Shen Rui was beside him, greeting Shen Yan without saying a word, and he was also paying attention to Shen Jue's side.

Seeing that Shen Jue was like a little white rabbit, but he came out with a bunch of words from Shen, Shen Rui couldn't help but laugh secretly. In the early years, when he was studying in the clan, when others saw that Shen Jue had a big temper, they thought that he was a straight-minded, but a child who was raised by the patriarch's grandfather, where was he really completely scheming?

Compared with Shen Jue, Shen is really "naïve".

Shen Rui glanced at Shen Yan and had to envy Shen for having a good brother. Otherwise, Shen is so carefree, how can Shen be so carefree?

After living in the Ming Dynasty for five or six years, the "good father of the Ming Dynasty" did not meet a few, but the "good brother of the Ming Dynasty" met several people.

Shen Cang to Shen Zhou and Shen Run, Shen Ying to Shen Qi and Shen Quan, Shen Yan to Shen, even Shen Jin also posed as a good brother back then, but he didn't have the opportunity later.

Shen Yan naturally paid attention to the two little ones, glanced at Shen Jue more, and praised Shen Rui: "I didn't have much contact with Brother Jue in my early years, but Brother Jue is clever. Although Brother She's two years older, he is not as smart as Brother Jue. ”

This is a bit interesting, Shen Rui said "hehe" twice: "It's just a little smart, it shouldn't be useful, where can it be compared to Brother Ling is a young talent, talented and good-looking, and he can be the best among his peers." ”

The habit of the Chinese, passed down from generation to generation, is to praise other people's children and belittle their own family. Shen Rui has often socialized with Shen Cang in recent years, and he is also well versed in it. Relevant clichés, just come casually.

Shen Yan lowered his head and smiled.

It's really as Shen said before, Shen Rui's words and deeds are old-fashioned, not like a teenager. The strange thing is that this calm wind is very harmonious with Shen Rui's bearing.

In the past three years, there have been great changes for their brothers, and the same is true for Shen Rui and Shen Jue, but Shen Rui's calm energy was there earlier.

I heard that Mrs. Shangshu returned to Songjiang Mansion that year, and the second son and the youngest son of each head of the house brought several to Beijing, and finally chose Shen Rui and Shen Jue. In addition to the relationship between Mrs. Shangshu and Shen Rui's biological mother, the Sun family, Shen Rui's temperament must also be valued by the elders.

Although Shen Jue and Shen were talking in a low voice, they also listened to the movements of the brothers.

Seeing that these two people were praising each other's younger brother and belittling their own younger brother, Shen Jue and Shen glanced at each other, and they both felt strangely tight. Is this a compliment to them? Are they degraded? Why do you listen to these two people's tone, so wrong?

Especially Shen, thinking that Shen Rui was two years younger than himself, but he was a parent, commenting on the younger generations of others, the corners of his mouth twitched, he leaned in front of Shen Jue, and whispered: "Did I remember Shen Rui's age wrong?" Isn't he with you? ”

Shen Jue glanced at Shen Jue, and also lowered his voice and said, "Do you think that my brother is like you, only tall and not brainy?" ”

"You?" Shen's eyes widened, grinding his teeth and said: "If you don't have a brain, you're better than you, isn't it because you have a heart and eyes, and you don't have a tall man?" Brother Fang Cai said it clearly, but it is just that being clever should not be of great use."

Shen Jue raised his head, looked at the roof, and said, "It's better to be smart than not to be smart."

Shen Bu said angrily: "This means that I am stupid? I passed the children's exam last year, and I said how to repay someone's college exam."

Shen Jue took the folding fan, shook it in his hand, and said: "It's only fifteen this year, and it's just a young man, who has already passed the county and government exams, and is considered a person with status." When someone is fifteen years old, I'm afraid they are not even Confucian children, right? ”

The more these two people talked, the more naïve they became, and Shen Rui couldn't listen to it anymore.

