There were not many people serving in Wang Shouren's courtyard, Shen Rui walked outside the room, and a servant came out, recognized it as Shen Rui, and hurriedly curtled his knees and said, "Young Master Rui......"

Shen Rui nodded and went in directly.

Wang Shouren was sitting on the kang, bending over and coughing. There was a servant next to her with a spittoon in her hand.

Hearing the movement outside, Wang Shouren raised his head and said, "It's Brother Rui who is here." ”

Shen Rui saw the salute first, and then poured tea and served it himself: "The teacher will take a sip of tea and press it first......"

Wang Shouren took the tea, ate a few bites, and coughed lightly.

Shen Rui looked at Wang Shouren's appearance and the empty cough that he couldn't stop just now, and couldn't help but be a little worried, and went to look at the phlegm in the spittoon. Although he did not study medicine, he had pneumonia back then, and his state and the color of the phlegm he coughed up were similar to Wang Shouren's current situation.

"Teacher, this is a cough caused by a cold after entering the water?" Shen Rui said worriedly.

At this time, there are no antibiotics, and pneumonia can be fatal if it is severe. Is this pneumonia caused by a cold?

Wang Shouren smiled lightly: "Brother Rui don't worry too much, I'm an old problem...... A few years ago, the root of the disease of typhoid fever sat down, but this time it has reappeared, and it has been cured in the past few days......"

He spoke lightly, but there was a gasp between his words.

He instructed the servant to bring a chair, let Shen Rui sit down, and asked him about going to school.

Zhilu Dao Shen Rui entered Chunshan Academy, Wang Shouren nodded and said: "The people who teach over there are all old Confucians from the Hanlin Academy, don't despise them because they are old." They were all admitted layer by layer, and no one was more familiar with the imperial examination regulations than them. ”

Shen Rui also thinks so, and has studied very hard in the past half month. However, I also know that some of the tricks of the imperial examination are passed down from generation to generation, and no one will teach them outside. Fortunately, there are several masters in the Shen family, and there is Wang Shouren as a teacher outside, and he doesn't need other people's guidance.

If you want to say that Wang Shouren was a sunny young man eight months ago, then now there is a haze on the face of this sunny young man.

The Son of Heaven's own teacher, just like Shen Rui, a student, could come directly to the hall without invitation, and Wang Shouren did not hide his frustration and confusion in front of the students.

In the final analysis, no matter how talented Wang Shouren is, he is only in the year of his establishment.

This trip to Jiangnan must have made him see something he didn't want to see.

Shen Rui came from the information world in his last life, and all kinds of negative news on the Internet were overwhelming.

Even if he didn't ask Wang Shouren, he could guess what happened to Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren is really worried about the country and the people, and he is also a hot-blooded young man.

Shen Rui didn't speak, but Wang Shouren took a long breath and said, "Brother Rui, you and I should be fortunate to have a birth and a family of eunuchs...... In this world, the small people are difficult to ......"

Shen Rui said: "The county order of the broken family, the mansion Yin of the destroyed door." The country has laws, but officialdom attaches more importance to human feelings"

Therefore, it is not uncommon for small people to be wronged. For the sake of political performance, the murder case of the magistrate must be solved. In this era, there are not as sound criminal investigation methods as in later generations, and there must be suspected crimes. Under the criminal law, there is no supply and demand. Unjust, false and wrongly decided cases are bound to be innumerable.

As for the magistrates, it is not uncommon for them to embezzle the property of the squire's merchants for the sake of their purses.

Throughout the ages, the methods used by officials to bully the people have been largely the same.

This "investigation of the old prison" must have given Wang Shouren a lot of "insight." And his reaction must be very strong, which will lead the other party to take risks.

Before Shen Rui came over, he thought about the words of persuasion, but it was a little difficult to speak.

Compared with Wang Shouren's worries about the country and the people, is his idea of "Mingze self-preservation" too selfish?

But in any case, he didn't want to watch Wang Shouren and his son go down the old road in history.

