Outside the Yang Mansion, relatives and friends have already left, and the elder and little servants of the old man have already respected the five-room master and instructed them to either stay far away, or go to the five-room Yang Mansion next door to rest.

Outside the Sifangyang Mansion, only the three juniors of Shen Rui, Shen Jin, and Shen Quan remained, as well as the outsider Jiang Sangongzi. Shen Jin and Shen Quan saw that all the people in the clan had stayed, and they guessed what major matters were being discussed, but for a while, they didn't think of the Sun family's dowry. After all, according to the world, the Sun family only has one son, and of course the legacy is left to Shen Rui without objection, where it needs to be discussed solemnly.

Only Shen Rui knew that Shen Li had endured it for a long time, just waiting for today's attack. But he was also a little surprised, what happened to the imperial court decree recorded on this genealogy? Is there any falsification of the genealogical record? Why didn't there be any movement until Sun's funeral. The Sun family is now buried, and it is buried according to the pattern of the eight-rank widows, if it is recorded according to the genealogy, but the four-rank edict.

There is also the "Virtuous Woman Bridge", which has not been seen yet. Wasn't this edict given before the deceased was buried in the earth? However, after thinking about the distance between Songjiang Mansion and the capital, more than 2,000 miles away, a woman who donated tens of thousands of dowries to do good deeds would not be able to report on the imperial court in an urgent manner for 800 miles.

Even if the prefect Jiang Sheng, in order to educate the people under his rule, wants to set up a memorial arch for the Sun family, it is not an overnight thing.

There must be something that cannot be said to people about the matter of the four rooms, otherwise Zhang Lao'an would not have sold Wang's mother and Liu Ya in a hurry, and Shen Li would not have risked the "family ugliness" to be publicized, leaving the prefect's wife and Jiang Sangongzi to be the stones of his mountain. If there is no prefect's wife and Jiang Sangongzi, what is wrong with the four rooms, and the clan elders may have to cover a big bed for the sake of the Shen family. Even if Shen Rui is aggrieved, this is the era of the father as the son after all.

Only when outsiders are there, the patriarchs can treat Shen Rui more fairly for the sake of face. Shen Rui was thinking about it, Jiang Sangongzi had already come over, and said in a low voice: "Brother Xian, can you listen to Brother Fool's ......?"

Virtuous brother! Foolish brother!

Such a name, but I still feel that the root of the tooth is a little sour. However, looking at Jiang Sangongzi's serious appearance, Shen Rui's teeth were sour, but he also added a bit of solemnity. He glanced at Shen Jin and Shen Quan not far away, and said to Jiang Sangongzi: "If the junior brother is not disgusted, the junior brother will accompany the junior brother to the front." ”

Jiang Sangongzi nodded and said yes, and Shen Rui greeted Shen Jin and Shen Quan, and took Jiang Sangongzi to a short distance. Walking up is the Zongfang cemetery, on the left is the three-room cemetery, at the bottom is the outer five-room cemetery, and only on the right is a camphor forest. Shen Rui and Jiang Sangongzi paced to the edge of the woods and did not go inside.

Jiang Sangongzi seemed to hesitate, and stopped talking, Shen Rui looked at the direction of the Yang Mansion, and didn't know how Shen Li opened his eyes for himself, and the clan elders said that they were going to summon themselves, so they said bluntly: "I don't know what the world brother taught me?" ”

Jiang Sangongzi said: "It is said that 'intimate relatives', the family affairs of the virtuous brother should not be ignored by outsiders, but the friendship between the mother and the aunt is quite heavy, and these days I often worry about the virtuous brother." Before coming over today, he specially instructed me to convey a few secret words to my virtuous brother. It's just the kindness of the elderly, if there is any offense, please forgive the virtuous brother.

When Shen Rui heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then said: "The little brother is not a person who doesn't know what to do, he is grateful to Aunt Zhuang for his kindness, and he also asked the world brother to speak up." ”

Jiang Sangongzi breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Aunt Sun once left a letter from her mother, which mentioned the distribution of the dowry after her death...... A few days ago, Shen Zhuangyuan came to the door and also mentioned what happened to Aunt Sun. The foolish brother thought that the letter was because the aunt was afraid that the virtuous brother would suffer, so she left a book to make a voucher outside, and attached a dowry list......" Speaking of this, he hesitated for a while, and said: "Who would think, until I went out this morning, the lady told me to convey a few words to the virtuous brother, and the foolish brother knew that the dowry was distributed to Aunt Sun and had other arrangements." ”

Speaking of this, he stopped and looked at Shen Rui's expression.

