Five-room main hall

Shen Zhou, Shen Li, Shen Rui and the three brothers in the fifth room were all in one place, listening to Mrs. Hongda's Guo recount what the lady in the third room did on He's side.

Shen Zhou was angry when he heard this, and said: "Shen Yong and his wife are unbearable to be parents!" I'll take Brother Ling back to Jinling for burial, such parents, don't be the best! ”

Shen Quan said angrily: "I want to go crazy thinking about silver!" Second brother, in the future, the third room will go to the clan to talk about this matter again, you have to talk to them well, so that they don't have to daydream! ”

Shen Ying frowned and slapped Shen Quan on the back of the head: "What did you say?" ”

Shen Quan muttered: "It's clear that the third room is too deceitful." ”

Shen Rui said: "Third Brother Quan, rest assured, Second Brother Qi hasn't already said this matter today." In the future, the clan will not be allowed to mention this matter again in the third room. Then he asked Shen Lidao: "Sixth brother, should we go to Qincha tomorrow, I think the case in Songjiang has been settled, and they should go back to Beijing." We've been out for a long time, are we ready to go back? ”

Shen Li is an official, and if he asks for leave to return to his hometown, he will also go back to cancel his leave.

Shen Li nodded and said: "I'm just afraid that we have to go back to Beijing first, this lawsuit will be a secret trial when we return to Beijing, and it's hard to say what the final result will be." You have to go back and set up one or two first. I'm not afraid of the side, I'm afraid that Shen Zhu and Shen Lu won't be able to endure the torture and talk nonsense, so I will ask someone to hold the handle......"

Shen Ying said: "Now the two of them are in prison, and they are not hard-boiled, but there is no other way, so they can only go back to Beijing to arrange their own hands." He said to Shen Rui again: "Second brother Rui, go back to your father-in-law first and ask him for an idea." Although I am worried, there are also a few old ones who can be used in the same year, I will leave a few letters, and you will bring them with the second brother Rui. Sixth Brother Li has a job, it is inconvenient to move around, Second Brother Rui, you are young and unsightly, you have to go back and forth. ”

Shen Ying said that Shen Rui was young and didn't pay attention, but it was just an excuse. In fact, he handed over some of his connections in Beijing to Shen Rui, not his brother Shen Li.

Even if it is the same bloodline, even if it is quite affectionate, Shen Li is the son-in-law of Xie Ge Lao in the end, and the original officials of the East Palace are now in their own faction after the little emperor ascended the throne, and they are only loyal to the emperor, not only do they tend to any Ge Lao, but also faintly stand on the opposite side of the Ge Lao, even if Shen Ying wants to hand over his connections to Shen Li, those people will not be able to communicate with Shen Li, but they are afraid that they will make a mistake.

However, Shen Rui, because he is Yang Tinghe's son-in-law, is regarded as his own person in the East Palace, and he will get more goodwill from the subordinate officials of the East Palace, and he can just take over Shen Ying's connections. Even if Shen Rui has never joined the company now, it doesn't matter, it will always be useful to associate with these people.

Shen Li knew this and didn't think it was wrong.

Shen Rui responded, thinking about returning to Beijing, but he was afraid that there would be a vicious battle to be fought, and the matter involving the Ning Domain must be a secret trial, and whoever tried it would not let the outside know about it. And in order to prove their innocence, the Shen family also has to avoid suspicion, and it is not good to inquire more about the progress of the lawsuit, it is really difficult to say where this matter will go.

However, the Shen family has already been divided, and the bigwigs in the DPRK and China will be less afraid of the talented Shen family, in other words, Shen Zhu and Shen Lu can't stand the punishment and say that they are implicated in Ning Fan, and they are really sentenced to a major crime, and it is also a matter of the two small sects of the third room and the ninth room, and it will not affect the other cases of the Shen family.

Shen Zhou heard them talk about the affairs in Beijing, and his heart was mixed, if the eldest brother was still there, he would be able to deal with it properly, and he had been doing nothing in the Hanlin Academy for decades, and now he was transferred to Nanjing, so he couldn't help the family, and he had to have a few young nephews to socialize, which was inevitably gloomy.

