Without further ado.

Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian decided to catch up with Xie Wenzai immediately and tell Zhen Guogong the advice of himself and others that they must fight for the initiative as soon as possible, and must not let Zhen Guogong lose the upper hand in the confrontation with Tu Rong.

This idea came from Haijiao, so he also had to accompany the second elder on a trip, so as not to have any omissions in the communication.

Haitang suggested that they take a car to the Zhenguo Mansion, which is faster than walking, and then take Cui Dazhuang to catch the car, if there is any accident, there are also people who can call.

After sending the three away, Haitang was about to return to the main courtyard, when she saw her grandmother Ma come out with Uncle Cui and Aunt Cui. The Cui family and his wife only said hello to Haitang and left in a hurry. Ma saw that the front yard was almost empty, so he wondered, "What's wrong?" I heard that your cousin went out, and Lao Cao just came back, why did everyone run out now? ”

Haitang told her: "My cousin went to the Zhenguo Mansion, and Grandpa Cao and Grandpa Lu also followed." They all took their uncle's case very seriously. The elder brother was worried that they were too anxious and that they would be late on the way, so he went with them. ”

Ma only went out for the sake of his eldest brother-in-law's case, and his face suddenly showed a touched look: "I have worked hard for them." Well, I will tell the kitchen to add vegetables tonight and make up for everyone! ”

Haitang thought to herself that it was almost dark now, and it was difficult to say whether everyone would be able to rush home for dinner tonight, maybe it would be used in the Zhenguo Mansion, or don't toss, so she said: "What time is this?" Now go to the market, what other good dishes can there be? It's better to wait for tomorrow. You can cook a few good dishes for your cousin, Grandpa Cao, and Grandpa Lu, and you have enough time to prepare. ”

Ma thought about it and accepted his granddaughter's proposal.

She pulled Haitang back to the main courtyard, and said, "I have already sent someone to Ma's house to find my eldest brother and sister-in-law, if it goes well, there will be news tonight." Ming'er will go to find a few more elders of the Ma family, maybe there are still people who remember the events of more than fifty years ago......"

The grandparents and grandchildren passed by the main house of the second courtyard, and Haitang pulled Ma's sleeve: "Grandma, should we go and talk to Brother Jin?" Look at the mark on his chest of gold? ”

Ma hesitated, shook his head and said, "I'll talk about it when your brother comes back." The two of them are easy to talk to, but this elder, but it's not good to ask people for money and property, so as not to misunderstand Brother Jin......"

Haitang had no choice but to give up and help her grandmother go back to the main courtyard to go to the house.

After sitting down in the house, Ma couldn't help but start talking to the eldest sister Zhou Ma's side: "I wonder how she talked to the old lady in the fourteenth room of the Zhou family?" That old lady is not a good person, she used to always breathe out of the same nostril with Mrs. Ma, and she never had a good face when she saw the eldest sister. Now that she knows the true face of Old Madam Ma, she may not be able to look at the eldest sister......"

Haitang said: "If my aunt and grandmother tell the truth to the fourteenth old lady, this is related to the reputation of their third room, and the fourteenth old lady should still be able to communicate well." No matter what, Mrs. Ma can't be allowed to continue to spoil the name and future of their third room. The fourteenth old lady has been widowed for many years, and she hopes that her children and grandchildren can live well. No matter how bad she looks at her aunt and grandmother, she will work together with her aunt and grandmother to get through this difficult time. ”

"I hope so." Ma sighed, thinking of his eldest sister's current situation, as well as his brother-in-law's appearance of lying flat and accepting his fate, he couldn't help but worry about his eldest sister.

Hai Jiao, the three elders of Xie, Cao, and Lu really failed to come back for dinner, and Hai Chang'an's family of three was invited to a relative's house as guests. Ma and Haitang had something on their minds, so they hastily dealt with it and had dinner. After the meal, Begonia stayed in the house to talk to her grandmother, waiting for her brother and others to return. However, Hai Chang'an's family came back, Uncle Cui and Aunt Cui came back, and Aunt Ma also came back, but there was still no trace of Haijiao and the three elders.

Ma knew that they had gone to the Zhenguo Mansion, but he was not worried, and first called the Cui family and his wife to talk to Aunt Ma.

