Chapter 158: Decision
Of course, the Hai family's eldest young master Haijiao has already left.
After he saw Zhuang Tou tell the truth he had told, he left quietly. He didn't want to stay and see the veterans of Bezhuang struggling there, and he didn't want to hear them beg him to keep it a secret. He originally came to the other courtyard to expose the secret.
He didn't bother to visit Jin Jiashu, who was still recuperating from his injuries, nor did he go to see Ma Lili's father and son, who were waiting for news, but went directly to Zhuangzi, a veteran of the Zhou family a few miles away, found the old military division, and told the other party the news found on the side of Beizhuang, as well as the secret plot of Mrs. Ma.
The old military advisor was a little shocked, and then secretly sulked. Of course, he wouldn't be furious in front of the reef, but he couldn't accept it calmly.
After being silent and holding his breath for a while, he raised his head and smiled at the reef: "Thank you, Brother Hai, for telling me." I don't know how many people know about this? Did grandfather inform the four generals? ”
Haixiya is now a member of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, and the Zhou family with the highest official position in the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division is Zhou Jinzhen, the general of Thursday. If Hai Xiya knew that someone was trying to disadvantage the Northwest Frontier Army, he would give priority to General Thursday if he wanted to file a complaint. After all, General Zhou and General Wednesday, whom he was familiar with, are not currently in Chang'an.
Haijiao still remembered the lie he had told earlier, so he replied vaguely: "Grandfather has just taken office now, and he is busy with affairs, and I heard that several adults in the capital department are also busy with official business, so they have not had a chance to sit down and talk in detail. Besides, my grandfather was a newcomer and wanted to concentrate on his job. The idle affairs of others are harmless, and his old man will not take care of it. ”
The old military advisor felt that he understood. As long as Mrs. Ma's careful thinking was only a "harmless" thought, and it did not really hurt the border army, nor did it hinder the operation of the Chang'an glass workshop, Haixi Cliff would naturally not complain much. He has been taken care of by the Zhou family for many years, whether it is the damage to the reputation of the Zhou family, or the conflicts between different houses within the Zhou family, it is not good for him. As long as the turmoil within the Zhou family can calm down, why should he get involved?
The old military advisor sighed secretly, and he knew in his heart how to deal with this matter. Although he was born under the command of the old lady of the Zhou family, he was also a member of the Northwest Frontier Army. He also knows the temperament of the old lady in the third room. Mrs. Ma's approach, if the old lady of the third room is still alive, will definitely not tolerate it. It is true that the latter dotes on his wife, but as a general of the border army, there are always some bottom lines that cannot be crossed.
The old military division pressed the matter down: "I will report this matter to the marshal." The Zhou clan will dispose of it. Brother Hai just has to wait for the result with peace of mind. ”
Haijiao smiled: "Actually, I don't mean anything else, it's just that I see my aunt and grandmother scared all day long, and my grandmother is so angry, I wanted my mother's family to come forward, but my uncle and grandfather are not in good health and have been sick for a long time, my aunt and grandmother don't want to alarm him, so I can only secretly be sad and sad by myself." As a junior, I couldn't bear to see this, so I wanted to do something for them. I'm also afraid that I'll cause trouble for my aunt and grandmother, but I thought that you were both fair and wise, and you would definitely be able to persuade the elders of the Zhou family to change their ways, so I opened my mouth to you. ”
Repentance?
The old military master glanced at the reef with a smile, and no longer discussed the matter, so he directly changed the topic: "I didn't know that a new suspicious person was found at the other end of the village, but when I sent people to investigate the butcher's village yesterday, I did notice that they had concealed that outsiders had entered the village to spend the night the day before yesterday. It was only later that they explained that it was the steward of the in-laws' family, and they would spend the night in the village from time to time, not once or twice, and sometimes they would borrow the caravan of the butcher's family to send something into Beijing, and they were used to it, so they didn't bring it up as a special matter. We inquired that it was a servant of the Fifth Lord's family, so we didn't think much about it. ”
However, although they didn't think much about it, in line with the principle of cautious investigation and leaving no dead ends, they still checked all the people who had stayed on the Tujia Zhuangzi recently, even a beggar passing by. In the end, they found that someone from the Du family Zhuangzi had come to visit the house, but they did not stay overnight, but they had been in contact with some people in the village for a long time.
