After a while, Zhao Yan and others came in a half-old carriage. Zhao Man rushed forward excitedly: "Brother! Zhao Yan jumped out of the carriage and rushed over, with a look of surprise: "You guys really came out?!" What about the mother? What about grandmothers? Why don't you see your mother? ”

Zhao Man cried and said: "I don't know if it was Aunt Lian's slut who did it, or if those bastards in the second room did it on purpose, neither my mother nor my grandmother were ransomed." Brother, have you raised any money? Hurry up and go in and redeem my mother. She was crying so sadly. ”

When Zhao Xiang saw the carriage brought by Zhao Yan, his heart sank. With Zhao Yan's temper, he would actually hire such a broken car, he must be shy in his pocket, where does he have the money to redeem people? And what's the look of disgust on the driver's face? It's so rude! Even if they stink, it's not something that a pariah like him can despise!

Zhao Yan said to his sister: "Where did I get the silver?" Ever since I went out, I've been trying to find someone to borrow money from. But most of the people we know know are following the bad things, even if there are no bad things, and they also rush out like an enemy. Those friends who were not involved in the conspiracy case were also afraid of me. I had the cheekiness to talk to a few of our gentlemen who had always wanted to talk to us, but they didn't know me. It's really infuriating! ”

Zhao Man exclaimed in surprise: "Can't you borrow any silver?" So where are you staying these days? Where are we going to live when we get out of prison? ”

Zhao Yan sighed: "The house at home has been seized, most of the subordinates have run away, and there are still a few loyal ones who have not left." I stayed and scraped together a few dollars and rented a small courtyard in the outer city to live. That's where I've spent the night. Su Juan went to his uncle, who was in a small business, so that he could talk about it. I borrowed twenty taels of silver, and I could barely support it for a few days. ”

Su Juan is the girl next to Aunt Xiao Qian, and she is the son of the Hou Mansion in Jiannan, but when the old man was still alive and the Hou Mansion was prosperous, many of the servants in the family were married to the good people outside, and most of them were doing business. The purpose is to take advantage of the momentum of the Hou Mansion. Since Su Juan was brought out by Aunt Xiaoqian from the Hou Mansion, it is not surprising that there is an uncle who has a small net worth, but what is the use of twenty taels of silver? Her uncle used to take advantage of the Hou Mansion's fortune. Now that Zhao Jue has an accident, he is only willing to give twenty taels of silver, which is too much. This amount of money can't even be redeemed for a child. If it is replaced, it is Su Juan and a few other subordinates. Maybe you can live without worrying about food and clothing for a year. can be replaced by Zhao Yan, even if he uses it alone, it can last for a month at most.

Zhao Man thought of this, and hated in his heart: "They are all snobs!" When I saw that something was bad in our family, I avoided them one by one. When we make a comeback in the future, let's see how we clean them up! ”

Zhao Yan thought of his current situation and knew that his sister's words were just angry words, so he went to see his younger brother: "How are you doing in prison?" Are you sick? Let's go home first. I washed it and changed into clean clothes. Eat first. I asked someone to cook a dish that my younger siblings loved. Zhao Li cried and said, "I want to eat Hexiangzhai's sugar rolls!" Zhao Yan just wanted to make his younger brother happy: "Okay, it's up to you, my brother will send someone to Hexiangzhai to buy sugar rolls in a while." Zhao Li immediately burst into tears and laughed.

Zhao Man is eleven years old, and he has also learned some housekeeping things in the past two years, and he knows some firewood, rice, oil and salt, so he is a little worried: "Hexiangzhai's pastries cost one or two silver and a catty, do we still have that silver in our family now?" Brother, don't indulge your little brother too much. Zhao Yan smiled: "It's just a sugar roll fruit, you have suffered in prison for so long, can't you even eat a little pastry?" Don't worry, we still have this money. Zhao Man didn't say anything.

She picked up Zhao Li and put him in the carriage, glanced back at Zhao Xiang, and raised her chin arrogantly: "What is my sister doing standing stupidly?" It's not as good as it used to be now, don't think there's a girl waiting for you. My brother just said, there is no money at home, if you put your eldest sister's money again, beware that we will kick you out, you can only beg on the street! ”

Zhao Xiang was angry, and only scolded "stupid" in his heart, when is it now, Zhao Man still only cares about competing with her, and spoils his younger brother to spend money indiscriminately. Even if her father is gone, she still has her grandmother, and her eldest brother, and Aunt Xiaoqian is still in prison, and it is not their turn to be the master of this family!

She followed Zhao Man with a straight face and got into the car, and was soon squeezed into the corner by her sister, and then Zhao Yan also got in, the car was already small, and four children were squeezed in at once, three of them were over ten years old, and the carriage suddenly became airtight. The carriage was soon moving, but the coachman was not very skilled, and drove the car very bumpy, and muttered that they had made his car stink.

