Chapter 149 The Rebellion
When Zhou Yunshu mentioned Zhou Jianying, the smile on Ji Mingzhu's face faded a little.
“I met him.”
Seeing her grandmother's reluctance to talk, Zhou Yunshu still asked, "Auntie...are you safe?"
The words rolled around on her tongue several times before she finally uttered the word "safety".
Nothing is more important than being alive and safe.
"Have you ever heard of the Tiger General of the North before?"
Zhou Yunshu didn't know why Ji Mingzhu suddenly mentioned this irrelevant person. She nodded, thinking that it might be because there were rumors that this self-proclaimed "General Hu Ben" had taken in Zhou's army.
But this should be false, because Ji Mingzhu just said that the Zhou family army is now in Zhou Yunqi's hands.
After Zhou Yunshu nodded, Ji Mingzhu dropped a bombshell, "It's her."
"Ah?!" Zhou Yunshu's eyes widened. "You said that the self-proclaimed 'General Tiger' is my aunt? How is that possible! Isn't that a man?"
Ji Mingzhu thought of her 'capable' little daughter and sighed, "She found a puppet. He's not young, but he's a martial arts prodigy. He understands everything and only listens to her."
Ji Mingzhu never imagined that the first person in the Zhou family who dared to openly rebel would be her own little daughter.
Zhou Yunshu took a deep breath, "Then my aunt will meet Ji Sheng..."
Ji Mingzhu waved her hand and said, "The territory she led her men to conquer is close to the mountains. Many of her men are mountain dwellers. Once they hide in the mountains, it will be difficult to find them unless they set the mountains on fire."
"Besides," Ji Mingzhu picked up the ginseng tea beside her and said to Zhou Yunshu, "Didn't you hear that Ji Sheng is missing?"
"I heard."
Ji Mingzhu showed a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his 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 could be sure of was that Ji Sheng was definitely not someone who would suffer a loss.
"I'm just guessing for you to listen to."
Ji Mingzhu nodded. She also wanted to see Zhou Yunshu's political sensitivity.
"The King of Qi is fighting against Chen Fangping, the self-proclaimed king, in the northwest. He's been unable to capture the city and has lost several cities. I suspect the court wants Ji Sheng to go and aid 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 on the side: "Some people suspect that it was Tiele or the Eastern Turks who abducted Ji Sheng, but I suspect he went south."
Zhou Yunshu couldn't help but ask, "If he just left like that, wouldn't the emperor and the court blame him if they knew?"
"Why blame me? Didn't you hear the rumors? Ji Sheng disappeared after leading his army to a tragic victory."
"Even if the court and the emperor knew he was missing, even if they couldn't find him for the time being, believe it or not, it wouldn't be long before news came from the northern border that Ji Sheng had been found."
Zhou Yunshu thought for a moment and understood. "You mean, regardless of whether he's dead or alive, the court needs his name to intimidate the Tiele and Eastern Turks in the northern border who are frightened by Ji Sheng's attack."
"Yes." Ji Mingzhu said with a smile, "He can also avoid the imperial court's deployment and the open and covert fighting among 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 other things, she knew nothing.
Zhou Yunshu slowly clenched her hands. No matter what time it is, people should not be blindfolded, have their ears covered, and lose the right to choose.
"He always has ideas."
"Then do you think he can defeat his brothers and reach that position?" Ji Mingzhu asked Zhou Yunshu.
Zhou Yunshu groped 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 gain a foothold in Haizhou and make Haizhou our Zhou family's territory."
Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu and the corners of her mouth slowly rose. "That's good."
She was afraid that one day Ji Sheng would really ascend to that position, and Zhou Yunshu, who was supposed to become the queen, would regret it.
Zhou Yunshu said, "Grandma, the capital is full of square walls, but Haizhou is vast and well-connected. I'm used to such a vast and free world. I won't go back to be a canary."
"That's good." Ji Mingzhu never thought that women should live in that square courtyard.
Since they can get out, Ji Mingzhu doesn't want them to go back.
Ji Mingzhu's face showed a little more fatigue, which made Zhou Yunshu, who originally wanted to ask her how she recognized the bodies of her father and second uncle, swallow her words silently.
When Zhou Yunshu sent Ji Mingzhu into the room, Fang Huiwen also walked in from outside.
"Do you want to go back to the room or stay outside for a while?" Fang Huiwen asked her husband, who looked much more energetic.
"Let's go to the study in the front yard. I want to take a look."
"good."
Fang Huiwen couldn't move Zhou Yunzhi, but fortunately Sixteen was serving Zhou Yunzhi now, so he could just tell him where he wanted to go.
After lunch, the wheelchair that Zhou Yunshu specially made for Zhou Yunzhi was delivered.
The original wheelchair had wooden wheels. Considering that wooden wheels were easily damaged and prone to bumps, Zhou Yunshu asked Yan Shilei to find a piece of strong nitrated cowhide to make wheels.
You know what, this is indeed much more comfortable than wooden wheels.
With this wheelchair, Zhou Yunzhi was able to walk back and forth by himself in just one afternoon.
In order to make him more comfortable, Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen specially made a seat cushion and backrest for Zhou Yunzhi's wheelchair so that he could feel a little more comfortable.
After observing for an entire afternoon, Zhou Yunshu made a new design based on the advantages and disadvantages of the wheelchair in front of her. She then looked for better materials and asked the carpenter to customize two wheelchairs for Zhou Yunzhi that would be more comfortable and better suited to his physical needs than the current one.
With the wheelchair, Zhou Yunzhi has completely regained his vitality. Not only does he practice by himself, he also puts Yuan Li, Yuan Yi and other children on his lap and plays with them.
When Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen saw Zhou Yunzhi laughing while falling down while playing, they felt distressed but also thought that he was doing well, as it was better than lying in bed lifeless.
That night, when Fang Huiwen looked at the broken wound on Zhou Yunzhi's leg, he couldn't help but scratch the invisible parts of Zhou Yunzhi's body a few times.
The last time she accidentally caught his face and was questioned by her mother-in-law, Fang Huiwen's face turned red with guilt.
"You're so old but still acting like a child. This wound keeps breaking open. How long will it take to 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 it was because his sister treated him as a normal person; maybe it was because he was not a useless person in his sister's eyes; maybe it was because he discovered that he still had value in this family.
So the moment he got the wheelchair, a ray of light came into Zhou Yunzhi's gloomy heart.
He will definitely take good care of the women and children in the family for his father and second uncle, definitely!
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