"Brother Rui wants to go to live at his eldest brother's house?" Guo Shi was stunned when he heard this, and then waved his hand, and the two maids next to him were sent out, and his face turned heavy and said: "Brother Rui, do you want to enter Beijing with your aunt?" ”

Shen Rui saw that Guo's face was worried, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "Yes, it is a good thing to be able to go out to see the world, there are clan brothers in Beijing, not to mention that it is better to go with the third brother, Brother Jue and others as companions...... It's just that the nephew is clumsy, and he has never seen the uncles and uncles of the second room, so he is afraid of being restrained. ”

Guo Shi was silent for a while, and Fang Youyu said: "I haven't told Brother Rui yet, yesterday my aunt accompanied your aunt out of the city to worship in front of your mother's grave." In front of your mother's grave, your aunt asked carefully about the situation of the two of you over the years, and your aunt talked a lot and said everything...... She didn't cry, but she wasn't pretending to be sad......"

inexplicably dropped her biological mother and deceased, maybe she had no malicious intentions, but the kind of arrogance that the elders naturally arranged for him made Shen Rui speechless.

Even if she was really sad and sad about Sun's situation before her death, Shen Rui couldn't empathize, and said in a muffled voice: "That uncle Cang has said, why has my mother not heard from her for three years, and now she thinks of her nephew?" ”

There is Shen Li, a nephew who has news correspondence with the second room, who is filial piety in the township, and it is a lie to say that the second room does not know the news of Sun's death.

If the relationship between the Xu family and the Sun family is really deep, after knowing that Shen Rui lost his mother, he should not take care of him more, just like the Guo family and Shen Li.

ignored it for three years, until the second room was extinct, and when the Xu family returned to his hometown to choose an heir, he said that he had a relationship with the Sun family, but he did not treat Shen Rui differently before and after

Although she treated Guo's mother and daughter very kindly, she also took the initiative to visit the prefect's wife who had taken care of Shen Rui, and looked a little embarrassed for the Sun family.

But for Shen Juren's "spoiled concubines and killed his wife" back then, the Sun family's dowry was sold cheaply by the Zhang family, and was touched by the clan relatives and the He family, but the Xu family did not mention it.

Shen Rui has also thought about it in the past few days, whether the Xu family will say why there has been no movement in the past three years, and whether there are any difficulties and scruples, but after meeting the Xu family twice, the Xu family did not mention this at all.

Maybe it's because of the fear in front of people? So in private, will you say a word to Guo?

Guo Shi shook his head: "I didn't say this. However, although my aunt only met her twice, she saw that she was a open-minded, generous and generous person, and she must have some hidden secrets. ”

Shen Rui also has some eyesight, and he can also see that the Xu family is not the kind of obscure calculating, but can think about others.

For example, let's say that yesterday's banquet, Xu's was the host, and Zhu Yunming, Wei Xiao, and He Taizhi's nephews came forward to accompany the guests on behalf of their aunts, and they also said that they would go.

The Xu family did not call them out, in addition to being sympathetic to the nephews and unwilling to let them be restrained, but also unwilling to trouble the people of the various clans.

Zhu Yunming is okay, even if he is young, he is not confused when he is old, and it is reasonable to save the courtesy; In the year of Wei School's weak crown, He Taizhi was even more of a child, and these two people came out to visit, but the elders of the Shen family could not save their gifts.

The Shen family has eight rooms in Songjiang, and not every house is rich. Those who are rich in life only have a few heads of the sect, three, four, and five rooms, and although the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth rooms are also cultivators, they are only slightly stronger than ordinary people.

When Shen Li mentioned the second room in Beijing to Shen Rui in his early years, he also praised Shen Cang and his wife for their behavior.

This is also the reason why Shen Rui feels that Xu is strange, and he is not happy with her arrangement, but he can't feel bad feelings about her life.

Thinking of this, Shen Rui was originally a little irritable and was in a good mood.

