Along the way, the ancient bricks in the corners of the walls reveal its vicissitudes, but the paint on the doors and windows is still fresh, the climbing vines on the walls are also growing in a regular manner, and the small pool under the shadow wall can clearly see the aquatic plants and koi at the bottom. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This inevitably leads to suspicion that the housekeeper's housewife must also have some means.

The camphor trees surrounded by three people everywhere in the patio, the inscriptions from famous artists on the lintels everywhere, and the fine agarwood incense lingering in the air all show that the Shen family is by no means a new upstart in Beijing.

According to the currency price of Daqin, the best agarwood incense must cost dozens of taels of silver to get ten plates, although the dynasty has been changed at present, but the scarcity is expensive, and it is not far from it.

However, such a wealthy family has done something to let their own two rooms and one vein, and live in a small dilapidated courtyard and be put on the nose and face by their subordinates.

Shen Xi's father, Shen Zhengxin, was a jinshi of the previous dynasty, and in the year when Li Ding, the founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, led his people to raise troops, Shen Zhengxin had just been admitted to the Shu Jishi.

It is said that the new monarch does not use the old ministers, but this war is not like anything else, in the words of Pearl, this is a "just war" that "shames the entire Tuoba people", and all the Tuoba people are glorious and have the right to dedicate what they have learned to their own nation.

Therefore, like the rest of the Tuoba officials who also served in the Great Qin Imperial Court, even if he was a protégé of the deceased monarch, after the establishment of the country, Shen Zhengxin still entered the six departments after coming out of Shujishi.

The Great Zhou Dingguo benefited the Tuoba family, not the people of the world.

But no matter what, the Shen family rose up because of this.

Within five years, Shen Zhengxin was appointed as the official Langzhong again, and he was the only one among the three sons of the Shen family who remained in Beijing.

Before he and his wife Hu died in the same year, he had been in charge of the general affairs and the middle feed, and lived in the most popular incense courtyard in the house, which was the most visited by the Shen family's guests, and was often proudly called "the only gentleman of our family" by Shen Ruopu outside, and it was the most solid room of the Shen family.

However, after their death, the status of the second room plummeted, and Shen Xi's sisters and brothers were ordered by Shen Ruopu to take the servants to live in Xing'ergou, where the ancestral tomb is located outside Beijing, in the name of filial piety.

As for the legendary "100 acres of fertile land, Wangpu Biye", they have all disappeared.

Now the only thing that can know the whereabouts for sure is the Hu family's dowry, which is still locked in the treasury of Gongzhong.

And the incense courtyard has long been locked up.

It is a fact that the status of the second room has been lost, but Shen Xi still has doubts in his heart.

In fact, at that time, she wanted to ask directly, how did Shen Zhengxin and Hu Shi die?

The fall of the second room to such a point must have a lot to do with their death. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to have such a big gap before and after their deaths.

Tiger poison does not eat children, even if it is a generation, Shen Ruopu is not really hard-hearted, and it is impossible for him to treat his grandchildren so harshly after his own son dies.

Of course, she didn't think much of it at first, but whenever she touched on the topic, Pearl sensitively diverted it, which aroused her suspicions.

It's just that she can't force her to speak, so in order not to arouse suspicion, she can only suppress this question in her heart first.

Shen Xi took in all the things he saw, and soon arrived outside Wanrong Hall.

This is the main courtyard of the Shen family, which is naturally spacious, and there is no interruption in the flow of people entering and exiting the door.

Standing in the courtyard gate and looking at it, he was about to go to the upper room, but a crescent-eyed maid came out of the oblique time, and when he came to him, he said, "Why did the girl come? The old lady is waiting in the outer study, go quickly!"

The maid was half a head taller than Shen Xi, and her waist was straight, and the sweat towel in her hand was also waving around when she spoke, which was so disrespectful, but she didn't think it herself.

Shen Xi didn't say anything, stared at her twice, and then turned around and walked out of the door.

Seeing that there was no one left, Pearl couldn't help but mutter: "That is, now they dare to do this, they want to try it in the past?

Shen Xi's gaze swept over her face, and he didn't move.

In the past, the second room was in charge, and of course, the subordinates were the only ones who obeyed the second room, and even these maids were also superior. Now that they have no power, they have lost their basic status, and they have lost the value of their knots, of course, they will not bother to pursue you again.

What is conscience to snobs?

If she still has a lot of money in her hands-

She already knew the poverty of the second room. But Shen Zhengxin has been an official for many years and has accumulated so much private property, but he has almost no money left after his death, and he has no whereabouts, which is too undeserved.

She could figure out the way to the main courtyard, but she didn't know where the outer study was.

Fortunately, Pearl didn't realize it, she just had to follow her movements.

But when I got to the bottom of the Debao Mo plaque, the cheers and questions from the study finally showed that it was too late.

Shen Xi arrived at the door, and the maid who shot a few poisonous lights at her under the corner door was the person who had asked her to kick her knee before.

"The second girl is here. ”

The maid inside the door lifted the curtain, and a notice with a laugh came out.

This maid hooked the curtain with her hands, her face was smiling, but her eyes were cool and cool, and when her eyes glanced at Shen Xi's face, she looked away.

Shen Xi glanced at the corners of her lips, raised her feet and entered the door, and with just one sweep, he saw the situation in the room thoroughly.

There were only three people in the room.

Shen Xin sat on the chair on the west side, looking confused and uneasy, similar to the appearance of the robber who had taken it by force before.

Behind the bookcase in the southeast corner sat Shen Ruopu, who was in his fifties and wearing a green robe.

Although he only glanced at it, Shen Xi also guessed from the two nasolabial folds on his cheeks that were as deep as knives carved out that this master was definitely not very easy to get along with, which was different from Zhang Jie's kind of young and gentle and introverted people, and his face was very gloomy at the moment.

In addition, there was also a forty-year-old woman wearing a purple long armor standing next to Shen Ruopu, combing an ingots bun, with two or three golden hairpins on her head, her figure was smart, and her eyes were particularly flexible.

Shen Xi couldn't tell if she was Aunt Sun or Aunt Zhou, but no matter which one it was, she only had to salute Shen Ruopu when she entered the door: "Granddaughter to meet grandfather." ”

In the past, whenever she went to Wanrong Hall, she always cowered and trembled, and she couldn't see the slightest bit of everyone's beautiful appearance, which also made Shen Ruopu have a preconceived dislike for her. But now, seeing that she acted generously and her voice was clear, her heart was a little smooth, and she moved forward with an unfolded letter in her hand, and opened her mouth in a deep voice: "I heard that you are well?"

Thanks to her grandfather's care, her granddaughter has indeed recovered. ”

Everyone has arrived, and it is no longer appropriate to pretend to be sick.

What's more, she didn't plan to use this illness to make any articles.