In the study, Zhou Shigong was also talking to Haijiao about the news he had heard.

"It is said that the Sun family was very happy at that time, and felt that they had found a way to attack our Zhou family, and that they could drag the entire Zhou family into the water by taking advantage of the crime committed by my stepmother alone. But after careful inspection, they found that things were not as simple as they thought. ”

Although Mrs. Ma had gotten the documents for the caravans and merchants of unknown origin to enter Beijing and exit the customs more than once, she did not find any of the Zhou family members to do this. At that time, she was looking for acquaintances in the official mansion, some of them were the husbands, grandchildren or relatives of the daughters who were good friends with her, some were the former subordinates of the old lady of the third room, and there were also the children of the "mother's family" Ma family.

Even if the Sun family went down from the Hu people's treacherous road guide to the head of the official who handled the road guide, there was no way to involve the important members of the Zhou family, at most it was to get rid of a few petty officials and officials, plus an old lady Ma. The latter may implicate the three rooms of the Zhou family, but if you want to rely on this incident alone to prove that the entire Zhou family who has been guarding the frontier for decades has collaborated with the enemy and committed treason, it is obviously impossible to convince the public. At that time, the old lady of the third room had already told the old man and no longer cared about the affairs of the Northwest Frontier Army. His wife has never been involved in the military. The Sun family only brought down one Zhou family and three rooms, and it couldn't affect the military power of Zhenguo Gong, and it wouldn't even bring a slightly bigger shock to the Northwest Frontier Army, so what was the use?

At that time, the Sun family had not yet succeeded in sending Sun Yonglu to the Northwest Frontier Army, but there were still generals in the DPRK who could lead the army, and they still had a bad relationship with Sun Gelao. Just relying on a few testimonies and a road guide from the Hu people, they at most caused some trouble to the third room of the Zhou family, but they had little impact on the Zhou family's descendants. Even if the emperor really used this as an excuse to forcibly take back the military power in the northwest, it was very likely that he would cheapen others, and it would not be the turn of the Sun family to get involved. And once this military power falls into the hands of other generals, it will not be so easy for people to hand it over.

The Sun family felt that it was not cost-effective, so they left these evidences, handed over the Hu people to Sun Yongbai, and took them to Jinyiwei in exchange for merit rewards, but they did not attack the third room of the Zhou family.

Now, if the Sun family wants to secretly poison the Hou Shizi of Yingchuan, they plan to use Zhou Shuyi's knife to blame the Zhou family's third room and even the entire Zhou family. In order to ensure that things would not go wrong, they handed over Mrs. Ma's black history and related physical evidence to Du Boqin. Once Mrs. Ma found out the truth of the matter, refused to obey the arrangement of the Sun family, and killed the Marquis of Yingchuan, or she refused to keep it secret afterwards, and wanted to tell the real role of the Sun family in the whole matter, then Du Boqin would use those evidence to publicize the sin of Madam Ma's collaboration with the enemy within the Northwest Frontier Army, so that she could not turn over completely, and she could also take the opportunity to provoke the relationship between the Zhou family and other generals, and take advantage of the fisherman.

However, this conspiracy was shattered before it could be carried out, and Mrs. Ma and Zhou Shuyi were also placed under house arrest respectively, and the handle in Du Boqin's hands was useless, and it was difficult to protect himself, and the original plan of the Sun family naturally could not be carried out.

Zhou Shigong said in a low voice: "Du Boqin confessed that after he received the letter from the Sun family, he once tried to go to the government to check the documents and archives, and he could indeed find out the names of the officials who handled it at that time. However, the stepmother has been looking for different people to do things several times, some of those officials have died of old age, some have been transferred to other places, and they have never returned to Chang'an, and there is a ...... is Du Boqin's connection, and he has done some shady things for him. If he really makes a fuss, the third room of the Zhou family may not be in trouble, and he will be in trouble first. Therefore, he put his things away and didn't even think about threatening his stepmother with them......"

