"Excuse the girl, tell Zhen'er that I have made up my mind, and there is no need to persuade again. Let's go, and I'll rest for a while. Rong Qingshu carefully helped the skinny second uncle to lie down, and after folding the quilt for her, he walked out of the room with mixed feelings.

"Qingshu, how is the second uncle?" Rong Yinzhen anxiously grabbed Rong Qingshu's hand.

Rong Qingshu didn't say a word, just shook his head with a heavy heart.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the mourning hall." Rong Yinzhen looked at the closed door and sighed.

"Okay."

"My father has returned to Beijing." Xu felt that it was too dull, and Rong Yinzhen interjected a sentence from time to time.

"He's also coming to Mi Yuan?"

"Well, the saint wanted to hold a banquet to reward him for his work in controlling the flood, but when the second uncle returned to the west, he postponed the celebration banquet for a few days. At this moment, he was discussing with his cousin, eldest brother, third brother and others in the front hall. ”

The mourning hall was full of mourning and music, and the family members wore linen and wore filial piety to cry in the room, kneeling to thank the few guests who came to mourn, and there was even no shortage of laughing and scolding.

Out of respect for the deceased, Rong Qingshu wordlessly put a stick of incense on it.

"Although the two brothers are highly poisonous, they are also extremely depleted to the body, which is the recipe for regulating the body. Only when you are physically strong can you support the courtyard and live up to the high expectations of your second uncle. ”

"Grandfather, he ......" Rong Yanwu opened his mouth, and tears welled up again.

Seeing this, Rong Qingshu had a headache, stuffed the prescription into Rong Yanwu's hand, and withdrew from the mourning hall with Rong Yinzhen.

"Qingshu, are you going to the front hall?"

Rong Qingshu sneered, "What they discussed was nothing more than removing the second uncle from his family tree. ”

"Then how should this house be established? The sins of the second uncle should not be borne by others, and the Rong family will also sit down. Rong Yinzhen pursed her lips.

"Sister Yin Zhen, rest assured, my uncle has always been impartial, not implicated innocent people, we can go over and investigate the situation."

"Hmm."

Rong Qingshu and Rong Yinzhen arrived in the front hall, and after letting Huchen and Bang Feng let the wind out, they quietly slipped into a corner of the front hall that was hidden by a screen.

Rong Qingshu glanced around and found that in addition to Qu Die, Rong Yanfan, who were sitting on the discussion, there were several men who were born in person.

"Qingshu, the wise middle-aged man sitting at the top is my father, and the others, I have never seen them, they must be other clansmen from the Rong Mansion." Rong Qingshu has been away from the house for many years, and many people in the house are already strangers, so Rong Yinzhen introduced Rong Qingshu in a whisper.

"The third prince is standing and talking without backache, and the person who was poisoned and assassinated is the eldest prince, and you are not harmed in the second room, so you can be a good person." The speaker took a sip of tea and kept sarcastic.

"My uncle has not yet entered the earth, and the clan brother, as a relative, is bent on removing him from the genealogy and expelling the people of Miyuan from the capital, which is too mean and unkind." The person who spoke was none other than Rong Shangshu.

"Rong Shangshu defended him with words, but it was just to protect your unscrupulous son Rong Yanlang, the mistake he made this time was on par with that clan uncle. Since he was hiding outside, he was removed from the list and did not have to return to Beijing in the future. He had long been dissatisfied with Rong Yanlang, and he was overjoyed to take this opportunity to clean up the door for the Rong family.

"That's it, Rong Shangshu is really ashamed, do you still let this kind of person enter the ancestral grave of the Rong family."

Uncle Tang immediately defended himself, "My father has already lost his way and returned to his life, so why bother with such entanglement." ”

"You help him do nonsense, your family, don't think about it."

When Uncle Tang heard this, he was instantly silenced.

When Rong Qingshu heard this, he immediately transmitted the sound into the secret and said something to Qu Die.

