Chapter 499: Ulterior Motives (4)
No matter how angry Guo was, she herself knew that she would have to count on Shen Li to arrange this matter in the future. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Whether it is looking for evidence of King Ning's rebellion, how to prove the innocence of the Shen family, and how to deal with the upcoming Qin cha, only Shen Li has the identity and ability to come forward to deal with it.
Guo pondered for a moment, asked Shen Li to sit down for a while, and got up and went inside.
However, after the tea effort, Guo Shi came out, came out with a brocade box in his hand, opened it and pushed it in front of Shen Li: "Sixth brother, whether it is looking for evidence or finding someone, it costs money, and I don't know what Qin Cha's temperament is." The family background of the five rooms is all here, and the aunt knows that you will do your best, but what can be solved with money in this world is a small matter, and the favor is greater than the sky, and it is good if you don't owe it, so you can save yourself difficulties in the future. If you can protect one of them, your son and aunt will save it, and your daughter-in-law, grandson and aunt will also want to save it! ”
Shen Li hurriedly said: "The whole brother has already left the silver and come out, aunt quickly take it back, where is this?" ”
"What are these floating riches compared to life? Brother Ying'er has already come out, and he doesn't have much money, and he also supports his wife and children; The whole brother is the most active, even if the imperial examination is hopeless in the future, he can find a way to make a living and start a career; Even if the family has not yet been divided, it is up to me to use the money. Money can make ghosts grind, even Zhao Xianzhong, as long as he is willing to change his mind and stop biting the Shen family, I would rather give him all the family wealth. Guo Shi had made up his mind in his heart, so he refused to change his mind: "Not to mention that you are investigating the king of a domain, how can the evidence be so easy to find?" Since there are no outsiders, my aunt will say something that is not obedient, why can they fabricate evidence to wronged us, but we have to honestly find evidence to correct them? ”
Shen Li is not a stubborn Confucian, and he can hear the meaning of Guo's words. Although this is contrary to the way of a gentleman, after more than ten years of experience in officialdom, Shen Li cannot be said to be thick-faced and dark-hearted, and his temperament is much smoother.
"Auntie, don't worry, my nephew knows what to do." Shen Li did not refuse Guo's brocade box this time, firstly, in the face of the upcoming Qin Mission, he may really need money to make a dot; the second is to send people to Taihu Lake and Nanchang to inquire about the news, which also costs a lot; The third is to make Guo's peace of mind, anyway, this is not a matter of five rooms and one house, of course, it will not really exhaust the wealth of the five rooms.
Guo's expression was a little calmer, and he looked at Shen Rui, who had lost a lot of weight due to fatigue and fatigue, and said with a little distress: "It's also hard Brother Rui, you are a little old, and you are running around for thousands of miles." ”
"Auntie, don't worry, my nephew only smoked strips when he was older, and now he weighs two or three pounds more than he weighs two or three pounds in Beijing." Seeing this, Shen Rui hurriedly comforted.
Guo Shi nodded: "That's fine, your sixth brother is busy these days, you have to take care of yourself." ”
Because it was about to be dinner, Guo knew that the sect had prepared a banquet, so he didn't leave Shen Li and Shen Rui in vain, sent them out in person, and repeatedly instructed Shen Li: "Regardless of the news, let someone tell your aunt if you get it, it's better than having no head and no brains to think about it." He said to Shen Rui again: "Auntie didn't look down on Brother Jin before, but along the way, his words and deeds are also in his eyes, and he is not a scheming child." You have to know in your heart, if you are willing to be close, you will be close, and if you are not happy, you should not tear the skin, and it will be a help in the future. ”
Shen Li and Shen Rui both agreed, and then left the fifth room and went back to the sect room.
Here in the sect, the He family looked at Shen Jin, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. If it weren't for the same clan, and there was no daughter, she would have wanted to recruit Shen Jin as her aunt. If she doesn't have a bad relationship with her mother's family, she has to think about which niece is suitable, so that the fat water doesn't flow into the fields of outsiders, but now she has a bad relationship with her mother's family, and naturally she is not happy to cheapen the He family, so she can only sigh. As for the fact that she despised Shen Jin's identity before, and disdained Sun's eldest son, she left her behind as early as after Shen Jin won the champion.
When Shen Li and Shen Rui came back, He couldn't help but compare Shen Jin and Shen Rui in his heart.
It's just a difference of four years, one is already a champion, and the other is just a showman, so they can distinguish between high and low. As for whether the second room keeps filial piety or not, in He's opinion, it is just an excuse, after all, the eldest man of the second room has not died of illness during the township test, and it does not affect Shen Rui's end, most of it is to cover up his shame, so he borrowed the excuse of serving the sick and did not end up. Thinking of the biological mother of the two again, although one is a wife and the other is a concubine, the wife is just a merchant girl, and her mother's family is a desperate household; The concubine came from a scholarly family, and now there is an uncle who is an official outside. Paying attention to it carefully, this Shen Jin's background is no less than Shen Rui.
When the Xu family went to Songjiang to choose an heir, his words and deeds were much higher than the He family, which made the He family feel ashamed; When Shen Jue died, the He family couldn't listen to the second room in the capital, and hated both the Xu family and Shen Rui. At present, compared with Shen Jin and Shen Rui's brothers, the He family can sneer at Xu's "eyes without beads" in his heart, and he hopes that Shen Rui will fall into envy and jealousy of his brothers, and he will become more and more unproductive.
