Zhao Xiu hugged her sister-in-law and cried. This nurse can be said to be the person who got along with her the most in the early days of her crossing, although the other party's words and deeds sometimes annoyed her, but she really cared for her, even at the critical moment when the boat capsized and fell into the water, she did not forget to hug her tightly, or when she went to ask for help, she was in distress and disappeared. Zhao Xiu thought that the other party was dead, but she didn't expect her to be alive, how could she not feel overjoyed?

After crying, Zhao Wei told how they found Sister-in-law Pearl, and Zhao Xiu understood what happened.

Zhang and Zhao Wei followed Linqing, thinking that Zhao Zhuo and his wife died here, so they stopped to pay tribute, and then there was a great drought in Shandong, and the people in Linqing lived in poverty. She thought that Hengzhu would stay at this time for a few days, so she sent someone to send a letter back to Fengxian, and at the same time sent someone to the Grange in Gaotang County, where the Nanhou Mansion was built in the past, to find the head of the village and inquire about the whereabouts of Tu Sanyang and his wife.

The Tu Sanyang brothers rushed over from the capital with their families, and they took refuge in this Zhuangtou, and the people sent by the Zhang family naturally found Tu Sanyang and his wife without much effort. And after Tu Sanyang learned of his intention, he immediately asked him to report back to the Zhang family with an amazing news - Sister-in-law Pearl is still alive!

Back then, the pearl sister-in-law was hit by Zhao Jiong's oars a few times, and then sank into the water, seemingly encountering an accident, but in fact, Tu Sanyang was on the deck at the time and recognized his niece. Their husband and wife have no children, so they treat their sister-in-law's daughter as their own daughter, how can they watch her die? Tu Sanyang saw the pearl sister-in-law sink into the water. I'm already scared to death. He was an ordinary handyman, not very conspicuous, and when the ship docked, he would send many people to the land to do this and that. He naturally had the opportunity to get off the boat, and with his excellent water ability, he quickly entered the water in the dark to rescue his niece. Sister-in-law Pearl was about to die at that time, and if it was a little longer, this little life would never be saved.

It is also said that Tu Sanyang was lucky, and many of the servants of the Hou Mansion who served on several ships at that time were his acquaintances or relatives. They have all been on errands in the Hou Mansion for many years. Seeing the tragic situation of Xiao Erfang, they were also shocked, even if they were servants under Xiao Changfang's name. But the Zhang family has also been in charge of the feed for many years, and was once their top boss, and they are still generous and kind, except for some of Zhao Jiong and Niu's diehards. None of them had any hostility towards the owners of the small second room. Seeing that Zhao Jiong was going to kill them all, he inevitably wanted to mumble a few words in his heart, but he didn't dare to make a sound. They are just ordinary servants, and they can't compare to those nursing house thugs, even if they can't bear it, they don't dare to save people. found that Tu Sanyang rescued one, or his niece, and no one found out for the time being. And they did not see it, and none of them told the truth.

Tu Sanyang took the opportunity to hide the pearl sister-in-law in the pile of dead people. took advantage of the opportunity to transport the corpses of some servants to Gaotang Zhuangzi, and sent her away. When he arrived in Gaotang, he was afraid that the news would leak out, so he didn't dare to mention it to Zhuangtou, that is, his brother's father-in-law, but rented a room near Zhuangzi to recuperate for Sister-in-law Pearl. She soaked in the water for too long, and she was injured, and she became ill. In order to ask a doctor to catch medicine for her, Tu Sanyang spent all the money on her body, and borrowed a few taels of silver from relatives, and finally made her body improve.

He has been staying by his niece's side, not daring to leave lightly, and heard that Zhao Jiong's matter was exposed, so he called a prince to find out, and the officers and soldiers also went to Gaotang Zhuangzi to transport away the corpses of the servants in the small second room who sent him and the others, and the people who transported the corpses also asked someone to take them, and he didn't dare to show his face. After hiding like this for a month, seeing that Sister-in-law Pearl was healed enough to take care of herself, and begged him to send a letter to his master's house, he quietly returned to the capital.

