Chapter 496: Ulterior Motives (1)

He Xisheng hurriedly said: "In the end, there is an eldest sister here, what can my son do?" Mother is going to unjustly kill her son! ”

Old Lady He's expression not only did not relax, but tensed even tighter: "Zhizi Mo Ruomu, don't think about fooling me again, with your strong temper, if it weren't for your weak heart, how could you not even open the price code, so you agreed to form an alliance with the Shen family." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info I said you before, don't be reckless in everything, don't calculate too much, do you say it quickly, or do you want to make people worry about death? ”

He Xisheng stopped quibbling at this time, his face was ashen, and he knelt on the ground honestly: "It's all my son who is short-sighted, just thinking that this matter is a disaster for the Shen family, and it is also an opportunity for the He family, I heard that Shen Qi's wife and children in the fifth room of the Shen family were kidnapped on the way to Ning, so he fell into the well, and instructed someone to sue Shen Qi in the fifth room of the Shen family for offering his wife as a hostage and colluding with the Japanese ......" Before the words were finished, Mrs. He's slap had fallen.

"This is called falling into a well? This is a false accusation, how is this different from murder? Mrs. He's body trembled angrily: "In the situation of other people's suffering, you are still not human?" ”

Mrs. He is middle-aged and widowed, and she has several sons, who have a strong temperament and also like women with a sharp temperament. This Shen family's five-room wife, Guo's husband, is sick and weak, and she has supported a house head since she got married, and educated several good sons, and Mrs. He has to praise it sincerely every time she sees it. It is a good family, only then can the descendants be blessed, I didn't expect my son to be so ruthless, for a dispute over the surname of Songjiang, he actually used such a vicious method.

"It's all the old woman's fault!" Mrs. He couldn't help but burst into tears: "It's the old woman who tells you to be motivated, don't let people bully, don't be the first in everything, don't be the second, I actually taught you to lose people's hearts!" ”

Mrs. He cried sadly, He Xisheng was afraid that the old man would be angry, so he hurriedly kowtowed: "Mother, my son has already known that he is wrong, and my son will never dare anymore." ”

At this point, Mrs. He touched the Buddha beads in her hand and choked up: "You look at the champion but it didn't work?" In the rooms of the Shen family in Songjiang, the fifth room is not visible, but the eldest son of the fifth room is a Beijing official, if it reaches his ears, it will be a never-ending thing. You're not asking for money, you're looking for death! ”

He Xisheng's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said: "Mother, don't worry, the first person who told him that he fell into the river drunk a few days after winning the reward." ”

Mrs. He counted the hands of the Buddha book for a while, and then knelt down in front of the Buddha statue, closed her eyes and said: "Another sin has been added, the Buddha is above, if there is retribution, it will be reported to my old wife who did not teach her son well." ”

He Xisheng is a filial son, where can he hear this, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Buddha Buddha, that sentence is not counted, I ask the Buddha to bless my mother with a long life, I will build roads and bridges to atone for my own sins." ”

Old Mrs. He faced the Buddha statue and didn't look at her son again, only turned the rosary, and her lips moved slightly.

He Xisheng didn't dare to anger the old lady anymore, and went down with a little worry.

When the matter was done, He Xisheng did not regret it, but he had a brain fever for a while, worried that the Shen family had many backers in the capital, and he would get away with it at will, so he pulled the Shen family's five rooms into the water, not really looking forward to the Shen family being raided and exterminated, but thinking about using this to make the Shen family's vitality greatly damaged, even if he escaped the catastrophe, it also made several Shen family children have a stain, and in the future, they went hand in hand and fell the He family farther and farther away. He said to his mother that he was short-sighted, but in fact he was not looking at the fertile fields and shops in Songjiang, but the pattern of the Shen He family ten or twenty years later, taking precautions, just in case.

But the Shen family for a hundred years, where is it said that it will fall, even if it falls this time, as long as there is a seed of study, it will have the capital to make a comeback, on the other hand, can the He family really withstand the revenge of the Shen family after knowing the truth?

He Xisheng himself had no bottom in his heart, and the more remorse he felt in his heart.

The old house of the He family, the main house.

He Shi changed out of big clothes and put on a home-style half-new gown, and a mother next to him stood and replied: "Madam, early this morning, the old slave took a carriage to the inn to pick up Ling's second grandmother's mother and son, but Ling's second grandmother politely only said that the old slave would metabolize his wife, and in order to avoid suspicion, he wouldn't come to disturb his wife." ”

He was already upset about his mother's affairs, and he couldn't help but be annoyed when he heard this, so he put down the tea bowl and said, "Look, this is resentful of me!" Who still begs her to come over, in the end, it is from a small family, and she is not afraid of showing up in the inn all day long, so let her be! ”

The mother said hesitantly: "Since the master ordered to pick up people, what about the master?" ”

He sneered: "Didn't I pick it up, if you don't come, you still blame me?" Even if outsiders are judged, there is no aunt and uncle who rushed to beg the family of the nephew and daughter-in-law of the clan. She doesn't know what to do, and she doesn't have a rare sect shelter, so let her stay up outside......"

