Zhao Xiu walked unhurriedly on the road for two days and arrived in the capital. Because she was by land, she did not take a boat to enter the city at Desheng Gate, which was close to her home, but took a carriage into Chongwen Gate, walked along the straight avenue to the direction of Beicheng, and then turned to Gulou West Street.

The officers and soldiers guarding the gate heard that they were from the Zhao family of the Jiannan County Mansion, and they didn't dare to embarrass them at all.

Although Zhao Xiu left Beijing when he was a child and did not return to the capital until now, he never knew what attitude the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate had towards his own family. But people in places like Beijing must be more snobbish than people in Shanghai. The second room of the Zhao family is already one of the largest households in Fengxian, but when they go to Jiading City, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate are not so respectful, and they regard the Duchess of the Zhang family as an ordinary official wife. It can be inferred from this that the Zhao family is probably not what it used to be now, and it is well known, otherwise even the petty officials at the city gate will not change their faces.

Zhao Xiu couldn't help but feel emotional, but no matter what, his family can finally raise his eyebrows, and he must have a much better life in the future.

The carriage and his party walked on the avenue of the inner city, and the lantern with the word "Zhao" under the eaves of the carriage was not obvious, but it would not look public. It is a fact that the Zhao family has made a comeback, but now they have no title or title, and they are too high-profile, which is not good for other people's eyes.

Zhao Xiu looked at the scenery outside through the curtain on the car window. It was the first time she watched Beijing in this era, and when she saw this spacious avenue and neat mansions beside the road, there was an atmosphere everywhere, which was not the same as Fengxian County, and she couldn't help but sigh, it was really worthy of the capital.

However, in this atmospheric and clean street, there are also some discordant situations. All the way. Zhao Xiu saw that five or six people—mostly middle-aged men, well-dressed—were locked by officers and soldiers and dragged out of the house. Their families followed behind and wept and wept, and some even had their families locked up and dragged away. She wondered in her heart, but when she thought of the palace coup set off by King Ying and Zhu Lifei, she had some understanding. This must be the official involved being settled by the Autumn Queen, right?

Go further, the mansions on both sides of the road are more majestic and gorgeous, look at the plaques on the door, either the public mansion or the Hou Mansion and the Bo Mansion. There are also generals' mansions and Shangshudi, and there are rows of officers and soldiers in front of the door, and dozens of prisoner cars are parked. However, there were no officers and soldiers dragging the prisoners out of the door. Zhao Xiu wanted to see more clearly which families were involved in the coup, but the family escorting her was worried that she would be frightened, so they hurriedly asked the coachman to speed up. She only had time to glance at it a few times.

The carriage quickly turned aside. Follow the main road under the imperial city and turn into Gulou Street. This area is a prosperous place, and today is still the Shangyuan Festival, according to common sense, it should be very lively, but I don't know if it was affected by the solemn atmosphere of many families being raided and imprisoned, and most of the shops did not open. Zhao Xiu glanced over and only saw a grain shop, a silk village and a calligraphy and painting shop open.

The Zhao family's small house is located in the entrance of Gulou West Street, in the middle of the big stone tablet alley. It's a quiet house. Zhao Xiu is still here for the first time, but I have heard Zhang and Lu's mother talk several times before. Not too new. When they arrived at the door, the carriage stopped, and the family went to knock on the door, Zhao Wei greeted him with a happy face and personally carried his sister out of the carriage.

Zhao Xiu took a serious look at his brother a few times, and saw that he was in good spirits, wearing a stone blue silk robe, with a black silk silk around his waist, lining his waist more and more straight, and combing his hair neatly to the top of his head into a bun.

Zhao Xiu joked to his brother with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, I'm getting more and more handsome, is it possible that the water and soil in this capital are raised like this?" ”

"Little girl, she will make fun of her brother." Zhao Wei scolded with a smile, and also looked at her sister, and saw that she was wearing a water-red moire satin jacket, covered with white silk rabbit fur armor, tied with a red pleated skirt on the bottom, a black hair pulled into a double mustache, pinned a few silk flowers with fresh colors, pearl pendants on her ears, and a shrimp beard gold bracelet on her wrist. He nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the Jiang family has taken good care of his sister.

Bilian and Mingzhang sisters and brothers saw each other, looked at each other's complexions, and felt very satisfied. Although they have only been separated for a few days, it feels like a long time has passed, and everyone has a lot of words in their stomachs, and they want to find an opportunity to confide in each other.

Zhao Wei pulled his sister into the house.

This is less than 100 days after my grandfather's death, and my grandmother Zhang ordered Lu's mother and his wife to secretly buy a house outside. At that time, she was still thinking that she would take her son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, and granddaughters to move here to live a stable life, first keep three years of filial piety, and then let her son go to the entrance examination, take the Jinshi meritorious service, and enter the court as an official, how can it be better than Zhao Jiong's full reliance on a title. Because she wanted to live for a long time, when she was picking a house, she specially instructed many conditions, and Lu's mother carefully searched for many places before she found here.

The door is open in the southeast corner, after entering the door, the small courtyard on the right hand side is the gatehouse and the carriage shed, the right side of the moon cave door enters, the three open rooms on the inverted seat room are spacious and bright, it is the living room, the living room past, there is a small house to make a tea room, the west end is followed by the moon cave door, inside is the guest house, there are two rooms.