Tu Sanyang did not choose to go to Fengxian, but chose to return to the capital, in fact, there was no deep-seated reason, purely because...... Compared with Fengxian, the capital is closer to Shandong!

At this time, King Guangping had not yet returned to Beijing, and the emperor had not yet said how to deal with this unsolved case, Jiannanhou Mansion was still there, although Xiao Changfang had a bad reputation, but it was still jumping, and even arrogantly sent people to Xiao Erfang's house in the capital, drove Lu Ma and others out, and then moved those valuable things to his own house. As soon as Tu Sanyang saw this situation, he felt that it was better to keep it secret for the time being, went home to discuss with his wife, and decisively went back to the Hou Mansion to resign.

He and his wife are not very heads and faces, and they claim that they have relatives who died in the shipwreck, and when the steward of Xiao Changfang heard this, he regarded them as unstable factors and directly let them leave with their burdens. Later, they went to find Chen Laosan, the husband of the pearl sister-in-law, and found that he had become a person in Xiaochangfang, and even the hatred of his parents, wife and sister was left behind, and he did not dare to tell him the truth, so he quickly fled the capital and returned to Gaotang. With their in-laws here, their lives are not difficult, and they can take care of their nieces and nephews. The news in the countryside was blocked, and they were afraid of exposing the pearl sister-in-law's cunning, so they deliberately kept a distance from the other side of the grange, and when they knew that Xiao Changfang had lost his title, Zhao Jiong died, Jiang was imprisoned, Xiao Erfang retired to Fengxian, and his grandchildren were safe, nearly a year had passed.

Sister-in-law Pearl always thought about her son and master, Tu Sanyang and his wife had to go back to the capital, and they didn't dare to contact Chen Laosan, but secretly contacted the people in the small two-room house. Helplessly, Lu Dashou always refused to deal with them, and refused to send a letter to the Zhang family for them, so the pearl sister-in-law was unable to contact the Zhang family and Zhao Xiu for a long time. It wasn't until this year, when the Zhang family went to Beijing, that Tu Sanyang and his wife planned to try one last time, if it didn't work this time, they would take the son of the pearl sister-in-law who was tortured by his father and stepmother all over his body and went back to Gaotang, and never thought about the Zhao family's affairs again.

At this time, the people sent by the Zhang family actually took the initiative to find the door, which really made them overjoyed. Sister-in-law Pearl has just been reunited with her son, so she naturally wants to follow her master. Tu Sanyang considered that he was on Zhao Jiong's ship back then, and he didn't know how the people in the second room would think of him, but the couple couldn't rest assured that their niece would follow, and they also came, planning that if the second room couldn't accommodate them, it would not be too late for them to come back.

After listening to Sister-in-law Pearl's narration, Zhao Xiu only felt that anything could happen in life. Back then, Sister-in-law Pearl was able to escape with her life in such a dangerous situation. I was so lucky.

Zhao Xiu has another thought, that is, there are many servants, and they are in contact with each other. Even the owner can't figure out who is related to whom, so he can't be guarded. Although all the subordinates have been divided when the two rooms are separated, it only puts the close relatives aside, and the relationship between Tu Sanyang and Sister-in-law Pearl will be treated as two families, but their feelings for each other are no worse than those of close relatives. If Zhao Jiong was killing the servants in the small second room. Knowing that there are still relatives and friends of those servants around you, I wonder if you will be a little frightened? Tu Sanyang couldn't get close to him, and he wasn't so impulsive. Otherwise, with hatred, he stabbed Zhao Jiong, or poisoned his tea and food, and his life would have been lost.