There happened to be some things, and Shen Rui didn't want Shen Jue and Shen to hear about them, so he said to Shen Yan: "I heard that there are new books in the bookstore, why don't you bother Shen Xianggong to take his younger brother over and buy a few books back?" ”

Shen Yan also felt that those two were too noisy, making it impossible for people to speak quietly, so he nodded and said, "It just so happens that I also want to buy books, so cheap." Second brother, you take Brother Jue to the bookstore. The latter sentence is said to Shen

Shen glanced at Shen Rui resentfully, he really didn't want to move the place, but in front of others, he always wanted to save face for his brother, so he got up and said, "Yes, big brother"

Shen Jue was also unhappy, but it was Shen Rui who proposed, even Shen was honest, he couldn't dismantle his cousin's platform, so he also got up.

After getting out of the teahouse, the two began to complain to each other.

Shen Jue said: "You are a big person, why don't you know how to make people?" It's all you who are arguing with me, and they are so noisy that they let us out. ”

Shen exhaled, "What did I say?" It's all you who raise the bar, and you just talk in a hurry, why do you rely on me alone? ”

The two walked to the door of the teahouse, stood in unison, and looked upstairs.

The private room where they were just now was facing the street.

Shen Jue said with a little curiosity: "What is Mr. Shen going to say to his brother today?" ”

Shen Jue glanced at Shen Jue in surprise: "Isn't the host today Shen Rui?" When Shen Rui has something to say to my eldest brother, he looks at your Jiao Meng appearance, don't you know this? ”

Shen Jue snorted lightly: "I'm not asking my brother, I'm not curious about what Mr. Shen will prepare?" He's a little older than his brother, so don't think about fooling your brother......"

While arguing, the two went to the bookstore.

In the private room of the teahouse, Shen Yan almost thought that he had heard it wrong.

He looked at Shen Rui and saw that Shen Rui had no sadness or joy on his face.

"Swap?" Shen Yan repeated.

"Hmm" Shen Rui nodded, and said frankly: "Your brothers want to be famous, and you want Shangshu Mansion to endorse you, so what are you going to exchange for?" ”

Shen Yan was really surprised.

Before coming to the teahouse, Shen Yan thought about a few possibilities, and even thought of the possibility that Shen Shangshu would send a message to them to return to Beijing, but he didn't expect Shen Rui to put on a trading face when he came up.

Shen Rui lowered his head, looked at the teacup in his hand, and said: "Seventy years ago, Ling's grandfather sent a message to his great-grandfather, wanting to let Lingzu return to his ancestors, and his great-ancestor left a handwritten letter, saying that Lingzu 'is not with the Shen family, he cannot be born in the genealogy, and he cannot be in the cemetery when he dies; Sixty years ago, when Ling's great-grandmother was dying, the elders of the Tuoshen clan sent a message to his grandfather, wanting to let Lingzu return to his ancestors, but his grandfather refused to do so because his mother could not be violated; Three years ago, Brother Ling asked Brother Jue to send a message to Jiaci, saying that in order to fulfill his father's last wish, he wanted to return to the clan with a branch of Shuzhi, and Jiaci told the Shen clan that those who pretended to be descendants of the second house were unforgivable......"

Shen Rui told the story clearly, and the entanglement between the two families for several generations was clear.

Shen Yanrao is so self-contained, he couldn't help but change his face.

Although he was the eldest son in the family, he had never met his grandfather, and he had no father at the age of eleven or two. Even after returning to Songjiang Mansion, although he listened to Zongfang's words and the past in his early years, he still spoke tactfully for His Holiness in the end. Even if he knew that his ancestors had made mistakes, he couldn't imagine the tragedy back then.

It wasn't until the Xu family wanted to choose an heir, and in the eyes of outsiders, the two brothers were also hopeful, that the old things of the year were revealed, and the evil deeds of the Shaw family were really described at that time. Not to mention that others look at their brothers as if they were poisonous, even Shen Yan and Shen Brothers, both of whom inexplicably feel uncomfortable.

