Chapter 119: A Change of Heart
The sect is now headed by Zhao Jing and his wife, Zhao Yu said that he was the master, but in fact, he was already free, and only occasionally interjected in the affairs of the clan, and he didn't care about the affairs of the family. Zhao Jing's wife, Shen, was born in everyone's family, and she presided over the feed in a very disciplined manner, even if she didn't like Liu Ying, she had never deducted the treatment she should give, except for not interfering in Zhao Po's upbringing, so Zhao Yu was dissatisfied with his eldest son and daughter-in-law, but he never thought of shaking the heir of the eldest son, let alone letting Liu Ying interfere in housework and interfere with his daughter-in-law's housekeeping.
Because of this, the subordinates of the sect all believed that the Shen family was the main mother, but anyone whose brain was not stupid enough to enter the water would not be raised as an aunt in order to please Liu Ying, a concubine who was raised as an aunt after giving birth to a son, but was a lowly concubine herself, offended the main mother Shen for decades to come. After Zhao Yu went home, the conversation with Liu Ying in the courtyard was soon quietly reported to the Shen family.
As soon as Shen heard that Liu Ying was sowing discord in front of her father-in-law again, saying that their husband and wife were slanderous, she couldn't help but grit her teeth. If it weren't for her father-in-law who has been protecting, she would have kicked out the girl who didn't keep her duty, how could she let Liu Ying sit up, and now she has given birth to a son, carried her aunt, and jumped in the backyard all day long?
What worried her even more was that Zhao Yu asked Zhao Ze to bring Zhao Ze over.
Zhao Ze has been living in the sect since he entered the sect that year. Zhao Yu's father and son both wrote to Niu and Zhao Jue, asking them to take the child back, but the letter was like a mud cow into the sea, and there was no reply. The subordinate sent by Zhao Jing to deliver the letter once caught Zhao Jue, who had just been transferred back to the capital, outside, and Zhao Jue couldn't do it. He said: "Let him study seriously in his hometown for a few years, so that he can take him back to the capital." Otherwise, there are many people in Beijing. When everyone saw him, they had to mention his mother, how could he stand up to a child? ”
This is an excuse, if you want to avoid gossip, where can you send the child? The Jiang family's original home is closer to the capital, if they just want to send the child back to their hometown, they will ask the old clan to take care of it. Why did more than a dozen masters and servants rely on the clan for food and clothing in the past two years, and the family has nothing to offer? Zhao Jue's house has been expelled from the clan, and he is no longer a member of the Fengxian Zhao clan. also let the children lie in the sect room, eat and drink for nothing, it is simply a stalking. Besides, Zhao Ze has such a mother. Not even qualified for scientific research. I can't get fame in this life, so I won't go back in this life? Zhao Jue shouldn't have deliberately gotten rid of this eldest son with an unhonorable biological mother and lifted the concubine in the side room, right?
Shen thought about it, so he sent someone to the ancestral hall to invite Zhao Jing back. They husband and wife have to be careful, if the old man is confused again, he wants to use Zhao Ze to get entangled with Zhao Jue's family, and he can't get along with the second room. Their husbands and wives were also disgraced.