The Cui family and his wife went to the Ma family. It's a pity that they couldn't see him in person at Uncle Ma's house, and it is said that his leg hurt so badly today that he slept without even eating dinner. They only saw Mrs. Ma, and Mrs. Ma didn't know anything about the third room of the Zhou family, and when she heard what happened, her face immediately changed, and she couldn't wait to sweep the Cui family and his wife out of the house immediately. Although she didn't really drive people away, she also put on a posture of drawing a line with her sister-in-law's family, and asked Aunt Cui to pass a message to her sister-in-law: "The third room of the Zhou family is self-inflicted, what is the second aunt's wife mixed with?" Let his family fend for itself! ”

Aunt Cui said to Ma embarrassedly: "Madam, I didn't get things done. My uncle said that their family would not be involved in this kind of thing, and we were not allowed to go to the Ma clan to inquire, saying that if the clansmen wanted to get involved in this kind of thing, they would stop going to their house to fight the autumn breeze, and she would not give a ...... of them."

Ma sneered: "In the past, when there was no accident in the third room of the Zhou family, she was eager to climb up. When the Ma family was in trouble, they didn't see how generous she was, but now she still has a face to threaten?! ”

Although he was angry in his heart, if his brother and sister-in-law really didn't want to get involved in this matter, Ma couldn't force it. However, on the side of the Ma clan, she still has to find a way to contact and inquire. Mrs. Ma's origin is a mystery, and if she is not sure that she is the identity of the clan, the Ma family does not dare to relax.

As for what will happen to Mrs. Ma after she is confirmed as the daughter of the clan? The royal family didn't take care of their own daughters, so that she committed the great crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, is there still a face to blame the Zhou family who has been kept in the dark for decades?! No matter what, the Zhou family has never had an unfilial daughter who had an affair with a foreign man and was expelled from the house by her family because of her disobedience and mistakes. If this woman makes a mistake in her husband's family, of course, it is more responsible for her mother's poor teaching.

Ma asked Uncle Cui and Aunt Cui to step back first, and called Aunt Ma in, leaving only her and her grandchildren in the house.

Ma lowered his voice and asked, "The eldest sister went to the fourteenth room, but what useful news did you ask?" ”

Aunt Ma nodded solemnly: "Yes, the fourteenth old lady was startled, and really remembered some clues." ”

The old lady of the fourteenth room of the Zhou family has always been her loyal follower before Mrs. Ma made a disturbance of digging the foot of the border military wall, and ran three rooms every day to flatter and curry, hoping that her children and grandchildren could get more benefits. Mrs. Ma may never have taken her seriously, but she has been with Mrs. Ma for a long time, and many things cannot be hidden from her eyes. In the past, she felt that Mrs. Ma had done some things inappropriately, but at that time, she was not easy to admonish, but now she has no scruples when she speaks.

For example, Mrs. Ma used to accept the entrustment of other officials and relatives to help each other with other officials, and Mrs. Fourteen remembered very well who were involved at that time. Mrs. Wang of the Liangzhou Wang's Grain Store is naturally one of them, but she and Mrs. Ma actually had a quarrel as early as 20 years ago, and after the two interacted again, there was only face love, and it was impossible for Mrs. Ma to help Mrs. Wang's businessmen do anything.

The reason for the gap between the two seems to be that Mrs. Ma met a merchant from the Western Regions here, accepted the other party's request, helped with some road guides and documents, and also helped introduce the big merchants from the Central Plains, so that the merchants from the Western Regions could sell the goods in their hands at a very high price. Mrs. Wang happened to see the merchant from the Western Regions, and privately persuaded Mrs. Ma not to deal with him: "This person has a suspicious origin, maybe it is a spy somewhere, Madame better ignore it." ”

Mrs. Ma didn't say anything at the time, but later became estranged from her. Mrs. Wang also complained that she had a strange temper, and she no longer came forward, but only went to Beijing to cling to the powerful.

After listening to Aunt Ma's words, Haitang immediately thought in her heart: The merchants in the Western Regions are estimated to have a problem, where is Mrs. Ma not knowing? She was afraid that Mrs. Wang would really reveal the identity of the enemy spy of the merchant in the Western Regions, right?!

(End of chapter)