"Ha really has a long experience, in the coffin of the patriarch's grandfather, he questioned the patriarch's deathbed arrangements, and said that he was not ashamed, there is such a 'filial piety, good grandson?'" Shen Quan listened to the words of the third brother and the fourth brother, and his heart was uneven, and he couldn't help but sneer.

Shen also seemed to be awakened, opened his eyes, looked at Shen Quan, got up and said, "Brother Quan is here." ”

"Second brother, I heard that the people from the capital are back, so I came over to take a look." Shen Quan arched his hand and said.

Although Shen Quan is older, Shen Quan is a newly released talent, and he is in the year of the crown, so he is no longer a child, and he is a little more polite between the brothers and sisters.

The third brother and the fourth brother of Zongfang are both older than Shen Quanquan, one is not even a child, and the other is a child, but they fell behind in this year's college exam.

"Who is it that is so unashamed? This is the realm of Zongfang, and it is not the turn of the people from your fifth room to come and point fingers" The third brother said angrily: "Or do you think that you have become a showman, so you have room to speak?" Don't take yourself too seriously, how can there be fewer Jinshi in the clan, what is Xiaoxiaoxiu? ”

Shen Quan raised his eyebrows and said: "I'm just wondering, they are all scholars, and they all know the truth that 'the elders give and cannot be excused, how did it get to the mouths of the third and fourth brothers, since it was the patriarch's deathbed gift to Brother Jue, how did it become as if Brother Jue robbed you of something?" ”

Shen Fangcai was in a daze, only faintly listening to the two cousins talking, and didn't pay attention, now that he listened to Shen Quan's words, where did he not understand?

He looked at his two cousins with a little unkindness.

The eldest brother of the sect is not in Songjiang, and Shen has assisted the eldest lord of the sect in taking care of the clan affairs in recent years, and he has also developed a bit of majesty.

The fourth brother shrunk his neck, but the third brother snorted coldly and said: "The master is sick and confused, forgetting that Brother Jue has already come out, and others can't pretend to be confused...... The grandfather's things should have benefited his children and grandchildren, not others......"

Before he finished speaking, Shen had already shouted: "Shut up, how the master acts, it's not your turn to question it as a grandson."

The third brother has not yet replied, but the second master of the sect, who was originally sitting next to him eating tea, is no longer there, puts down the teacup heavily, and said loudly: "I'm not dead as Lao Tzu, and it's not the turn of others to discipline the third brother or because we can't separate, I can't even say anything when I go back to the old house?" ”

The atmosphere in the mourning hall froze suddenly.

The eldest lady of the sect was not there, the second grandmother was ready to go to the banquet, the second wife brought the third grandmother and the fourth grandmother to the side of the female dependents, and couldn't help but complain to the daughter-in-law when she saw this: "Look, I dare to bully the third brother in front of the lord and me, and I don't know what is behind it, who is really filial, anyone with eyes can see it, this spirit is guarded by our family, and the long room is either sick or tired, but there are all kinds of good excuses to hide and play lazy and slippery......"

The third grandmother and the fourth grandmother listened honestly, but they didn't answer the words of the second wife.

The second room has been separated, although it is also filial piety in the mourning hall, but because the relationship between the long room and the second room has become more and more estranged and tense in recent years, the eldest couple did not let the second room interfere in the funeral, and the second room was also full of guests, just keep the spirit in the mourning hall, and ignore other miscellaneous matters.

The eldest brother's family is in the capital, and the youngest son Shen Jue is the successor, and only the Shen family is there, so naturally Zhang Luo is busy inside and out.

The funeral is complicated and indispensable, and the doppelganger who is busy in the long room has no skills, and in the eyes of everyone, the words of the second wife are inevitably biased.

The elders and young are orderly, the second master is an elder, and he not only holds up his uncle's shelf to teach his nephew a lesson, but Shen Jue can only get up and obey orders.

If you really want to argue, whether it is reasonable or not, it is his nephew's fault.

The second master not only stared at Shen Qi, but also hated Shen Quan's cynicism towards the third and fourth brothers, and talked about Shen Quan together.

Shen Qi, Shen Rui, Shen Jue and others saw this scene when they turned back from the guest room after freshening up.

Shen Qi glanced at Shen Quan, who was standing next to him, and didn't care about his brother's words, so he said to the second master with a little surprise: "Second uncle, what's wrong?" But who is ignorant and annoys the second uncle? ”

The second old man snorted coldly: "Which tablet am I considered to be the person on the tablet?" Treat me as nothing in front of me, you are all children of the official family, is this bullying our family are all small people? ”

Shen Qi hurriedly said: "Second uncle, my nephew doesn't dare to take it...... Now above this mourning hall, they are all close relatives of the clan, where are there outsiders? The two clan brothers look smart and extraordinary, the spring is hopeful, and the title of the gold list is just a matter of time, and the second uncle can only enjoy the blessings of the old lady when the time comes. ”

What Shen Qi said was all good words, but when he heard the second master's ears, it was extremely harsh.

