Tongzhou, inn.

Shen Rui happily took a hot bath, and his fatigue immediately subsided a lot.

Tomorrow is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, half a day of effort to the capital, half a day of work to catch the wind and wash the dust, when there will be no free time.

Two or three days will be Chinese New Year's Eve, Shen Li needs to see there, Wang Shouren also needs to go to worship, and the fifth brother and second brother also have to go over to see. and the big brother of Zongfang, it is not easy to fall.

Shen Rui was thinking about how to arrange the itinerary on the 29th, when he saw He Taizhi pushing the door in a puff of anger, followed by Shen Jue with a helpless face

"What's wrong? Spat at the moment? Shen Rui asked with a smile.

He Taizhi glanced at Shen Jue and snorted lightly.

Shen Rui looked at Shen Jue, only to see him with an innocent face and said: "Brother Rui, I didn't say anything, I just told Cousin He that there are many relatives in Beijing, and we are young and need to visit everywhere......"

He Taizhi pouted and complained: "I invited Cousin Jue and Cousin Rui first?" ”

Shen Jue winked at Shen Rui, everyone was speculating, and it was true that their feelings were getting deeper and deeper all the way, but in this big year, there were no elders to lead them, and it was too reckless to visit. Shen Jue didn't respond, mostly because of this.

Shen Rui knew it in his heart, so he said to He Tai: "In the first month, each family must visit relatives and friends, why can't his cousin come at that time?" It's not that we have been separated for a long time, Brother Jue and I will not return to our hometown for a while, and we will get along for a long time. ”

He Taizhi said with a bitter face: "But I should go to school after fifteen...... I followed my sixth aunt outside for two months, and when I came back, my father and my eldest brother still somehow practiced me? ”

Hearing him mention going to school, Shen Jue couldn't help but be curious: "Is it a family school or a family school?" Do classmates get along well? ”

He Taizhi shook his head and said, "No, it's a private academy in Chongjiaofang." The mountain chief is an old Hanlin of Zhishi, because his son is an official of Beijing, Zhishi did not return to his hometown, and he had nothing to solve in his spare time, so he opened a academy and accepted dozens of students, most of whom were disciples of Hanlin Academy. ”

When Shen Jue heard this, he couldn't help but say in his heart: "That big brother Luo also studied this academy earlier? ”

He Taizhi nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Thinking that He Taizhi passed the county examination at the age of nine and Shen Luo passed the college examination at the age of fourteen, even if Shen Jue didn't like to read, he was a little curious about the academy where the disciples of the Hanlin Academy gathered.

There was no word for a night, and the next day, everyone's itinerary was much calmer.

Chenshi came out of the inn, along the official road all the way to the west, noon will pass, can already see the front of the towering city wall.

"It's really in the capital, it's like in a dream" Shen Jue lifted the curtain, looked into the distance and sighed: "More than 2,000 miles away, I really came over like this, and my heart is always unsteady, I always feel that when I wake up, I still feel like I'm in Songjiang." ”

Shen Rui looked at this unfamiliar city wall, and his mood was quite agitated.

After 500 years, he finally returned.

Although this is a completely unfamiliar capital, it is completely different from the bustling city five hundred years later, but this is the capital in the end. His body is a child of Songjiang, but it is difficult for the soul of the guest house to have any sense of belonging to Songjiang.

Only when he arrived in the capital, even through the distance of five hundred years, this is also the hometown recognized by Shen Rui.

Outside the Chaoyang Gate, the carriage slowly moved along with the winding convoy.

Shen Jue had already lowered the curtain, turned his head to look at Shen Rui, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Brother Rui, are you crying?" ”

Shen Rui was interrupted by Shen Jue, put away his agitated mood, and patted him on the head: "Why are you crying?" ”

Shen Jue rubbed his head and muttered: "It's still hard-mouthed, Brother Rui just looked ugly than crying" Speaking of this, he quipped: "Are you homesick and crying?" Tell me that Brother Rui has never been far away, and he is homesick for a while, I won't laugh at you, and you don't have to hold back in front of me. ”

Shen Rui glanced at him: "Since you go to the family of the elders as a guest, should Brother Jue's rules also be guarded?" The province makes the elders laugh at us for not being rude. ”

Although Shen Jue was unwilling, he still nodded and said, "I know, Rui...... Second Brother Rui......"

The world in the carriage was quiet again.

The carriage started slowly, passed through the city gates, and the noise on both sides of the road could be heard.

After another quarter of an hour, the noise outside the carriage gradually subsided, the carriage slowed down, and Mother Wu came over to pass the word: "Mrs. will go to He's house to send Miss Biao and Young Master Cousin back first, and tell the little brothers not to get off the car, and bring the little brothers over to visit their relatives another day." ”

Shen Rui and Shen Jue responded.

After half a cup of tea, the carriage stopped.

Shen Jue was curious, opened the curtain of the car, and looked out, only to see a forest of high doors on both sides, not far from the gate a bunch of mothers-in-law and maidservants surrounded by a middle-aged couple, next to a young man standing in the wind of a jade tree, and then there was He Taizhi and the little lady of the He family who was still wearing a face towel.

Because the outside of the gate is not the boundary of greetings, and there are distant guests who come from thousands of miles away, the Xu family handed over a pair of nephews to the young sister, and said goodbye to the He family, and took the nephews to the house.

Seeing the carriage of the Xu family disappear at the mouth of the alley, the He family turned around.

Xiao Xu held his daughter with one hand and his young son with the other, and his face was full of distress.

When the family returned to the upper room, He Yingzhi had already gone to the face towel and bowed down to his parents: "My daughter is not filial, and my father and mother are worried about it."

