It's time for lunch.

The old lady of the fourteenth room, Lu, rejected Zhou Ma's proposal to stay for dinner, and got up to leave: "I don't want to eat at your house. The thought of me staying in the same house with that vicious woman in the West Courtyard makes me vomit with nausea! ”

Haitang and Haijiao glanced at the snack box that was swept away by her, and did not speak, but got up quietly and sent off the guests with the elders.

Before leaving, Lu instructed Zhou Mashi: "If you have new news, send someone to tell me quickly!" If that vicious mother-in-law really killed so many people in the Wang family, and colluded with the Hu people for many years, and secretly did all kinds of bad things, I must not spare her! Don't let your man be tied up all the time, even if it's his stepmother? The Zhou family has never been able to tolerate such a poisonous woman! If she uses her status as an elder to oppress you, you can call me! I am also a surviving member of the Zhou family, and I have raised many children and grandchildren. I've never hurt anyone! Even in front of the ancestors and ancestors, I dare to straighten my waist and speak! If she dares to take a stand in front of me, I'll slap her in the face! ”

Lu strode away. Zhou Yijun hurriedly chased after him, all the way to the outside of the gate, and then turned back.

Zhou Ma sat down on the edge of the kang a little weakly, unable to speak for a long time.

It was worse than she had expected. The step-mother-in-law may not only be a collaborator and traitor, she also kills people and sets fires! If this continues, can the third room of the Zhou family really get out?!

Ma couldn't see that the eldest sister looked unproductive, so he pushed her: "What is the eldest sister panicking?" She did all these things from you, and she investigated them, and she didn't blame you for any reason. ”

Zhou Mashi snorted: "In the final analysis, it was the negligence of the foreheads, and after so many years, they didn't find anything......"

Haitang frowned and said to Ma: "Grandma, if what the old lady in the fourteenth room said is true, when Mrs. Wang was still in the capital, Zhou Shuyi asked the old shopkeepers to buy those things, and there may be some shady schemes." And those old shopkeepers have complied, and if the court wants to investigate it, the old aunt and grandmother will not be able to get rid of it. ”

Ma said: "I don't believe that the shopkeepers left by my aunt and grandmother will be so confused, and they will really obey Zhou Shuyi's dispatch and do some murder and arson, maybe they have been deceived, just like they told Mrs. Wang, thinking that those fire oil were prepared for digging mountains and roads." ”

Seeing her hard mouth, Haitang had to turn her head to look at the reef: "What does my brother think?" ”

Hai Jiao pursed his lips: "More than ten years ago...... Have there been any fires in the capital? Zhou Shuyi bought those fire oils, it wasn't to pull them all the way from the capital to Liangzhou and burn the Wang family's grain store, right? Extinguishing the mouths came later, what were they originally used for, and they were collected? ”

No one in the room could give him an answer to this kind of thing. Haijiao no longer holds on to this problem, but only secretly remembers it in his heart.

He got up and said, "I have to tell Zhenguo Gong all these things." How to check, how to check, his old man must know in his heart. ”

Zhou Ma hurriedly said: "Then go and talk to the master." Ma Shi grabbed her: "Forget it, eldest sister, brother-in-law is just afraid that you are still unhappy that you are troublesome, so it is better to hand it over to Grandpa Guo." Grandpa Guo came forward to be the master, and his brother-in-law only had to obey his fate. ”

Zhou Ma was speechless.

At this time, Zhou Yijun came back, and when he saw that the reef was leaving, he hurriedly said, "I have already instructed the kitchen to bring lunch over." Cousin Hai will leave after dinner, right? ”

The reef refused: "Without further ado." When should you not eat rice? He left in a hurry, and Zhou Yijun couldn't stop him if he wanted to, so he had to let him go.

Zhou Ma invited his sister and niece and granddaughter to have a simple lunch, but everyone had little appetite during the banquet, and the mood was quite heavy.

