Watching the four elders walking towards the door of the yard, Haitang and Haijiao quickly moved to the yard where they lived next door, avoiding their sight and hiding behind the door, watching them discuss and pass by the door.
Hai Jiao has already regained his secret agent skills, and Hai Tang has been practicing Qing Gong for more than a year and a half. Both brothers and sisters moved quickly and swiftly and made very little noise, so that Hai Xiya, Xie Wenzai, Zhuang Shitong and Geng Zehuai did not notice that they were overheard from beginning to end by the two children.
Hai Jiao watched the elders go away and pulled his sister's sleeve. Hai Tang followed him knowingly and walked into the wing where he stayed last night.
Hai Jiao breathed a sigh of relief: "As expected of my cousin... Grandpa Zhuang is also very smart. They all discovered the lie told by Xu Jiashu. Since they plan to send people to Zhili to check, Xu Jiashu will soon expose the lie. At that time, he will never lie to anyone again!"
After he finished speaking, he paused and turned to look at Haitang with some hesitation: "Little sister... I didn't know if it was because I was standing outside the wing and eavesdropping, so what I heard was not very clear. I always felt that... Xu Jiashu It gave me a sense of familiarity, as if... I had heard him speak before."
Haitang blinked: "Did you know him in your previous life?"
Hai Jiao thought about it seriously and shook his head hesitantly: "Although I haven't looked at his appearance carefully, I have met him several times since rescuing people last night. I know what he looks like, but I don't think so. He looks familiar. I probably don’t recognize him.”
But Haitang feels that this kind of thing is impossible to say: "He is only eleven or twelve years old now. When he grows up in a few years, his appearance will naturally change. Maybe you were a few years or ten years old in your previous life." When I met him a few years later, he was already an adult, and his appearance and voice were different from when he was a teenager."
Hai Jiao thought about it and said, "You are right, little sister. I can't recognize his appearance and voice as an acquaintance from my previous life, but his tone when he spoke... his habit of choosing words and sentences, and The slight accent made me feel very familiar. I must have met this person in my previous life. Maybe he was familiar, but the name was very unfamiliar. Whether his name was Xu Jiashu or Jin Jiashu, no one I knew had this name. "
But this is not surprising. In his previous life, Xu Jiashu probably also suffered the robbery and murder last night, but no Hai family members arrived in time to save him, and we don't know how he survived. If there is no official support for him, he is afraid of the existence of the second wife of the Jin family. Whether he hides his name or leaves in disguise, he may no longer use his real name.
Now that the government is backing him, shouldn't he still call himself Xu and deny that he is Jin Juren's son?
However, is the second wife of the Jin family so capable? According to Xu Jiashu, only the eldest member of the Jin family, Jin Juren, was the most promising. Not only was he famous, but he also had a fortune. Although the second eldest member had many people, he was a gambler and ruined the family business. Why would such a second wife of the Jin family make Xu Jiashu worried and abandon his true identity?
Hai Jiao couldn't help but discuss this matter with his sister: "Was Xu Jiashu frightened by yesterday's robbery and murder? What ability can the second room of the Jin family have? They want to plot the property of the eldest room, and they have to bribe the killer. Coming to kill people can't be called a means at all. What is there to be afraid of this kind of person? Why would he lie to the point where he doesn't even dare to recognize his biological father?!"
Haitang asked instead: "Brother, did you come to Chang'an in your last life? Although it was two years later, so many people died in the suburbs of Chang'an. It is not an ordinary case that happens every year, let alone you have obtained Geng With the help of the old county magistrate, he returned home with him. Haven't you heard about the cause of Zhuang Tongpan's death? Has the person who killed Zhuang Tongpan been arrested? Who is the murderer? Has the government discovered that they are related to the Jin family? Are the second roommates colluding?"
Hai Jiao frowned: "This..." To be honest, Magistrate Geng had always been sad about the death of his cousin. In the Geng family, this matter was a taboo, and almost no one dared to mention it. At that time, he had a low status and had to rely on the care of County Magistrate Geng Lao for everything. How could he dare to violate the taboo?
