Haijiao talked about his uncle Zhou Shigong's troubles now, and couldn't help but sigh for him.

The three rooms of the Zhou family are obviously not good. Even if they used to be the leader in the Zhou family, they have long since gone downhill.

After the old lady died, there was no pillar in the third room. Zhou Shigong is not a capable person, indecisive, and easy to be fooled by his family, he can not inherit his father's career in the army, he is a civil official and has no patience for the city, he is known as a rare scholar in the family, but he has not seen anything done, just living idle with such a person, and it is difficult to defend Chengdu.

His younger brother Zhou Shicheng, regardless of whether he is a member of the road with his mother and sister, must be lacking in ability, otherwise he would not have reached middle age, he has even been on the battlefield, and he has his back to the Zhou family, and he has only mixed up to the position of the current fourth-grade guard commander, and he has not been able to go one step further.

Instead of expecting to keep the future of this younger brother, Zhou Shigong should count on his youngest son. Anyway, Zhou Jinlin mixed well in Ningxia Zhongwei, much better than his eldest son Zhou Jinpu who didn't even get into the show at his age.

Haijiao didn't say much in front of Zhou Shigong, although he didn't mind talking to his aunt and grandfather in private, but after all, there were still two young masters from the Zhenguo Mansion present, and he always had to save some face for Zhou Shigong, an elder. But when he got home, he didn't have so many worries about his little sister Begonia.

He couldn't help but say, "Even if my uncle really wants to defend his brother, he doesn't have to rush at this time, right?" He hasn't cleared his suspicion yet! There are still many people in the Zhou family who suspect that he is not innocent, but they just pretend not to know and let Mrs. Ma and Zhou Shuyi come forward to confess. Zhen Guogong could trust him, because he didn't look like such a shrewd and ambitious person. But how many people in the world know his nature as well as Zhen Guogong? He didn't want to avoid it, but he rushed to worry about Mrs. Ma's son! ”

Haitang listened funny: "Uncle and grandfather are such a character, otherwise they would not have been easily fooled by Mrs. Ma for so many years." He can now draw a line with his stepmother and sister, which is already a great improvement. My brother doesn't have to worry too much about him. ”

Hai Jiao sighed: "Which one is worried about him?!" I just don't want my aunt to be implicated by him! He is so attentive to the son born to his stepmother who has harmed him, as if he is very affectionate and righteous, how can he not see him treat his aunt and grandmother the same? As long as he has half of his affection for his wife and brother, his aunt and grandmother will not have been so depressed all these years! Cousins and cousins will have a much better time! ”

He was just complaining about Zhou Ma's grievances.

Haitang understood Haijiao's thoughts, and gently patted the back of his hand to comfort him: "Brother, don't worry. Anyway, among the people who heard him say those words at that time, there was no one except Jin Jiashu, Jin Jiashu would not get involved in the affairs of the Zhou family, and you would remind your uncle and grandfather in private. Regardless of whether Zhou Shicheng is in a group with Mrs. Ma and Zhou Shuyi, he has always been stationed in Minzhou Wei, and he has not participated in their activities on the surface. My aunt and grandfather said earlier that he wanted to recommend the Hou Shizi of Yingchuan to Minzhou Wei, but that was just his idea, and he had not told Zhou Shuyi, so it would not involve Zhou Shicheng.

Judging from the experience of my brother in his previous life, after the accident of Hou Shizi of Yingchuan, Zhou Shuyi was retaliated against, but Zhou Shicheng should be safe and sound. When you arrived in Chang'an, there was no funeral in the third room of the Zhou family, at most he was affected by his sister and his career was blocked. But after the Zhenguo Mansion lost power, the Zhou clansmen were more hindered in their careers in the army, and he was not one of them. He is so steady and local, there is no risk at all. Instead of worrying about him, his uncle should think more about himself. ”

Reef nodded, "That's right. He is inevitably confused at times. No one in the third room of the Zhou family can remind him at the moment, so we have to worry about it a lot. If he won't listen to what I say, I'll go to my grandfather. If he doesn't even listen to his grandfather's words, then I'm going to find the old military master! ”