Then again. Why does Lu Dashou always refuse to help Tu Sanyang deliver the letter? Although Tu Sanyang did not explicitly sue him. Sister-in-law Pearl isn't dead yet, but there's no need for him to stop it? Is it because Tu Sanyang stayed on Zhao Jiong's ship? But what about sending a letter? clearly said that there was something important that needed to be sued by the Zhang family, and Lu Dashou still refused to help, so he was not afraid of delaying the master's business?

Zhao Xiu remembered what Zhang just said that Lu Dashou and his wife made a mistake, and I don't know if it has anything to do with this incident. She thought about it, and then said to Sister-in-law Pearl with a smile: "Nurse, since you are back." Leave the rest to me, you just have to live here with Brother Dongsheng with peace of mind. Your aunt's uncle's errand. I'll arrange it. ”

Sister-in-law Pearl was happy, but Tu Sanyang's family was a little worried: "Although my sister is well-intentioned, but our family is originally from the small long house...... Zhao Xiu waved his hand: "It's okay, you live at home for two days first, and when I discuss it with my grandmother, I will arrange it for you." ”

She asked a mother-in-law to lead her sister-in-law and Tu Sanyang to a separate small courtyard on the side of the servant's courtyard, with three rooms, enough for them to live, and the single-family family was not easy to be disturbed. With her command, the subordinates of the old mansion did not dare to snub them.

Zhao Wei asked in a low voice: "Did you really leave Tu Sanyang and his wife behind?" Why don't you ask your grandmother what she means? ”

Zhao Xiu glanced at him with a smile: "My brother wants to fool me again, if my grandmother can't tolerate them, she won't bring them back." "The servants in the second room of the small second room were almost dead back then, and the survivors were basically those who stayed in the capital house, except for Lu Ma's family, the rest of the people walked and scattered, where is there anyone who has a grudge against Tu Sanyang? Besides, he never participated in the extermination operation, but it was just a chance meeting, and he also saved the people in the second room. The Zhang family has spoken, and with her, a little master who is now more and more statused, who will not be able to get along with Tu Sanyang and his wife?

It's Lu Dashou's side, I have to figure out what's going on. What has he done in the past few years looking at houses in Beijing?

Zhao Xiu took Zhao Wei back to the courtyard, asked the girls to wait for him to finish grooming, change into clean clothes, and go back to the front courtyard for late lunch. After the meal, Lu Changxiu and his wife brought the family to ask for peace to Zhang, and the account room presented the accounts of the past few months, and Zhang only turned a few pages, and put them aside, waving his hand to let everyone other than his grandchildren retreat, leaving Lu's mother and Lu Changxiu alone.

Zhao Wei told Lu Dashou and his wife about the good things they did in the capital, and emphasized one point: Sister-in-law Pearl's uncle wanted to send a letter to Xiao Erfang a few years ago, telling them that Sister-in-law Pearl was not dead, and because she didn't give Lu Dashou benefits, the matter has been delayed until today. Sister-in-law Pearl was not able to be treated in time because of her shyness, and she fell into the root of the disease, and her health is not very good so far.

Mother Lu was terrified when she heard this, Sister-in-law Pearl is also the junior she cares about, she is naturally uncomfortable in her heart when she suffers from this disaster, but what makes her even more sad is that her son would actually do something to guard and steal from himself, how could he be so confused? ! A strong sense of guilt instantly overwhelmed her, and she couldn't say anything except crying silently.

Lu Changxiu's reaction was different from his wife's, he just asked repeatedly: "Is it really Dashou who stole something?" Could it be that his daughter-in-law stole it? Or did someone else steal it? If he really wanted to steal the valuables of his master's house and sell them, why did he only steal this kang screen? He could have stolen something else that was more valuable and less noticeable? ”

Zhao Wei glanced at him: "Stealing things comes second, and our family is not short of that kang screen." It's just that things are not that simple, Lu Dashou may not be stealing things and selling them for money. Because someone saw this kang screen in King Ying's mansion, it is said that someone specially paid homage to King Ying. ”

Lu Changxiu's face changed suddenly. (To be continued......)