"Big, big brother! What I just said was just angry words......" Shen Pei squeezed out a smile on his face, and stammered: "You, you're back?" What a coincidence! I'm going to look for you! ”

"Boss, you're back." When Mrs. Shen saw Shen Chong, her thin face suddenly smiled like a flower, and she immediately trembled and took Mama Zhou's hand and stepped forward, took Shen Chong's hand, and said affectionately: "You haven't eaten yet!" Sit down. ”

"Mother, what's going on? Isn't the second brother in Xuzhou? Why did you go back to Beijing again without a loud voice? ”

Facing the old lady, Shen Zhong didn't get angry, just asked questions that were not salty or light.

"It's not because of Yun Qi's illness, Xuzhou is desolate, there is no good doctor, plus Yun Qi has been running around for days, isn't his condition aggravated!" Old Mrs. Shen slowly sat down, looked at her two sons, sighed, and said, "He came back for help." ”

"What did my mother say?"

"Come, big brother, eat vegetables......" Shen Pei was attentive and flattering.

Shen Zhong ate outside, so he didn't take chopsticks, but only took a cup of tea and took a sip.

From beginning to end, he didn't look at Shen Pei.

Mrs. Shen sighed and said: "I plan to use my own money to buy a small courtyard for the second house on Nanmen Street, and then send someone to Xuzhou to bring the second daughter-in-law and Yunqi back. ”

"Did my mother really decide like this?"

Shen put down the teacup.

Shen Pei had been listening carefully when Old Lady Shen was speaking, and finally couldn't help but speak at this moment: "Mother! You can have a few bucks! Aren't they all reserved for Nian Zhen Nian Ci and them as dowries! How good to use here! If you want me to say, this Great Commander's Mansion is wide and bright, and the place is big, I can just move back! Why spend that spare money......"

"Shut up!" When Old Madam Shen heard this, her face suddenly darkened.

Then he said angrily: "If you don't want to live in a small courtyard, go back to Xuzhou!" Say no more! ”

"Oh...... All right. ”

Shen Pei looked very disappointed.

"The second brother has also served for so many years, and he doesn't have no money in his hands, so he doesn't need his mother to pay for a small yard, right?" Shen Zheng suddenly spoke.

As soon as these words came out, Old Lady Shen and Shen Pei were taken aback.

Mrs. Shen was surprised that she proposed to buy a small yard just casually, and Shen Chong actually took it seriously!

Shen Pei was surprised that the eldest brother was so slammed! I don't even want to give up this little money!

"I'm willing to pay for it." Old Lady Shen said unhappily: "Boss, just say that you don't agree!" You don't want to see your second brother's family in Xuzhou without even a helper......"

"Mother!" But at this moment, the voice of the maid outside asking for peace sounded, and the third old man Shen Yu walked in from outside in good spirits, and asked for peace first: "Mother, eldest brother, second brother, you are gathering here, why don't you call me?" ”

"What are you here for?" Old Mrs. Shen glanced at him unhappily, and turned her head to ask Mama Zhou to add dishes and chopsticks.

"Mother, don't be busy, I'll just say a word when I come here."

Shen Yu opened his mouth and said straightforwardly: "The appointment of the Ministry of Rites has come down, and my son will be able to take up his post in a few days, I have disturbed my eldest brother and mother for so long, I feel guilty and uneasy, so I plan to rent a yard outside and move out in the near future." ”

"You're moving out?" Old Mrs. Shen was dumbfounded.

"No, not moving out." The third master, Shen Yu, shook his head gently, and then under the gaze of everyone, he slowly spoke: "I want to split up." ”

"Separation?"

Old Mrs. Shen suddenly let out an exclamation, the whole person was shaky, and the scene she didn't want to see happened the most!

Shen Zhong and Shen Pei, who were sitting on the side, were surprised.

Shen Pei hurriedly said: "Third brother, my mother is still there!" What are you saying about splitting up at this time! Are you cursing her for her early death? Besides, your position was made by the eldest brother's busy work! Now that you have just taken office, are you going to kick your eldest brother away? You're crossing the river and demolishing the bridge! Unload the mill and kill the donkey! ”

He was so angry that he trembled slightly.

