"The patriarch and the elders, the New Year is approaching, and the concubine will also prepare to return to Beijing after returning to Suzhou, and want to invite the nephews of each house to Beijing as guests, I don't know how many elders can agree?" Xu said slowly.

"Invite the nephews of the houses to Beijing?" The patriarch looked at the Xu family with a solemn expression and a face full of disapproval.

No one would see this as an ordinary invitation, in the current situation where there are no heirs in the second room and three brothers. As the head of a clan, the patriarch's grandfather thinks far-reachingly, and he really doesn't want the heads of each house to have a suspicion about the heirs of the second room.

The nine rooms of the Shen family have been inherited for several generations, and the relationship is not so close because of the fact that they are separated from each other

The three-room old lady and the nine-room old lady were unexpected.

Seeing that the Xu family is in a situation, it is obviously very close to the late Sun family, so because of the old thing, it is angry to the third room and the ninth room, not to mention the heir, I am afraid that I will be careful to be suppressed in the future. The two old men were uneasy, so they listened to Xu's words, how could they not be happy.

Seeing that the patriarch had the intention of obstructing him, the old lady in the third room hurriedly said: "The little brothers have never seen several uncles and aunts in the second room, and they have already gone to Beijing to ask for peace." Now with the passing of the nieces and daughters-in-law, it is cheaper. ”

The ninth room master also couldn't wait to speak: "Niece and daughter-in-law, can my grandson Brother Lin also go?" ”

When the brothers of each house came in to ask for peace, the Xu family left people to speak at the head of each room, and it could not be said that the children who were left behind were all as brilliant as Zhilan Yushu, but in comparison, Shen Lin was indeed mediocre.

Xu Shi chuckled and said, "Brother Lin is indeed as praised by the grandfather, he is a generous and responsible child, very good. ”

The ninth room master was immediately happy, his eyes flashed, and he glanced at the patriarch master: "Even if you want to arrange for the little brothers to go to Beijing to ask your uncle for peace, you don't have to go so many miles." Seeing that the New Year is coming, it's not good to let the little buddies make a noise about you. I see that the older ones are gone, and the younger ones are not at ease when they go home. ”

The patriarch is as steady as a mountain, and he only does not hear it. The eldest lady of the sect sat next to her silently, but her heart was in a mess, and she didn't know whether to be relieved by the words of the ninth room master, or whether to complain that the ninth room master was relying on the old and selling the old shamelessly.

The old lady of the third room knew that this was aimed at Shen Jue, and thought about it in his heart, among the young people who were noticed by the Xu family, Shen Rui and Shen Jue were two great threats to his grandson, so he followed Ying He and said: "Yes, yes...... The little brothers have never gone out, even if they want to go to the capital to worship and sweep, it is not bad for two or three years, or wait for him to be a little older, maybe Mrs. Sun will be happy to see him underground. ”

After listening to the second elder with a light smile, Xu Shi did not mean to answer, but said to the patriarch: "In this life, there are many talented people in the clan. Several nephews in Beijing, our lord has seen them, and our lord has also inquired about these character qualifications of the young people. But hearing is false, and seeing is believing. There are some big things that I can't call the shots of a woman's family. There are also my second and third uncles, who are all desolate, and they are happy to see the juniors in the clan when they want to come. ”

After Xu's words were finished, not only the old lady of the third room and the old lady of the ninth room pricked up their ears, but even the old lady of the eighth room and the patriarch of the patriarch were also surprised.

The meaning of these words is to directly talk about the selection of heirs, and there is also the meaning of choosing one person from each of the three heads.

Although I have long known that the second room has to choose an heir, everyone thinks that they are brothers living together, and there was only one single seedling before, and most of the heirs this time are also choosing one, who would have thought that the Xu family would mean this.

All of a sudden, everyone had different thoughts.

There are three masters in the second room, the eldest is the household waiter, the second is the Hanlin waiter, and Shen San is the lifter. It seems that the three brothers have different achievements and different families, but the people in the second room are thin, even if they are really under the knees of the second and third masters, can Shen Cang, the uncle, not mention taking care of his nephew?

Not to mention that the old lady of the third room and the old lady of the ninth room who already had thoughts became more and more enthusiastic, even the eight-room master who was originally a cold bystander was moved.

