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Marriage is the marriage of two surnames, and it is a major event that is only second to life and death; If you withdraw from the family, the reputation of the two children will be implicated, and the woman will have a greater impact.

If it was for this reason, Yan Juren kept it in his heart and took this opportunity to deal with the Shen family, it was really possible.

"People are doing it, the sky is watching, this Shen Yuan's actions are getting more and more confused year by year." Shen Hai shook his head and said.

In his early years, he received a dowry from the Sun family, but he refused to treat his wife and son-in-law well, spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, and succeeded his only son-in-law; Now in order to climb the wealth, it is not surprising that he has broken his promise.

There was the Sun family and Izuji before, and the clansmen had long known that Shen Yuan's character was flawed. It's just that it's none of my business, hanging high, and no one will think about teaching one or two, admonishing one or two, after all, when people reach middle age, their temperament and temperament have already been determined. If you don't want to make the Shen family's situation more difficult, it will be a Shen Yuan who is not serious.

Even if you know the suspect, everyone is no longer blind, and it is better to have a target than no brains. Shen Hai's spirit has been jumping for two months, he can't eat or sleep well, and now he looks at Shen Li and Shen Rui, and feels a lot more steady. In the end, he was over the age of six, and his spirit was already insufficient, so he left sleepily.

It was not too early for the second watch to sound outside, and Shen Rui and Shen Li also went back to their rooms to rest.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, after breakfast, Shen Li took Shen Rui to visit He's house.

The He family and the Shen family are both big clans, and the clansmen also live in clusters, but the Shen family is in the north of the mansion, and the He family is in the northeast, and the distance is not willing, and it is only two quarters of an hour by carriage.

He Xisheng got the news and took his younger brother to greet him in person.

Although it is said that when it comes to the generations of in-laws, He Xisheng is the elder, and Shen Li wants to be the younger generation, but Shen Li is from the top of the family, and he has a four-grade official body, and it is inappropriate for He Xisheng to talk about the elders and the young, so he is just an equal generation and polite.

However, when he was with Shen Rui, He Xisheng was a little closer, and he muttered two sentences of Shen Jue, which was sentimental.

He Bei was in the middle of spring, and he was a little uncomfortable when he saw Shen Rui. Although Shen Rui is only a talent and did not take the exam in filial piety, Shen Rui's cousin Shen Jin is the champion of this subject.

Shen Rui only came as a follower, whether it was He Xisheng's closeness or He Beisheng's awkwardness, they were all floating clouds in his eyes. What he cares about is the last choice of the He family, He Xisheng, the head of the He family, is different from the patriarch of the Shen family and the current patriarch Shen Hai, unlike the gentry, more like a businessman who is mercenary, if he is unwilling to give up the opportunity at this time, it is possible.

During the greetings, the He Xisheng brothers led Shen Li and Shen Rui to the living room. The guest and the host took their seats, He Xisheng looked at Shen Rui, and then looked at He Beisheng and said: "I remember that Rui Ge'er loved Zen in his early years, and Shiro didn't get a pair of Nanputuo Huirong's personal book "Great Compassion Mantra", so he just took Rui Ge'er over to observe one or two. ”

He Beisheng was stunned when he heard this, and got up a little reluctantly.

Shen Rui glanced at Shen Li, and when he saw Shen Li nodding, he also got up and went out with He Beisheng.

In the living room, only He Xisheng and Shen Li were left, and He Xisheng said: "With all due respect, since the champion came to the door, he must have noticed that there was something strange about the chaos. ”

Shen Li nodded and said: "I came to the door to ask for sin, yesterday the servant escorted my cousin out, and encountered someone robbing the road outside the city and caught a few thieves." I thought it was a mountain bandit coming down the mountain, and I didn't want to interrogate it, it was not someone else, it was the disciple of the sixth room of the He family. ”

He Xisheng made a decision in his heart and was unwilling to fall behind in front of Shen Li, so he got straight to the point and led to the topic, wanting to take the lead, and didn't want Shen Li to have other preparations. If nothing else, just holding this witness in his hand, the He family is afraid that he will not be innocent.

He Xisheng looked at Shen Li's gaze, and looked at it more solemnly: "Since you are a child of the He family, how can you do the act of banditry, I'm afraid that there is any misunderstanding in this, right?" ”

"Not impossible." Shen Li nodded and said: "I'm also worried that someone is impersonating, the Shen family and the He family have lived together in Songjiang for a hundred years, and they have been married for generations, and the He family really has no reason to intercept and kill the Shen family." After that, he took out a portrait from his arms, opened it and spread it on the coffee table: "Second Master He, let's see if it is really someone else pretending to be the He family." ”

This head sketch is naturally Shen Rui's work.

After catching the He family, whether the He family is willing to cooperate with the Shen family or not, it is one of the Shen family's bargaining chips.

He Xisheng didn't need to look closely, he recognized that the portrait was not a bystander, it was He Mian, the nephew of the branch clan on the side of the He family, who was known for his courage and strength, and was one of the servants He Xisheng took when he went out.

He Xisheng's forehead was fine and dense, and it was all cold sweat. Before, he found out that there was something wrong with some of his relatives, it seemed that he had other income in the past two months, and he was also inextricably linked with the "Japanese Kou" entering the city, but he did not suspect the people around him.

Because he didn't go out these days, He Mian had a long vacation, why did he go to intercept and kill the Shen family, and who was he instructed by? Someone stretched out his hand to him, but fortunately the Shen family was dealing with, if the other party wanted to deal with him, would he be able to escape? If you do something when you go out, how can you escape?

