Fight the Giants

  Chapter 538 Don't want to

   Zhang Jin almost couldn't hold back his heart and jumped out.

  He is different from the Duke of the State. The Duke of the State has a heart for the emperor, the country, and soldiers in the army. The Duke of the State is often away from home in the barracks, so he is very considerate of the hard work of the women at home.

  I trust everyone in the family from top to bottom.

  But Zhang Jin is different. He has grown accustomed to listening to the intrigues of wealthy families, and he knows that the battle in the back house is no weaker than that on the battlefield.

  He felt a sudden jump in his heart, always feeling that something was about to break through the thick fog and burst out.

  Zhang Jin didn't go back home, but went directly to Zhang's Zhuangzi.

  Wu had no status back then, but Mrs. Wang did not have status? The manpower on Zhuangzi has changed several times. Zhang Jin went there, so naturally he couldn't find anything.

  Even the Zhuangtou’s family is no longer in the Zhang family. I heard that they have lost their registration and don’t know where they went.

  Finding nothing, Zhang Jin went back to the mansion. Tossed and turned at night unable to sleep. My head is full of stories told by the storyteller.

  The next morning, pretending to be casual, he asked the housekeeper for the list of servants in the mansion. I searched through the roster, but I couldn't find the servants who served Mrs. Li back then.

not a single one.

   Not only did Mrs. Li come in as a dowry, but even the servants sent by the mansion to serve in Mrs. Li's yard back then, from nuns to maids to rough envoys, there were none.

  Zhang Jin knew something was wrong.

  Legs are too weak to stand.

  In the fourth year of Jianwen, he followed the Duke of the State and stayed in the ranks of the Yan Army. In order to prevent the old emperor's troops from counterattacking, he and the Duke of the State had been guarding the Beiping Mansion and the fiefdom of the King of Yan.

  But it's not that they haven't received the news from Beijing.

  At that time, Mrs. Li was pregnant again after nearly six years. The Duke was very happy, and collected a lot of things, and prepared to take them back to Mrs. Li.

  Even the name of the young master has been chosen. It is taken following the words of the young lady.

  He still remembers it as "Zhang Yuzhong."

  But when King Yan broke the capital and news of his accession to the throne reached Peiping, there was also news that Mrs. Li had a dystocia and two dead bodies, and even the eldest lady followed with grief.

  Back then, the capital was in turmoil, and the Duke was not able to come back to see Mrs. Li and Missy off in the end.

   Miss, if she is alive, she will be almost sixteen years old.

  Miss, what do you look like?

  In the Zhang family’s ancestral grave, Zhang Jin squatted in front of the tombs of Mrs. Li and Missy.

  While burning the paper, she stared at the little tomb of the young lady in a daze.

  Children who die young do not have tombstones, and there are no memorial tablets in the ancestral hall, so they cannot enjoy the incense of future generations. The small tomb is all alone, leaning against Mrs. Li's side.

   It has been ten years, and Zhang Jin can hardly remember what the eldest lady looks like.

   Miss, are you in there?

  Ms. Wu didn't have a middle supporter in charge of the Duke's mansion, so naturally she didn't know Zhang Jin's actions, but Mrs. Wang, who had always been in charge of the government, knew about it.

   called Zhang Jin over.

   "I heard that you asked the housekeeper for the roster of servants?"

  Zhang Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he decided to do it.

  Wang looked at him fixedly, and after a while he said: "Why check the roster of servants, who are you looking for?"

   Mrs. Tai's voice was cold and cold, which made Zhang Jin break out in a cold sweat.

He lowered his eyes and stared at the floor tiles in front of him: "The two youngest sons have reached the age of marriage. These years, our father and son have been in the army with the Duke of the country, and we have not known anyone. People's roster, see if there is any suitable one. It's a little self-determination, and I hope Mrs. Tai will forgive me."

   After speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed hard.

  Ms. Wang quietly waited for him to finish kowtowing, without speaking, just staring at his head.

   "I heard that some time ago, the Duke of the State reprimanded Wu, saying that her natal brother was looking for a sixteen-year-old girl and a ten-year-old boy. Do you know about this?"

Layers of sweat broke out on Zhang Jin's forehead, and he didn't dare to make any unnecessary movements, so he responded carefully: "I know. I heard from the Duke that my wife's natal brother is looking for the envoy of the Sea God for the Fanren, and wants to worship the Sea God. Praying for a safe voyage.”

   "The Wu family, are you still looking for it?"

   "The little ones don't know. It's the end of the year, and the Duke's army has a lot of affairs, and the younger ones are all running errands for the Duke."

   "What are you doing for the Duke?"

"this…"

  After a long while, Wang waved: "Forget it, I don't want to ask. The imperial court and military affairs are not something that a housewife like me can inquire about. Let's go now. If there is a suitable girl, I will send someone to inform your family."

   "Yes. Thank you Mrs. Tai." Zhang Jin kowtowed again, leaned over and walked backwards out of the flower hall.

  After coming out, the cold wind blows and shivering, even the toes are shaking.

  Master Guo, why are you going back to the Beiping Army? Take the little one with you.

  Huo Xi also felt that there was no good way for her to procrastinate. Seeing Nian'er doing her homework in front of her, practicing martial arts and marksmanship, she felt sorry for her brother.

   "Nian'er, do you want to go back and find it, father?"

  Huo Nian was stunned, "Sister, do you want to?" He looked at Huo Xi intently.

  Huo Xi didn't want to lie to him, so he shook his head.

"I don't even think about it. Sister, isn't it good that we are like this now? We have a father, a mother, a younger brother, an uncle and a daughter, and the family is not short of money, and Nian'er can afford to study. In this way, Is it not good?"

   And the mother is gone. My sister said that my father had other children. Nian'er doesn't really want to go back and meet her relatives. He didn't know him. What if he treats himself badly.

  Nian'er has never lived in that family, and never enjoyed his father's love. He has no affection for that family. He didn't know what it meant to him to go back and meet his relatives.

  Huo Xi was silent.

   stroking his head: "But sister misses going back to recognize relatives. Doesn't Nianer want to be a high-status person? Don't you want to be bullied?"

  Huo Nian lowered his head and pointed his fingers in a daze.

   "But are parents still parents?" Eyes are full of fear, afraid that parents will no longer be parents.

  Since learning that he was adopted and his parents were not relatives, Huo Nian became even more clingy to Huo Erhuai and Yang. Huo Xi understands this kind of feeling, and she is afraid of losing it. Whenever she is free, her eyes will look around.

   Seeing that they are still by my side, I feel relieved.

  Huo Erhuai and Yang's love him even more. Huo Erhuai will not leave the capital now, even if he returns to Zhuangzi, he will come back the same day.

  Huo Xi knew that Nian'er was afraid. But just because he is afraid, he can't stop returning to his identity.

   After two days, Dong Chuxue got married, and Huo Xi brought Nian'er and Mu Jie to the door to congratulate her.

  Bring Mu Jie, one is to add some face to Dong Chuxue, and the other is that Mu Jie likes to join in the fun.

  Now as long as there are people in Qionghua Lane who have a wedding, they will invite family members, and occasionally invite a few children from the family to be wedding dolls. Mu Jie is very happy, and he always goes to join in the fun.

   As for Zhang Jin, in order to dispel Mrs. Tai's suspicion, they stopped for a few days.

  Finally came to Huo's house to squat again this day, and this time he met an unexpected person.

  (end of this chapter)