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

Chapter 88
In order to confirm Liu Keren's life experience, Hai Jiao took advantage of the opportunity to study at the Health Institute to find someone to inquire about in private.Within two days, he got the exact news.

Liu Keren is indeed a relative of Concubine Liu Shu, strictly speaking, she is her younger brother.Concubine Liu Shu's brother died young, and her parents adopted a nephew as their heir, Liu Keren.Liu Keren was famous for his talents at a young age. He was a Jinshi in high school in his 20s. He married a well-matched lady from a well-known family, so he was very satisfied with his ambitions.His sister was a concubine who gave birth to a prince, and her family was prominent. Liu Keren entered the Hanlin Academy for three years, and then entered the Sixth Ministry, and his official career was smooth.Unexpectedly, one day suddenly, the fifth prince died suddenly, and everything turned upside down.

Concubine Liu Shu found out that Concubine Sun was suspected of harming the fifth prince, so she was treated as a madman and thrown into the cold palace.Although the Liu family asked someone to intercede and finally calmed down the emperor, the emperor turned his back again when Concubine Liu Shu mentioned the matter of thoroughly investigating the cause of the death of the fifth prince.

Concubine Liu Shu soon died of illness in the cold palace, and her funeral arrangements were hastily arranged.Her biological parents died of illness one after another. In order to protect themselves, the Liu family sat back and watched as her only remaining heir, Liu Keren, was deported to the border in disguise. Even Liu Keren's biological parents and in-laws pretended to be deaf and dumb.

When Liu Keren first arrived in Suzhou, he was indeed full of resentment, and his wife and children were also crying.After just a few years, they gradually got used to the life here, and now they can treat it calmly.

It doesn’t matter if you’re not used to it or if you’re not calm.Nowadays, except for Mrs. Liu's biological mother, who sends letters and things every year, everyone else seems to treat Liu Keren's house as dead. There is no news from him and no one has taken him back. Over the years, he has not even been able to use normal means. If the promotion and transfer channel leaves Suzhou, what else can you do besides accepting the reality?
Fortunately, he was working as an official in Suzhou City, which was quite comfortable.Although there are wars from time to time, and Sun Yonglu is annoying from time to time, the chief officers are reliable, and his colleagues and subordinates are also straightforward and honest, and will not cause him any trouble.

However, his children are getting older, and he really can’t find any good matches here. If he doesn’t want to marry a military general, he has to find a way to be transferred back to the Central Plains...

When Haitang heard this, she couldn't help but stop: "Brother, where did you hear all this news?"

Hai Jiao blinked: "Are you worried that the news is not true? Don't worry, the news is absolutely reliable! I heard it from the housekeeper of the Liu family." The housekeeper of the Liu family is an old man brought by Liu Keren from his home in the capital, and he is most concerned about the situation of the main family. understood.Hai Jiao felt that if he hadn't been so sweet, he wouldn't have been able to extract so much information from others so easily!

Haitang glanced at Hai Jiao speechlessly: "I have been an old housekeeper in a scholarly family in the capital all my life, and gossip about the master's family to outsiders for no reason? Why does it sound unreliable to me? That's all. , the rest of the news is easy to tell, why did you mention to your brother that the children of the Liu family can't find good marriage partners in Suzhou?"

Hai Jiao blinked again: "Why? What does this have to do with me..." Before he finished speaking, he realized, "No way? Could it be... that the Liu family wants to recruit me as their son-in-law?!"

He originally thought it was impossible, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was not impossible...

Liu Keren's eldest daughter is only one year younger than him. In the official circles of Suzhou City, she is famous for her beauty and talent.The children of official families who were similar to her were either from general families like the Zhou family or the Gu family, or from poor families.No matter how down-and-out Liu Keren's house was, he was from a prominent family in the capital and a relative of the emperor, so he probably wouldn't be willing to make do with it.Although the Hai family has a shallow foundation, Hai Jiao is very confident in himself.Among his peers in the city, he is definitely one of the best.

If we take into account that almost all of General Zhou's sons were educated in Chang'an and rarely came to Suzhou, and the Gu family's young generals were already married, the Liu family seemed to have even less choice.The idea of ​​​​taking the reef is also reasonable.