In his house, although he has achieved nothing, he still has a fame after all, and when it comes to the generation of his two sons, people in their twenties do not even have fame. If you can't pass the hospital exam, how can you talk about the fame of the Jinshi?

Brother Changfang is a Jinshi, not to mention, even Brother Xiaodong's generation is about to take the exam.

His children and grandchildren in this room will eventually have to live in the long house in the future.

Thinking of this, the second master immediately lost his confidence and showed a little depression. Looking at Shen Jue again, the disgust was a little less, even if he bequeathed the grandfather to him, what matter? I can't say that there will be a time to rely on him in the future.

It is said that the wise man must have a mistake in a thousand thoughts, and the fool may have a gain in a thousand thoughts.

Shen Jue was a little confused by the eyes of the second master, and he didn't know the source of his right and wrong.

"Second brother, Brother Rui, Brother Jue" Taking advantage of the gap, Shen Quan stepped forward to meet the three of them.

The brothers and sisters are reunited, but now is not the time to rejoice in the past.

After a brief greeting, everyone knelt down in front of the mourning hall. As a junior in the clan, he also has the responsibility of guarding the spirit. It's just that on the days when other people were "picking up three" and "burning seven", everyone didn't catch up, so they had to make up for one or two

Shen Quan knelt down at the bottom of Shen Qi, glanced at Shen Rui, hesitated, and whispered, "Second brother, do you want to let Brother Rui live at home?" ”

Shen Qi shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate."

Shen Quan's brows furrowed, and he glanced at the third and fourth brothers. The sect house is not very peaceful, Shen Jue is the bloodline of the sect house, it is not good to move outside to live, why is Brother Rui still in this bad place?

Shen Qi looked at Shen Jue, he saw that Shen Rui and Shen Jue's little brother had a very good relationship, and Shen Jue's identity was so embarrassing, Shen Rui would not leave Shen Jue alone in the sect room.

Shen Quan followed his brother's line of sight, and also thought of this, showing a little helplessness.

Although Shen Rui didn't know the reason, he could also see that the eyes of the second master of the sect and his family looking at Shen Jue were not good. He knelt beside Shen Jue, and looked at everyone's eyes with a little coldness. The third brother and the fourth brother were still not inferior on their faces, but the second master was embarrassed with a little flattery.

With such a strange look, Shen Ruifang remembered in hindsight that the second master still had a grudge against him.

At this time, Shen Ji had already finished saying goodbye to his parents, and took Brother Xiaodong back to the mourning hall in linen and filial piety.

He is the only Jinshi in the sect's ancestral branch, that is, the second old man and his wife were a little careful when they saw this nephew, not to mention the third brother and the fourth brother, but the mourning hall was extremely solemn.

Shen Quan saw it in his eyes, sneered in his heart, and looked at Shen with a little dissatisfaction. The second master's family is just a villain who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard, if the patriarch's house has already shown the intention of defending Shen Jue, how dare they grind and chirp over the patriarch's bequest?

Although I don't know what the "bequest" left by the patriarch to Shen Jue is, it is not only the second master's family that looks red.

In the evening, another clansman from the clan came to the door, and this time it was Shen Jin.

Shen Quan took the time to say goodbye to Shen Rui and Shen Jue, and had already gone home with Shen Qi.

Shen Jin came after Shen Rui finished dinner.

Shen Jin is five years older than Shen Rui, and this year is already the year of the crown. Since parting three years ago, Shen Rui has seen him for the first time.

Compared with the young scholar who was a little naïve and childish three years ago, Shen Jin has changed a lot, his body is depressed, and there are deep Sichuan lines between his eyebrows, and he looks a few years older.

However, the moment he saw Shen Rui, he still showed a little joy: "Second brother"

"Brother Jin" Shen Rui bowed his hand.

Shen Jin was slightly stunned, then showed a wry smile, and said in a low voice: "Second Brother Rui"

One word apart, brothers become brothers.

Looking at the eyes full of vegetarianism, Shen Jin thought of himself inexplicably. When it comes to proximity, the clan and the four-room junior generation have already produced five suits, which belong to the unserved relatives; But because of the kinship between the heir and the born, he really wants to die, and his younger brother still needs to take the "great merit". It has been two years since the new wife went to Yangzhou with the master, and there is no good news back to Songjiang, and the closest person to her in this world, except for her biological parents, is Shen Rui.

He was worried that Shen Rui was restrained in the sect room and wanted to take him back to the fourth room to live, but thinking of Shen Rui's current identity, he swallowed the words again.

"Second Brother Rui, can you go out for a walk cheaply?" Shen Jin pleaded a little.

Shen Rui saw him like a trapped beast, and he was quite embarrassed in his heart.

Although the two met for the first time in three years, because Songjiang and the capital have been in constant contact in recent years, Shen Rui has also heard the news of Shen Jin. I broke my arm in the last year of the township test, delayed a township test, and then when I mentioned the marriage match, I was revealed to be the "heir" identity, and the family affairs that had to be agreed upon were also yellow.

