On October 16, 18th year of Hongzhi, Emperor Xiaozong respected the emperor's coffin and set off the ceremony. The young emperor was in a few banquet halls to hold a ceremony. He cried all the way, and sent a ceremony to pay tribute to the ancestors, and then went out to Chengtian Gate.

Only then did the little emperor say goodbye to the coffin and return to the palace.

Along the way, when the coffin moved, Shou Ge felt as if he had been removed from his heart and heart. He almost cried loudly regardless of his image. Even Empress Dowager Zhang, who was also tearful, could not help but be moved and went to persuade him several times.

But Brother Shou didn't listen at all. He cried so hard that he was drowsy and staggered. He was very reluctant to give a tribute. Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng and several close eunuchs were persuaded to fully politely.

When we arrived at Chengtian Gate, Brother Shou didn't know where he got his strength. He refused to let his father go to the coffin. He knelt in front of the coffin and almost cried over. In the end, Empress Dowager Zhang ordered not to miss the time and ordered the eunuch to carry him on his back.

Brother Shou went up to the dragon chariot and forced him to return to the palace.

When the coffin came out of the Ming Dynasty, the clan man ordered the son-in-law Cai Zhen to protect the funeral. The civil and military officials were sent to the outside of Desheng Gate. The royal relatives and ministers ordered their wives to sacrifice to each other.

On the 18th, Emperor Xiaozong was buried in Tailing Mausoleum in the coffin of Emperor Xiaozong, and his son-in-law Cai Zhen went to the Emperor's Lord to perform the ritual of calming the spirit.

At this point, the mountain and monuments were completed, and Emperor Hongzhi became a complete history.

Shou Ge, who was overly mourned, was also sick. When he appeared in front of others, his face was so thin that he was only left. For a moment, the new emperor was filial to him in the previous dynasties in the harem.

During the time of Shou Ge's illness, Empress Dowager Zhang visited her in person many times. When the mother and son talked about the late emperor, they hugged their heads and cried bitterly, so the rumors of a disagreement of mother and son faded away.

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In late October, the Shen family also welcomed a great sacrifice, which was the anniversary festival of Shen Cang on October 22.

After the 15th day of the 15th, Sister Yu returned to her parents' home every day to organize rituals.

Now Mao Chi has easily passed the exam for the Shuji Shi, because his father Mao Cheng is a Hanlin Bachelor's degree, and his wife has two Hanlins, Shen Li and Shen Jin. Although Yang Tinghe from Hanlin Academy to Zhanshi Mansion, he

There are still many attendants in the Hanlin Academy in the East Palace, so Mao Chi is highly cared for in the Hanlin Academy.

He is also honest and humble. After a few months, he has a very popular reputation and has been in the restaurant for a while.

Therefore, the life of Yujie Mao Chi and his wife was very harmonious. The only disadvantage was that they had no children yet, but they were both young. Yujie was filial before and could not have sex, so the Mao family did not urge them.

People like the Mao family also valued the eldest son very much, and did not prescribe the face and cut off the medicine for the maid, which made Sister Yu feel sad.

But Yu Jie'er still hopes to have an heir as soon as possible. The second family of Shen's family is weak and it is a thorn in his heart, for fear that she will have a shallow relationship with her children. Therefore, she has loved the two children of the Shen family now.

When I was at home, I liked to take my fourth brother to play, but now I am even more happy with Brother Nan. I always hug him and refuse to let go.

And He felt deeply that he had fallen into a lucky nest. She never dared to imagine such a family. Qi's mother was kind, her aunt was kind, and Qi's sister was gentle and considerate. Everyone in the Shen family treated her and Xiao Nan very well.

OK, my servant is extremely respectful and obedient. Her life is so smooth that she is more filial to Xu, and she is more dedicated to the sacrifices of Shen Cang. The ice buried deep in her heart is also warmed by the Shen family.

The atmosphere is layered.

Even if the three-person family members of the Songjiang tribe came to Beijing to attend the anniversary celebration, He was just a simple relative and no longer a hatred attitude.

On October 20, the Songjiang tribe members arrived in Beijing, and Shen Rui personally took the people to pick them up.

The team led by Songjiang and his group was Chen Lian, the fourth master of the third house. As soon as they saw Shen Rui, they said repeatedly: "When I came out, I had calculated the time. I didn't want to pass most of the way, and there were suddenly a lot of them on the canal. The ships carrying wood and stone were all wearing the official flag sails. The passenger ships dared not fight each other, so they all went slowly. Fortunately, they did not miss the day."

Chen Quan came to the fifth house. Although he had not been out for a hundred days in filial piety and was not right to go out, the fifth house had a patriarch and had always been close to the second house, so Chen Quan was sent over.

