Chapter 140: Thousands of Arrows Piercing the Heart
Ji Mingzhu acted as if she hadn't noticed the tragic scene inside the hall. She stared at the main door and said, "Your grandfather was pierced by thousands of arrows and hung on the city gate. His body didn't look very nice, so I cremated it and brought it back."
She turned her head expressionlessly and looked at Zhou Yunshu, "Although you and Ji Sheng are divorced, you still have to thank him if you have the chance in the future."
"Thank him for saving your brother from Tiele, and thank him for burying the Zhou family's body."
Zhou Yunshu covered her chest and vaguely heard Ji Sheng's name amid the tinnitus in her ears.
"The Zhou family has not committed treason, nor has they betrayed the Ji family."
Ji Mingzhu suddenly sneered and said, "If the evil spirits and demons use their schemes and tricks to plot against our family, then they must be prepared to pay with blood and have their family destroyed."
"Grandma." Zhou Yunshu looked up at Ji Mingzhu.
Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu, who was looking at her with worry, and said, "Grandma, it's okay. I'm in such a good condition that I can definitely outlast Ji Mingyuan."
After Ji Mingzhu finished speaking, the crying in the main room suddenly stopped. The eerie silence seemed to strangle everyone's neck. They looked at the expressionless old woman in the hall in astonishment and fear, feeling as if gusts of cold wind pierced into their bones.
The Grand Princess’ words, these words…!
Zhou Yunshu looked outside the house for the first time, and only felt relieved when she saw Chuwu and Chuqi guarding the front and back yard doors and outside the house respectively.
There were no outsiders in the house.
Ji Mingzhu looked at the fear in the eyes of others and the calmness in her granddaughter's eyes, and the corners of her mouth finally rose slightly.
"Shu'er."
When Zhou Yunshu heard Ji Mingzhu calling her, she stood up obediently and went to Ji Mingzhu's side.
"Yunjia."
"Grandma, I'm here." Zhou Yunjia's voice was choked with sobs, but he still tried to look calm.
Just like his grandmother said, his father died and he was the only one left among the three grandsons from the second wife, so he had to make himself stand on his own feet.
"Go get a chair for your third sister."
"yes."
Zhou Yunjia struggled to carry Zhou Yunshu's chair and put it next to Ji Mingzhu. Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunjia's frail body and said, "Starting tomorrow, you will practice martial arts with Chuqi."
When Zhou Yunjia heard the word "Chuqi", he swallowed silently, but still nodded.
The first to tenth generations were specially trained by Emperor Ruizong of Zhou for his beloved daughters; the eleventh to twentyth were his disciples.
Zhou Jianzhi and Zhou Jianzhang were taught martial arts by their grandfather Zhou Cungao and grandmother's personal guard Chusan since childhood; in their generation, Zhou Yunzhi and Zhou Yunhai, as the eldest sons of their respective families, were taught by Zhou Cungao and Chusan; Zhou Yunqi and Zhou Yunkun were taught by their respective fathers and Chuqi.
Because Zhou Yunshu and her younger sister Zhou Jianying were raised by Ji Mingzhu's side, Zhou Cungao and Ji Mingzhu's personal guards would go into battle whoever was free.
In the entire Zhou family, only Zhou Yunjia did not practice martial arts diligently because he loved reading. Or perhaps there were enough men in the family who learned martial arts, so it was not bad to have someone like Zhou Yunjia who was into literature.
But that was in the past. Now, among the men in the Zhou family, especially the second branch, only Zhou Yunjia is left, so he must pick up the martial arts.
Even if he couldn't become as good as his father and brother, at least he wouldn't have to work so hard to move a stool.
"Can't you speak?"
Ji Mingzhu's voice was not loud, even gentle, but everyone in the hall straightened their backs unconsciously.
Zhou Yunjia puffed out his chest and raised his head to Ji Mingzhu and said, "I understand, Grandma!"
Ji Mingzhu turned to look at Zhou Yunshu, "You did a great job."
