"Third brother?!" The person next to Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw the person who stumbled in.

Although Shen Ji'an's posture when he came in was not very good-looking, he immediately stood firm, dusted off his clothes and bowed to Xiao Qi and Shen Jitang first, "Old Mr. Xiao, second brother, excuse me." ”

Xiao Qi didn't say anything, just glanced at it and nodded slightly to understand.

Shen Jitang was very surprised, although Shen Ji'an was usually a little out of tune, he would not do such a thing as eavesdropping, which was ungentlemanly, "Tell me first, what were you doing just now?"

Shen Ji'an smiled a little embarrassed, and explained dryly, "Second brother, where do you want to go, I just happened to be about to knock on the door and come in, who knew that the door opened from the inside, and I was a little unstable and crashed in." ”

"Second brother. Shen Jitang was about to say something, when he suddenly heard Shen Jizhong's voice at the door, and raised his eyes to see that it was Shen Jizhong who was dressed in regular clothes.

Shen Jizhong walked in and gave Xiao Qi a student salute before he spoke: "Please forgive me for disturbing the conversation between Mr. Xiao and the third brother." Since Mr. Xiao is visiting today, it really makes our Shen family shine, and the students have admired Mr. Xiao for a long time. ”

Xiao Qi didn't care about waving his hand, "You don't have to be polite, Jitang is not only my disciple but also my son-in-law, I have a family friendship with your Shen family, that is, relatives, but I, an old man, don't like to move around on weekdays, but relatives don't have to be like this, since you are here, come in and sit together." ”

After speaking, he took the lead and walked indoors, Shen Ji'an walked at the end and closed the door, and couldn't help but run to Shen Jitang's side and muttered in a low voice, "Don't blame me today, it's the eldest brother who wants me to come." ”

Shen Jizhong, who was walking in front, didn't hear it directly, Shen Jitang faintly threw a look of "if it wasn't eavesdropping, it was also forced by the eldest brother", and held back the big call that Shen Ji'an had originally prepared.

Xiao Qi only sat on the top left, Shen Jitang accompanied him, and Shen Jizhong and Shen Ji'an sat opposite each other.

Shen Jitang briefly said that he was just discussing with the teacher about the last time he was displaced, and he was talking about the last Jiangnan Province flood relief funds and relief food. After all, Shen Jizhong was in the cabinet, and he knew more things than Shen Jitang, so he picked up what he could say and told everyone.

There are many things in the imperial court that are not just a right and wrong can be clearly explained, everyone said for a while but slowly turned to learning, Xiao Qi is a scholar, and it is rare that the three brothers of the Shen family are very solid in learning, and everyone is talking about the deed.

Originally, whether it was Shen Jitang, Shen Jizhong and Shen Ji'an, they all intended to keep Xiao Qi to live in the Shen family for a while, but Xiao Qi pushed it back, only saying that he came casually today, and now he should return. Old Mr. Xiao has always been like this, and the three brothers are not good to stay long, and when the words are transmitted back to the backyard Zhou knows, they will send the old man to the gate of the Shen family together, and personally see Xiao Qi and Zhou's carriage immediately.

"Big brother, is the last imperial examination fraud case going to be finalized?" before sending off Mr. and Mrs. Xiao Qi, Shen Jitang asked Shen Jizhong in the study.

Shen Jizhong glanced at Shen Jitang with some surprise, "Second brother, why do you say that?"

As soon as he heard Shen Jizhong's words, although he asked rhetorically, he did not deny what he asked just now, and he felt a little bottom in his heart.

"Today, the teacher came, I think it's just to remind us of the Shen family, although the teacher didn't say it specifically, I see what he revealed, I'm afraid that the fraud case will be finalized in the next few days, and the saint may plan to retake this subject, and the examiner is likely to be his father-in-law. ”

"Huh?" Shen Jitang's last sentence immediately caused both Shen Jizhong and Shen Ji'an to be surprised, Shen Ji'an was a little unconvinced, "Second brother, you can't hear it wrong, right? Although everyone admits that your father-in-law is very knowledgeable, it is impossible for him to be the chief examiner, and he is not an official in the court." ”

However, Shen Jizhong turned things around in his mind, and somewhat understood, "This is perhaps, although people like Mr. Xiao are not officials in the imperial court, but most of them have virtual civil officials and civil servants who have been enshrined by the imperial court. ”

"Well, I think so too, but I see what the teacher means, it seems that this time the affairs of the displaced people let us pay attention, I am afraid that there will be something wrong. Shen Jitang asked Shen Ji'an again, "Those homeless people brought to Zhuangzi must be watchful, and there must be no chaos." ”

"Don't worry, I personally took someone to arrange it, and it will definitely be fine. Although Shen Ji'an is not concerned about general affairs, he still has some self-confidence.

Shen Jizhong asked on the side, "But what did the old gentleman say?"

