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Cheng Chi frowned when he heard this and asked, "When did that happen?"
Zhou Shaojin lowered his head and said, "It was March 24th of the year before last. I fell down by the lake, and when I woke up and opened my eyes, I was back to when I was twelve years old..."
Cheng Chi nodded.
This is consistent with what Huaishan said.
He glanced at Zhou Shaojin and said, "Then why do you care about the affairs of the Lin and Mu families? Is it the Lin family or the Mu family that has a relationship with you?"
Everything started with this, and Zhou Shaojin knew that this was a topic that could not be avoided.
She couldn't help but whispered: "Lin Shisheng, he was my husband in the previous life!"
Cheng Chi raised his eyebrows and said, "Ex-husband?"
I guess so…
Zhou Shaojin's face turned red.
Cheng Chi said, "Did you snatch the marriage of the eldest lady of the Mu family, and then the eldest lady of the Mu family became a courtesan because of the Mu family's affairs? You feel guilty, so you want to help them?"
"How could it be!" Zhou Shaojin was so anxious that he jumped up and down when he heard that. "Am I that kind of person? How could I snatch someone else's marriage? The eldest daughter of the Mu family has been engaged to Lin Shisheng since she was a child. If it weren't for this disaster, they would have been married smoothly a long time ago. But Lin Shisheng has always been obsessed with the eldest daughter of the Mu family, and later found an opportunity to take her as a concubine... I just wanted to help them!"
Is there anyone who can help like this
In her previous life, her husband took his childhood sweetheart as a concubine. As the legal wife, she was not jealous or sad, and even tried to match her husband with a concubine... Besides, the Zhou family was a family of scholars, so how could they become relatives with Lin Shisheng, who was a soldier? And she married him to the capital!
Cheng Chi glanced at Zhou Shaojin with a half-smile and said, "You two are a fake couple, right?"
"No!" Zhou Shaojin retorted subconsciously, "We are not a fake couple!"
Cheng Chi didn't believe a word of it and asked, "Why did you marry to the capital?"
Zhou Shaojin hesitated for a moment and whispered, "My brother-in-law is the matchmaker."
It was not Mrs. Guan or Zhou Zhen who acted as matchmaker, but Liao Shaotang.
This in itself is a very interesting thing.
Cheng Chi thought of Zhou Shaojin's reaction when he pulled her just now, and her resistance when he mentioned Cheng Xu... He couldn't help but look serious, and said seriously: "Shaojin, in the past life you mentioned, did Cheng Xu do anything to let you down?"
Only in this way can we explain why she left the Cheng family and why she married far away!
Zhou Shaojin's expression froze slightly.
Uncle Chi, he finally found out!
But how could she bring herself to say such a humiliating thing in front of Uncle Chi
She clenched her hands into fists and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Cheng Chi couldn't bear to see this.
What happened in the past is in the past. Why should he keep bringing it up and making her feel painful
He couldn't help but step forward and gently touch Zhou Shaojin's head, and said in a gentle voice: "If you feel uncomfortable, don't think about it. Didn't you also say that it was a matter of the previous life? You are doing well in this life, so don't think about those unhappy things in the previous life. Okay?"
Zhou Shaojin looked at Cheng Chi almost with gratitude.
She really didn't want to talk about the past anymore.
The person who made the mistake and needs to be punished doesn’t know it, but she, the victim, keeps getting hurt!
She nodded obediently.
Cheng Chi watched and sighed quietly in his heart.
Even if it was from a past life, the pain I once felt would not disappear with the passage of time. It was just hidden in a corner.
This little girl is so obedient that it makes people feel heartbroken!
I just don’t know what Cheng Xu did in his previous life
Has he fallen to the point where there is no hope
Since there was no one behind her, he had to clarify some things.
Cheng Chi pointed to the Luohan bed not far away and said, "Shao Jin, you still haven't told me why the Cheng family was confiscated? Can we sit down and talk?"
Zhou Shaojin nodded quickly.
The two of them sat down on the left and right of the Arhat bed.
Zhou Shaojin carefully told Cheng Chi what happened at that time.
Cheng Chi noticed that in Zhou Shaojin's so-called previous life, she lived alone in the Lin family's farm in Daxing.
He said: "Then it would be best to ask your brother-in-law Liao Shaotang about this matter? But Liao Shaotang does not have the ability to predict the future, and has no idea what will happen in the future..."
Zhou Shaojin was embarrassed.
What she said was as good as nothing.
Cheng Chi asked Zhou Chujin in detail when she arrived at the manor, when she left, how long she stayed at the manor, what she talked to her, when Lin Shisheng knew about it, and when he informed her of it... He asked about every detail.
Zhou Shaojin knew that Cheng Chi wanted to find some clues from it, so he answered very cautiously.
After hearing this, Cheng Chi fell into deep thought.
Zhou Shaojin sat beside him without daring to breathe, and waited until his expression eased before he said cautiously: "Uncle Chi, there is one more thing... In the previous life, Huang Li was the Minister of Rites, and Lord Mu's affairs would not be discovered until the end of this year... Now Uncle Jing is the Minister of Rites, and Lord Mu's affairs broke out ahead of time... I, I don't know if things will be exactly the same as in the previous life."
