Yang House, study

The servant put down the teapot and teacup and was sent away, and even his own son Yang Shen could not stay, only Yang Ting and Shen Ruiweng's son-in-law were left in the house to sit opposite each other, and there was still a confidant at the gate of the courtyard to guard the door, completely cautious.

When Shen Rui saw this battle, he was already a little apprehensive in his heart, for fear that Yang Tinghe would say bad news about the Shen family in the Tong Fan case.

Since the Jingnan Change, the imperial court has been jealous of the vassal king, and if it really has a relationship with the vassal king, the future of the Shen family's children is afraid that it will come to an end; In addition to the future, there is also the safety of Shen Qi's wife and children and Brother Xiaodong in the long house, and now there is no news It is good news, if there is really bad news, it is unbearable to hear.

Yang Tinghe didn't turn around the corner, and said bluntly: "The matter involves the vassal king, and the princes of the court attach great importance to it, and even the emperor has personally tried several criminals. ”

Shen Rui wasn't too surprised, with Brother Shou's character, he might think that interrogating criminals was a very fun thing.

Yang Tinghe saw that Shen Rui was quite calm, and he was very satisfied, and his tone softened a lot, and said, "You tell me everything before and after." Don't leave out what you see, hear, or feel. ”

Shen Rui hurriedly agreed, and then he told all the things he and Shen Li found when they returned to Songjiang, the speculations of himself and Shen Li, and some of the things he heard from Wang Shouren later.

No matter how big or small, it was enough to talk for half an hour, Shen Ruizhi said that his mouth was dry, and when he finished speaking, he had to confess in a dumb voice, and drank two teas in a row to relieve himself.

Yang Tinghe listened very seriously, sometimes his eyebrows were tightened, sometimes he nodded, and after listening to them all, Fang said: "Ning Fan's actions are not meticulous and thoughtful, I don't know if it was done on purpose." However, regardless of whether he did it on purpose or not, it depends on the people he uses," he snorted coldly, "I don't know anyone, and it won't be a big deal." ”

Shen Ruixin said from the history books, Ning Wangyuan is not a meticulous and thoughtful person, didn't the court and the central government not notice it before he really raised the rebellion, and it wasn't that several factions of the court and the central government had their own thoughts, and they poured into each other, and they didn't pay attention to it, so that such a good thing successfully rebelled.

Shen Rui expected that it was impossible for Yang Tinghe not to know about Wang Shouren's secret performance of the emperor's extermination of the Taihu bandits, and now that he had sent troops for more than a month, he was afraid that he had already made some gains, so he did not hide it, and told Yang Tinghe everything he knew. Sure enough, it was not surprising to see Yang Tinghe.

"There are not many places around Nanchang that can raise soldiers, Ning Fan exposed the Taihu Lake Water Village this time, if the teacher and Zhang Gonggong can level the Taihu Lake in one fell swoop, at least they will break Ning Fan's arm." Although Shen Rui didn't think that King Ning only had this place to hide his troops, this would undoubtedly be a very important place, and if it was exterminated, King Ning would inevitably be greatly damaged.

And this will be Wang Shouren's first big victory in his life, maybe he will be able to start the God of War mode from now on, and he will no longer be like the bumpy in his previous life, but can leap in the sea and the sky, and let the birds fly in the sky...... This made Shen Rui excited when he thought about it, and his tone naturally carried a sense of pride and honor.

Yang Tinghe quietly looked at Shen Rui for a moment, but did not mention Ning Fan, but said: "Wang Bo'an has been handpicked this time, which is already in the way of people's eyes, and sending troops is even more disliked. If he returns from a great victory, Wang Hua will not only not be able to enter the cabinet, but he is afraid that he will die old immediately. He said coldly: "On September 18, Wang Hua has gone to the book again to beg for rest because of his impeachment. However, the emperor did not allow it. ”

Shen Rui was stunned for a moment, and a wave of anger rose in his heart, and he blurted out: "The teacher is fighting for the safety of the imperial court, but someone has framed the ancestor for his own selfish interests regardless of the overall situation!" At this time, squeezing out the teacher and making Ning Fan bigger, it is not to harm the world, what good is it with them! ”

Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment, and then pressed his hand to show appeasement.

