Haijiao told Haitang that he had heard the gossip from those disciples.

It is said that the commander of Shanxi, Lord Zhao, never knew that there was a corrupt official in his hometown Pingyang Mansion, which was a disaster for the township. In the past, the officials of Pingyang Mansion had quietly sent him a letter, but he happened to be out on patrol, and the letter was intercepted by his wife. When his wife learned that the corrupt officials had not harmed her family, and that the town where her hometown was located had not suffered, she chose to hide the matter and pretend that she didn't know anything. The officials of Pingyang Mansion saw that there was no reply from the Zhao family, but they just left it alone, and after they were disheartened, no one wrote to the Zhao family.

Even the Zhao family didn't say much. First, because of the attitude shown by the Zhao Du's commanders, and secondly, because the corrupt officials did not harm the Zhao family, if they accidentally harmed his relatives and friends, the Zhao family went to say hello, and the corrupt officials stopped.

The attitude of the Zhao clan made the prefect of Pingyang even colder. No matter how much trouble he encountered after that, he never opened up to the Zhao family again. After Zhao Du commanded the envoy to return home, no one told him what had happened, so he thought that his hometown was safe until he received a letter from his old friend Zhuang Tongzhi at home on Chinese New Year's Eve.

He angrily questioned his wife at the time, but his wife said in a heartfelt manner: The in-laws of the Sun family went to Pingyang Mansion to be officials, which gave the Zhao family face, how could the Zhao family not be interesting? The Sun family is powerful, and they are about to become in-laws with the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, can the Zhao family still offend the Sun family for the sake of their hometown's township, and then offend the old benefactor Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, and the future of their family will not be successful?

Besides, corrupt officials are not uncommon at all, where is there none? Taiyuan also has it. Since the Zhao family has never said anything to the corrupt officials in Taiyuan, why is there any need to investigate the corrupt officials in Pingyang Mansion? Even if you get rid of someone and replace it with a new one, will you be a good person who is honest and capable? In case it is not as good as the original, and it doesn't even give the Zhao family face, then it's better not to change it!

Commander Zhao Du was half angry by his wife's words, but he was not persuaded by her crooked reasoning, but immediately wrote a reply to Zhuang Tongzhi. In the letter, he said that he would definitely send someone to find out what had happened in Pingyang Mansion, and if there were really corrupt officials who caused trouble to the people in his hometown, he would never let it go easily! Even if it is a relative of the Sun family, the in-law of the Marquis of Yingchuan, it is the same. He, a military general who fights the battlefield to earn credit, will not be afraid of a few relatives!

Commander Zhao Du also thanked Zhuang Tongzhi for telling him the truth in the letter, and complained a little, because Zhuang Tongzhi had rarely contacted him over the years, and he couldn't wait for a letter from an old friend. Originally, he thought it was because Shuzhong was too far away from Taiyuan and communication was inconvenient, but later he heard that Zhuang Tongzhi was transferred to Chang'an, and it was only a thousand miles away from Taiyuan. However, the old friend was willing to send him a letter for the news of his hometown that he learned by chance, and sent his henchmen to hurry away in the winter, which shows that the old friend's friendship with him remains unchanged, so why hasn't he been in contact with him?

Commander Zhao Du was very aggrieved, but Zhuang Tongzhi, who received the letter, knew what was going on. Since Mrs. Zhao would deliberately intercept the letters written by outsiders to her husband, there is an explanation for Zhuang Tongzhi's previous letter to an old friend, but he was treated coldly. It's miserable enough for a husband to meet a wife who is not one heart, how can you resent him as a friend? Zhuang Tongzhi immediately forgave his old friend.

Zhao Du commanded the messenger sent by the envoy and his own soldiers to be very faithful. Even if Zhuang Tongzhi repeatedly asked him to rest for two more days, he did not agree, and after eating and drinking enough and sleeping for a good night, he was going back, and it is said that Zhao Du commanded the envoy to stipulate the time for him to go back to his life. Seeing this, Zhuang Tongzhi had no choice but to write a reply letter and ask him to take it back.

