No matter how the Shen clan is drifting apart, after all, the patriarch has been the patriarch for most of his life, and he is kind and benevolent, and there are many times when he takes care of his relatives. Not to mention others, it is the fourth room where Shen Rui is born, and the fifth room, all of which have been favored by the patriarch's grandfather.

It's just that Shen Rui has been in the fourth room for a short time, and the patriarch is already old when he comes over, so he doesn't take care of clan affairs much, so he doesn't know much about it. For Wufang, although the patriarch's wife is just an uncle who has come out of Wufu, he is also a benefactor who has sheltered Wufang.

The old man of Wufang Hong was sick and weak, and there was a restless uncle at the top, and a half-brother with a different heart below. Although she later married a good wife, she finally took care of both the inside and the outside, but how easy is it for a woman to be in charge? If there was no secret protection from the patriarch, the five rooms would have been in chaos a long time ago, where would there be this peaceful day where husband and wife work together, father and son are filial.

"I want to go back to Songjiang, no matter what, I want to give my uncle a ride" Master Hong got the funeral report, and while he was sad and sad, he also made up his mind.

Shen Ying and Shen Qi's brothers were not at ease, so they persuaded each other and wanted to go south on behalf of their father.

Shen Ying said: "Although the son is an official, but the East Palace is idle, it is not difficult to ask for leave, or the son should go south with the eldest brother...... It's cheaper to travel on the road......"

Shen Qi said: "I'm still idle, why do I have to bother my eldest brother?" Although the eldest brother has been on duty in the East Palace for some days, he can make every inch, and now although our family is close to my uncle and grandfather's family, in the eyes of outsiders, after all, he is a relative who has gone out of service. The elder brother asked for leave for this, and it seemed that he was too big. ”

Master Hong nodded and said: "What the second brother said makes sense, the eldest brother is now an official, so he should be cautious in his words and deeds...... It's better for the second brother to go with the brother......"

Hearing his relief, Shen Ying and Shen Qi's brothers breathed a sigh of relief.

It's still the end of June, and it's the height of summer, so it's really not the time to rush. Moreover, in order to be in a hurry, he couldn't even go by water, so he had to take the official road by land.

Even though Master Hongda has been recuperating for all these years, he looks a lot more energetic, but he is getting older. As a son of man, even if he misses the patriarch's old affection, he doesn't dare to let his father run around in the summer.

I didn't want to, so I heard Master Hong continue: "Brother Mechanic is worried, and his family will also return to his hometown to guard filial piety, and my wife and I will set off with Brother Mechanic's family and family......"

As soon as the final word was made, the candidates for the funeral in the fifth room were finalized here, the old man and his wife Hongda and Shen Qi.

Shen Ying and Shen Qi, the two filial sons, had to persuade again, but they were useless, so they could only ask Guo for help.

Knowing the husband is Mo Ruo's wife, besides, it is the Guo family here, and he is also grateful to the patriarch's wife.

Although the patriarch did not pay much attention to the affairs of the clan in his later years, and there were many disputes in the clan, it was difficult to hide the past kindness.

"Don't be verbose, with me following the master, I will naturally take care of it. Instead of being in a hurry here, you should go and find a proper doctor. Along the way, the old and weak, women and children, it is better to be thorough and careful. Guo said.

Shen Ying and Shen Qi couldn't do it, so they had to hurry out to find a doctor.

This time it is not a day or two of medical visits, it will take several months to go back and forth with the south, not only the other party's skills are good, but also the other party needs to agree to leave Beijing, but it is not just a money to invite you.

Shen Li also got a letter of mourning and made a decision.

Speaking of which, during his more than ten years in Songjiang and the years of filial piety, he didn't have much contact with the patriarch

However, when he was young and vigorous, he didn't think that the clan was anything, and he didn't pay attention to the likes of the clan, and the uncles and grandfathers who were of the same origin were all enemies who bullied orphans and widows, and longed to die of old age. If it weren't for the blessed land of his father and ancestors in Songjiang, and there was a kind relative Sun among the clansmen, Shen Li's affection for the Songjiang clan would not be much different from that of strangers.