"It is precisely because of the help of the eldest brother that I can get such a position as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, how can I bear to live here and disturb their family?" Shen Yu said with a serious face: "Big brother, he is really hard, it's time to take a break, you can't always saddle up the two of us and clean up the mess, what's more, this is the big brother's grand commander's mansion!" ”

In the east wing, which is very close to the Ming Hall of Chunhui Courtyard, Shen Nianzhen is sitting on the soft collapse against the wall, the door is open, the screen blocking the way has been removed, and she can faintly hear the noise in the room here.

When she heard the third uncle Shen Yu say this, she couldn't help but hook the corners of her mouth and show a smile.

Among the sons of Mrs. Shen, only the second child is treacherous and cunning, selfish, and extremely ambitious, and the third Shen Yu is a weak scholar-like character, and his appearance is also the fairest and most delicate of the three, but his personality is very upright.

It is precisely because of this that she cooperated with Sanfang.

There are three old men who take the lead and say that they are separated, which is the most suitable.

As long as the second room of the black sheep is kicked out, she doesn't mind helping the third room more in the future.

"Third child, are you determined to break up?" In the Ming Hall, Old Lady Shen was silent for a long time, and finally spoke slowly in a hoarse voice.

"Yes!" Shen Yu nodded, and said with a straight face: "My son thinks that he has a lot of trouble with his eldest brother, and he can't bear to burden him anymore, so he will split up early, and I can do things for the court with peace of mind, only if my sons live well in their own family, you can rest assured, mother, isn't it?" ”

"That's right......

When Old Lady Shen heard this, the expression on her face was slightly anxious.

There were some things she couldn't say.

The big room has a heavy weight, everything is not a problem, the third child has a good character, full of energy, and does not worry about his own bad life, but the second room is ......

The second room is stormy, the second child is not guaranteed to have an errand, he is idle at home, Shen Yunqi is seriously injured and will die at any time......

The second room is a mess!

If there is no one to help at this time, the second room will be over!

After all, it was her son, how could Mrs. Shen ignore it?

"Third child, do you really want to split it up and live another life?" Old Lady Shen asked in a hoarse voice.

She asked this sentence twice, but the meaning was very different.

Shen Yu glanced at her, and the hope in her eyes gradually extinguished.

Every time he encounters something, he is always the first to be given up by his mother!

"Yes! I'm going to split up! I don't want to bother my big brother anymore, I think as long as it's a person, I should be self-aware, like a coward waiting for someone else to chew the food and swallow it in his mouth, I can't live this kind of life! ”

Shen Yu said to himself, the fist in his hand clenched tightly, he knew that these words had touched his mother's scales.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Old Lady Shen's face changed, and she raised her hand angrily and slapped her: "You go!" Don't stay here again! Take your family with you! Don't come back in this life! ”

After Shen Yu became an adult, no one had beaten him for a long time.

He reached out and touched the painful place, raised his eyes and glanced at Mrs. Shen sadly, and her eyes slowly turned red.

"Mother! How can you do that! Shen Dazhong was taken aback, and immediately walked over to protect Shen Yu behind him, and knelt down in front of the old lady with a plop: "It's all my fault, I didn't discipline my brother well, if my mother wants to punish her, punish me!" ”

"You deserve to be punished!"

Old Mrs. Shen snorted coldly, slowly stared at the people in the room, and said word by word: "Today, my wife will leave her words behind, unless I die, no one will want to break up!" ”

"Mother!"

"Mother!"

Shen Chong and Shen Yu were both taken aback, no one expected that Old Lady Shen's attitude would be so resolute.

After Shen Pei was shocked, he was ecstatic, great! As long as the old lady insists on not separating the family, he can still come back here! Staying in this Great Commander's Palace, who would dare to come to the door of those who ask for accounts? If you are in a hurry, Shen Zhong will always pay to smooth out the account for the sake of fame, just like before......

"Mother, since you said so, the son also put his words here."

Shen Zhong let out a long sigh, then looked at Mrs. Shen, and said: "My son thinks that he has wiped his ass for his second brother over the years, paid off his gambling debts, and owed countless amounts of money. ”

"Boss, you ......"