Normally distributed, the Sun family only has one son, and there is no doubt that the dowry should all belong to Shen Rui. What can surprise Jiang Sangongzi is not the case with the distribution of the Sun family. If it were someone else, he would have been surprised a long time ago. It's just that Shen Rui knew about Sun's dowry, but he was not surprised, but felt much more steady, just like another shoe that had been waiting for a long time to land.

At this time, it was Jiang Sangongzi's turn to be slightly stunned: "Could it be that Aunt Sun told her virtuous brother about this before her death?" ”

Shen Rui shook his head and said: "No, it's just that my mother was the most kind-hearted before her death, and she often had pity for the poor and the weak. ”

Seeing that Shen Rui's expression was clear, and he didn't regret his wealth, Jiang Sangongzi couldn't help but admire in his heart, and said: "If this is the case, the virtuous brother doesn't have to be embarrassed, just enjoy the blessings left by his aunt." Who would have thought that the widow left by the aunt was to divide the dowry into two parts, one for the virtuous brother...... The other is a gift to the honored brother. ”

Shen Rui was really taken aback at this time, what happened? What about donations? How did it become that the two brothers shared the dowry equally, and didn't there be a donation?

Although he was confused, Shen Rui's face was still as calm as water, and he was silent for a while: "Mother's heart, nothing more than that." ”

In this sentence, Jiang Sangongzi looked sideways: "What Aunt Sun left behind is Wanguan family wealth, which should be the only one for the virtuous brother, and the virtuous brother does not complain?" ”

Shen Rui shook his head and said: "That is the private property of Jiaci, how to deal with it, no one else cares, and the same is true for the son of man." ”

Jiang Sangongzi glanced at Shen Rui several times, and said with a wry smile: "It's the heart of a foolish brother and a villain who lives in the belly of a gentleman, Aunt Sun is generous and open-minded, and the virtuous brother is naturally not a person with a small belly." Originally, my mother was worried that my brother was young, so she couldn't figure it out for a while, and she didn't resent Aunt Sun for such an arrangement, so I asked me to privately persuade my brother Xian. After all, Brother Zun has a bright future, and if he receives the gift from Aunt Sun, this benefit will also return to the virtuous brother in the future. Otherwise, if he commits an ungrateful act, he will not be allowed by others. I didn't expect the virtuous brother to be open-minded, no less than Aunt Sun. ”

Shen Rui was able to say the words of his mother's heart, and naturally thought of what Jiang Sangongzi mentioned. If Shen Jin doesn't take the career path, if he takes the career path, for the sake of fame, he must treat Shen Rui, a half-brother, well.

People in the world have complex minds, and they are more willing to speculate on people's hearts with malice. Sun's move, I'm afraid that few people will feel that their mother-in-law is kind and regards their concubine as their own child, but most of them will think about whether this move is to support orphans. The eldest brother is like a father, Shen Juren is an unworldly person, and Shen Jin has a promising future. Sun couldn't trust her husband, and it was barely reasonable to entrust her only son to her eldest son.

Even the prefect's wife and Jiang Sangongzi, who were watching from the sidelines, also felt that Sun's arrangement was mostly like this.

Seeing that Shen Rui was not repulsed, Jiang Sangongzi breathed a sigh of relief. Although this matter is a family affair of the Shen family, since the Sun family's suicide note was sent to the prefect's wife, the third prince of Jiang hoped that the matter could be resolved satisfactorily, and the province was criticized.

Shen Rui remembered one thing and said, "In the letter of family kindness, can you mention the matter of the brother's name?" ”

Since the Sun family can give half of the dowry to the concubine, it should be not stingy to give the concubine dignity and promote his background.

Jiang Sangongzi said: "It's mentioned, but it's not directly named." Aunt Sun said in the letter that the grandmother is also a mother, and she does not want to take away the son of man, so if it is Ling Zun and the second room, there is no need to mention it; If you do not support your brother's biological mother, for the sake of your brother's future, you can record your brother as the eldest brother. Speaking of this, I couldn't help but sigh for a while, only saying that the Sun family is kind, so that he can be so considerate of others everywhere.

Shen Rui didn't know why, but he directly thought of the "three-legged tripod".

If the Sun family mentioned that Shen Jin was recorded in his name when he gave Shen Jin's inheritance, although it was reasonable, it would inevitably be suspected of bringing kindness to him, and who knows if it would cause Shen Jin's mother and son to be jealous. is a gift, but does not want the name of mother and son, so what Shen Jin's mother and son have left is gratitude. The latter sentence "if yes" has an inexhaustible meaning.

