On October 16 of the 18th year of Hongzhi, the filial piety of the Emperor Zigong was introduced, and the little emperor was subdued to the palace of several feasts, crying all the way, sending the memorial ceremony to the ancestors, etc., until the Zigong Palace went out to Chengtianmen, and the little emperor returned to the palace according to the ceremony.

Along the way, as soon as Zigong moved, Brother Shou was like having his heart and liver removed, almost ignoring the image and crying, and even the Empress Dowager Zhang, who was also teary on the side, couldn't help but be moved, and went to persuade him several times.

Brother Shou didn't listen at all, he cried to the point of sadness, drowsy and crumbling, and he was very reluctant to salute, and was persuaded by Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, and Ma Yongcheng to be close to the inner servants.

When he arrived at Chengtianmen, Brother Shou didn't know where he got the strength, and refused to let his father go to Zigong, kneeling in front of Zigong and almost crying. In the end, it was Empress Dowager Zhang who ordered not to miss the hour, and ordered the attendant to carry Brother Shou on his back to the palace.

Zigong out of the middle gate of the Ming Dynasty, by the Zongren ordered the horse captain Cai Zhen to protect the funeral, the civil and military officials were sent to the Desheng Gate in decline, along the way the imperial family and the ministers ordered the women to sacrifice such as a ceremony.

On the 18th, Emperor Xiaozong Jing was buried in the Tailing Tomb in the Zigong Palace, and Cai Zhen, the commander of the horses, offered the temple to the god to perform the peace ceremony.

At this point, the mountain mausoleum was completed, the temple ceremony was completed, and the Hongzhi Emperor completely became history.

Brother Shou, who was overly sad, also fell ill, and when he appeared in front of people again, his little face was so thin that there was only one left, and for a while, the harem and the front dynasty all passed on the new emperor to filial piety.

During Brother Shou's illness, Empress Dowager Zhang visited in person many times, and the mother and son talked about the first emperor, hugged their heads and cried, so the rumors of discord between mother and son also faded.

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In late October, the Shen family also ushered in a big sacrifice, which was the anniversary of Shen Cang on October 22.

Sister Yu'er went back to her parents' house every day after fifteen and Zhang Luo to worship all things.

Now Mao Chi has easily been admitted to the Shu Jishi, because his father Mao Cheng is a bachelor in Hanlin, and his wife has Shen Li and Shen Jin, and although Yang Tinghe, his in-laws, went from Hanlin Academy to Zhan Shifu, but there are still many people in Hanlin Academy, so Mao Chi is very cared for in Hanlin Academy.

He is honest and humble, but he is very popular in the past few months, and the days of sitting in the museum are quite relaxed.

Therefore, Sister Yu Mao Chi and his wife have a very beautiful life, the only disadvantage is that they have no heirs, but both of them are still young, and Sister Yu was also filial piety before and could not have sex together, and the Mao family did not urge.

Scholarly families like the Mao family also attach great importance to their elders, and they did not give the maid a face and cut off the medicine and other things that made Sister Yu'er feel heartbroken.

But Sister Yu is still looking forward to having an heir as soon as possible, and the thin heirs of the Shen family's second house are also a thorn in Sister Yu'er's heart, for fear that she is also a shallow child. Therefore, she is in love with the two children of the Shen family, she loved to play with the fourth brother when she was at home, and now she is even more happy with Brother Xiao Nan, and she refuses to let go every time she hugs him.

And over there, the He family felt that she had fallen into the nest of blessings, she would never have dreamed of such a person, the mother was loving, the aunt was kind, the sister was also gentle and considerate, the Shen family treated her and Brother Xiao Nan very well, and the servants were therefore extremely respectful and obedient, her life was smooth, she became more and more filial to the Xu family, and she took care of Shen Cang's rituals more and more dedicated, and the cold ice buried deep in her heart was also layered by the warm atmosphere of the Shen family.

It was the people in the third room of the Songjiang clan who entered Beijing to participate in the anniversary festival, and the He family was just an ordinary relative, no longer a hostile attitude.

