Chapter 49: Asking Dan's Heart (3)
The patriarch thought that he had to preemptively pick out someone who was not him, so that he could tell him that he was not allowed to divide the sect.
Unexpectedly, he touched his reverse scales, and seeing that Shen Junzhuo's momentum was cold, the patriarch's words that wanted to continue to reprimand him were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say it with his mouth open.
Shen Junzhuo was still holding the soft cloth that had just wiped various places in his hand, and at this moment he threw the soft cloth to the ground, chose a chair to sit down, and said coldly:
The patriarch was not right. The state has national laws, and the family has family rules, and only when there is a national law can we talk about family rules. If you just want to protect the people, you ignore the laws of the country, and it will work with the patriarch to gather a crowd to rebel. ”
There were already many people gathered inside and outside the ancestral hall, and everyone was standing, and some of them who had long been dissatisfied with the patriarch began to whisper at this moment, accusing the patriarch of acting inappropriately.
The patriarch stood in the center of the earth, and suddenly became embarrassed, and his old face turned red. When there was something in the clan, he always sat in the middle, and the others stood, but now the situation has changed, and he has been robbed of everything.
During the New Year's holidays, he relied on his identity as the patriarch and never took the initiative to go to the door of the Guogong Mansion, and he listened to the children and grandchildren talk about Shen Junzhuo after returning home, and he was afraid and respectful, and he didn't even dare to talk to him.
He also scolded them, what kind of appearance he looks like, but he is just a general who worked the last battlefield, their Shen family is from military merits, who has not had a few children and grandchildren who have fought on the battlefield, how can he scare people like this with a Shen Junzhuo?
Now that he saw his momentum and listened to what he said, he didn't say that cold sweat broke out on his back, but he couldn't stand still. Fortunately, he was supported by others, and he didn't show a miserable appearance in the end, but he was clumsy for a while, and he didn't know how to pick up his words, so he pointed at Shen Junzhuo and said:
"I, I...... Where do I mean that! You handed over the Jiang family like this, have you ever thought about the fate of the Guogong Mansion? If you have been robbed of your title for many years, how can you be worthy of your ancestors in heaven? How to be worthy of the grandfather of the old country? It's a shame that the old grandfather still holds you in his hands like a treasure, it's better for you to ruin his foundation! ”
Shen Junzhuo smiled coldly, took the handkerchief handed over by Xu Dachang, who was standing beside him, wiped his hands, and threw it back to Xu Dachang, before he said:
"The foundation of the Shen family has always been earned by defending the family and the country on the battlefield, and it has never relied on despicable means to harm people to obtain meritorious deeds! As for whether you can be worthy of your ancestors, I'm afraid that if you blindly shield and tolerate such a harmful person, I'm afraid you are really sorry for your ancestors! ”
The patriarch's fingers trembled, and he said you, you, and you in his mouth for a long time, but he couldn't say anything after that. has always been respected, where would anyone refute him so directly, his face was like a pig's liver, and his whole body began to tremble, such a shame, it is really impossible to stay any longer, it is better to faint to the ground, and it can also make him fall into the reputation of a rival elder!
Thinking about it, he was about to fall, but who knew that another person came in at the door, he glanced at it, and immediately came to his senses again, pointing at Shen Minghe and saying:
"Why did you come? Your brother, such a great rebellion, what should you do as a brother? ”
Shen Minghe was very polite to him, he didn't slack off because he was the grandfather of the country, he took a junior salute seriously, didn't look at Shen Junzhuo, and said:
"Since I have come to divide the sect today, where do I have any brothers! From today onwards, I will have no such brother. ”
The patriarch was stunned in place, it turned out that he agreed to divide the clan, and it was also, to this day, there must be a lot of trouble between the brothers, and they quarreled, so they would make trouble in the clan to divide the clan.
But this Shen Minghe is still confused, without Shen Junzhuo, the Shen family's Xuanhe will immediately drop a lot, and if there is something about Mrs. Jiang, there is a high probability that the title of the Duke of Guo will not be kept, and it will be divided by Shen Junzhuo, so how can the rest of the people live?
He stepped forward, pulled Shen Minghe, and said:
"Eldest nephew, have you figured it out?"
Shen Minghe tilted his head slightly in the direction where Shen Junzhuo was sitting, but he still didn't look at him, nodded, and said:
"Abel, let him go."
The patriarch felt a burst of qi and blood surging up, and he really shouldn't have any hope for this cowardly and incompetent nephew. No, Shen Junzhuo must not be allowed to be separated so easily. Even if he looks down on such a Shen family, he is also a member of the Shen family, his name is still on the genealogy of the Shen family, and the genealogy is still in his hands!
He didn't care about fainting, if he fainted, I am afraid that Shen Junzhuo would leave the Shen family smoothly today. He turned to Shen Jun and said:
"If you still remember the kindness of the grandfather of the old country to you, if you still remember the ardent expectations of the whole clan for you, you can't say so irresponsibly that the sect will be divided! The genealogy is in my hands, and you don't want to divide it without my consent! ”
Shen Junzhuo's cold face cracked in an instant, he snorted coldly, stood up, patted his robe without dust, and said:
"I'm afraid the patriarch has made a mistake. I am not here today to consult with you, not to seek your consent, but to inform you. As for the genealogy, you can write it however you want, what does it have to do with me? ”
After speaking, he walked out of the ancestral hall without looking back, and the two rows of forbidden soldiers standing outside the ancestral hall followed him in a hurry.
The patriarch was really going to be stunned this time, he pointed to the back of Shen Junzhuo leaving, shaking his fingers, for a long time, his eyes rolled and he fell.
Fortunately, the man who was holding him reached out in time and did not let him fall to the ground. Shen Minghe's face was gloomy, and he called someone to carry the patriarch out of the ancestral hall and invited Lang Zhong to treat him.
For a while, everyone in the ancestral hall was talking, but the most important people left, and they could only disperse.
The matter of the Shen family reached the ears of the prime minister, and Prime Minister Liu was lying down enjoying the ear picking. He closed his eyes, listened to the counsellor repeat this, thought for a moment, and asked:
"What does Mr. Zhang think?"
The advisor known as Mr. Zhang arched his hand at him and said:
"General Shen is not a short-sighted person, looking down, I am afraid he has other plans to do this."
The prime minister hummed softly and motioned for him to continue.
Mr. Zhang said;
"Earlier, Uncle Xiao Guo met General Shen outside with a girl going out, and Uncle Xiao Guo later inquired, that girl was the second daughter of Li Cunren, the assassin of Yongzhou. Who is General Shen, and when did he take a girl out, this Miss Li Er is afraid that it is not simple. Later, Miss Li Er hired a dart master to return to Yongzhou, but she met someone from Qingfeng Village and said that she died at the post station. But someone saw General Shen out of Beijing ......"
Prime Minister Liu suddenly opened his eyes, waved his hand, and let the maid who picked his ears retreat, he sat up straight, looked at the strategist, and asked:
"You mean, Shen Junzhuo made a move that day? Miss Li Er is not dead? ”
Mr. Zhang nodded and continued:
"Not only that, there is no follow-up to the events of that day, no one has come back from Qingfeng Village, and the two petty officials with secret notices are nowhere to be found."
Prime Minister Liu stroked his short beard, groaned for a while, and suddenly smiled:
"I remember that Shen Guogong's eldest son married Li Cunren's eldest daughter? In this way, if Shen Junzhuo really fell in love with that little girl, he would not be inferior to his generation, and he would not have to make trouble dividing the sect. ”