He is different from the Duke of Guo. The Duke of Guo has a heart for the emperor, the country, and the soldiers in the army. The Duke of Guo is often away from home in the military camp, so he is very considerate of the hard work of the women at home.
He trusts everyone in his family with all his heart and soul, from top to bottom.
But Zhang Jin is different. He has been used to seeing and hearing the intrigues between wealthy families since he was a child, and he knows that fighting in the back house is no weaker than on the battlefield.
His heart was pounding, and he always felt like something was about to break through the fog and burst out.
Zhang Jin did not return home, but went directly to the Zhang family's Zhuangzi.
At that time, the Wu family had no status, but the wife of the wife, the Wang family, also had no status? The manpower at Zhuangzi had already been changed several times. Zhang Jin went there, so naturally he couldn't find anything.
Even the former Zhuangtou family is no longer in the Zhang family. I heard that they have lost their citizenship and gone to nowhere.
After finding nothing, Zhang Jin went back to his house. He tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep. His mind was filled with the stories told by the storyteller.
Early the next morning, he pretended to be casual and asked the housekeeper for the list of servants in the mansion. After looking through the list, he could not find the servants who served Mrs. Li back then.
not a single one.
Not only did Mrs. Li's dowry come in, but there were also none of the servants that the mansion sent to serve in Mrs. Li's yard, from the nuns to the maids to the rough ladies.
Zhang Jin knew something was serious.
My legs are too weak to stand.
In the fourth year of Jianwen, he followed the Duke of Guo and stayed in the ranks of the Yan army. In order to prevent the old emperor's troops from counterattack, he and the Duke of Guo stayed in Beiping Mansion and guarded the fiefdom of King Yan.
But it's not like they haven't received the news from Beijing.
Back then, Mrs. Li was pregnant again after nearly six years. The Duke was very happy and collected a lot of things to take back to Mrs. Li.
Even the young master's name has been chosen. It is named after the eldest lady.
To this day, he still remembers his name as "Zhang Yuzhong."
But when the news of King Yan's capture of the capital and his accession to the throne reached Peiping, there was also news that Mrs. Li had suffered a difficult childbirth, killing one and two people. Even the eldest lady was extremely sad and followed her.
At that time, the capital was in turmoil, and the Duke was unable to come back to see Mrs. Li and the eldest daughter off.
The eldest lady, if she were alive, would be almost sixteen years old.
Miss, what do you look like?
In the Zhang family's ancestral tomb, Zhang Jin squatted in front of the tombs of Mrs. Li and the eldest lady.
While burning paper, I stared at the eldest lady's small tomb in a daze.
Children who died young do not have tombstones, and there is not even a tablet in the ancestral hall, so they cannot enjoy the incense of future generations. The small tomb is lonely, leaning next to Mrs. Li.
It has been ten years, and Zhang Jin can hardly remember what the eldest lady looks like.
Miss, are you inside?
The Wu family didn't have the middle minister in charge of the Duke's palace, so they naturally didn't know Zhang Jin's actions, but Mrs. Wang, who had always been in charge of the middle minister, knew about it.
He called Zhang Jin over.
"I heard that you asked the butler for the list of servants?"
Zhang Jin thought for a moment and decided to harden his head.
Wang looked at him steadily, and then said after a while: "Why are you looking at the list of servants? Who are you looking for?"
Madam Tai's voice was so cold that Zhang Jin broke out in a cold sweat.
He lowered his eyes and stared at the floor tiles in front of him: "The younger two sons have reached the age of marriage. In the past few years, our father and son have followed the Duke in the army and have not known anyone. The younger one just wants to read this.
Let’s take a look at the list of people and see if there’s anyone suitable. I made my own decision, and I hope the lady will forgive me.”
After saying that, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed hard.
Mrs. Wang waited quietly for him to finish, saying nothing, only staring at his head.
"I heard that the Duke reprimanded Mrs. Wu some time ago, saying that her natal brother was looking for a sixteen-year-old girl and a ten-year-old boy. Do you know about this?"
Layers of sweat broke out on Zhang Jin's forehead. He didn't dare to make any unnecessary movements and only responded carefully: "I know, I know. I heard from the Duke that my wife's maiden brother is looking for the Poseidon's messenger for the people and wants to worship the Poseidon.
Praying for a safe voyage.”
"Wu family, are you still looking?"
"I don't know, I don't know. It's the end of the year, and the Duke's army has a lot of affairs. I'm running errands for him."
"What errands are you running for the Duke?"
"this……"
After a long while, Mrs. Wang waved her hand: "That's all, I won't ask. The military affairs of the imperial court are not something that a housewife like me can inquire about. You can go ahead. If there is a suitable girl, I will send someone to inform your family."
"Yes. Thank you so much, Madam." Zhang Jin kowtowed again, leaned over and walked backwards out of the flower hall.
After I came out, I was blown by the cold wind and shivered with cold, even my toes were trembling.
Mr. Guo, why are you going back to the army in Peiping? Take the little one with you quickly.
Huo Xi also felt that there was no good solution for her procrastination. Seeing Nian'er doing homework in front of her, practicing martial arts and marksmanship, she just felt sorry for her younger brother.
"Nian'er, do you want to go back to find your father?"
Huo Nian was stunned, "Sister, do you want to?" He looked at Huo Xi intently.
Huo Xi didn't want to lie to him and shook her head.
"Nian'er doesn't want to. Sister, isn't it good for us to be like this now? We have a father, a mother, a younger brother, uncles and aunts, and a daughter. There is no shortage of money at home, and Nian'er can also afford to study. In this way,
Is it not good?"
And her mother is gone. My sister said that my father has other children. Nian'er doesn't want to go back to recognize his relatives. He doesn't know him. What if he treats her badly?
Nian'er has never lived in that family, and has never enjoyed his father's love. He has no feelings for that family. He doesn't know what it means to him to go back and recognize his relatives.
Huo Xi was silent.
She stroked his head: "But my sister, Nian'er, goes back to recognize her relatives. Doesn't Nian'er want to be a person of high status? Don't you want to be bullied?"
Huo Niang lowered his head and crossed his fingers helplessly.
"But are mom and dad still dad and mom?" There was fear in the eyes, fear that dad and mom were no longer dad and mom.
Ever since he learned that he was adopted and his parents were not biological, Huo Nian became even more attached to Huo Erhuai and Yang. Huo Xi understood this kind of feeling and was afraid of losing it. As long as he was free, he would look around.
Seeing that they were still with me, I felt relieved.
Huo Erhuai and Yang felt even more sorry for him. Huo Erhuai didn't leave the capital for a while now. Even if he went back to Zhuangzi, he would have to rush back the same day.
Huo Xi knew that Nian'er was scared. But just because he was scared, he couldn't give up his identity.
Two days later, Dong Chuxue got married, and Huo Xi brought Nian'er and Mu Jie to the house to congratulate them.
Bringing Mu Jie along is not only to give Dong Chuxue some face, but also because Mu Jie likes to join in the fun.
Nowadays, whenever someone holds a wedding in Qionghua Lane, they will invite family members, and occasionally a few children from the family will be invited to be wedding dolls. Mu Jie is very happy, and always goes to join in the fun.
As for Zhang Jin, in order to dispel Mrs. Tai's suspicion, they stayed quiet for a few days.
This day, he finally went to Huo's house to squat again, and this time he met an unexpected person.