This son-in-law, no matter how young he is, is a child after all.

Yang Tinghe didn't mean to whitewash it at all, and said bluntly: "It's not about Ning Fan. It's just that he is afraid that Wang Hua will take advantage of his son's east wind to enter the cabinet. Liu Jian and Wang Hua have had deep grievances for many years, and although Xie and Li have nothing, they don't want one more person to join the cabinet and share power. Wang Hua is the first emperor of the East Palace, and he has an additional identity as an emperor, how to rank after entering the cabinet? It's not about anyone getting in the way. Hengyun, you must know that this matter in the DPRK and China is inextricably linked, and it is by no means a person or a matter that can be decided! ”

Shen Rui impulsively confided in his heart, but after speaking, he also understood, and there was grief and anger in his heart, as well as helplessness.

In the eyes of those in high positions, power always comes first, and the so-called overall situation also revolves around power, and the people in the world are just like ants.

In an instant, Shen Rui had a feeling that "if you don't stand at the pinnacle of power, you may be buried as a victim at any time".

This is the political rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Rui took a deep breath, collected his excitement, turned back into the calm and old boy, and calmly responded: "Yes, father-in-law, don't worry, Hengyun has written it down." ”

Yang Tinghe bowed slightly, and his heart was also mixed. Because, speaking of Wang Hua being prevented from entering the cabinet by the elders of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe also had some injuries.

Wang Hua, like Yang Tinghe, both lectured for the prince of the East Palace - Wang Hua had taught the first emperor for eight years, and the friendship between teachers and students was deep.

After the first emperor ascended the throne, Wang Hua rose step by step, although Wang Hua was the champion, but he was inevitably still regarded as lucky. Later, the first emperor intended to let Wang Hua enter the cabinet, but was repeatedly denied by Liu Jian. To this day, it is still blocked from the cabinet by the three cabinet elders.

Now, Yang Tinghe is standing in the same role, and the dependence of the little emperor on him is obvious, and recruiting him into the cabinet is not out of reach. It's just that now that the cabinet has three powers, even the little emperor has to be pressed, and it is impossible for him, the emperor's East Palace Division, to come in and get a piece of the pie.

Wang Hua has a good son, and now he is also in the heart of the emperor, if he has great merit, he can naturally borrow his son Dongfeng. It's just that an excellent son can be a help from officialdom, or he can become the target of attack and resistance from officialdom.

And he, Yang Tinghe, raised an excellent son.

In addition, he has a wonderful son-in-law.

Yang Tinghe's eyes fell on Shen Rui, both satisfied and melancholy, Shen Rui only revealed the impulse of a young man, showing his soft-hearted and immature side, so that he realized that this child is still too young, even if he is about to enter the official career, it will take ten or eight years to use it.

The son is very talented in reading, and he will definitely get off to a good start when he enters the imperial examination in the future. Son-in-law Shen Rui is slightly inferior in reading, but he is also steady and steady, and a young man is steady.

Let's talk about it in detail, Shen Rui is more calm and steady, judging from the various shrewd performances in this Tongyu case and the vassal king case, his son-in-law Shen Rui is already much smarter than his son Yang Shen. After all, Brother Shen is still too dead to study, and he doesn't know how to be flexible. In the future, in addition to him, the old man, who has to be mentioned from time to time, he will rarely have the help of his son-in-law.

Unexpectedly, Yang Tinghe thought of the little emperor Bai Arowana's friendship with Shen Rui, and his mood was a little complicated, but the emperor did not name him, and he didn't want to stab it directly.

The little emperor is not a benevolent master like the first emperor, if he does something against his will, it will be self-defeating.

