Shen Juren said with a calm face: "I was still in bed a few days ago, and some couldn't get up ......" Speaking of this, he was also a little annoyed in his heart, even if he was selfish, but Shen Rui was not lying in bed these days. On the day Sun just passed away, Shen Rui was subjected to family law, and under shame and anger, he fainted, and he has not recovered yet. Even if he had the intention to put Shen Jin under the name of the Sun family, he would not be so hasty to arouse doubts.

In the past few days, Shen Rui woke up and began to enter the rice water, but he heard Lao Anren say that he was still very weak, and he did not let him come to the spirit, and it was indeed a pity and compassion, but listening to Shen Li's words, it seemed that he had a bad heart.

Everyone present, in addition to the Shen clan, there are other neighboring gentry who are qualified to sit down, looking at Shen Juren's eyes shining. It seems that he is looking forward to the ugliness of the Shen family's father abusing his son, and he wants to see the excitement. Thinking of this, Shen Juren was full of resentment, and instructed the steward next to him: "Go and pick up Brother Rui, even if you can't get out of bed, you have to carry it over......"

The butler answered, and the atmosphere in the hall was a little dull.

The Shen family also reacted, and Shen Li's words were a little inappropriate. Now there are outsiders in the hall, no matter what the inside situation is, they should not mention this matter in front of outsiders. There is no wind and no waves, if it is spread outside, it will inevitably cause all kinds of speculation, and it will accidentally damage the reputation of the Shen family.

Shen Li just kept silent, looking at the door from time to time, and couldn't hide the concern on his face. Although Shen Li is a descendant of the Shen family, he did not borrow any light from the Shen family clan to get ahead, but relied on the Sun family to succeed in his studies. No matter what the other clansmen of the Shen clan were, Shen Li was indeed really sad for the loss of the Sun family. If it weren't for that, they wouldn't have come to the door one after another when the mother was mourning.

Everyone looked at Shen Li's gaze, and it was a little complicated. There are those who blame it, and they feel that they can't write two Shens in one stroke, and Shen Li's move is a bit disregard for the overall situation; There are those who agree, this is in the eyes of the world, the Sun family has helped for more than ten years, and Shen Li has been confessed, which is a great favor to Shen Li, even if Shen Li is a junior, but at this time, it is reasonable to open his eyes for his relatives.

Shen Li already had the worst plan in his heart, if Shen Juren was unfair to Shen Rui, and several masters of the sect let it go, he would stop it no matter what, if he couldn't stop it, then ask the capital for help, and ask the uncle of the second room to come forward to uphold justice.

Although the second room moved to the capital when the old lady entered the Hanlin Academy decades ago, the old lady and the old lady were also buried in the capital, but because the two masters are now in the officialdom, the big old man is the head of the clan, and he has to sell a little affection.

Shen Li has been in Beijing for several years, and he has watched the two clan uncles act in a dignified manner, and he respects them very much in his heart. Although the two aunts were born in a family of eunuchs, they were also virtuous and generous. Although Erfang has not returned to Songjiang in the past few decades, he has also taken care of the clansmen who have entered Beijing. Although they had never seen the Sun family, they had heard Shen Li's mother and son mention it, and they knew that the Sun family was kind, and they were also full of praise for this concubine in the next room who had never met.

Everyone in the hall had different thoughts, and from time to time someone looked at Shen Jin.

Regardless of whether Shen Juren is eccentric or not, Shen Jin is no longer a child, since he can occupy the position of a filial son without shame, it makes people have to think deeply. Shen Juren, who was envious and jealous before, had a good son, sneered in his heart, and regarded the handsome Shen Jin as a suspicious person.

Shen Jin is here in the end, and his face is blue and white for a while when everyone sees him, and he can't wait to go down immediately, but Shen Juren doesn't speak, and he can only endure with a filial piety stick, but there is only shame and anger on his face, and there is no guilt and anxiety.

In the north room across the courtyard, the sweat on the butler's head came out. After grinding two teas, Shen Rui still refused to let go and went forward.

He only regarded it as a simple errand, even if he brought two small servants over, he didn't mean to force people to oppress, just thinking about Shen Rui's serious illness, so that people would be lifted forward.

Shen Rui lay on the bed, looked at the housekeeper coldly, and said: "The housekeeper should not be verbose, I can't guard the soul of my mother, I am an unfilial son, where can I go to the mother's funeral hall, the big housekeeper pleads for me and my father, and now I can't go to the front when I die." ”

In my memory, even if this housekeeper is not Sun's confidant, he can not only sit firmly in the position of housekeeper, but also receive the favor of the main mother Sun. Regarding the situation of the master these days, the chief butler did not think of pulling a hand, which shows that he is not a person who knows kindness and righteousness. But who would have thought that Lao An would treat his own grandson so harshly and detain himself in this courtyard, and who would believe that the master had been tortured to death.

Shen Rui thought that he was about to meet those "family members", but he felt irritable in his heart, and turned his head sideways to stop listening to the housekeeper's crooked entanglement.

Shen Rui was originally a tall man who drew strips, but after a few days, he also lost six or seven catties, his chin was sharp, and he couldn't say that his skin and bones were almost the same, plus this little blue and white bloodless face, which was not as cold as a child's eyes. With such a big change, no one can see that something is wrong, and the housekeeper who sees it trembles in his heart.

Seeing that Shen Rui was resentful, he even came out as an "unfilial son", and he really wanted to forcibly pull him to the front of the spirit, and in front of everyone's eyes, he didn't know what kind of chaos would happen.

