Hearing Xu Qinghuan's words, the little figure stopped there, then raised his red and swollen eyes. He thought for a moment and nodded firmly.
"Come here," Madam Seven said to the child, "is it Brother Zhang? I've met you before, do you still remember who I am?"
"I know," Xie Zhang gently closed the door and walked to the seventh lady, "My mother said that the Wang and Jiang families are big merchants. If I don't want to take the exam in the future, my mother will ask the shopkeeper to take me to do something.
Business, but I didn’t dare to take the boat. I felt very dizzy when I got on the boat. My mother said that the seventh wife of the Jiang family was like this when she was a child. Now she doesn’t lead a fleet on the sea. A weak woman can do it. Naturally, a man like me can do it.
no problem."
Having said this, Xie Zhang's voice was a little choked, but he did not forget to turn his head and look behind him.
"Come to my carriage and talk." The seventh lady said softly.
Xie Zhang nodded.
Several people got on the carriage, and Xie Zhang's eyes fell on Xu Qinghuan: "I heard everything this sister said just now."
Brother Zhang is eight or nine years old and is the eldest son of the Xie family. It can be seen that Grandma Xie is strict with her children on weekdays. Now that his mother passed away suddenly and his father was imprisoned, he has become more stable.
Xu Qinghuan said: "I let you hear it on purpose." Just now in Mrs. Xie's room, she saw a small amount of hair exposed through the window. Judging from the height, she should be a child.
When she mentioned Grandma Xie, the figure remained motionless and listened very carefully. At that time, she suspected that it was Grandma Xie's two children who were hiding there.
Brother Zhang was a little surprised. He didn't expect this sister from the Jiang family to say this: "Then... how did my mother... die? I want to find out... was it really my father who killed her? Why is my father like this?
Do."
Brother Zhang's voice became a little hoarse after talking about it.
For such a child, having his father kill his mother would be like the sky falling. Madam Seven couldn't bear it when she thought of this. She had never been so miserable when facing those pirates.
"Brother Zhang, have you heard that your mother is injured?"
Xu Qinghuan asked softly.
Xie Zhang nodded: "I heard my subordinates talking in private," he clenched his fists tightly, "Actually, some of them have noticed it a long time ago, but they just refused to say it. Now... they are talking non-stop.
…I asked my grandmother’s mother who was in charge, and the mother in charge said that she was just talking nonsense, how could such a thing happen, and my father was also wrongly accused, but I don’t believe it now, I don’t believe anyone.”
Xie Zhang's nose felt sore when he thought about his mother's warm embrace, but he tried his best to control himself and not really shed tears.
Xu Qinghuan did not comfort Xie Zhang. The current comfort was worthless to this child. Xie Zhang should have heard too many similar words. Now that he has the courage to walk out of home, he just wants to understand everything. Now this is his only
What I can do for my mother.
Xie Zhang's eyes were red and he raised his head to look at Xu Qinghuan: "Why does Sister Jiang want to inquire about my mother?"
Xu Qinghuan frankly told the truth: "Brother Zhang, judging from the current situation, your father is by no means an innocent person, but I think there should be others who are accomplices. We just want to catch those people to prevent them from having bad intentions again.
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Xie Zhang lowered his head and thought for a while before adding: "I'm also very scared. I always feel that the people in my family are weird... In the past, when my mother was here, everything was so good. But when my mother left, the people around me seemed to have changed.
, they would speak ill of their mother behind her back, and they would also talk about their father. Sometimes when they saw my sister and I falling asleep, they would talk unscrupulously and eat while talking, as if they could never say enough.
My grandmother also hid in the house and refused to see anyone. My sister and I went to salute, but my grandmother also looked cold and dismissed us quickly.
In fact, my mother told me on the day of the accident that she was going to Zhuangzi to pick up my grandmother."
Xu Qinghuan said: "The old lady lived in Zhuangzi in those days?"
Xie Zhang shook his head: "No, my grandmother went to Zhuangzi in the morning. Originally, my mother wanted to go with her, but my grandmother asked my mother to pick her up at Zhuangzi later in the evening. In the afternoon, my mother made two bowls of steamed cheese for my sister and me.
After watching us eat, my mother told me that she was going out to pick up my grandmother and asked me to stay at home and they would be back soon."
Xu Qinghuan asked: "When the government came, no one mentioned this matter?"
Xie Zhang said: "I mentioned it, but my grandmother said that my mother did not go to Zhuangzi, but was called away by my father."
If Grandma Xie had already become suspicious of Xie Yun and even had someone send a verbal message to Xie Yuan, she would have been wary of Xie Yun. Could it be that Grandma Xie was killed and Mrs. Xie came forward to lure her daughter-in-law to Zhuangzi?
, but what happened to the injury on the old lady’s leg?
Xu Qinghuan thought for a while and asked Xie Zhang: "Did your mother do any unusual behavior before the accident?"
Xie Zhang shook his head, but seemed to have thought of something: "Does it count for my mother to look through the accounts? One day I heard my mother ask my grandmother for the land deed. After my mother passed away, my father said that my mother would transfer the Zhuangzi at home and the calligraphy and paintings in the library, porcelain vases, and headdresses.
They were all sold and replaced with fakes..."
Xie Zhang pursed his lips tightly. He didn't believe that his mother would do this. His mother was devoted to the Xie family, so why would she sell her family property?
The Xie family's property has really been sold. Xie Yun is originally a descendant of a branch of the family. How much property can there be in the family, especially calligraphy, paintings, porcelain bottles and other things should be handed down from the ancestors. They are under the strictest supervision on weekdays. Grandma Xie sells them
All this without letting anyone notice...
Either Grandma Xie covered it up too well, or Grandma Xie and Xie Yun really didn't care about the family and trusted their daughter-in-law too much.
Obviously it is not the latter, because the person who really has the secret is Xie Yun. If the Xie family's belongings are secretly sold, it is obviously easier for Mrs. Xie and Xie Yun to do it.
Did Grandma Xie become suspicious of Xie Yun after knowing about this incident, so she asked people to check Xie Yun's whereabouts, but was silenced by Xie Yun.
So what are the Xie family going to do after selling these things? Selling off their ancestral property is usually because the home is dilapidated. Of course, it may also be that they are preparing to move. They will sell all the things that cannot be taken away or are difficult to carry and turn them into money.
Land and porcelain vases fall into this category.
Why do we need to sell calligraphy, painting, and soft things? It is very easy to move these things no matter where they are. Unless you are preparing to run away in a hurry, the fewer things you bring with you, the better, so you must make arrangements in advance.
Where are the Xie family going? So panicky, cautious, sneaky, and even willing to kill and silence them if they are discovered.
Xie Yun has colluded with the White Dragon King. Could it be that the Xie family wanted to take advantage of this war to leave the Zhou Dynasty and go to the Japanese country? Xie Yun went to the White Dragon King to prepare for a better future. This makes sense. Why did Mrs. Xie go to this place?
Once again, what is the secret in it?
Xu Qinghuan felt that she was one step closer to the truth. If she started with Mrs. Xie, she would definitely gain something.
…
Xie family.
Old Mrs. Xie was already panicking and grabbed the mother in charge: "Go and call her over. The Jiang family has become suspicious. She can't hide there quietly. She wants to come and discuss countermeasures with me. If something happens to me, they won't do it either."
Make peace with it, and don't blame me for being cruel and not letting them board the ship."