The He family, the inner house.

In just a few days, Mrs. He cleared a circle, and her original gray hair turned white. In the end, it was too old, and it was a matter of family survival, and now it is just a strong support, otherwise it would have fallen ill a long time ago.

Seeing that the He family had finally returned to the province, Mrs. He took her niece's hand like a life-saving straw, and tears welled up: "Nannan, your second brother was born to me, nephew Mo Ruomu, if you say that he is greedy for money and cares about the Shen family's property, I believe it, if you want to say that he plotted to kill the Shen family regardless of his feelings, he doesn't have the courage yet!" ”

He remembered the missing eldest grandson, even if the initiator was not a cousin, but the scholar who was bribed to Shen Jun, the head of the yamen, to "murder his own nephew" was inseparable from his cousin, and he was resentful for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Isn't Brother Jun not called him uncle, and Brother Xiaodong not called uncle and grandfather?" For the sake of silver, I didn't care about any affection, and when I got the news of Xiaodong's disappearance, not only did I not worry about my grandson, but instead used this to frame my nephew, such a white-eyed wolf brother, I really can't afford it......" The more he said, the more he hated, and his body, which was originally weak due to illness, began to tremble.

Mrs. He raised this niece, and she knew her temperament best, and she scolded like this in her mouth, but if she hadn't been soft-hearted, she wouldn't have dragged her sick body back to her parents' house at this time.

"It's all his bastard, and he looks at the Shen family's fertile land, and calculates again and again. In the final analysis, there is no successor to the He family, and the more it declines, the more the bastard loses the glory of the patriarch, and values these yellow and white things, for fear that the He family will be bullied. Mrs. He scolded, not regretting it in her heart. You must know that the He family, like the Shen family, is a scholarly family, and long before the rise of the Shen family, it was one of the best families in Songjiang. But later, with the disgrace of the children, the grandson became a gambler, and gradually declined, if it wasn't for the family elders to deal with the clansmen, and then married with the emerging Shen family, attached to the Shen family, and would have fallen to a third-class family.

The second master of He has been thinking about the Shen family's land, and there is also a antecedent, not to mention anything else, that is, the Shen family's thousands of acres of sacrificial land, which is the He family's inheritance. Every generation of the head of the He family, when it comes to the family property that has been sold, they have to sigh one or two. In the eyes of the world, the century-old marriage between the Shen and He families is inseparable, but they don't know that the one who is secretly looking forward to the decline of the Shen family is not others, it is the He family. The He family did not disregard their in-laws and wanted to put the Shen family to death, but wanted to restore the glory of the clan, hoping that one would be dominant and could go from being attached to the Shen family to being attached by the Shen family.

Unexpectedly, the ancestral tomb of the Shen family smoked from the green smoke, and the children of the generation prospered more and more, and they became an unshakable family.

As the daughter of the He family, the He family naturally heard the elders mention the scenery of the ancestors of the He family, and thought that she could afford to be the daughter of the clan, and she had always been proud of herself as the eldest daughter of the He family. She hopes that the He family will get better as they get older, and her waist can always be stiff, so she also turns a blind eye to her cousin's calculation of the Shen family's fourth room, but this does not mean that she is willing to let her cousin calculate her own head. Her husband's children and grandchildren and her mother's cousin, she can still tell who is close and who is far.

If it was only related to the second master He, whether he was dead or alive, the He family would not care; But if the Shen family "fell into the well" and wanted to drag the He family into the water, then the He family couldn't stand it.

Shen He's two families have been in-laws for a hundred years, and there are also daughters and daughters in other houses, just like the current mother of the fourth room is the daughter of the He family; But the most intimate relationship is still the Zongfang, not only the wife of the patriarch of the He family is the daughter of the He family, but the clan wife Xiao He is also the daughter of the He family. If the He family is questioned and defeated, the He family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will be like this in the Shen family in the future?

"Now that everything is ready on the side of the prefect's yamen, just waiting for the master Xuezheng to come over to try this case together, can the uncle deal with it here?" The stakes are very high, and He Shi can only endure his anger and ask.

Mrs. He said with tears in her eyes: "The second child has entered, the fifth child is young and inappropriate, what can I do as an old woman?" I originally wanted to use your eldest brother's face to deliver a word in front of the Qincha, but I couldn't do it; There is really no way, so I can only be cheeky to let the fifth child leave Songjiang and go out to welcome Xuezheng. A few days ago, your eldest brother sent a letter and ordered a family business for your niece, the eldest son of the Ministry of Works, who is the nephew of the Xuezheng family. Now that he can rely on this bit of in-law, he can take care of one or two of the scholars and politicians, not seek favoritism, and hope to be fair, which is the blessing of the He family. ”

When He heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately became worried about the Shen family. What if Xuezheng favors the He family and puts all the blame on the Shen family? The son of his own in-law is still involved in the case, and if there is a mistake, he has no place to cry.

Old Lady He is old and refined, and seeing her expression, she hurriedly said: "Master Xuezheng is just a jury, and the presiding judge is still Qincha, and he will not wronged the Shen family." ”

He thought of the relationship between Wang Shouren and the Shen family, and said casually: "That's it, Wang Qincha has an old relationship with the Shen family, he was a guest of Shen Li, and he was Shen Rui's teacher, so there is no reason not to protect the Shen family." ”

Mrs. He did not change her face beside her, but she was determined in her heart and remembered this relationship firmly. It's no wonder that Qin sent a five-rank Langzhong to act like this, and he didn't even give face to Jingtang, it turned out that he had a relationship with the Shen family. This is just right, if the trial is fair, there will naturally be nothing to say; If you really blindly favor the Shen family, with this relationship, no matter what is sentenced, it will be much easier for the capital to overturn the case.