The big butler stomped his feet and took the two little guys away.

Wang's mother personally sent someone out of the city, and came back with a sad expression: "How is this good, how is this good, why don't you go to the second brother?" It's really going to annoy the master, and it's hard to endure. ”

Shen Rui also regretted it, and said: "Why don't you invite your mother to go to the second gate to keep an eye on it, if your father really comes, come back and say, I also have a preparation." ”

Mother Wang nodded and said, "Okay, okay, the old slave will go to the second gate to guard the ......" After that, she went out worriedly.

Liu Ya was uneasy and said, "Second brother, if you disobey the master like this, how can you be good if the master practices the family law again?" ”

Shen Rui sneered: "Where will I fight, after today, the master only has the ...... who loves me."

In front of the mourning hall, everyone was already impatient to wait, and they had to look at each other, each in shock. Shen Li's face was even darker, and he couldn't help but get up.

Shen Juren saw it in his eyes, became more and more irritable, frowned and instructed the little guy next to him: "Why hasn't this rebel come yet, go and urge it!" ”

The little servant responded and ran into the butler at the door of the mourning hall, and hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it.

Shen Juren saw that there was no one behind the housekeeper, and said in shock: "Where is Brother Rui? Could it be that he is really seriously ill? ”

Don't blame him for worrying, in addition to pity the flesh and bones, now everyone is watching, if the second son is really bad at this time, then he may really have to bear the suspicion of "harmful son", and he can't wash it away by jumping into the Yellow River.

Seeing this, the housekeeper hurriedly said, "Don't worry, master, the second brother will see you." ”

Shen Juren frowned and said, "Since that's the case, why don't you bring it?" I'm not saying that even if he is not well, he has to carry it. Or is he willful and refuses to get out of bed and refuse to listen to orders? ”

The housekeeper hesitated and said, "Master, the villain passed on the master's words, but the second brother said that he couldn't come." ”

Shen Juren was furious when he heard this, and said: "This mourning hall is dedicated to his biological mother, he was seriously ill a few days ago, and the old man was merciful and allowed him to cultivate, but now he refuses to come over when he sees Hao, this unfilial little beast, he is about to be tied up, and he is killed immediately!" ”

Thinking that his sister-in-law was arrogant and indulged by his mother, he was willful and stubborn on weekdays, but now he has lost his face in front of everyone, and Shen Juren is really angry.

No one sympathized with Shen Juren's difficulty, but looked at him with more and more complicated eyes, wondering if he would "push the boat down the river" and really teach his son in front of Sun's spirit. Seeing that this was wrong, the eldest master of the sect coughed lightly and said: "My nephew is not sensible and teaches slowly, and he shouts and kills." ”

Seeing this, Shen Jin also came over and persuaded in a low voice: "Don't worry, master, I heard that the second brother has slept a lot and woken up less in the past few days. ”

Shen Juren was furious, and snorted coldly: "Look at what, quickly make someone bring that evil beast!" After that, he ordered the housekeeper to take Shen Rui.

At this time, I listened to Shen Li Zhengse and said: "Uncle Yuan is slow, if the nephew doesn't listen to the errand, your housekeeper will pass on the message that Brother Rui said, 'I can't come', not that I refuse to come." Since he said that he couldn't, there was always a reason why he couldn't, and it was not too late to listen to Rui Ge'er's reasons first, and then convict him. If he is really sick and can't get up, the elders are kind, and they can't bear to toss Rui Ge'er. ”

Seeing that Shen Li had something to say, Shen Juren glared at him, annoyed that he had extraneous branches, but the clansmen's eyes were shining, and their faces were full of suspicion, as if there was something unseemly in his refusal, he could only say in his mouth, "Little beast who doesn't know how to be rude, where is there any reason", it is not good to really stop everyone from visiting.

Thinking of the second son's stubbornness, maybe he would be embarrassed in front of the clansmen next, Shen Juren was very irritable, but he didn't mean to hide it for his son, and led everyone to the backyard with a drooping face.

Several elders in the Shen clan wanted to take a look at one or two, so they followed. Neighbors and friends with foreign surnames are not good to follow into the hall, but they don't want to go first, so they sit on the mourning hall and wait for the result. Thinking that no matter whether Shen Juren is a "pity" or a "bad son" this time, the Shen family will make trouble themselves, and they can't say that they will have a lively look for a while.

Shen Juren took all the relatives and followed the housekeeper to the gate of the West Cross Courtyard, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, and wanted to stop, but there was a suspicion of "wanting to cover up", so he gritted his teeth and entered the courtyard.

In the courtyard of six or seven feet square, more than a dozen people came in, and they were immediately crowded and full of people. Because this courtyard has been idle for a long time in the early years, the door frames of the houses are old, and the raw edge paper on the windows is also yellowed. With the decency of other places in Shen Ju's house, it is shabby and eye-catching.

Even the favored aunts and concubines will not live here, let alone the only place for the concubines to cultivate.

Shen Juren's previous so-called Lao An people's "pity" for his grandson immediately became a joke.

Shen Li stood in the courtyard, looked around, frowned, and said, "Uncle and grandmother changed the yard?" ”

The faces of the clansmen are not good-looking, if the Shen family really comes out with the scandal of "father abusing son", it will hurt the face of the clan. Not to mention that Shen Rui is the son of the Sun family, if he is mistreated, it is not the Shen family's business. There are many ordinary people in Songjiang Mansion who have received the favor of the Sun family, and the officials and relatives who have made good friends with Lu will not stand by because of their reputation.