After seeing Chen Yan off, Shen Rui sent someone to invite the third master, and quickly walked to Xu's room.

In the room, He was not there, but he left his son, Xiao Nan, on the side of Xu. Xu put a thick mat on the arhat bed and teased Xiao Nan with a cloth tiger with a bell to play.

Brother Xiao Nan had already walked steadily, rushed over in two steps, grabbed the cloth tiger, and giggled. Xu was so happy that he picked up Brother Xiao Nan and kissed him on his fat little face.

Brother Nan was also very close to Xu. He smiled and hugged Xu's neck, which made her saliva look on her face.

Because Xu was afraid of hurting the child, the hairpin had already been removed from his head. He was hugged by Brother Nan so light and heavy. His hair immediately became scattered, and his ears were hung so hard that his ears hurt. The eldest maid Hongxia felt so painful when she saw Xu. Squinted his eyes and hurried over to help, but Xu smiled and waved his hand, "It's not tight, it's not tight..." He still hugged Brother Xiao Nan and refused to let go.

As soon as Shen Rui entered the door, he saw this warm picture. Most of the anger on his face disappeared. He was both happy and sad. He really felt that Xu had recognized He as his adopted daughter. Now Xu has been careless about family affairs. Many, with Brother Nan Chenghuan, there are many more smiles on his face every day.

Then I remembered that the reason why Xu did not have his own child was because of the old lady Qiao's sinister plot. Thinking of Qiao, thinking of Chen Jue, and contacting Chen Yan's words just now. Shen Rui was worried about the Qiao family. I was extremely disgusted.

Seeing Shen Rui standing at the door, Xu's expression changed, and he was calm and gloomy for a moment, and she didn't know what happened. She gave Hongxia beside her a wink, and Hongxia immediately smiled and coaxed Xiaonan to eat the fruit and put the child on her. He hugged him. The maids and maids in the room were also clean.

Xu simply put his hair together, called Shen Rui to come and sit down, and said seriously: "What happened? But Chen Yan mentioned the Qiao family?"

The Qiao family also sent a post before. Mrs. Qiao also waited for the family in person and said that she wanted to do rituals for Mrs. Qiao. It was not only to invite Xu, but also to ask her aunt, if she could go.

To put it bluntly, Qiao's family is just a little more breath than the dead. There is no other place to participate in any ritual. The Qiao family is not unaware of this, but it still comes to this show. Xu's family looks down on it very much.

Xu also knew that Mr. Qiao San was facing a resumption and came to Chen Mansion to invite her, but he was just thinking that Chen Mansion would help him run a lack of official position.

Of course, Xu would not go there, so he took Mrs. Qiao to see how Qiao looked, and refused politely, and hinted that there would be a ritual to deliver it to him.

The Qiao family is no longer as good as before. Mrs. Qiao takes money more and more seriously. Xu's own trip or not will have no impact on the Qiao family's big house. As long as the gift from the Shen family arrives, the name of the Shen family will show Chen Qiao. The two families were not far away, and the benefits were put into her pocket. Mrs. Qiao was already satisfied and didn't persuade her at the moment. She said goodbye to a few words.

Today, Chen Yan came to the door, and Xu also received the letter. Chen Yan was the son-in-law of Master Qiao San. Xu only thought he was here to be a lobbyist. Therefore, when he saw Shen Rui's face was unwilling, he just thought that something happened to the Qiao family. .

Shen Rui said with a serious expression: "When it comes to Qiao's family, the root is still in the He family. My mother waits for a while, and my son has already asked someone to invite my third uncle."

The third master arrived for a while and asked when he entered the door, "But what did Chen Yan mention?"

The third master also knew about the Qiao family, and he also had the same opinion as Xu.

Shen Rui asked the third master to sit down and repeated what Chen Yan said. He said again: "He Dongsheng asked about the old story of our second wife, and asked the Qiao family about Aunt Yuan. It can be seen that the reason why the emperor knew about Grandpa Sun must be him. The slander of the East Factory bribed the inner official Jin."

Although he met the emperor that day, Shen Rui also analyzed with Xu and the third master who was going to deal with the Shen family. The He family was also suspected of the top of the list, and the three of them were mentally prepared. But it was confirmed. This matter is what the He family calls it, and they are still very angry.

The third master slapped the table with a heavy palm and said angrily: "What exactly does the He family want to do?! He plotted against the Shen family once and twice. Now He Er plotted himself into the prison, and He Da dared to make his mind to my second room. On the head?! Brothers of Qiao Family, Chen Yan, who is not with me and the second wife, what does this mean?!"

He should not get angry in his body, so Shen Rui hurriedly brought the tea to serve the third master in person. Xu's face was also gray, but he still advised the third master: "Don't be angry, your body is important, it's not good to be angry with the little man who started the kid."