Cheng Chi had never thought of this.
He is still skeptical and thinks Zhou Shaojin must have the ability to predict the future rather than having lived a new life.
Cheng Chi was silent for a while, then said, "Then do you know when my mother died?"
For some reason, although Cheng Chi looked normal, Zhou Shaojin could feel the grief in his heart.
She pondered, "It seems to be the Bingwu year, which is the 29th year of Zhide... And the old lady and the second old master of the eldest house died one after the other... I was in the capital at the time, and I heard the news of the second old master's death first, and then I heard the news of the old lady's death... The old lady should have passed away before the second old master..."
"I heard?" Cheng Chi looked surprised and asked, "You have no contact with my mother and me since you married to the capital?"
Given his and his mother's personalities, if Zhou Shaojin was really bullied by Cheng Xu, they would definitely try their best to compensate her, and would even let their second brother adopt her as his goddaughter and support her.
But from her tone, it seemed that he and his mother had ignored her... What happened in Zhou Shaojin's past life
He couldn't help but ask, "What was I doing at that time?"
Zhou Shaojin hesitated for a moment and said, "I didn't know Uncle Chi when I was in Jiuru Lane. The last time I heard from you was in the year of Renyin, which was the twenty-fifth year of Zhide..."
That was the third year after she got married, but Cheng Xu was still pestering her. Every year on her birthday, he would kneel at the gate of her sister's house. It was Uncle Chi who showed up and dragged him away.
After that, Cheng Xu never appeared again.
Oh, she forgot one thing.
Zhou Shaojin added hurriedly: "Then it was the second year of Tianshun, when you robbed the execution ground and only saved Cheng Xu..."
Cheng Chi was shocked.
Re-examine Zhou Shaojin’s words.
According to his plan, he would hand over all the Cheng family's affairs this year, leave Jiuru Lane two years later, and completely sever ties with the Cheng family three years later... That year would be the twenty-fifth year of Zhide.
He knew that this idea was too shocking. Apart from himself, he did not even tell Huaishan, Qin Ziping and others, so it was impossible for Zhou Shaojin to know about it.
There was also the matter of robbing the execution ground.
According to Zhou Shaojin, the entire Cheng family was executed in the sixth year after he retired. He was only followed by a few trusted confidants like Huaishan and Nanny Shang. Even if he wanted to rescue the execution ground, he could only rescue one or two people at most. In that situation, given his personality, he would indeed give priority to Cheng Xu, the eldest son and grandson.
In other words, everything Zhou Shaojin said was true.
She really lived her life again.
As for Cheng Xu, I'm afraid it's not just a matter of bullying Zhou Shaojin.
Zhou Shaojin must have had a falling out with the Cheng family!
But now is not the time to pursue these things.
He has asked the little girl many questions today that were so embarrassing that she didn't know how to answer.
It’s better to inquire about it slowly when you have the chance later.
She couldn't let herself be bullied by Cheng Xu like in her previous life.
Cheng Chi asked Zhou Shaojin: "When did the ancestor of the second branch die?"
His tone had changed from light-hearted teasing to serious.
Zhou Shaojin felt it immediately.
Unable to conceal her excitement, she hurriedly said, "The year of Guimao, which is the twenty-sixth year of Zhide."
My mother finally survived that old man Cheng Xu!
Cheng Chi felt a silent sadness in his heart.
He asked Zhou Shaojin: "Who else knows about rebirth?"
"Only you know!" Zhou Shaojin said with a wry smile, "Sister doesn't believe it, and I'm afraid of scaring her."
Cheng Chi said: "She is a weak girl in the boudoir and a scholar, so naturally she cannot accept these weird things."
But why did you accept it, Uncle Chi
Zhou Shaojin really wanted to ask a question, but when the words came to her lips, she was afraid of ruining the atmosphere between them, so she swallowed the words and decided to find an opportunity to ask Uncle Chi again.
This matter is more complicated than I thought!
Cheng Chi paced back and forth in the room.
Zhou Shaojin didn't know much, but everything he knew hit the nail on the head. And judging from her tone, she changed a lot of things after her rebirth, and these things changed the ending of her previous life. Many things might not even be known to her. How they would change and develop. He and she had to sit down and analyze it carefully. After Zhou Chujin got married, would Zhou Shaojin follow Li to Baoding Prefecture...
Cheng Chi made a decision in an instant.
But before he could ask Zhou Shaojin for his opinion, Nanny Shang's slightly anxious voice came from outside the door: "Fourth Master, Miss Biyu beside the old lady is coming over. She said that the old lady knew that the second cousin was coming, and she followed the old lady's order to invite the second cousin to come over and talk..."
Who is gossiping in front of my mother
Cheng Chi looked unhappy.
Zhou Shaojin was ashamed and didn't dare to look at Cheng Chi.
When she came, she told Chunwan that if she had not returned to Wanxiangju within half an hour, Chunwan should go to the old lady in Hanbi Mountain House to find her.
Although mothers will always side with their sons, if Mrs. Guo doesn't know what happened, she will have the opportunity to take advantage of it!
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Thank you Qin Ruofan for the spirit beast egg!
PS: Today's update is a bit late, and the time is not sure, but I will try to update it around twelve o'clock.
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※(To be continued)