Chapter 563: The Devil of the Human Heart (1)

The dust of the Shen family's division has settled.

The reopened clan meeting also became the first clan meeting after the division of the clan. The clan meeting was held soon, and the clansmen whispered, and they probably knew what was going to happen.

At present, there are no more than three major events in the Shen family, which are also related to this rebellion, that is: There are still two children in the Tongwei case who are locked up as "witnesses", can they be saved? Shen Ling, who was wronged in the Tongwei case, is about to mourn, do you remember the family tree? The Shen family's suffering in the Japanese rebellion was caused by the repentance of the marriage of the fourth room, should the account be settled with the fourth room?

In fact, the first two have nothing to do with the vast majority of the clansmen, Shen Zhu in the third room and Shen Luyuan in the ninth room are not good things, and the clansmen are too late to get bored, and those who really shout "save and save" are just the masters of the ninth room.

And although Shen Ling has wide sympathy among the clansmen, and there are many people who have good friends and grievances, in the end, he is just a concubine with no official position and no fame, and he is also an insignificant figure in terms of the clan.

The clansmen were not so much concerned about these two things, but rather about the attitude of the new patriarch. Will the new patriarch be able to take on the responsibility of the whole clan and protect the clan?

And the third thing is that it really involves almost all the clansmen, because, in the war, all the houses of the Shen family were ransacked, and in addition to the loss of property, there were casualties in each house or the master or subordinates. In any case, the four rooms must give an explanation to the clan, even if it is not silver, it is still fair!

And since there is a fourth master who has been an official for so long in Yangzhou, the land of gold and silver, and there is a salt merchant who wants to rob his son-in-law, this compensation for silver is indispensable.

Many clansmen heard yesterday that the He family is now wilting and wants to come to seek peace, and even the dowry weaving factory of the Sifang Sun family that was calculated back then had to be sent back, but the Sifang father and son were stunned and confiscated. It is said that it was an inheritance of 200,000 taels.

How rich and wealthy this father and son are to keep out the property of 200,000 taels!

is so rich, shouldn't they compensate their clansmen?!

In this matter, everyone is not worried about the attitude of the new patriarch, because the new patriarch was also harmed in the rebellion, and he broke his arm and his future, how can he not hate the four rooms and clean up the four rooms? What's more, the fifth room was sheltered by Shen Rui back then, but he did it against the fourth room, and this hatred was planted back then.

Sending off the witnesses, it was the Shen family behind closed doors, and the seats were rearranged in the chamber.

In the center is still the patriarch's seat, and the seats of each head are no longer lined up on either side, but nine plain circle chairs are arranged in the lower right. Further down is the head of the clan property, the manager, and the supervisor, because Shen Qi, who is in charge, and Shen Liu, who is in charge, is the identity of the sect, there is a seat and Shen Lian here.

At the bottom left is the seats of the clan elders in turn, and there are still auditor seats behind the two rows of seats of the clan son and the clan elder. The rest of the clan were in the courtyard, while the ladies were placed back in the east and west compartments.

Others didn't feel much about such a change in seating, but Shen Lian, the newly appointed head of the clan property, was so moved that he almost burst into tears. In the past, he was not qualified to enter the hall to observe, and just now, when he was announced as the head of the clan property, he also stood in the courtyard and stood in the middle of the clan to listen with his neck stretched.

At this time, he was already sitting with the clan sons and clan elders to discuss the major affairs of the clan. Not to mention, he now holds in his hands 6,000 acres of sacrificial fields and dozens of shops in charge of the management of the clan property!

Shen Lian never thought that he could have today! The pie fell on his head and knocked him unconscious on the spot.

His eldest brother Shen Hu's sour words, his second brother Shen Yong's surprised and happy words, he listened to his left ear and his right ear, and he didn't think about it at all. All I think about is this......

During the short break before the start of the clan meeting, Shen Lian specially found Shen Qi, grabbed Shen Qi's remaining hand, and clenched it vigorously, as if he wanted to express his gratitude, and he was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

Seeing Sun Rui smiling on the side, Shen Lian's heart suddenly swelled with guilt again, he knew that the Zhang family was inappropriate, but he still listened to the old lady's words and bought several properties of the Sun family from the Zhang family at a low price. In the end, when he went to the clan, he didn't return the property in a gray way, but also lost money, and he couldn't make up for the hole he got from the Zhang family, which was really harmful to others and himself.

Shen Lian's mouth was full of bitterness, even if the industry was in hand at that time, what could he do, he was not defeated by the eldest brother or he was occupied by the eldest brother when he divided the family, he was thankless, in the end, it was not because of the division of the family property and the brothers became enemies, here, it was still filled with the life of his youngest son who had lost his life before seeing the day!

