When Zhou Yunshu mentioned Zhou Jianying, the smile on Ji Mingzhu's face faded a bit.
"Met."
Zhou Yunshu looked at her grandmother's unwillingness to talk further and asked, "Sister-in-law... is she still safe?"
Several words rolled on the tip of her tongue several times before finally spitting out the word "safe".
Nothing is as important as being alive and safe.
"Have you ever heard of General Huben in the North before?"
Zhou Yunshu didn't know why Ji Mingzhu suddenly mentioned this unrelated person. She nodded, thinking that it might be because there were rumors that this self-proclaimed 'General Huben' had taken in the Zhou family army.
But this must be false, because Ji Mingzhu just said that the Zhou family's army is now in Zhou Yunqi's hands.
Ji Mingzhu dropped a bomb after Zhou Yunshu nodded, "That's her."
"Ah?!" Zhou Yunshu's eyes widened, "You said that self-proclaimed 'General Huben' is my sister-in-law? How is that possible! Isn't that a man?"
Thinking of her 'capable' little daughter, Ji Mingzhu exhaled and said, "She found a puppet. He is not young, but he is a martial arts prodigy. He knows everything and only listens to her words."
Ji Mingzhu never thought that the first person in her family to dare to rebel openly this week would be her little daughter.
Zhou Yunshu took a deep breath, "Then my sister-in-law will meet Ji Sheng..."
Ji Mingzhu waved her hand and said: "The land she led her men to conquer is close to the mountains. Many of her men are mountain people. Once you dig into the mountains, it will be difficult to find them as long as you don't set fire to the mountains."
"Moreover." Ji Mingzhu picked up the ginseng tea next to her and said to Zhou Yunshu, "Didn't you hear that Ji Sheng was missing?"
"I heard about it."
Ji Mingzhu showed a hint of ridicule at the corner of her mouth and said to Zhou Yunshu: "Guess how he disappeared?"
To be honest, even though Zhou Yunshu and Ji Sheng have been married for several years, they don't know much about each other.
The only thing Zhou Yunshu can be sure of is that Ji Sheng is definitely not a master who will suffer losses.
"I'll just take a guess and you'll hear it."
Ji Mingzhu nodded. She also wanted to see Zhou Yunshu's political sensitivity.
"The King of Qi was in the northwest to attack the self-proclaimed king Chen Fangping. He couldn't attack for a long time and lost several cities. I guess the court wanted Ji Sheng to go and help the King of Qi."
Ji Mingzhu smiled and nodded, "Then do you think Ji Sheng will go?"
Zhou Yunshu thought for a few seconds and shook her head.
"So he disappeared. He disappeared before we left Cangzhou."
Zhou Yunzhi said from the side: "Some people suspect that Tiele or the Eastern Turks kidnapped Ji Sheng, but I suspect that he went south."
Zhou Yunshu couldn't help but ask: "If he left like this, wouldn't the emperor and the court blame him if they found out?"
"What's the blame? Didn't you hear how the rumor spread? Ji Sheng disappeared after leading his army to a tragic victory."
"Even if the court and the emperor know that he is missing, and even if they can't find him for the time being, believe it or not, it won't be long before news comes from the north that Ji Sheng has been found."
Zhou Yunshu thought for a moment and understood, "You mean, no matter whether he is dead or alive, the imperial court needs his name to suppress the Tiele and Eastern Turks in the north who are afraid of Ji Sheng."
"Yes." Ji Mingzhu said with a smile: "He can also avoid the imperial court's dispatches and the infighting between brothers."
Zhou Yunshu lowered her eyes, what was he doing at this time in his previous life?
As for fighting, she only knew that he was fighting, leading troops to fight in the north. As for the rest, she knew nothing about it.
Zhou Yunshu slowly tightened her hand. No matter when, no one should be blindfolded, ears covered, and lose the right to choose.
"He always has an idea."
"Then do you think he can beat his brother to get to that position?" Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu and asked.
Zhou Yunshu fumbled with the back of the chair with her right hand and said to Ji Mingzhu, "I don't know."
"I only know that no matter what he does, we must settle down in Haizhou and make Haizhou the territory of our Zhou family."
Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu and slowly raised the corners of her mouth, "That's good."
She was afraid that one day Ji Sheng would really ascend to that position, and Zhou Yunshu, who was supposed to be the queen, would regret it.
Zhou Yunshu said: "Grandma, there are square walls everywhere in the capital, but Haizhou has a vast territory and extends in all directions. I am used to seeing such a vast and free world. I will not go back and be a canary."
"That's good." Ji Mingzhu never thought that women should live in that square yard.
Now that they can come out, Ji Mingzhu doesn't want them to go back.
Ji Mingzhu's face looked a little tired, and Zhou Yunshu, who originally wanted to ask her how she identified the bodies of her father and second uncle, swallowed her words silently.
When Zhou Yunshu sent Ji Mingzhu into the room, Fang Huiwen also walked in from outside the room.
"Go back to the room or stay outside for a while?" Fang Huiwen asked looking at her husband who was in high spirits.
"Go to the study room in the front yard, I want to go and have a look."
"good."
Fang Huiwen couldn't move Zhou Yunzhi, but fortunately Shiliu was now waiting by Zhou Yunzhi's side. She could just talk to him wherever she wanted.
After lunch, the wheelchair specially customized by Zhou Yunshu for Zhou Yunzhi was delivered.
The original wheelchair had wooden wheels. Considering that wooden wheels were easily damaged and bumpy, Zhou Yunshu asked Yan Shilei to find a piece of strong, tanned cowhide to make the wheels.
Not to mention, this is indeed much more comfortable than wooden wheels.
With this wheelchair, Zhou Yunzhi can walk back and forth by himself in just one afternoon.
In order to make him more comfortable, Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen specially made cushions and backrests to put on Zhou Yunzhi's wheelchair so that he could be more comfortable.
After Zhou Yunshu also observed it all afternoon, he drew up a new design based on the advantages and disadvantages of the wheelchair in front of him, and found better materials and asked the carpenter to customize two wheelchairs for Zhou Yunzhi that were more comfortable than the current one and better suited to his physical needs.
With the wheelchair, Zhou Yunzhi completely regained his vitality. Not only did he practice by himself, he also put Yuan Li and Yuanyi's little ones on his lap and played with them.
When Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen watched Zhou Yunzhi playing until he fell down and laughed, they both felt distressed and felt that it was good that he was doing this, which was better than lying on the bed lifeless.
It was at night when Fang Huiwen looked at the open wound on Zhou Yunzhi's leg that she couldn't help but scratch Zhou Yunzhi's body a few more times in hidden areas.
The last time she accidentally caught his face and was questioned by her mother-in-law, Fang Huiwen felt so guilty that her face almost turned red.
"You are still like a child at such an old age. This wound is opening every day. When will it heal?"
Zhou Yunzhi grabbed Fang Huiwen's hand and said, "I'm happy today, but I won't be like this again in the future."
Maybe his sister treats him as a normal person; maybe he is not a useless person in her eyes; maybe he finds that he still has value in this family.
So the moment he got the wheelchair, a ray of light shone into Zhou Yunzhi's gloomy heart.
He will definitely take good care of the women and children at home for his father and second uncle, for sure!
