Chapter 131: Cotton Fight
The next day, Chen Wenhui went back to her parents' house to tell her about Chen Yuanluan.
When she came to Xiao Chen's house, Chen Wenhui handed over the child to her father and mother to play for a while, and then, Chen Yuanheng saw that her daughter had something to say, so she asked someone to take the child to the yard specially prepared for them to play, and then withdrew the people around her and asked, "Hui'er, you have something to say." ”
Chen Wenhui said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, and it's not a matter of our family, but I'm entrusted by someone." ”
Saying that, Chen Wenhui told everything she knew from Chen Wenhua about Chen Yuanluan.
Chen Yuanheng was silent.
Bai Shi glanced at Fujun, sighed and said, "This is not a good thing. It's the ugly thing of our Chen family. Although we are separated from their mansion, after all, we can't write two words in one stroke. Your father and your second uncle are, after all, half-brothers. We also feel ashamed. ”
"Your second uncle used the name of their two sisters in the Taoist temple to collect money, and used it on your father's head. Several times he introduced your father to people from other provinces. Even ask your father to give these people official positions. If these people are related, or they really want to be attached to our Chen family, or the family of the Xiao Chen family, such as the Lan family, the Yan family, and the Huang family. Your father is willing to help with that, too. ”
However, he recommended these people who wanted to be officials, from all sects, and even some of them were affiliated families of the Wang family. There are rules between our families. You can't rob each other of affiliated families. Or, four families, you add a price, and he pays a price. This family sways from side to side, surnamed Wang for a while, surnamed Bai for a while, betrayal at any time, and if you have milk, you are a mother. So what loyalty do our affiliated families have? ”
Therefore, for hundreds of years, although the families have fought with each other, they have not robbed each other of the affiliated families. So, at the beginning. The bank royal family betrayed us. Thrown into the arms of the royal family, which made the four great families very unhappy, they all wrote to your father, asking your father to rectify their bank royal family. Set an example. Your father says it's not yet. waited until he helped the emperor ascend the throne. Only then did he begin to attack the Wang family. That's also the meaning of beating rats and bogey jade bottles. That's how the families understand. And. In the end, the bank is still you, and we will solve it together. ”
"But, now. Your second uncle is so disregarded by the rules, for the sake of money, he doesn't care about anything, so what should we do? Also, he used your father so much, and he sold your father for money. We were also angry, but he was the elder brother, and he let him go, and your father couldn't go either. Otherwise, others will say that our Xiao Chen family, who is rich and powerful, doesn't even recognize his brother. ”
Chen Wenhui didn't expect this. She said, "That's not going to work." I thought he was just going to harm his two cousins. It also caused a scourge to our family, which is unbearable. Father, you have to think of a way to do it. ”
Chen Yuanheng smiled bitterly and said: "Is he an elder brother or a descendant, I am a younger brother, and I am a separate family, how can I say him?" ”
Chen Wenhui said: "Then let the uncle talk about him." Isn't Uncle the head of our Chen family in the capital now? It's the queen's father again, can you still control him? ”
Bai said: "If your uncle can manage him, he will not suffer a loss when the family is separated, if I don't say a few fair words, I am afraid that your uncle's family will lose a lot." Maybe their family is still in the mansion and is in charge of the Chen family. That's the great evil. Now, everyone who knows says that he is not virtuous, if he openly sells his official title in the mansion like this, I am afraid that the backbone of our entire Chen family will be pierced. ”
Chen Wenhui thought about it for a while, and said in a hurry: "Then what should I do?" Can't you cure him? Isn't the second aunt very powerful? When it harmed our family, there were so many means, why couldn't you control your husband? ”
Bai said: "Your second aunt is also in trouble now, and her life is not good now." Although she occupies a huge family property and does not have to worry about food and clothing, several aunts in her family are now messing with her. said that she forced your second uncle away. The son and daughter-in-law also complained about her, her only biological daughter is still in the clan land, she has no relatives in the capital, although she is the daughter of the Li family, but her branch has long gone back to the clan land, and now the relationship between this branch and her has not been very good. Your second uncle has no intention of looking back, and now that the concubines have been born, they have grown several years old, and they are enlightened and studying. You say, what else can she hope for? ”
"I heard that she wanted to call Wen Jin and his wife to the capital several times, but she never got the consent of the clan, and there was no way, so she could only think of selling the property slowly and changing it for money, so that she could go to the Northeast with the money to find Wen Jin and his wife."
