Zhang suffered the pain of losing her son, and fell ill again, described as haggard, her face was gray, her hair was much whiter, she looked as if she was ten years old, and she thought that she was a widow, and she didn't need to be greased and powdered.

Zhao Jiong almost didn't fall off the horse on the spot!

The onlookers exclaimed, and some had the courage to look at Zhang carefully, and saw that there was still a shadow on the ground, and she was still holding a thin boy who was five or six years old, a maid in plain clothes supported her, and a row of tall and strong men wearing military attache clothes were followed by a row of tall and strong men wearing military attache clothes, so they guessed that Zhang was not dead, and then came back to look behind Zhao Jiong, the marquis of Jiannan, the servant was carrying the coffin that was said to be the "county duchess", and his face became a little strange.

Gao Cheng, who was following Zhao Jiong, was the first to react, and hurriedly said to Zhao Jiong: "Master Hou, the old lady is not dead, she is a human, not a ghost!" ”

When Zhao Jiong heard this, the panic in his heart was only slightly reduced, but he couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice: "You...... Aren't you dead? ”

Zhang sneered loudly and said angrily: "Of course you are looking forward to my death!" I am your mother-in-law, and my son is your own brother, and you know that he is unwell, but you still insist on sailing in the stormy night, and secretly instruct the gangsters to scuttle through the bottom of the boat, causing the whole boat to fall into the water, and if anyone is lucky enough to swim ashore, he will be stabbed to death by the people you sent! If it weren't for the Guangping King and his wife passing by and saving my ancestors and grandchildren, your wish would have been fulfilled! ”

The onlookers were in an uproar, never expecting such a change in things. They had heard the news that Zhang's mother and son accidentally fell into the water and died on the way back to their hometown, at most they thought that Jiannanhou did not find the body of his stepmother, and regarded the person who did not die as dead, and made a fuss, who knew that the truth was like this? Everyone turned their heads to look at Zhao Jiong.

Zhao Jiong was sweating profusely, but he knew that Zhang's was not a ghost but a human, and his confidence had returned, so he was naturally unwilling to fall into his mouth: "Could it be that my mother fell ill after falling into the water, and she was sick and confused?" The son had already invited the people of Qin Tianjian to take care of the auspicious day for his father's burial, but because Brother Zhuo was unwell, he was delayed for a lot of time along the way, so as not to miss the auspicious day, he had to rush overnight, where did he think that there would be a capsizing? The boat capsized because of the stormy waves, how could it be that the son instructed someone to chisel it? ”

Zhang snorted coldly: "Then do you dare to let people salvage the wreck and see if there are countless holes dug out of the bottom of the ship?" Do you dare to have someone examine the bodies of the shipwrecked servants, and see if there are any knife wounds on their bodies?! This kind of thing, the government won't hide it for you! ”

Zhao Jiong was stunned, his eyes flickered, and he was secretly annoyed by Wang Siping's useless old thing, and told him to clean up the aftermath, he should clean up all these hands and tails, how could he leave such a big handle? Although he didn't ask someone to dig the bottom of the boat, only the person he ordered to kill, but now that the Zhang family has obviously put all the accounts on him, how can he explain it clearly?

So he changed his words again: "That's my mother's misunderstanding, there are often water bandits in that section of the canal, and my son only thought that the wind and rain were too big to cause the boat to capsize, but now it seems that it must be the water bandits." The mother can rest assured that when her son returns to Beijing, he will definitely start to the emperor and send officers and soldiers to suppress the Qingshui bandits and avenge this great revenge for Brother Zhuo and his wife! ”

Zhang said angrily: "If you want to avenge my son, you must be bound to his spirit, otherwise how can he and his wife turn a blind eye? How can the county grandfather be at ease in the spirit of heaven?! Do you still have the face to say that you want to play a book to the emperor? Do you think that if you commit such a big crime, the emperor will spare you lightly?! ”

Zhao Jiong's face changed suddenly, and he realized at this time that the Zhang family was not dead, and what he had done was no longer a secret, as long as the emperor knew, the title he dreamed of so hard to get would not be kept. Thinking of this, he was angry in his heart: "In the end, the old lady just can't see me as the Marquis of Jiannan and wants to snatch my title, why should she give me this trumped-up charge?" ”

Zhang scolded: "You can only deceive fools with your words, I don't even have a son, what do you want to do with your title?" As soon as the grandfather of the county passed away, you drove our mother, son, grandchildren and grandchildren to live in the side courtyard, and forcibly separated the family, only divided some of my son's land with gold and silver, we were too lazy to care about you, I didn't expect you to be so vicious, with a trick to coax us to return to the hometown with you, on the road to this poisonous hand, harm my son and wife. The king and his wife of Guangping saved the lives of my ancestors and grandchildren, and in order to extinguish the mouth, you also sent someone to assassinate the prince. There are all kinds of human and material evidence, you actually have the face to say that it is unwarranted?! ”

There was another uproar among the onlookers.

Zhao Jiong was born in the concubine's room, recorded in the name of his wife, this matter is very old, and only some people in Beijing may know about it, but in his hometown Fengxian, there are really many people who know it. This is not surprising, his biological mother Aunt Qian and grandmother are also Fengxian, and her mother's family was originally the in-laws of the Zhao family's Zongfang, when the old lady of the Zongfang abandoned the clansmen and fled with his wife and children and the Yue family, he was spurned for a long time, and he learned that Zhao Zhu in the second room became the founder of the new dynasty, and deceived Zhao Zhu that his parents, wife and daughter were dead, but he married his sister-in-law to Zhao Zhu to do the second room, which is also a gossip that has been circulated in the countryside for many years.

