Zhou Shigong couldn't wait to immediately go to the West Courtyard to ask his stepmother, Mrs. Ma, where had he spent all the money in the Zhou family's three rooms over the years? Why is the huge property that he should have been left with only an empty shell?!

Could it be that everything she told him was a lie? Since the death of his father, the third room of the Zhou family has begun to decline. Did the stepmother want to abandon this family for a long time? That's why she tricked him into prying the foot of the border army's wall, in a vain attempt to deceive the glass formula owned by the border army, and then took her henchmen to the capital to join her daughter and son-in-law?!

With the support of a powerful family like the Marquis of Yingchuan, and the glass formula can bring wealth continuously, Mrs. Ma can also live a rich and prosperous life in the capital, right?

As for his younger brother Zhou Shicheng, who is still in the Northwest Border Army, with the Marquis of Yingchuan here, are you afraid that you will not be able to transfer people out of the Northwest and seek a future in a rich and comfortable place in the capital?

When the time comes, Mrs. Ma's mother and son will live comfortably in the capital and enjoy the joy of family, as for whether the others in the third room they left in Chang'an are dead or alive, who cares? !

Zhou Shigong's face was flushed, and he walked out angrily, looking like he was going to find his stepmother. But as soon as he reached the gate of the main courtyard, he stopped again, his face hesitant.

Zhou Ma stood under the eaves and looked at him in confusion: "Master? What happened to you? ”

Zhou Shigong turned around and walked back: "I have no evidence...... She won't admit it......"

Zhou Mashi was anxious: "What evidence do you need here?" All the master had to ask her for the family books. Where she spent her money, you can see at a glance the accounts! ”

"If the account books have not been tampered with, it is true that you can see it at a glance." Zhou Shigong glared at his wife with hatred, "But she can lie to me, how can she not do anything on the account?!" If I hadn't looked at the account books that day, I wouldn't have believed her words. ”

Zhou Mashi stomped his feet and said: "Master, you can't read the account, come and see!" After a pause, he looked at Haixi Cliff, "Besides, Brother-in-law Hai is also there, he is a good hand at making accounts, if there is a problem with the account books at home, he will not be able to hide his eyes!" ”

Zhou Shigong wanted to reprimand his wife, how could the Zhou family's accounts be checked by outsiders? But then he remembered that his deceased father had asked his brother-in-law to settle the accounts in the past. If his deceased father did it, why can't he do it?

Thinking so, he looked at Haixi Cliff expectantly: "Brother-in-law, I got the account book for my brother when I turned around, maybe ...... Maybe...... I need you to help me take a look......"

Haixi Cliff sighed secretly. He had no intention of interfering in the housework of the Zhou family's third room, but thinking of the care of the old lady in the third room in the past, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he had to nod.

Zhou Shigong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Since you have the heart to check the accounts, it's better not to startle the snake for the time being." When I look back, I will tell my mother that the glass workshop cannot be built, and that I have to take stock of the family's property to see what else can be done. He hesitated, "When the time comes, I will ask my brother-in-law to help me make a lie...... As long as I can make my mother believe it. ”

Ma Shiqiang resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and wanted to complain about his brother-in-law, why didn't he just say that he wanted to ask Haixi Cliff to come up with the idea of open source? I still have to make excuses and lies......

Haixi Cliff was very calm: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, you will not make the old lady suspicious." ”

So Zhou Shigong canceled the original plan to question his stepmother, and pulled his brother-in-law back to the main house to sit down.

This time, Zhou Ma and Ma also sat with their respective husbands to discuss the next plan. Ignoring Ma's hint that they would avoid going out, Haijiao and Haitang sat quietly by the kang in the inner room, listening carefully to the conversation of the elders outside.

Zhou Shigong wanted to check the accounts and thoroughly investigate all his own properties, but he was worried that the person in charge of managing the property had long colluded with his stepmother and would lie to him.

Zhou Mashi gave him an idea: "The idea is to replace the housekeeper and the account room at home and replace them with the master's own people." Now the housekeeper only listens to the words of the A family, and there is no warrant from the A family in the account room, and even the master and the amount of money to be paid from the account will be rejected. These two people will definitely not be kept! ”

Zhou Shigong glared at her speechlessly: "You also know that these two people are my mother's henchmen. If I had replaced them for no reason, my mother would have known that I was suspicious of her. Now we have to try our best to stabilize our mother, and we must not startle the snake! What's more, he himself doesn't know whether the people around him are credible, so how dare he easily entrust him with a heavy responsibility?