On October 20, the Songjiang people arrived in Beijing, and Shen Rui personally brought people to pick them up.

Songjiang and his party led the team but Shen Lian, the three-room and four-room master, and when he saw Shen Rui, he said again and again: "When I came out, I calculated the time, and I didn't want to pass most of the distance, and there were suddenly a lot of ships transporting wood and stone on the canal, all of which were sailing under the flag of the official family, and the passenger ships did not dare to compete with each other, so they all went slowly, but fortunately they did not miss the day." ”

It was Shen Quan who came from the fifth room, although he had not been out of filial piety for a hundred days, and he should not go out on reason, but the patriarch of the fifth room had always been close to the second room, so he still sent Shen Quan over.

Shen Quan slapped Shen Rui on the shoulder when he got off the boat, and said with a smile: "I have grown some meat in the past two months, not like the black and thin one a few days ago." ”

Shen Rui called the third brother with a smile, and asked the Guo family if they were okay.

Shen Quan smiled back, and when it came to Shen Qi, his expression was slightly gloomy, but it was inconvenient to say more in front of everyone on the dock, and he said a few words vaguely.

Except for Shen Lin who came from the ninth room, the remaining six, seven and eight rooms were all thin, and the children of the side branches were sent to do their best. The third brother sent by the sect is from the second room, Shen Hai is already old and sick, and he can't come because of the fatigue of the journey, Shen Jun only said to the outside world that he would visit the famous doctor to treat his legs, but Shen Quan quietly said to Shen Rui that Shen Jun had quietly gone to Nanchang.

Although Shen Lin is from Jiufang, he was not sent by the master of Jiufang, but came from Nanjing.

In the middle of September, the Nanjing earthquake caused few casualties because it was daylight, but many buildings collapsed. Guozijian was also damaged, a school hall collapsed and injured students, condolences to appease students, supervise the repair of the house made Shen Zhou and other Guozijian officials busy, Shangguan did not approve Shen Zhou to take leave to go north to participate in his brother's anniversary sacrifice, so Shen Zhou could only send Shen Lin to Beijing.

Since August, Shen Zhou brought Shen Yu and other clansmen from Songjiang, and Shen Lin's chores were taken away by everyone to take care of them, and he was also idle, so he got this errand.

Everyone saw each other and got into the car to go back to Shen's mansion. Shen Rui was in the same car with Shen Lian and Shen Quan.

When Shen Rui first heard that it was Shen Lian going north, he couldn't help but be very surprised, but it was not good to ask in public.

When he got into the car and asked, Shen Lian's face was a little embarrassed, and Shen Quan said with a little anger: "It's not that Uncle Sanfanghu and Uncle Niang have to come over, saying that they want to save Brother Zhu, and the master of Jiufang is also shouting to come, and there will be a ...... in the ancestral hall clan meeting."

What he said was still euphemistic, in fact, when Mrs. Hu asked to follow her to Beijing at the clan meeting, she really cried, made trouble and hanged herself, and kept going to Shen Cang's grave to ask, how the clan relatives didn't help each other, how ruthless they didn't save her, who was only a high eight bucket and a rich five cars, should be a promising pearl.

And Shen Hu could continue to pretend to be his literati, turning a blind eye to his wife's sprinkling, only sitting on the chair with a fan and knocking on the palm of his hand and sighing. The weather in late autumn in September will enter winter, and he can still come out with a fan!

The ninth room master coughed sickly, and he coughed earth-shattering in the ancestral hall, as if he could pass if he couldn't get up at any time, but he could still shout hoarsely to go to Beijing to save his baby grandson.

A clan meeting is going to be a mess.

Patriarch Shen Qi didn't allow this group of people to come to Beijing to cause chaos in the second room, this is not to participate in the sacrifice, this is to seek revenge. Unceremoniously rejected their request at the moment, and even asked them directly if they wanted to tell them what was going on with the two "witnesses" in this ancestral hall.