Therefore, Yang Tinghe only nodded slightly: "Although the affairs of the feudal domains are important, the emperor personally tried the case, and this matter has made the cabinet elders dissatisfied. ”

Shen Rui twitched the corners of his mouth, but he didn't speak.

Yang Tinghe said: "You don't have to slander in your heart, now is not the time for you to be rash." The current Shen family cannot completely guarantee their innocence. ”

Shen Rui nodded hurriedly, and brought back the two Shen family "human witnesses", making it clear that they still had to be disposed of: "Brother Ying and the son-in-law have some letters, and the son-in-law has also brought them, and I want to ask my father-in-law which house to visit." As he spoke, he took out a transcribed list of recipients from his bosom.

Yang Tinghe didn't look at it: "I'm in a hurry to find you, just because I'm afraid that you will ask people everywhere." The current Shen family is not as quiet as it is to be motionless. ”

Shen Rui had also discussed this with Shen Li and Shen Ying before, the bigger the action, the more suspicious it was, but if he didn't do anything, would his innocence automatically fall back to the Shen family?

Seeing the slight hesitation on Shen Rui's face, Yang Tinghe said: "You also know that this matter is not just whether the Shen family is in harmony, but whether it is in the domain. ”

Shen Rui is most afraid of this, Songjiang is the base camp of the Shen family, the Shen family will only use the Japanese to harm their own family if they lose their minds, and this time the Japanese went ashore and the Shen family suffered heavy losses, so the Japanese could not stand at all. However, Shen Zhu's behavior can be said to be a real general.

For the imperial court, the feudal clan was even more intolerable than the crime of the feudal lord.

"Shen Zhu's side is no longer beyond our control. What else can we do now...... Please also ask my father-in-law to teach me. When Shen Rui told it before, he didn't hide Shen Zhu's matter.

"Don't do anything. Do more and make more mistakes. Yang Tinghe sighed: "The Shen family's division is a wonderful move. Even if those two 'human witnesses' are convicted, it will not affect the entire Shen family. However, the matter of the vassal king can never be directly put forward, and the punishment for those two 'human witnesses' is limited, and the nine clans will not. How to judge this matter depends on the three elders. ”

"Xie Ge's old son-in-law is from the Shen family, so he is naturally on the side of the Shen family. Liu Ge Lao is targeting Wang Hua, Wang Shouren's father and son, although it is impossible to frame the Shen family, but he will not let Wang Shouren successfully try this case and win the court's appreciation. As for Li Ge Lao's side, ......" Yang Tinghe pondered and said: "Zhao Xianzhong, the prefect of Songjiang who was convicted, is Li Ge Lao's person, and the case brought out a He family, and He Dongsheng is also Li Ge Lao's person, Li Ge Lao is already a little disgraced because of this matter. Zhao Xianzhong's matter is already a certainty, Li Ge Lao will definitely not pay attention to it, but He Dongsheng is still walking around asking for help. Whether the He family decided to settle other people's property or pass the domain is still between the two. Although the Shen family is a victim, no matter who Li Ge Lao or whoever it is, if he wants to help the He family, he must also try his best to start with the Shen family. ”

"There is one more thing...... Yang Tinghe said a little helplessly: "I heard that Li Ge wants to choose a son-in-law with his eldest granddaughter, Shen Jin, the champion of the current department?" ”

Shen Rui was also helpless, nodded and said, "Brother Jin's seat master mentioned it before. Brother Jin wanted to ask Sixth Brother Li to come forward to propose marriage at that time, and he didn't want to ...... later" He scolded Shen Yuan again in his heart a thousand and eight hundred times.

Yang Tinghe said: "Although this matter has not been discussed, there are one or two people who know about it. And Shen Yuan's repentance for marrying the Yan family, a salt merchant, caused the Yan family's nephew to take revenge was clearly written in the case, and Li Ge didn't show it on his face, but he was also extremely annoyed. This family will definitely not succeed, and I am only afraid of Shen Jin's future in the future...... Elder Li Ge is not angry with the Shen family, I am afraid that there will be villains who will make trouble from it......"