Shen Li saw that Shen Zhou was a little depressed, so he asked, "When will Second Uncle Zhou return to Nanjing?" ”

Shen Zhou said: "There is no autumn this year, and there is no news from Jiaen, and the errands over there are not heavy, so I took a month's vacation, but it is okay." It's just that I didn't expect Brother Ling'er to ......" Thinking of Shen Ling, he was sad again, "I plan to ask Brother Ling's daughter-in-law tomorrow, and let Brother Ling settle down as soon as possible." ”

It is difficult for a few big men to talk about the placement of Shen Ling's widow, but Guo Shi does not need to shy away from it, when he asked Shen Zhou: "Brother Ling was sent, how can Brother Ling's daughter-in-law settle down?" ”

Qiao's "recuperation" in Beijing, Shen Zhou is alone in office, Shen Lin is not married, and He's is a young widow, and it is always inconvenient to attach to them.

Shen Zhou also thought of this question, so he hesitated a little, and only said: "Let's ask Brother Ling's daughter-in-law what she means, if you want to go back to Nanjing, my country's Zijian Zuo is looking for a house for her mother and son. If she wants to stay in Songjiang......" he said, looking at Guo.

Guo said: "If she stays in Songjiang, we will naturally take care of her, but I don't think she will be willing to stay in Songjiang." Not only is there three rooms, but there will inevitably be some incidents, but also because no one in Songjiang knows about Brother Ling'er, I am afraid that there will be no less rumors, and she and Brother Xiao Nan may not be able to stand it. ”

Shen Rui said: "Auntie, second uncle, if there is any difficulty, it is better to let Ling's second sister-in-law, mother and son go to Beijing with us." The mother and the third aunt will settle their mother and son properly. ”

Shen Zhou nodded again and again: "That's very good." So much better. ”

Shen Rui looked at Shen Zhou as if he had gone to a heart disease, he really didn't know what to say, although her mother and son could survive by relying on the second room, but in the end there was a lack of name, if Shen Zhou was a step-heir and grandson...... The words didn't come out of his mouth, even if it was a son, a nephew was not good at managing his uncle's family affairs.

It's just that at such a time, when Shen Zhou thought of this, did he really not plan to have a step-grandson? Shen Rui couldn't help but be puzzled.

Shen Zhou didn't realize it, because when it came to Shen Ling, he couldn't help mentioning Shen Lin in Nanjing, he couldn't say that Shen Lin was stupid, so he only sighed: "Brother Lin is too naïve, and he is deficient in reading and doing things." The more I regretted Shen Ling, who was good at housework, the more I regretted that I shouldn't have let Shen Ling go back to Songjiang.

Now he has the heart to choose one or two nephews among the clansmen to help, but he has many scruples and is undecided.

Shen Rui knew too much that Shen Zhou didn't care about general affairs, and Shen Lin couldn't help at all, that is, Shen Zhou didn't mention it himself, Shen Rui had to find him a few suitable people - Shen Third Uncle was an idle man, the second room of the Shen family still needed Shen Zhou's support, and Shen Zhou couldn't make mistakes in Nanjing now.

"Second Brother Lin is alone in Nanjing, I'm afraid he can't be busy, has the second uncle thought about finding a few more people?" Shen Rui spoke for Shen Zhou, "There are not a few outstanding children in the clan, and the road to the imperial examination is already difficult. ”

Shen Zhou was quite moved and looked at Shen Qi.

Not to mention that there is a precedent for Shen Ling and Shen Lin in this matter, there is no precedent, so when the matter of the clansmen is mentioned, the patriarch Shen Qi will also fully approve, and immediately discuss with the brothers the children of the clan.

Shen Lin is an elm head who is well-known in the clan, and now that Shen Zhou is the only one left by his side, then the rest of the people must be very capable.