Xiao Xu's eyes were already red, and he helped his daughter get up, hugged him in his arms, and choked up: "Children are debts, and my lord and I owe you." Don't ask for anything else, just ask that your brothers and sisters are safe, and don't rip out the hearts of these parents. ”

Bachelor He, who was sitting next to him, was also quite moved because of the reunion, carefully looked at his daughter's eyes, and saw that her face was haggard, and her body was thin and pitiful, but the spirit of her body was no longer so lifeless, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart.

He didn't interrupt his wife and daughter, but only looked at his youngest son, and saw that he had gone away with the pompousness and arrogance of the past, and there was a lot of stability between his eyebrows and eyes, and his heart was sour. is not only pleased that his son is sensible, but also sighs that God makes people.

Shen Luo's death is a collapse for the Shen family, and it also has a huge impact on the He family.

Fortunately, her daughter went on a long trip and turned her mind around, otherwise where would the He family have a happy life in the future.

For more than two months since their children went out, the husband and wife were terrified, and they were often awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night.

By Xiao Xu's side, He Yingzhi took out a handkerchief, wiped Xiao Xu's tears in person, got up again, and bowed to the young man who bowed down to Master He: "Because of the little sister, the good life of the eldest brother has been delayed, and the younger sister will not compensate the eldest brother." ”

This young man is He Quanzhi, the eldest son of Master He and Xiao Xu, who was originally scheduled to marry at the end of October, but because of Shen Luo's death, the He family was also in chaos, and the marriage date could only be postponed.

He Quanzhi touched his sister's head and said, "Hurry up, will the eldest brother still annoy you?" When will it not be possible to get married, for the sake of my sister, not to mention that it is only delayed for a few months, even if it is postponed for a year and a half, what is the matter? ”

He Taizhi snorted beside him, shaved his face and said, "Big brother, dare to go to my sister-in-law's house to say this?" ”

This family is reunited, flesh and blood, and happy; Here in the Shen Mansion, the atmosphere is quite strange.

The Shen family sent people to guard the city gate early in the morning, so as soon as the carriage entered the city, someone came back to deliver the news.

The third master has already wrapped his straight hair coat and brought his wife over to welcome the eldest sister-in-law home. The third wife is also the daughter of a scholarly family, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and the third old man and his wife are in harmony, and they are also respectful to the uncle and eldest sister-in-law.

The eldest lord couldn't persuade him, so he had to allow the two to stay in the front hall as well, and ordered someone to add a charcoal basin.

The third old man hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't add Na Laoshizi, there are earth dragons under this house, slowly whirring, where is it cold?" It was hot and dry in the room, and the sister-in-law and nephews came back from the outside for a while. ”

The eldest lord glared at him and said: "Don't be reckless, it's not easy to live in peace this winter, if you are sick, when you ask the doctor to give birth again, you must let him add half a tael of coptis"

Although the third master said that he grew up drinking medicine, he was still very afraid of hardship, and couldn't help begging for mercy: "The eldest brother can spare me, and in the new year, the younger brother still wants to eat some good things, but he has no appetite." ”

The third wife, who was sitting at the bottom, saw that her husband was in a good mood, and the uncle also smiled, and his brows stretched a lot.

These days, the life at home is really too depressing.

Even though the couple had never been closed, they knew that something was wrong with the atmosphere at home.

It's not that they are cold-hearted and don't hurt Shen Luo, it's just that the deceased is gone, no matter how sad they are in their hearts, the rest of them are still alive. Shen Cang and Xu are both in their fifties, where can they be sad and sad like young people.

Although they are all close relatives, there are also distant relatives in the end.

In the eyes of their husband and wife, Shen Cang and his wife are like parents, so they naturally care more about this side.

While the two brothers were talking, a servant came to him and said, "Master, the second wife is here." ”

The atmosphere in the hall was immediately condensed, and the conversation between the brothers came to an abrupt end, and Shen Cang said, "Please let the second wife come in......"

A maid picked up the curtain, and a few plain white figures came in at the door.

The accompanying mother-in-law and maid were not to mention, and the middle-aged beauty who helped the maid in was also plain white.

Shen Cang's face suddenly fell, and he felt his temples jump and jump.

The third master and the third wife had already gotten up and waited, and when they saw this middle-aged beautiful woman dressed like this, the third master was furious: "Second sister-in-law, what do you mean by that?" ”

The person who came was the second wife of the Shen family.

When the middle-aged beautiful woman heard this, she shook and wept: "Why is the third uncle angry? Brother Luo has only been gone for less than four months, and I, the mother, have to change out of filial piety clothes and wear red and green? ”

According to the etiquette system, not only the younger generation has a uniform for the elders, but also the elders have a uniform system for the younger generations.

"Brother Luo has passed a hundred days, and my sister-in-law is back today......" The third master frowned and said, but was interrupted by the eldest master.

"Enough" The eldest lord snorted lightly, stopped the third master's words, and looked at the second wife standing at the door, and said coldly: "Qiao's, your sister-in-law has returned from the province, and you plan to welcome your sister-in-law like this?" What about the second child? ”

Shen Cang has always been kind to his brothers and daughters-in-law, and it is rare to have such a cold appearance, and the second wife has a little worry on her face, and whispered: "Our master is not in good health......

The eldest man looked at her steadily, saw through her little tricks, and felt a little impatient in his heart, and said to the mother-in-law and maid standing next to him: "The second wife has no spirit, and she won't send her back."

The mother-in-law next to her listened to it and immediately went to the second wife.

These days, Xu is not at home, and the second wife has been tossing people a lot, and everyone has long been holding back the fire.

The second wife didn't expect the eldest master to be so ruthless, and couldn't help but be stunned.

It wasn't until she was put up at the door that she came to her senses and immediately cried, "Brother Luo, why did you leave......