"The teacher didn't say anything specifically, but only mentioned it, and I said that our Shen family is looking at flowers now, but the foundation of the court is not stable, so let's be careful about everything on weekdays. However, I pondered, the teacher not only reminded me, but also talked about the affairs of the homeless people, and the case of fraud in the imperial examination that we speculated was to be decided. ”

Shen Ji'an frowned, he was most impatient with these entanglements, "These people are really full of food all day long and have nothing to do, the young master can't go out of the city to do anything to them." Big brother, second brother, you don't have to worry, if you really say that De'an was trapped outside the city, I just left the city, anyway, I still have the title of county horse master on my head. ”

Shen Jizhong and Shen Jitang didn't really care much about this matter, but they were worried that if someone talked about it, it would mean that someone had been staring at the Shen family, but they were afraid that they would really have to be more cautious in the future.

"Third brother, I don't think it's as good as this, you just secretly give Dali Temple a plea first, and make this matter clear, Dali Temple will not be good, after all, the county lord was attacked in the suburbs of Beijing, and the court will only cover it up first. In this way, Dali Temple was informed in advance, and people did not know the ghosts, and when the time came, someone really took this to talk about things, uh, Dali Temple is not vegetarian. ”

Shen Ji'an raised his eyebrows in an instant and gave a thumbs up, "High, high! Second brother, no wonder it is rumored outside that Second Master Shen is a Bodhisattva-faced Yama King's heart, so I'll go back and write an excerpt." ”

Shen Jizhong also saw what Shen Jitang meant, since someone came to move the Shen family, he deliberately left a flaw that some people thought would be, and if someone really talked about it at that time, it would be enough for him to eat a pot. Although Shen Jizhong loyally pursues the way of a gentleman, he is not so pedantic as to know that someone has a heart for the Shen family, and he is stupid enough to let the Shen family go when his conscience finds out. Therefore, he only drank tea silently and did not stop the two younger brothers from discussing.

*******

As soon as Xiao Qi and the Zhou family left, the Shen family sisters gathered in Shen Junqian's courtyard.

"Sixth sister, quick, take out the painting and take a look. Shen Junluo was the most polite, and when she arrived at the door of the room, she couldn't help but urge.

Shen Junying walked behind her, and said with a smile when she heard the words, "The fifth sister is so anxious to tell our purpose, this makes us so embarrassed, why did you come here to the sixth sister, you are here to say that you are here to see the sixth sister!"

"Hmph, if you like to pretend, take the sixth sister as a fool to coax that. Shen Junwei sarcastically mocked Shen Junying, and said to Shen Junqian with a smile, "The sixth sister and the fifth sister have always been as good as a person, where do you care about this, sixth sister, don't you say?"

Shen Junqian smiled, "They are all sisters, so what's the difference, the sisters all come into the house, let's sit and talk." ”

Without waiting to be steady, Shen Junluo couldn't help but instruct Su Ying to pull the sleeves of her clothes and whisper, "Do you know where your girl hid her grandfather's paintings? ”

Because Shen Junqian and Shen Junluo have a good relationship with each other, and the maids and daughters of the two of them are skilled, and they know Su Ying's temperament, they have never been curious about these things, and now they must have been instructed by the fifth girl, Shen Junluo.

Su Ying saw that she was smiling and looked over, and knew that she was an understanding person, so she shrugged her shoulders and made a "You know, I have no choice" action.

Zhan Yi nodded secretly, and Yu Guang saw that although Shen Junluo was talking to the sisters, she had a pair of ears pricked up, obviously paying attention to the conversation here. At the moment, he deliberately raised his voice slightly so that Shen Junluo could hear it, "Sister Suying, it's really not that I don't help you, Mr. Xiao's painting is what our girl is happy to do as soon as she gets it, and her own baby is not good, she won't let us touch her hands, I really don't know where Miss received it?"

When Shen Junluo heard it, she was immediately disappointed, and immediately turned to the sisters and asked Shen Junqian to draw it for everyone to see.

In fact, although Xiao Qi's paintings are rare, no matter what, the Shen family and the Xiao family are in-laws, and there will never be no paintings of this old gentleman in the family. It's just that the old gentleman has a must, and his relatives never like to give away paintings when they move around on weekdays, but they really send it, and it must be the majority of the characters who write gongbi, but Mr. Xiao's most praised is the freehand scenery, which is indeed extremely rare. Because the old gentleman's favorite thing is to burn after painting, but this is the kind of thing.

I heard that this painting was temporarily painted by Xiao Qi when he saw the good scenery on the way to Shen's house, and it must be a freehand spring landscape. When listening to Shen Junqian's grandmother Zhou's chat in Shou'an Hall before, he mentioned that Mr. Xiao was originally going to take this painting back to burn, so Shen Junqian asked for it, so Zhou snatched it and gave it to his granddaughter.

When Zhou said, everyone was envious. The painting of the master of Chinese painting Xiao Qi, if there is such a painting as a dowry, it is really a lot straighter than the waist!