Zhao Jing came back soon, and there was acting in the ancestral hall. He didn't have much interest in watching it, and he wanted to come back for a long time. After listening to his wife's explanation, he was a little disapproving: "Although my father was confused in the past, he has now turned around a little, even if he is still a little unconvinced by the second room, he will not repeat the mistakes of the past." You can rest assured. ”
How can Shen rest assured: "I'm afraid that he will call Brother Ze over and come up with new tricks." Besides, Aunt Liu is still in front of her father-in-law, who knows that she will not provoke it? ”
Zhao Jing smiled: "Don't you see that my father seems to love Zhao Po very much, and he raised his biological mother to his aunt, so I thought that woman had a lot of weight in front of my father." When she first arrived, it was fresh, and her father was still willing to hold her and listen to her nonsense, but two years have passed, and no matter how much she likes it, it will be a little greasy. Besides, she was born in a girl's room, and when she was given to her father, she only took away her own deed, and her old son and mother were still in the hands of the Niu family. Even if a father wants to raise an aunt, he is not willing to pick a parent and brother who is still a slave in someone else's house, what does it mean? Zhao Jue's mother and son thought about this, thinking that they could use this method to contain Liu Ying, but they also forgot that in this way, their father always had reservations about Liu Ying. Sometimes he is annoyed, and he will say in front of others that Zhao Po was raised by a girl. Therefore, my father spoiled Liu Ying, but he just treated her as a thing, and if it was really a big matter, he wouldn't listen to her nonsense. He used to be confused, but now he has woken up. ”
Shen thought about it, it was really like this, and he was finally relieved: "I hope my father-in-law really understands it, and don't entangle with Zhao Jue's family anymore." ”
Zhao Jing said casually: "Now it's different from two years ago, when Brother Wei of the second room couldn't attack the lord for many years, but Zhao Jue's official position was getting higher and higher year by year, he thought that Zhao Jue's family was going to get up, but the second room was going to collapse, so he favored Zhao Jue." Now two years have passed, although Brother Wei has not yet been knighted, he has already passed the examination to show his talent and fame, and he is going to participate in the autumn festival. On the contrary, after Zhao Jue was transferred back to Beijing, he did not move on the six products, saying that he was against leaving his family, and he did not see any nobles to intercede, so he refused to come to pick up Brother Ze'er, and asked the sect to pay for the support of Brother Ze'er's master and servant. Father already had an idea in his heart, how could he think that Zhao Jue's family would have a day when they would be overwhelmed by the second room? ”
"This ......," Shen Shi listened a little uncomfortably, "isn't it too much to seek advantages and avoid harm?" ”
Zhao Jing smiled: "This is also human nature, in the past, when the second room uncle was still there, how could you ever see your father compete with the people in the second room?" Later, he was confused for a while, and he had to help Zhao Jue's family and compete with the old lady in the second room, but when he saw that the people of the He clan were not on his side, he softened again. Now the clansmen are praising the benevolence and generosity of the second room, and the eighth uncle advocates that the children study, and there are several reading seeds, and a few talents, and this year there are six or seven children who want to take the township examination. Who in the county doesn't say that our Zhao family has the hope of Zhongxing again? Therefore, my father is no longer stubborn, not only allowed my father and son to study for scientific examinations, but this year Brother Yuan failed to pass the hospital examination, he was more anxious than our husband and wife, and personally entrusted Brother Yuan to send Brother Yuan to the school that Brother Wei had attended before. Today's Midyear Festival, he asked the troupe to sing the auspicious drama of Heren High School, just to please the clansmen, although others do not appreciate it, but his father's intentions are still good. You wait and see, if Brother Yuan can be selected for talent next year, and in three years, he will be promoted, and his father is afraid that he will not even pay attention to Zhao Jue's six-rank martial arts. ”
Isn't this "bullying the weak and fearing the hard"? Shen opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again. Never mind. After all, a father-in-law is a father-in-law, and those who are juniors should be denied for His Holiness. It's good to have some words buried in your heart. She called her confidant mother-in-law again and ordered her to pay attention to the meeting between Zhao Yu and Zhao Ze. If Zhao Ze's master and servant don't come out of the moth, of course it's best, but if something really happens, they simply take the opportunity to drive people out, saving those people from dying in the sect!
Zhao Yu didn't know that his daughter-in-law had sent someone to keep an eye on him, so he saw Zhao Ze. found that the child had grown into a thin teenager, and when he counted his age, he seemed to be one year older than Zhao Wei. But he is at least half a head shorter than Zhao Wei, and his face is not very good, with big dark circles under his eyes. He didn't want to think if his house arrest for two years had a bad impact on the child's growth. On the contrary, Mr. was a little disgusted: "Why do you look listless?" You don't have to study for the imperial examination now. What do you think about all day?! ”
Zhao Ze pursed his lips tightly, lowered his head and did not speak. When he grew up, he was placed under house arrest for two years, and the Shen family only allowed two little girls to wait for him closely, and the other subordinates were all isolated in the outer courtyard and were not allowed to meet him. He is less affected by the outside world, has time, and thinks about things more. I gradually understood something. I'm afraid that his mother's incident is not all wronged, and he must have done something wrong. Otherwise, my grandfather's family would have already cried out for my mother.
