Zhang took his grandson and returned to the private house on Gulou Street in a carriage, and there was still some way to go, when he saw several carriages blocked at the entrance of the alley. Judging by the specifications of the carriage, it is not something that ordinary people can sit on.

The private house here on Gulou Street, the entrance is in the alley, the road is relatively narrow, and the small house with three entrances and three exits is not comparable to the deep mansion compound of the Nanhou Mansion built in the past, and there is no room to get off the carriage after entering the second gate. The Zhang family had to take a carriage to enter and exit, and they all boarded and got off the carriage outside the door, surrounded only by their grandson and two or three servants. Usually, even if you meet others, they are all neighbors living in an alley, almost all of them are decent eunuchs, and Zhang's self-proclaimed old woman has nothing to avoid. But today, these carriages are blocked at the mouth of the alley, and she has to get off outside the alley, and it is really inconvenient for people to come and go.

She frowned, and Zhao Wei said, "Grandson go and ask what's going on, and ask grandmother to wait." So he got out of the car. She leaned on the pillow behind her, and was about to stretch her waist bone, when she suddenly heard a call: "Old lady! Old lady! But he quickly stopped his mouth, as if someone had covered his mouth.

Zhang became suspicious, lifted the curtain and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The wife of Lu Dashou, the eldest son of Lu's mother, who stayed in Beijing to watch the house, hurriedly rushed over: "It's all the small ones who were negligent and disturbed the old lady, and the little ones immediately let people drive them away." ”

"Slow!" Zhang stopped her, "Who is here?" ”

Lu Dashou's wife hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's the family of Grandma Jue's former big girl over there in the small long house." ”

"Aoba?" Zhang vaguely remembered the name, "Is that the girl who confessed to Jiang's crime that year?" "It's the same as Red Aya. is a powerful big girl by Jiang's side, but she is obviously not as loyal as Hongyan, and Jiang's is a bad thing. She recruited all the details of the Jiang family. But what the result was, Zhang didn't ask. Therefore, when I heard that Qingyi's family came to ask to see her, I was a little puzzled: "What's wrong with Qingyi?" ”

Lu Dashou's wife bowed her head and said: "That year, Grandma Jue entered the prison of Dali Temple, and the two girls around her died one after another. Qing Yi is said to have died of illness, and her family was kicked out by the house over there, and later the house was confiscated, and they were not on the list of domestic slaves. There is no place to go, I heard that these years have not been very good, I must have heard that the old lady has returned. I just want to come and take refuge. The young couple advised them not to come, but they just wouldn't listen. Although Qing Yan confessed to Grandma Jue's guilt, she later retracted her confession and said it again. What Grandma Jue did at the beginning. She's also a helper......"

"Needless to say." Zhang sighed, although such a person sounds pitiful, he can stay by his side and wait, and he is even more awkward. She instructed Lu Dashou's wife: "Give them ten taels of silver, and let them fend for themselves." I couldn't find it in the capital, so I simply went outside the capital, and Heng Zhi was no longer on the slave list, regardless of where. It is not difficult to find an errand that can make ends meet, with their ability. What are you still doing here? No matter who they are, as soon as they hear that they have something to do with Qingyi, they won't use them. ”

Qing Xuan confessed the evidence of Jiang's crime, which is equivalent to betraying the master in disguise, no matter how the official eunuchs in Beijing view the Jiang family, it is impossible to look at her family pleasing to the eye, if you want to find a good errand, you still have to go to other places, change your name and surname and start again. Now there is no one to think of them as fugitives.

At this time, Zhao Wei ran back: "Grandmother, it's the old lady of the Zhuguo General's Mansion who sees you coming and is waiting for her grandmother in the flower hall." ”

As soon as Zhang heard that he was an old friend, he couldn't take care of Qingyi's family, so he hurriedly smiled: "It's really sluggish, how early and late come?" Why don't you send someone to deliver a letter first? If I had known that she was coming, I wouldn't have stayed so late in the Quang Binh Palace. With the help of his grandson, he got out of the carriage and hurriedly entered the house.

Lu Dashou's wife waited by her side until she entered the gate, then she glanced left and right, ordered the servants to follow, and then turned around and returned to the outside of the alley, looking at the two people who were tightly covering their mouths, with an unkind expression: "Eating leopard gall?" Forgot what we said last time? Why do you have the face to come and ask to see our old lady?! ”

One of the two was a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, and the other was a middle-aged servant woman in her thirties and forties, both of whom were covered by the servants under Lu Dashou's wife, and they couldn't make a sound. Hearing Lu Dashou's wife's words, the middle-aged servant woman was silent, but the little girl glared at the former fiercely, struggling desperately. The Zhang family had already entered the house, and Lu Dashou's wife was not afraid to read it, so she ordered someone to let them go.

The little girl scolded angrily: "We just asked to see the old lady, which onion are you?" But like us, Mei Xiang worships the handle, who is more noble than whom? What shelves are you putting in front of us?! When we see the old lady, we have our own reasons, if the old lady can't tolerate us, she will say, what are you trying to stop?! ”

Lu Dashou's wife snorted lightly, shook out a few pieces of broken silver from her sleeve pocket, and threw them in her face: "Come on, do you think the old lady is willing to see you?" You saw it just now, the old lady said so, give you a few taels of silver, tell you to go to the field to find a living, don't stay in the capital anymore, next time I see you, I won't be as kind as today! ”

The little girl couldn't believe it: "The old lady wouldn't say that!" She must not know what we are going to tell her, you let us go and see her! ”

Lu Dashou's wife took a sip of her: "Less dreaming, isn't it just a few taels of silver?" Get out of here after taking the money! If you don't get out, I'm going to call the official! Then he turned around and left.