Speaking of the old military division, Haijiao said: "Today, the old military division also sent his children and grandchildren to visit Jin Jiashu early in the morning, and I heard that he also went to see him several times a year ago, and he took great care of him. When the old military division returned to Zhuang for the New Year, he made a special detour to Beizhuang and told the veterans there that they must not let people snub Jin Jiashu. The head of the village and the servants on the other village are now very attentive and concerned about Jin Jiashu, this is not the credit of the aunt and grandmother, the instructions of the old military advisor and the old Zhang Tou are the first credit. ”

The old military advisor is actually more concerned about the Jin family's case than Zhou Shigong. As soon as the case progressed, he sent someone to deliver a message to Jin Jiashu. Although Jin Jiashu himself would send people to inquire about the relevant news, and Haijiao, a good friend, brought him the latest information from time to time, the news of the old military division was the most authoritative and detailed. Jin Jiashu is very grateful for this.

In addition, the old military division is also very concerned about the case of the Zhou family's three rooms.

Mrs. Ma did not scruple at all that Zhang Pinggui was a criminal who escaped under the joint search of the government and the Zhou family, fabricated a false identity for him, and sheltered him in her own home. After being reminded by Haijiao's little sister Haitang, she once privately warned Zhou Shigong about this matter, and suggested that he check more, did Mrs. Ma have similar behaviors in the past? What are the identities of those so-called acquaintances who are sheltered and taken in by her? Is there a hidden wrongdoing?

Zhou Shigong was concerned about this matter, but he didn't know how to investigate, and he couldn't trust his subordinates, so he had no choice but to ask the old military advisor for help. The old military advisor took over this task, and soon learned that Mrs. Ma had received more than a dozen people in the past in the name of the deceased's sons, nephews or relatives, and arranged positions in the army for them.

Fortunately, most of these dozen or so people were born in the border army, and the few were also the children of wealthy families in the northwest frontier areas. They went through the path of the old lady and got a military position, and they did not do well in their office, nor was it bad, the worst one was dismissed early because of his mistakes, the most successful one had been mixed into the position of the commander of the guard, and some people died on the battlefield. In general, Mrs. Ma helped these people find military positions, and she gained benefits for herself, but she did not cause too much trouble to the border army.

However, Madame Ma's profit was not only in the army, but also in some of the wealthy caravans, who also used her door to obtain a customs guide to the frontier or inland, or to supply the army with certain supplies. Most of these people are not local people in Chang'an, so it is not something that the old military division can easily investigate clearly.

After leaving Jin Jiashu, Zhou Shigong took a few juniors to the veteran Zhuangzi to pay New Year's greetings to the old military teacher, and the latter told him the results of the investigation and asked him to find a way to continue the investigation. Zhou Shigong is the head of the third room of the Zhou family, so he should be able to tell the truth from Mrs. Ma's henchmen, right?

Zhou Shigong accepted this new task with a bitter face, and on the way back to the city, he specially avoided the others and pulled the reef for help.

Zhou Shigong had already interrogated Mrs. Ma's henchmen several times, but he couldn't find any useful news, so he simply tied people up and sent them to the Zhenguo Mansion and let the Zhenguo Gong worry about it. Now, Mrs. Ma has been taken away by him several of her henchmen around her, and she is making trouble every day, making him uneasy. If it weren't for the fact that the fourteenth room next door was already dissatisfied with Mrs. Ma, I was afraid that there would have been rumors in the clan that he was mistreating his stepmother.

Zhou Shigong felt a lot of pressure and didn't want to move the rest of the people around Old Madam Ma anymore. The old military advisor asked him to interrogate again, but he really didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he had to ask Haijiao to help.

Wealthy caravans who often traveled to and from the northwest...... The Hai family should be very familiar with it, right? Maybe he didn't have to interrogate Mrs. Ma's henchmen to know the answer?

(End of chapter)