Songjiang Mansion, Shenjiafang, four-bedroom house.

A young maid in green clothes stood at the door, looking embarrassed: "Brother, Lao An is resting..."

People who are older feel light, Zhang Lao'an wakes up every day (4 a.m.) and is inactive at noon. He always takes half an hour to one hour.

Shen Rui has already set his return date and will take a boat to Beijing tomorrow morning. It’s better to have another place, but the elders of the fourth room need to say goodbye here.

The "coin" that comes today happens to be the afternoon break of Zhang Lao'an.

After hearing what the maid said, Chen Jin turned his head to Shen Rui and said, "Second Brother Rui..."

"It's not easy to disturb Lao An's rest, just kowtow a few times outside..." Shen Rui said happily.

Not only was Chen Jin worried about Zhang Lao'an, but he was also impatient to deal with Zhang Lao'an. Last time, he quickly escaped because Zhang Lao'an was not careful. If he said goodbye this time, he would definitely be another thing. Long-winded.

Therefore, after Shen Jin "unintentionally" talked about Zhang Lao'an's daily routine, Shen Rui came to the door to say goodbye.

Even though no one was watching, Shen Rui still knelt down and kowtowed in Zhang Lao'an's yard without any ambiguity. No matter what he thought of Zhang Lao'an, he still had to do what he should do. This is "filial piety". If filial piety is deficient, virtue will be flawed, and people will be despised.

Chen Jin looked at Shen Rui with a little reluctance on his face.

Brothers gathered for a few days, and the Ming Dynasty was facing separation again.

After Shen Rui knocked on his head, stood up and returned to the front yard with Chen Jin.

Chen Jin thought of Changsui Wanning and hesitated for a moment: "Will it be too troublesome to ask Wanning Sui's second brother to return to Beijing?"

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "What's the trouble? Just the way..."

Although for Shen Rui, even if Chen Jin did not send a long pass to go to Beijing, he would directly help Chen Jin to rent, rent or buy a house in the capital, he did not open his mouth to take it on himself.

Even if Chen Jin passed the exam, it would not take one or two days to prepare for the exam in Beijing. Besides, there was something about Zheng, so Shen Rui didn't want to interfere too much. If that was the case, he wouldn't tell me if it was troublesome, and the elders of the second house knew I feel uncomfortable too.

Chen Jin still said solemnly: "I would like to thank my second brother for this..."

In addition to the fourth room, Shen Rui also wants to go there.

Three years ago, when Xu returned to Songjiang to visit his relatives, he left a sum of money in the clan house to buy property in Songjiang. Now the land has been purchased and the master of the clan house has been managed on his behalf. The relevant land contract has been delivered. When Shen Rui arrived in the middle of the capital today, in addition to saying goodbye to everyone in the zongfang, he also had to count some money, which was the benefit of Zhuangtian in recent years.

Because of this, Shen Rui did not stay in the fourth room. Anyway, we would meet tonight. The clan brothers will come to the fifth room tonight for Chen Quan, and Shen Rui and others will practice it, so Chen Jin is naturally among them.

Chen Jue was taken back to the clan room yesterday to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. He originally wanted to pick him up with Shen Rui, but Shen Rui politely declined.

Except for Chen Jue, Shen Rui is not very familiar with the other people in the clan room, so he is naturally willing to stay in the five-bedroom for the holiday.

The clan house has filial piety and the holidays are deserted, so it is not forced to Shen Rui.

When Shen Rui came to the sect room, Chen Jue happened to talk to the master of the sect room in the study.

"What is the situation with the second wife over there?" There was only father and son, and no outsiders, so the master of the Zongfang said bluntly.

The news that Shen Ji learned was that the second wife of the second wife was in poor health. She started to bed ill after returning to Beijing for funerals. This year she moved to the village to recuperate.

If there is nothing wrong with this, Master Zongfang would not believe it. But after all, Master Qiao is Chen Jue’s mother. If it really happens, Master Zongfang is afraid that it will affect Chen Jue, so he took the initiative to ask.

If someone else asked, Chen Jue knew that "the family scandal should not be made public" and would hide this matter. However, his father asked, he hesitated for a moment and said, "The second wife bribed someone to drug the fourth brother and did a game. Adopt the fourth brother in the name of the third master punishing his relatives…”

As for punishing him to kneel down in the snow, Chen Jue didn't want the master of the sect to worry, so he skipped it and ignored it.

Even so, the master of the Zongfang family still had a dark face: "Embraised the Fourth Brother? I am not satisfied with your heir, so what is that?"

"The Fourth Brother's birthday is Brother Luo's birthday. I heard that the Fourth Brother looks similar to Brother Luo when he was young... The second wife has this knot in her heart, and it's not a day or two... When she went south, she wanted to return to Beijing halfway. All is to be reluctant to leave the fourth brother who just landed..." Chen Jue said.

Chen Jue didn't have much resentment towards Qiao, but instead felt a little pity for her.

If Chen Luo was still there, Qiao would not have become almost crazy. In the final analysis, the pain of losing his son was too deep, and he lost his mind and became more and more confused.

The master of Zongfang had no good feelings for Qiao and frowned and said, "The unwise woman is not very clear and clear. She is really a world of difference with the second wife... His brother is also a confused person, so he actually wants Chen Yan to be a good person. Son-in-law, isn’t this causing you trouble? Will relatives go around or not when they come together in the future?”

Even though the master of the sect was not disgusted with the Chen Yan brothers in the past, now from Shen Jue's standpoint, he naturally hopes that the two brothers will stay away from the second wife.