Zhao Man couldn't help but scold, so he scolded two words, and was covered by Zhao Yan: "Good sister, be quiet, I finally hired a car." The family's car is gone, the coachman has run away, and I have sent out all the people left behind to find something to do, otherwise where will there be money to eat? Horizontal and vertical is a moment of effort, you bear with it. Zhao Man stopped stupidly.

Zhao Xiang sat very uncomfortable in the carriage, so he closed his eyes there and didn't care about what other people were doing. Halfway through the car, she suddenly opened her eyes and asked Zhao Yan: "Since the second brother has no money to redeem people and can't borrow money, where did Aunt Lian's money come from?" Shouldn't they all be borrowed from a small second room? Xiao Erfang may sell his reputation and redeem our sisters and brothers, but he will never lend money to Aunt Lian to return to her parents' house. Aunt Fang Cailian clearly hired a car at the door of the yamen and walked with her little sister in her arms, and she also said that she would go back to her parents' house and never be with us again. ”

Speaking of Aunt Lian, Zhao Yan was angry: "That slut is dead, when you were first arrested, the house had not been seized, and the family had not been dispersed, so she stole some valuable things from the house, exchanged them for silver, and rented another house to live in." I don't know what she did, but I guess there are eight hundred, if not a thousand! When I came out, I asked her for money so that I could ransom you, and she said to me, "There are only more than two hundred taels of silver, and if it is not enough to ransom people, who will I redeem first?" Needless to say? Naturally, grandmothers, mothers, and younger siblings are the most important. I didn't believe that she only had that little money, so I scared her. If she doesn't take the money out, I won't redeem the little girl she gave birth to. She immediately turned her face and refused to give me money no matter what. I'm in a hurry. I searched her room, but I found only a few clothes, and there was not a single silver in sight. When I went to look for her again, she didn't know where to go, and her landlord came to me to ask for rent, so I had to leave first. She said she wanted to take the little girl back to her parents' house? That's not going to work! It's okay to go, leave the money! That's our family's money! ”

Zhao Xiang held back his anger and looked at Zhao Yan. The people who thought he needed redemption were his grandmother, birth mother, and siblings, and he didn't say all of them. also specially said it one by one, it is clear that Zhao Mei is not regarded as his own sister. This is not enough, he also has to point out to Aunt Lian that he will not redeem Zhao Mei, isn't this obviously trying to provoke Aunt Lian to turn her face? Even if it's to coax people first. I've got the money. It's okay not to redeem Zhao Mei's words. Don't say that Aunt Lian only has this one daughter, losing her is losing Aunt Lian's life, in exchange for Aunt Xiaoqian who gave birth to several children, some people say that if you want to leave one of her children behind, she will also turn her face. I don't understand this kind of truth, and sure enough, the stupid brother is also a fool!

Zhao Man didn't know what the eldest sister was thinking, she also scolded Aunt Lian a few words, and said to her brother: "That slut is walking too fast." We don't know where she is right now, and it's too late to chase her. Let's think about getting some money first. Let's redeem my mother first. I heard that Aunt Lian just went to ask for the second room, and several of our brothers and sisters also paid for the redemption of the second room, or else, let's go to the people in the second room to ask for money? ”

Zhao Xiang's face suddenly changed: "Nonsense! Our two houses have always had a big enmity, and besides, they have already expelled us from the clan and do not recognize us as the descendants of the Zhao family, how can they still lend us money? ”

Zhao Man said disapplausively: "If they really don't care about us, how can they use the silver to ransom our sister and brother?" It can be seen that in their hearts, even if we are taken out of the clan, we are still the flesh and blood of our great-grandfather, and our grandmother is still the daughter-in-law of our great-grandfather. We are not having a good time, our grandmother has an accident on the way to exile, and the spirit of our great-grandfather in heaven will inevitably blame them for being ruthless, and the world will look down on them, how can they not agree to borrow money? ”

Zhao Xiang held back his anger and said: "If they really think so, Fang Cai will not only redeem us, but also redeem my grandmother and aunt." If they refuse to redeem it, even if you ask to go to the door, they will not agree! ”

"How is that the same?" Zhao Man retorted, "Our sister and brother are of the Zhao family's bloodline, but our grandmother and mother are married outside, so it's not surprising that they refuse to redeem them." We went to the door again and begged, not afraid that they would not answer. Besides, their family is not short of money and property, so why should they give us a little, otherwise we will really starve to death? ”

This time, it was Zhao Cheng who objected to her Jianyi: "No, they will never be so kind, they will redeem you today, I doubt that they will have other ideas." ”

Zhao Man was puzzled: "Brother, what does this mean?" ”

Zhao Yan explained to her. It turned out that when he went out to find someone to borrow money, he first looked for Su Ri, who was familiar with him and was inclined to King Ying in politics, but his father and brother were not guilty of serious crimes, but they were sentenced to exile or dismissed. Their family may have collapsed from then on, their own fame was removed, and many people had their homes raided, but their lives were unhindered, and there were many in-laws to rely on. They may not be able to help with anything else, but borrowing some money shouldn't be a problem. He also inquired in advance that the imprisoned daughters and children of these families had been ransomed one after another, proving that they still had a certain amount of money to spare.