Now that people are middle-aged, watching the ups and downs of the Huan Sea, Shen Li is a little tired and begins to feel homesick.

Songjiang is the root, and when you are a wanderer, you must always return to your roots.

No matter how far away the family blood is, it also carries the word "pro".

"Brother Lin went south on my behalf, and I happened to go back to have a look, and after two years, he still had to go back to Song......jiang after the boy's test," Shen Li explained to his wife.

Although the Xie family felt sorry for his son who was in a hurry at this time, he no longer rejected the contacts with the Shen clan as before.

Although the mother's family is the woman's backer, the woman's support for the rest of her life is her husband and son. The more the Shen clan is united, the more powerful they are, and their children will have more to rely on in the future.

No matter how prominent her family is, the beneficiaries are also the descendants of the Xie family, although her children are the grandsons of the Xie family, they also have the blood of the Xie family, but compared with the children and grandchildren of the Xie family, there is an extra word "outside".

It's just that Shen Lin is only thirteen years old this year, because he is studying hard and hard work, and his body is pumping, he looks thin and tight, but he is a little scholar who has no power to restrain chickens.

Even if Shen Li and his wife were willing, Shen Ji was not at ease and took him south.

Shen Lin is not only the eldest son of the champion, but also the grandson of the elder brother-in-law, if he really wants to have a good time because of the funeral, the first one to be angry is Shen Qi.

When it was finalized, the people who went south to mourn were divided into two groups, Shen Ji, Shen Qi, Shen Rui, Shen Jue, Shen Jue, Shen Dong, the eldest son of Shen Ji, and others, who returned to their hometowns first; Grandma and other concubines, as well as the old man and his wife in Wufanghong, and Shen Lin followed in a carriage.

The capital is two thousand miles away from Songjiang, and when the news arrived in the capital, it had been more than half a month since the patriarch's death.

With the identity and age of the patriarch's grandfather, he must stop the funeral of "Qiqi", Rao is so, everyone does not dare to delay on the road, after all, it is the rainy season, and there is no guarantee that this road is a sunny day that is convenient to hurry.

Since leaving the capital, the group has followed the official road, leaving early and staying at night, and it is one hundred and twenty miles a day.

Shen Qi and Shen Rui are still young, one of these two is young and strong, and the other is practicing boxing every day to strengthen their bodies, although their faces are dull, but their physical strength can still keep up, even if they are tired of traveling during the day, they can rest in the inn at night for a day.

Shen Ji's father and son and Shen Jue, the three of them, didn't work for a few days, but they showed exhaustion. The daily journey has also changed from one hundred and twenty miles to eighty miles, Rao is like this, every time they get off the horse, these people are all disparate faces.

Especially Shen Jue, his eyes were red and bloodshot, his face was blue and gray, his cheeks were sunken, and he had begun to shake when he walked.

Just in time for the heavy rain in the early morning of this day, the rain was too heavy to hurry, so everyone stopped at the inn for an extra day.

The Shen family was not short of money, except for the servants, the five brothers of the clan rested in each guest room on the way.

Shen Rui went to see Shen Jue, and when he saw that he was still immortal, he didn't bother with it, and directly sent Changfu to invite a doctor to come over, and treated Shen Ji and others one by one.

Shen Ji was worried, Shen Dong was a sign of heat stroke, and when he arrived at Shen Jue, the doctor also said a lot of things, nothing more than mourning condensation, restless sleep, and the need for good health and conditioning.

On the road, when it was not the time for conditioning, Shen Qi prescribed gunpowder, Shen Dong relieved the heat and dissipated heat, and Shen Jue here, it was Shen Rui who was in charge, and directly asked the doctor to prescribe sleep aids.