He only vaguely remembered that the servants of the Geng family's neighbors seemed to have discussed that Zhuang Tongpan's case had never been investigated clearly. The government believed that it was a robber, but no one was arrested. Many people had other opinions privately, and there were even rumors that the murderer's real target was actually Zhuang Tongpan, and he deliberately implicated another passerby in order to cover it up. Those who had had grudges with Zhuang Tongpian in the officialdom were all suspected.
This kind of rumor is quite lethal. Civil and military officials in the Chang'an Mansion were secretly suspicious of each other, their relationship was no longer harmonious, and gossip was flying everywhere. The prefect had ordered to suppress the rumors, but the more he suppressed them, the more people speculated. Just on the street where the Geng family lived, different families had different opinions. Some people suspected Zhuang Shitong's old colleagues in Shuzhong, while others thought that an official in the Chang'an Mansion was expected to be promoted to Tongpan but was overtaken by Zhuang Shitong. She must be resentful of him. The latter was forced to resign and run away, while the former was said to have become ill from anger and died in office.
When Hai Jiao came to Chang'an, the peak period of rumors had passed, and neighbors only occasionally talked about this topic in private. As for the city of Chang'an, other news has replaced this murderous case and become a hot topic of discussion. But even so, the rumors that could reach Haijiao's ears were quite impressive, which shows the shock this incident brought to Chang'an officialdom.
Therefore, Hai Jiao can be sure that this group of killers has never been arrested, and no one has mentioned anything about the Jin family. At that time, he was regarded as a victim of the Chiyu disaster. His relatives had already arrived, collected the body and relics, and carried the coffin back to his hometown. Of course the government didn't suspect anything, and they were a little lucky that the family didn't insist on them solving the case as soon as possible, which made people feel relieved.
Hai Jiao said: "I haven't heard of any survivors. If I hadn't thought that Xu Jiashu's words sounded familiar, I would have thought that he had died in last night's murder in his previous life, and I didn't think that he could have escaped. .”
Therefore, he felt that he might be overthinking: "He is from Zunhua Prefecture, not far from Yongping Mansion. Could it be that I am used to the accents of Grandpa and Uncle Cui, so I feel that he speaks Sound familiar?"
Haitang muttered: "Grandpa has been speaking standard Mandarin for decades. Uncle Cui's accent is more obvious, but his wording habits are very different from Xu Jiashu's. How could you think that their tone of voice is similar?" It's far from it, okay? ?
Hai Jiao said sarcastically: "I can't figure it out, right? So I have to try any guess."
Haitang tilted his head: "Forget it, let's not think about Xu Jiashu's problem for now. Since you feel that you knew him in your previous life, and you will get along with him more in the future, and the familiarity will deepen, you will think of it sooner or later. Now let's think about it from another angle. This case. Xu Jiashu is very taboo about the second wife of the Jin family. He doesn't want them to come to handle Jin Juren's funeral, but he doesn't admit that he is Jin Juren's eldest son. What's the reason? The second brother of the Jin family is not very powerful, so Xu Jiashu is because Why are you afraid of them?"
The second wife of the Jin family has no wealth, power, or influence. Why is Xu Jiashu afraid of them? When they come to Chang'an, how can they threaten Xu Jiashu?
Hai Jiao pondered for a moment and said: "I don't know what the second brother of the Jin family has to rely on to make Xu Jiashu refuse to recognize his biological father, and give up the wealth of the whole family as soon as they say it, but...Jin Juren's reputation gave me a little inspiration."
He glanced at his sister: "Empress Dowager Xu has always had a good reputation. The most criticized thing is her excessive indulgence and praise of her ex-husband's relatives, making them live like serious relatives. And the two brothers in that family, one is named Jin Xin and the other is It’s called Jin Miao, isn’t it a coincidence?”
(End of chapter)
