Crispy fried crucian carp, red oil belly, pork knuckle with sauce, green onion fungus, shredded chicken porridge, goose fat rolls, steamed rice crackers with rose filling, this breakfast at the moment can be called luxurious and exquisite, far better than when Shen Jin was at home.

Shen Rui sat at the dining table and smiled.

Liu Ya was beside her, covered her mouth and smiled: "The maid was stained with the light of the second brother, and got a box of soft cakes from the kitchen lady, and even Xiao Tao also got two handfuls of pine nut candy." It's the first time I've seen them so attentive in the past half a month. ”

The villain is afraid of power but not virtue, and it seems that there is no need to worry about being angry with the villain in the future.

The previous account room was Shen Juren's confidant, and he was sold by Shen Juren because of the "secret" Shen Rui's share; Now this Mrs. Tian is Zhang Lao'an's companion room, because she went to Shen Rui's yard to "steal", and now the family is not burdened.

Regardless of whether the actions of the account room and Mrs. Tian were "bold and reckless" or "obeying orders", it didn't matter, the important thing was that after confronting Shen Rui, these two people became outcasts.

Earlier, looking at the preferences of Zhang Lao'an and Shen Juren, the two slaves and maids who treated Shen Jin and Shen Rui differently were all afraid for a while, and they were also happy. Fortunately, they didn't go too far, causing Shen Rui to be angry, otherwise it would be them who are now tied up and sold.

It's just one night, and the fear of Shen Rui in the hearts of the people in the fourth room has surpassed Zhang Lao'an and Shen Jin, second only to Shen Juren, the head of the family.

Shen Rui smiled, but it didn't use much. It's too late, the appetite is lost in the morning, there is a lot of meat in front of me, it smells fragrant, but I get tired of eating a few bites

Thinking about Tian Pozi, if he bites to death and says that he has never seen Zhuang Ticket, I don't know how Zhang Lao'an will deal with it next.

Before Shen Rui went out, he quietly instructed Dong Xi: "Don't show joy, always make some sad appearances, and add a few strokes to the accounts." ”

When Dong Xi heard this, he also whispered: "There is an addition to the account book yesterday." After that, he took out a handkerchief and came out: "Just in front of the second brother to leave, the maid will cry again." ”

She is nominally the maid who Guo gave to Shen Rui, and takes care of Shen Rui's money and property accounts, although she went out yesterday, the responsibility for the loss of this banker ticket is not on her, but it can be said that it can be brought on the side if it is not careful.

When Mrs. Tian doesn't admit it, Zhang Lao'an is suspicious, and he has to come here to find out a thing or two. Once the front has been done, the back must always be perfect, otherwise the matter will leak and become a joke.

The master and servant smiled tacitly, but they both thought of one thing.

When Shen Rui came out of the hospital, Changshou and Liu Cheng were already waiting.

Changshou also said the news of last night's inquiry: "Lao Anren is really annoyed, Tian Pozi's house has turned out a lot of things, including gem bonsai in Lao Anren's house, and a pair of entwined lotus gourds in the old man's study. The family's hands and feet are really not clean. ”

It's good to have bad deeds in the past, and the more unclear the argument is.

Thinking that Mrs. Tian still had a second son outside the city, Shen Rui said: "Find two little servants who are good friends with Tian Er, and talk to them thoroughly, and say that Mrs. Tian has repeatedly stolen the property of the master's family, and the master wants to send them to the official." Because Mrs. Tian has served the Lao'an people for many years, the Lao'an people are reluctant to send them to the official, and they want to find someone to sell their whole family to the Jiangbei salt farm. ”

If you send it to the official, it is not a hanging; If you sell the salt works, you will also die and live. Tian Er wants to live, and the only choice is to escape.

The carriage was already waiting outside, and the porter was extremely attentive, holding a stool forward, setting it up next to the carriage, and bowing down to invite Shen Rui to get into the carriage.

Shen Rui glanced at it and motioned for longevity to reward.

Changshou touched a few coins and gave them to the little guy, and the little guy bowed down as if he had a gold ingot, and said, "Second Brother Xie reward." ”

Shen Rui snorted lightly, looked at Changshou and said, "Yesterday, I heard that the third brother said that he had bought a new book, and I have already borrowed it, so you can go over and get it later." ”

Longevity bowed down, Shen Ruifang boarded the stool, got into the carriage, and went to the clan to learn.

Seeing that the carriage was going away, Changshou Fang smiled and said to the little guy: "You are a good man, but you just hugged a stool, and you got five dollars, and this month, isn't it more than a hundred dollars?" ”

Although the little guy was respectful on his face, he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, and felt that the reward was small, and after hearing the longevity, Fang reacted, this holding a stool for the second brother can be a long-term errand. If you get a few rewards every day, it will be more than 100 yuan a month, catching up with your own half a month's money.