Du Boqin was still very careful, checked everything, and even found two former government clerks who had witnessed the incident back then, and could come forward to testify at any time if necessary. It's just that after weighing it again, he still chose to give up. Although the Sun family had a plan, he had to think about his own interests first.

If Tu Rong hadn't asked him for information this time, he wouldn't have been able to satisfy Tu Rong even if he racked his brains, and he couldn't think of using this information as a bargaining chip. After all, an old lady Ma, even if she adds three rooms to the Zhou family, the importance of the Zhou family is far from being comparable to the status of the Sun brothers in the family.

However, fortunately, the chips he took out this time really moved Tu Rong. Tu Rong temporarily shelved his sentence, and also changed him to a single cell with better conditions, and the level of three meals was also raised by two levels. However, it is impossible to release people. What will happen to him depends on the holy will. Tu Rong had already written the news into a secret fold, and ordered his henchmen to send them back to the capital. His secret refusal to go through the official channel is obviously for the sake of secrecy.

Zhou Shigong sighed: "Although Tu Tongzhi is from Beijing, he acts fairly and has no ill will towards our Zhou family. At the same time, Du Boqin said the news that was unfavorable to our Sun family and our Zhou family, and Tu Tongzhi was impartial and reported it all without the slightest concealment. What will happen to our family next depends on the meaning of the saint. If the Holy One is willing to remember the merits of my ancestors' deceased father during his lifetime, so that we can maintain a trace of dignity, then there may still be a glimmer of life in the vein of my second son. They had been away from home for a long time, and they had been guarding the Zhongwei in Ningxia, and they had little contact with the family, so they had no idea about my stepmother. If the saints have mercy, it is possible to let them go. ”

Of course, if the emperor ignores the old feelings and has to take the opportunity to put the Zhou family to death, then none of them in the three rooms will want to escape. Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is not a crime that can be easily cleared.

After Zhou Shigong said these words, he looked up at the reef: "Good boy, although you are young, you are smart, you must also understand what kind of situation our Sanfang is in right now." It's not something you can get involved in, so it's better not to ask. Go back and take your grandmother and sister's house, and don't come again. If one day our family goes to the execution ground, and the clan dislikes our family for a traitorous rebellion and refuses to collect the corpses for us, if you are willing to handle the aftermath of our family, buy us a few plain clothes, a few thin coffins, and bury them in the ground, it will be a great kindness! Even if I die, under the Nine Springs, I will be grateful to your family! ”

Hai Jiao sighed: "Uncle Grandpa, it's too early to accept fate, right?" You and your aunt's family clearly have no idea, and you are completely innocent, why should you be affected by Mrs. Ma and be willing to die?! ”

"What if you are unwilling?" Zhou Shigong said dejectedly, "The saint holds the handle of our family, whether our family is dead or alive, it is all in his thoughts." If he refuses to be honest and obedient, he will become angry and turn his anger on the entire Zhou clan, and I will be to blame for my death! Now that the border is peaceful and there is no war, the saint may have wanted to remove the Zhou family for a long time. Our third room gave the saint a ready-made good excuse, and we have no face to face the clansmen, where do we have the face to toss again? ”

Hai Jiao looked at his self-defeating appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little irritated in his heart.

Since you know that your family has a big event, and you haven't been locked up immediately, and you still have the energy and the way to investigate the authenticity of all kinds of news, haven't you thought about doing more?

Even if she uses Mrs. Ma to investigate Hu Ren's spy network to the bottom and make meritorious contributions!

If you don't do anything and obediently accept your fate, you will definitely not affect others?

How naïve is such an idea?!

No wonder my uncle and grandfather are the only ones in the Zhou family who have won the examination for more than one person, but they still have to rely on their family power to become an official in the northwest. This is not a person who can do things at all!

Haijiao sighed, held his temper, and continued to persuade Zhou Shigong: "Even if you have to wait for the holy decree to fall, your uncle and grandfather can try to make meritorious service and fight for their children and grandchildren to survive......"

(End of chapter)