As he was talking, Shen Hai opened the curtain and came in, listened to an epilogue, and said, "What are you boiling?" ”

The mother who replied hurriedly retreated, and He got up and said, "It's not Brother Ling's daughter-in-law yet, and I'm annoyed that we are late to pick up people and refuse to come over." ”

Shen Hai frowned and said, "There is no movement over there in the third room?" ”

He sneered: "For most of the month, the master can see that the people in the third room have appeared? There was a word before that Sanfang was going to Guangzhou Mansion to see the shop, and if the concubine was not mistaken, most of them would have left. ”

Shen Hai couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "How come?" Songjiang is the foundation, although the three rooms were lost before, but there are still Zhuangzi and shops? ”

"If nothing happens, take the title deed, and you don't lose anything; If something happens and the Zhuangzi shop is lost, people are still there. In the end, it is a trader, and this shrewdness cannot be compared with other houses. Because of her husband's belittlement of her mother's family these days, she is also holding back her anger in her heart, and she can't hold back when she catches the Shen family's mouth......

Shen Hai was upset by the chatter, got up and said: "Okay, what are you talking about, maybe it's just that Sanfang is cowardly, hiding at home and not going out, I still have something to find Shen Li in front of me, you can rest early......" said, and hurried away.

He Shi looked at her husband's back and sneered, with contempt in his eyes, and said that Sanfang was timid, this is also a top timid, relying on the old father before, and then relying on the eldest son, he is actually an indecisive wreck, if it weren't for the second son and grandson being involved, maybe the first one to run would be him.

Shen Hai hurriedly walked to the front yard, but instead of going to the guest courtyard, he went to the study.

On the desk, there are articles made by the eldest grandson, and the folding fan of the second son who was taken away by the official messenger at sunset, Shen Hai rubbed it, sighed for a long time, and added a little worry.

The good mood born from hearing about the alliance between Shen He's two families was gone, Shen Hai was not a person with ideas, Shen Li felt at ease before, and after listening to his wife's words just now, he felt that Sanfang moved his family south, and he had a keener premonition of danger, which might be the right choice. It's just that he is the head of a family in the end, and his children and grandchildren are involved, so he can't be as casual as Sanfang, so he can only continue to worry and be afraid.

Thinking of this, Shen Hai sighed heavily.

In the guest room, Shen Li and Shen Rui sat across the table. Shen Li took an account book, flipped through a few pages, and handed it to Shen Rui.

Shen Rui took it and looked at it, and it was recorded in detail, how many taels of money were collected in a certain year and month, how many taels were extorted in what case in a certain year and month, and how many gifts were received from a certain family in a certain year and month, and so on.

Some of them can confess the past, while others are evidence of corruption and bribery. According to the "Da Ming Law", not only can the official position not be saved, but also the life may not be saved. This is nothing else, it is the secret account that He Beisheng told Shen Rui in order to raise his brother's speaking chips. It's just that he didn't expect that He Xisheng, who has always been shrewd, did not use this to negotiate terms with the Shen family, but gave it to Shen Li happily.

Shen Rui closed the account book, and when he saw Shen Li's hesitation, he said, "Sixth brother is thinking about He Xisheng's intentions?" ”

Shen Li snorted coldly: "What other purpose can it be? It's just that he wants the Shen family to take the lead, knocking down Zhao Xianzhong, and the He family then lifted the threat; can't bring down Zhao Xianzhong, and he won't do the He family's business. At this time, the stomach is still full of calculations, and the He family is nothing more than that. I was thinking about what to do with this book, and I couldn't make up my mind. ”

Shen Li has been out of the house since he was beaten, either to study or to be a Beijing official, and it is the first time he has dealt with He Xisheng; Shen Rui has seen He Xisheng's methods, it is really an elegant gentleman in front of people, and a scheming in front of people, one ring after another, calculating Sun's dowry industry is the first time, and calculating the three-room property is the second one, all of which are planned behind the scenes, and they are not untouched. Shen Rui didn't dare to underestimate He Xisheng at all, looked at the account book in his hand thoughtfully, and said: "Since Second Master He has already had a back hand, he asked people to stare at the prefect's yamen, so he must have understood the affairs of several clan brothers, but today he didn't mention it at all, what is the reason for this?" ”

Compared with providing evidence of Zhao Xianzhong's corruption, wouldn't it be better to sell favors to the Shen family by providing information about the Shen family's children in prison? Such an effortless gesture of goodwill, how could He Xisheng forget it?

Shen Rui thought of a possibility, and his hand holding the account book couldn't help but tighten.

Shen Ling's crime was bitten out by the owners of the victim shops after the Japanese invaders went ashore; Shen Jun and Shen Qi were both convicted, but the yamen only arrested people after someone came out. After all, the charges of these two people are too far-fetched, and there is no real evidence of befriending Japanese criminals, and they are not like Shen Ling, who has indeed entertained two Fujian businessmen, and they are suspicious.

It's just the first two people, because the yamen is tightly hidden, the Shen family didn't find out who it was. Before, because they suspected that the Shen family had internal ghosts, they all focused on the "internal ghosts", and it was only when he deliberately leaked the news of the old mansion of the sect that the prefect and the yamen had an excuse to arrange for someone to arrest the first person.

Thinking about it now, Zhao Xianzhong is not like a bold person, he will not do something like that, which obviously falsifies evidence and cannot withstand scrutiny. In this way, there is really a person who goes to the yamen to sue Shen Jun and Shen Qi.

Shen Zhu was already frightened, and he said everything he could, obviously not knowing about it.

Is there really one or two small people who are not afraid of the majesty of the prefect's yamen and dare to take the initiative to go and sue the Shen family with the surname of Songjiang? is also familiar with the inside affairs of the Shen family, and there seems to be one person who can arrange for someone to do this.