Although Mrs. Zhou and the deceased Mr. Zhou are married couples, there will always be big or small differences when they encounter the rise and fall of the family. When neither husband nor wife can convince anyone, they always have to fight. The last one adopts the decision to win the man, and the other only one is to obey. In a society where men are inferior to women, they will be like this, it was Mrs. Zhou who was born in a famous family, and when she was a girl, she had a strong personality and took care of half of her mother's family.

And Master Zhou, who was born in a poor family back then, has knowledge, but is not outstanding. The big family will help the children of the poor family, and the selection must be those who have performed outstanding on the road to the imperial examination. He does not have a strong family behind him, no one in his clan to help him, and because he is not outstanding enough, there is no big family or officialdom who is willing to help him. At that time, he and his family were starving to death but not having enough to eat, and life was tight. reluctantly entered the office, and met a rival when he was studying, and he was overwhelmed by the suppression.

At this time, Mrs. Zhou herself fell in love with him and was willing to marry low. Her condition is that after getting married, she and her maiden family will help Master Zhou to rise to prominence, and Master Zhou has to accept her strength, and she has half of the right to decide on matters outside the family. Naturally, she is also smart, and she will definitely save face for Master Zhou outside.

At that time, Mrs. Zhou was beautiful, knew etiquette and etiquette, and was a cover for managing people, affairs, and housekeepers, and she was also good at making money. From a secular point of view, Master Zhou is not worthy of Mrs. Zhou at all. Mrs. Zhou's willingness to marry him at a low level is a blessing that he has cultivated for several lifetimes. Master Zhou also understood this, so he happily married Mrs. Zhou.

After that, although Master Zhou's official career was not smooth sailing, it was also a sesame flowering. The husband and wife are also in love, but they also love to compete, and it can be said that they fought all the way. Mr. Zhou's official is getting bigger and bigger, but he is not a forgetful person, and he really fulfilled his promise to Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. Zhou has half of the right to decide on major matters outside the family. Their children watched from the sidelines, naturally accustomed to the difference between their own mother and Mrs. Beppu.

Behind the scenery, one of the things that their husband and wife regretted the most in their lives was to let their youngest son Zhou Qiao be a colt.

After the Qixiaguan incident, the news of Zhou Qiao's death was transmitted back to Beijing, and Master Zhou vomited blood and fainted on the spot, but passed away in a few months. His last words made it clear that he shouldn't have listened to Mrs. Zhou at the beginning, and he shouldn't have let his son be a colt without doing anything. After his son became a colt, he was depressed for more than ten years. Now it's him, the white-haired man who is a father, who sends the black-haired man, he regrets it, he feels sorry for his son. He told his old wife and grandson (Zhou Boyan) what they wanted, and the Zhou family would do everything to help achieve it.

Mrs. Zhou also fell ill and survived the eventually. She set up a Buddhist hall and chanted scriptures every day to pray for her grandson Zhou Boyan. She also asked her eldest son, who worked in the military department, to take Zhou Boyan back to her home. It's just that she intends to get close to Zhou Boyan's grandson, but Zhou Boyan doesn't buy her grandmother's account. Zhou Boyan left the capital far away, and he didn't necessarily come back once a year.

Mrs. Zhou can't complain about others, she only complains about herself in her heart. Because, the marriage between the son and Wu Mulan was blocked by their father. Also, if they had stopped their son from going out in time and had not let him go to the poetry meeting, the colt would not have been able to point on their son's head. It was they who disregarded their son's wishes, knowing that the eldest princess intended to make her son a colt, and they sent their son to the eldest princess with the heart of facilitating the matter.

At that poetry meeting, the eldest princess quietly ordered the pony, and the son did not know it. They were afraid of complications, so they cooperated with the eldest princess to hide the truth, making their son think that he was going to marry Wu Mulan. Until three days before the wedding, they told their son the truth, analyzed the stakes to his son one by one, and banned his son's feet.

After the wedding, the son never returned to the Zhou Mansion, and even if he did, he politely greeted him, and nothing else. When their grandson Zhou Boyan was born, the couple thought that they were expected to mend their relationship with their son, so they happily went to visit. The son entertained them like guests, and let them see Zhou Boyan in his infancy only once. After that, until their son's death, they never saw their son again, nor did they see their grandson Zhou Boyan.

After the death of the eldest princess, Zhou Boyan was taken back to the Zhou Mansion. But Zhou Boyan is very estranged from his grandmother and the Zhou Mansion, and he has no intention of getting close. No one in the know blames Zhou Boyan. Only the juniors of the Zhou family, who don't know the inner reason, think that their grandmother is partial and only loves the unknown Zhou Boyan, so they can't look down on Zhou Boyan inside and out. None of them are willing to take the initiative to get close to Zhou Boyan, not to mention, and will naively and secretly stumble Zhou Boyan.