Hai Jiao is both civilized and military, and has a handsome appearance. He is determined to pursue an official career.The Hai family plans to return to their hometown in Zhili in the future.If the daughter of the Liu family gets married, she won't have to stay at the border all her life eating sand. In the future, she can at least be a royal wife, not much worse than the other sisters in the family...

After Hai Jiao figured it out, he couldn't help but sigh: "Although I understand that Mr. Liu is a fatherly person and thinks about his daughter, but... they can't make their own decisions about this kind of thing, right? You should tell me at least!"

Haitang glanced at him: "I'm just giving you a hint in advance. I haven't even written my horoscope yet! If Mr. Liu really plans to get married, he must ask a matchmaker to propose it to grandpa and grandma, and let grandpa come to propose the marriage. The matchmaker is probably not General Wednesday. That's General Gu. The elders will discuss it when the time comes. What can I say to you? You can't make the decision." Hai Jiao pursed his lips and hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, Haitang asked tentatively: "Brother, don't you want to? To be honest, I have met Miss Liu. She is quite good-looking, and she is well-educated and courteous. She is worthy of being the niece of Concubine Liu Shu, and her temperament is also gentle and kind. Although Mr. Liu Now that he is being reprimanded, the emperor has not publicly punished him after all. He is still a son of an aristocratic family and a relative of the emperor. If my brother can marry his daughter, it will be considered a high achievement."

Hai Jiao shook his head and said: "Qi Dafei. I don't intend to marry the daughter of the Liu family. Even if the emperor forgives Mr. Liu and calls him back to Beijing to become an official, I am not willing..."

Haitang raised her eyebrows: "Why don't you want to? Our family has a very good relationship with Master Liu, and it's not like Miss Liu is not worthy of you."

"I don't want to anyway, little sister, don't mention it anymore!" Hai Jiao stood up, "Don't tell grandma about this, let alone my cousin and the others. My cousin, Grandpa Cao and Grandpa Lu will Mr. Liu regards them as friends who share the same illness and have always been close to each other. It would be bad if they suddenly have the idea of ​​​​playing matchmaking."

Haitang couldn't help but snickered: "Are you so scared? Could it be that my brother...has someone else in mind? So you don't want to marry someone else?" She moved closer to her brother, "Who does my brother like? Isn't that right? The one who saved you in your previous life..."

Before he finished speaking, Hai Jiao, who always regarded himself as a good brother, couldn't help but jump up and cover his sister's mouth tightly: "Stop talking! Don't drag this innocent daughter into our gossip. !”

Haitang was suffocated and couldn't help but reach out to grab Hai Liao's wrist and flipped it with her backhand. The pain caused Hai Liao to immediately let go of her hand. She stared at her sister with wide eyes, somewhat doubtful about life.

Haitang snorted and said: "Why should you be so tough in front of your sister? If you have the ability, go to Datong in the future. After you rescued your benefactor, you swore to grandpa that you have no interest in that girl at all and you will never marry her." !”

Haijiao's attention was diverted, his face flushed, but he didn't dare to make any more guarantees.

Seeing this, Haitang reluctantly let him go: "Okay, actually I think that even if Mr. Liu fell in love with my brother, it would be too sudden. Although he always comes to our house, his wife never brings her daughter with her. I'm here to be a guest. I think his family doesn't want to marry off his daughter casually, so why would the housekeeper reveal it to you, and why would Mr. Liu be willing to actively cooperate with General Wednesday and Grandpa's actions? "

Liu Keren was not from the Suzhou Guard, but an auxiliary officer of the Suzhou local government office.He was willing to travel to a high platform two hundred miles away to teach local soldiers and civilians how to grow corn, and he also took the initiative to start a conflict with an old enemy from the capital, just to give Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai a reasonable reason to go there.What is he trying to do with all this fuss?
The Zhou family wanted to win over Tao Yue, Haixi Ya wanted to win over Xie Wenzai, and Xie Wenzai wanted to see Tao Yue.So what is Liu Keren's appeal?

Is it for the friendship with the Zhou family and the Hai family?Or is it to take the opportunity to contact Tao Yue?Does he also want to return to the capital, even if it is not to avenge his dead sister and nephew, but just to give himself and his children a better future?

(End of this chapter)