If Shen Juren corrects the Zheng family, and the Zheng family gets the Sun family's dowry, they should only be sincerely grateful and treat Shen Rui well, otherwise they will be suspected of being ungrateful; If Shen Juren did not correct the Zheng family, Sun's move could be said to help the Zheng family and son again.

In Jiang Sangongzi's opinion, Sun's arrangement was too kind; In Shen Rui's opinion, he intuitively believed that there must be a follow-up to this matter. Jiang Sangongzi informed himself of this in advance, but he was afraid that he would be too young to understand the painstaking work of the Sun family's arrangement, and he was reluctant to leave half of the dowry, and he showed his anger in front of the clansmen.

But he knew in his heart that this body was only nine years old, and even if the Sun family's dowry was not donated and all was left to himself, it would not be his turn to take charge. When I grow up, it's hard to say how much I'll have left.

Here, Jiang Sangongzi and Shen Rui were talking about the "suicide note" left by the Sun family, and in the Yang Mansion, Shen Li also mentioned this matter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, aunts, it's not the turn of the kid to talk too much, but the deceased is the greatest, and the aunt has a will here, so she should always respect the aunt's will." Shen Li said, taking out an envelope from his arms.

The heads of each room were here to be a witness, and when they heard Shen Li mention this, they all felt that the drama was coming, and they couldn't help but look at Shen Li together. Only the patriarch still had a sinking face, stroking his beard and saying nothing; Shen Juren saw annoyance on his face, and snorted: "How can the Sun family really have a will, not to explain it to his own family, but to outsiders, how can there be such a reason?" ”

Shen Li looked directly at Shen Judao: "Uncle Yuan said this, but do you suspect that your nephew is lying?" There is an aunt's handwritten book here, can Uncle Yuan check the authenticity? ”

Shen Juren said angrily: "It can't be fake, it can't be fake, I can't let anyone arrange it with empty mouths and white teeth, so I naturally want to see it." ”

Shen Li was not verbose, and directly sent the envelope to Shen Juren.

Shen Juren frowned, took it apart, and looked at it, but his eyes were straight. When the head of each room saw this, he couldn't help but whisper, very curious about what was written in the handwriting. The patriarch "coughed" twice, woke up Shen Juren, and asked, "But see clearly, is it your mother's own handwriting?" ”

Shen Juren's expression was complicated, he couldn't say whether he was ashamed or ashamed, he was silent for a while, and finally looked sneered and said, "It was written by the Sun family before his death." ”

The patriarch nodded and motioned for Shen Juren to send the handwritten letter forward.

The patriarch took the book, his expression was indifferent, and he didn't seem to be surprised by the content of the Sun family's handwriting, so he glanced at it and handed it to the clan elders next to him.

"Huh?"

"How so?"

With the handwriting being delivered, all kinds of surprises and doubts arose.

"Sun's dizzy, right?"

"Did Sun really write it?"

Shen Juren's face was blue and white for a while, but he faintly revealed a little color in the change. The crowd whispered, their voices getting louder and louder, and their speculations became more and more outrageous. Seeing this, the patriarch couldn't help frowning, raised his crutches, knocked twice on the ground, and said, "The Sun family is virtuous!" ”

The five-room master also echoed: "She is a good wife and a loving mother!" ”

These two masters said this, and the other clansmen didn't say much, but they looked at Shen Juren with suspicion.

On the contrary, for Shen Li, who took out this handwritten letter, everyone has no different color.

Shen Ju was half angry to death, his chin was raised high, and he looked at the patriarch and said: "Even if the champion is worried about the housework of the four rooms, it is good to be clear today, in front of everyone, I can't do a fake, and I don't recognize such and such words after the province!" After that, he snorted coldly at Shen Li again.

The patriarch nodded and said, "Then it's clear, it's the matter of Rui Ge'er and Jin Guan'er, call the two of them in." ”

There are four generations of the Shen family here, and the next generation of the Xiewang is the lowest, but there are three people in the younger generation, Shen Qi is the head of the house, and Shen Li is the champion of the prince, so Shen Lu reluctantly went out to call people.

Shen Rui and Jiang Sangongzi happened to be pacing back to the door of the Yang Mansion, and when they heard the summons of the elders, they entered the Yang Mansion with Shen Jin.

Jiang Sangongzi knew the inside story of the Dao, and he didn't think it was strange. Only Shen Quan was a little confused, didn't it talk about the distribution of Sun's dowry, why did he call Shen Jin in? Could it be that Shen Juren "has a thief's heart and does not die", and still wants his concubine to seek a dowry for his wife?