It's just that among the descendants of each house, those who are capable and have not taken the imperial examination and have not been selected to take care of clan affairs, except for Shen Jun, who is Shen Qi of the sixth room, regardless of the side, it is only said that one of these two people is lame and the other is disfigured, and they can't go with Shen Zhou.

Shen Rui thought of someone: "If you don't stick to the side branches, what do you think of the fifth uncle of the side branch of the sect, the sixth brother, the eldest brother Ying, and the second brother Qi?" ”

Now if Shen Zhou doesn't plan to choose an heir, it is better to choose a clan brother of the same generation to help than to choose a young son and nephew, so as not to disturb the thoughts of the clan.

Shen Yu is the nephew of the master of the sect, and he is not too valued, he is only a show of fame, and he has repeatedly failed to take the imperial examination, so he took over the errand of the chief of white grains. His son Shen Huan used to be Shen Jue's tablemate and has always been good friends with Shen Jue.

After the funeral of the old lady of the sect back then, it was Shen Yu who changed the errand to go to Beijing to deliver food, and took his son Shen Huan to escort Shen Rui, Shen Jue, and Shen Quan to Beijing, and took care of them along the way.

After arriving in Beijing, Shen Li and Shen Ying both hosted banquets for Shen Yu and knew him a little. Therefore, Shen Rui had this question.

Shen Yu was quite restrained when eating at the Zhuangyuan Mansion, and Shen Li had a good impression of him, knowing that he was a cautious person who knew how to advance and retreat.

Shen Ying knew Shen Yu because of the close relationship between the fifth room and the sect room, and that time he escorted his brother Shen Quan to Beijing, he was naturally much more enthusiastic about Shen Yu's hospitality, the two talked a lot, and their impression of Shen Yu was excellent, so he said: "This is a good candidate, he is a very clear person, he is serious and careful, or the clan will not hang the errand of white grain in his name." It's just, is he going, is he alone or is he dragging his family? ”

Shen Quan was the most familiar with Shen Yu, so he interjected: "His two sons, the younger one has just entered the clan school, and the eldest son, Brother Huan'er, is fifteen years old, and he hasn't finished yet. ”

As soon as these words came out, the room was cold.

Shen Zhou and Shen Rui both showed pain on their faces.

Shen Ying glared at the reckless brother fiercely, and Shen Quan also realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly closed his mouth.

Shen Qi sighed secretly, the third brother didn't know when he would be more stable, and immediately opened his mouth to divert the topic and said: "Although the white grain chief is small, he has to deal with all parties, especially sending grain to Beijing, layer by layer checkpoints, and Beijing has to do a little bit, Uncle Yu has never made a mistake over the years, it can be seen that he is capable." The grain chief is hard work, if there is a better place to go, Uncle Yu Wu will definitely be willing. ”

Shen Zhou reluctantly lifted his spirits, so that he didn't think about Shen Jue anymore, and said to Shen Qi: "It's so good, it's just that I don't know this clan brother, and I have to ask Brother Qi on my behalf." ”

Shen Qi hurriedly said: "That's natural, I'll ask Fifth Uncle Yu to come over as soon as possible." ”

Shen Ying also breathed a sigh of relief, this time the sect was divided, the sect gave up the position of the patriarch, and gave up more sacrificial fields than the clansmen imagined, and refused to let Shen Jun take over any position in the clan, which was a complete concession. Now the five rooms have taken over the position of the patriarch, although it is not considered to inherit the love of the sect house, but it is also necessary to balance each room, and the sect room cannot be too disadvantaged.

Now although Shen Yu is a branch of the sect, but in the end, he is the person of the sect, and mentioning Shen Yu can also make the sect room balance.

Shen Qi thought for a while and said: "Although Fifth Uncle Yu is good, his two sons are too young, and they are both reading seeds, so he may not be able to take care of the chores alone." His eldest son Brother Chun is seventeen, because the family is not rich, and there are younger siblings below, so he refuses to marry a wife, and he has stopped studying early, and he helps to subsidize the family in the shop, and is a good boy who is down-to-earth and filial. I was thinking about whether to arrange for their father and son to take care of the sacrificial fields, but now it seems that Second Uncle Zhou may be able to use it. ”

Seeing that Shen Zhou couldn't help nodding, Shen Qi smiled and said: "Okay, I will also invite his father and son to come over to meet as soon as possible, Second Uncle Zhou must meet in person before he can decide." ”

Shen Zhou responded with a smile, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and even Shen Rui felt a lot more relaxed.