Old Madam Shen was taken aback when she heard this.

"Mother, my son doesn't want to die!" Shen Chong suddenly burst into tears, and while crying bitterly, he took out the stack of second-room evidence found by Shen Nianzhen and Shen Yunlan from his arms, and put it in front of Old Lady Shen: "Take a look for yourself!" ”

"What's, what is this?" Old Lady Shen looked at those things tremblingly, and she couldn't hold them steadily. It was Mama Zhou who took it and looked at it the same way in front of her.

It was a pawn ticket in some pawnshops, and it was clearly written on it that in a certain year and a certain month, someone should be a pair of high-grade mutton fat white jade and jade pendants, and a pair of eight-sided splendid screens......

These are the things in her storeroom!

Mrs. Shen was taken aback, grabbed it violently, and looked at it page by page with trembling fingers......

"Didn't I ask you to inspect the storeroom!" Old Lady Shen suddenly turned her head, looked at Mama Zhou, and said angrily, "You told me that there is nothing missing in the warehouse?" What is it! ”

"Old lady! The slave did go to see it, and all those things were in the storeroom! It's all right! Mama Zhou was also surprised. However, these pawn tickets were all taken out heavily, and she was embarrassed to say that they were fake.

In this matter, Old Lady Shen did not allow any cheating, and ordered with a blue face: "Go and get the key to the treasury!" Open the warehouse! ”

Shen Pei stood aside, a little nervous at this time: "Mother, why don't you forget it?" Aren't we talking about something else in the old Sanfen Mansion? Since he's leaving, you can promise him! Anyway, my son is going to be happy with you forever......"

Old Lady Shen shook off his hand, held the maid's arm and walked out with a pale face: "What the hell is going on, we must figure it out today!" ”

Shen Pei pounced and wanted to stop the old lady, but was stopped by Shen Zhong and Shen Yu, Shen Yu sneered: "Second brother, what are you nervous about?" Could it be that how did the things in the mother's treasury get to the pawnshop, do you know the truth? ”

"I know where I am!"

Shen Pei retorted with a glare, and while everyone was going out, he wanted to slip away, but before he could get out of the yard, he was blocked by Shen Yunlan and others.

"Second uncle, the black light is blind, where are you going?"

Shen Yunlan held a dagger in his hand and said with a smile.

The candle flame reflected the snow-white blade, as well as Shen Yunlan's row of white teeth, how gloomy it looked.

Shen Pei didn't want to admit that he was scared by his nephew, but his trembling hands betrayed him.

"You! What are you doing here! Go back to sleep! Shen Pei swallowed a mouthful of saliva and bluffed: "Second uncle is also going back to sleep, you get out of the way for me!" ”

"I'm sorry, second uncle."

Shen Yunlan smiled slightly and said, "Tonight's events are all because of you, and now that things are getting bigger, do you want to slip away?" No way! ”

After saying that, he ordered his servants and the servant to tie him up and take him to the storehouse.

"You! You are guilty of the following! There is no respect for the elders! Let me go! Otherwise, your grandmother and your father will use family law to deal with you! I couldn't believe that I had fallen into the hands of a stinky kid, Shen Pei was furious and scolded when he opened his mouth.

Shen Yunlan listened with a smile, not angry at all.

When it was over, he was escorted to the storehouse.

At the door of the warehouse, Mrs. Shen watched Mama Zhou open the door of the warehouse, snatched the lantern in the maid's hand, and was the first to walk in.

The warehouse was exactly the same as when she came in more than a year ago, and even the placement of those precious items was no different, Old Lady Shen took a lantern and looked around, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Isn't this all here?" Boss, I'm afraid your bills aren't fake, right? ”

Before she could finish speaking, her arm suddenly knocked down a Ru kiln vase that was placed on the shelf at hand.

With a bang, the vase shattered to the ground.

Old Mrs. Shen was startled, and when she looked down, she was suddenly taken aback: "Why is this vase like this?" Fake! Fake! ”

Mrs. Shen was born in a high-ranking family, and after marrying into the Shen family, she was pampered all her life, and the things in her hands were all treasures, and the truth and falsehood could be seen through at a glance.