The eight-room Shenliu is now just a well-established family, but there are six sons. Although Shen Bao is a son-in-law, he has a brother-in-law and a younger brother, ranking in the middle, and he has never been valued by his parents. Although he is quite talented in calligraphy and painting, and the master of the eighth room is also taught by himself, but in calligraphy and painting, he should learn from the strengths of all families, and then find the skills that suit him from himself.

Shen Liu wanted to take the road of the imperial examination, and he mainly focused on reading and raising his career for his sons, and he didn't like Shen Bao's "not doing his job". If it weren't for the support of the old lady, he would have asked his son to study hard. In this case, where will Shen Bao choose a teacher. Shen Bao is very talented, but it was not until a few days ago that he finally had a teacher's inheritance, which is precisely for this reason.

The situation of the three masters in the second room, and the old lady in the eighth room also roughly knows.

The eldest lord Shen Cang was born in the second class of Jinshi, and now he has been in the position of the left waiter of the Zhengsanpin household department for many years, and it is very likely that he will go further; The second master, Shen Zhou, is also a second-class jinshi, almost a three-ding jia, a second-class passer, and then a Shujishi, and has been a Hanlin official since the disbandment, and now he is a bachelor from the Wupin Hanlin Academy; The third master was not in good health, and he only participated in the township test once, and he did not end up again after winning the fame. However, according to the news that came to Songjiang, the talent of the third master was no less than that of his two brothers, and it was only because he was dragged down by his body that he did not go further.

The eldest master and the second master are both in the officialdom, and they will definitely choose children with good reading qualifications as heirs, but I don't know what will happen to the third master.

The face of the eldest lady of the sect finally showed a little apprehension, and she hesitated in her heart, as if two villains were fighting, and one said: "If the fifth brother is chosen by the eldest master and the second master, even if he is not his own child, as the heir of the inheritance bloodline, he can also be taken care of." The other said: "If the eldest master and the second master are still good, if they are favored by the third master, how can it be good?" The third master himself is a sick seedling, where does he have the energy to teach his heir? The fifth brother is already loose, if there are no elders to watch, I am afraid that it will be delayed. ”

The patriarch's original hanging heart was put down, not everyone is willing to pass on their children and grandchildren to others, if the three rooms choose three heirs, the competition should be much smaller.

Looking at the eldest lady of the sect next to her, the patriarch snorted lightly in his heart, but he had no intention of opposing the Xu family's proposal again.

However, some things should be asked clearly as soon as possible, and the heads of the houses in the province are unstable, adding to the incident, and the patriarch said: "Which children to bring into Beijing, but the nephew and daughter-in-law have a decision?" ”

Xu said: "The nine rooms of the Shen family are connected, and the concubine is a nephew. If you are old and have a reputation for schoolwork, it is not good to delay your studies; If you are still young, as the two clan elders said, your father and mother are reluctant to go far. Look, master, what about the little brothers who were left behind by the concubines? ”

The children of the Shen family left by the Xu family are Shen Jue of the sect, Shen Zhu of the third room, Shen Rui of the fourth room, Shen Quan of the fifth room, Shen Qin of the seventh room, Shen Bao of the eighth room and Shen Lin of the ninth room.

The old lady of the third room and the master of the ninth room are afraid of Shen Jue and Shen Jue, but they are afraid of extraneous branches, and they are not easy to say.

The patriarch said: "Six rooms have been left behind." ”

"Brother Qi doesn't have a brother-in-law, and the brother of the side branch house will be just this time." Xu said softly.

Hearing this, all the clan elders nodded and had no objections.

After all, this is a matter of choosing an heir, and it is naturally based on blood. If the second room really has the heart to choose people from the side branches, then there is no need to go to other rooms to choose people, although the blood of the second room is cut off, there are several houses.

As for whether the ancestor of the third room is a concubine, what should be said, no one cares about it now.

If you care that the bloodline of the third room is not pure, then the bloodline of the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth rooms is still too far away, and the only ones left who can choose the heirs are the same four rooms of the sect.

These were selected seven teenagers, divided into seven rooms, with the patriarch Taiye and three clan elders present, and they could directly be the masters of four of them.

The patriarch said: "Where are the fifth and seventh rooms, you have to ask the two family members." ”

As for the four-room Shen Juren, when he was in front of Sun's mother and son, he was so weak that he didn't dare to raise his head, and he wouldn't have the courage to refuse Xu's proposal. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of three years ago, the Xu family brought out the late Mrs. Sun, and there is another word of filial piety.