Qu Die, who was originally a little restless, instantly calmed down a lot, "The second uncle is guilty, and the punishment is deserved, but it is improper to involve the innocent." The ancestors of the Rong family have a saying: The sea is tolerant of all rivers, and there is tolerance. Although the second uncle and others should be punished, they should also pay attention to the intensity. ”

"What does the eldest prince mean ......" Rong Qianheng has a reputation in the clan, and as soon as Qu Die opened his mouth, the clansmen loosened.

"The second uncle of the main culprit was removed from the genealogy, and he was not allowed to enter the ancestral grave of the Rong family, and he was not allowed to affect the innocent people in Mi Yuan; The clan elder, cousin and others are accomplices, and they are dealt with according to the family rules, and each receives fifty lashes of thorn vines, and the ancestral hall faces the wall for a month; However, the elders of the Nian Zai clan are old, and the punishment is changed to send them back to the Liyang Ancestral Hall, copying the family rules every day, bathing in the sound of the Buddha, praying for the blessings of the Rong family, and they are not allowed to return to Beijing in this life. On the fifteenth day of the new year, these two tribes build a porridge shed at the gate of the house to help the poor people, and invite famous doctors to provide free medical treatment. What does Uncle Clan think? ”

"The eldest prince is punished like this, and the clan uncle has no objection, but he ......"

"I heard that the young son of the clan uncle is entering school, but he is worried that there is no way to enroll." Rong Yanfan, who had been silent, spoke without being salty.

Because of Rongjing Academy, the national prisons in various countries are in recession, and there are not many people who enroll, but not everyone can enroll.

The ancient imperial text clearly stipulates that all school-age students must enter the national prison with the joint recommendation of three officials of the fifth grade or above.

"After the year, the Rong family still has a few places in Rongjing Academy." Qu Die took a sip of tea without hesitation.

These clansmen of the side branches, with the passage of dynasties, only occupy a surname. And because there are no outstanding children in the clan, they have long been in poverty.

The reason why he is so aggressive this time is all for profit.

Seeing Qu Die's goodwill like this, he didn't say a word, immediately retreated, and laughed: "The eldest prince will handle it impartially, and I will be convinced." ”

"Can the clan elders take it?"

"We are willing to be punished." The clan elders thought that if he suffered a lot of flesh and skin, then he would definitely die.

Dealing with it in this way, although it is more difficult, it is still possible to keep an old life, and there is no objection.

"I'm convinced." Uncle Tang closed his eyes exhausted.

But some people still questioned: "There is nothing wrong with the eldest prince to deal with it like this, but the eldest prince seems to have forgotten someone." ”

Hearing this, Rong Qingshu clenched his hands unconsciously.

What he said was nothing more than Rong Yanlang who was nowhere to be found.

"The whereabouts of the third brother are unknown, and it will not be too late to investigate the fault after he returns home."

"That rebel ......" Rong Shangshu heard this, his muscles flared up, and his eyes flashed with imperceptible concern and worry.

Rong Yanfan's lips were also pursed tightly.

"Second brother, he ......" The silk handkerchief in Rong Yinzhen's hand was twisted into a ball by her.

"With his uncle here, he will never be removed, but punishment is inevitable." Rong Qingshu clenched Rong Yinzhen's cold onion-like fingers.

"As the old saying goes: if the son does not teach, the father is guilty. This rebel son has caused a monstrous disaster, I have no way to teach, and I am willing to take fifty thorn vines to atone for his crimes. In addition, he took out a thousand taels of gold from the house to make up for the loss of the Rong family. After he returns home, he will be at the disposal of the eldest prince! ”

"As an official of the imperial court, my father should serve the country, and Yan Fan is willing to bear the punishment of fifty thorn vines on behalf of his father." Rong Yanfan knelt in front of Rong Shangshu in his robe.

Qu Die didn't speak, and the others didn't say much, and the atmosphere in the front hall suddenly froze.

At this moment, the sound of noise outside came from the front hall.

"Oh no, no, the old lady can't do it."