This kind of makes the already fragile family relationship even more tense. Mrs. Zhou wanted to compensate, but Zhou Boyan didn't accept it and went far away. Mrs. Zhou was sad, and she fasted and recited Buddha every day, hoping that her grandson's future life would be smooth.

Now, the eldest son, who has become a squire in the military department, is dragging her grandson Zhou Boyan back, how can Mrs. Zhou not be angry! She always used a cane to hit her eldest son, "Idiot, you idiot, you can't help your mother's grandson, how can you drag your mother's grandson?" ”

Although Mrs. Zhou has not left home since Zhou Qiao's death, the remnants of the strong style of the year are still there. Zhou Shilang didn't dare to hide, he only dared to raise his arm to protect his head, and let Lao Niang's crutches fall on his body, "Mother, mother, don't be angry." If your son is at fault, even if you say it, even if you beat it, just don't be angry. Of course he doesn't want to be beaten, the so-called beating is just to coax the old lady, this is to smooth the old lady!

In the past, when the eldest son said so, Mrs. Zhou would have stopped a long time ago. But when it comes to Zhou Boyan, who owes a lot of money, Mrs. Zhou is ruthless to teach her eldest son who is over half a hundred years old. So, although he was panting heavily, the crutches in his hand did not stop, and he continued to greet the eldest son.

Zhou Shilang wailed in pain, "Mother, mother, my son knows that I am wrong, and my son knows that I am wrong." ”

Old Madam Zhou was really angry. But after fighting, she thought that her son Zhou Qiao was so dead, the corpse was not found, and only a mound was built in the ancestral grave of the Zhou family. Her crutches fell to the ground, and she collapsed weakly and began to cry bitterly. Back then, her eldest son made a mistake and was taken advantage of, and finally she lost her son Zhou Qiao.

The battle of Qixia Pass was tragic, and most of the dead who fell in the battle were trampled by horses' hooves, and their faces were no longer clear. I heard that after the battle, the eldest princess and Zhou Boyan looked for Zhou Qiao from the corpses, but there were corpses everywhere with blurred flesh and blood. In the end, the eldest princess had to find a corpse according to the clothes Zhou Qiao was wearing that day, and buried it in Qixia Pass as Zhou Qiao. Therefore, the Zhou family could only build a mound for Zhou Qiao.

There is only a well-dressed mound, and even the corpse capital has not been recovered. Her son, her son of misery. Mrs. Zhou cried and broke her liver and intestines.

Zhou Shilang was frightened. He didn't care about the pain on his body, and knelt on the ground and shouted for his mother.

Mrs. Zhou was old after all, she was very angry and sad, and she fainted while crying.

Zhou Shilang's frightened hands and feet were cold, shouting to his mother, shouting that someone is coming.

Mrs. Zhou and her children and grandchildren were kneeling outside the study. Hearing Zhou Shilang's shout, coupled with Mrs. Zhou's crying, she realized something, and shouted in a panic for her children and grandchildren to go in and have a look.

The study door was bolted from the inside. This was bolted by Mrs. Zhou because she didn't want to let people break in when she was teaching her eldest son. Seeing that the door couldn't be opened, Zhou Bo and the younger generation didn't care about calling the little guy, so they slammed the door with their bodies. The door slammed open, and the children and grandchildren rushed up, calling mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and there was a chaos.

Mrs. Zhou held on to the door and stood outside the door, "Don't mess up, send my mother back to the room." "Butler, butler, quick, go get a doctor."

Not long after, as the fainted Mrs. Zhou was carried away, only Zhou Bochu was left who was still gathered in the study, and everyone else walked away.

Zhou Bochu is the youngest son of Zhou Shilang and Mrs. Zhou, only one year younger than Zhou Boyan. He had a marriage contract, but the marriage was postponed because his fiancée met the funeral of his elders. Otherwise, he would have gotten married last year. Seeing that there was no one left and right, he first looked through his father's bookcase, but there was no. He went round and round on the floor of the study, and his eyes looked around, and he looked on the ground, but there was still none. How can it be? He turned to the back of the desk, and at once he saw the letter that had fallen near the leg of the chair.

He bent down to pick it up, glanced at it, made sure it was what he was looking for, and hurriedly folded it twice and stuffed it into his sleeve. Walking out of the study, he turned around and closed the door.

"I've seen the Sixth Young Master."