Looking at Shen Rui's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Wang Shouren rubbed his eyebrows and said, "What does Brother Rui want to say, hesitating?" ”

"Teacher, my father told me yesterday that the rumors in Beijing have been wrong recently" Shen Rui hesitated for a moment and said

Wang Shouren said with a straight face: "What's wrong? ”

Shen Rui glanced at Wang Shouren and said, "The Metropolitan Procuratorate is eyeing the teacher over there......"

Wang Shouren said with a sneer on his lips: "Unexpectedly, if the imperial court does not rely on it, they will not dare to be lawless and act as a prestige in the local area." ”

Shen Rui was silent, his face full of melancholy.

Wang Shouren smiled and said: "Brother Rui, don't worry about me, at most, it's just a dismissal from office......

Shen Rui raised his head and said: "If you just count the teacher, the students are not afraid, only the master is in the court, and the teacher always has a time to recover...... But my father said that at this time, I am afraid that someone will fall into the well and aim at the master......"

Wang Shouren was stunned when he heard this, and then his face became heavy.

Even Shen Rui, who has been in Beijing for less than a year, understands the pattern of the imperial court, where does he not understand? In this year's "Beijing Inspection", there have been great changes in the six departments and the Jiuqing Yamen. If Wang Hua hadn't been a square person, and there was no obvious pigtails exposed, the position of the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites would have been snatched up long ago.

Shen Rui is a half-grown child, and Shen Cang specially said these things to him, just to pass on the message to himself.

Wang Shouren felt a ball of cotton stuffed in his chest, blocking himself from breathing.

Shen Rui didn't say anything else, he had known Wang Shouren for several years, and he knew Wang Shouren's temperament. If Wang Shouren was advised to take a step back to protect himself, Wang Shouren would not even consider it. Only by bringing out filial piety can there be hope.

Everything that should be said has been said, and the rest will be on Wang Hua's side, and Shen Rui will resign from the Wang family.

Wang Hua is in the yamen today, not at home, and if he wants to see Wang Hua, he can only wait for Wang Hua to fall into the yamen or take a break

Shen Rui went back to Shangshu Mansion first, asked someone to bring gifts, and went to Shen Ying's house.

Shen Ying and Shen Qi brothers were not there, and Shen Rui met the old man and his wife first.

Hearing that Shen Rui brought a cart of skins, Guo hesitated for a moment, and asked Grandma Ying to accept it.

Xu said yesterday that he was giving Shen Hong and his wife a few skins to Sister Fu, but where did they leave the others in the fifth room. Naturally, everyone has a share, so they got a car.

Although the five rooms are rich, the value of this car is not a small number, and Guo is already thinking about how to return the gift.

However, the most concerned thing in front of him is Shen Rui, although Shen Quan said that Chunshan Academy was good before, but Guo Shi didn't ask Shen Rui in person, and he was still not at ease. After all, Shen Quan was eighteen years old, and Shen Rui was only thirteen. The two are not in the same class, what if Shen Rui is bullied?

Listening to Guo's concerned inquiry, Shen Rui said: "Auntie, don't worry, my classmates are friendly, and there is no such bullying." ”

Shen Quan was on the side, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Mother, at Brother Rui's age and size, just don't bully others, where will you be bullied?" ”

Guo Shi snorted lightly and said: "Brother Rui is taller, his age is here, and he has just gone, so someone will bully him." ”

Shen Quan thought about the group of radish heads in Shen Rui's class, and said with a smile: "Mother, you just put your heart back in your stomach...... Brother Rui didn't take the children's test, and now in the junior class, the students are all in their teens, and Brother Rui's age is considered to be old. ”

Guo Shi was happy at first, and then worried: "They are all elementary school students, is it easy for the master to give a lecture?" Will it delay Brother Rega's homework? ”

Shen Quan didn't expect this before, nodded and said: "It makes sense for my mother to take care of it, but the upgrade card in the academy is tight, and it all follows the fame of the imperial examination, and there are no exceptions......"