But when Zhao Yan came to the door for help, these people beat him out of the door without exception, and judging by their attitude, they treated him as if he were a big enemy, and they couldn't bite him to death. Only then did he know that as the circumstances of the rebellion case became clearer, the criminals were sentenced one after another after confessing, and these arrested people naturally knew that it was Zhao Jue who confessed to them. At the beginning, the second room of the Zhao family inadvertently rescued the prince and the prince of Guangping in distress, and also used the name of Zhao Jue to avoid the search of the anti-party. Later, Zhao Jue found out what the second room of the Zhao family had done, not only did he not immediately inform his accomplices, but also went to find out the bad luck of the Duchess of Zhao County in private, and was arrested by the Zhao family with little power. After he was captured, in order to survive, he took the initiative to tell all of Hong Wencheng's plans, and confessed all those who had collusion with King Ying's mansion, whether they participated in the rebellion or not. Those who drove away Zhao Yan kept thinking in their hearts: Even if King Ying is bad, and they have never participated in the murder of the prince, why should they be sentenced? This qiē is all caused by Zhao Jue!

Therefore, Zhao Yan said to Zhao Man: "The reason why my father confessed those people was not because he was caught by the county duchess and the Zhao clan?" He was also trying to save his life. And the reason why her father's plan failed was also because the county duchess and her grandchildren sabotaged General Hong's plan. Is it true that their family will do this for the sake of loyalty? An unreasonable old lady and two little dolls who have not dried up, where can they have such an awareness? Isn't it to completely overwhelm our family? They just want to harm our family, my father has been killed, they spend money to redeem us, just to atone for our sins, but even so, we can't have dealings with his family, this hatred, we can never forget it for the rest of our lives! ”

Zhao Man was indignant when he heard this: "Did they really do such an excessive thing? No wonder my grandmother and mother often say that they are not good people, and it is in order to occupy the title and family property left by our great-grandfather that they will oppress our family and expel us from the clan. In that case, we will ignore them again! ”

Zhao Xiang looked at their brother and sister's angry faces and decided to remain silent. In fact, she knew a little about the grievances between the two people back then, and her grandmother complained in front of her that her mother was troublesome and brought trouble to the family. But she still hated Xiao Erfang in her heart, if it weren't for them, her mother would still be at home.

Zhao Li timidly interjected at this time: "Is my father really dead?" ”

The three brothers and sisters were silent, and after a while, Zhao Yan touched his younger brother's head and comforted him: "Actually, we have expected this day for a long time, and Brother Li doesn't need to be too sad." Yesterday, my father was executed at noon, and I didn't dare to go to see it, because my family pulled him back and buried him. My father has already been buried in the ground, there is no silver in the family, and we are not too particular about some false etiquette, so as to save others from criticizing us and we are still thinking about the thief. ”

Zhao Man choked up and said: "Aunt Fang Cailian's slut is still saying that she buried her father, it can be seen that she is lying!" Although we can't do the funeral for our father, we should also change into mourning clothes and keep filial piety for three years, but I don't know where my father is buried? Ming'er, we should also go and give him a stick of incense. ”

Zhao Yanyu stopped, how did he know where Zhao Jue was buried? Because he couldn't afford a coffin, he could only roll Zhao Jue with a mat and wrap the severed head with another piece of cloth. He didn't dare to look at the bloody corpse, everything was done by Aunt Lian and her subordinates. He had been looking for money to borrow money so that he could redeem his mother and his younger brother.

Anyway, just ask the family in a moment. He thought to himself.

Unexpectedly, they returned to the rented courtyard, but the door of the home was wide open, and the courtyard was a mess. The cabinets in the room were opened, and the furniture was crooked. Zhao Yan was shocked and asked the landlord what was going on, only to find out that the official had just come over and taken his family away. The people hurriedly packed their luggage, that is, a few changes of clothes.

The Zhao family's property was confiscated, and this property naturally includes the slaves who sold themselves.

The four brothers and sisters of the Zhao family stood in a messy courtyard, panicked. More importantly, where is Zhao Jue buried? Who's going to sue them? (To be continued......)