After Shen Jue's medicine was boiled, Shen Rui personally sent it over.

"Haosheng takes medicine, Haosheng sleeps without looking at the patriarch's wife's last side, don't you show up when you send him off the most?" Shen Rui said with a straight face: "In vain, the patriarch loves you so much, is this how you did it?" ”

Shen Jue said in a sullen voice: "Why can't I show up?" According to the plan, isn't it possible to rush back to Songjiang before 'six or seven'? ”

Shen Rui snorted coldly: "What have you become?" Seeing that you can't sit still on the horse, you still want to rush back to Songjiang as scheduled? Tomorrow I really want to be planted from the horse's back, this delay, don't say 'six or seven, even 'seven or seven, I can't catch up with the big day"

I haven't closed my eyes seriously for a few days and nights, and Shen Jue is not an iron man, how can I not be tired?

But he really couldn't sleep, and he didn't know what he was thinking all night. Along the way, Shen Rui's words of persuasion had already been said for a few cars, and Shen Jue understood the reason, but he couldn't do it in his heart.

Thinking of the priorities, Shen Jue didn't distinguish between them, took the medicine from Shen Rui's hand, and drank it all in one gulp.

The medicine was full of effect, and after a while, Shen Jue's eyelids began to fight, and Shen Rui saw him lying on the bed, and the snoring gradually started, before he came out of his room with an empty bowl.

It's also impossible to use drugs to help you sleep. Shen Rui persuaded all the people who should be persuaded, but they were all useless, and he couldn't watch Shen Jue grieve and lose his body.

At the door, I happened to bump into Shen Ji.

Shen Ji looked at the empty bowl in Shen Rui's hand, frowned, and said, "How is Brother Jue?" ”

"I've already fallen asleep, let's see if I won't delay tomorrow's trip." Shen Ruidao.

Shen Ji nodded, looking at Shen Rui intentionally or unintentionally.

He had already seen that this time Shen Rui invited the doctor to come to the door "on his own initiative", for Shen Jue, and he and his son were just incidental.

Is the relationship between these two really good? Shen Ji couldn't hold it for a while.

It stands to reason that although Shen Rui and Shen Jue have become cousins in name, they should also have a gap because of their interests.

Shen Rui noticed Shen Ji's scrutiny, and said, "Brother Da Clan, please mourn more, take care of yourself, this journey has only passed a small half, and there is still more than half of the journey to catch." ”

If you want to say that Shen Jue exudes sadness from the inside out, then Shen Jue's unintentional flow is a kind of anxiety.

There is no need to ask, Shen Rui can also understand the reason. The Ming Dynasty regarded Beijing officials as valuable, and although Shen Jian was a grandchild who was only worried for a year, the imperial court would not keep it for him. When his period of worry expires and he wants to recover, it is difficult to say whether he can catch the Beijing shortage and what kind of Beijing shortage he will get. For men who are about to be confused, it is not a shame to be obsessed with power, but when he just got the news of the death of the patriarch's grandfather, he was worried that this was too affectionate.

Coupled with Shen Ji's indifference to Shen Jue, Shen Rui also felt dissatisfied.

Shen Jue is sad for the death of his grandfather, if Shen Ji, the elder brother of Bunsheng, can comfort one or two, it will have some effect; But Shen Ji only cared about burying his head in the road, turning a blind eye to Shen Jue's sadness and haggardness.

Shen Rui's words, although they were good words, Shen Ji was not willing to listen to them. Is this to blame him for arranging the journey tightly? Or how?

He frowned and said: "As a descendant, it is the right thing to go back to the hometown to mourn, and I rushed some on the road, but there is no way to do it." If Brother Jue is unwell, let him stay here to rest for a few days, and wait for Uncle Hong and them to arrive and follow Uncle Hong and them all the way. He is now the heir of the second house, and the grandfather may not need him to be present for major events......