Shen Rui said: "Auntie, we have a big lecture there every ten days, and students can listen to it, and it won't delay anything." ”

Guo Shi was relieved at this time, and only then did he ask about Shen Rui's visit.

Shen Rui told Wang Shouren about the terrible cough, and Guo was also quite concerned because of his "love for the house and Wu", and said a few dietary supplements for cough treatment, so that Shen Rui would tell him when he visited the doctor next time.

Sister Fu sat next to Guo, already waiting impatiently.

Seeing that Guo Shi finished speaking, she got off the kang, ran to Shen Rui, pulled his sleeve and said, "Second brother, Qiuqiu ......"

Shen Rui said: "Sister Fu wants Qiuqiu? The second brother didn't bring it this time, and next time I will bring it to Sister Fu......"

Sister Fu pulled Shen Rui's sleeve and didn't let go, and pointed out with another chubby finger.

Shen Quan said with a smile: "Sister Fu is asking you to take her to play football, I made a ball for her a few days ago."

Sister Fu's face was full of expectation, Shen Rui looked soft in her heart, got up and said, "Uncle Hong, auntie, my third brother and I will take Sister Fu to play......"

Guo asked someone to bring a hat to Sister Fu, and instructed Shen Quan and Shen Rui: "Come into the house in a quarter of an hour or two, don't freeze Sister Fu......"

It's sunny outside, but it's already winter.

Shen Rui and Shen Quan took Sister Fu to play in the courtyard for a while, and then coaxed her to the study.

Shen Rui asked for a pen and paper, and turned a few cartoon villains on the paper for Sister Fu to play with.

Sister Fu took the piece of paper, liked the appearance very much, pointed to the villain on it, "eldest brother", "second brother", "sister-in-law", "second sister-in-law" and shouted, looking at Shen Rui and Shen Quan Zhile.

Sister Fu turned her head and looked at Shen Quan: "Third brother, where is the third sister-in-law......?"

Shen Quan was stunned for a moment, then hugged Sister Fu, and said with a somewhat strange expression: "Sister Fu, who did you hear say, 'Third sister-in-law,'?" ”

"Dad, mother," Sister Fu replied crisply.

Shen Quan was a little dumbfounded, and Shen Rui smiled: "Is it that Uncle Hong and his aunt are going to choose a third sister-in-law for the third brother?" ”

Shen Quan is already eighteen years old, and others have already married at this age. It's just that he is not the eldest son, there is no pressure to pass on the heir, and he is stuck in the hospital examination in terms of fame, so he has never thought of family affairs.

However, Shen Hong and Guo, as parents, will definitely not neglect their son's marriage.

Shen Quan was a little apprehensive and a little curious: "Now that I live in the capital, how can my father and mother think of my relatives?" ”

Marriage has always been the words of the matchmaker of the parents. Shen Quan is not good to inquire directly, but Shen Rui has no scruples here.

After lunch, Shen Rui asked about Guo.

Guo said: "It is the same year of your eldest brother, and now he is also a Shuchang, a person from Suzhou Prefecture, his father is deceased, and he came to Beijing with his family, and he has a young sister at home who is looking for someone's family." But I don't want to marry in Beijing, I am afraid that the two will be separated after Zhishi returns to his hometown. He has been to the house, met the third brother, and knew that the third brother had not yet decided to marry, so he had the heart to get married

Shen Rui said: "Speaking of which, it is the right person, but I don't know what the girl's appearance is, and the aunt can see it."

In fact, Shen Rui said that "the right family" is not appropriate, "marry a woman from a high family, and marry a woman from a low door". Even if the girl's family is from a poor family and has a brother who is a Jishi, she will not worry about getting married.

Guo shook his head and said, "The daughter of the boudoir, where is it so good?" Your uncle and I can't make up our minds for a while, so we have to make up our minds and decide whether we look at each other or not......"