't that Mr. Tao protecting our master? Mr. Tao and Mr. Xie are so close, how can he still watch our master suffer?"

Ma curled her lips and said, "I know that Mr. Tao and his cousin do have a good relationship. They have been separated for decades, but they are still affectionate when they meet. But this Mr. Tao may not be very close to our masters, and he might even dislike him. I feel wronged to my cousin!"

Aunt Cui smiled and said: "That's not the case. If Master Tao is such an unreasonable person, how can Mr. Xie be on good terms with him?"

Ma sighed: "It has been 31 years, and people's hearts are apart. Who knows if that person has changed? Cousin Xie is an honest man, and I thought he was a good friend when he was young! But he is now a high-ranking official in the court, cousin Xie But we are settled in a broken state, and there is nothing for people to plot against. If they are still willing to recognize my cousin as a friend and are willing to help my cousin, we should be grateful!"

Hai Xiya felt ashamed in front of Tao Yue, but Mrs. Ma was attentive and had long noticed Tao Yue's vague dissatisfaction, and she only felt aggrieved for her husband.But she knew that Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai needed Tao Yue's help to do something big, so no matter how wronged she was, she didn't say much. She just complained to her confidant Aunt Cui and put the matter aside.

Hai Xiya may have to stay in Gaotaisuo for a while longer. She must arrange her family affairs and not let her husband worry outside.As for the official affairs at the health center, Xie Wenzai would still go there every day to handle them, and he could also teach Xie Jiao a lesson, so she didn't have to worry about it.But Hai Xiya took Cui Bo and Cui Dazhuang's father and son with him when he left, leaving the family with a lot less capable manpower. Ma suddenly felt a little tired. He was busy from morning to night every day and couldn't rest at all.

Being so busy, how could she have time to pay attention to her granddaughter's daily teaching?He could only let Haitang follow his brother Hai Jiao, listen to the cultural classes given by the elders Cao and Lu, and practice needlework and other things in his spare time.Of course Haitang would not stay indoors doing embroidery.Jin Guo has to go to the nursery to work every day recently, and she can move more freely. When she saw that no one else was in the courtyard three times, she immediately rushed to the east wing.

Hai Jiao was doing the homework assigned by Cao Gengyun. When he saw his sister entering the room, he quickly put down the pen in his hand: "How is it? Did you find out any new news?"

Haitang told him: "I heard Aunt Cui tell Grandma that when the strong wife went to the market to buy vegetables, she saw Mr. Liu returning to the city with her own eyes."

Hai Jiao thought thoughtfully: "So, he really quarreled with the people of the mission according to the original plan, and then made room for our grandpa? I just don't know if everything is fine with grandpa at the Gaotai Institute. good……"

Haitang was a little curious: "Why did everyone know in advance that Mr. Liu would quarrel with others at the high platform? Has anyone in the peace delegation ever had a grudge against him?"

Speaking of which, she was quite familiar with Liu Keren. Ever since the Hai family returned to Suzhou City, Liu Keren had been a frequent visitor and would come to have a meal from time to time.He has a cheerful temperament, is enthusiastic and talkative, and easily gets along with others.Although he is an elderly man, Haitang has had a lot of contact with him and quite likes his character.This kind of Liu Keren does not seem to have a temperament that would easily quarrel with others.The key is that he is not only very cooperative with General Wednesday's plan, but he is also sure that no one will be suspicious of it.

what is the reason behind the scene?

Hai Jiao thought for a while: "Speaking of which, I was listening to the generals' daily chats in the guard station, and someone seemed to have mentioned... Mr. Liu is a foreign relative? He was also a prominent figure in the capital..."

"A relative's origin? A noble person in the capital?" Haitang immediately recalled the relatives mentioned by Hai Jiao, "Liu...could it be Liu Shufei's Liu?"

Concubine Liu Shu, the harem concubine who gave birth to the fifth prince for Emperor Deguang, went crazy because of the death of the fifth prince and accused Concubine Sun of killing her son.Her natal family is from a scholarly family in Beijing and has always had a good reputation...

Hai Jiao suddenly took a breath of cold air: "There was a Concubine Chang in the Chang family. In order to appease the anger of the Queen Mother and the Emperor and not to incriminate them, a promising tribesman from the branch was sacrificed. The biological father of the second uncle was Visiting guests and dying in a foreign land. Is it possible that the emperor did not punish Concubine Liu Shu, but later took revenge on the Liu family and sent his officials' sons to the frontier to suffer?!"

He was several years older than his sister, and he still vaguely remembered that after his father was killed in battle, his family left Suzhou sadly and lent the house to the newly arrived Liu Keren.At that time, Liu Keren looked full of resentment, but he was not wearing ordinary equipment. He was accompanied by his wife, children, and several servants...

Of course, if he was really a nobleman from the capital, this kind of pomp would really mean nothing.Tao Yue came to the border for business and brought a team of elite guards with him.Liu Keren was far behind.

But if Liu Keren was demoted to Suzhou City because he was implicated in Concubine Liu Shu's affair, then the emperor is too scumbag, right?

What did Concubine Liu Shu do wrong?She just wanted to find out the cause of her son's death.Even if the emperor wants to protect Sun Guifei and force the Liu family to shut up, is it too much to treat his biological son's uncle as an enemy?

(End of this chapter)