No matter what unspeakable relationship the Xu family has with the Sun family, the deceased is gone, and seeing that the Xu family now has only guilt for the Sun family, there should be nothing to embarrass themselves.

However, thinking that the second room is now a time to choose an heir, Shen Rui asked, "Auntie, can you mention when you will send us back?" ”

Guo Shi smiled: "Brother Rui didn't leave, and he started to feel homesick?" Thousands of miles have passed, how can I live for a year and a half. But Brother Rui don't worry, your third brother will take the hospital exam the year after tomorrow, and he will return at the end of next year at the latest. ”

Shen Rui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It seems that the Xu family has not revealed in front of the Guo family that he wants to stay in the capital for a long time, and he has been thinking deeply about it for the past two days, but he is sentimental.

However, seeing that all the heads of the house were staring at the position of the heir of the second room, Guo had no intention of doing so, and Shen Rui admired it in his heart.

If you are someone else, there is a great opportunity in front of you, and you will find an excuse if you can't say it, "The young son will succeed him, and he will help the two brothers in the future" or "The whole brother has poor reading qualifications, and he has the identity of a child of the Shilang Mansion, and it is also a way out to go to the office".

And as the above excuses say, for the fifth room with two sons who have taken the imperial examination, it is the greatest benefit to give up a son who is not very qualified to study and change to the second room to help the fifth room.

Not every mother can be like Guo, who is flesh and blood and cannot be greedy.

Even when Shen Juren came back last night, he asked him hesitantly, and he revealed something. If Shen Rui nodded and said that he wanted to be the heir, maybe Shen Juren would be "helpless" and "beloved son" to help him "fulfill".

Seeing that Shen Rui was speechless, Guo Shi said, "Brother Rui is thinking about choosing an heir in the second room?" ”

Shen Rui nodded: "Although I don't know what Uncle Cang means, I can bring the young people from all rooms into Beijing, I am afraid that when I get to the capital, there will be a lot of excitement, and my nephew is worried about the pond fish, so I think about whether to follow the third brother to disturb the eldest brother and sister-in-law." ”

When Guo heard this, he couldn't help but ponder.

When Shen Rui mentioned that he wanted to live at his eldest brother's house, Guo did not agree because he was afraid of the face of the second room.

After all, the children of the clan were invited to Beijing by the second room, and Shen Rui's biological mother had a relationship with the Xu family, if she lived outside, she would not be happy to be close to the second room, for fear that the Xu family would think too much.

But Shen Rui's worries were not unreasonable, Guo Shi lowered his head and weighed the pros and cons, so he nodded and said: "You are the only blood in the fourth room, and the matter of choosing an heir in the second room is very different from you, but who knows what others think." Maybe because your aunt is close to you, those who are interested in the position of heir will be jealous of you. If the Shilang Mansion is peaceful, you will follow the clan brothers An Ansheng as a guest; If there is really any movement, you don't have to endure it, move out and go to your eldest brother's house to live with your third brother. In the letter I gave to your eldest brother before, ask him to help your third brother pay attention to the academy. When you arrive, you will come out in the name of studying with your third brother, and even the elders in the second room will not be able to stop you.

There is also a way back, Shen Rui's heart is becoming more and more steady, thinking of Dongxi and Liu Ya, and said: "Although I have a lot of trouble with my aunt, my nephew is still cheeky and troublesome my aunt." It's not good to bring so many people when you're out of the house, Dong Xi and Liu Ya, can you let them come here? ”

When Guo heard this, he thought of Shen Juren's behavior in the past few years, and his eyes were filled with disgust, and he knew the intention of Shen Rui's move.

The two families have lived next to each other for several lifetimes, and there is often no communication between the next people, these days the four rooms are noisy, beating people and picking people up, and they are staged in turn, Guo Shi has also heard a little, but he didn't say in front of his son that the master is not, so he can only be ignorant of the way.