Shen Yan was dismissed by the Dong family, and Shen Yan took his family to Nanjing in advance, all for this reason.

I heard Shen Rui continue: "Maybe in the eyes of your brothers, the things of your great-grandparents back then were too long-standing, although they made great-grandmothers make mistakes back then, but they were also punished and became a wife; Ling Zu was originally a descendant of Yiqingtang, but his identity was inexplicable, and he was not even as good as the outer room, and he left his hometown to live hard. Since everyone was punished back then, then the Yiqing Hall is still pressuring to prevent your branch from returning to the sect, and it is inevitable that it will oppress people with force......"

When Shen Yan heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Hengyun misunderstood, and he didn't think like this. My brother used to talk falsely, all because he didn't know the inside story; Since he knew the secret situation back then, he never mentioned the matter of returning to the sect again, but still muttered why he wanted to be surnamed Shen ......"

Shen Rui sighed: "Thirty miles out of the northeast of Beijing, there is the cemetery of the Shen family's Yiqing Hall. In the spring of the year before last, I was the heir of Yiqingtang at the beginning, and I went to worship my ancestors with my elders. The eldest uncle's grandfather died, the second uncle's grandfather died and there were no bones, the second aunt died, and the third aunt died...... The blood of the Yiqing Hall withered, and when the heir brother died unexpectedly, the blood was cut off...... Although his grandfather did not recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, he received gifts from the Shen family and was able to worry about food and clothing; Although Ling Zun and Ling Kunzhong did not receive the favor of the Shen family, the Shen family should not be sorry for you......"

Shen Yan let out a long breath and said, "Hengyun said this, which made me more and more embarrassed...... After losing my father, I respected my mother's order to return to Songjiang, and I was taken care of by the Shen clan, and the Shen family and our brothers had the righteousness to help and protect them

Shen Rui said: "No matter how the other houses interact with your brothers, the Yiqing Hall originally planned to not interfere with the river water from the well water, and wanted to be incompatible with this one. Now it is because you have something to ask for, and you have to be involved, which is not what Jia Yan Jiaci wants to see...... Jiayan instructed me to come forward to deal with this matter, I thought about it for half a month, I am also a scholar, and I know that the imperial examination is difficult, but I really don't want to ruin Ling Kunzhong's future; But in this way, it became a Baoshan who made Kunzhong impersonate, and I feel sorry for my ancestors......"

"It's me who embarrassed Hengyun" Shen Yan frowned and said: "It's just the so-called 'transaction', but it makes me wonder, compared to Shangshufu, our brothers are just ant-like figures, whether it is money or power, what do we have that Hengyun can value?" ”

"Yiqingtang has no intention of giving kindness, so Kunzhong should not want to benefit in vain. What can be used for trading, what can be used, please think about it, Mr. Shen, please think about it......," Shen Rui said unhurriedly.

It's not that he is troublesome, but he is really unwilling to cheapen Brother Shen Yan like this; can accept Shen Yan's brothers as Shen Cang suggested, what will Shen Rui take?

If you want to make others bow down willingly, it is nothing more than to use emotion, reason to convince them, to induce them, to force them and other means.

"Moving with emotion" is not difficult, there are half of the teachers and students in the name, as long as Shen Rui takes the initiative to show goodwill, the Shen Yan brothers will definitely not be happy, but the elders of Shangshufu will definitely not be able to accept it, and Shen Rui has no intention of this.

"Convince with reason", whether it is Shen Rui to Shen Yan or Shen Yan to Shen Rui, they can't do it, just because these two people are not stereotyped people, and they have their own reasons to recognize.

The remaining two items of "luring it with profit" and "forcing it with force" are easy to fatten the other party and be counterattacked.

Shen Rui decided to tear off the banner first and probe Shen Yan's bottom......