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

Chapter 894 Those Spies
Haitang suddenly realized.

This person looks familiar to Haijiao but he can't remember his identity. He is also walking with the Jinyiwei spy assistant whom Haijiao knows. No wonder Haijiao suspects that the other party is a Jinyiwei spy whom he had met in his previous life but was not familiar with.

If this is his identity, it’s no wonder that Hai Baozhu didn’t dare to tell her family.

Thinking of this, Haitang immediately felt something was wrong.

She looked at Haijiao: "Since the adopted son of that eunuch stopped you from talking to that person, I think he was trying to hide his identity from you. Then...why did Sister Baozhu know that he was a spy of the Jinyiwei and therefore didn't dare to tell us the truth?"

How could Hai Baozhu know something that even Hai Jiao, who is familiar with Ma Shangyi, cannot know?

Haijiao blinked and said, "Perhaps... Baozhu didn't know that he was a member of the Jinyiwei, but thought that he was just a guard of a businessman. We couldn't possibly agree to such a marriage with such a huge disparity in status, so she kept silent about it?"

Haitang thought that this matter was not that simple. If that person was just a bodyguard of the merchant, it would be a pure employment relationship. If the merchant who was the adopted son of the father-in-law could hire him, the Hai family could also hire him. Although there was a big difference in status between him and Hai Baozhu, it was not so big that the noble and the humble could not marry. Bodyguards must be good at fighting. At most, the Hai family could use their connections to get that person a job in the army, or invest in opening a store or something, so that he could become a sergeant or a businessman. It would be better than a small bodyguard, right? Why should Hai Baozhu hide it? The more she concealed, the less likely she would have further development with the other party.

Unless she had no intention of developing any relationship with the other party, and just didn't want to meet and marry someone else before her mood had calmed down, and planned to heal her emotional wounds first and then consider marriage?

Haitang laid out her analysis to Haijiao, who then frowned and remained silent.

Haitang looked at his expression and whispered, "Should we first confirm the other party's identity? If Sister Baozhu really likes this person...what is his character like? Does he have any talent? What is his background? Can brother find out from Mammy? We just need to find out who escorted my cousin and her daughter to Beijing that day and find out if this person is a secret agent of the Imperial Guard. If he is really just a guard, it will make it easier for us to act."

Haijiao looked at his sister, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

What should he say? Among the group of people he met at the city gate that day, there were several people with decent looks and capable temperament, but this person... this young man called "Brother Qiao" by his cousin Fang, immediately attracted his attention when he first met him. He knew at first sight that the other person was not an ordinary person. The others were eclipsed by him and could only serve as his foil. If Hai Baozhu really liked anyone among these people, it would definitely be "Brother Qiao" first, and not anyone else.

After arriving at the Hai family, cousin Fang talked with Hai Chang'an and Hai Jiao about life in Yongping Prefecture and what she saw on the way to Beijing. She also mentioned that "Brother Qiao" took good care of her and her daughter, and she was very grateful. Hai Baozhu tried to find out who he was. If his job was to "escort others on their way out", could he be hired at a high salary to escort the second uncle and aunt's family?

Hai Jiao couldn't get any information about "Brother Qiao" and was busy with work, so he didn't have time to pay attention to the follow-up situation. Fang and Hai Baozhu knew the situation and didn't say anything more. But if Hai Baozhu was attracted to a man, then compared to other people she didn't even mention, this "Brother Qiao" was at least someone she had paid attention to, so the possibility was greater.

If the man she really likes is "Brother Qiao", Hai Jiao can still understand it, because he is indeed handsome, talented, and extraordinary, worthy of a girl who has been raised in the boudoir since childhood. However, if "Brother Qiao" is really a spy of the Jinyiwei, the identities of the two are really too different, so different that even if Fang, Hai Baozhu and the second branch of the Hai family do not care about the difference in family background, "Brother Qiao" may not have the right to marry independently, marry a wife, and live a stable life. Hai Jiao tried to explain his thoughts to his younger sister, hoping that his younger sister could find a way to find out from Hai Baozhu whether "Brother Qiao" is the one the latter likes? If so, can Hai Baozhu change her mind? There is really a big difference between the two.

Haitang listened to her brother's intermittent explanations silently, and vaguely sensed his mood. She whispered, "Brother, there are actually many such people among the Jinyiwei spies, right? They are obviously talented, but for various reasons, they can only do shady jobs and never turn over a new leaf in their lives?"

Just like my brother Haijiao in my previous life.

Haijiao was silent for a moment before he smiled bitterly, "Yes... There are so many people like me who entered the industry without knowing what was going on, so I never felt wronged in my two lives. In my previous life, I was just the son of an ordinary military family, and I was just a small military officer when my father died in battle. Among my colleagues, I am not the one with the best family background. There are also children of aristocratic families whose families have fallen into poverty and cannot even support themselves, or young masters of official families who were thrown into prison and waited for death after their families encountered disasters... Among the spies, there are certainly many gangsters, or people like me who were deceived into the industry to avoid disaster, but there are also many people who have a good family background but have no way to make a living, and can only risk their lives to fight for a way out..."

People like them have a certain aura that only "their own people" can detect. When he saw that "Brother Qiao", he noticed this aura. That's why he thought that the other party must be a spy of the Jinyiwei.

Haijiao has obviously changed his life and has a bright future. But after seeing "Brother Qiao", he couldn't help but recall the past life and felt heavy in his heart.

Haitang looked at her brother, thought for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Brother, after you joined the Jinyiwei, have you been able to see your old friends from your previous life?"

Haijiao nodded. Of course, even if he was just a newcomer to the Jinyiwei and shouldn't have come into contact with the bottom-level spies, he would create opportunities for himself to meet old friends from his previous life in the most reasonable way. He still remembered a few of the biggest regrets of his old friends, and before they happened, he found reasons to transfer them to his command, and then arranged them to assist in investigating the private soldiers of the Sun family, so that they could make some small contributions and thus escape the heavy punishment that should have been imposed on them.

Now, his swordsmanship master in his previous life had not lost his most promising apprentice, his good friend in his previous life had not been seriously injured or disabled, the latter's brother had not frozen to death on the street because of being expelled as punishment, and the benefactor who had saved his life in his previous life had not turned against him and died at his hands a few years later after accidentally killing his sweetheart's father and brother while performing a mission.

Although Haijiao is a newcomer now, he has a backer and is capable. He quickly recruited a few inconspicuous spies from the Jinyiwei to help him, and made considerable contributions. Now he has established a firm foothold in the Jinyiwei, but he has not caused dissatisfaction among anyone, and he has also protected his old friends in his previous life. He has once again made up for many regrets in his previous life, and his mood has calmed down a lot.

Haijiao couldn't tell these words to anyone, but now in front of his little sister who knew the truth, he could finally pour out his heart.

After listening to him, Haitang asked him two questions: "If 'Brother Qiao' is really a secret agent of the Imperial Guard, is it possible for you to transfer him to your own team? Do you have a way to make your people change their identities from low-level secret agents to real Imperial Guards?"

Haijiao was stunned.