Shen Jin watched Shen Li and Shen Rui come back, and had something to say, but because He was still there, he couldn't help but look at He, just in time to see that He was full of malice towards Shen Rui. Such a hideous look is completely different from the previous kindness. Shen Jin couldn't help but be unhappy, but when he thought of Shen Jue's death, he knew that this was an intractable knot between the second room and the sect room. Although Shen Rui was innocent, he couldn't help but be angry with the sect.
Thinking like this, Shen Jin didn't want to stay in the sect's room, and even wanted to take Shen Rui with him, so as not to be wronged here. It's just that he doesn't need to say these words to the He family, and he has to discuss them with Shen Li.
He had to ask Shen Li how Shen Hong and his wife were, and Shen Li replied lukewarmly. He Shi consciously had no taste, and under the pretext of going down to urge the banquet, he left in a sneer.
"Why isn't Uncle Hai here?" Shen Li said.
Shen Jin replied: "It seems that someone is looking for it, so I went in a hurry, saying that lunch was used outside." ”
Shen Li nodded, at this time, the only person looking for Shen Hai was the little official in the yamen, and I don't know if there is new news coming out from the prefect's yamen.
Listening to the footsteps outside, Shen Jin's eyes were red, and he got up and said, "The younger brother failed the trust of the six clan brothers and did not send Uncle Hong and his aunt back...... Uncle Hong is getting worse and worse these days, and Dr. Zhang said that he was afraid that he would have to prepare......"
Although they had witnessed Shen Hong's weakness just now, Shen Li and Shen Rui were still stunned when they heard the news. After all, Guo Shi's expression was calm, and he couldn't see the slightest hint of sadness and despair.
"Auntie knows, too?" Shen Rui asked.
Shen Jin nodded: "Well, that's exactly why my aunt is not allowed to stop the boat to rest, let me go back to Songjiang quickly......"
Returning to Songjiang as soon as possible, it is natural to "return to the roots of the leaves" and save the illness from dying.
The atmosphere in the room became more and more solemn, and Shen Rui thought of Guo's kindness and strength, and his heart was sour.
Shen Li thought a little more, although Shen Ying's grade is not high now, she is in the General Administration Department, and the Son of Heaven is a close minister; However, it is the duty of the Son of Man to keep the system, and there is no escaping it. Seon is not blessed, and it is impossible to avoid the current battle between the imperial power and the cabinet. Only Shen Qi is there, even if he escapes from prison, but with his father's funeral, I am afraid that the rest of his life will not be easy.
Seeing that Shen Li and Shen Rui had no one to blame him, Shen Jin was still uncomfortable. If he could stand firm, he wouldn't be in a different situation right now.
Prefect's Yamen Front Street, Tea House Hall.
In the corner of the window, there were two guests, dressed as ordinary Confucian students, ordering a few refreshments, eating tea while listening to the small talk of the guests next to them. These two people are not outsiders, they are Wang Shouren and Zhang Yong, who have changed their regular clothes.
Because Wang Shouren lived in Songjiang and could speak a few words of Songjiang dialect, he pretended to be a local guest, but it was not conspicuous.
I heard an old man at the next table say: "The wind is going down, the world is going down, it's true that the Shen family is a big family, but there are few things to bully the people, but today's people are talking about money and money, and they have lost their conscience." ”
A young Confucian student at the same table said angrily: "Flies don't stare at seamless eggs, who will wronged them in vain?" Even if you falsely accuse one, you can still falsely accuse three? It's just that God has eyes, and there are traces of bad things missing, and this is the evil retribution of the wicked. More than 100 lives, even if the entire Shen family is filled, it should also be shared! ”
The old man slapped the back of the young Confucian student's head vigorously: "Stinky boy, what are you talking about?" Before Qin Cha came down to judge the case, you convicted the Shen family? ”
The young Confucian said uncomfortably: "Grandfather has something to say, but the gentleman does not move his mouth." Now that the Shen family is not the only one who is not the grandson, what others say, why can't the grandson say it? ”
The old man said: "I don't care about others, anyway, you can't say it!" If it weren't for the Shen family, you and my ancestors and grandchildren would have lost their lives. The Shen family is the benefactor of our Chen family, others can be ungrateful, but our Chen family can't! ”
The young Confucian was curious: "Why haven't you heard my grandfather mention it before?" What are the blessings of the Shen family and our family? ”
The old man said: "Have you forgotten that when I first returned to Songjiang a few years ago, I took you to visit the tomb?" ”
The young Confucian nodded and said, "Grandson remembers, grandfather said that Sun Gongren had saved grandson in his early years. ”
The old man nodded, and fell into recollection: "That is the great benefactor of our ancestors and grandchildren, and the eldest wife of the Shen family. You were only three years old that year, you were seriously ill, your aunt was married, we had no other relatives in Songjiang, I sold everything I could in my family, but I still didn't cure your illness. The pharmacy drove people, I hugged you and cried when I passed by, thinking that it really didn't work, so I would find a place for the grandparents and grandchildren to go together. It happened that Sun Gongren was passing by, stopped and asked me what was going on, knowing that you were sick, and without saying a word, he asked someone to go to the hospital to grab medicine, and took the silver to settle us. When you were well and heard that I was going to take you to your aunt, I sent fifty taels of silver for the ceremony. I originally thought that I would come back to repay my benefactor when you were out of breath, but I didn't want God to be blind, and my benefactor went so early. ”
The young Confucian said with a face full of shame: "It's the grandson, no, no one is the same." The Shen family has both good people like Sun Gongren and two champions one after another, how can they be people in the fish and meat township in other people's mouths? ”
The old man nodded with satisfaction: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, the Shen family is just a big tree, so they have been jealous of others." It's just that since ancient times, evil has prevailed over good, and there will always be a day when the water will come out......"