Zhang only entered the city when the sun was about to set, and he had just arrived home, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes. She brought most of the servants she was accustomed to in her hometown, not to mention Lu's mother, and even Lu's mother's husband and eldest son followed. Zhao Wei finally inherited his grandfather's title, and what the Zhao family had been looking forward to finally came true.

She already knew about the death of Emperor Chengqing and the accession of the former crown prince to the throne, and also heard the news of the death of Princess Guangping, and cried. If it weren't for the fact that it was late today, she would be tired all the way, and she would have gone to the palace to mourn soon. Now I have to wait until tomorrow to rest my breath. Zhao Xiu said that it doesn't matter, with her as a representative, no one in the Guangping palace will think that the Zhang family neglects the princess.

Zhao Xiu couldn't hide the smile on her face, and excitedly followed behind her grandmother, like a little tail, either to beat Zhang's shoulders and bones, or to ask her what she wanted to eat and drink, and also asked what she had done at home after she left Shanghai, what disease he was born after the year, how his condition was, whether he had been cured, which day he set off to take a boat north, where did he pass on the way, and did he encounter wind and rain obstacles...... A lot of rambling. It's hard to believe that Zhang is not impatient at all, and answers all the questions of his granddaughter with a smile.

Zhang was also very happy when he heard that Bilian and Lu Mingzhang had left the country: "This is the emperor's grace, the two children should cherish their blessings, especially Mingzhang, they must study hard in the future, if they can get fame in the exam, it will not be in vain for the kindness of Brother Wei and Sister Xiu." ”

Mother Lu was so excited that she was about to shed tears, and it was one thing for her to seek a crooked way to get out of her nationality. But because of his meritorious service, he was rewarded by the nobles for getting rid of his nationality, which is definitely decent! She was about to kneel down and kowtow to Zhao Xiu. Zhao Xiu held on to her death, so she gave up, but the smile on her face couldn't be stopped. Thinking of her husband who is still not good at doing things, her heart is extremely sour, if she had known that there would be this day, would her husband Lu Changxiu regret that she had connived at her eldest son to make so many mistakes, so that her future would be ruined?

Don't wait for Lu's mother to be sad for too long. Bilian and Mingzhang also came over, and the mother and son were naturally overjoyed when they saw each other. Zhao Xiu is also happy for them. also smiled and said to Zhang: "It's a pity that my brother went to the palace and stayed overnight, and it will take two or three days to come out, otherwise wouldn't our family be reunited, wouldn't it be more joyful?" Zhang smiled and nodded.

In this moment of rejoicing. An untimely figure came out of the East Warm Pavilion of the main house. He glanced at Zhao Xiu hesitantly, lowered his head again, and stood without speaking.

Zhao Xiu was stunned when he saw him. Why is Zhao Ze also here? Could it be that his grandmother brought him here?

Sure enough, Zhang's next sued her: "After Zhao Jue's case was decided, the people who were originally waiting around him were either arrested or dispersed, and no one was left by Ze Ge'er's side. Although Aunt Liu of Changfang is an old servant, she intends to send him back to Beijing to reunite with his family. But your Uncle Yu didn't agree. I thought that we were going to Beijing, so it was better to take him on a boat with us. His father was not a man. But the boy is still a sensible person, and now he is not as confused as he used to be. I have told him what his grandfather and mother had done, and I have called Sister-in-law Pearl to testify, and he has understood who is right and who is wrong, and now he is ashamed. ”

Zhao Xiu looked at Zhao Ze, and sure enough, he saw a little ashamed expression on his face, and then looked at his whole person's spirit, which weakened a lot. Back then, he was abandoned by his family in the long house, and after two years of house arrest, his father didn't hurt, his grandmother didn't love him, and even Liu Ying, who was originally a helper, rarely cared about him. It's a different story now. He was a little slumped, as if he was ashamed to see people, as if a certain belief that had supported him had completely disappeared.