Chen Wenhui was taken aback and said, "Her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson don't want it?" ”
Bai said: "That's your second uncle's son and daughter-in-law, but she didn't give birth to it." She has always been vicious, since she can't even want your second uncle, what is this son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. She didn't plan to leave an estate for Wen Hao at all. ”
Chen Wenhui was stunned for a moment and said, "That's not good, these properties are not her dowry." If she reconciles and leaves, our Chen family will definitely not ask for her dowry, and we can double it for her. However, when these properties were divided, they were given to the second room, how could she say that she would take them away? ”
Bai said, "Who says it's not? When we saw that something was wrong, when she had just started to sell her first property, we taught someone to quietly buy it, and now it is all there. In addition, a letter was also given to Wen Hao and his wife. The couple reacted, and now they quietly looked at her. ”
"Wen Hao is a little cowardly, but Wen Hao's daughter-in-law is a capable person. Her mother's family also supported her and gave her an idea, and now the two of them are looking at her with fierce eyes, and your second aunt doesn't dare to move for the time being. However, this is not a long method, only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves. Your second uncle and your second aunt, the two of them are perverse together, none of us can afford them, I think, we still have to solve the problem of this family. ”
Chen Wenhui and Bai both looked at Chen Yuanheng. Under the pressure of his wife and daughter, Chen Yuanheng had no choice but to say: "Okay, I still have a way, I can only write a letter to the clan." Please come and deal with it. ”
Chen Wenhui asked, "Is the patriarch coming?" Will he be able to listen to the patriarch? ”
Chen Yuanheng said: "The patriarch has a lot of affairs, and now, our Chen clan is the time for development, our Xiao Chen family used to contribute one million taels of silver to the clan every year, and now, every year, the clan has increased to two million taels of silver." The Chan people are undergoing a full-scale reception on the Goguryeo Peninsula. Although more than ten years have passed, it is not yet fully ruled. Therefore, the patriarch does not care about this trivial matter. ”
"However, we all have law enforcement elders in our family, who are in charge of the affairs of the whole clan. This time, it should give our Xiao Chen family a face, and send a law enforcement elder to deal with this matter. ”
Bai's eyes lit up and said, "If the law enforcement elder comes, I have something to say." The grievances we have suffered over the years must be told to the law enforcement elders. ”
Chen Yuanheng was silent for a moment, looked at Chen Wenhui and said, "I want to talk about it." Let's wait until the elders arrive. ”
Bai Shi glanced at Chen Wenhui happily and said, "Hui'er, the suffering you suffered when you were a child, your parents will finally be able to avenge you one day." ”
Chen Wenhui actually didn't have an impression of that, but she didn't have a good impression of the second aunt who assassinated their family. Especially later, he actually put his hand on Shui Han's body, which was really unbearable.
Next, throughout the summer, Chen Wenhui was busy, dealing with the Bai family, fighting cotton battles, and not being adequately prepared. Therefore, Chen Wenhui has always been busy.
During this period, Chen Wenhui also held several banquets and attended several palace banquets. Re-establish a network of relationships with the capital.
Finally, when autumn came, the whole world had a good harvest of cotton, but at this time, the price of cotton had been falling, falling every day, to an incredible price. The Bai family in the northwest panicked.
At this time, Chen Wenhui was not busy, because the previous things had been dealt with, and now she just acted according to the plan step by step. These specific matters are all handled by Chen Wenhui's subordinates. Chen Wenhui's personnel in the northwest have also returned ahead of schedule, and now Chen Wenhui has all the money to sell property in the northwest.
Chen Wenhui just paid attention to how the situation was going every day, but she didn't care about it.
On this day, she received news from her mother's family that a law enforcement elder was sent from the clan, which was considered to be a great face for Chen Yuanheng.
After the Great Elder came, he lived in the Chen family's mansion in the capital, and sent people to start an investigation. After half a month of investigation, the investigation has basically been completed.
The Great Elder held a meeting in the family ancestral hall of the mansion. Generally, the family ancestral hall holds a meeting, and it is a matter for the men. However, a family like the Chen family is different. The women of the family are the objects of marriage, so it is also very important for the families to marry daughters. For example, the two most important foreign daughters today are the current Queen Mother and the Empress. These are the two most honorable women in the entire Great Chu.
Therefore, when a family holds an ancestral hall meeting, they will send someone to invite their married daughters to come over and hold it together. If it's convenient for a foreign marrying girl, they will basically come. If it's inconvenient, most of them will send someone to observe.
Chen Wenhui is also a married daughter and was also invited. Chen Wenhui doesn't say that there are not many things now, even if there are a lot of things, she will take time to go.
This day of revenge has been waiting too long. (To be continued.) )