However, these four and fifth rooms can still promote him as an uncle, regardless of their previous suspicions. He almost choked up, and said to Shen Qi Shen Rui: "Back then, it was my lard that blinded my heart, and I was greedy for Aunt Yuan's industry......"

Shen Rui hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Where did Fourth Uncle Lian come from, it was all deceived and sold by the Zhang family at the beginning, and it has nothing to do with Fourth Uncle." And the property has also been returned, why should Fourth Uncle Lian mention it again! ”

Shen Qi also said: "Fourth Uncle Lian, rest assured, Second Brother Rui is the most sensible. And this is a major event in the clan, the selection is a talent who can take responsibility and can operate, Uncle Lian is outstanding and convincing to be selected, and Uncle Lian wants to thank him when he is a family member! ”

Shen Lian was even more grateful, and promised: "I don't dare to boast about my skills, I will take care of the clan property properly, and make money every day, so that the clan relatives can live a prosperous life!" ”

In fact, when Shen Lian was agreed to be the candidate to take care of the clan property, Shen Li, Shen Ying and others were not without opinions, and the He family calculated the Sun family at the beginning, and the sect, the third room, and the ninth room were all calculated, which really chilled the hearts of the clansmen. And Shen Li protected Shen Rui the most, Shen Rui didn't feel that there was anything wrong with using Shen Lian, but Shen Li insisted on refusing to use Shen Lian.

But the reality is that this patriarch has already been produced in the outer five rooms, and the people who take care of the family property cannot be all people in the outer five rooms, no matter what, the inner four rooms are the bloodline of the descendants. The so-called family property was purchased by the ancestors of the inner four rooms.

At that time, it was a private discussion before the meeting, and everyone didn't know that Shen Jun would hand in such a sincere account book, but they simply didn't want to find someone from the sect to take over again, no matter whether the sect was a branch or a side branch, as long as it was a brother of the sect, they would eventually become Shen Hai's puppets, and the clan property was pinched in the hands of the sect, and the patriarch was also restrained, so it would be meaningless for the patriarch to change.

The two families are all in Beijing, and the children are thin, so they can't send people to Songjiang to take care of the family property. Four rooms, there are fewer people, and several generations of single transmission, just Shen Yuan Shen Jin and his son. Shen Jin wants to return to Beijing to be Hanlin, and the family property is to be handed over to Shen Yuan, that is, to send sheep into the tiger's mouth.

There are four rooms inside, and only three rooms remain. The three-room Shen Hu and Shen Yong are unbearable, in fact, the third master Shen Hao and the fourth master Shen Lian are still good. For many years, Shen Yong and Shen Hao have operated in Beijing, Guangzhou, Quanzhou and other places, and most of the three-room industries in Songjiang are managed by Shen Lian, and their management ability is really not weak. Moreover, Shen Hao is a concubine in the end, and if he wants to choose from the third room, he can only be the fourth son Shen Lian.

It can also be seen from the matter of the separation of the three-room family that Shen Lian is a bloody and action-oriented person, and in the end, he and his second brother Shen Yong can equally divide the fifty percent of the family property to his cousin Shen Hao, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness.

In the end, Shen Li couldn't find a more suitable person than Shen Lian, so he also recognized it.

Today, seeing that Shen Lian can not shy away from mentioning the wrong things at the beginning, and sincerely repent, Shen Qi and Shen Rui have more confidence in him.

Shen Lian thanked Shen Qi and Shen Rui again and again, sat in the position of the chief manager, looked at the old clan elders who were dying on the opposite side, and the clansmen who were standing in a courtyard under the hall, and he was full of pride in his heart, thinking that with his business methods, not to mention making money every day, he would not live up to his father's high expectations for him, and the clan could double the family property, and he could do it even more! So now I am thinking about which industry to inspect tomorrow......

Who knows, he is full of gratitude here for the four rooms regardless of the previous suspicions, as soon as this clan will start, his eldest brother will jump out and fight the four rooms first.

Shen Hu questioned Shen Yuan early in his breath, but he never got the opportunity, the previous ranking was to sit opposite Shen Yuan on both sides of the hall, and there were so many officials and big names there, he didn't dare to pull his neck and shout and ask. This time, the seats were rearranged, and next to him was Shen Jin, the son of the fourth-room sect, and the seat behind Shen Jin was Shen Yuan.

