"What's going on? You're here to ask for the reward before it's even midnight?"
When Zhang Fu saw his confidant Zhang Jin, he knelt down in front of him and joked with a smile.
In previous years in the Zhang Mansion, the masters and servants would watch the New Year's Eve together. After midnight and at the beginning of the new year, the servants would pay New Year greetings to the masters, and the masters would distribute silver rewards to seek good luck.
It's still early in the ion hour, come so early to ask for a reward?
"master……"
There are thousands of words to say, but Zhang Jin doesn’t know where to start.
"What's wrong with you? You're so hesitant. Are you and your wife not satisfied with the candidates that Mrs. Tai told Zhang Liang and Zhang Dong? It's okay. I'll tell Mrs. Mrs. later."
Zhang Jin just shook his head, and after a while, he choked and said: "Master, do you still remember the eldest lady?"
Zhang Fu was stunned, Nannan?
"How come I don't remember. Nannan has been lively and active since she was a child, but her temper was restrained in the house. When she arrived at her maternal grandfather's house, she and her cousins would climb trees and walls, wishing they could tear down her maternal grandfather's house.
"
Zhang Fu thought of his eldest daughter, with a smile on his face and a trace of nostalgia.
"Master, the eldest lady, she is still alive."
"What?"
Zhang Fu thought he was hearing hallucinations.
I looked up at the night. On New Year's Eve, the clouds covered the moon, and I couldn't see any moonlight. I could only see the lights filling the room and the courtyard.
"What did you say?"
Zhang Jin looked around to make sure no one was paying attention, and then said: "Master, the eldest lady is still alive. Moreover, Mrs. Li gave birth to a young master for me, and they are both still alive."
Zhang Fu opened his mouth wide and was stunned, his face full of disbelief.
After a long while, he shook his body and asked again.
Until the person stood stiffly and turned around, "Follow me!"
Zhang Jin quickly got up and followed Zhang Fu to the study.
After Zhang Jiefang finished several firecrackers, when he saw his father no longer looking at him and walking away, he pouted dissatisfiedly. He threw away the firecrackers in his hand and ran into the hall.
"Why don't you play anymore?" Seeing him running over, Wang asked him with a smile.
Zhang Jiehou entered Wang's arms and muttered: "Father has run away."
Mrs. Wang couldn't help but laugh, "Are you going to play with your cousins, or are you going to play with your father? How old is your father, and he still plays with firecrackers?"
Everyone in the room laughed. Mrs. Wu poked her head out and asked, "Where is your father?" Why didn't he stay vigil with everyone?
Zhang Jie did not reply.
Mrs. Wang coaxed him a few words, "Go for a walk, pay attention to what your father is doing, and play leaf cards with grandma. Whatever you win will be yours, and whatever you lose will be grandma's."
"Grandma, I want to play too!"
"I also want to play with my grandma."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Biyao and others gathered around to play.
"Okay, grandma will play with you today, and the loser will go to grandma." Mrs. Wang was happy to see her family's children and grandchildren gathered around her knees, and happily asked the maid to lay out the details.
In the study, Zhang Fu looked serious: "Do you know what you were talking about just now?"
"Master, I know. I couldn't believe it, and went to investigate in person. Only then did I know that Mrs. Li's two children are now living in the market. Master, they are your direct bloodline.
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Zhang Fu was a little unsteady and fell down on the chair, "You, tell the truth."
"yes……"
Zhang Jin talks about it...
"... After listening to the story told by the storyteller, and combined with the fact that the Wu family sent people to find the 16-year-old girl and the 10-year-old boy, the younger one became suspicious and secretly investigated... until the younger one met the eldest lady.
My nanny, she is now hidden in the Huo family by the eldest lady, and she is also mute..."
Zhang Jin's hands started to shake.
Mute? Why did a good person suddenly become mute?
"The young man asked around again for the whereabouts of Zhuangzi's original headman and servants...but they were all sold out, and there was not even a trace. Even the maid who originally served Mrs. Li was not missing, and none of them could be found.
whereabouts……"
It wasn't until this moment that Zhang Fu realized something in his mind.
Rou'er is gone, and none of the servants who served her are gone.
At first, he asked about it, but his mother said that she wanted to keep them for fear of causing him to see his old friends and feel sad, so she resettled them, and some of them were freed from slavery.
He thought this was the best reward for those who had served Rou'er, but he didn't expect that they were all sold away and disappeared?
"Fortunately, there are villagers nearby who know that Mrs. Li gave birth to the young master. It is said that when Mrs. Li gave birth, her maid went to the village to ask for a midwife in the middle of the night... Later, the mansion did not ask for a nanny for the young master, and the wife's maid even asked the village to ask for a nanny...
The woman borrowed milk. Master, it turns out that the young master was born and was not stillborn..."
Zhang Fu's head was buzzing.
Was his son, the son of him and Rouer, born?
And her daughter, is she still alive?
For a moment, he didn't know if the dream was an illusion. Zhang Fu looked at Zhang Jin blankly. His mouth opened and closed, was he speaking human language?
Could it be that he was in a dream?
Zhang Jin didn't see the change in his expression, and said to himself: "In the fourth year of Jianwen, the Wu family secretly searched for the eldest lady and young master, but the two children were hidden deeply at that time. They were hidden on the boat by the fisherman, and they did not even enter the capital.
, and the whereabouts were not found..."
Zhang Fu's eyes were bright and clear. He wanted to believe what Zhang Jin said, but he didn't dare to believe it.
A heart is like floating in the air, ups and downs, fluttering, and nowhere to settle.
Zhang Jin looked up and saw Zhang Fu dumbfounded, feeling a little distressed.
"Master, they are Mrs. Li's biological flesh and blood. Over the years, the two children have endured a lot of hardships. They are the eldest son of the distinguished eldest daughter of our Duke's mansion and Yuan's wife. Now they can only live in the house.
Making a living outside..."
Zhang Jin thought of Mrs. Li who was so kind and always smiled at her servants...
My heart aches when I think about how after she passed away, her two biological children were living in the market, having to work hard to earn a meal and clothes.
Not only Zhang Fu's hands, but also his feet were trembling.
He couldn't find his own voice: "You, you said, there is a young woman from Songjiang..."
He still couldn't believe it.
"Yes, it was she who heard the conversation between nanny Zhou and her son, and came to report to Madam. That's why the Wu family sent someone to investigate..."
"Go and bring her quietly."
"yes."
Zhang Jin was about to get up when Zhang Fu stopped him again: "No, no need. I'll go out with you."
Zhang Fu and Zhang Jin sneaked out of the mansion through the corner door.
The two of them stood outside the outer wall of the small courtyard where Gan Yuan lived, hidden in the night.
"Sir, people have brought it."
Two brothers, Zhang Liang and Zhang Dong, quietly captured Gan Yuan from the inner house.
Tonight is New Year's Eve, Wu Youcai is going home to celebrate the New Year no matter how ridiculous he is. The people in the courtyard are all people arranged by the Wu family. On such a day, the guards and maids are busy celebrating the New Year, and they are impatient to serve Gan Yuan. It is easy to
He was taken out.
"Master?" Seeing Zhang Fu stunned, Zhang Jin poked him gently.
Zhang Fu came to his senses and signaled to Zhang Liang and Zhang Dong, and the two brothers relieved Gan Yuan's mute point.
"Who are you? Why are you arresting me? My man is a high-ranking official in the imperial court. Be careful of what he will do to you!"