The third master then calmed down and took Shen Rui's tea to drink. Shen Rui held the third master with one hand to prevent him from being excited anymore. Then he slowly said: "The villain of the He family cannot do anything. Mother, don’t be angry, uncle.”

That day, because it was not confirmed that it was the He family, the mother and son had not carefully studied the countermeasures, and only ordered their confidants to keep a close eye on the various places to judge where the cold arrow came from. Now that they have confirmed, they have to think about countermeasures quickly.

The third master frowned and put on a teacup. He said, "As I said before, He Nansheng, a man in the Songjiang trial, admitted to plotting against the Shen family in person. The evidence of this crime is conclusive. He Dongsheng used this trick again, so he arrested my second room. What's the matter with him? Will He Nansheng be relieved of his crime?"

"I'm afraid he will really make some crimes fall on the Shen family," Shen Rui's face was gloomy and his eyes were shining coldly. "If the Shen family is a sinner, I'm afraid no one will pursue He Nansheng's guilt."

The third master laughed furiously, "The Shen family has split up. He is planning to do the land of the fifth house. Even if the second house becomes a sinner, what does it have to do with the fifth house?"

"Even if He Nansheng cannot escape from his crime, I don't want the Shen family to have a good life." Xu frowned and pondered, "The Sun family's girls have done many good deeds, and they have benefited a lot from their clan members. If they knock the Sun family out of dust, they will be the most important thing for her. My second, fourth, fifth, and nine-bedrooms will be more or less implicated, and Brother Li, Jin, and even Brother Wu, Ying, will be criticized."

If you are based in the court, your reputation is the most important thing, which is to be innocent and defame. It will be difficult for you to make a difference in your career in the future. You may be able to turn over old accounts by your political enemies and be criticized by the censor at any time.

The third master was stunned for a moment and took a breath, "What a vicious heart."

Shen Rui's teeth were grinding loudly. Indeed, it was difficult for the Shen family to be implicated by a single clan member after the separation. However, the Sun family was different. Almost no one in the Shen family had not been taken care of by her.

What kind of crime can be punished by framed Sun? Or after Grandpa Sun and Sun died many years after they died? If a framed person is a conjecture, he will be unable to defend himself.

Shen Rui had also secretly speculated about Grandpa Sun's identity, and the emperor asked clearly whether it was a maritime merchant. It can be seen that the He family went to the maritime merchants and pirates to make a fuss.

Maritime merchants were still pirates. In the Ming Dynasty, the boundaries were not so clear. Maritime merchants often engaged in pirate transactions and plundered small fleets around them. Pirates often pretended to be merchant ships to sell stolen goods everywhere.

Therefore, connecting with Japanese and bandits, these two are the most likely crimes to be falsely accused.

But it happened many years ago, and it was not a serious crime that implicated the nine tribes. This degree of impact on the Shen family was very limited.

If it is really a serious crime to kill the nine clans... it is just a treason for treason, but this treason is too ridiculous. Where did the treason come from in Taiping?

...White Lotus Sect?!

Yesterday, he didn't confirm that it was the He family, so he didn't think deeply. At this moment, Shen Rui's mind was in chaos. Thinking that the word "cult" first popped up in his mind. He remembered that the Ming Dynasty had been surrounding the White Lotus Sect.

But it was never wiped out, and the White Lotus Sect also kept moving frequently to try to subvert the Ming Dynasty.

If the Sun family was slandered as a member of the White Lotus Sect...

Shen Rui hesitated and said his thoughts.

The third master was so angry that he was scolded by the despicable He family and said he wanted to find the censor to impeach the He family to collude with eunuchs, and scolded: "So what if he is a sword in his hand? He must let He Dongsheng do this.

The despicable villain no longer has the shame to stand in the court!"

Xu lowered his face and shouted loudly: "Third brother!"

The third master was stunned for a moment. He always regarded his eldest sister-in-law as a mother. He rarely saw his eldest sister-in-law speak so harshly and no words at the moment. He lowered her head awkwardly like a child who made a mistake.

Shen Rui hurriedly came to comfort Xu again. Xu waved his hand and signaled that it was okay. He calmed his breathing and scolded the third master first, "This is a way to hurt the enemy by 1,000 and hurt himself. How can it be used lightly? What is a sword and

How about it, once you are classified into which faction, there is no matter what Grand Master Sun. The Shen family may be able to withstand the attack of political enemies? You are already infected with the habit of rushing around and ignoring the future!"

This was already said quite heavily, and he swept the Tian family in vaguely. The third master looked very uncomfortable and whispered: "Sister-in-law, don't be upset, I was so angry for a moment. Now... I am not really big with the Tian family.

Those Hanlin Censors came and went."

Xu's face slowed down, and she also wanted to remind the third master that the literati censors on the Tian family could not point to anyone's power behind it. The Shen family is really not suitable to be involved with any party now.