Yang Tinghe stopped talking, Shen Rui also understood, and he didn't speak, just nodded.

This is not a relationship, but a hate.

Li Ge Lao doesn't like the Shen family, he doesn't need to say anything personally, as long as he lets out some rumors, there will be a group of people who will step on the Shen family to curry favor with Li Ge Lao.

"In the current cabinet, there are two cabinet elders who don't want to see the Shen family retreat." Yang Tinghe said solemnly, "Therefore, it is enough for the Shen family to divide the sect now, and it is safe to do nothing, if you go out and walk around today, tomorrow you can let the old men of the two pavilions find an opening to tear up this case." ”

Shen Rui had already seen fine sweat on his forehead, and after hearing this, he got up and solemnly shook his face, and thanked Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe also mentioned a seemingly very small incident in this case: "The Yan family of the salt merchant is rich, and many people are already looking at it, in this case, Yan Baowen cannot be designated as a general fan, but he can be designated as a general widow, and the murder of Qin Cha is also a big trouble, and the Yan family has been raided by the entire family." ”

Shen Rui hurriedly said: "I will tell Brother Jin to keep his mouth shut about Yan's family affairs." ”

Yang Tinghe was very satisfied with his son-in-law's reaction speed, and nodded: "It's good that you know it in your heart, but now that you are stained with the word 'salt', there will be something that you can't figure out." In mid-August, Chen Zhencai, the two Huai capital salt envoys, was promoted to the head of the river, and in early September, the family members of Qingyun Hou Zhou Shou and Shouning Hou Zhang Heling were impeached again. ”

Yang Tinghe's voice became deeper and lower: "I didn't have the Yan family's property, and I didn't hand it over to the treasury, but it went into the inner treasury. For this matter, the cabinet also has a lot of complaints. ”

Shen Rui was stunned, at this time, the Datong war was not over, the Taihu Lake bandits began again, the treasury was tight, Brother Shou actually put the family property of a salt merchant into his private treasury, the cabinet did not want to delegate power, this is not a ready-made shortcoming to the cabinet?

Seeing his reaction, Yang Tinghe also smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, your mind has been decided, and no one can persuade you." And it's done. So there are still many difficulties in this case......"

*

Shen Rui called Yang Tinghe out of the study, and Yili wanted to go to the back house to ask Yang Tinghe's stepwife Yu Shi to say goodbye. met Yang Shen, who was waiting impatiently, and the two greeted each other and walked all the way.

Yang Shen knew a rough idea of the Shen family's affairs, and when he saw Shen Rui's sad appearance, he said, "But what's the problem that is not easy to handle?" What did the lord say? ”

Shen Ruichong smiled at his eldest brother, and only said: "This case is a bit tricky, my father-in-law means that it is better to be quiet than to move now, and wait and see what happens." ”

Yang Shen was sent out by Yang Tinghe, it was obvious that his father didn't believe in him so he didn't let himself participate in those confidential things, he couldn't help but be a little blocked, seeing Shen Rui say this, just saying that he was perfunctory, he was a little unhappy, and said with a sinking face: "If there is anything, let's talk about it together, one person counts the short, and the other counts the long, there is always a countermeasure." What are you doing with such a hide? Could it be that there is really something confidential that cannot be accomplished? ”

Shen Rui couldn't laugh or cry, this eldest brother has always had such a temper, and he didn't want to deal with it, so he smiled and said: "The eldest brother misunderstood, it was really my father-in-law who said this, and I didn't hide it at all." He lowered his voice and said, "In this matter, with those three elders, my father-in-law is telling me to be more cautious. ”

Yang Shen heard that the cabinet was involved, and he didn't know how to ask too much, so he said, "Then you have to be more careful." Turning to a digression, he talked about the affairs of the academy and the rumors among the scholars about why he didn't add Enko.