After reuniting with her husband, although she was unable to have children and no longer have children because of her own physical strength, she tolerated Zhao Jiong's storage, but she really couldn't swallow this breath in her heart, and every time she returned to her hometown to worship her ancestors, she had to take it out and say it over and over again, and from time to time she tossed the concubine Qian in front of her relatives and relatives, and gave the Qian family no face in public. And Aunt Qian's grandmother was originally the daughter of a small family, she had no knowledge, once became the second room of the Hou Ye, and gave birth to the only son of the Hou Ye, and she was not unhappy in her heart, although she couldn't put the score in front of the main room, but in front of her relatives and friends in the countryside, she didn't put a lot of shelves, her son Zhao Jiong was even more proud of his dignity, and never put his neighbors in his eyes, so no matter who he was, he didn't have a good impression of their mother and son, and he might flatter a few words in person, and he was never polite to gossip behind his back, even the peasant woman in the field of Fengxian, will spit on the money in private, the old aunt and grandmother are not ashamed, obviously they are relatives, the daughter of a good family, but they are willing to be concubines for others, or lie to a man His wife is dead, and he insists on entering the door.

Zhang's unfilial piety was exposed in public today, and all the neighbors believed it, and their eyes at Zhao Jiong changed. And Zhao Jiong was resentful at this time, but more panicked, he finally reacted, it was the Guangping King and his wife who saved the Zhang family, he knew that the Guangping King went south to accept the Haiphong Dam, but he had clearly seen the Guangping King's boat on the canal, and there was at least two days away from the capsized place, how could he save the Zhang family?

Zhang's heart was resentful, and he didn't plan to give time for Zhao Jiong to figure it out, so he continued to count him: "I know that you have been staring at that title since you were a child, and since my son was born, you have always regarded it as a thorn in your side, but because my son is a concubine, you are born to a concubine, although you occupy the position of the eldest son, and it is recorded in the name of the yuan, but it is an out-and-out fake concubine, not in accordance with the national law and family rules, and the inheritance of the title is not right." It's just that the county grandfather feels sorry for his son, never partially, thinking that you are the eldest son, you can be mediocre since you were a child, you can't be a martial artist, if you can't inherit the title, you won't be able to support yourself in the future, but my son is smart since he was a child, and he has already passed the examination in his early twenties. Therefore, the county grandfather wants you to be the son of the world, inherit the title in the future, and enjoy wealth and peace for the rest of your life, but my son can enter the imperial court and serve the country. My mother and son understand the love of the county grandfather, and they never said that they would rob you of anything, but they never expected to condone such a crazy person as you, in order to protect their wealth and wealth, even their mother and brother refused to let go! ”

She slapped every word on Zhao Jiong's face, and it crackled, he was ashamed and angry, but he couldn't refute a word.

Two people squeezed out of the crowd of onlookers, and the leader was wearing a gray and blue plain suit, with surprise and joy on his face, and rushed towards Zhang: "Sister, it turns out that you are safe and sound, this is really good!" When we suddenly heard about the bad time, we couldn't believe it was true! After speaking, he couldn't help crying: "It's just a pity for the nephew." The servants behind him wept with him.

When Zhang saw him, he softened his expression, and the sadness that had been suppressed by anger could no longer be suppressed, and he began to cry.

This person is none other than Zhang Chaoyi, the younger brother of the Zhang family, who rushed over from Songjiang to mourn after hearing the news yesterday. Zhao Jiong hated the Zhang family deeply, and felt that the Zhang family was at most a seven-grade sesame official, although he had the name of a scholarly family, but it was no big deal, this Zhang Chaoyi was just a small person, and he was very snub to him, and even, if he hadn't been rushed to the news, he didn't even plan to send the letter to the Zhang family. Zhang Chaoyi had already held back the fire in his heart, but he was even more sad for his sister and nephew, and now when he saw that his sister was not dead, he immediately squeezed over.

He had only listened to it for a long time, and he had already hated Zhao Jiong, the nominal nephew, so he slapped the other party in the face again: "The bad news of my sister and nephew came before, and it was a letter from my brother's acquaintance in Fengxian, and the Marquis of Jiannan didn't know if he forgot about us or what, so he didn't say a word!" The younger brother rushed to the funeral overnight, Jiannanhou didn't even have a cup of tea, and he was about to drive his uncle out of the door when he saw that people were incense, I really don't know where I learned the rules! The younger brother was so angry that he almost wanted to leave, but he just felt that he had to give his sister a ride no matter what, but he never expected that his sister was still alive! I'm really glad that if my brother is gone, I don't know if there is anyone who will support you today! My sister has suffered such a grievance, and my younger brother is going to ask Jiannanhou, my sister is still here, what are you asking me to worship? If you can't even decide whether a person is alive or dead, how can you say that people are dead?! ”

His words reminded Zhang, and she glanced at the coffin with her name on it, and a sneer appeared on her face: "I guessed who was in that coffin." He Zhao Jiong hated me to the core, not only because of the title, he couldn't tolerate me after he attacked the knighthood, wasn't it because his biological mother wanted to be buried next to the county grandfather before she died, but I didn't allow it? Naturally, the position of the county grandfather is the position of Mrs. Yuan and Qin, and then it is the place where I will be buried in a hundred years, Zhao Jiong's biological mother is a concubine, and it is already a grace to allow the burial, and I still want to receive the gift of the main room? That's a dream! But if I die and the body can't be found, the Qian family can bear my name openly and bury me as the duchess of the county, which is a big bargain! ”

The onlookers were in an uproar again. Zhao Jiong's face turned pale.

Zhang Chaoyi stared at the coffin tightly, and said coldly: "Someone! Open the coffin for me! I want to see what the hell is what Jiannanhou told all of us to bow down! ”