Regarding the departure of Zhang Ning's wife in a negative mood, Chu Rui got the news on the night that the Zhao family left Zhang's mansion. Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test His spies are all elites left by the emperor, and he will naturally not forget to report this kind of change in the family of the court officials.

When Zhao left, the movement was quite loud, and there were many people with him, and there were also a lot of carriages. I wanted to come to the house, and the mother-in-law and maids followed.

But Chu Rui didn't know that things would turn out like this. The impact of this incident is so bad and the circumstances are so serious that it has never been seen in the history of Great Chu.

The younger brother and sister killed their sister-in-law, which is a big crime of "evil rebellion", and it is a sinister reputation that will affect the children and grandchildren, and even the whole family.

Chu Rui sent a lot of spies to investigate the matter, and the results reported by Zhang Ning were no different, all of them were Zhang De's sons in the south to find a pearl farming + crab farming business around the lake, because the area of the circle was too large, he found Zhang Ning's family to borrow a lot of money to do this business, and made an appointment to repay it at the end of the first year, if it can't be repaid, the interest will be doubled, and the interest will be repaid at the end of the year.

As a result, the business was done in the spring, and the flood came in the summer, and everything was washed away. The old lady came to the door to ask for money, and the two discussed the matter privately for the sake of face, and Cui's was beaten to death by Lu in private.

Although this case is suffocating and the process is also very strange, the case itself is simple and clear. If it weren't for the fact that the deceased was the mother of the Ministry of Shangshu, and the murderer was her concubine, I am afraid that it would not have been sent to Chu Rui.

But Chu Rui sensed that something was wrong.

The Zhang family is not a family that lacks money, and the Cui family is not a woman from a small family, if they owe eight thousand, the Cui family will never come to the door to ask for it. But if he borrowed 180,000 yuan, the Lu family would not dare to kill his sister-in-law for a while. If you don't pay off the debt, the whole family will have to suffer a lawsuit.

"This Cui family and Lu family, check carefully." Chu Rui frowned, "Have you ever seen Cui's corpse?" ”

"Under His Majesty, the autopsy results were nothing special, Cui's head was hit with a blunt object and died, not poisoning or malignant disease. According to Lu's confession, he was beaten to death with a wooden bottle, and the blood-stained wooden bottle was also preserved as evidence. Lu's face and body were bruised and scratched, which were caused by a fight with Choi at home, and Choi's fingernails were covered with dander and blood, proving that the deceased had indeed fought with Lo before his death. ”

Fang Xing, the secretary of Dali Temple, accepted the emperor's inquiry on the side. In fact, this case is simple and clear, and the human and material evidence is also complete. It's just that the place where Cui died was in Lu's inner room, and there were only the two of them at the time of the incident, so no one can tell what the situation was at that time.

Cui's is dead, and Zhang Ning has asked for severe punishment of the murderer, and the case should be closed as soon as possible, so that Zhang Ning can help the coffin and return to his hometown as soon as possible.

If he returns to his hometown after the Chinese New Year, it will be counted as another year, and Zhang Ning will have to stay for many years before he can come out.

Fang Xing also talked about the progress of some cases, for example, Zhang De's family has many sons, but he has not made a living, so all kinds of filial piety and expenses for the children who are officials outside have actually emptied his family's funds. For example, the son who found out that Zhang De's business failed was the second in line, and he went to business because he couldn't study, and he was already well-known in Jiangnan, not a speculative person.

Another example is that Dali Temple asked Zhao, she went home because her mother-in-law has been housekeeper, and she refused to hand over the money in the public house, and she was busy at the end of the year, she was unwilling to pay from the private room, so she was resentful and went home with hatred.

"Cui's has been housekeeper?" Chu Rui was stunned, "Doesn't his family have only one eldest son?" ”

Generally, mothers-in-law have always been housekeepers, because they are afraid that there will be conflicts between several daughters-in-law. If there is only one son and the husband dies, it is natural that the husband will die and give the stewardship to the daughter-in-law.

"Yes. It is said that Master Zhang is a filial son, and the Cui family has been in charge of the family for decades, and he is unwilling to let go, so Zhang Ning went with her. On weekdays, the Zhao family only takes care of their own room, and other things are taken care of by this old lady Cui. ”

"In this case, she is responsible for this disaster." Chu Rui shook his head. "I understand, Fang Aiqing step aside. There is progress in the case, and it can be reported at any time. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Jiangfu.

"Second brother, if something happens to the Zhang family, Sister Yuan must be filial piety, what should you do?" Jiang Qingling, the daughter of the Jiang family, looked at her second brother with a worried face.

This elder brother accompanies his grandmother in Jiangnan all the year round, and he is also in the south to study, so he is not close to her who grew up in Beijing.