He was immediately genuinely happy, but when he thought of the situation of Mrs. Tian's family, he couldn't help but tremble, hurriedly approached Changshou, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Changshou, I'm stupid, I'm afraid that there is a place where the second brother is not well served." Ask Brother Changshou for advice, what do you need to avoid serving the second brother? ”

Changshou said in a low voice: "The second brother is the biological son of the eldest mother, and he is soft-hearted with the eldest mother, and he is the most lenient to stay, so you don't have to be afraid." In order to cross the courtyard, although the old man and Lao Anren were very moved to be Tian Pozi, it was not the second brother's intention, and the second brother couldn't bear it. ”

Although Mrs. Tian's family is not a servant of the Shen family, she can marry to the fourth room for many years, and her children are married in the fourth room. It is this porter who has something to do with the Tian family, and after hearing this, he had to ask: "How can the master and Lao An attack the Tian family?" ”

Changshou showed sympathy, looked around, and saw that there was no one else, Fang leaned on the little girl's ear, and said the two ways to dispose of the official and the salt seller.

The little guy turned white with fright: "Really? ”

Changshou snorted lightly and said, "Who still can't lie?" But these words have passed through my mouth, and have entered your ears, and I will not recognize them in front of others......"

Seeing that the little guy was still stunned, Changshou picked the corner of his mouth and said, "I'll go on an errand first." After speaking, he walked a few steps and went to the fifth room to report the news in a grand manner.

In the ethnology, looking at the boy sitting next to Shen Jue and smiling, Shen Ruiwan smiled. These two were still cross-eyed yesterday, and they reconciled overnight? It's really a child's temper.

"The ancestor of the Shen family went south with Gaozong, based on Songjiang, the scholarly heirloom, and the children are endless...... It was only later that Meng Yuan went south, and the Shen people also suffered great hardships...... It wasn't until Zhongxingzu entered the dynasty that the family gradually regained its vitality and passed on to the generation of brothers, which is already the sixth generation. Shen Jue didn't see Shen Rui come in, he was triumphant, and told the history of the Shen family.

He Taizhi listened to it with relish, the He family is also the family of eunuchs, but the family has only two or three generations. His grandfather came from a poor family, and after being a scholar, he entered Hanlin, and until Zhishi, he just stopped and studied for a bachelor's degree. His father is also a Jinshi, if he didn't marry a good wife, he would only be a petty official in the Hanlin Academy, but because he married the nine daughters of the Xu family, he had a few more right-hand men as helpers, and he went further and further in the officialdom. Now that he is not confused, he is already in the fourth grade, and the future is promising.

He Taizhi originally thought that others were rural buns because he was from the capital. But this is really a little less confident when it comes to family origins.

Ershen Bachelor, known for calligraphy, although he has been dead for sixty or seventy years, Ke Shilin mentioned that everyone knows and no one knows.

At that time, Emperor Taizong could praise Shen Du, a bachelor of Da Shen, as "Wang Xizhi of my dynasty", and now the "pavilion body" used in the Hanlin Academy is from the wind of the second Shen.

is the second room and the third master, who moved to the capital in his teens and was able to gain a foothold, also because of his status as the great-grandson of Da Shen, and got his ancestor Yu Ze.

Others are still there, seeing that Shen Jue is used to fooling people and still doing their own thing, Shen Qin couldn't help but step forward and joke: "Brother Jue is pulling the ancestors again, what is there to say about the sesame grains for hundreds of years?" And let the ancestors be quiet and quiet. ”

"This is the word Shen shining brightly, as a descendant of the Shen family, and honored" Shen Jue held his chest and said proudly: "We should also be diligent in attacking the book, don't fall into the name of the ancestor Shangqing, although there are six clan brothers Zhuyu in front, our brothers should not slack off." ”

The more reverence on He Taizhi's face, the more arrogant Yu Jingjing had already been restrained, in addition to the talented ancestor of the Shen family, there were also children in the world as the champion, and he was more and more unable to take it.

Shen Jue's favorite thing to play is usually Shen Jue, and now he is also the one who is "diligent in studying books", and all the people in the school look at each other, crying and laughing. However, there are outsiders, and no one is going to debunk Shen Jue.

As Shen Jue spoke, his eyes lit up when he saw Shen Rui, and he stood up and walked over: "Rui...... Second Brother Rui is here......"

Shen Rui glanced at He Tai with a smile and said to Shen Rui, "Can you say hello to Mr. Dong?" ”

After all, clan studies are a place to impart knowledge, and if you bring outsiders to play at will, it won't be a mess. Therefore, there is a ban on students who are not allowed to bring people into the clan school at will

When Shen Jue heard this, he hesitated: "Brother Rui still doesn't know?" Yesterday, Mr. Dong has officially resigned from the errand of clan studies, and from today onwards, Uncle Liu will temporarily act as the governor of the clan studies, and wait for the end of the month after the clan will discuss this matter, and then determine the head of the mountain. ”

Shen Rui listened and knew it in his heart.

The Shen family is a scholarly heirloom, and most of the children should end up in the exam, just because of the "Qiushi" class Xiucai, the person who presides over the affairs of the clan must at least be a lifter.