Zhou Bochu was startled and turned around. Seeing that it was his father's entourage, he pretended to be calm and asked, "Where have you been?" Dad left in a hurry, the study door was wide open, and you didn't know how to come and lock it. ”

The entourage was busy, "The sixth young master is teaching. The little one just got the master's order to come back and lock the door. ”

Zhou Bochu motioned for him to lock it quickly, and then went to Mrs. Zhou's house. The doctor has been invited and is checking the pulse of Mrs. Zhou. The doctor prescribed the medicine, and the Zhou government immediately sent someone to grab the medicine and come back. After the medicine was decocted, Mrs. Zhou just woke up, and the maid waited for Mrs. Zhou to take the medicine.

Mrs. Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and let everyone disperse, while she took her eldest daughter-in-law to stay and serve in front of Mrs. Zhou.

Zhou Bochu returned to his room, closed the door, and took out the letter hidden in his sleeve. The content of the letter is two pages long, which is not very long.

The general content of the letter is to ask his father if he has forgotten about Qixiaguan and whether he has forgotten about killing his brother; Warn his father to be smarter, stop immediately, and don't get involved in some rights and wrongs, so as not to cause death for the entire Zhou family. The last point written at the end of the day, different from the unkind tone in the front, suggested that his father pretend to be sick in the near future, take leave from the court, and not take a step out of the house before the limelight has passed.

Zhou Bochu frowned. His uncle Zhou Qiao died in Qixiaguan. Moreover, he once overheard his father quarreling with Zhou Boyan. Zhou Boyan said that the uncle's death was related to his father. Now, because of this secret letter, the grandmother will beat his father angrily, saying that it is dragging down his grandson. Who is the beloved grandson in his grandmother's mouth, he doesn't have to think about it, it is none other than Zhou Boyan.

In this way, his father is indeed related to the death of his uncle. How so? What kind of right and wrong did his father get involved in that made Zhou Boyan write such a letter and send it? What will be the right and wrong that will cause the death of the entire Zhou family?

He was thinking about it when there was a knock at the door and someone came in. He hastily tucked the letter into his sleeve.

"Bring it." Zhou Bohua's face was gloomy, standing behind his brother.

Zhou Bochu turned around and forced himself to calm down and asked, "Big brother, what do you want to take?" ”

Thirty-three-year-old Zhou Bohua worked as an errand in the military department and was the eldest son of Zhou Shilang and Mrs. Zhou. He didn't take off his official uniform, and it was obvious that he ran into Mrs. Zhou fainting when he came back, so he didn't have time to change his clothes. He stared at his younger brother fixedly, "Bring it." ”

Zhou Bochu understood, and the eldest brother knew that he had taken the secret letter. He couldn't, and sent the letter out.

Zhou Bohua shook off the letter, read it, and put it into his sleeve expressionlessly, "Bochu, the matter of the secret letter is rotten in the stomach, you and I don't know anything, understand?" ”

Zhou Bochu urgently needed an answer, "Big brother, what did Dad do?" The fifth brother is dissatisfied, even if he is dissatisfied, why does his grandmother faint in anger? The fifth brother he shouted was none other than Zhou Boyan.

Zhou Bohua turned around gloomily, "Don't ask." I'll put it back in place. He left the sixth brother's residence, first went to his own house, changed into his official uniform, and then went to his father's study.

Zhou Shilang was looking for a letter in the full study. He only remembered that his mother beat him with a cane when she read the letter, and he was not sure if the letter fell to the ground or was on his mother.

Zhou Bohua closed the door of the study, walked to Zhou Shilang, and quietly threw the letter behind the bookcase while Zhou Shilang was not paying attention. Then he asked, "Dad, what are you looking for?" ”

Zhou Shilang's face was not very good, "Go and see your grandmother." "He's going to break up his son.

Zhou Bohua didn't mean to leave, "Dad, what's wrong with your face?" ”

Zhou Shilang was annoyed, "It's okay." ”

Zhou Bohua said as if unintentionally, "Dad, I heard a rumor when the child left the official office. ”

"Say." Zhou Shilang was busy looking for the letter, and he looked a little impatient. For the contents of the faith are not to be seen, but to be found by oneself.

"The sixth prince has entered the palace to ask for a marriage decree for Lord Yun."

"Yes!"

"I heard that the sixth prince is interested in Bu Feihu, who is known as the first genius of Da'an."

"What?" Zhou Shilang was taken aback. He is promoting the marriage of the children of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and the Bufu, why did the sixth prince intervene and come in?

"What Master Guo said should be the truth, and it should not be a rumor."