The ninth room master and Shen Hu and his wife all knew it in their hearts, but they relied on the fact that it was Shen Cang's anniversary festival, and they felt that the second room would not make a big deal if they wanted to save face, so they wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail them, even if they didn't save people, they could also get some money benefits.

Hearing that Shen Qi was about to tear open the layer of window paper, the three of them were silent.

"The Zhang family and the family were all taken by Jinyiwei, and they copied the house, Uncle Hu, and the ninth room master are really afraid." Speaking of the Zhang family, Shen Quan also shook his head, "The Lu family was also frightened, and they also went to our house to inquire about the news." ”

The fifth room also weighed it, and let Shen Lian follow him to Beijing, which is better than the others in the third room.

There was also news from Nanjing, Shen Lin was going to Beijing, and the cough of the Jiufang master became more and more serious as the weather became cooler, and the old man did not dare to go north rashly, so he had to give up.

Shen Lian was actually afraid that the two scourges of the eldest brother and sister-in-law would go to Beijing, not only would they have to offend the second room to death if they couldn't do it, so he happily said that he could go for them. As for himself, he can't wait to follow Shangjing to ask,—— now that the sect is divided, if Shen Zhu asks for the crime, the other rooms can't be implicated, and he can't run away from the three rooms.

Taking advantage of Shen Quan's words, Shen Lian couldn't help asking: "Brother Rui, in your opinion, we may ...... now Possible self-protection? ”

Hearing that the three rooms and nine rooms were held down by Shen Qi, Shen Rui was greatly relieved.

Now that the lawsuit is stalemate, Shen Hu or the Jiufang master are as thick as the city wall, and it is difficult to entangle, if he really comes to the capital, forcing the second room or Shen Li to "rescue" Shen Zhu and Shen Lu, it will not be a headache! Maybe he was caught by the He family.

However, Shen Lian came up to the north, and there was also a lack of helpers on the Songjiang side, and he had only been on the road for ten days......

Listening to Shen Lian's questioning, Shen Rui also knew his thoughts, and reassured: "It seems that there is no big deal, but recently the He family has done some things, and I am also afraid that his family will make another plot." It just so happens that the fourth uncle and the third brother of Lian are here, and I still have something to discuss with you, so it is inconvenient to talk about it here, and we will talk about it when we go back. ”

He calculated in his heart, Shen Quan didn't say it, but Shen Lian has been taking care of business for many years, and he is the most sleek in the world, and he can also help in Jingxu, the second room is stared at by all parties, and it is not good to move around much, and the clansmen will be much cheaper.

Shen Lian hurriedly said: "If there is a place for me, Brother Rui, you can just say it." Although the shop in Beijing at the head of our house is taken care of by the second brother's father and son, and I don't come to Beijing much, there are also one or two friends in Beijing who ......" said and suddenly remembered that the shop in Beijing was originally taken care of by Shen Ling, and now there are any "second brother and son", so he hurriedly stopped talking and pretended to cough a few times to cover up.

Seeing Shen Rui, Shen Quan also thought of Shen Ling, his face was a little gloomy, Shen Lian knew that he was speechless, and he was busy diverting the topic, and asked Shen Rui: "There are many official ships on this canal, so I also went to the side to knock on the side to inquire, and began to speak very tightly, and only when I was about to enter Beijing did I say that the entire Xiyuan was repaired, and I don't know how many scenery to build." What news did Brother Rui hear in Beijing? If it is really the garden of the heavenly family, in addition to the stone and wood, the lacquer, flowers and trees, Taihu stone, and even the tent cloth and window screen are all bulk transactions, and the side is just that, our cloth is everything, if you can divide a small place, not to mention the money, you can also take the line, hand over a few useful characters......"

Shen Rui also had to obey Shen Lian's mind as a businessman, thinking that it was not difficult to make money in business, but he could go from business to making friends with a few Tongtian people to speak for the Shen family's case!