Zhang also said to him: "I let you rest in the room, why did you come out?" Your father beat you too hard that time, although you see that your injuries are healed now, in fact, you have hurt your vitality, and you are not as healthy as before. You have suffered a lot along the way, and the wind is blowing again in Tongzhou, look at your face is ugly like this, is it not good to rest? ”

Zhao Ze lowered his head and said, "Great-grandmother don't worry, I'm fine." My aunt has returned, so how can I lie in the middle? ”

Zhao Xiu heard his title, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good. In the past few months, their brother and sister have not been by their grandmother's side, Zhao Ze is young, his circumstances are pitiful, and he has the credit of saving people, maybe his grandmother has given birth to a heart of compassion, and he is allowed to continue to call himself great-grandmother. Zhao Xiu couldn't help but get anxious in his heart, and after thinking about it, he said to Zhao Ze: "You just entered Beijing, I don't know about your family, have you inquired about it?" ”

Zhao Ze was stunned, and his expression darkened: "I know that my father was sentenced to beheading, my grandmother and younger siblings were exiled, and only me and my younger brother were pardoned." ”

Zhao Xiu told him: "You inquired well, your father's case was indeed sentenced to beheading, and the execution was carried out last month, and the body was collected by Aunt Lian with a few old servants, and I don't know where it was buried." Your grandmother and sister, as well as Aunt Qian's mother and son, were sentenced to exile, because the Emperor Daxing was gracious, and for the sake of your father's confession to his accomplices, he pardoned the punishment of you and your eldest brother, and the others did not have this grace, and were waiting to be exiled in the prison. However, I saw that your brothers and sisters were still young, and my grandmother wrote again that you had helped her old man, so I discussed with my brother and spent money to ransom several of your brothers and sisters, and let your eldest brother take them away. Aunt Lian took your youngest sister and planned to take refuge in her mother's family, but she has already left the capital. Leaving your grandmother and Aunt Xiao Qian, I only heard that your sister asked her former best friend to borrow money and ransom your grandmother, I don't know. ”

Zhao Ze was very surprised, but he was also very moved, and knelt down in front of Zhao Xiu with a plop and kowtowed to her: "Zhao Ze thanks the second uncle and aunt for their kindness!" He was still worried about the situation of his grandmother and younger siblings, and he didn't know how to ask his great-grandmother Zhang for help, but he never expected that Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu's brothers and sisters had already ransomed out of his younger siblings, and even his grandmother Niu was out of prison.

Zhang said to Zhao Xiu with emotion: "Your brothers and sisters have done a good job. Although there are many long-standing grudges between the two people, after all, the children are your grandfather's bloodline and saved their lives. It's what a granddaughter should do. ”

Zhao Xiu didn't show a different color, but just said to Zhao Ze: "Don't kowtow to me, I can't afford to be your aunt." We haven't been a family for a long time, you just call me brother Hou Ye and call me Miss Zhao. ”

Zhao Ze was stunned for a moment, his face turned pale, and he looked at Zhang. Zhang was also a little surprised. She glanced at her granddaughter, her mouth moving, but she didn't say anything.

The people of the Fengxian Zhao clan still refused to admit that Zhao Ze was a descendant of the Zhao family. I'm afraid that I will have something to do with the great rebel sinner, let alone Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu, brothers and sisters who have the revenge of killing their father and mother? She also hates Zhao Ze's parents deeply, but it is not easy to pity this child. But in any case, it is more important to own grandchildren and granddaughters. Zhao Wei is already the Marquis of Jiannan. Don't let outsiders say he has a rebellious cousin. The old county prince can't have a rebellious grandson.

Zhao Ze looked at the reaction of the Zhang family, his heart was already gray, thinking that the two families had a deep feud in the sea of blood, and their own family was in such a situation now, how could they expect to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors? His great-grandmother was willing to be kind to him, took him all the way to Beijing, and asked for medical medicine for him, which was already an unexpected blessing. He didn't deserve to be long.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ze was going to leave. He said: "I can't worry about my family, I want to find them sooner." ”

When he said this, the Zhang family was not easy to persuade again, but he ordered someone to take out all his burdens, gave him some coils, and sent two more people to follow him. But Zhao Ze refused.

Zhao Xiu said, "I'll let people go out and hire a car for you, right?" Hire for two days, where are you going next, and you have a coachman with you. "Anyway, this coachman is just an outsider.