"Old lady! Look! This silk seems to be a fake......"

A maid held a stack of the finest satin cloth and spoke.

"This one too!"

Old Lady Shen looked solemn, threw down the broken porcelain and walked over, just one glance, her face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

What the maids say is true! She's a good thing in this storeroom! I was already dropped by someone, and I really took it, and the fake one was placed here to hide people's eyes!

"Where's the second child! Call him in! Old Lady Shen trembled with anger.

When I touched it, the lantern in my hand was not clenched and fell to the ground.

Seeing that he was about to get up, the third old man Shen Yu quickly picked it up, held it in his hand and said, "Mother, now you should always believe that what the eldest brother said is true, right?" The eldest brother has known these things for a long time, and he can't bear to tell ......"

"You already knew?!"

Old Lady Shen suddenly raised her head, and her eyes were as sharp as a knife staring at Shen Chong.

It's as if Shen Zhong was the one who stole something from one of her warehouses.

"Third brother, don't talk nonsense if you don't know." Shen raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Shen, and said calmly: "If I had known that the second child would be so bold and dared to take the things in your warehouse, I would have kicked him out of Beijing a long time ago!" In fact, I only recently learned about it, and I only got this evidence an hour ago......"

"Why didn't you tell me when you knew!" Old Lady Shen said angrily.

"There was no evidence at that time, and my son told you, would you believe it?" Shen asked rhetorically.

"Of course I ......"

Old Lady Shen opened her mouth angrily, but when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't go on.

If she really knew about this matter a few days in advance, she might not be able to believe that the second child did it, and she might even suspect the boss.

"Actually, that's not all the second child did." Shen Chongyan sighed when he heard this, and said: "He took the things in your treasury and the money from the pawn sale, and all the money he used to bribe the officials of the DPRK and China, and what Your Majesty hated most over the years was forming a party for personal gain......"

"This is to put our Shen family to death...... Shen sighed long, and said with a desperate face: "Once someone participates, I have no way to defend myself, only by taking the initiative to resign can I save my life!" ”

When Old Lady Shen heard this, she trembled.

She finally knew the gravity of the matter.

At this time, the second master Shen Pei was escorted over, knelt on the ground unwillingly, and shouted loudly: "Mother! You save me! Look at Big Brother! He let his son tie me up like this! Tell me about him! ”

Old Lady Shen raised her head and glanced at him slowly.

The second master still called: "Mother! Tell them to let me go! My son is wronged! Nothing was done......",

An indescribable anger suddenly surged in Mrs. Shen's heart, and she suddenly raised her hand, crackling, and slapped him several times in a row, with a crisp voice.

Shen Pei was stunned, and knelt there in a daze, at a loss.

Old Lady Shen looked at him, and there was only one thought in her heart: The Shen family couldn't be destroyed in the hands of this person! No!

"Someone! Bring the dick down! Keep an eye on it! Early tomorrow morning, I will invite the elders of the clan to come and divide the family! ”

After saying this, she fell softly to the side!

"Mother!"

"Mother!"

Shen Chong and Shen Yu exclaimed in unison, Shen Chong grabbed the old lady, hugged her and went to the upper room, and Shen Yu hurriedly ordered someone to go to the doctor overnight.

Shen Pei knelt there in a daze, watching the old lady being carried away, the word separation echoed in his mind, only to feel that despair was permeating like a tide, about to drown him.

"Mother!" He let out a hoarse scream.

"What happened to Grandmother?" Old Mrs. Shen was sent back to Chunhui Courtyard, Shen Nianzhen immediately got the news, when she saw Old Mrs. Shen in a coma, she was taken aback, and at the same time felt remorseful in her heart.

Knowing that the old lady was not in good health and could not be stimulated, she also carefully arranged tonight's game.

It was she who was wrong.

"Sister, you don't need to blame yourself." After settling down the old lady Shen, Shen Yunlan turned his head to look at her and comforted: "Sooner or later, there will be such a day, and it will be solved as soon as possible, so that grandmother can live a good life in the future, otherwise she will continue to suffer from it." ”