Lu Bainian couldn't say clearly, most of the time he listened to Xie Wenzai about this matter, and there was also gossip that Cao Gengyun heard from his friends.

Xie Wenzai's source was naturally the Zhenguo Mansion, and there was also a hint of vagueness from the old military division.

Because the old military division used to be the staff of the old lady of the third room of the Zhou family, and now the third room of the Zhou family has been involved in the case of collaborating with the enemy, he wants to avoid suspicion, and it is not good to take the initiative to ask about this matter, so he has been staying in the home of the veteran Zhuangzi recently, and has been concentrating on teaching Zhou Yijun, the young master of the fourth room of the Zhou family. He tried not to inquire about the relevant news as much as possible, but before leaving the city, he still sent a letter to his old colleague Xie Wenzai.

In the letter, the old military advisor admitted that he felt a little bad. After Tu Rong arrived in Chang'an, he behaved too peacefully and friendly, which made people feel uneasy. For more than 30 years, the emperor has always been wary of the Zhou family and complains more than trust, even if his relationship with the Zhou family has obviously improved in the past two years, the old military master can't believe that the emperor has restored complete trust in the Zhou family.

If this is the case, the emperor will not just promote a son of the Zhou family to serve in the forbidden army, but will directly use the representative of the Zhou family in the capital, Chengenhou, to serve as an official. The imperial court's grain and grass support for the Northwest Frontier Army will not continue to maintain sixty percent of the previous year's number, but should be increased to the normal value that should have been.

Since the emperor was still suspicious of the Zhou family, it was impossible for his henchmen to be genuinely friendly to the Zhou family. This time there was an accident in the third room of the Zhou family, Tu Rong was able to calm down, just buried himself in the investigation, and did not make a fuss, there must be another plan.

The old military advisor was worried that Tu Rong—to be precise, the emperor behind Tu Rong—was plotting not the three rooms of the Zhou family, but the Zhenguo Mansion. In case the handle of the Zhou family's three rooms is too harmful to the entire Zhou clan, the Zhenguo Mansion has to make concessions to the emperor's side in order to take into account the overall situation, and agree to some conditions of the emperor, which is very likely to be detrimental to the stability of the northwest border army.

The old military advisor reminded Xie Wenzai in the letter, although he couldn't say it too clearly, but he also hoped that when he was absent from suspicion, Xie Wenzai could take on the responsibility of reminding Zhen Guogong, so that Zhen Guogong must act cautiously and not make impulsive decisions because of family concerns.

After Xie Wenzai read the letter, he was even more worried about the situation of the Zhou family. It's just that Zhen Guogong has already made up his mind and refuses to ask Zhou Shigong, but asks Zhou Shigong to take the initiative to confess the truth to himself, and only when he is sure that Sanfang has not really committed the crime of collaborating with the enemy, he is willing to lend a hand. Xie Wenzai was worried that Zhou Shigong would be reluctant to take action and would delay the situation to an unsolvable situation, so he wanted to find another way to remind Zhou Shigong.

Xie Wenzai privately told his old friends about his worries, so Lu Bainian came up with a guess from him: "Tu Rong copied the third room of the Zhou family this time, and investigated the past of Mrs. Ma, but he didn't make a noise, I'm afraid he was just waiting for the prince of Zhen Guo to take the initiative to come to the door!" The third room of the Zhou family refused to inform the Zhenguo Mansion, so he took the initiative to hint in front of the Zhenguo Mansion. Obviously, he has a plan for the Zhenguo Mansion, but he doesn't intend to say it directly, but has to wait for the Zhenguo Mansion to come to the door to ask for ......"

The suspicion of the Zhou family's three rooms seemed to give Tu Rong a bargaining chip to threaten the Zhenguo Mansion. Once the Duke of Zhenguo took the initiative to sue for peace in order to keep his relatives, he would be forced to agree to some of Tu Rong's conditions, which would cause the Zhou family to suffer losses. At present, Zhen Guogong and Tu Rong are in a state of void confrontation, and it depends on which side will be unable to hold their breath first. Zhen Guogong didn't know what Tu Rong wanted to do, and the mood in his heart was more vigilant, and his mood was not very good.