Shen Rui said softly: "In this world, there is life grace and nurturing grace, in terms of birth grace, the patriarch is the grandfather of Brother Jue; On raising grace, the patriarch has taught Brother Jue for more than ten years. Although Brother Jue is not the grandson of the patriarch now, the love of this grandfather for more than ten years cannot be changed. ”

According to the regulations, it is necessary to "surrender" for the funeral of the original life, but there is a "righteous service" in addition to the five clothes. With the affection between Shen Jue and the patriarch's grandfather, the "righteous service" period is nothing. Long before Shen Rui and Shen Jue left Beijing, Shen Cang and Xu explained the matter. For such a major event as the funeral, Shen Jue should catch up.

Shen Ji didn't have a deep impression of Shen Rui, he only felt that he was a taciturn and slightly gloomy teenager, but now seeing that he was not obedient to his speech, there was a faint stubbornness in his tone, and he became more and more unhappy in his heart.

He completely lowered his face and snorted coldly: "I didn't expect that Brother Rui is a good brother." Our Brother Jue, I really rely on you to take care of me...... It's just that he is not angry, obviously he was also smart when he was young, and he has a bit of talent in reading, but he doesn't want to be down now, and he can't pass a college exam? ”

When Shen Rui heard this, he glanced at Shen Ji in surprise.

is so weird, is he to blame him for the failure of Shen Jue's hospital test?

However, in the imperial examination, the examination room is unpredictable, relying on luck and the strength of the candidate's own life, and other effects are minimal. Shen Ji said this, which was a bit unreasonable, which was inconsistent with his upright and solemn image.

Shen Ji said casually, and regretted it in his heart.

He was too anxious to see Shen Rui's calm appearance. In addition, Shen Rui, Shen Jue, and Shen Dong's two uncles and nephews are the same geng, and those two are becoming haggard day by day due to grief and exhaustion, but Shen Rui is still in good spirits, which also makes Shen Ji look unpleasant.

In his opinion, Shen Rui is heartless and heartless, and he has no affection for the patriarch's wife; But he forgot that Shen Rui was not the son and grandson of the patriarch's grandfather, but a younger generation of the clan, and it was strange that he really wanted to die or live for the patriarch's death.

No matter how Shen Rui pretends to be an adult, he is just a fifteen-year-old boy, and it looks ugly to deal with him. In addition, Shen Rui is going south to mourn on behalf of Shen Cang and his wife in the second room, and the relationship is really stiff, and it is not easy to communicate with the second room when he returns to the capital in the future.

Thinking of this, Shen Ji forced a smile and said: "It's because I'm in a bad mood, I lost my words, and I ask Brother Rui not to blame ......" After that, he turned around and hurriedly left, entering a guest room in the depths of the corridor.

Shen Rui was still standing there, looking at Shen Ji's back thoughtfully, and then heard someone say, "What are you thinking?" ”

It's Shen Qi.

Shen Qi's room was at the opposite door of Shen Jue's room, even if he didn't intend to eavesdrop, but Shen Qi and Shen Rui's answers at the door could be heard clearly.

He naturally saw Shen Ji's gaffe, and he was quite pleased with Shen Rui's stability.

He opened the door and let Shen Rui into the room, patted Shen Rui on the shoulder, and said, "Brother Rui is not only as tall as an adult, but also takes care of people, he was just a little hairy back then, and time is like water, and time is like a shuttle......

Looking at his old-fashioned appearance, Shen Rui smiled and said, "Wait for Second Brother Qi to sigh about these when he is seventy or eighty...

Shen Qi shook his head and said: "Compared with you young people, the second brother is an old vegetable gang, where do you need to wait until you are seventy or eighty?" ”

Although the two brothers are far apart in age, because of the relationship between the Sun family and the Guo family, Shen Rui and Wufang are close, and Shen Qi is really close to Shen Rui......