Chen Quan got off the boat and hit Shen Rui on the shoulder, and smiled and said, "I have grown a little bit of flesh in the past two months, not like the ones that were dark and thin a few days ago."

Shen Rui smiled and called out to the third brother, and asked the Guo family again how good it was.

Chen Quan smiled and said that he was a little dim. He just said something on the dock in front of everyone, and said a little vaguely.

Except for Chen Lin, the other six, seven or eight houses were all small, and they sent their children to do their best. The sect house sent the third brother, the second house, who was born in a villain, Chen Hai was already old and destined. He was sick and could not bear the fatigue of the journey and could not come. Chen Jun only said to visit famous doctors to treat his legs, but Chen Quan quietly told Shen Rui that Chen Jun had quietly gone to Nanchang.

Although Chen Lin is from the Jiufang, she was not sent by the Jiufang Grandpa, but came from Nanjing.

In mid-September, the Nanjing earthquake was not severely injured due to the daytime, but many houses collapsed. The Imperial College was also damaged, and a school collapsed and injured students. Condolences and comforted students, supervised the repair of the house and let Chenzhou go. The officials of the Imperial College were so busy that Shangguan did not approve Chen Zhou to take leave to go north to attend his brother's anniversary celebration, so Chen Zhou could only send Chen Lin to Beijing.

Since August, Chenzhou brought Chen Yu and other tribe members from Songjiang. Chen Lin's common affairs were taken away by everyone to handle them. He was idle and only then did this job.

After seeing each other, everyone got into the car and returned to Shen Mansion. Shen Rui and Chen Lian and Chen Quan were in the same car.

When Shen Rui first heard that Chen Lian was heading north, he was very surprised and couldn't help but ask in public.

After getting in the car and asking, Chen Lian's face was a little embarrassed, Chen Quan said with a little angrily: "It's not the uncle of Sanfanghu, the uncle insisted on coming over, saying that he wanted to save Zhu Ge'er, and the great master of Jiufang was also He was yelling to come, but there was a quarrel meeting in the ancestral hall..."

What he said was tactful. In fact, when Mrs. Hu asked to follow her at the clan meeting, she was really crying, making a fuss and hanging herself. She kept going to Chen Cang's grave to ask, why didn't the clans help each other? He was cruel and did not save her, the talented and knowledgeable Zhuer, who had a great journey.

Chenhu could continue to pretend to be his literati and scholar, turning a blind eye to his wife's tantrums, sitting on a chair, knocking on his palms and sighing. It was bad that he could still take the fan out when it was late September and winter was about to begin!

The great-grandfather of the Ninth House coughed and was so shocking in the ancestral hall that he could pass by if he couldn't breathe at any time, but he could still shout at the top of his lungs that he wanted to go to Beijing to save his precious grandson.

A clan will be in a mess.

The patriarch Chen Qi would not allow this group of people to come to Beijing to cause trouble for the second house. This is not to attend the rituals, but to seek revenge. He refused their request without hesitation, and even asked them directly whether they would like to be in this ancestral hall. Let’s talk about the two “witnesses”.

The Grand Master Jiufang and Shen Hu both knew it. They just relied on the anniversary celebration of Chen Cang. They felt that the second house would not make things worse if they wanted to be shameless, so they wanted to take the opportunity to threaten them, but they just didn't save people. You can also get some money benefits.

When Chen Qi was about to tear open the window paper, the three of them stopped talking.

"The Zhang family and the Jinyiwei were taken away by the Jinyiwei and their house was confiscated. Uncle Hu and the Jiufang Grandpa were really scared." Speaking of the Zhang family, Chen Quan shook his head, "The Lu family was also very frightened, and he even went to our house to inquire. information."

The fifth house also weighed the pros and cons, so Chen Lian followed him to Beijing, which was better than the others in the third house.

There was also news from Nanjing that Chen Lin was going to Beijing. The coughing disease of the Jiufang Grandpa became worse as the weather became colder. The old man did not dare to go north rashly, so he had to give up.

Chen Lian was actually afraid that his elder brother and sister-in-law would harm Shangjing. Not only would he not be able to do anything, he would have to offend the second wife to death, so he said he could go for them. And for himself, he also wanted to follow him to ask,— Now that he has divided the sect, if Chen Zhu is indicted, he will not be able to get involved with other house leaders, and the three houses cannot escape.

Taking advantage of Chen Quan's words, Chen Lian couldn't help asking: "Brother Rui, in your opinion, we may...may protect ourselves now?"

When Shen Rui heard that the three and nine rooms were held down by Chen Qi, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Now the lawsuit is in a stalemate, and Chenhu is as thick as a city wall, and it is difficult to deal with. If he really comes to Beijing, he will force the second house or Chen Li to "rescue" Chen Zhu, Chen Wu, it won't be called It's a headache! Maybe he was caught by the He family.