But ...... Xiyuan? Shen Rui wondered in his heart, he only told Brother Shou about the opening of the West Garden more than ten days ago, could it be that the construction is about to start? But it can be counted, the news did not reach the origin of this stone and wood so quickly, unless the Shouning Marquis Mansion originally had the intention of building a garden.

It's just that it's about to enter the winter moon, and it's not a good time to break ground. In a few days, it will freeze in winter, not to mention that the materials cannot be transported from the canal, and even the frozen ground foundation is not easy to dig.

Or, where did this wind come from? What to do?

Shen Rui couldn't figure it out for a while, so he only waved his hand and said: "I don't go out much these days, and I haven't heard the news, Fourth Uncle, don't worry, I'll call someone to inquire when I get back." ”

Gossiped all the way, and soon returned to the Shen Mansion, where everyone saw the Xu family and the three old men and their husbands, and they were settled in the guest room on the West Road.

Although Shen Lian heard on the road that Brother Ling's daughter-in-law was regarded as a deed daughter by the Xu family, he still felt embarrassed and uncomfortable when he saw the He family - he also acquiesced in Shen Ling's expulsion at that time. even said that if Shen Zhu could be eliminated from the clan at this time, he would be down-to-earth.

Human nature is selfish, and Shen Lian is not a saint. But he is not a wicked person, and in the face of his nephew's widow who died unjustly because he was abandoned by his clan, Shen Lian couldn't be calm as usual.

The He family is only faint, in addition to treating Shen Quan closely, treating Shen Lian and even Shen Lin and other Shen clan members are like passers-by.

Now for her, she will not let go of hatred, but she will not be obsessed with hatred, with such a warm blessing as the second room of the Shen family, she is quite blessed, she just wants to live well and bring up Brother Xiao Nan well.

Everyone settled down and washed and rested, and Shen Lian and Shen Quan were invited to the inner study to discuss with the third master and Shen Rui about dealing with the He family.

Shen Quan is his own person, Shen Lian is directly implicated in the case, and they will all be of the same heart, Shen Rui will tell all kinds of news about the He family that he has recently obtained, and only hide that he knows Brother Shou and do not mention it, saying that the emperor is also asking Mrs. Sun about maritime business.

Shen Quan and Shen Lian were not surprised by the emperor's inquiry, Shen Rui's father-in-law Yang Tinghe was the emperor, and it was normal to know some news.

As for the behavior of the He family, Shen Quan was so angry that he scolded shamelessly.

Shen Lian pondered for a moment and said: "The He family calculated the Shen family at the beginning, and they bought off the housekeeper next to my eldest brother, and now there is no need to talk about any gentleman with such villains, let's also retaliate with a tooth for a tooth and buy their people to testify!" Our family also has business dealings with the He family, and I also know a few stewards of the He family, a century-old family like the He family, relatives, servants, and stewards, and the relationship is intertwined. ”

He paused, as if he remembered something, slapped his palms, and his confidence seemed to be a little more sufficient, and said: "Before we left, I vaguely listened to the rumors, saying that the He family was secretly searching for a few right-hand men around He Nansheng. Ever since He Mian crashed to his death in the lobby, several people who had been able to use He Nansheng were scared away. If there is no dirty matter, where can I catch it. ”

Shen Rui nodded frequently, "I also think that He Mian's side is a gap, not to mention the side, as long as I can get evidence that He Mian was instructed by He Nansheng, He Nansheng will not be able to escape from at least one crime of framing the scholar." And since Shen Zhu can take the people of the He family to rob and kill Shen Lu, the He family is by no means innocent in the Tong Domain, if this evidence can be obtained again, the entire He family will not be able to escape the national law. I've sent Changshou Kuaimanan down to investigate. ”

He looked at Shen Lian and said, "I just wanted to ask Fourth Uncle Lian for help, but I didn't want Fourth Uncle to come to Beijing." Then, as the fourth uncle said, I want to bother the fourth uncle to stay in Beijing for a few more days, and explore whether there are people in the He family who have relatives in the south. ”

Shen Lian hurriedly responded: "This matter is handed over to me, Rui Ge'er can rest assured." He added: "If there is any relationship that is inconvenient for Brother Rui'er, you can also leave it to me." He hesitated for a moment and said: "This time Taihu Lake uses troops, we also have some contacts with Jinyiwei, since the He family has found a relationship with Dongchang, are we also ......?"