After discussing the arrangements in the clan and the route to Beijing for a while, everyone dispersed and went back to rest.

*

Dongcheng House

Since the people in Sanfang left, the He family cried a lot, but they were a little happier, thinking that now that Shen Qi is the patriarch, Sanfang can't remember Shen Ling back to the family tree quietly, and his heart is a lot more steady.

Sure enough, after a while, the Guo family sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that the clan meeting had ended, and it had been explained for her, if she did not agree, the clan would not remember Shen Ling back.

He Shi completely relieved his mind at this time, got up and went to the north house, and lit three sticks of incense for Shen Ling, thinking about everything that he was going to send Shen Ling in the future, but he felt physically and mentally exhausted, and couldn't help but cry again in the coffin.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Guo to send someone again, saying that Shen Zhou and his entourage would come here tomorrow, and discuss with her to send Shen Ling and arrange where her mother and son would go in the future, so that she could be prepared and think about it first.

He was quite hesitant, before Shen Zhou came, she was thinking about bringing it back to Jinling, which was not only the place where Xianggong was thinking about it, but also why she wanted to ask Shen Zhou, why Xianggong believed in him so much, but he didn't come to help.

After Shen Zhou came to Songjiang, He knew that he had been deceived by Liang Ping, the brother of the Xianggong, and Shen Zhou had never received their letter of help at all.

Now I asked her how to send her husband, but she didn't know.

In any case, she would never bury Shen Ling in the pickled land of the Shen family's third room, even if she didn't let him enter the family tree and only gave him a blessed land, she didn't want to, although Songjiang was her hometown, it was also a sad place.

For a while, Brother Xiao Nan woke up from a nap, crying to find his mother, but the nurse couldn't coax him, so he had to come out of the house, for fear of bumping into the young child, and did not go to the north house where the spirit was stopped, but only summoned He in the courtyard.

He closed his eyes for a long time before slowly coming out of the house and picking up Brother Xiao Nan.

As soon as Brother Xiao Nan arrived in his mother's arms, he stopped crying, but he clung to his mother's shirt and refused to let go, and wiped his mother with tears.

The nurse was busy cleaning up, but He waved her hand to go down, although the nurse answered, but still followed behind He, for fear that she would be weak and unable to hold the child, so she could go up at any time to help.

Over there, a 50-year-old mother-in-law came down with a bowl of ginseng porridge to cook, and saw that He was standing in the courtyard with the child in his arms, hurriedly taking three steps and making two steps to rush over, handing the porridge to the nurse with one hand, and picking up Brother Xiao Nan with the other.

Who knew that Brother Xiao Nan would not let go of anything, and only nested in his mother's arms.

The mother-in-law is He's marrying mother Liu, who followed He's all the way back to Songjiang from Nanjing, looking at He's mother and son like this, she was distressed, and she was busy supporting He's, and said: "The sun is poisonous in the next day, and grandma still goes to the house to sit." ”

He was helped into the house by her, got on the Luohan bed, put his son aside, and sent the nurse down, before he said to Mrs. Liu: "Mom, the five-room uncle sent someone to tell me that tomorrow the second master will come to discuss with me the funeral of the second brother, and the resettlement of me and Brother Xiao Nan in the future." Mom, you say, where are we going in the future......"

Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment, "Grandma is not going back to Jinling?" Then he slapped his mouth and said: "It's the old slave who is confused, there are only a few aunts in the second master of Jinling's house, and the second master Lin is not married." It's inconvenient to go back. ”

He shook his head and said: "Uncle Niang told me that the second master will bring a few more families over, and they are all going with the family, and there are female dependents." ”

Mrs. Liu said happily: "That's great, then go back to Jinling, right?" In fact, Mrs. Liu has only two choices in her heart, one is to return to Jinling and continue to rely on Shen Zhou; The second is to go back to He's house and attach himself to his mother's home. She wouldn't have thought about staying in Songjiang.