However, when Chen Lian came north, there were few helpers in Songjiang. Changshou had only been on the road for ten days...

Listening to Chen Lian's question, Shen Rui knew his thoughts and comforted him: "It seems that nothing is serious, but the He family has done something else recently, and I am afraid that his family will make another plot. It just so happened that Uncle Lian Si San Brother, you are here, and you still have something to discuss with you. It is not convenient to explain it in detail here, so we will discuss it later when we go back."

He thought to himself that Chen Quan would not say anything, but Chen Lian had been in business for many years, and his relationships were the most sleek and could help him in Jingxu. The second house was stared at by all parties, and if he didn't walk around, his tribe members would be much cheaper. .

Chen Lian hurriedly said, "If there is a place to use me, please say it. Although the shop in our Fangtou Jing is managed by the second brother and son, I don't come to Beijing, but I have one or two friends in Beijing..." As he said that, he suddenly remembered that the shop in Beijing was originally managed by Shen Ling, and now there are no "second brothers and sons" there, so he hurriedly stopped talking and pretended to cough a few times to cover up.

Seeing that Shen Rui and Chen Quan thought of Shen Ling, his face was a little dark. Chen Lian knew that he had made up his words, so he quickly changed the subject and asked Shen Rui: "I'll go indirectly and inquire about it, and start talking. It was very tight. I quickly entered Beijing and only then did I reveal that the entire Xiyuan was built. I don’t know how many scenery I had to create. What news did Rui Geer listen to in Beijing? If it was really a family garden of the Tian family, it would be apart from the stones. Wood, back paint, flowers and trees, Taihu stone, and even tent cloth and window screens are all large-scale transactions, so it’s fine to have everything next to it. Our cloth is all available. If we can share a small amount, we won’t say that if we make money, we may still If you can get online, hand in a few useful characters..."

Shen Rui had to accept Chen Lian's mind as a businessman. He thought that making money was not difficult, but he could think of making friends with several Tongtian figures from business to speaking for the Shen family's case!

But Xiyuan...? Shen Rui was puzzled and told Shou Ge about opening the Xiyuan ten days ago. Could it be that construction is about to start? But in all, the news did not reach the origin of this stone and wood so quickly. Unless the Shouning Hou Mansion originally had plans to build a villa.

But seeing that the winter months are about to begin, it is not a good time to break ground. In a few days, winter freezes. Not to mention that the materials cannot be transported from the canal, even the frozen ground is not easy to dig.

Or, where is the rumor that is released? What should I do?

Shen Rui couldn't touch his head for a moment and waved his hand and said, "I haven't gone out much these days, and I haven't heard this news. Don't be anxious. When I turn back, I'll ask someone to ask for a few."

After chatting all the way, I quickly returned to Chen Mansion. Everyone had met Xu and the third master and his wife, and were settled in the guest room on the West Road.

Although Chen Lian heard on the road that Brother Ling's wife was considered a daughter-in-law by Xu, she still felt embarrassed and uncomfortable when she saw He. At that time, he also acquiesced to remove Shen Ling from the clan. He even said that if Only when Shenzhu can he be at ease.

Human nature is inherently selfish, and Chen Lian is not a saint. But he is not a bad person. When facing his nephew widow who died unjustly because of his abandonment by his clan members, Chen Lian cannot be calm as usual.

He was only indifferent. In addition to waiting for Chen Quan to get closer, he waited for Chen Lian and even Chen Lin and other Shen clan members to be like passers-by.

Now for her, she will not let go of hatred, but she will not be obsessed with hatred. With a warm and prosperous nest like the second wife of the Shen family, she cherishes her blessings very much. She just wants to live well and bring Xiao Nan up.

Everyone settled down and washed and rested. Chen Lian and Chen Quan were invited to the inner study room to discuss with the third master and Shen Rui to deal with the He family affairs.

Chen is his own person, and Chen Lian is the case that directly implicates people, and they will be together. Shen Rui tells all the news about the He family he has received recently, and only hides his own understanding of Shou Ge and does not mention it, saying that the emperor is also asking Sun Taiye to do business. Something.

Chen Quanchen Lian was not surprised by the emperor's inquiry. Shen Rui's father-in-law Yang Tinghe was the imperial teacher, so it was normal for him to know some news.

Chen Quan was furious about the He family's behavior and scolded him shamelessly.

Chen Lian thought for a moment and said, "The He family planned to plot against the Shen family, and bribed the housekeeper around my elder brother. Now there is no need to talk about a gentleman with such villains. We also bribed their people to testify! Our family I also have business dealings with the He family. I also recognize a few of the He family's managers. A century-old tribe like the He family, a relative, a servant, a manager, and a mixed relationship. Maybe I followed the clan and found some evidence."