Shen Hu can be regarded as having found an opportunity, after the deacon's children shouted silence, and before the new patriarch Shen Qi could open his mouth, Shen Hu got up and asked loudly: "I heard that Old Lady He is looking for you to return the Sun family's property?" You even said you don't want to? Well, since the He family can repay your property, you should also give me back the property that calculated me! ”

This is to say that Shen Hu pledged several shops under his name with Zhuangzi in the He family's money village before, and carried the silver to sell cloth with the second master of He, not wanting Shen Hu to hire the shopkeeper to run away with the money, making a lot of money, and owing a large amount of silver to the He family.

When the He family took the pledge list to collect the property, where was Shen Hu willing to admit it, he only said that the second master He set up a bureau to encroach on the property. He was poisonous and vicious, and directly resold the deed and title deed pledged by the third house in his hand to Shen Yuan, the fourth house. Shen Yuan really took over the mallet and sent someone to the third room to collect debts. This matter has been debated for a long time without any result.

As soon as the clansmen heard the mention of the He family, they immediately thought of the weaving factory worth 200,000 yuan, and they all pricked up their ears and listened carefully to Shen Yuan's answer.

Shen Jin really pinched a handful of sweat, fortunately he told the master last night, otherwise he wouldn't be able to tell what to do when he asked today.

Shen Yuan was angry and his lungs were blown up, he was already hurting the weaving factory, and when he heard Shen Hu mention it, he turned his face and said angrily: "Sifang family affairs, what are you doing?" But what you said reminded me, your house deed was bought back by me with real money, you wrote it in black and white, you have been in arrears for a long time, when will you pay me back? ”

Shen Hu also exploded his lungs, jumped up and scolded, and couldn't hold Sven's appearance anymore: "Shen Yuan, where do you turn your elbow?" It's just that outsiders are calculating me, and you are calculating me?! ”

Shen Yuan's big eyes rolled over, and he didn't give an inch: "Calculate? You have to go to the shares with the silver yourself, the pledge deed written in black and white, and your in-laws lose the goods, who counts you? Who counts you?! Even if you calculate, you go to the He family, what does this matter have to do with me! I bought your deed in black and white with real money, and you can open your eyes and tell nonsense? Hmph, Shen Yuan is also called by you, he has no dignity and humility, and he is not a system! In the end, I didn't forget to say a word to Shen Hu.

Shen Hu rolled up his sleeves and wanted to make a move, and his fingers almost poked Shen Yuan's face: "You also know that you are a clan brother?" I clearly know that the He family is calculating me, but you still accept this deed with a shy face? Do you spend money to buy? You spend money on fake deeds, you deserve it! This is the bureau set up by the He family! Are you a fool and a fool, or are you not the Shen family? Helping outsiders calculate the Shen family, your conscience was eaten by a dog?! ”

Shen Yuan still had the official prestige he cultivated when he was an official in Yangzhou, so he disdained to do it directly, and flicked his sleeves: "Do you have a conscience?" Do you have a conscience, my deceased wife's bones are not cold, and your three rooms will count her inheritance? Talk to me about your conscience, are you worthy?! ”

"That's your in-law Zhang's family cheating! It's the calculation of the Zhang family! Shen Hu said angrily.

He was really wronged in this matter, it was really not him who calculated the Sun family at that time, because he didn't have that IQ at all, and the three old ladies didn't use him, so they used Shen Lian directly.

Shen Yuan sneered: "In-laws calculate? I was calculated by you in the fourth room, that is, the calculation of your in-laws, you were calculated by your in-laws, but you didn't admit it, you really have a conscience! ”

If it comes to fighting a war of words, how can Shen Hu, a prisoner who can't study and spend money to donate, be the opponent of Shen Juren, who was born in the imperial examination by reading 10,000 books?

Shen Hu was annoyed and angry, and he didn't fight anymore, and went directly to his fist to fight.

Shen Lian was angry when he saw Shen Hu in trouble, which was too bad for him, and he wanted to jump out and say a few words to the eldest brother, but when the eldest brother talked about the industry that was calculated by the He family, Shen Lian also felt that the third room was reasonable, and the fourth room could actually be embarrassed with the He family, and he should also say it.

Who knew that this would be able to deviate from the original calculation of Sun's dowry?

That matter was handled by him Shen Lian......

How could Shen Lian still sit still, seeing that the eldest brother's sleeves were rolled up, he was about to make a move, so he hurriedly ran over in two steps, stopped the eldest brother, and said angrily: "This is the ancestral hall!" What do you have to say, and the patriarch and the clan elders are in charge! As he spoke, he went to see Shen Qi, who was sitting on the top and drinking tea slowly.

The new book patriarch is under great pressure and has been fattened and strongly pushed, and it will be put on the shelves on August 1, asking for collection and recommendation votes.

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