Shen San, who had been silent on the side, hurriedly waved his hand when he heard this, and said loudly: "I can't help it." It's just a matter of making friends with Jinyiwei, there are always some Xun relatives who can't avoid it. But it's enough to make friends with Dongchang, and it doesn't have a good reputation in Shilin. ”

Shen Rui also said: "Fourth Uncle Lian only walks around like normal business dealings, and now I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at us in the open and in the dark, and I can't be careless." ”

Shen Lian said repeatedly, secretly thinking that the situation in Beijing was even more tense than he expected, and he had to be careful and careful in his actions after that.

In the end, a few people discussed the matter of the Shen Cang anniversary sacrifice and dispersed.

Shen Quan lived in Jiuruju with Shen Rui, and the two went back to the courtyard before they talked about Songjiang and Wufang in detail.

After the Japanese rebellion, Songjiang's vitality was greatly damaged, and although the streets have recovered a little, they are far from the prosperous appearance of the past.

"Fortunately, after the autumn, there are many cloth merchants from other places who come to stock up on cloth, and the business of large and small weaving factories is acceptable." Shen Quan sighed, "I finally have the capital to buy silk next year." ”

Shen Rui remembered that Brother Shou said that he would set Songjiang cotton cloth as a tribute, but the will was not given, and this matter was not considered accurate in the end, but the amount in advance still had to be done, so he said to Shen Quan: "If possible, collect more raw silk next year, and it will be better to call silkworm farmers." In this catastrophe, I don't know how many ordinary people are having a hard time, so let's expand our weaving factory if it can be expanded, recruit more workers, and help one or two. And weave more cloth, I hear some rumors, and there may be a big deal next year. ”

Shen Quan frowned and said, "Are you going to help the world at the same time?" The heart is kind, but don't we also do what we can! This is not one or two households affected by the disaster, how can we help? Could it be that you are also thinking about what Uncle Lian said about Naxiu Xiyuan? You have to be honest in this matter. Although cotton cloth can be hoarded even if it is woven too much, unlike melons and fruits, it is easy to perish, but you also know that the color of this cloth is not bright after a long time. And if you get damp in the library......"

Shen Rui couldn't help but smile and said, "Third brother, how can you have a lot of business!" Don't worry, it's not Xiyuan's business, but I do get individual good news. ”

He thought about it, and still confided in Shen Quan: "This time, the internal official Zhang Yong went south and paid tribute to a lot of Songjiang cotton cloth into the palace, and the emperor and queen mother used it well, saying that they wanted to set our Songjiang cotton cloth as a tribute." It's just that the will hasn't been made, so I'll talk to you first, so we can prepare in advance. ”

Shen Quan's face was full of joy when he heard this, "If this matter really happens, but it is a great good thing, and Songjiang will become famous all over the world, so how much cloth can't be sold!" The people who were stricken were able to recover. Zhang Yong's father-in-law really did a great thing for Songjiang! ”

Speaking of Zhang Yong, Shen Quan praised again: "Even if there is no tribute, Zhang Yong's father-in-law and Wang Shouren are now living bodhisattvas in the mouths of the people of Songjiang." There is news that they have entered Beijing, have you heard, they have set up several villages in Taihu Lake, rescued many people and sent them back to Songjiang. Many families have reunited with their flesh and blood, and they have set up immortal tablets for the two adults! ”

As he spoke, Shen Quan's expression darkened again, and he sighed in a low voice: "It's a pity that there is no news about my second sister-in-law and two children." The second brother didn't say anything, but he was also tormented in his heart. Mother, eldest brother and I don't know how to solve it......"

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