He paused, as if he remembered something, and slammed his palm, and felt more confident, he said, "Before we set off, I vaguely listened to the wind and said that the He family was secretly searching for several capable officials around He Nansheng. Since He Mian hit her head and died in the lobby, and several people He Nansheng were scared away. If there was no dirty thing, there would be no need to catch it."

Shen Rui nodded frequently, "I also think that He Mian has a gap. If you don't say anything, as long as you can get evidence, He Mian is instructed by He Nansheng, He Nansheng will not be able to escape the crime of framed a scholar. And since Shen Zhu is If you can take the He family members to rob and kill Chen Yu, the He family will never be innocent in Tongfan. If you can obtain this evidence, the entire He family will not be able to escape the national law. I have sent Changshou Kuaima to investigate. ”

He looked at Chen Lian and said, "It turned out that I wanted to ask Uncle Lian for help, but I didn't expect Uncle Fourth to come to Beijing. Then as Uncle Fourth said, I would like to ask Uncle Fourth to stay in Beijing for a few more days and explore the He family here. There are people with relatives in the south. This matter has been more than three months, and a lot of news should have been spread to Beijing."

Chen Lian hurriedly replied, "This matter is handed over to me, Brother Rui is so worried." He said, "Brother Rui has any inconvenient relationships, so you can leave it to me." He hesitated. After a while, he said: "This time, we have some contact with the Jinyiwei when we use troops in Taihu Lake. Since the He family has found a relationship with Dongchang, are we also..."

Mr. Chen San, who had been silent on the side, waved his hand and said, "It's not possible to make friends with Jinyiwei, but some of the children of honors and relatives can't avoid it. But if you make friends with Dongchang, you'll be in Shilin. There is no good reputation in the village.”

Shen Rui also said: "Uncle Lian Si only walks in normal business dealings. Now I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at us in the light and dark areas, so I can't be careless."

Chen Lian replied in a row, thinking that the situation in Beijing was even more tense than he expected, and he should be careful in his actions in the future.

Finally, the few people discussed the anniversary celebration of Chen Cang and then disbanded.

Chen Quan lived in Jiuruju with Shen Rui. After the two returned to the yard, they talked about the matters of Songjiang and the Five Houses in detail.

Songjiang's vitality was severely damaged after the Japanese riots. Although the streets have recovered a little, they are far from the prosperous appearance of the past.

"Fortunately, after the autumn begins, many cloth merchants from other places come to stock up on cloth, and the business of large and small weaving factories is still good." Chen Quan sighed, "After all, I have the capital to buy silk next year."

Shen Rui remembered what Shou Ge said to set Songjiang cotton cloth as a tribute, but the order was not issued. This matter was not accurate in the end, but the amount in advance still had to be prepared. Therefore, Xiang Chen Quan said: "If possible, next year It is easier to collect more raw silk and call silkworm farmers. In this catastrophe, I don’t know how many ordinary people have a difficult life. Our weaving factory can be expanded, so we can recruit more workers to help. And more. When I weave some cloth, I hear some news. There may be a big deal next year."

Chen Quan frowned and said, "You are trying to help the world with great success? The heart is a kind heart, but are we doing what we can do! This is not one or two households that are affected, how can we help? Could it be that you are thinking about it too Uncle Lian Si said about repairing the West Garden? This matter requires accurate information. Although it can be stored even if it is weaved too much cotton cloth, it is not as easy to break, but you also know that this cloth is put on. The color will not be bright after a long time. Once we give it at this price, we will lose money. And if we suffer from the tide in the warehouse..."

Shen Rui couldn't help but smile and said, "Third Brother, why are you doing business? Don't worry, it's not about Xiyuan, but that I did get some good news."

After thinking about it, he still revealed to Chen Quan: "This time, the inner official Zhang Yong went south and respected a lot of Songjiang cotton cloth into the palace. The emperor and the empress dowager were good at using it, saying that we wanted to define our Songjiang cotton cloth as a tribute. But the will has not been issued, I will talk to you first, so we can prepare in advance."

Chen Quan looked happy when he heard this, "If this matter really happened, but a great thing, Songjiang is famous all over the world, so how many cloths can't be sold! The disaster-stricken people can also recover. Eunuch Zhang Yong can It’s really a great thing for Songjiang!”

Speaking of Zhang Yong, Chen Quan praised again: "Even if there is no tribute, Eunuch Zhang Yong and Lord Wang Shouren are now living Bodhisattvas mentioned by the people of Songjiang. There is news that has been entered Beijing, you have heard of it. They set up several villages in Taihu Lake, rescued many people and sent them back to Songjiang. Many families reunited with their flesh and blood, and established tablets of immortality for the two adults!"
Chapter completed!