The second door into the inner courtyard, the second into the main courtyard, was prepared for Zhao Zhuo and Mi husband and wife to live, the main house is three, with two ear rooms, the east chamber is Zhao Wei's residence. Although he was still young at the time, he already had a room by himself, and when he went to Beijing two years ago, he had already rearranged the house and replaced all the furniture and supplies, so this time he could move in with a little cleaning. He's been living here these days.

The west chamber is a study, and there are dozens of boxes of books brought out by the Zhang family from the Jiannan Hou Mansion, which have not had time to be cleaned up so far, and they are all piled up in the same way. When Zhao Wei came two years ago, in order to facilitate his study, he cleaned up a room and came out to write homework.

The transept on both sides of the main house is the maid's dwelling, and there is a small hall on the west side, which leads to the third courtyard. This was originally the place that Zhang prepared for himself, the back cover room was opened to five rooms, very spacious, there were many flowers and trees planted in front of the house, a row of side rooms on the east side was used as a storehouse, and it was still locked at the moment, and the west side was a small cross-courtyard, which was the kitchen. When Zhang's family went to Beijing two years ago, because of the suddenness of the idea, in order to save trouble, he lived in the main house in the front courtyard, and the back cover room was not cleaned up at all. I didn't think there was anything at that time, but now that Zhao Xiu is here, it's a little troublesome.

When she first bought the house, she was still a milk doll, and she must not be able to leave her parents, so Zhang did not arrange a place for her to live, thinking that she could live with her parents in the upper room of the main courtyard. But now that her parents are gone, Zhao Wei just lives in the East Chamber, does she have to live in the main house as a younger sister? Inevitably, there is some inconsistency with etiquette, and no matter how young she is, she is also a ten-year-old girl, and it is not suitable to live in a courtyard with her brother, and the West Chamber is a study, which is not easy to live. What Zhao Wei meant was that he had already asked someone to clean up the bright room, the west room, and the west room in the back cover room of the Sanjin courtyard, and he could barely live there, and his sister could live there temporarily.

He said to Zhao Xiu: "Temporarily wronged my sister for a few days, I don't think we can live in this house for long, and when the person who should be arrested is arrested, the sentence is also sentenced, it is estimated that the reward will come down, and maybe our Hou Mansion will be returned at that time." I have inquired, our family's old house has not been given to others by the emperor, as long as the emperor says a word, it will be our family again. ”

Zhao Xiu was always a little worried in her heart, probably because she had been disappointed too much in the past few years, and she didn't trust the emperor very much: "Will you really return it to our family?" Shouldn't you drag it out, and forget about it? ”

Zhao Wei smiled: "The emperor forgot, there is still the prince." He looked at the front and back, and saw that everyone was far away, so he leaned in front of his sister and said in a low voice: "The emperor is dying, it is estimated that the crown prince will succeed to the throne in a short time." King Ying and Concubine Zhu Li were defeated, and many royal relatives and noble generals were involved, and now there is chaos outside, and the prince is busy serving the emperor, so he can't take care of us. This time to quell the rebellion, except for the prince of Guangping, our family is the biggest hero, the prince didn't say anything, so we naturally don't want to take the lead at this time. However, the prince privately sent someone to see me a few times, telling me to speak if I was in trouble. What can I do? Jingli is accustomed to it, and if there is anything, you can also ask the Pillar General's Mansion for help. ”

Zhao Xiu thought so. She remembered what she had seen when she entered the city, and was a little curious: "Are there many people who have been swept up in the rebellion?" When I came, I saw officers and soldiers arresting people along the way. ”

Zhao Wei tilted his head: "To be honest, I think there may be a few wronged people here." Now everyone who has anything to do with the Zhu family and King Ying is unlucky. Dali Temple and the Criminal Department only arrest people, and then slowly interrogate if they are caught, and if they are proven innocent after the trial, they will let them go. Although it is more troublesome, it also avoids the fish that slips through the net. This time, the emperor was furious, everyone said that the emperor was a benevolent monarch, and this was the first time that Renjun exerted his might, but he was afraid that he would bleed into a river. The crown prince and His Royal Highness the King of Guangping both persuaded the emperor to maintain stability, but the emperor just didn't listen and was bent on uprooting the traitorous party. Only the six princes were expelled from the succession clan and saved their lives, but I heard that the emperor was already disappointed in him, and he could not be better in the future. This is still the case with the flesh and blood of the closest relatives, let alone others? Even King Ying was given poisoned wine, and King Ying's concubine and sister-in-law have always been sick and weak, and now they are just confined, and the side concubine Tian and other concubines and concubines are all given death. The Tian family was also beheaded, and all of Hong Wencheng's family members were arrested, and when he himself was arrested, he would be escorted to the execution ground. Frankly speaking, after this turmoil, I can't say how many families in Beijing will be able to keep safe. ”

Zhao Xiu was frightened when he heard this, and was about to ask in detail, but he saw Ming Zhang report with a sad face: "Young master, girl, that Aunt Lian is here again." ”

"What?" Zhao Wei's face suddenly fell.

Zhao Xiu was a little curious: "Who is it?" ”

"Zhao Jue's concubine in Liaodongna!" Zhao Wei sneered, "Zhao Jue's mother and children were all thrown into prison, and Aunt Xiao Qian also went in because she was a good concubine, only this Aunt Lian was left, because she had been suppressed by Aunt Xiao Qian, and she didn't have an official name after giving birth to a daughter, so she escaped, and came to our house for days to beg me to save their room, who is patient to take care of her!" (To be continued......)

PS: Something went wrong with the computer, I couldn't get on the Internet, I was about to die, and I finally recovered to normal......