Although Shen Ying is only idle now, today is the first day of printing after all, and she has been busy in the yamen for a long time, and she did not step into the house until it was dark.

Grandma Ying personally served her husband to go to the official uniform and hat, changed into homely clothes, and said: "Xianggong, the second uncle of Zongfang sent someone over today, listening to the meaning, it seems that there is an urgent matter to see Xianggong." ”

Shen Ying turned around: "Brother has come to Beijing?" ”

Grandma Ying nodded and said: "I heard that people came to Beijing yesterday, and there should be something important, otherwise they wouldn't go out at this time, and there is still a ...... in the middle of the New Year."

Shen Ying also thought of this, and she couldn't even take care of dinner, so she immediately sent someone to invite Shen.

Although others are in the capital now, their parents are still in Songjiang, how can they not worry about changes over there?

The old house of the sect is the ancestral house handed down by Master Shen back then, and the old house of the fifth room is handed down by Master Xiao Shen

Grandma Ying felt sorry for her husband, and seeing that he couldn't even take care of dinner, she said, "Why don't you ask someone to put dinner in the living room?" ”

Shen Ying nodded, and said: "Call the third brother too, he is not too small, and everything can be heard ......."

Grandma Ying responded and sent the little maid to Shen Quan to spread the word.

Shen Ying is a few years older than Shen Nianya, and now she is an official, but at this time, she is not in a good position, and she went to the living room in the front yard to entertain guests first.

When Shen Ying arrived in the front living room, Shen Quan also got a message and arrived in a hurry.

Shen sent the steward over, it was Shen Quan who came out to meet him, and he naturally knew about Shen Jinjing. He also inquired two more sentences, and even knew that Shen was traveling with Li Shi, the chief butler of Shangshu Mansion, and he couldn't help but think of Shen Jue's death and feel worried.

Seeing the eldest brother, Shen Quan said: "Big brother, wouldn't it be the patriarch who asked the second brother to come to Beijing to ask the teacher?" ”

Shen Ying didn't expect this, and couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't there something going on in Songjiang?" ”

"There's something going on in Songjiang, my father and mother have already sent someone to deliver the news......" Shen Quandao said.

Shen Ying patted her forehead and said, "It's me who cares...... But why did the third brother say that, but what did the words of the people who came here today? ”

Shen Quan nodded and said: "I calculated the time, the departure day over there is when Brother Jue'er returns from the letter, and I am afraid that there is a connection between the two, so I asked the steward a few more words." It turned out that the second brother did not go north alone, but went to Beijing with the chief housekeeper of Shangshu Mansion and entered the Beijing ...... together."

"Uncle, aunt sent Butler Li south?" Shen Ying was a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, it was reasonable. Shen Rui is the only one left who let the second room leave Beijing, but with Shen Jue's experience, how dare the elders in the second room let Shen Rui suffer from thousands of miles of travel.

Shen Ying's heart suddenly sank, and her face was also worried: "People are like duckweed, the clan is the root, now don't say that the outer five rooms are scattered, even the older generation of the inner four rooms have passed away one after another, and they will also come out of the five suits." The clan room is the main branch of the Shen family, and the second room is also the mainstay, if these two rooms compete, I am afraid that the next thing is to divide the clan......"

Shen Ying left home as a young man and saw a lot of the world, and she knew that although the family was huge, although the children were uneven, the advantages of Ding Maosheng still outweighed the disadvantages. Don't say anything else, just say that Songjiang is one of the richest places in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Shen family is a big local family, even if the prefect of Songjiang meets the head of the Shen family, he should be polite. If the Shen family splits up, the Shen family's momentum cannot be said to have plummeted, and it will never be the same as before.

This is from a big point of view, Shen Ying is not happy with the Shen family's separation.

From a small point of view, the patriarch is Xie Shi, and there is only one person in the sect now, Shen Ji, and he also needs to be mentioned by the elders of the second room; On the second room, the eldest and second masters are not young anymore, the fourth brother is still young, only Shen Rui is one, and in the future, whether it is in the officialdom or in social relations, a few more brothers will need to rely on each other. Shen Ji is a clan brother and a sect son, and his identity dictates that he will take care of his younger brothers.

The combination of two houses is beneficial to both sides, and the division is harmful to two evils, and it is not appropriate to regenerate the suspicion.

As the two brothers were talking, a little servant came, and Shen arrived.

Shen Ying didn't get up, and Shen Quan greeted him.

The "second brother" saw that Shen was still wearing plain clothes, and Shen Quan couldn't show the joy of the reunion, so he only politely greeted him.

Only then did Shen remember that not only Shen Ying was in Beijing in the fifth room, but Shen Quan was also there.

"It's Brother Quan, I haven't seen you for half a year, and you've grown taller again......" Shen Dao.

Shen Quan listened to this tone of dealing with children, and couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth: "Second brother, I'm twenty-one, but I'm not a child......"

Shen listened, but he was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "It's my brother who is confused, don't blame my brother......

Although Shen Quan was busy with the Guo family when he was a teenager, he also took care of the family's personal contacts, but the dealings with the Zongfang side were still the appearance of Master Hongda and the Guo family, but it was not Shen Quan's turn.

Shen Shu has a heavy workload, and Shen Quan is very different in age from him, where will he remember how old this clan brother is? It's just that he usually sees that he is friendly with Shen Rui and Shen Jue, and Shen Quan is still unmarried, so he only thinks that he is no more than two years older than Shen Rui and Shen Jue.