It's naturally good to go back to your parents' house, but it's too far to go back, not to mention that Brother Xiao Nan is too young, and I'm afraid that he won't be able to hold on to his current body.

Mrs. Liu didn't know that in He's heart, there was no longer the option of her mother's family. Although her mother's family is good, but the He family still has a brother and a brother, she took her young son and returned with a large number of family properties, can she keep it? Her parents and brother love her, but what about her sister-in-law? What about the future brother-in-law?

Jinling. Good is good. But what if Shen Zhou must succeed Brother Xiao Nan as his heir? How to arrange her?

Brother Xiao Nan, who is worth two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, what about the clansmen who went to Jinling together?

"Don't go back to Jinling." He took the bowl of porridge and slowly drank the bowl of ginseng porridge. "Enter Beijing."

"Into Beijing?" Mrs. Liu was a little stunned, how could it be to enter Beijing? "Who do you want to take refuge in Beijing?"

"Second room." He said calmly, "Someone just came to mention what Second Uncle Rui said, our mother and son can go to Beijing and go to the second room. The eldest wife and the third wife of the second room in Beijing are both benevolent people. ”

Mrs. Liu is still very puzzled, because although Shen Ling is following Shen Zhou in the second room, she has no friendship with the people in the second room in Beijing, is it okay for grandma to go to the second room like this?

"I heard that the second room in Beijing is the Shangshu Mansion, and the mother of the housekeeper was born in the old mansion of the Pavilion, although the old man of Shangshu is gone, but this is a big family......"

He pulled the corners of his mouth, at least the second room is rich, Shen Rui is a little boy who can pass such a house to Brother Xiao Nan's name without blinking, it is benevolent and righteous, and it is also generous, it can be seen that Brother Xiao Nan's idea of a second room is not in his eyes.

It's better to go to Beijing than to be scared at the side.

Mrs. Liu didn't get a reply from He's, but when she saw her smiling expression, she didn't dare to ask more, but silently calculated in her heart that if she wanted to enter Beijing, she had to pay attention to what she had to pay attention to and what to bring.

These years often in the south, grandma and Xiao Nan's clothes and bedding are not thick, I heard that the north is extremely cold in winter, and the big sweater has to go over to find a good leather to add, but the bedding should be prepared early.

Mrs. Liu cheered up, said a word to He, and took two rough maids out to buy cloth on the street and came back to sew bedding.

This busy was busy until the time of the lamp, He Shi was tired early because of taking calming medicine, these days Liu Pozi personally kept vigil for her, so she packed up the needle and thread and slept on the low couch.

Mrs. Liu was old and sleepy, because she had something in her heart, she turned over a few times and never fell asleep, and she listened to the sound of the second watch drum from afar outside, and then fell asleep hazy.

As if he had just fallen asleep, he heard the loud sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and then there was a shouting and scolding, Liu Pozi woke up suddenly, sat up and listened, it was indeed noisy, as if fighting.

Mrs. Liu panicked at that time, and hurriedly went over to wake up He's family, changed her clothes in a hurry, and shouted to the nurse outside to hug Brother Xiao Nan quickly.

He was suddenly awakened, and he was sweating, and Mrs. Liu's hand for dressing her trembled so much that she couldn't touch the other shoe on the ground, and she panicked to light the candlestick.

The nurse's clothes were crooked, and Xiao Nan came in with her crying brother, and walked around the house with Xiao Nan in her arms, and she was at a loss for what to do.

The outer courtyard was chaotic and noisy.

All I heard in the house was the clear cry of a child.

Under the candlestick, a pair of scissors in the needlework gleamed brightly.

He Shi arched a fire in his heart, ran to the desk in two steps, grabbed the scissors, and pushed the door open.

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