Shen Juren made up the teaching position and took his stepwife He to Yangzhou, leaving Shen Jin to serve his grandmother Zhang Lao'an in Songjiang. Zhang Lao'an is not a good person, he is about to make trouble every three or five times, and it is not easy for Shen Jin, the eldest grandson, to do it. What is quite strange is that Shen Jin's family affairs are no longer there.

It's not just that Shen Juren doesn't care about Songjiang for a while, but he also has other plans.

Shen Rui nodded, sent someone to explain a few words to Shen Jue, uncovered the filial piety belt around his waist, and left the sect room with Shen Jin.

Although the two brothers are five years apart, Shen Rui is tall and is already similar to Shen Jin, plus the two are from the same father, there is a bit of similarity between the eyebrows and eyes, but they can see at a glance that they are brothers.

Along the way, Shen Jin wanted to speak and stopped, until he left Shenjiafang and entered the teahouse at the intersection, he still looked like he was spitting.

Shen Rui was not in a hurry, and in his spare time, he also looked at the surrounding cultural scenery.

Although Songjiang is his hometown in this life, he lived in a Zen monastery outside the city in the years he lived in Songjiang, and he did not have much impression of Songjiang City.

As for Shen Jin, since he begged him to come out, no matter how difficult it was, he would speak.

In the case that it is not troublesome, Shen Rui is willing to help Shen Jue. No matter how unbearable the elders of the fourth room are, after all, they are his own relatives, if the fourth room is defeated, trouble will still come to him in the future. He would rather Shen Jin stand up early and support the door of the fourth room.

Shen Jin's face was not only embarrassed, but also ashamed.

Seeing this, Shen Rui hesitated in his heart.

Could it be that there is anything else in the fourth room that he doesn't know? Make Shen Jin embarrassed like this? If it is a very difficult request, I still hope that Shen Jin has self-knowledge and does not want to speak.

At this time, I heard Shen Jin speak: "Second ...... Second brother Rui, I'm ...... I...... I don't know the second brother of Rui...... Is it convenient to have ...... at hand?"

After saying a word, Shen Jin's face was already flushed.

When Shen Rui heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. So you just want to borrow money? Nothing that can be solved with money is a big deal. He was also worried that Shen Jin would have something else to ask for, and he would be embarrassed.

It's just that the grange shop left by the Sun family is already a lot of money in Songjiang, how can Shen Jin still lack silver?

Shen Rui was puzzled in his heart, but looking at Shen Jin's embarrassed appearance, it was not easy to ask, so he said, "Convenient, how much silver does Brother Jin use?" On the other side of the fifth room, I saved a sum of money, and now the second brother Qi and the third brother are here, and they should be able to spend it if they say it. ”

Shen Jin had a little gratitude on his face, and said, "If you are rich, lend me five hundred taels of silver...... It's just that in three or two years, I'm afraid that I won't be able to go back to Rui's second brother, and it will take a few years to get back to the ......."

Shen Rui became more and more surprised in his heart, five hundred taels of silver was a huge amount of money for ordinary people, but it was nothing to Shen Jin. You must know that the Sun family brought ten miles of red makeup back then, even if the big head was taken up by the He family, and the rest was divided equally between Shen Jin and Shen Rui, but it also topped up all the properties of ordinary gentry.

Shen Jin is so tight on hand, there is only one possibility, that is, the property under his name has been taken over by Shen Juren. Shen Juren went to Yangzhou and still controlled the Songjiang industry, it seems that this greedy temperament is getting more and more powerful, not to mention that those industries are under Shen Jin's name, not the four-room public property.

"I'll tell the third brother tomorrow, when will Brother Jin use it?" With such a biological father on the stall, Shen Rui lit a wax for Shen Jin in his heart and said.

Shen Jin said: "Don't worry, you can ...... before the second brother Rui returns to Beijing" Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment and said: "I want to send Wanning to Beijing, so I will rent a house to take my aunt over first......"

The Ming Dynasty has strict etiquette, especially harsh on women, Shen Jin's biological mother Zheng was originally a little lady from a scholarly family, just because of the middle of the family, first committed to being a concubine, and then returned to her mother's house, Shen Jin is so uneasy, it is reasonable to want to be fed by her side.

Both planned to place the Zheng family in the capital instead of taking them back to Songjiang, which shows that Shen Jin is still somewhat sure of next year's township test. No matter how Shen Juren and the He clan suppress Shen Jin now, when Shen Jin wins the Jinshi, everything will be solved.

Chinese people have always treated people as officials, and flesh and blood are no exception.

As long as Shen Jin is not confused, as long as his fame is smooth, he can support the four rooms.

Thinking of this, Shen Rui also said briskly: "That's fine, when Brother Jin is happy next year, the flesh and blood can be reunited." ”

He was so open-minded, Shen Jin became more and more ashamed.

Shen Rui's suffering back then, even if their mother and son were not the initiators, they also watched coldly and did not help. There was a gift from the Sun family in the front, and Shen Rui was generous in the back, but he became a hypocrite.

Shen Jin was ashamed and vigilant, and always reminded himself to be a responsible person, not to follow his father's ruthlessness and unrighteousness......