Haijiao brought back a guy from a nearby restaurant from outside, and brought two large boxes of dishes, which was enough to make up a table.

Although the food was already cold when it arrived at Ma's house, it was a hot and fragrant delicacy when it was reheated in the kitchen, and she was embarrassed to put it out again.

However, after she learned that this table did not have to pay for her own money, and it was all the filial piety of Haijiao's nephew and grandson, she didn't care at all. She happily ate a long-lost meal of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and enthusiastically praised the reef several times. Later, it was Uncle Ma who felt that his wife was too blunt and forcibly changed the topic, so that Haijiao got rid of the embarrassment.

Ma took his grandchildren and granddaughters to have a meal at his mother's house, and after the meal, he didn't stay for long, so he said goodbye and left. Anyway, she has returned to Chang'an, and there are still many opportunities to return to her parents' home in the future.

When leaving, Uncle Ma took her youngest son Ma Lusheng and sent Ma's ancestors and grandchildren all the way to the mouth of the alley, until they put people in the carriage, and reluctantly took Ma's hand and talked, so that she often went back to her parents' house. This enthusiastic posture is in strong contrast with her indifferent attitude when Ma first came back, which caused the neighbors to be curious, and they all looked at it, and there were still people to say hello to Ma, it is estimated that it will not be long before Ma will be able to welcome old acquaintances at home.

When I got home, it was still early. Ma called his second daughter-in-law, Hu Shi, to speak, and Haitang hurriedly called his brother Haijiao to the backyard.

Today's weather is good, Aunt Ma and daughter-in-law took leave and went back to Biezhuang to visit their husbands and sons, but the grapes are at home, but they are playing with Xiaoshi in the Haichang House, not in the backyard. The brothers and sisters of Haitang Reef can speak with confidence.

Haijiao told the little sister: "I went to the restaurant to buy wine and food under the pretext of riding a horse to the government office and found Huang Zhutou." The two girls who were sold by the Du family, their parents are old stewards of the Du family, they are decent in front of Du Boqin, and they are not short of money in their hands, so they may not be willing to see their own flesh and blood sold. Du Boqin is busy with the affairs of the guard all the year round, and the affairs of the family are handed over to the old lady or his wife and concubine to take care of, if he wants to sell people, it is estimated that he will not know any other people, most of them call the familiar Ya Po at home to take people away.

"And this Ya Po who has the most contacts in the Du family on weekdays must be the stewards. As long as the two sides are not enemies, if the parents of the two girls have the heart to save their daughter, it is possible to bribe the tooth woman to quietly detain the person. Ya Po took the money, hid the person, and only needed to reply to Du Boqin when she turned around, saying that she had done what he wanted. Unless the two girls showed their whereabouts afterwards and Du Boqin found out, he would not know if these two people had been sold far away. ”

This kind of dealing with people and people, Huang Zhutou of the prefect's yamen is more familiar and experienced than the veterans. He was worried that he couldn't find any new clues to investigate the Jin family's case recently, and the veterans of the Zhou family were in the limelight to grab it. Now that the reef has sent him the whereabouts of two important witnesses, how can he not hurry up and follow the clues?

However, considering the ambiguous attitude of Huang Zhifu after discovering that the case might involve the Sun family, Huang Zhutou also paid more attention. He didn't say hello to the prefect in advance, so he went to find Yapo, and when he found someone and asked the truth, he would also inform Haijiao. In that case, even if the Huang Governor finally succumbed to the power of the Sun family and the Du commander, and ordered him to stop the investigation, at least the Zhou family and the old military division could continue the investigation.

Speaking of this, Haijiao couldn't help but sigh: "When I was in the capital in my last life, I always heard how the Zhou family used to cover the sky with one hand in Chang'an, and said one thing or another, which caused the emperor and the court to be suspicious, as if the Zhou family had a heart of disobedience and might rebel at any time." But now that I have relived my life, I have found that the Zhou family is not as powerful as rumored. Even in the realm of Chang'an, there are people who can't get along with the Zhou family. Not only is Du Boqin, the son-in-law of the Zhou family, and the commander of the avant-garde in Chang'an colluding with Sun Ge Lao behind the back of the Zhou family, but now even the Huang Governor's Mansion, who has always respected the Zhenguo Mansion, is not as upright and reliable as others think......"