Shen Liu is a person, but he has never given up after the first few attempts, and he is not yet forty years old, and he is not old enough to take two more subjects, so he naturally will not put his thoughts on ethnology.

Seeing that Shen Rui was not in his own business, Shen Jue rolled his eyes and said: "Don't be comfortable, there are things in the past, I'm afraid that the clan elders will not agree to invite outsiders again, and most of them will look for it from the clan masters." The most likely candidate is not someone else, it is Uncle Yuan, it will be up to you to see what you do when the time comes."

There are not a few masters of the Shen nationality, the eldest master of the sect, the second master, the fourth room Shen Yuan, the fifth room Shen Hong, and the eighth room Shen Liu, all of whom are famous.

Shen Liu wants to continue the imperial examination, even if the eldest master of the sect does not have the name of the patriarch, he still has the fact of the patriarch, and he fully accepts the family affairs, and it is impossible to come to manage the stall of the clan; Shen Hong is not in good health, and the family affairs of the five rooms are all entrusted to his wife, even if his health is slightly better in recent years, it is estimated that he will not come out to pick up errands in the clan. The most popular candidates are the second master of the sect and Shen Yuan.

No matter what the second master of the sect has in terms of knowledge and character, just because he is in the same vein of the sect, the other rooms are afraid that they will not be happy for him to take over the clan study.

In this way, the most likely candidate is really only four rooms Shen Yuan.

Shen Rui was speechless for a moment when he heard this. Since he can be lifted, Shen Juren's knowledge must not be bad, but is it possible to pick a gentleman in the clan study without looking at the character?

Although Shen Juren is not as infamous as Zhang Laoan, his reputation is not much better.

In the early years, the "favor and the heir" and the current "indulgence" are not something that can be concealed. Only Shen Juren naively thinks that his virtue is comparable to that of a gentleman, even if he is slightly stained with women, he is also his own servant, and he will not hinder anything.

If he is young, but he is just a "young man", no one will say anything; If you have no children, you can also be favored under the banner of "no filial piety, no queen is great"; But at the age of his four and five, his two sons have grown up, and the front end of the shelf is too serious, how can this contrast not attract people's attention

"Patriarch's wife, shouldn't you nod?" Shen Rui asked with a wink.

Shen Rui pouted and said, "Except for Uncle Hong, there is only my second uncle left, what do you think will happen to the old lady in the third room?" Let's look at how the eight-room master speaks, I'm afraid the master won't be able to say much."

Shen Rui thought about it, the patriarch was really an understanding person, although in order to avoid suspicion, he would not belittle Shen Juren for anything, but he would not really let Shen Juren preside over the clan study. I can't say that the worst errand still fell on Shen Hong's head. If Shen Hong can't stand the complicated things, he only teaches the students, and arranges someone to be his assistant.

Thinking like this, Shen Rui's heart became steady.

At home, Zhang Lao'an has been "recuperating", and Shen Juren did not ask Shen Ruiding to save the province, and the father and son would only see each other in three or five days. Shen Yuan really wants to go to the family study, but every day is relative. Shen Juren saw him and behaved like a turtle grandson, although it was the norm of "father to son" in the world, but Shen Rui really couldn't accept it.

Seeing the empty seat next to Shen Rui, Shen Jue remembered that he hadn't arranged a seat for He Taizhi yet, and whispered to Shen Rui: "Let your kid sit with you for a long time, you don't want to lose the momentum of the Shen family." That stinky boy was only nine years old, and he passed the county exam, no wonder he walked with his tail pouting."

After passing the county exam at the age of nine, Shen Rui's eyes widened.

After all, the county test is not a township test, and various records can be followed. The county examination is held every year, and the number of children admitted each year is thousands, but it is not clear whether there are many young ones, and how old the youngest candidates are.

Shen Rui only remembered that Zhang Ju was a twelve-year-old middle talent, and Yang Tinghe was a twelve-year-old in Yuxiang, and they should have taken the county exam earlier.

It can be seen that there is no shortage of young candidates in the county examination, and they can take the exam, which is not the same thing as passing the exam. The admission model of the county test is the same in all places, according to the proportion of local population and tax, a few places in remote counties, a dozen or so medium counties, and a dozen to twenty in wealthy and densely populated places.

The richer the place, the larger the population of students, the more candidates who sign up, and the lower the admission rate.

He Taizhi is a member of the North Zhili family, and the admission ratio is low, second only to the South Zhili and Shandong, and he can also pass the county seat, which can be called a "prodigy".

No wonder Shen Jue even moved out of his ancestors, obviously because he was stimulated.

Regardless of whether Xu Youzhen, the head of Yingzong who was once a martial arts uncle, is loyal or traitorous, the family education should be good, otherwise his grandson would not be so successful.

However, there are three talented grandsons who have left a name in Xu Youzhen's history, and He Taizhi is not among them, either he has not grown up, or he will destroy everyone when he grows up......