She glanced at Shen Rui and said, "What Rui Ge'er said is not unreasonable. If someone else slandered the Sun family on the genius demon, we would like to ask, how would they know if they had nothing to do with the demon? But He Dongsheng is

The Ministry of Justice has been in the process of many years, and the thieves have not been tried, so they are really easy to be fussed."

Shen Rui was also worried. He just subconsciously thought about it and did not think carefully. Xu said this, but he really had some shadow.

Xu said again: "It's all the things that happened in the past, and it's hard to guard against. If we do something deliberately, it's easy to backfire and we won't be able to argue at that time."

The third master said anxiously: "Sister-in-law means that now we will do nothing, and wait for him to make a move by the He family?"

Seeing that it was early winter, the third master's forehead was sweating. He was obviously very excited and couldn't help but worry about his body. He quickly gave tea again to comfort the third master and said, "Don't worry, the Shen family will not be able to congratulate him."

in this way."

Xu looked at Shen Rui, nodded, with a look of relief, but he never showed his face, and asked in a deep voice: "What's the idea of ​​Brother Rui?"

Although Shen Rui was not sure what the He family's move was intended, he had already developed a way to deal with the He family. He immediately said: "I agree with my mother's opinion, just as my father-in-law said, the Shen family now has done it.

It is easy to make mistakes. On the surface, we just need to watch the changes and do nothing. To show that those who are clear will be clear. In fact, we don’t have to care about what the He family wants to do. We just need to continue to arrest the evidence of the He family.

It would be useless to nail the He family to him and let him bite him any more."

With his journey, I will go all the way.

Offense is the best defense!

There was a faint smile on Xu's face, and the third master nodded, and said with a serious expression: "But it's the matter of He Pingsheng? He Beisheng was strictly detained by He Dongsheng and could not contact the clichés at all."

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "I was thinking before that although Ning Fan attacked the Shen family, he tied up the eldest son Xiaodong, and he undoubtedly wanted to threaten it. He also wanted to win over and use it. He drove the Zhang family to

It's a foregone conclusion. There are only a few big families in Songjiang. How could Ningfan not touch the He family at all? He Nansheng confessed so happily, maybe because the evidence was conclusive at the time and he could not deny it, but how could he know that he was not trying to cover up more

The guilt?"

The third master nodded and said, "This case has been delayed for a long time and has not been concluded. I think the big guys also want to dig out some people from this case. A few days ago, weren't the important figures in the Zhang family just been escorted to Beijing?"

Maybe it was the Zhang family who was imprisoned to stimulate the He family, who had a ghost in his heart.

The uncle and nephew looked at each other and thought of going to the same place.

"Should you stare at He Beisheng or stare? Let's ask someone to see where the managers who followed He Nansheng in Songjiang are now." Shen Rui said, "Go back to Songjiang and look for it carefully, ask, the He family is in the past and afterwards."

Who did you contact?"

He paused and said, "I was shocked by the Zhang family in prison and didn't know whether the He family was shocked, but I must have shocked the Lu family. I think the Lu family will be happy to cooperate with us."

Xu nodded in agreement and said, "But now, our family is too conspicuous. Do you have a candidate to go south?"

Shen Rui responded: "Brother Li, Brother Jin and I can't move anymore. I want to send Changshou to the south. There are three brothers from the five houses in the south, and I see that Uncle Lian and the Fourth of Fourth are also very good.

Talented."

With Shen Ying in the south, Xu was much more relieved. When it comes to the third room, she couldn't help but think of Shen Ling. She was a little disliked, but she couldn't beat the crowd at a single shot. If there is someone who needs to be used, she would still be a

Used.

Xu sighed: "The Shen family members cannot just want to study and enter the government without knowing the common affairs. It is also time to look for those tribes who fail to study but can manage the common affairs. The Shen family wants to be stable, so such people will be stopped.

It must be missing."

*

The Minister's Mansion, the East Crossing the Courtyard to the room.

As soon as the door opened, there was a burst of alcohol.

He Beisheng leaned on the couch in a sloppy dress, holding a pot in his hand, without using a cup, so he poured a large mouthful of mouth into his mouth. After saying a few words in his mouth, he drank another big mouthful of wine.

Most of the two shoes on the ground were wet with wine. A small wine jar was poured on the side, and the wine was tickling, and the rich and mellow fragrance floated out.

He Dongsheng had a blue face, walked over in two steps, picked up the cold tea on the desk and poured it on He Beisheng's face.

He Beisheng was shocked and opened his drunken eyes. Seeing that it was the eldest brother, his face was thrusting, as if he wanted to squeeze out a smile, but his muscles were no longer controlled by consciousness. The smile was very distorted, and he made a laugh from his mouth, as if he was laughing.
To be continued...