Shen Rui is still in filial piety now, and it is impossible for him to take the exam, so he doesn't care at all whether he adds Enke or not, and Yang Shen is still young, so it doesn't matter much, the two of them just gossip a few words.

As he spoke, he had already arrived at the upper room of the inner house, and the housekeeper's mother personally picked up the curtain and welcomed her eldest young master and Shen Rui, the lady of the east bed, in.

*

Yang Ting and the step-room Yu have always been interested, and the front foot received Shen Rui's filial piety Songjiang native products, knowing that Shen Rui would come to invite An to see the ceremony, so he ordered someone to invite Yang Tian to come to meet the guests.

Yang Tian also had a group of ears to report to God, and when Shen Rui entered the gate of Yang's house, a little maid secretly came to pass a message and ask for a reward. After a while, Shen Rui's three boxes of gifts were brought over, and the adoptive mother and personal maid were all beaming, for them, it was a good thing for the aunt to feel sorry for the girl.

Yang Tian blushed and opened the box himself, but saw that in addition to Songjiang cotton cloth and other clothing, it was enough to fill a box of all kinds of boxes, large and small, and opened them in turn, they were all exquisite gadgets: colorful Afu dolls, vivid zodiac ornaments, root carved pen holders, bamboo vases, thin silk dough fans, scented balls with silk carvings, and many exquisite Suzhou embroidery small pieces, which are useful for playing, and show their thoughts everywhere.

Yang Tian likes it so tightly that he is reluctant to put it down when he picks it up, playing with it in his hand one by one, and his heart is getting sweeter and sweeter.

The eldest maid Banxia smiled on the side: "Later, the wife will order someone to invite the girl, and the girl will come over and pick out the clothes of the guest first." ”

This is the first time the girl has seen her aunt since her aunt's filial piety, so she should dress up the girl.

Yang Tian blushed and took a sip, but he still came over and picked up his clothes as he said.

Because Shen Rui was guarding filial piety, she also picked out a plain shirt, the gold hairpin and gold ring on her head, the coral beads on her ears, and the red gold collar on her neck were all gone, and she simply combed her hair in a bun and pinned two small hostas.

At the beginning of mid-summer, she also chose a pink dress for the girl, wanting to show the girl's sweetness and cuteness, and when Yang Tian chose it herself, she thought about it, and secretly scolded herself for being confused, and hurriedly withdrew all the untimely accessories on her body.

When the word came over there, Yang Tian got up and took Banxia over.

When Yu saw Yang Tian like this, he couldn't help but smile and teased her: "It's really a girl who is outgoing." ”

The Yu family didn't expect Shen Rui to keep filial piety, but it was just a family member, and the Yang family didn't have the need to let the whole family change into plain clothes because Shen Rui came, and he was an elder, so he only dressed as usual.

Shen Rui entered the main hall and saw Yang Tian dressed in plain color at a glance.

In the autumn weather, the clothes of the girls around are still bright colors such as apricot, yellow and willow green, but Yang Tian is wearing it like this, which makes it more and more pure and elegant, like a quiet orchid.

With just one glance, Shen Rui's previous impetuous emotions all precipitated, and his heart was at peace. And then, he suddenly understood her thoughts—she and him, together with joy and sorrow.

It seemed that he suddenly soaked in hot water, and the warmth permeated his whole body, and at this moment, Shen Rui's uncontrollable heart moved.

For the first time, Shen Rui clearly felt that he no longer simply liked her in the past, and he no longer liked the cute little wife because the marriage was decided, but ...... This is the girl he was destined to be, the wife he will hold hand in hand for the rest of his life.

Shen Ruiqiang suppressed the throbbing in his heart, saluted to the Yu family in a proper manner, and answered a few questions from the Yu family such as "Your mother is good" after sitting down, and unconsciously glanced at Yang Tian.

Yu Shi saw it in his eyes, thinking that the two of them had not seen each other for a long time, and they were also willing to be adults, so after a few words of gossip, he found an excuse to see the chrysanthemums, and sent a few of them to the garden for a walk.