This time, Zhao Ze did not refuse, and Zhang immediately asked people to go to the more familiar old car dealer, and hired a relatively old driver to bring the car, paid for three days, and asked him to follow Zhao Ze. Zhao Ze left the Zhao family's small house in the coachman's car, and when it was not yet curfew, he first went to the downtown area of the outer city, found a clean inn to live in, and planned to get up early tomorrow morning to visit his mother in Dali Temple.

Zhao Xiu was at home, and he also began to persuade Zhang: "Although Zhao Ze is pitiful, he is the son of an enemy after all." He protected you from his father's injury, we ransomed his brother and sister for him, grandmother, you saved his life and healed his injuries, which can be regarded as a matter of evening, so you should deal less with each other in the future, right? ”

Zhang sighed: "Why don't I understand in my heart? Don't worry, I haven't refuted half a sentence when you talked to him just now, I just don't plan to recognize his meaning. It's just that he is your grandfather's blood after all, and now his family doesn't know how to live, fame can't be counted on, he is young, and he doesn't know what to do in the future. ”

Zhao Xiu was depressed: "Then what are you going to do?" Don't tell me, you plan to provide for his family. Zhao Jue committed the crime of rebellion, could it be that he would die if he died, and his family and children could still enjoy wealth and wealth? What does that look like for the world to see? Will there be criticism in the court? Grandmother, if you are soft-hearted, you can help the children of poor families as much as you can, but it is better not to be too nice to Zhao Ze. My brother attacked the lord at a young age, and it is not easy for him to gain a foothold in the court, even if we can't help him, we can't hold him back. ”

"Of course I won't let people gossip about your brother." Zhang hesitated, "I thought about it on the way to Beijing, Zhao Ze is not in good health now, so let him recuperate in Beijing for a few days." When he is well, he can take the family back to Fengxian. Although the Zhao clan refused to recognize him, they would not bully him, it was not a problem for him to live there, and there were fewer people in Fengxian who knew him, as long as he was willing to be down-to-earth, he could find a job to support his family. Our family has both a tea garden and a workshop, where can't we place their brothers? ”

Zhao Xiu said disappreciatively: "Grandmother's idea is naturally good, I don't know what Zhao Ze's family will think, this kind of thing naturally has to be decided by themselves." ”

It's not that she underestimated Niu and Zhao Xiang, if they were willing to live honestly for a lifetime, they would not have fallen to the point where they are today.

Not to mention Zhao Xiu's ancestors and grandchildren, early the next morning, Zhao Ze got up, had a simple breakfast, and went to Dali Temple Prison by car. It's just that after arriving there, he wanted to ask to visit the Jiang family, but the jailer gave a reply that made him cold all over: "You are the son of the Jiang family?" Why did you come at this time? Jiang died of a serious illness at the beginning of the month, and wanted to inform her family, but she couldn't find anyone and looked for her maternal brother, whose family had already left the capital. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the corpses could not be left all the time, so we asked someone to find a mat, rolled the person, and threw him into a mass grave outside the city. ”

Zhao Ze's eyes darkened, his body shook for a moment, and he barely supported his body: "I was out of town at that time, and I didn't know it...... Didn't the other of her children come to visit her? ”

The jailer smiled: "If you hadn't come, we wouldn't have known that she had children, but we only saw her mother's family before, and my husband's family had never seen anyone." I heard that her husband committed the crime of treason, has been beheaded, and his family is exiled, so he must be powerless, right? He glanced Zhao Ze up and down: "Wait, since you are the son of the Jiang family, you are the son of a great rebel sinner?" How old are you? How can he not be sentenced? ”

Others whispered to him, and he understood: "It turned out that the first emperor pardoned you, and you are considered lucky." Your mother is no longer here, so let's go. ”

Zhao Ze asked him with a white face: "My mother...... Where are they buried in mass graves? ”

The jailer smiled again: "You kid is asking interestingly, since it is a mass grave, where is it?" We don't know how many people we carry out every month, and where do we remember so many. Hurry up, I have something to do. ”

Zhao Ze walked out of the yamen of Dali Temple in despair, looking at the bright sun in the sky, and only felt that today's style was cold. (To be continued......)

PS: After hesitating for a long time, between "Jiang's hasty burial by his mother's family" and "Jiang's abandoned mass grave", I still chose the latter......