For the upcoming trial, Mrs. He was less worried, but more expectant. There is a relationship between the Shen family and the Qin Cha, and the He family is not innocent and can only be innocent, otherwise the He family will not be able to reveal the relationship between the Qin Cha and the Shen family, and the Shen family will not be able to fall well.

It's just that I can't say this to the He family, my niece is a fool, and the niece and son-in-law are also anxious now, and before the case officially starts to trial, I still need to meet with the current speaker of the Shen family. It's just that now that Shen Li is back, and the second master of the Shen family of Nanjing Guozijian is also back, who is in charge of this matter? Mrs. He turned the Buddhist beads in her hand, and she was already thinking about how to send someone to inquire.

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At the gate of the sect's house, Shen Rui helped Shen Yuan into the carriage. Shen Jun was supported by a servant, full of shame.

Shen Li glanced at his injured leg and said, "Don't think too much, take advantage of the fact that the case is not tried, and recuperate from your injuries first." The trial will start in a few days, and it will not be cheap in the end. ”

Shen Jun nodded in response, but he had no face to continue to stay with guests, so he could only watch the group leave.

The five-room funeral, the four-room relationship is awkward, the other rooms are not familiar, and the only thing Shen Yuan can go to is Shen Li's office.

On the carriage, Shen Yuan sighed: "The matter has come to this, what should I do in the future?" ”

The matter of the clan does not mean that it is split at will. A single tree can't make a forest, the inner and outer rooms of the Shen family have already come out of five rooms, and there is still no division, it's just a group. is a complete Shen family on the surface, and there are people secretly peeping, calculating and framing, and each room is divided, which has become fat on the board of others.

But if it is not split, the patriarch will change people, but who can serve the people in other houses?

"The main priest of the branch is where the ritual law is, and there is no one to replace the four rooms inside!" Shen Yuan shook his head and said.

The ancestor of the Shen family in Songjiang is the ancestor of the inner fourth room, and the outer fifth room is just a brother. The change of patriarchs, according to the distance of the bloodline, should also be alternating in the inner four rooms. But the second room is far away in the capital, and the relationship with the clansmen is far away; The third room was originally a concubine, and now the children and grandchildren are not successful, needless to say; There is Shen Jin in the fourth room, but he is an only son, it is impossible to give up his future and return to his hometown to keep his business, as for Shen Yuan, he is more confused than Shen Hai, naturally no one will think of him.

"It has been passed down for several generations, and out of the clothes, where is there any inner and outer room? I think that Second Brother Qi is just right, and everyone can rest assured. Shen Rui said.

is also injured, Shen Jun injured his leg, and there is a possibility of healing; Shen Qi broke his right arm, he was already disabled, and his future was broken, and he could only stay in his ancestral business in the future. In addition, there are Shen Ying and Shen Quan in the fifth room, Shen Ying is a Beijing official, and Shen Quan will be out sooner or later, both of them are Shen Qi's backers.

The patriarch has the confused Shen Hai, the greedy Shen Jiang, the younger generation Shen Chengzhi is talented, and Shen Jun has experienced a bumpy temperament change, and the grandchildren can't be seen by others, and having a wandering grandson is also a fatal shortcoming, if you want the Shen family to continue to pass on, it is indeed not appropriate for the clan to continue to be in charge of clan affairs.

Compared with the same house, the five rooms are much clearer.

Originally, when the ancestors of the Shen family divided the head of the house, they also established clan rules, but the descendants were deserted, making the clan property and clan affairs become the words of the clan family, and it is also a good thing to take advantage of the change of patriarch to re-establish the rules. Otherwise, there are many people in the Shen family, today this is illegal, tomorrow is that disorder, who knows how many crimes will be added because of the clan. In the officialdom, there are many attacks and annihilations, and since this shortcoming has exploded, it is natural to avoid it.

Shen Yuan and Shen Li are both people in the officialdom, so they naturally know the truth that their clansmen are both prosperous and one is lost, otherwise they would not have traveled thousands of miles to return to their hometowns for the sake of the clansmen's lawsuit.

It's just that he has been taught since he was a child, and in the end, he takes the weight of the elder more seriously, and he is not as calm and calm as Shen Rui.

"Isn't there other side branches in the sect, can't you pick out one or two people?" Shen Yuan hesitated.

Shen Rui said: "There is a patriarch in the sect's house, even if the patriarch is on the side, he is just a puppet." ”

Shen Li looked at it more openly than Shen Yuan, nodded and said, "Brother Rui still understands it." The change of the patriarch is really not suitable to find someone in the side branches of the sect. ”

People who can not only convince the public, but also have a trustworthy character, are really only chosen in the fifth room. If Shen Hong is still there, his body is stronger, and he is the most suitable candidate; However, Shen Qi is not bad, even if he is of lower seniority, but with Shen Ying's brother, he is also a help that others should not underestimate. In addition, the relationship between the fifth room and the second, fourth, and sixth rooms is close, which can reassure these families, and the relationship between the other clansmen is more estranged, and the character cannot be guaranteed.

Shen Li has always treated Shen Rui as his own brother, Shen Yuan thought that he would teach Shen Rui, but he didn't expect that he would be persuaded by Shen Rui. Such a point-to-the-point insight, of course, can prove that the vision is good, but is it too cold?

Shen Yuan couldn't help but look at Shen Rui secretly, and the more he looked at it, the more complicated his mood became. If he hadn't been treacherous back then, he would have been his eldest son. Thinking of the biological son of the fallen horse and the heir who died of illness, Shen Yuan lowered his eyes and could only sigh speechlessly.

(End of chapter)