But Jiang Qingling and Zhang Yuan have always been good friends, and as soon as the murder case came out, Jiang Qingling immediately sent someone to Zhang's house, but was told that the eldest lady had stayed at her grandmother's house and had not returned, so she had to return in vain.

To this day, Jiang Qingling doesn't know what Zhang Yuan's situation is, whether he is sad or angry.

She couldn't let go of her sister in her heart, so she came to ask him about the second brother.

"I want to marry her during the hot filial piety period, and save her a few more years and waste other girls. But my father didn't seem to have that plan. "Jiang Qingsoul, the second eldest of the Jiang family, actually wants to marry Zhang Yuan as soon as possible.

As soon as Taishi Zhang died, the men and horses he left behind would be leaderless, and if he married Zhang Yuan at this time, he could send someone to take over his old department. Zhang De's sons and subordinates hold the lifeblood of the southern trade route, once someone has money, can they still worry about it?

His younger brother is now gradually growing up, and his father likes his younger brother more, if he doesn't take advantage of his father's absence in the pass to control his own strength to protect himself, I am afraid that he will be used as a stepping stone for his younger brother at any time in the future.

"Why don't you want to do it? Sister Zhang is now sixteen, I heard that this time I have to keep six years of filial piety, even if Sister Zhang keeps three years, it will be nineteen, wouldn't it delay the good marriage between my brother and Sister Zhang? Jiang Qingling frowned, "Dad is not such a rigid person." I'm going to find out for my brother? ”

Jiang Qingling has always been favored at home, and only she dares to probe without being scolded.

"Thank you so much, sister! My brother thanked my sister for my fiancée's concern! Jiang Qingling's soul was stretched to the end, coaxing and praising his cheap sister, which caused Jiang Qingling to smile and go happily.

"What exactly is my father's plan?" Jiang Qingling finished coaxing Jiang Qingling, went back to his house, and asked his husband.

This gentleman was a counselor sent by his own father and had been assisting him all the time. When he was in Jiangnan, it was also this gentleman who taught him how to run his own business and how to make useful people.

After all, his apparent identity is the second son of the Jiang family, and this identity is still very popular.

"Jiang Daoqi is scheming, if he doesn't say anything, you must have your own plans to marry Zhang Yuan now." The strategist couldn't figure out this kind of thing that was beneficial to both sides, so Jiang Daoqi chose not to move. "Zhang Ning still doesn't know what the situation is in Lu Dao, the lord is now outside the gate, no one knows that Lu Dao Zhang will die in the hands of his daughter-in-law so inexplicably, maybe Jiang Daoqi is afraid that Zhang Ning will be involved and implicate you, so he is quiet."

"But the old lady's connections and soldiers and horses ......"

"That's right. In my opinion, if Jiang Daoqi has not expressed his position, the young master might as well go and meet Zhang Ning in private, and suggest that he put it forward first, and then we will make a move. If Zhang Ning really cared about his daughter, he would go to see Jiang Daoqi. The strategist also felt that it was a pity not to form an alliance with Zhang Tingyan's faction at this time.

They don't have their own masters, and this is the time when they need backers, who would be more suitable than the identity of the young master of their family? It should be an instant fit.

It is said that Jiang Qingling was friendly with Zhang Yuan, so he went to his father's study to ask his father about the situation of the Zhang family.

Jiang Daoqi saw that his daughter suddenly came to look for him, and asked about Zhang Yuan, so he was slightly stunned and asked her: "Is this what your second brother meant, or did you ask it yourself?" ”

Jiang Qingling naturally wouldn't sell the second brother, shook his head and only said that it was his own idea.

"A few years ago, my cousin didn't get married in a hurry in the hot filial piety? Since there is such an accommodating way, why don't you hurry up and do your family affairs? The elder sister of the Zhang family is not young, and the elder brother is already eighteen, and in a few more years, the marriage of several brothers and sisters in the family will be delayed. ”

"Yo, what else do you think about? You're not afraid that your marriage will be delayed, are you? Jiang Daoqi funnily pinched his daughter's little nose.

"Not really! I really care about the sister and second brother of the Zhang family! Jiang Qingling pulled away his father's hand helplessly.

"If you care about them, don't mention them again. The filial piety of the closest relatives is not the same as the filial piety of the national filial piety. Even if I mention this matter, a cautious person like Zhang Ning will not leave a chance to give people a chance to apply. Jiang Daoqi didn't say much to his daughter, just patted her head, "Anyway, it's nothing more than waiting for a few years, and our family is waiting." ”

"Dad, what he said ......," Jiang Qingling sighed in his heart.

Her second brother is now eighteen years old, and he has never been married, nor has he had a maid in the room, so he will wait for another three years......

Jiangnan's grandmother must be very sorry, the grandchildren born by the second brother will have to wait another three years to see.