"Master, don't worry about this. Now the two brothers Chen Yan are in the capital. A few months ago, I met their brother with the second brother Rui... Looking at my uncle's opinion, it's different that brother and two are close to each other, but it's also true. Unknown to Jinrui’s second brother, I have to deal with them with me." Chen Jue said.

When the master of Zongfang heard this, he was quite surprised: "The second wife had a very decisive attitude that year. Why did she change her mind again?"

Chen Jue disagreed and said, "Can you still kill them all? After all, it's not as much as the two brothers."

The master of the Zongfang still felt that it was a bit strange, but he couldn't guess the reason for it for a while.

Thinking of another incident, the master of the Zongfang hesitated and said, "Your second brother has done something stupid. I have already punished him. Is Brother Jue annoyed?"

Chen Jue picked the corner of his mouth and said sarcastically: "What's the point of being annoyed or not, the master is still thinking about how to explain to Brother Rui..."

The master of Zongfang sighed and said, "I don't teach you my son, but my father's fault. When Brother Rui comes, I will personally apologize to Brother Rui.

Chen Jue frowned and said, "My second brother is already thirty years old. He dares to send someone to the living yard to rummage through boxes, but he doesn't dare to take responsibility to apologize? Can the master protect him once or twice, and can he protect him for the rest of his life? ”

The master of the Zongfang family was a little decadent: "I saw your elder brother being square and your second brother was smart and clear. Now, he has only been a few years, so why have they all gone? If I had known that your two brothers were like this. , I will never carry you out anyway…”

Shen Ji is self-righteous and has a weak personality; he has passed by the same kind as he is smart and only focuses on the benefits of interests. Neither of these two people is the patriarch.

As a patriarch, one must be fair and open-minded to reconcile the relationship between clans and relatives, otherwise who would be convinced? Each house has a relationship of five houses. The Shen family is already loose and cannot get the patriarch who is convinced by each house. If clan relations cannot be maintained, the Shen family will be divided sooner or later.

On the contrary, Chen Jue seems arrogant and willful, but is actually a child who values ​​the most distracting and soft-heartedness.

Chen Jue did not answer the words of the Master of the Zongfang, and these hinds were meaningless. If he really wanted to say that he wanted to return to the Zong, the first person who jumped out to object was the Master of the Zongfang.

Thinking of this, Chen Jue lowered his head and smiled bitterly.

Speaking of it, it took only three years to go to the capital from Songjiang, but it seemed as if he had been half a lifetime. Now that he returned to the sect, he was not only uncomfortable, but also others in the sect.

When the eldest wife of the Zongfang saw him, she didn't seem to have a second expression except for her forced smile. She looked at him earnestly, while Shen Jie was serious and picky. The two sisters-in-law were so polite that they didn't seem to be right. family.

The father and son were speechless, and the study was silent and the atmosphere was depressing.

The voice of the servant at the door broke the depression: "Master, Master Rui is here..."

The master of the Zongfang hurriedly said, "Come in quickly..."

Chen Jue was by the side and had already stood up.

Seeing this, Master Zongfang felt uncomfortable. If Shen Rui was a few years older than Chen Jue, he wouldn't say anything. He was just one day away from the two brothers, and Shen Rui took over his cousin's. He also respects Shen Rui sincerely.

Shen Rui's face looked a little ugly.

He is not a person who expresses his emotions in his expression. He puts it on his face like this, which also expresses his dissatisfaction with the clan.

Even though he went to the five-bedroom apartment these days, his luggage was still in the clan room. After he came here, he went to the guest room first, but he didn't expect that the servants in the guest room did not understand the rules in the morning. He brought him In the suitcase I came, there was a one containing gold and silver, which was three hundred taels of gold and one hundred taels of silver, which were brought by my side for emergencies. This box was originally locked and pried open.

Although the servants who were not clean at the sect house later found a servant who was not clean and recovered all the gold and silver, this matter was too disgusting.

Seeing that Shen Rui was annoyed, Chen Jue felt a little embarrassed.

Although Shen Rui was not here, he had been there these two days, but he had someone touched the house and rummaged through the cabinets. It was so useless.

Shen Rui glanced at Chen Jue and looked at the master of the sect.

The master of the Zongfang family brought a little uncomfortable and said, "Brother Rui is here..."

Shen Rui said seriously: "Uncle Hai, don't say anything that the servants are not clean, and they will take it as a thief without complaining. Who would do such a thing? Who has the courage to act like this? Uncle Hai knows it. I just want to ask. , how to punish

Master Zongfang sighed: "According to family law, be a thirty-year-old boy... Brother Rui is worried, there is no less at once..."

Shen's ambition and arrogance were not formed in one day or two days, but Zongfang now only has two sons, Shenjiao is in the career of officialdom, so he can't always be in Songjiang. There is only Shen's one in front of the eldest son and his wife of Zongfang, so it is naturally one. Relying on a daily basis is heavier.

If you have to be so serious and dare to be so arrogant, you can do such a thing.

Such profit-oriented approach is really like the character of the people in the He family.

Shen Rui felt a little sympathetic to the master of the clan.

But if someone like Chen is really interested in succession as a clan, who knows what troubles the Shen clan will cause?

Shen Rui thought for a while and said, "Although Uncle Hai only has two sons, his grandchildren are rich... Brother Xiaodong's generation is also at the age of discussing marriage. Why don't Uncle Hai stay with him and be filial to him? …”

When the master of Zongfang heard this, he felt a move in his heart, twisted his beard, and was silent for a while, and finally nodded: "Brother Rui said it makes sense..."

Although Chen Ji was a clan son, he was an official and had no time to take care of clan affairs. The eldest son of the Zong Fang originally wanted to hand over the clan's position to Chen, but now he saw that the second son was inappropriate.
Chapter completed!