In the small cross-courtyard next to the main courtyard of the third room of the Zhou family, Zhou Yijun told Haitang the news he had heard, and he couldn't help crying again: "Now that my grandfather knows that the old lady did those things, and she did it before the old lady was alive, I think it is impossible for the old lady not to know, but I still tolerate it." Now the imperial court wants to pursue our three rooms because of this, and we deserve it. Grandfather didn't want to check any further, he just wanted to wait for death. He wouldn't do anything, and he wouldn't let us tell the other people about the house, what could my grandmother and I do? ”

Zhou Yijun is still young, and she has never experienced this kind of predicament, facing her grandfather who is completely ruined, and her grandmother who is worried and sick in bed, she is helpless no matter how much she wants to struggle. Her parents and brothers are far away in Ningxia, Mrs. Ma is the culprit, her son Zhou Shicheng is far away in Minzhou Wei, and Zhou Jinpu, who stayed at home, can't hold anything at all, Zhou Jinpu's wife Chen is full of desire to get out of peace, and their children are too busy to persuade and their parents, where can they be expected?

If Zhou Wenjun was still in Chang'an, Zhou Yijun would still be able to discuss with this lobby sister who has always been close and convincing, but the former had already set off to return to Ganzhou. As for the elders in the long house, it was impossible for her to get in touch without going out, and she would be stopped by her grandfather when she went out. If it weren't for the Hai family's ancestors and grandchildren coming to the door, she wouldn't even be able to find a person to complain about now, not to mention how troubled she was.

And now, she told Haitang what was on her mind, and she felt a little lighter, but the problem had not been solved. She is really not optimistic about her prospects. The girl suddenly encountered a desperate situation, her heart was scared, and she was resentful, her eyes were full of confusion, and she didn't know where to go.

After Haitang listened to her words, her brows furrowed, and she thought for a while before she asked a question: "Why did Mrs. Ma do such a thing?" ”

Zhou Yijun shook his head weakly: "I don't know...... If it was for money, the old lady was still there at that time, and our three-room industry was still running well, so there was no shortage of money at all. Moreover, the amount of money recorded in the account books and pamphlets kept by the mother-in-law is not a huge amount. Our family's annual output in the mountains, forests and fields alone is more than that. A few years ago, the old lady made new clothes and jewelry every year, and she could spend almost the same amount of silver. If she said that she did such a headless thing because she was short of money, who would believe it? She was so rich in marriage back then, can she still lack that money? ”

But according to the confession of Mrs. Ma's confidant, there was only so much silver she received from the Hu people and spy merchants back then. Mrs. Ma was generous at that time, and casually rewarded the people around her with the money. The woman herself got a few hundred taels, so she was impressed. She also thought it was strange that she didn't understand why Mrs. Ma didn't care about the money, but why she would take the risk to do that kind of thing, so she wrote down the name and money of the merchant.

Zhou Yijun told Haitang in a low voice: "When I discussed this matter with my grandmother, I was a little suspicious of Mrs. Ma's origin. She was originally a woman of unknown origin, and she only settled in Chang'an because she was adopted as an adopted daughter by the old aunt and wife of the Ma family. The world says that she is a noble daughter from a high family in the capital, but she will be exiled when her family suffers. Looking at her appearance, words and deeds, she is not like ordinary people, she is clearly well-educated. Grandmother still believed in the rumors. But if the old lady is really from such a background, there will always be some rumors in the capital, right? Besides, she has no reason to make it easier for Hu Ren to be spies...... If it is said that she is a spy and carefully cultivated by the Hu people, and she wants to marry a general of the border army and steal military aircraft espionage, then it makes sense! But this is ......"

In this way, the old aunt and grandmother of the Ma family, who are the adoptive mother of Mrs. Ma, will be involved. Is the Ma family also implicated?