As he spoke, Shen Quan had already led Shen to turn around the shadow wall and enter the living room.

Shen Ying also got up.

Shen thought of the friendship of the youth, but he had a few more sincere feelings, and stepped forward to salute: "Brother Ying......

It is now the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, and the two brothers have not seen each other for four or five years.

Shen Ying also brought closeness, the two brothers saw the ceremony, the guest and the host took their seats, and Shen Quan personally served tea to the brother and brother, and then accompanied him in the next head.

Although Shen Ying's closeness attitude does not seem to be fake, before she officially spoke, Shen Ying's eyes were already flickering and hesitating.

Is the friendship between the two houses more than the interests of the powerful? Thinking of the attitude of the eldest brother Shen Ji, Shen felt a little bottomless in his heart.

Seeing that Shen wanted to stop talking, Shen Ying said, "Brother, what's wrong?" ”

Shen stood up with a wry smile and gave Shen Ying a long look: "This time, the younger brother is alone, and the elders are not in front of him, I'm afraid I really want to trouble Brother Ying to help."

How could Shen Ying accept it, she hurriedly got up to avoid it, helped Shen's arm and said, "If you have something to say, what is this doing?" If I can, I will naturally help, and I will explain the reason first. ”

Shen Quan was on the sidelines, watching coldly, but he disdained Shen's small means. However, he is not worried that his brother will be fooled, although Shen Ying looks upright, he is not an inflexible person. Otherwise, he would not have gained a foothold in the capital at a young age, and he would have been able to take care of his parents, brothers and sisters in Beijing.

Shen raised his head and saw that Shen Ying's face was full of solemnity, and he didn't dare to say anything else for a while, so he stood up

Although the two brothers are classmates of the same size and are of the same age, now one of them is already a Jinshi and has been trained in the Hanlin Academy, and they are all high-ranking officials and eunuchs, and they have a few indescribable prestige in addition to elegance; In contrast, Shen couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself.

Shen Rui scared him first, and then seeing Shen Ying's bearing, Shen's heart had dropped and dropped.

Even if he opened his mouth to ask for what he wanted, Shen was not as confident as before: "I can't help it, so I ask for Brother Ying...... Since the news of Brother Jue's visit arrived in Songjiang, our lord and wife have fallen ill...... Our lord has always loved Brother Jue, and his heart is particularly painful, so he can't think about it for a while, so he has to take Brother Jue back...... I can't have a son, Fang was ordered by my father to go to Beijing, but I was terrified and had no clue...

Shen Ying listened to the front, thinking that the sect had only experienced a funeral in the summer, and now the master of the sect was a black-haired person sending a white-haired person, and he sighed in his heart; When I heard the back, I felt that something was wrong: "Isn't it child's play?" Even if the big clan uncle is heartbroken and loses his mind for a while, the big clan brother should be an understanding person, how can he agree to return to the sect? ”

Shen didn't enter the office, he didn't know that officialdom was difficult, shouldn't Shen Ji know the way? If there was no second room as a backer, Shen Machinery would have been excluded and released a long time ago, and he would have been able to sit firmly in Beijing official?

When I heard this, it meant something else.

He raised his eyelids, looked at Shen Ying and said, "No matter what, this is our master's wish, can't Brother Ying help?" ”

"How can I help? Isn't that ridiculous? It is clearly written on the document that Brother Jue has been a second brother since then, and life and death are not related to each other. Not to mention that Brother Jue'er is sick, even if it is anything else, it will not be the turn of Bunsen to come forward......" Shen Ying frowned.

If you follow the bloodline, you can get it back if you want to ask for it, then "rise and fall" will become a joke.

There is a succession document, which is a kind of constraint, not only to restrict the biological relatives, but also to the heirs.

Just like Shen Zhou and Shen Jue, the father and son, if Shen Jue is alive, even if Shen Zhou adds another son, no matter how he is a concubine, he will be ranked after Shen Jue, even if the family is separated in the future, it will still be Shen Jue is the main branch, and the brothers will be separated, not about any blood relationship. Since the succession document was erected, Shen Jue has already been justified in the bloodline of the second room.

This is still an ordinary family, out of order, even if there is a noble family, according to the rules. This is also why some people who have no inheritance at the age of 50 or 60 have to take concubines and ask for children first, rather than passing on their step-nephews, or they are unwilling to give up their inheritance to others.

The second room of the Shen family is a difficult heir, but there was Shen Luo, the only seedling, who was there earlier, so he did not mention the matter of succession, otherwise after there was no hope of taking a concubine and asking for a child, Shen Cang should have decided on an heir.

Shen Nian is about to stand, where do you not know this truth?

But the law is nothing more than human affection, rules are dead, and people are alive.

He said with sincerity: "Before the little brother left, our master was already bedridden. No matter how difficult it is, in the end, it is our master's mind, and I ask Brother Ying to fulfill ......"

With such a messy matter, Shen Ying is reluctant to interfere with it, but the sect has a deep relationship with the fifth room, and he is really embarrassed to come to him.

Shen Quan saw that his brother was embarrassed, and said on the side: "Since the second brother has spoken, my eldest brother is willing to help." It's just that we are juniors in the end, do we have to show the car and go to the door? If it really doesn't work, let my eldest brother go over and help my second brother pass on a message......"

Shen Ying listened, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll pass the word for my brother......"