However, he was sure that he had not killed his younger brother, and perhaps his mother had attacked Xiao Erfang for other reasons, mostly for the sake of his father's title, and possibly at the behest of his grandfather. It's a pity that my grandfather died early, and no one can prove my mother's innocence, and my mother can only be wronged. In this way, his mother committed a crime, completely with the heart of protecting her husband and loving her son, and it is normal for the second room to hate them, but his father is too ruthless, and when he saw the incident, he ignored the love of husband and wife for many years, if it wasn't for the fact that his grandfather Jiang's family was powerful, he almost didn't give his mother a divorce.
After thinking about it, Zhao Ze felt a little less resentful towards the second room in his heart, but Zhao Yu, the elder who agreed to take care of him, but turned his face and locked him in the house and was not allowed to go out, was definitely not a good person in his heart.
However, his grandmother and father refused to come to pick him up, and the imperial examination was hopeless, and he was at a loss in his heart. So what's the point of him coming back?
Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhao Yu felt very bored, so he simply got straight to the point: "You have lived in my house for two years, and your old man said that you will go back after passing the exam, but you don't even have the qualifications for the county exam, what do you say?" Let's go home as soon as possible. ”
Zhao Ze felt aggrieved for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Grandmother and father's orders, Zhao Ze doesn't dare to disobey, presumably the elders in the family will send someone to pick me up." ”
Zhao Yu said: "I have written an unknown number of letters, and I also sent someone to the capital to tell you Lao Tzu that I will take you back." He won't take it, what can I do? said that you are not qualified for the scientific examination, he only said that he would find a way, but he did not see any action. There is no one to come to see you during the New Year's holidays, and the money and food of your master and servant are also from our own family, but I am afraid that your old man only cares about his concubines and concubines, and he has forgotten you. It's better for you to go back by yourself, is it possible that you will return to the door of the capital, and you can still drive you out? ”
Zhao Ze's eyes immediately turned red. It was not easy for him to live in Beijing for a few years, Aunt Qian wanted to belittle him when she found an opportunity, and several younger brothers and sisters were also very hostile to him, his grandmother didn't like him, and no one at home said good things for him. Although his father has returned to Beijing now, he believes that if his father really doesn't want him to go home, but he does, his father may really kick him out!
Zhao Ze didn't dare to make his own claims, so he could only blindly say that he would not go back. Zhao Yu persuaded him a few times, but when he still refused to change his mind, he was annoyed first, thinking to himself, could it be that I still have to support you for a lifetime? said with a cold face: "You are already so old that you can't start a business, so you should start a family first." Could it be that even the matter of relatives is still managed by our clan? You are not a child of the Zhao family now, you have your own parents and family, and you don't have to rely on the reason that you eat and drink for nothing in the homes of others! Taking advantage of the fact that it is just autumn and the road is easy to walk, you should quickly pack up and go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival. If you don't like you to go back, don't you know how to go to your uncles? ”
Zhao Ze was stunned. Uncles?
The Jiang family lost two official positions for the Jiang family, and in the past few years, the careers of the children in the family have also been greatly affected, and many people have not been promoted. The most important thing is that after the Jiang family's incident spread, the reputation of the Jiang family's daughter was damaged, and the eldest daughter of the Jiang family's uncle was nineteen two years ago, and she still hasn't been able to talk about her family, and I don't know if she is married now. Zhao Ze knew that his grandparents loved his mother and took care of her in prison all the time, but now that his grandfather was idle at home, he didn't speak as much as before, and several uncles and aunts complained about his mother. When he goes, he may not be more comfortable than in his own home.
Could it be that this world is so big, there is no place for him Zhao Ze?
Zhao Ze was sad in his heart, and returned to his courtyard in silence. Zhao Yu ordered to go down and ordered his daughter-in-law to pack up for Zhao Ze. Look at this posture, no matter whether Zhao Ze agrees or not, he will send people back to the capital. Of course, he doesn't like to worry about entanglements and the like, and naturally his daughter-in-law pays for it.
Shen received the errand, and compared the news reported by the mother-in-law, he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart. After thinking about it, she went to the second room to ask Zhang for peace on the second day, and brought a message to Zhang by the way: "Our master said that he wanted to send Ze Ge'er back to the capital, and ordered me to prepare a luggage plate for him." ”
Zhang was silent, and Zhao Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Is this true?" Uncle Yu really plans to do this? ”
What a bonus! Could it be that the eldest man of the Zongfang really changed his mind and decided to completely abandon the little long house? (To be continued......)