After breaking out of the courtyard and entering the garden, Shen Rui's gaze could no longer leave Yang Tian.

Today's Yang Tian is thirteen years old, he has grown a lot taller, he already has the appearance of a little girl, and his facial features have gradually grown, becoming more and more glamorous, but he still bows his head slightly in shame, and he doesn't look at him, but under his long eyelashes, a pair of big eyes can be seen purring left and right, and he is smart.

Yang Shen saw Shen Rui's staring at his sister, he was angry and funny, but his brother-in-law was willing to be good to his sister, and he was also happy to see it, so he didn't say much, only coughed slightly, signaling Shen Rui to be more restrained.

Shen Rui didn't realize it, but Yang Tian didn't know why, he raised his head slightly to look at his brother, but he was facing Shen Rui's gaze, he was startled first, and hurriedly lowered his head, and a layer of blush quickly dyed with pink ingots, which was extremely beautiful and delicious.

The corners of Shen Rui's mouth unconsciously smiled.

Yang Tian exhaled quietly, and couldn't help but sneak a glance at Shen Rui again, but saw that the young man had a long body, a handsome face, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles. When she reacted, her face was even more red and hot, she was ashamed and embarrassed, and almost ran away with her sleeves covering her face.

When Shen Rui saw it, he knew that he was abrupt, where would he let a good meeting be ruined, and he was busy playing a round, but he said something vulgar in a hurry: "My sister has always been good?" ”

Yang Tian is not that cowardly, for more than a year, he has learned some housekeeping with his stepmother Yu, and he has become more and more generous and refreshing, so he was embarrassed because he felt embarrassed, and after listening to Shen Rui's good words, he didn't want to spoil the atmosphere, he pursed his lips vigorously to stabilize his mind, and said: "Tian'er is very good, I heard that Second Brother Shen is going to the south to do business, but it's all done?" ”

Shen Rui nodded and said: "The matter of Songjiang has come to an end, there are still some things I don't know about here in the capital, come over today, my father-in-law also taught me countermeasures, sister don't read it." ”

Hearing the word "father-in-law", Yang Tian's face turned red again, peeked at Shen Rui, and found that he was half a head taller than his brother, and much thinner than before. ”

Shen Rui smiled even more and said, "Running back and forth, the food on the road is not very good, so that's it, I will come back after raising it." Then he asked, "My sister has seen what I sent?" I don't know what my sister likes, so I came back all the way and bought it when I saw a novelty. My sister thinks what's good, so it's okay for my eldest brother to send someone to tell me? ”

Yang Shen's face darkened, and he just wanted to reprimand him for not accepting it privately.

Over there, Yang Tian was already blushing and pursed his lips and smiled: "It's all excellent, many Tian'er have never seen it, and you have to take a good look, thank Second Brother Shen first." As he spoke, he blessed his body and saluted and thanked him.

Shen Rui subconsciously reached out to help, but before he touched Yang Tian, he was slapped away by his eldest brother, and he couldn't help but be a little sneering, since he couldn't help touching Yang Tian's face last time, the eldest brother guarded him like a thief.

Yang Tian had already gotten up, and these fell in her eyes, and she couldn't help but think of the last time, and her face was hot again, but she was getting older, and she was still more stable than last time, and said in a low voice: "Second brother Shen is talking to his brother, Tian'er...... Tian'er retired first. With a slight bow, he helped his adoptive mother to go quickly.

Shen Rui looked at her light and distant back, and it wasn't until Yang Shen coughed again that he withdrew his gaze, touched his nose, and smiled at Yang Shen: "The younger brother also brought a gift to the eldest brother, and the eldest brother can see it." ”

Yang Shen couldn't help but glared at him: "Good ink also has to have good articles, you went to the south and missed your schoolwork for two months, make up for it as soon as possible." ”

Shen Rui had a bitter face, and thought curtly, if you offend anyone, you can't offend your uncle.