"Don't use it here, you have to be called by someone when you go out, so you took the two of them with you. How old are you? Where do you want to be taken care of and served? What's the use of only bringing two boys? Don't be ashamed, your third brother will also bring a servant to serve here. Guo said with a smile.

Shen Rui hesitated: "Auntie, is this inconvenient?" If everyone brought four or five people to serve, how many people would have to follow them into Beijing? ”

Guo shook his head and said, "How about four or five? Don't talk about others, let's just say that Brother Rui here, in addition to the common ones around you, your father has to arrange at least two people to follow. One is a housekeeper who can talk, and the other is an old mother. The second room and the same sect house have been far away for more than 60 years, and finally willing to communicate with each room, and a few of you are going to ask for peace and recognition on behalf of each room, so you naturally want to follow the old family to send a formal gift list; I also want to take care of you properly and restrain you from being naughty and causing trouble to your clansmen. ”

China is a country of etiquette, and this big year has passed, and it is the first time after decades of estrangement, but there is no reason to be empty-handed.

Thinking of Shen Juren's face-loving and stingy temperament, I am afraid that this preparation for the gift will hurt again, so Shen Rui is in a good mood. As for whether the mother-in-law of the pie will point fingers, Shen Rui is not worried. There is an account room and the fate of the two families of Tian Pozi is in front, and no one in the four rooms has the courage to be arrogant in front of him.

As the two were talking, they saw Shen Quan come in and said, "Mother, I wish my cousin is here, and I said that I came to deliver something on the order of Uncle Zuncang." What is it? Hula little guy and a dozen male servants guarded him. ”

Guo got up and said, "Your aunt told me yesterday that she wanted to re-purchase the land in Songjiang, and asked me to help me pay attention to the land purchase. ”

Shen Quan said curiously: "Isn't the household registration of the second room in Beijing?" How do I come back to buy a property? Could it be that Uncle Cang will return to their hometown in the future? ”

Before the third grandfather entered Beijing, he sold all the ancestral properties of the second house, and his determination can be seen. It is indeed surprising that they want to buy property in Songjiang again.

Shen Rui was listening, and immediately thought of the word "three holes of cunning rabbits".

The literati of the Ming Dynasty ruled the country, but the literati were also the most powerful. It is also necessary to mix the snobbery of the factory guard, the inner court is connected to the outer court, and the higher Shen Cang's official position, the more dangerous the situation is. The ministers of the Ming Dynasty have been counted, and most of them are ups and downs in the sea, and there are few who die well.

Just like Xu Youzhen, the father of the Xu family, because of "framing" Yu Qian, he had no trace of rebellion, and he lost his official position and resigned, and was compared to "Qin Hui" by later generations, bearing infamy through the ages.

In fact, as the first assistant, the emperor wants to clean up Yu Qian, who can stop him? It's just like Qin Hui, who became the emperor's scapegoat.

Yue Fei never forgot to go north to resist Jin and welcome back the second emperor, Gaozong could not tolerate it, there were twelve gold medals, there was a "trumped-up" crime, Yue Fei was executed, and it was the first assistant Qin Hui who came out of the top cylinder.

In the year of the change of Tumubao, Yingzong was captured, the Mongols took their troops to the city, the ministers of civil and military affairs were tied, and the Han people were in danger, Yu Qian supported Emperor Jingtai to ascend the throne, and respected Yingzong as the emperor, which made the Mongols lose their support; He led the army and civilians to defend Beijing, and finally forced the Mongols back.

For the monarch and the people, Yu Qian was a hero to save the country and save the people, and Emperor Jingtai then relied on him very much, and the defense of the capital was entrusted to him.

For Emperor Yingzong, Yu Qian was a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and after the successful restoration, he was charged with "plotting to welcome the son of King Xiang as the crown prince", and asked Qian for the crime of "rebellion", and was executed in the city and abandoned on the street.