Zhou Ma didn't dare to think deeply, and Zhou Yijun couldn't guess anymore. She still couldn't believe that in the minds of everyone in the third room, the old lady who was as wise and martial as a god would really marry a female spy as his wife, and she had been pampered in the palm of her hand for decades, allowing her to secretly communicate with Hu people and sell intelligence, but she did not stop her in any way.

Doesn't that mean that the three rooms of the Zhou family are becoming more and more incorrigible, and there is only one way out? !

Seeing Zhou Yijun's eyes red again, Haitang couldn't help frowning again.

Of course, she knew that Mrs. Ma was not a female spy carefully cultivated by the Hu people, but Song Yuzhu, the daughter of the clan mansion.

When Song Yuzhu was a teenager, he did deal with the Hu people. She was infatuated with Prince Huren, who was sent to Dachu as a hostage, and did not hesitate to sneak into her fiancé's study to steal confidential information from the army in order to allow him to return to China and ascend to the throne. Haitang was still a nurturing grandmother in the clan mansion at that time, and after discovering the truth, she informed the family members of the mansion and stopped Song Yuzhu's action in time. And Song Yuzhu was also given up by her parents, quit the marriage contract, and was sent to the countryside to "recuperate". She became an abandoned son of the family, and her sweetheart, Prince Huren, no longer paid attention to her, she hated because of love, and took revenge on her lover and family. The prince of the Hu people was injured and disfigured, fled in a hurry, and returned to his homeland, becoming the old Khan king who later hated the Great Chu and repeatedly set off wars, causing decades of turmoil on the border between Chu and Hu.

Haitang was poisoned by her employer's family shortly after Song Yuzhu was sent to the countryside, so she didn't know what happened next, and she didn't know what Song Yuzhu did to her family. However, with Song Yuzhu's always thinking and heart, for her own interests, she will not put the interests of the country and the people at heart. As long as she can achieve her goal, she doesn't care what harm the frontier soldiers and civilians will suffer. As a clan girl, she is still a clan girl who has been carefully educated by Begonia for several years, and she will develop such a temperament, which really makes Begonia unexpected.

Haitang can only be sure now that Mrs. Ma, the former Song Yuzhu, is definitely not a spy cultivated by the Hu people, and it is impossible for the Hu people to do things for the sake of money. She must have had a purpose.

But...... How did the Hu spy find her?

After Song Yuzhu took revenge on her family and lover, she fled privately, abandoned her original identity as a clan girl, changed her name to someone else's adoptive mother, changed her name and surname, and came to live in Chang'an. Her whereabouts don't even know her family's closest relatives, could it be that the old Khan King of the Hu people can still find out?

If the old Khan King of the Hu people didn't know that his old lover had married into the Zhou family, and threatened her with the past to help, then why did Mrs. Ma, as the mother of the third house of the Zhou family with a decent scenery, do things for the Hu people? Not to mention that it was for money, the so-called bribes were more like they were used to prevaricate outsiders, and they were not worthy of Mrs. Ma's identity at all.

Could it be that Mrs. Ma had any tricks that fell into the hands of Hu Ren's spies?

Haitang meditated and thought about it, thinking about it so much that her braincase hurt, but there were too few clues, and she was not sure which of her brain holes could be next to the truth.

Haitang gritted her teeth and said to Zhou Yijun: "Do you have a way to make Mrs. Ma or her henchmen who know about it speak?" Only they know the truth about what happened back then. If they don't tell the truth, it's useless for us to just guess here. But if they are willing to speak, they may be able to ask for any useful clues, and we can use these clues to find out more people who have colluded with the Hu people's spies. If you can catch all the secret spies hidden by the Hu people in the territory of Great Chu, then the credit will be even greater. Maybe you can still make meritorious contributions and reduce some of your crimes. ”

Zhou Yijun hurriedly threw away the veil when he heard this, and said with a straight face: "If I can really fight for a glimmer of life, I am willing to do anything!" If I want to die for something that has nothing to do with me, and after I die, I will be infamy as a collaborator and sinner, and I don't want to accept my fate in my heart! ”

(End of chapter)