The little girl wanted to catch up, but was stopped by her companions, she didn't understand: "Aunt Tu, what are you pulling me for?" ”

But Aunt Tu said, "Don't you see it? Then Lu Dashou's daughter-in-law won't let you see the old lady, let's think of another idea. ”

The little girl's eyes were red: "How angry is that woman?" Isn't it that Xiao Changfang almost arrested her man in prison because he was sorry for their family? It wasn't us who did it, we were still kicked out by Xiao Changfang, not to mention that for the sake of our sympathy, they pulled us along, but we were not allowed to see the old lady, what is the reason? ”

"I said it from the beginning. You'd better not come here, if there's anything to say, we'll say it for you. Aunt Tu looked at her and said. No matter how wronged you are in your heart, how unjustly your sister died, your family also came out of the small long house, and most of the old ladies refused to take them in. You want to come, but now we can't even see the old lady, I still have serious business! ”

The little girl was extremely guilty when she heard it: "I'm sorry, Aunt Tu." I'm not trying to harm you, I'm just trying to ...... I want the old lady to know that my sister died unjustly......" and began to cry as she spoke. "My sister died to testify against Grandma Jue, didn't she? My sister testified for the death of the second master and the second wife, there is no merit and hard work, right? My grandfather is still sick, and the family can't afford to hire a doctor for medicine. Except for the old lady. Who else can help us? ”

Seeing this, Aunt Tu sighed, she bent down and picked up the broken silver, and weighed it: "There are also two taels of silver here, it is estimated that it is enough for your grandfather to ask the doctor to catch a few doses of medicine, and then talk about this first." Old lady, we have another idea, but it really can't be done. I'll take the silver bracelet for it! ”

As soon as the little girl's crying stopped, she raised her head in surprise: "Aunt Tu." Didn't you say that the silver bracelet was given to you by someone else, and it was a token to be given to the old lady to see, and you really wanted to take it away? ”

Aunt Tu sighed: "As long as you can see the old lady, whether you have a token or not is the same, if you can't see the old lady, what's the use of keeping the token?" Let's go, it's important to save people. ”

At this time, in the flower hall of the small house, the Zhang family and the old lady of the General Zhuguo Mansion were hugging and crying, the two had been friends for many years, old girlfriends, since the day Zhao Jungong died five years ago, Zhang left from the other party's birthday banquet, and the two have never met again. Today's reunion, both of them were a little excited, and Zhao Wei and the old lady of the General Zhuguo's Mansion were on the side to comfort them.

After crying for a while, the two old ladies calmed down, wiped away their tears, and sat down to talk hand in hand.

The old lady of the General Zhuguo Mansion received a salute from Zhao Wei, and hurriedly helped him up, looked at him for a while, and then sighed: "You were still a child that year, and you were so high at my waist, and you followed your grandmother to my house as a guest, and you ran around in the yard, which was very flattering." In the blink of an eye, you have grown so big, and your father seems to come out of the same mold, I look at your current appearance, I only feel like a dream, as if I saw your father when he was a child. ”

Zhao Wei had red circles in his eyes and bowed his head silently. Zhang also said with tears: "Exactly, sometimes when I look at him, I also feel that I have seen him." ”

Seeing that she was sad, the old lady of the General Zhuguo Mansion hurriedly comforted: "Old girl, don't be sad. His father's heart would have been glad if he had known that he was as good as he was. ”

Zhang smiled slightly, held her hand and did not speak.

Seeing this, the old lady of the General Zhuguo Mansion said a few words to her, and then found an excuse to let Zhao Wei and the girls retreat, and then took Zhang's hand and asked: "I heard my daughter-in-law say that day, I met you in the Guangping Palace, I don't know how His Royal Highness the King of Guangping is injured now?" Can't you really see it? ”

King Guangping was blinded by his injury, and he wrote to ask for resignation, which was still an open secret in the family circle of the capital, and the ordinary people did not know, only heard that he was seriously injured and could no longer be the prince. However, with the status of the old lady of the Zhuguo General's Mansion, it is certainly not difficult to know this secret.

Zhang sighed: "Your Highness's injuries are secondary, and the most important thing is that the poison is severe." It was that poisoned his eyes, and if it wasn't for the timely rescue of the doctor, I was afraid that his life would not be saved. Now I can only raise it slowly, and maybe there will be a turnaround in the future. ”

The old lady of the General Mansion of Zhuguo was also a little sad when she heard this: "It's rare to have such a good prince, it's hard to achieve a real ......" She paused, "I don't know which His Royal Highness the new prince will be, if I follow my words, I look at the sister-in-law of His Royal Highness King Guangping is very good, he is not young, and he is also smart and sensible, so he can be the emperor's grandson." It's a pity that the emperor is only willing to pick people among the princes, and His Royal Highness the King of Guangping does not say a good word for his son. ”

Zhang was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "If you don't pick several princes, what kind of imperial grandson will you appoint?" Hasn't the old sister forgotten the changes in the previous dynasty? I see what King Guangping means, and I am more willing to make King Le'an the prince. ”

"That's just as well." The old lady of the General Mansion of Zhuguo nodded, "King Le'an and King Guangping are from the same mother, they are older and smart, but they didn't like to take care of things in the past, and they always hid behind King Guangping, looking at the mountains and waters. However, if you have to choose a new prince from several princes, he is much stronger than the others. She lowered her voice: "At least a hundred times stronger than the Six Princes." ”

Zhang was puzzled: "The sixth prince is still young, just to accompany him, who can surpass his brothers and make him the prince?" Why did the old sister mention him? ”

The old lady of the General Zhuguo Mansion sneered, and instead of answering this question, she asked her: "I ask my sister a word, and my sister must tell me honestly." The biological mother of the sixth prince, Zhu Lifei, once upon a time...... Has your family ever offended her? (To be continued......)