When the people said that Yu Qian was wronged, and the emotions surged, Emperor Yingzong also "regretted", and this charge of being loyal to the death was naturally borne by his subordinates.

Speaking of which, it is really appropriate to compare Xu Youzhen to Qin Hui, both of whom are responsible for the emperor.

Seeing that Guo and Shen Quan went to collect some property, Shen Rui said goodbye first and returned home.

Not only did they take Dongxi and Liu Ya with them, but they also had to start preparing. Shen Juren, if there is an arrangement, he should also ask someone to find him.

As soon as he returned to the hospital, Shen Rui hadn't spoken to Dongxi and Liu Ya, so Shen Juren sent someone to pass it on.

When Shen Rui entered the study room, he saw that the housekeeper Zhao Qing was also there, standing beside him.

After Shen Rui invited An, Shen Juren said: "The relatives were estranged in the early years, but now they are moving around, and they should do their best. The father has made people prepare a festival, and tomorrow let the housekeeper go to the capital with you and give gifts on behalf of the four rooms. ”

Fang had already heard Guo mention this, and Shen Rui was not surprised, and responded honestly.

Shen Juren pointed to the brocade bag on the bookcase again: "Here people have exchanged fifty taels of gold, you carefully put it away, if there is a place to spend in the capital, you can redeem it, and don't be stingy with the little family and make people laugh."

is so generous, but it surprised Shen Rui, thinking about Shen Ju's temperament, he should be stingy in loving face.

However, let Shen Rui keep the gold by himself, and hand it over to the housekeeper without dying, and the housekeeper should come back after giving a gift, and he will not stay in Beijing.

Shen Juren thought about the gift list and the fifty taels of gold in front of him, and he really felt that his flesh hurt, and after explaining, he waved his hand and said: "Lao Anren still has orders there, you go"

Fifty taels of gold is only a little more than three catties, and a bag the size of a fist.

Shen Rui took the brocade bag and retreated, not in a hurry to go to the inner courtyard, but first sent the gold back to the courtyard, asked Dongxi to collect it, and said to Dongxi and Liu Ya: "Auntie said that you can bring more people into Beijing, and you two can also pack up your luggage." ”

When Liu Ya heard the words, he was happy to be in shape; Winter joy also brought joy.

Although both of them have lived in the fifth room before, but now they are both Shen Rui's maids, and if they go to the fifth room, they will also become sojourners, but it is better to be by Shen Rui's side and come freely

Shen Rui smiled and went to the backyard to see Zhang Laoanren.

In the upper room of the inner room, Zhang Laoan was sitting on the Luohan couch and talking to Hao's mother who was standing next to him.

Seeing Shen Rui coming, Zhang Laoan beckoned him to his side with a loving face, took his hand and said, "I'm going to go far away... It's really unbearable...... It's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's difficult to go out for a while, and the second brother has gone so far at this age, how can people not follow the suspense? If it were someone else, my grandmother would stop me even if she gave up her face, but it was Mrs. Shilang who spoke, and even the patriarch's wife didn't dare to say anything, and our family could only listen......"

The old lady had a sickly look on her face, but her eyes were shining, she looked full of spirit, and there were a series of reluctant words in her mouth, and there was a sense that the Xu family was relying on power and was helpless.

When it came to the emotional place, Zhang Laoanren also had red eyes, like a loving grandmother who was reluctant to let her grandson leave home.

Compared with Guo's meticulousness, Zhang Laoanren's "kindness" is fluttering, but she just talks about it, and she doesn't even think to ask whether Shen Rui's luggage is packed or not, and whether the things are ready.

Shen Rui sneered in his heart, only coldly watching this old lady acting, thinking that there was so much laid out in the front, there must be a text in the back.

Sure enough, Zhang Lao'an's chatter about half a cup of tea made Shen Rui's ears "buzz", and the old lady looked solemn, and the play meat came......