"Clan discussion? How? Shen Juren lost his usual calmness, and said with a flushed face: "Could it be that the patriarch also thinks that the third room and the ninth room are right?" Divide the Sun dowry like this? ”

The faces of the old lady of the third room and the old lady of the ninth room were faintly pale, and the faces of the relatives at the head of the other rooms were not good-looking. Even for the sake of the reputation of the Shen family, it is indeed not appropriate for this matter to be brought to court, but it cannot be confused.

The patriarch said sharply: "Article 4 of the clan rules, those who embezzle the money and property of the clan should return it to the owner, and those who violate it will ...... Except for the clan! ”

The old lady of the third room said busily: "The law of the imperial court stipulates that 'fighting for land, the official deed' is a real money transaction, but it is lower than the price on the market, how can it become an encroachment on the clan's property?" ”

The patriarch said with a dark face: "The law stipulates that land and property disputes shall be subject to the 'official deed', but it also stipulates the flow of those who encroach on other people's properties in the name of trading!" Who is Chen Yongshan, what he said is that he is a four-room in-law, and what he said bluntly is just a steward who takes care of foreign affairs for the fourth room, how can he be qualified to dispose of Sun's private property? Knowing that it is inappropriate, but deliberately buying and selling, what is it that is not embezzling the property? ”

The old lady in the third room said angrily: "Talk about it! Who doesn't know that since the Sun family is sick, the four rooms and their private properties are all entrusted to the Zhang family to take care of, and the son-in-law of the Zhang family holds the deed in his hand, buys and sells the property, asks the neighbors first, the government makes the deed, pays taxes and transfers, and the procedures are complete, where is it inappropriate? ”

The patriarch didn't look at the old lady of the third room, but said to the eldest master of the clan with a cold face: "Embezzling the property is a violation of the national law and clan rules, although this matter should not be brought to the court, the clan discussion of this matter is not connivance, but it is not good to hurt the peace of the clan." If the second child is lost, return the property; If Li Ling is faint and does not repent, then he will be sent to the official to be exterminated! ”

The eldest master of the sect bowed down and said: "It should be so, there are no rules, there is no circle, if the clan condones evil behavior, then there is no need to ask for the name of the Shen family for a hundred years." ”

The father and son answered one-on-one, and the angry three-room old lady and the nine-room old lady jumped to their feet. The patriarch has been a patriarch for more than 50 years, and he has accumulated a lot of prestige, although he has not shown much in recent years, but in his early years, he was a means of wind and thunder. Now that the gesture of "righteous annihilation of relatives" has come out, the two of them are full of anger, but they don't dare to talk in a hurry.

Let's see how he handles it, Shen Jiang is the patriarch's son-in-law, does he really want to "send his son to the official"?

Shen Juren's already desperate face finally showed a little hope, and he said in a trembling voice: "Uncle......"

The patriarch only glanced at Shen Juren, and then said to everyone: "The Sun family has been married into the Shen family for more than 20 years, filial piety and virtuousness, pity the poor and the weak, have many good deeds, and there is no slightest mistake, she can be a virtuous woman of the Shen family." It is a blessing for my Shen family to have such a woman as a wife. Now that Sun's bones are not cold, leaving thousands of dollars to marry, he will be eaten and drunk blood? If there is no justice, who will dare to marry their daughter into the Shen family in the future? How can the daughter of the Shen family have the face to go out? Those who dare to damage the reputation of my Shen family for a hundred years are the great sinners of the Shen family! ”

The old lady of the eighth room sneered: "That is, if the clan connives, then what kind of face does the Shen family have in Songjiang?" Encroaching on Sun's industry, is it really a thick skin? Regardless of the bloodline, it is shameful to only take revenge! In addition to the second room in Beijing, the Shen family's eight heads, which one has not received the benefits of the Sun family? Eighteen thousand taels of silver, so cheap, it makes people lose their conscience? ”

The five-room master followed: "The tree has dead branches, and it is inevitable that there will be misbehaving among the clansmen. Xiaozong moved in the fifth generation, and the Shen family lived in Songjiang, inheriting more than five generations, but it was a family to rely on. If the clan is not close and the heart and liver are blackened, it is more terrible than outsiders. We honest people really dare not talk to such people! ”

The third room and the ninth room were embarrassed at first, but they could hear that they were already lacking in confidence here.

Why do the three rooms and the nine rooms look so ugly, because the three rooms are hung with the brand of the scholarly family, and they are doing business, and they are the most important and light on profit; The ninth room is the thinnest of all the houses. Because of this, the talents of these two rooms did not care about face, and they had already made up their minds to fight with the fourth room, so they dared to take such a advantage.

The patriarch said the reputation of the Shen family, the old lady of the eighth room said kindness, and the fifth room said kinship.

Even if the Shen clan is an old ancestor, the outer five rooms have long been unsuited, with the name of the clan, but in fact, the bloodline is far away; It is the inner four rooms, the older generation is still there, there are still service relatives, and it is passed on to the younger generation, and it is going to be served. It is not impossible for the patriarch to really take advantage of the topic and expel the third and ninth rooms from the Shen family.

Although Sanfang is rich, there is no Shen clan as a signboard, and there are no prominent clansmen as shelter, it is just a piece of fat. And Jiufang already had a flawed reputation for treating Shen Li's father and son, and it was difficult to guarantee that someone would fall into the well in order to please Shen Li after leaving the clan.

The old lady of the third room and the old lady of the ninth room are not upright, and it is inevitable to infer others with sinister disgust, but they were frightened by the words of the master of the fifth room and had scruples.