"grandmother."
"So, I believe you will do better in the future."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu, took a deep breath and said, "Grandma, what do you want me to do?"
"You're doing very well now." Ji Mingzhu stroked Zhou Yunshu's face, "No one is more suitable to be the head of the Zhou family than you."
Zhou Yunshu stood up from her chair upon hearing this, and everyone in the hall looked at Ji Mingzhu.
You know, the previous head of the Zhou family was Zhou Cun Gao, and at this time Ji Mingzhu actually meant to directly hand over the position of head of the family to Zhou Yunshu.
After Ji Mingzhu finished speaking, Li Jialan subconsciously glanced at her sister-in-law and Zhou Yunjia. She suppressed the tears in her eyes and took the initiative to say to Ji Mingzhu, "Mother, Shu'er is a girl after all. Isn't the position of head of the family always inherited by the men in the family?"
Even though Ji Mingzhu's husband and son were dead, she still had a healthy grandson from both the first and second wives.
At this time, Ji Mingzhu bypassed his grandson and directly handed over the position of head of the family to his granddaughter Zhou Yunshu, which would definitely be criticized.
Li Jialan didn't think her daughter was incompetent, but she had to ask this question because she was afraid that the second wife would have an opinion.
Speaking of which, the second house is actually in a more difficult situation than the first house. The Zhou family is already in a difficult situation now, and Li Jialan doesn't want Wu Yue to feel alienated.
"The head of the family and the heir should be the most capable ones, not to mention that Shu'er is just a daughter of the Zhou family now."
If Zhou Yunshu wants to get married in the future, she can just take a son-in-law in; if she doesn't want to get married, what's wrong with keeping a few lovers? In Ji Mingzhu's eyes, this is not a problem.
"As the eldest grandson of the eldest son's family, Yunzhi has lost his fighting spirit and has decided to give up." Ji Mingzhu's voice was calm, but the words she said were sharp.
In fact, she didn't care about Zhou Yunzhi's disability, even if he was blind in one eye and lost both legs, but as long as his hands and brain were still there, she was willing to support her eldest grandson, who was highly expected by her and her husband, to become the head of the Zhou family.
But Zhou Yunzhi disappointed her.
Emotionally, she knew that Zhou Yunzhi's fall from a favored child to a disabled person who had to rely on others for everything was a huge gap, which was understandable; but rationally, she hoped that he could still stand up after suffering all the hardships and difficulties and firmly support the entire Zhou family.
But until Ji Mingzhu left Cangzhou by boat, Zhou Yunzhi was still lying on the bed silently like a living dead, as if only a body was left.
Li Jialan couldn't help but cover her mouth and sob again, while on the other side Fang Huiwen, who was rescued by Nanny Wang, hugged her two sons and cried.
"Although Yun Qi is a man of both civil and military talents, he is reckless in his actions. He can be a good general, but he cannot be the head of a family."
"Yun Jia..."
Zhou Yunjia silently raised his head and looked at his grandmother with hope, wanting to know what his grandmother thought of him.
"Study hard and work hard to educate your children."
Zhou Yunjia was a little disappointed at first, but when he heard that his grandmother had also assigned him a task, he nodded seriously and said, "I will definitely not let Grandma down!"
Ji Mingzhu looked at his innocent little grandson, sighed in his heart, and nodded slightly.
After Fang Huiwen calmed down a bit, he said to Ji Mingzhu, "Grandma, did Yun Zhi come back with you?"
Yuan Li and Yuan Yi also looked at their great-grandmother expectantly.
"He's still at the inn. I'll have someone bring him over this afternoon."
Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen nodded repeatedly. Just like Ji Mingzhu said before, even if they were disabled, as long as they were alive, it was fine.
"grandmother."
Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu.
"Does Ji Sheng know you're coming?"
Zhou Yunshu asked this because she heard that her grandmother had contacted Ji Sheng during her trip north, otherwise she would not have rescued her eldest brother.
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