Although Jiang Qingling is enthusiastic, she is not a rude and willful character, since she has already found out the reason why her father is unwilling to be enthusiastic about filial piety, she will naturally not be more wasteful and annoying.

Jiang Daoqi looked at his daughter walking out of the study with a look of regret and disappointment, and shook his head.

His baby daughter has a good relationship with Zhang Yuan, and now it seems to have become a problem. Fortunately, Zhang Yuan is about to return to her hometown in Yanzhou to keep filial piety, and if she wants to come in a few years, the relationship will fade.

Zhang De didn't know the identity of Jiang Qing's soul on the other side, Zhang Tingyan and Cui Shi definitely knew about Lu Dao, but they wouldn't tell Zhang Ning.

At this time, Zhang Ning should be in a hurry to marry his daughter, but once Jiang Qingsoul has his own power, he will not take the Jiang family seriously. Although if he took advantage of the situation now to support Jiang Qingsoul's power to receive Zhang Tingyan, it would be beneficial and harmless to both sides, but for the Jiang family, there were many uncertain factors, so he was not so enthusiastic.

It is naturally clear which one to choose if you can control it yourself and need to use external forces.

"Fucai, you go and find out, who did you meet with before the young lady came over?"

"Yes, sir."

His righteous son, finally can't wait?

Zhang's house.

Zhang Ning didn't know how he had come over in the past two days.

The shocking secret told by his own uncle has made him unable to come back to his senses until now, as if he was in a dream.

His grandfather was the leader of the anti-thieves, and his father had been struggling because he was deeply favored by the emperor, and he died of depression; His uncle's family was in the hands of these people, on the one hand, they wanted to dominate his grandfather as a hostage, and on the other hand, they wanted to use him so that he could not be freed. His sister Zhang Jing, who he has always loved, is the king of the previous dynasty, and the younger brother who makes him jealous and always can't help but love him like a brother is his biological brother.

He has lived for more than forty years, as if he has been living in an illusory dream, and everything around him is fake.

The steward, who has served faithfully for three generations, is fake; It is also false for the families of the servants of the family to have children; The Zhuangzi and shops in various parts of the family became the stronghold of the anti-thief contact message;

The big and small stewards in the family are all after the orphans who were rescued in the previous dynasty......

Except for his wife, son, and daughter, Zhang Ning now looks at everyone like a remnant of the previous dynasty.

His mother has been a puppet for decades, and she is afraid that their children will end up depressed like their father and mother, so she begged her grandfather not to let them participate in this matter, at least they can live an ordinary life.

Maybe it was the discovery of conscience, or maybe it was the father's depression that finally touched the grandfather, and the grandfather agreed, cheated to death, and gradually left everyone's sight.

However, what my mother got in exchange was to fill the hole with the family property like a bottomless pit, and the result of my mother strangling my grandfather and my grandfather killing my mother.

If he had known that this was the case, he might as well have known the truth from the beginning, and in that case, he would have been able to prepare for it in the early morning, instead of being at a loss and full of fear as he is now.

Rebellion is to raid the family and exterminate the clan. He has been in Beijing for so many years, how full the treasury is, how neat the soldiers are under Li Mao's care, and as the chief officer of the ministry, how many generals are available in Dachu, and how many veterans can lead the troops to the battle immediately after an order, it is naturally clear.

He doesn't see any future, and he doesn't see any hope.

It wasn't until this time that he knew what Li Mao meant by the sentence "What are you sending Zhang Jing into my house for?"

In fact, he also wanted to ask his dead grandfather what he was doing when he sent Yin Jing into his house as his sister.

If it is to help the previous dynasty, this is too much.

Zhang Ning was thinking about Li Mao's accusation, but a housekeeper came to report to the prince Li Mao to see him.

The mother of the imperial court Shangshu died, and his mother had a seal, according to the system on the third day of the Taichang Temple will set up the mourning hall, but the so-called "setting up the mourning hall" is more of a surface project of the imperial court to show grace, and the funeral should be complete at home, and their family can not be negligent, and all must prepare another set.

Including ushering in and sending off, the etiquette is thorough, and people have to do it.

Cui's did not die of illness, these things were not available at home, and there was no money in Zhang's mansion, so it is conceivable how busy Zhang's mansion was.

Fortunately, a few boxes of silver were moved from the Zhenguo General's Mansion, and the Zhao family was not without money in the room, so it was finally orderly.

Now that the Zhao family has been taken home to handle the funeral, take care of Cui's body, etc., the eldest daughter Zhang Yuan went home to help together, and the two children are too young to do anything.

Zhang Ning at this time is strikingly similar to Li Mao back then.

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Li Mao, who was wearing a white fine linen coat, entered Zhang's mansion and explained his intention to Zhang Ning.