After the meal, Ma Shi drank two sips of tea, and then got up to say goodbye: "I want to go back to the clan to find someone to ask, have those old shopkeepers who followed Zhou Shuyi to Beijing back then?" What did they say to their relatives and friends in Chang'an? ”

Zhou Ma also wanted to know the answer, so he no longer blocked it, but just said to Ma: "Sister-in-law's words are ugly, you should not hear it." The eldest brother still has a heart for the sisters, but he is not in good health now, and he has children and grandchildren, so he has to think more about his children and grandchildren. ”

Ma Shi sneered: "Could this kind of thing be something they can avoid just asking?" If the Ma family is really involved in the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, one of the people in the He clan will be counted as one, but as long as there is a lot of contact with Mrs. Ma in the West Courtyard, no one will want to escape! It's just that the forehead is repaid, he has already been married, and his husband's family is very innocent, and no one is afraid of it. Eh, you're so worried about your life, isn't it for the sake of the Ma family?! If they don't appreciate it, don't run to beg for a hand when they are in trouble in the future! ”

With a cold face, she led her granddaughter out of the door, and when she passed by the intersection leading to the west courtyard, she couldn't help but spit at that Fang De before continuing to walk forward.

After getting into the car, Ma hesitated: "Let's go home first." ”

Haitang asked: "Isn't Grandma going back to the Ma family to ask people?" ”

Ma Shi sighed: "With such a big event, I can't make up my mind." The master is not at home, so I will ask your cousin and uncle first. Although he is worried about the Ma family, he now has a husband and children and grandchildren, so he has to think more about his family. If this is really a disaster, it is not easy to mix too much. "Go back and send someone to remind the people, even if you do your best. If the Ma family still refuses to cooperate, then she has no reason to use a hot face to stick a cold ass.

Although she was angry at her brother and sister-in-law's attitude, she would hesitate when she encountered the same situation. After all, the Ma family is likely to have been swept in, but the Hai family can continue to sit on the wall and watch.

At this moment, she understands her brother a little.

The grandfather and grandson hurried home. At this time, the reef had not yet returned, but Xie Wenzai had just been called away and went to the Zhenguo Mansion. Ma knew that he must have gone for the matter of the Zhou family's third room, but he was not in a hurry, so he went back to the main courtyard and waited for news from his grandson first.

However, in the Ma clan, she still sent Uncle Cui and Aunt Cui to warn her, and she should do her part. As for whether the Ma clan would answer her question, she didn't intend to force it. At this point, it was no longer for her, an old woman, to intervene.

Haijiao and Xie Wenzai did not return from the Zhenguo Mansion until sunset.

When Ma heard the news, he hurriedly rushed to the front yard to greet him.

When Xie Wenzai saw her, he smiled and saluted, and comforted: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, everything is with the Duke of Zhenguo." His old man had already sent a letter to Tu Tongzhi, and Tu Tongzhi had just rushed to the Zhenguo Mansion and talked with the Zhenguo Gong. Tu Tongzhi also knew that the old man's family was innocent, but Mrs. Ma was deeply involved in the case and needed to be carefully investigated. In the next few days, the three rooms of the Zhou family will continue to close their doors. Tu Tongzhi asked the Zhenguo Mansion to send someone to guard the three-room house, which also meant that he could trust the Zhou family. ”

As soon as Ma Shi heard this, he knew that it would be difficult for him to visit his eldest sister in the future, so he couldn't help asking, "Will they be implicated?" ”

Xie Wenzai could only say: "Everything depends on the Holy Judge." ”

Ma didn't know what was going on, sighed and saluted Xie Wenzai, and returned to the main courtyard worriedly.

Haitang didn't leave, she squeezed into the house of her cousin Xie Wenzai with Haijiao, and sat with the two elders Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian, who rushed to hear the news, and asked about the latest situation on Haijiao.

Haijiao said: "I told the news of the fire in the Liangzhou Wangjia Grain Store to the Duke of Zhenguo, and the Duke of Zhenguo told Tu Tongzhi about it. Although more than ten years have passed since this case, there are many people who have witnessed it, and there may be clues that can be checked. Tu Tongzhi planned to go to Liangzhou in person. ”

When the people heard this, they knew in their hearts.

Tu Tongzhi was sent to Liangzhou, and he was temporarily unable to put forward conditions to the Zhenguo Gong. And this is a good time for Zhenguo Gong to "pledge allegiance" to the emperor.

He may have taken the lead.

(End of chapter)