Xu nodded and said, "What the master said is exactly. In the fifth room, the nephew and daughter-in-law have mentioned it to the younger brother-in-law, and the younger brother-in-law has already had the intention to send the whole brother to Beijing for a trip, so it is cheap; There is still Uncle Qifang, and I have to ask. ”

As soon as these words came out, others didn't think much about it, and the old lady of the third room and the master of the ninth room had to slander one or two. It's really a dog that can bite people doesn't bark, and he looks at the people in the fifth room Qinggao, they won't participate in this matter in the future, but I didn't expect that the Guo family is a female dependent, and the Xu family is cheap, and they have already walked in front of everyone.

Although the old lady of the eighth room is usually worthy of the home of the two heads, this involves the major matter of succession and flesh, and he will not interfere.

One time less, Shen Li of the seventh room was invited in alone.

Hearing the words of the Xu family that he wanted to bring his nephew into Beijing, Shen Li was stunned for a while, Fang woke up, his face was a little suspicious, and he looked at the old lady of the eighth room for help.

This is not the same thing as forming a good relationship with the second room and giving up a sister-in-law to the second room. You must know that Lu Dao's son succeeded, and he became a clan uncle in the future, and the two did not get along. Although flesh and blood are not dead, they are life and separation. The capital is thousands of miles away from Songjiang, how can this be reluctant?

Seeing this, the old lady of the eighth room comforted: "Shen Bao will also follow." It's always a good thing that they can go out and see the world at their age. It's just to visit the uncle in the clan, even if he stays in the capital for a longer time, he will return after half a year. ”

Shen Li's heart fell to the ground all at once.

It's just that he entered Beijing, and he didn't set his name, and the teenagers at the head of the other houses were all outstanding, although his son was good, he was not brilliant in front of his brothers, where could he be selected? It's really unfounded.

Now that the clan elders are not against this matter, what kind of wicked person has they done in this room?

Thinking like this, Shen Li said: "Let's listen to Sister-in-law Cang's orders, it's just that the dog is stubborn, I'm afraid I'm going to make trouble for Sister-in-law Cang." ”

Xu praised Shen Qin twice, and then asked Shen Juren in the fourth room.

As the patriarch Taiye expected, when the Xu family mentioned that they wanted to take Shen Rui into Beijing to sacrifice for Sun Taiye, Shen Juren was originally a little nervous, and he immediately responded without any objection......

After a while, the Xu clan and the clan elders had already made a conclusion, and the teenagers in the open hall did not know that their lives had been arranged for the next year and a half, and they couldn't say that the next step was the first major turning point in their lives.

As soon as Shen Rui came out, Shen Jue noticed that his face was not good, so he leaned over and asked in a low voice, "How is Brother Rui?" ”

Shen Rui smiled bitterly: "My grandfather's blessed land is in the capital, and Uncle Cang wants me to go to Beijing on behalf of my mother, and I am afraid that the county test will be delayed next year." ”

"How long is the delay?" Shen Jue rolled his eyes: "I'm really convinced, can you go out with you or go to Beijing, are you happy or depressed?" Don't you want to be a brother of the six clans? ”

Shen Rui said: "But I originally planned to do a good job, next year's county test, government test, if I go to Beijing, it will be delayed for a year." ”

Shen Jue snorted lightly and said: "You, you look like a person who understands, this time you are really in the bureau, and if you care about it, even if you pass the county exam and the government exam next year, what about it?" The hospital examination will not be held until the year after tomorrow. As long as you don't leave your homework behind, what's the difference between taking the children's exam in two years and working hard in the following year? Or do you envy He Taizhi and want to get a child's name first? ”

When Shen Rui heard this, he was empowered.

It's not that he didn't expect the college exam in the year after tomorrow, but because the four rooms are getting more and more chaotic, Shen Juren is about to marry the stepfamily, he wants to pass the county exam and the government exam, so he goes to Nanjing Xunjia College to study, so he is not willing to delay for a year.

But if he goes to Nanjing, he also goes to the capital, and he can leave the quagmire of the fourth room, what does he care? There are Shen Jue and Wang Shouren in the capital, and they can take the opportunity to check the origin of the Sun family and the second room, so obscure, after many years, the Sun family is all dead before it is revealed.

In the final analysis, it is still an adult's mind, and Shen Rui is a little disgusted by Xu's decision to take him north without discussing in advance. But in Xu's eyes, he is just a twelve-year-old child, and it is normal for elders to make up their minds......