Anyone who thinks that the relationship between himself and the emperor has eased somewhat, and he has also shown sincerity to accept the emperor's henchmen, but suddenly finds that the other party is actually harboring evil intentions, and he still thinks of using conspiracy to calculate himself, and he can't be in a good mood.

After hearing this, Hai Jiao was also in a bad mood: "What the hell is the emperor thinking?!" When is it now, he still has to calculate the Zhou family?! Is it really because there is no need to fight on the frontier that he can unload the mill and kill the donkey?! He has been suspicious of the Zhou family for decades, and the Zhou family has not done anything to threaten him. The Sun family was picked up by him and became a powerful minister with a big tail, who could openly go against his will and choose another emperor's heir, but he has always connived. This is because he thinks that the Sun family has no military power in his hands, so he doesn't dare to rebel, so the emperor is so relieved? ! ”

Haitang was stunned when she heard this, thoughtful.

Lu Bainian couldn't help but knock on the door of Haijiao's head: "Stop!" How did a couple of our old men teach you? I dare to say anything! ”

Haijiao's head hurt, and he sighed before he said, "Isn't this at home...... In front of you and my little sister, I have nothing to worry about, and it's not outside......"

"What's going on out there?" Cao Gengyun walked in from outside at this time, "What are you talking about?" ”

He reached out and took a clean cup, poured himself a cup of warm tea, and drank it happily before continuing: "Lao Lu, isn't Lao Cao at home?" Where is this going? What are you two doing all day at home? The front yard in the next yard is almost cleaned up, but your own house hasn't been tidied up yet. All those furniture, furnishings, books, etc., can't let me make up ideas for you, right? Delay one more day today, and if something happens tomorrow, you can't take care of the new yard again, so how sooner or later will we be able to move over?! ”

Xie Wenzai rented the first two courtyards of the Chen family's house next door, and now they are being rearranged. Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian both decided to move in with him, no longer crowded in the front yard of the Hai family, and they were busy decorating their new homes these days. It's just that Xie Wenzai has to go to the Zhenguo Mansion from time to time to be a staff officer, and on the other hand, he has to teach two newly recruited students, so he doesn't have much free time. The trivial matters of the new home are mainly worried about by Cao and Lu. Today, Lu Bainian was left at home, and Cao Gengyun could only take Cui Xiaodao and work next door for an afternoon, so tired that he was dizzy. When he came home and saw that his old friends were so idle, he couldn't help but complain.

Lu Bainian hurriedly gave up an empty seat by the kang, asked Cao Gengyun to sit down, and told him what happened today.

Cao Gengyun suddenly realized: "I see...... The matter of the Zhou family's three rooms is a little troublesome. He paused, "However, if the old lady of his family really did something to collaborate with the enemy, she deserved to die." The old lady of his family can be deceived for decades, and he is also a fool. Even if the Duke of Zhenguo comes forward this time and Tu Rong lets go of the Zhou family's three rooms, it is estimated that it will be difficult for his family to gain a foothold in Chang'an City in the future. The people below are very angry. ”

Haijiao blinked: "Grandpa Cao, did you hear what others said?" ”

He knew that Cao Gengyun had a lively temperament, traveled extensively, made many friends in Chang'an City, and had always been well-informed. And because Haixiya served in the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, Cao Gengyun even got to know many low-level officials and their families in the Metropolitan Division, and he had a wide range of contacts. Since the news that Tu Rong secretly interrogated Du Boqin in the Dusi Yamen failed to hide it from the Zhenguo Mansion, the grassroots personnel of the Yamen must also receive the news. Maybe Cao Gengyun can really find out something!

Cao Gengyun really didn't disappoint Haijiao: "Tu Rong just finished interrogating Du Boqin, and within two days, almost all the people under the Dusi Yamen heard about it, but everyone didn't say it. The third room of the Zhou family made a fuss last year, and the foot of the border army wall has already caused public anger, and now there are rumors of collaborating with the enemy, everyone feels very disappointed and does not want to tolerate his family anymore. However, there are also old people who have worked with the old lady in the third room back then, and they don't believe that he will connive at his wife's messing around, and feel that there is a misunderstanding here, and they are secretly paying attention to Tu Rong's movements. There is one thing that they think is very strange - Tu Rong said that he had already sent someone to the capital to deliver the secret fold, but in fact...... Not at all! ”

(End of chapter)