He Xisheng's mind was in a mess, and he no longer had the certainty he had before.

In the study, He Beisheng absentmindedly took out a scroll from the bookshelf and spread it flat on the large desk.

Both of them knew that coming over to read the words was just a pretext, so that He Xisheng and Shen Li were discussing important matters. Although Shen Rui and He Beisheng had met, they were really not familiar with each other, so they were silent only on the grounds of reading calligraphy and paintings.

He Beisheng couldn't help but asked, "You are a little talent, and it's useless to come back, why isn't Shen Jin coming back?" Or did he seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, for fear of involving himself, so he deliberately did not come back? ”

He Beisheng was also the year of the crown, compared with Shen Zhu when he was a teenager, and later compared with Shen Jin. Now one is the champion of the new department, and the other is the first person to be raised, although it is not comparable, it is still inevitable to mind.

"Uncle Wufanghong and his wife also went south with us, because Uncle Hong was ill and got off the boat in Tianjin, Brother Jin sent the two elders back to Beijing." Shen Ruidao.

He Beisheng nodded, not knowing whether to be more disappointed or comforted.

Looking at Shen Rui, who was as steady as a little adult, seeing that there was no alienation and hostility to Shen Jin in his words, He Beisheng was a little curious: "You don't hold a grudge against Shen Jin?" ”

Shen Rui's face was puzzled: "What do you hold a grudge?" ”

"Obviously, you are the concubine of the fourth room, but you are forced to succeed, Shen Jin occupies the magpie's nest as a concubine and enjoys a family business alone." He Beisheng snorted coldly: "You can't see that Shen Jin won the champion and want to borrow his light in the future, so you can suppress your complaints and still be close to him, right?" ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Fourth Master He, you think too much." ”

He Beisheng was only in the year of the weak crown, and he was the most reluctant to be called the "four masters", and immediately exploded when he heard the words: "What four masters are not four masters, don't call them four masters, starting from the four rooms, you should call me the fourth uncle." ”

"The fourth master also said, that is from the fourth room, the fourth master also knows, although I was born in the fourth room, now I am the grandson of the second house, naturally it is not good to judge the generation from the fourth room." Shen Rui said slowly: "If the fourth master wants to listen to this uncle, he still needs to go to Brother Jin to talk to him." ”

A series of "four masters" heard that He Beisheng was irritable, and jumped to his feet and said: "It's not that your eyes are high, my eldest brother had the heart to recruit you as a son-in-law, but you have high eyes over there, and you don't look down on my He family's daughter." ”

Shen Rui said: "The fourth master should know that the marriage event, the life of the parents, and the words of the matchmaker are not self-centered. Fourth master, you say, is this the truth? ”

He Beisheng was not a fool, so he naturally noticed that Shen Rui deliberately bit the "fourth master" to speak, and he really couldn't cry or laugh, and pointed at Shen Rui and said: "Look at you like an old man, you are indeed narrow." ”

Although the first time they met, Shen Rui had a bad impression of He Beisheng and felt that he was arrogant, but now it seems that he is not a careless person with an open-minded temperament.

The two looked at each other and smiled, without the previous temptation.

He Beisheng said: "It seems that this time is not only the trouble of the Shen family, but also the He family, my second brother has not gone out for two months, and today's hospitality is also very solemn." Shen Rui, do you know what's going on? ”

He Beisheng is a secondary two young man who grew up as a secondary two teenager, and it is a matter of confidentiality, Shen Rui is really not good at revealing the truth, so he can only say vaguely: "I only know that someone is provoking the He family and the Shen family behind their backs, wanting to take advantage of the fisherman." ”

He Beisheng suddenly realized: "I see, no wonder my second brother has changed so much." He was gloating about the Shen family's corruption lawsuit before, and he couldn't even care about his nephew Shen Jun, because I was annoyed for several days. In the past half month, he always frowned, and he was also sent to the prefect's yamen to walk around, and asked someone to take care of Shen Jun, which was completely different from before. ”

He Xisheng's change also shows that the He family is aware of the people behind the scenes.

Thinking of this, Shen Rui's heart moved: "Did the second master ask someone to check Yan Juren of the mansion?" ”

"Huh? How do you know, that was half a month ago, and you haven't returned to Songjiang yet? He Beisheng was a little surprised: "Or have you also started to investigate Yan Juren?" I've long seen that something is wrong with him, isn't it ridiculous that a person who is a staff member looks like he is high and not wealthy? If he really doesn't love money, he won't think of a way to make a name for Zhao Zhifu's wealth. Hmph, why can he squeeze others down and become the number one henchman of Governor Zhao's mansion, it's just to do what he likes. ”

Songjiang is a wealthy mansion, and the prefect of Songjiang is also in short supply, Zhao Xianzhong can get this shortage, and naturally he has to repay and promote his mentor in Beijing.

"He is a small staff, inciting Zhao Zhifu to be greedy, but he is penniless, who believes that he has no other purpose? If it is not for the sake of silver, it is something else. Governor Zhao thought that he was a useful henchman, but he didn't know that his handle was in the hands of Yan Juren. He Beisheng talked eloquently.

From the second young man to the wise Kong Ming, this leap is a bit far.

"This is all what the fourth master thinks of himself?" Shen Rui said with a little admiration.

He Beisheng smiled, touched the back of his head and said, "It was the second brother and the housekeeper who said it, I heard it next to me." ”