Zhou Ma shrunk his neck, and his eyes turned red again.

Ma couldn't see it: "What kind of anger is my brother-in-law angry at my eldest sister?" This family doesn't even listen to the housekeeper's account room, isn't it the brother-in-law's connivance? The eldest sister's idea is also right. If he is not even faithful to the steward in the important position of the family, what else does the brother-in-law mention to set things right? Even if Mrs. Ma is enclosed in the backyard, she still has the final say in this home! ”

Zhou Shigong stumbled, and changed the topic a little uncomfortably: "The most important thing at the moment is to figure out another thing first, mother, she suddenly came up with the idea of glass formula, I don't know if she was bewitched by others...... I'm worried that she is conspiring with my sister and brother-in-law, and that she may have other plans in the future...... In case the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion wants to be unfavorable to our Zhou family, I have to remind my cousin, lest the Zhou family be calculated......"

Zhou Ma was a little confused: "Huh? Although Mrs. Gu said that she married into the Yingchuan Marquis's Mansion, her husband and wife have never been on good terms with the Yingchuan Marquis. At most, Mrs. Gu built a glass workshop in the capital in the future, and she needed to borrow the name of Yingchuan Houfu to support her. But how could Mrs. Gu not be able to help Yingchuan Hou deal with her mother's family? ”

Zhou Shigong snorted coldly: "What kind of discord is that?" It's just a little thought and a little quarrel between women. The relationship between Yingchuan Hou and his great-brother-in-law has always been good, and they have never separated from each other, which shows that their family is deeply affectionate! My sister has given birth to children to the Zeng family, and she has only come back to the province once or twice after being married for many years, and she has long been devoted to her husband's family. When she got the glass formula from her mother, she would definitely work with the Marquis of Yingchuan to build a workshop and snatch away the financial resources of the Northwest Frontier Army. The Marquis of Yingchuan is a saint's confidant, and he has always come to see that our Zhou family is not pleasing to the eye, and sooner or later he will seize the military power of the Zhou family, and cutting off the northwest financial route is just the first step! ”

Hai Xiya coughed dryly: "Brother-in-law, the relationship between the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother has eased. Maybe you have heard in Chang'an, the Queen Mother took the initiative to speak, and asked the Holy Lord to posthumously crown her biological mother as the Queen Mother......"

"I've heard about it, but so what?" Zhou Shigong disagreed, "The saint is jealous of the Zhou family, not only because of Tao Hui's concubine's pursuit of the seal, but also because of the military power in the northwest." He thinks that the prestige of the lobby brother in the northwest is too high, and too many northwest generals are from the command of the lobby brother, and he is worried that our Zhou family will not be subordinate! Over the years, how many civil and military generals have been sent by the imperial court to the northwest to divide the power of our Zhou family? It's just that the people who came are either on our side, or they have been caught out for committing crimes and have returned in vain. How can the Holy One be willing? At the moment, he is just stabilizing the Zhou family first, and in fact, he is secretly plotting, looking for an opportunity to take away the Zhou family's military power in one fell swoop! ”

And the Marquis of Yingchuan, as the most capable military general under the emperor, will definitely become the vanguard of the emperor's seizure of power.

Zhou Shigong's statement is not completely groundless. His sister Zhou Shuyi sent him a letter not long ago, mentioning that the Hou Shizi of Yingchuan intended to go to the northwest to practice, and the family was not very relieved, and wanted to ask Zhou Shigong to help the Hou Shizi of Yingchuan find a more stable place, so that he could learn the real skills and not encounter any danger.

When Zhou Shigong received his sister's request, he didn't feel anything, and he was enthusiastic to help inquire about the news. Now that I think about it, this is clearly that the Marquis of Yingchuan wants to install his eldest son in the northwest, in order to snatch military power in the future!

When Zhou Shigong talked about this, he was still angry. But the begonias and reefs sitting in the middle of the room have immediately become vigilant.

(End of chapter)