A month ago, He Xu was forced to leave Beijing due to debt. From then on, Yun Chu arranged for someone to follow him.
"After He Xu left Beijing, he kept walking towards Jizhou." The young man lowered his head and reported, "His hometown is not in Jizhou, but in Yangliu Village, more than 30 miles away from Jizhou City. He went to the small village in the village to Only then did he find out that He Xu’s original name was He Xu, and it turned out that his family’s surname was He. Chen Bo asked the young boy to inquire about a woman named He Lingying, but there was no family named He there. The young boy was quick to wit, and replaced He with He Cai to find out, indeed There is a person named He Lingying, who is He Xu’s biological sister.”
Yunchu's hand paused.
No wonder she searched the entire capital but couldn't find out the He family. It turned out that their surname was He.
"The younger one went to Li Zheng to ask for news. When he mentioned the He family, Li Zheng was very secretive. He smoked a dry cigarette without saying a word. The younger brother gave Li Zheng money, and Li Zheng just closed the door and never wanted to chat with the younger one again. ...The younger one stayed in Jizhou for half a month, and got to know the old ladies in the village before he found out that the He family had moved to the village more than 20 years ago. They were all old women and dissatisfied people. All the seven-year-old children were injured and miserable. In the first month after moving to the village, seven or eight people in the He family died of illness..."
"The younger generation of the He family, that is, He Xu's generation, only their brother and sister were left dead. They used the whole family's efforts to find a good in-law for He Lingying, but the younger one was incompetent and did not find out which family He Lingying married into. People.”
Chen Defu looked horrified: "Madam, more than 20 years ago, there was a big family named He in the capital that disappeared. Could it be..."
More than 20 years ago, Yun Chu was not born, but she had heard her family mention it.
At that time, Mr. He, the head of the He family, was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. That year coincided with a severe drought and seven or eight provinces in the south were hit. The court allocated 200,000 taels of silver for disaster relief. However, when the money arrived in the south, only less than Twenty thousand taels of silver... Countless victims were starved to death, countless people were displaced, and a large number of people gathered to trigger an uprising... All in all, the consequences were serious.
After the incident calmed down, the imperial court conducted a thorough investigation into the disaster relief matter. This investigation was extremely disappointing. There was corruption from top to bottom in the household department, and everything was rotten from the inside out.
As the Minister of Household Affairs, the head of the He family, although he did not commit corruption openly, would seek benefits from those officials who had been corrupted, and worked together to hide the truth from the emperor.
The court was shocked, the emperor was furious, and the investigation became more and more outrageous. All the men over the age of seven in the entire He family were sentenced to beheading, and the women and children under the age of seven were imprisoned for half a year. When they were finally released, the huge There were only about thirty people left in the family, and the court sent them back to their place of origin.
On the way to Yangliu Village in Jizhou, more than 30 people died, and more than 10 people died. When they arrived at the destination, only about 20 people were left.
And when we arrived at our destination, life was not much better, otherwise the youngest generation would not have survived only the He Xu brother and sister.
A sneer appeared on Yun Chu's lips: "It turns out that our wife, Aunt He, is the daughter of the guilty minister."
He's father was a minor official in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and his grandfather was a minister in the Ministry of Household Affairs. The He family was prosperous more than 20 years ago.
As soon as something happened, the whole family fell apart... She finally understood why Xie Shi'an had such a big opinion against the current emperor. So many clan members died at the hands of the emperor. The He family was resentful of the imperial court and the emperor, so they would naturally turn this into a family. This resentment was brought into the ordinary education, which is why Xie Shian hated the emperor at a young age...
Chen Defu was so frightened: "My lord has adopted the daughter of the He family as my aunt. If anyone knows about it, I'm afraid..."
Although the imperial court did not exile the He family's wife and children, nor did it explicitly prohibit the He family from leaving their place of origin, the guilty minister became a half-criminal, wandering thousands of miles away, and actually wandered to the capital and married a court official. If it is revealed to the Yushitai by someone who is interested, a copy of Yusheng Ginseng will be enough for the Xie family to drink a pot.
Yun Chu shook his head.
He Lingying was a weak woman, and even if she married a court official, the court would not think anything of it. The price Xie Jingyu had to pay was nothing more than being demoted one level.
However, if one of the descendants of the He family married a prince and the other entered the Imperial Academy...
The He family has a feud with the royal family, but they try their best to get close to the royal family. What will the emperor think?
If this matter is planned well, the Xie family can be brought to an end.
What needs to be done now is to make He Lingying change from Aunt He to become the eldest young master, second young master and eldest daughter of the Xie family, the biological mother of these three children.
He left Zhuangzi and returned to Xie's house.
Yun Chu went directly to Xie Jingyu's yard. This was his study room, and he had been staying here since they got married.
When she arrived, the maids were a little surprised because Yun Chu had never set foot in this yard during this period of time.
"You all stand down."
When Yun Chu spoke, the maids nodded quickly and exited in an orderly manner.
The study room was filled with books, and there was a half-written booklet by Xie Jingyu on the table. Yun Chu picked it up and took a look, but there was nothing surprising.
She searched around and found an account book among several books.
She took out the account book and saw that Juanxiu's handwriting was written by a woman:
"In the spring of the thirteenth year of Shuntian, my eldest sister was born in Yuquan. I delivered her baby, five taels."
"In the autumn of the fourteenth year of Shuntian, my eldest brother was born in Yuquan. I delivered him, seven liang."
"In the autumn of the 18th year of Shuntian, my second brother was born in Jizhou..."
The old home of the Xie family is in Yuquan, Jizhou. After Xie Jingyu was admitted to the Juren Examination, he moved to Jizhou, and later came to the capital after becoming a Jinshi... These times can all match up.
And this handwriting, after a little comparison, it is clear that it is He Lingying's handwriting.
Yun Chu smiled. Xie Jingyu really didn't have to worry about her at all. He just put such an important thing on the bookcase casually.
She put the ledger into her sleeve.
At this moment, Tingshuang's saluting voice came from outside: "I've seen you, sir."
Xie Jingyu frowned: "Why are you here?"
Tingshuang lowered her head and said, "Madam came to talk to the Lord. When she saw that the Lord was not there, she went in to rest for a while."
Just as he was talking, the door opened.
Yun Chu stood behind the door, his eyes falling on Xie Jingyu's hand: "What's in your husband's hand?"
Xie Jingyu picked up the gift box: "This is a ginseng gift from Mr. Hu."
He raised his other hand and said, "This is the tea given by Mr. Zhou."
Yun Chu twitched his lips.
It seems that after becoming King Anjing's future father-in-law, Xie Jingyu's life has gradually become more prosperous.
"What does Madam want to say to me?"
Xie Jingyu placed the gift box on the desk and looked at Yun Chu.
"Please, Aunt An Shiyu came to me to cry and want to take Brother Yun back." Yun Chu said, "Brother Yun seems to be still ill. What do you think, husband?"
Xie Jingyu frowned: "Since Brother Yun was given to Aunt He, Aunt He will educate him. If he gets sick, just call a doctor."
"That's what I mean too." Yun Chu said with a smile, "Speaking of which, Aunt He and our Xie family are somewhat destined. Aunt Tao also said this morning that Aunt He and Sister Ping can be said to look exactly the same. People who don't know about it may think that Aunt He is Sister Ping's biological mother."
Hearing this, Xie Jingyu was shocked, and his heart seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar.
He should have realized that a daughter is like her mother, and the older Sister Ping's son grows up, the more he will look like He's face...