Zhuang Tongzhi wrote a letter this time, not only describing in detail his previous experience of being cold in the letter, but also mentioned that the Chang'an Mansion accidentally got the news from a murder case, and knew that the Sun family was planning to disadvantage the Hou Shizi of Yingchuan in order to marry his daughter to the prince of Ji on the premise of not turning against the Marquis of Yingchuan. The news has been informed to the Marquis of Yingchuan, and Chang'an does not know how he will react, but the marriage between the two families will definitely not be able to continue. Zhuang Tongzhi didn't want his old friend to make a wrong judgment because of the lag in news, so he wrote a letter to inform him.

As for what Zhao Du and his wife would feel after receiving the letter, no one knows.

Haitang listened to the whole thing from her brother and couldn't help but be surprised: "Why haven't I heard my cousin mention this matter?" It stands to reason that Zhuang Tongzhi has no reason to hide his old friend? Also, since the commander of Zhao Du replied immediately after receiving Zhuang Tongzhi's letter, how did his brother know about the news from the Zhao family in Pingyang Mansion? ”

Haijiao said with a smile: "Shaanxi and Shanxi are next to each other, and the personnel exchanges between the two places are quite close. Especially the Yanfuwei side is close, some military attaches are from Pingyang Mansion, and there are people from our side who have been transferred to serve in Puzhou Qianhu. From time to time, people on both sides visit relatives and want to know what is so difficult about the news of Binh Duong Province? The thousands of households in Puzhou are people from Pingyang Mansion, and their hometown was harmed by the same acquaintance of Pingyang Mansion, and a distant cousin died. It's a pity that he doesn't have a backer, even if he sues him, he will be suppressed in Fucheng, and even his relatives and friends in his hometown will be warned. He was full of resentment, but he didn't spit out bitterness to the people around him. There are many people who come to Chang'an to report on work and visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, so naturally some people bring news to Chang'an. ”

Because the Northwest Frontier Army has been targeted by the Sun family for many years, in Chang'an City, people in the army visited the door for the New Year, complaining about the Sun family is one of the hottest topics, although this year by the scandal of Du Boqin and the Jin family murder case has taken away a lot of heat, but it is still an indispensable classic, enduring.

To tell the truth, the Pingyang Mansion Tongzhi is the in-law of the Sun family, and he is messing around in Pingyang Mansion, if it weren't for the local officials and people who are afraid of the Sun family's power, they would have done it to him a long time ago. The news about him is not a secret in the area from Yan'anwei to Huashanwei in Shaanxi, but it has nothing to do with the border army, so no one has spread it to Chang'an City.

However, now that the commander of the Shanxi Metropolitan Command Department wants to make a move against his small Pingyang Mansion Tongzhi, his qi can be regarded as coming to an end. What if he is an in-law of the Sun family? The Sun family still has to face the anger of the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, where can they spare their hands to save him from a little colleague who has committed his own crimes?

Haitang was looking forward to hearing the follow-up news of this corrupt official in the near future, but Haijiao said again: "Zhao Du's letter to Zhuang Tongzhi also mentioned another thing...... I don't know if it was the rumors he heard from the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, it is said that the military attaches in Shaanxi and Shanxi are likely to be rotated and transferred after the year. ”

Haitang was stunned: "What does this mean?" ”

Haijiao shook his head: "I can't tell. Several generals said that their fathers, uncles and elders might be transferred to the Shanxi Metropolitan Division, and the military attachés in Shanxi might also serve under the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division. Therefore, they were very concerned about the temperament of Zhao Du's commander. This is news from Kyori, and it is true. God knows if the emperor has a new trick again? Now that the Zhou family is bent on easing relations with the emperor, if it is just the transfer of a few people, it will not be unacceptable. ”

Haitang frowned: "Has my brother heard about this in his last life?" ”

"Nope." Haijiao said with certainty, "In the last life, it was not until the death of Marshal Zhou of Zhenguo Gong that the Zhou family lost its military power, and there was no transfer of military attachés from other places to the Northwest Frontier Army. However, none of the generals of the Northwest Frontier Army have been transferred. ”

What didn't happen in the previous life, it happened in this life. What does this mean?

(End of chapter)