"Mother!" Uncle Cousin rushed out like crazy.

"Qianheng, I'll go see my uncle." Rong Shangshu also left in a hurry.

"We'll talk about it later." Seeing that everyone else was together, Qu Diei also took this opportunity and hurriedly walked towards the courtyard of the second uncle.

"Sister Yinzhen, can you go over?" If it weren't for Rong Qingshu supporting Rong Yinzhen, she would have collapsed to the ground.

"No need. My second uncle and mother-in-law turned me away because they didn't want to see me. She didn't know that the second uncle was like this, and she didn't want to let herself be sad when she saw her like that.

"That's fine, if the second uncle and mother-in-law see you so sad, they won't feel at ease when they leave."

"Third brother." When Rong Qingshu heard Rong Yanfan's soft voice, he had already walked over.

"Qingshu, you come out with me."

After Rong Yanfan walked out of the front hall, he found a secluded place and retreated from Mama Su.

"King Chen is bent on snatching the seal of the head of the family, and it must be inseparable from the release of the autumn list a few days later."

"I see. He is planning to bring talents under his command in the name of the Rong family. She actually forgot about the autumn list.

"King Chen wants to recruit talents in the name of the Rong family, but as everyone knows, the seal of the head of the family sent by the second uncle is a forged seal of King Li, you and I can just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." Rong Yanfan smiled gently.

"Yu Jinli doesn't fight or grab on the surface, but he didn't expect to make a trick in secret."

"The battle between the princes, those princes, no one can stay out of the matter."

"Third brother, although the seal of the head of the family is a forgery, it can be related to the Rong family, and it is difficult to guarantee that someone will not drag the Rong family into the water." The Rong family is already full of flowers, cooking oil in the fire, and the number of people with red eyes is countless, so they can only be careful in everything.

"Qing Shu's words are reasonable, but now that the seal of the head of the family is missing, we can't prove that it is not the seal of the head of the Rong family."

Rong Qing's eyes were a little unnatural.

"Still not handing it over?." Rong Yanfan held back a smile.

"If you want to say it bluntly, why bother going around in circles, the last time the second uncle asked Sister Yinzhen to give it to me, I haven't covered it yet." Rong Qing pursed his mouth and threw the wooden box to Rong Yanzheng.

"If you don't make it clear, you are reluctant to take out the seal of the head of the family." Rong Yanfan scratched Rong Qingshu's nose.

"I'll go first, you'll go with Yinzhen later."

Before the words fell, Rong Yanfan strode away.

"I've been away from home for many years, and now I haven't given me a gift when I come back, and he's deceived me about something, this brother is really incompetent." Rong Qingshu looked at Rong Yanfan's back farther and farther away, and pouted and complained.

"Rong Qingshu, you are embarrassed to say that others, you promised me that you would give me a hundred years of wine, but you sent me away with a few jars of glutinous rice wine."

"You drank?" Rong Qingshu felt that he had asked a nonsense, Xia Ji was an alcoholic, how could he not drink it if he got wine.

So he drank half a jar, and gave the rest to his cousin. Rong Qingshu, our sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes pay attention to morality, you deceived me this time, you must give me at least ten jars of century-old wine. ”

No wonder, last night she felt that the smell of wine on Yu Yanyi's body was a little familiar, it turned out to be her daughter's red wine.

"It's not impossible for Mr. Xia to want a century-old wine, and bring back my daughter's red wine." Rong Qingshu stretched out his calloused hand to Xia Ji.

"That's my daughter's red wine." Xia Ji's eyes were like copper bells, and he stared at Rong Qingshu in surprise.

"It doesn't matter if you don't pay it back, remember to propose." Rong Qingshu gave him a roll of his eyes.

"That...... That ......" Xia Ji scratched his ears and cheeks, racked his brains to think of a reason, and prepared to prevaricate in the past.

Suddenly, he clapped his hands and said, "The wine was drunk by my cousin, and it has nothing to do with me." It's better to let him return, and let him propose. ”