Chapter 245: Madam Huo is General Hu Buwei's mother
Another secret?
Su Zhenzhen had gone from being stunned by the flax at the beginning to getting used to it.
It seems that every time an NPC is refreshed, it brings out a secret that no one knows.
"You have a secret, why don't you go out and tell the world?"
The man followed the sound and raised his head even higher.
Su Zhenzhen then realized that although those bright eyes were extremely dazzling, there was not a trace of emotion in them.
This man is blind.
"You... what are your eyes?"
If his eyes had been injured by something later, they probably wouldn't be so bright now.
“I am blind. I look no different from outsiders, but I can’t see anything at all.”
"May I ask what your relationship is with General Hu Buwei?"
Those born with disabilities, in a way that balances out, are favored by Heaven and naturally live longer than ordinary people.
Survival of the fittest means that these people are better able to adapt to various environments.
Although visually impaired, his other senses are far superior to those of ordinary people.
"Mother and child."
Su Zhenzhen thought to herself, "Just as I thought," but this person already looked neither male nor female.
What secret do you want to tell me?
Could it be that General Hu Buwei did not die of old age?
The person braced himself on the ground with both hands, and his two short legs also pushed hard into the soil, forming an eerie triangle with the ground.
Su Zhenzhen felt that this was quite tiring for her, so she simply picked her up and sat down against General Hu Buwei's tombstone.
It shouldn't be a problem for a mother to lean against her son's grave, right?
“You are a good person,” the man said calmly. “You don’t mind that I have an unusual appearance. No wonder you’re the only one who has come here to take a look all these years.”
Su Zhenzhen put the person down and then sat down on the ground to wait for him to tell her the secret.
The man didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.
"Actually, I am still General Huo's mother."
Su Zhenzhen's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this.
The man added, "You seem surprised. It's my fault for not being clear. I am the mother of the second General Huo, the one whose lifespan was closest to that of General Hu Buwei. Is there a third General Huo now? That should be my grandson."
Su Zhenzhen felt as if there was a complex genealogy of relationships in her mind.
This unusual-looking old lady is the mother of General Hu Buwei and the mother of General Huo Zhenyue's father. In other words, Huo Zhenyue is Hu Buwei's nephew.
So, Mrs. Xu and Huo Zhenyue are cousins.
Chunzhi is not only the daughter-in-law of Old Mrs. Xu, but she was also raised by her since childhood. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she is treated like a daughter.
Therefore, Chunzhi is essentially Huo Zhenyue's niece.
Su Zhenzhen was shocked. After this deduction, it seemed that Chunzhi and Huo Zhenyue's Huo family army had an even closer relationship.
She is not simply the daughter of a maid in the Huo family.
"I remember that the mother of the second General Huo, who was also the wife of the first General Huo, passed away a long time ago. So why are you here now?"
Su Zhenzhen's mind quickly recalled the previously available information, which hadn't been loaded yet.
The person had already started speaking.
"I don't know if you've heard of it, but the first General Huo was originally just a country bumpkin from the south. He rose to the rank of deputy general through military merit..."
Su Zhenzhen suddenly remembered that Eighth Granny had once said that it was Madam Huo who sent Deputy General Huo to make a name for himself and change his family's status.
During the time that Deputy General Huo was away from home, Madam Huo's family pressured her to remarry.
"Didn't Vice General Huo return on the very day you remarried? The marriage shouldn't have taken place then."
The man's expression remained calm. "Xiao Ba told you this, right? Since you know about these buried things, you should also know about Emperor Chang asking me to have his child."
Su Zhenzhen asked, "Is Xiao Ba the daughter of that commander? Your husband's concubine? When I met her, everyone called her Granny Ba."
"Yes, it's her." A hint of excitement finally crept into the man's voice. "How is she now?"
He saw his daughter before he died.
"That's good, that's good." The woman's tone was calm, but the tears welling up in her seemingly calm eyes betrayed her true emotions. "After that night, I didn't know where Second Mother's child went. I just assumed that Emperor Chang had secretly dealt with her."
Su Zhenzhen couldn't bear to tell her that what Eighth Granny saw was the spirit of Huo Erniang.
That night must have been the night Emperor Chang wanted to secretly bring Madam Huo into the palace, which led to the fire at the Huo family residence.
To avoid being asked about Huo Erniang's current living conditions, Su Zhenzhen quickly changed the subject.
"After that night, were you taken away by Emperor Chang?"
I guess so.
Su Zhenzhen suddenly remembered something, "Aren't you blind? How come..."
"Young lady, if I didn't tell you, would you know there's something wrong with my eyes?"
The woman, Madam Huo, raised her chin. "Apart from close relatives, no one knows I'm blind. Although I can't see, I can still manage daily life by feeling. Even Xiao Ba doesn't know this. I can tell if someone is male or female by the depth of their breathing, and I can judge their sincerity by the speed of their voice."
Su Zhenzhen sighed inwardly. This was quite impressive. Her eyes were merely a tool for her to see the world, but that didn't prevent her from enjoying it.
"But it was precisely because I was blind that my husband went out to fight, and my parents had bad intentions."
Madam Huo's eyes welled up with tears. "My dear girl, do you know? The dowry money for a blind girl is different from that for a girl who isn't blind. Nobody in the village knows I'm blind."
That day, my parents took money from the lazybones and gave him one of my master's clothes. I smelled it and thought my master had returned. I fell asleep in a daze and gave birth to a child, which my parents then sold.
Mrs. Huo reached out and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. "We kept this a secret. Even my silly son doesn't know. He just thinks I'm wearing a lot of winter clothes. Actually, I'm freezing."
The baby was born skinny. My mother delivered the baby, and I heard her say that he only weighed a little over three pounds, and that he was unlucky. But she didn't even consider how little I ate when I was pregnant?
This is a shameful affair; even an ordinary man couldn't bear it, let alone my husband, who had become an official when he returned. I couldn't bear to humiliate him. My parents didn't dare to say anything either, after all, they were afraid of losing their son-in-law, who was an official.
I heard my mother say that the child was originally intended to be sold to a lazy man, but the lazy man couldn't afford a satisfactory price, so they planned to send him to town to be given to a wealthy family as an adopted son.
At this point, Madam Huo sighed, "I thought I would never see this child again in my life, but I never expected that Emperor Chang would bring up all these old, trivial matters."
That's when I realized that when my parents took the child to town, a lazy bum ambushed them on the road and snatched them away.
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