Shen Rui looked at this big scene, and his heart was already steady. No wonder the patriarch Taiye wants to "clan discussion", the Shen family has eight rooms, six to two, this "fair" patriarch Taiye can still hold it by Allah. The Sun family's dowry can not only make a note on the family tree, but also make the Sun family mix a gift after his death, so it will definitely not be cheap for these villains in front of him.

He glanced at Shen Jin standing next to him, Shen Jin's face showed a little disappointment, I don't know whether it was disappointed in the disappearance of the Sun family's marriage, or disappointed in the ugly face of the clan's invasion, obviously his face was still immature, but it seemed to have grown up all of a sudden.

Sensing Shen Rui's gaze, Shen Jin turned his head, the disappointment on his face had disappeared, revealing a little concern, and comforted in a low voice: "Second brother, don't be afraid, there is the patriarch master, and there are six clan brothers!" ”

Shen Rui didn't want to speak, so he nodded, turned his head, and looked at Shen Li. Shen Li had a bit of sarcasm on his face, but he sat like a mountain.

There was a sudden silence in the room.

No one spoke first, only Shen Juren gasped for breath with "snort" and "snort", and looked at the people in the third and ninth rooms viciously, and there was no trace of gentleness and elegance on his face.

The atmosphere in the room became more and more depressing, but fortunately, there was movement outside at this time, and a small servant said through the door: "Master, the two masters are here." ”

When all the patriarchs heard this, they all looked at Shen Li.

Shen Li didn't get up either, but shouted, "Please come in, two masters." ”

It was the servant of Shen Li's family who came, so he was called so.

As soon as the words fell, two people came over at the door, it was Shen Jiang and Shen Lian, who had not been walking for a long time. The two of them looked worried, each looking for their own father, one looked at the patriarch's wife, and the other looked at the three-room old lady.

The patriarch said, "Kneel!" ”

Shen Lian was still ignorant, and Shen Jiang had already "pounced" and fell to the ground.

The patriarch didn't ask much, got up and held up his cane, and whipped it Shen Jiang's back. Shen Jiang staggered and fell to the ground, his face showing horror. The patriarch's cane had rained down, and Shen Jiang didn't dodge, just withered on the ground, gritting his teeth.

The people of the clan looked frightened, and the eldest lord of the sect hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the arm of the patriarch: "Dad...... The second brother is not greedy for money, he must have been fooled, you listen to him first! ”

The patriarch said angrily: "He is forty-eight, not eighteen, don't you know what to do and what not to do?" Shen Jiang, go back and get the deed, and honestly return it to the fourth room, otherwise you will get out of the Shen family! ”

Shen Jiang raised his head, his face turned white, and there was a cold sweat on his forehead, and he prayed: "Dad, the children of those industries should not take advantage of the cheap and buy them at a low price, but the money spent is Qu's dowry silver......

Without waiting for him to finish collecting, the patriarch said coldly: "You still have the face to say that the Qu family married into the Shen family thirty years ago, and the silver in the box was only 1,000 taels, but I didn't know that she could buy an estate of tens of thousands of taels." Usually she has shallow eyelids, and she has three melons and two dates from the public, and no one cares about her for the sake of giving birth to children. This time, I will take away your inheritance, such an unvirtuous woman, unworthy of being a woman, unworthy of being a mother, let her go to the family temple to pray for her children. ”

Shen Jiang raised his head and said, "Dad, the third sister and the fourth sister are both married after the ...... year."

The patriarch sneered: "So what? Is it because you want to marry a daughter, and you think that the dowry is small, so you go and take the dowry of others? My children and grandchildren can't do such ugly things, and the Shen family can't tolerate such black-hearted people. Either return the deed and make amends to Sifang, or get out of the Shen family and go to the court to argue well, what punishment should be for embezzling other people's property in the name of trading! ”

The old man was loud and did not give Shen Jiang any other choice.

Shen Jiang raised his head, glanced at the patriarch's grandfather, and then at Shen Juren, trembling his lips, and whispered, "Dad...... The 10,000 taels of silver that was transferred and delivered......"

The people in the third and eighth rooms were frightened by the "Xunzi" scene of the patriarch's wife, and they all held their breath and condensed. The patriarch is really powerful, in addition to the back of the clan, he is also sent to the official, who dares to take advantage of this cheapness? They have already regretted it in their hearts, and they are nothing more than like Shen Jiang, worried about the delivery of the real money that has been lost.

The patriarch snorted coldly: "There is a wrong, there is a debtor, since he was deceived by Chen Yongshan, he naturally pursued him!" ”

Shen Jiang already had a bitter face, but he didn't dare to be long-winded.

The old lady of the third room and the old man of the ninth room glanced at each other, and their faces were a little gray. It is true that the silver money was delivered to Chen Yongshan, but since he had the intention of fraud, he naturally had already gone away. It's been two or three months, where to find someone. But although the patriarch did not mention the eight properties obtained by the third and ninth rooms, he had already put the words out. To choose those industries, you must first remove the clan, and then become an official; Otherwise, you have to return the deeds honestly.

The purchase and sale amount of the three places in Shenjiang is 10,000 taels, although the nine houses are four properties, but because the nine houses have no money, these four places are just other courtyards and remote shops, and they cost only a few thousand taels, but the nine houses mortgaged several properties to make up; Sanfang took over two large farms and two prosperous shops, spending more than 30,000 taels. Is this money just a waste?

But if there is no second word, the patriarch even gave up his own son, how can he be merciful to them?

The old lady of the third room has been trading all his life to make a living, and he can only take advantage of it, where can he afford this loss, he gritted his teeth with red eyes and said: "The Sun family's industry is not taken care of by the Zhang family?" Chen Yongshan is the Chen family, but it is because of the identity of the son-in-law of the Zhang family that he can take care of these things. If you can run, the monk can't run to the temple, and you can't find Chen Yongshan, and the Zhang family ......"