It just so happened that there was a widow in these people's families, and she had an adulterous affair with the henchman of the old lady Ma in the third room of the Zhou family for many years, and the latter lived in her house when she stayed in the village. The adulterous affair between the two began long before the death of the woman's husband, but whether it was the woman's husband and his relatives and friends, or the people in the village, they didn't dare to say anything, just because the adulterer's identity was the confidant of the old lady of the Zhou family's third room, and his words might make the slaughtering caravan lose its big customers and suffer heavy losses.
Even if this matter is in front of the owner of the butcher's Zhuangzi, they will let the bitter master and the farmer endure it. The current Tu family, and his grandson Zhou Jinpu, only have a little face left. When it comes to the family members of the Zhou family's third room, they are probably not as effective as Mrs. Ma's henchmen. If the adultery is exposed, the adulterer will not be able to get well, and the Tu family will not do any good, and it is very likely that he will lose the in-laws of the Zhou family. The widow's deceased husband was just an ordinary member of the caravan, how could the butcher suffer such a huge loss for his sake?
The head of the Tu family Zhuangzi is a relative of the Tu family, and he is the insider of this adulterous affair. He didn't mention this matter in front of the veterans of the Zhou family, he just wanted to preserve a little dignity for the Tu family, and it wasn't until the veterans found out about the adultery that he couldn't bear to admit it in shame.
The old military master originally didn't care about this adultery, but now that he knew that the adulterer had also gone to the Zhou family's Sanfang Village to make trouble, trying to drive away Jin Jiashu, who they were protecting, he couldn't bear it.
What kind of bastard things are Mrs. Ma reusing?! She is getting more and more confused and mean now, is she being deceived by these bastards around her?!
The old military master held back his anger and turned the topic back to the widow of the butcher Zhuangzi: "Someone from the Du family Zhuangzi came to look for her, but the person covered his head and face, I don't know what his identity is, I only know that he is thin, not tall, and his steps are very light when he walks, and he shrinks his head." We asked the veteran who lived on the edge of Dujia's Zhuangzi, and his son and daughter-in-law couldn't remember that there was such a person in the village. But our people think that he is somewhat similar to the young man who went to Bezhuang to inquire about Jin Jiashu's news before. ”
The problem at the moment is that the widow on the butcher's village can't tell who this person is, and she doesn't know what the other party is doing when she comes to her. When this person came to the door, she happened to be not at home and was visiting the neighbor's house. And among the people at home at that time, her son was still young and didn't know anything, and there was one more person who was her adulterer.
The old military division has already made a decision, and he wants to go to the third room of the Zhou family to talk to Zhou Shigong in person, and ask the other party to stop digging the foot of the border army. If the son is not successful, he can think of other ways to seek personal interests for his son by harming the interests of the border army, which is too much. Zhou Shigong is worthy of his own ancestors and ancestors by doing this?!
He studied the imperial examination since he was a child, and he has never killed enemies or defended the territory in the frontier, but his great-grandfather, grandfather, and many clansmen, as well as his brothers and sons, have all shed blood on the frontier! How could he forget his roots and betray his kinship?!
Don't use his stepmother's order as an excuse, he Zhou Shigong is the head of the third room of the Zhou family. If the stepmother makes a mistake, he should try his best to stop it, which is the real filial piety. He didn't dissuade him, and he still had to be her accomplice, that was his responsibility. For the sake of the reputation of the late old lady in the third room, the old military master will definitely scold him and scold him until he completely corrects it!
As for the evil slaves and shoddy servants in the third room of the Zhou family, they should not stay to bewitch their masters. The old military division will take them away directly, lest they have another chance to smear the reputation of the old lady of the third room!
(End of chapter)