As time passed slowly, five years went by in a blink of an eye. This year, Wang Shiyu is already fifteen years old and has become a big girl. In another year, Wang Shiyu will hold her coming-of-age ceremony, but she doesn't care about it. She even goes back and forth between the two places every day.
A lot of things happened in these five years. After the Zhang family occupied Jining Island, they thought about expanding to the land. After all, there is no development relying solely on a small island.
However, their ambitions developed too quickly. They had no idea about the situation over there, so they hastily formulated a plan of attack. They did not realize that there was a traitor in their team, who even kept passing on information. Even every step of the Zhang family was passed on by others.
Due to the lack of information and the difference in numbers, the Zhang family's plan failed. After all, they were just scattered soldiers with no ability to resist attacks. They surrendered before the other party could make a move.
As soon as they got ashore, they were surrounded by the people around them and thrown into jail. They didn't even resist, which disappointed the soldiers who were ready to go on the shore.
Zhang Tao and his men were dejected. All their original plans for hegemony had been aborted. Zhang Tao sat in prison, silently watching the moonlight filtering through the small window, lowering his head and sighing. He shouldn't have thought of rebellion. How could he have forgotten the emperor's fear of him? Even if he reached Zhou Island, the emperor wouldn't give up on watching him. After all, he had many former subordinates. If he could just hold back a little longer, contact them directly, and rely on the regular army to lead the way, he would definitely not fail.
Now, his defeat was overwhelming, so he naturally had no desire to resist. After the jailer brought him the bowl of food, he smashed the bowl and slit his wrists to commit suicide.
He didn't even think about the situation of his sons and grandsons. Now that he has been labeled a rebel, and his entire family is with him, except for his granddaughter who is still in the palace, all the Zhang family members have been wiped out. With such a good opportunity, the emperor will definitely not let him go. In this case, he might as well choose his own way of death.
He directly chose the path of suicide. As the blood continued to drip from his hands, Zhang Tao couldn't help but think about his life.
To be honest, Zhang Tao's life has been full of ups and downs. When he was young, he was not loved by the elders in his family. Even though he was the eldest son, he did not inherit the family business. Instead, his second brother directly snatched the position of crown prince away from him.
He simply gave up writing and joined the army on the battlefield, where he managed to carve out a niche for himself. However, in his later years, he was feared by the emperor and was exiled to the island of Zhou.
But some time ago, for some unknown reason, he seemed to have been under a spell and wanted to rebel. In the five years since he left the island, his life was indeed better. However, he failed before reaching the shore. If he had known earlier, he would have waited a little longer. It was probably because they were too impatient. Without food, they simply could not survive.
To be honest, he did not regret his rebellion, but he was a little regretful that he brought everyone in his family out, leaving behind not even a single child. At this time, he thought of Wang Huan who was far away on Zhou Island. If he left someone with Wang Huan, even if something happened to him, according to Wang Huan's temperament, he would definitely treat his child well. He should not have been so decisive.
Perhaps it was because a dying man would speak kindly. At this moment, he thought of his eldest nephew whom he had cheated, but he only thought about it for a moment. The thing he regretted most was that he had taken everyone in his family on this road of no return. He also began to secretly hate the emperor for being a bad person. Otherwise, their family would have lived a life of luxury in Jinling City and would never have embarked on the path they are on today.
The curtain fell on a generation of heroes. After the death of Grandpa Zhang, the remaining members of the Zhang family were directly sent to the execution ground. This was because the dynasty now had regulations that if someone was found to be rebelling, it would be a serious crime of having their property confiscated, with no chance for argument. City lords in all places had the authority to execute them directly. It was only after all the members of the Zhang family were killed that the news reached the city of Jinling.
Because the Wang family still had some spare money, their life on Qiong Island was still somewhat better. In the past five years, Wang Shiyu only sent people to cause some minor troubles to the Wang family, but the problems were not serious. She was already satisfied just seeing that their lives were becoming increasingly difficult.
Little Ruirui has also been given a name, Mo Huaixu, taking his mother's surname. Even if he will take on the responsibility of the Mo family in the future, Mo Ruru has no memory of the past, but she can feel that there must be something wrong with her life experience. In order to reduce trouble, Mo Ruru has never taken the initiative to look for her family. The main reason is that she is scared because her own children are by her side, and she is not worried about anything. Why bother looking for relatives to make herself upset?
Wang Shiyu did not change her name with him. After all, her name was still on the Wang family's genealogy and had not been crossed out. If she wanted to change her name at this moment, it probably would not be recognized, so she was too lazy to go to the Wang family.
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