The Zhou family has been in charge of the Northwest Frontier Army for a long time, and there are indeed some inappropriate things to do, but it is definitely an exaggeration to say that their family is covering the sky in the northwest! Even in Chang'an City, where the Zhou family has lived for generations, there are often times when their words are useless, and the in-laws of the Zhou family will still be oppressed by the relatives of the powerful in the capital. It's just that the emperors and courtiers in the capital don't understand, so they will listen to a few words of slander and imagine them as terrible rebels.

Haijiao sighed for the decline of the Zhou family in the previous life, and Haitang couldn't help but interrupt his sorrow: "When you went out to find Huang Zhutou, my uncle and grandma continued to talk about family life, and mentioned some things about Mrs. Ma and her daughter Zhou Shuyi, I can't think of it!" She recounted what she had heard.

The reef was stunned: "What? Zhou Shuyi wanted to marry Sun Gelao's granddaughter for her son, but the other party took a fancy to the Hou Shizi of Yingchuan? The two are already talking about marriage? How can it be?! Sun Ge's granddaughter is obviously the princess of King Ji! ”

Haitang had also heard him mention this earlier. Sun Guifei's son died acutely, and the Sun family has no prince who can inherit the throne, and the future is worrying. Concubine Xu Xian and the eighth prince are all from the Empress Dowager Zhou's side, and the emperor looks like he wants to set up his youngest son as the prince, once the prince supported by the Zhou family inherits the unification, the Sun family will never end well. Sun Ge Lao had no choice but to support the four princes who had already succeeded, that is, the prince of King Ji.

But the prince of Keji has no blood relationship with the Sun family, and he invited himself to succeed at the beginning, but also because of the relationship threatened by Sun Guifei, how could he be willing to become a tool of the Sun family? Even if the two sides get along well temporarily, when the new monarch succeeds to the throne in the future, they may turn their faces and deny people. Therefore, Sun Ge Lao married his granddaughter to the prince of Ji as a concubine, and consolidated the alliance between the two sides with the relationship of in-law. Once King Ji and his wife gave birth to a son, the boy was the link of the alliance between the two families. If the prince of King Ji can return to the sect smoothly and inherit the unification, this son will be the best choice for the prince.

Haijiao still remembers that the princess and the prince of Ji are already married, so Sun Ge will try his best to support the emperor to recognize the successor of the prince of Ji and set up an adult prince for Dachu, and oppose letting the four-year-old eighth prince enter the East Palace.

Since Sun Gelao's granddaughter has become the princess of King Ji, how can she talk about marriage with the prince of Yingchuan?

Haitang thought for a while: "How many granddaughters does Sun Ge have?" I remember my uncle mentioned that this girl has an older sister who is the princess of King Ji, and it is estimated that she is the youngest daughter. The eldest daughter married the prince of Ji, and the youngest daughter married the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, who was in charge of the forbidden army, and Sun Gelao's arrangement was quite shrewd. ”

But Haijiao shook his head: "In my last life, when I was in the capital, I only heard of the princess of King Ji, and I didn't hear that Sun Ge Lao had other granddaughters. This princess and King Ji have a bad relationship, and they are clamoring to reconcile and leave all day long, if she is not the only granddaughter of Sun Ge Lao, how can King Ji tolerate it? ”

Then there's a problem. Sun Gelao's only granddaughter became the princess of King Ji, how could she talk about marriage with the prince of Yingchuan again? Zhou Shuyi has been married to the capital for many years, and she is very familiar with the high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing, and it is impossible to make an oolong with one daughter and two marriages.

Haitang's heart moved slightly: "Could it be that Sun Ge's two granddaughters are married to the prince of King Ji?" The one in front died early, and the Sun family had to marry another granddaughter. Of course, the world no longer talks about the dead. ”

It's just that since the little granddaughter of Sun Ge has already talked about marriage with the Marquis of Yingchuan, how can the Marquis of Yingchuan accept the Sun family's broken marriage and breach of the contract? If Sun Ge didn't want to make a feud with the Marquis of Yingchuan, and wanted to win over the prince of King Ji, what means would he use to solve it?

Does the death of the Hou Shizi of Yingchuan have anything to do with this?

(End of chapter)