This time he brought with him the money, the guard of honor, the various offerings, and the things needed for the funeral. What's even more rare is that Li Mao brought more than a dozen old family members who had handled the funeral of Lao Guogong and his brother back then. His brother died unexpectedly, and many of the funerals of those who died were different from ordinary funerals.

Zhang Ning didn't expect that Li Mao would come to help regardless of his previous suspicions, even if it was just to make an appearance, he personally came to the door to send charcoal in the snow after he designed the Fang family like that, Zhang Ning had mixed feelings in his heart.

It's just that people like them, even if they are touched for a moment, will immediately be overshadowed by many other thoughts. Zhang Ning's emotion was just a moment, but Li Mao didn't care what he thought, and said straight to the point:

"Now that something like this has happened in your house, I think it is also a time when you need help, since you and I are in-laws, you don't have to be polite anymore. Rui'er went home from the palace today, and she will come to kowtow to her grandmother later. Don't think about it so much, let's get the funeral over first. ”

Li Mao means that Cui Lao Taijun's case has not yet been concluded, and Dali Temple still has to be summoned frequently, if Zhang Ning is not in the house, there will be no one in the house who can live in it. The Cui family's clan must ask for an explanation. Zhang Ning's uncle's family has been imprisoned, and Zhang Ning still had his uncle's family to help him in the past, but now he can only rely on his in-laws on both sides.

Zhang Ning just groaned slightly, and did not push back, so he accepted Li Mao's kindness.

Li Mao nodded, and instructed the people he brought to help the descendants of the Zhang family to help everywhere, and he followed Zhang Ning to busy receiving the ceremonial officials from Taichang Temple and relatives and friends who had a good relationship with each other and came to inquire.

The house has added a door to help, and the things brought are complete, so it is naturally a lot more stable.

After a while, Xiao Zhao followed her husband Sun Ying to help her sister take care of the filial piety clothes of the family, remove red and color everywhere in the house, and hang white and mourning, Sun Ying helped in front, although he was still busy, but the chaos was much better than the beginning.

Li Rui knew the news of his grandmother's death, and immediately asked for leave and left the palace.

In his impression, this grandmother was only very kind to him when he accompanied his mother to Zhang's house when he was a child, and at other times, he rarely smiled.

Maternal grandmothers and grandmothers are not the same after all. His grandmother, though she had an odd temper, was the same to everyone else, and she didn't feel particularly sad. But this grandmother is much more kind to her granddaughter than him, which makes him a little sad.

Later, when his mother died, his grandmother rarely came to the house, and when he went to see her, he treated her like a guest.

Gradually, he came to the door less.

But he didn't expect his grandmother to leave them in such a way.

She was much stronger than her grandmother, and he always thought that her grandmother would live for many more years.

Death, what a terrible word.

His father died unexpectedly, and his mother died unexpectedly.

In the blink of an eye, this is the third relative around him to die unexpectedly.

Li Rui went home and changed into a coarse linen clothes, he was the closest relative to the Cui family in the Xinguo Mansion, and the filial piety clothes he wore were also the heaviest.

When Li Rui, who was full of filial piety, appeared in the mourning hall of Zhang's mansion, kneeling in front of Cui's coffin and performing the great gift of his grandchildren, the pain in Zhang Ning's heart intensified.

Such a good child is not his nephew, nor is he his mother's grandson.

But he really regarded him as his own nephew, and so did his nephew. The tragedy created by his grandfather has now lasted for three generations, and when the truth is revealed, how will they deal with themselves?

Not long ago, he was sighing that everything was fake, only his relatives were real, but now that he looks at it, his poor nephew, whether it is true or false, can't tell the difference.

Zhang Jing is her own sister, but Yin Jing is not.

Is Li Rui Zhang Jing's child or Yin Jing's?

Where does he go from here?

Zhang Ning has been disfigured, and the most cherished beard is also messy. Li Rui looked at Zhang Ning's current appearance, as if he thought of his past.

Li Rui, who knelt on the ground and kowtowed, had already said goodbye to his relatives too many times, for the sake of these children, they adults should be stronger, and shelter from the wind and rain for them.

At least, let there be fewer kowtows like this.

Zhang Ning thinks about the same as Li Mao, except for Li Rui, he thinks more about the three children in the family.

He didn't know if Emperor Lu Dao would find out everything along the way, and whether Li Mao had done anything after knowing what happened to Zhang Jing in Lu Dao.

Rebellion is a big crime, and the family from servants to relatives are involved in rebellion, and it is difficult to protect themselves, and Li Mao, who knows a little bit of the inside story, is afraid that he will become the only person he can discuss this matter with.

No matter what was dirty in the past, now only Li Mao can believe it.

Such a fact made Zhang Ning couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Li Guogong ......" Zhang Ning looked at Li Rui, who was crying bitterly, and muttered, "What should I do?" ”

“……？ What is Brother Zhang talking about? ”