Zhou Shilang hurriedly went out, and immediately saw the letter lying on the ground behind the bookcase. He said in his heart that he was here, and he was busy picking it up, "Dad has something to do, you should take care of your grandmother more." ”

A trace of annoyance flashed in Zhou Bohua's eyes, but he said, "Dad, your face ...... It is not advisable to go out. ”

Zhou Shilang immediately stopped. Indeed, his face could not go out to see people. A colleague asked him what's wrong with your face, do you want to say that he was beaten by his wife!

The maid came in with hot tea. Zhou Bohua stepped forward to pick it up and motioned for the maid to go down. Zhou Bohua saw Zhou Shilang standing with his back to him, he put the tea bowl on the table and took out a small paper bag from his sleeve. Open the small paper packet, make a little bit of the white powder-like thing inside with your fingernails, and take the paper bag back. "Dad, please have tea."

Zhou Shilang was silent, thinking about how to get out of the problem.

Zhou Bohua took the lid of the tea bowl, sprinkled the white powder in his nails into the tea, and then gently buckled the lid of the tea bowl.

Zhou Shilang was entangled between going out and not going out, pacing a few steps with his hands behind his back, and finally walked to the table and sat down. He picked up the tea bowl, took the lid of the tea bowl and blew on the tea leaves floating on it, and took a sip of tea.

Zhou Bohua retired and left the study. He went to Mrs. Zhou's house and sat down, saying that his friend had something to do with him, so he left the mansion and went to Ruyi Restaurant.

In the private room, An Rongzhou is enjoying eight plates of exquisite dishes.

Zhou Bohua sat opposite him, took the wine jug on the table and poured wine for himself, and then drank the wine silently.

An Rongzhou was dressed in a squishy dress. Seeing Zhou Bohua's appearance, he smiled and stretched out his left leg to put it on the chair next to him, "I said, don't you look down on me the most?" Why did you come to drink my wine? ”

Zhou Bohua was silent, and drank seven or eight glasses of wine before he vigorously put down the wine cup, "You're right." No one can persuade him, he will only insist on going his own way. The fifth brother's warning father obviously didn't listen to it, and as soon as he heard the plan of the sixth prince, his father hurriedly went out to discuss with someone. Who to talk to? The left is just the right. Grandmother was so angry that she started beating her father, but instead of pretending to be sick, she still wanted to go out and find the right minister.

Hearing this, An Rongzhou raised his eyebrows, "You made a choice?" ”

Zhou Bohua didn't speak and continued to drink. Yes, he made a choice. He made a choice between being a filial son or being a rebel to save the lives of the entire Zhou family.

When the uncle died, he was already an adult. His grandfather and grandmother punished his father for kneeling in front of his ancestor's tablet, and he heard the second half of what his grandfather and grandmother said when they scolded his father.

Uncle could have fled from Qixia Pass to Xichang an hour earlier. It's Dad, it's Dad who listened to someone's words, stopped Uncle Twenty Miles from Qixia Pass, and stumbled Uncle and didn't let him go. The eldest princess ordered her father and the people her father had brought with her to be tied up, left on the side of the road, and continued on her way. However, after a whole hour of delay, it seemed that he was about to cross the Qixia Pass, and the pursuers arrived. After the last day, the uncle died.

He didn't know why Uncle Lu Dao's family wanted to escape, and he didn't know why Empress Lu Daowu wanted to chase and kill Uncle Lu's family. He only knew that it was his father who killed his uncle.

His grandfather's last words he took to heart. If Zhou Boyan has any wishes, the Zhou family will do everything to help achieve them. He didn't know what Zhou Boyan had to fulfill his wishes, he only knew that Zhou Boyan was currently asking his father to pretend to be sick and stay away from some kind of right and wrong, and to protect the entire Zhou Mansion. His father didn't listen, so it was up to him to achieve the result that Zhou Boyan wanted.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, An Rongzhou shook his head and snatched the wine jug, "Eat vegetables, drink alcohol on an empty stomach and hurt your body." ”

There was no wine to drink, Zhou Bohua sat for a while, and suddenly asked, "Do you know what he wants?" ”

"Who? Who is he referring to? ”

"Fifth brother."

An Rongzhou understood, but he was puzzled, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Just ask."

An Rongzhou touched his chin and thought about it, and patted the table, "There really is one." Then he leaned forward, lowered his voice mysteriously and said, "He can't wait to marry Sister Shu tomorrow." ”

And Zhou Boyan and Qingshu in the topic were not on the way back to Huizhou at this time. They crossed Feng County, but they made a detour to the east.

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