With the "creaking" sound, several gatekeepers yawned and pushed open the city gate. Many carriages came from afar, and there were many horse-riding servants next to them.
The young soldier who was transferred from the house stood on the city wall, looked at the convoy not far away, and took a breath: "Mom, there are so many cars, this is the trip of Lord Fuzun.
Before he could speak, he was touched by his forehead, and a middle-aged soldier next to him said, "Don't ask Lord Hu's Mansion to come out. Even if he set up a full set of ceremonial guards, he didn't hear of using a carriage? He had a memory and was actually a joke. Looking at the situation, this is where the wealthy family in the city went on a long journey to follow these people.”
The young soldier rubbed his forehead and said, "Who is here? It's so loud, and there are about a dozen carriages..."
The middle-aged soldier looked carefully for a while and said, "It's not Shen on the left and right. He, Lu, and Xu's families, and others can't get these carriages together..."
After leaving the city gate, a group of carriages and servants walked west along the official road.
Half a mile behind them, followed a carriage, and a few strong men and servants were following them.
After a while, he quickly chased after him and rode his horse, and then he reached the front of the carriage and tied the reins.
The curtain of the car was lifted open, and it was no one else sitting inside. It was He Nansheng, the second master of He frowned and asked, "But find out clearly, where are the carriages and horses of the Shen family going?"
The visitor replied sideways: "I replied to the master. It was the eldest wife of the second wife of the Shen family who brought her nephews from each family back to Beijing. I heard that I should have gone to Suzhou first by boarding the ship from Suzhou."
"Suzhou..." He Nansheng nodded and ordered the coachman to continue following the front, then lowered the curtain, but was not in a hurry.
A few days ago, a wealthy merchant came to Shanxi and ordered a few ships of cloth. A few days later, he loaded the ship in Suzhou. Because it was his first transaction, he thought that he would be careful and thorough, so he planned to go to Suzhou in person. Unexpectedly, he had not left the city yet. When he saw the huge convoy of Shen's family, he was confused and asked someone to inquire about it.
The wife of the minister visited relatives, which was not a matter of the Shen family. In recent days, the wealthy families and urban secondary vocational officials paid more attention to the movements of the Shen family. Some officials and female family members also gave gifts and prayers.
Xu and the late Sun family had old age, and had personally visited the prefect's wife and other rumors spread. As for the second family's death and the return to choose a heir, the Shen family's rooms were full of controversy, and Songjiang families had it. information.
He Nansheng was not worried that Xu would cause trouble for the He family. The great master of the clan house protects the media, which made the He family marry the fourth wife of the Shen family. He could not say that he had given up all his past grudges, but also wiped out his old grudges. The wife of the minister turned on the past again, just It was a turbulent one. It not only made the He family face, but also slapped the Lord of the Zongfang and the fourth roommate Chen Juren in the face.
As expected, the wife of the Minister stayed in Songjiang Mansion for several days and did not mean to make up the accounts after the incident three years ago.
I just didn’t expect that the Minister of the Secretariat would bring so many people back to Beijing. Is he really going to choose a heir?
The He family and the Shen family are in Songjiang together and have been married for generations, so they know the origin of each house in the Shen family.
Like others, He Nansheng also thought of Chen Jue, frowned and let go.
Although Chen Jue is his nephew, he has never been close to the He family. Chen, who is closest to his uncle's family, is old and has already married and has children. He should not be the choice of heir.
When Shen Jue thought of Shen Rui, He Nansheng was stunned and picked up the curtain. The other person came and said, "Catch up with the convoy in front and ask, does the fourth room have children following him into Beijing? If so, ask which one is it?"
The knight promised and rode his horse.
He Nansheng lowered the curtain and touched his chin. Since the servant wife had an old age with Sun, she would not be able to make an excuse to remarry the juren. The legitimate son was expected to be chosen, so she chose Shen Rui as her heir?
In front of the convoy, there was a new carriage in the carriage. Chen Jue looked at the spacious carriage and touched it twice, saying: "The carriage of the third brother is so bright. In the past three days, my brother has come here to have sex with the third brother and Rui brother. ”
Suzhou Prefecture is 200 miles away from Songjiang, which is as fast as three days, and as slow as four or five days. Because Xu planned to arrive in Beijing before the end of the year, he arranged this trip according to the three-day journey, and then he opened the city gate. Out of the city.
Chen Quan smiled and said, "Didn't you ask Brother Rui for your blessing? When my second brother traveled to Jinling, my mother didn't say that he could get such a spacious and stable carriage."
Chen Jue knew that this was the carriage that Shen Rui had taken to school before, and he said on Shen Rui's shoulder: "Aunt Hong had loved her before, but now she has Aunt Cang again. Brother Rui is really lovely."
Seeing that he was sour again, Shen Rui rolled his eyes and refused to give him any concerns.
Guo and Xu treated him differently because of Sun. Like Guo, he regarded him as a parent-child, and was full of everything because he pity his mother and his biological father and grandmother could not count on him.
Chen Jue has both his own father and mother. Even if he likes him, he will not be able to take care of him by taking care of anything. This envy is vain.
Chen Jue just said casually, and then thought of something else: "Is the third room too hard to mobilize? The three cars were loaded with three cars, and there were more than a dozen servants who followed Zhu Jiuge into Beijing. I heard that two of them were in charge of the affairs. It was still a relative of the three wings. Fortunately, they all stayed, but they didn’t follow them, otherwise they would be too loud. It was true, but when they went out, they would have everything, including the book boy, the servant, the maid, and the mother-in-law. What a luxurious young man who is doing it.”
Shen Rui blushed when he heard this.
After the group arrived at the sect room in the morning, more than 20 or 30 cars were gathered in the sect room, and more than dozens of accompanying families arranged by each house were added.
When the clan leader saw it, he spoke to leave all the cars for the holiday gifts, and set off directly from Songjiang and entered Beijing by land. The children of each house only brought close service to the people, but after arriving in Suzhou, Xu wanted to enter Beijing by the end of the year. It is inconvenient to take the official boat to head north.
Everyone's attendance was reduced to one, and only Shen Rui was the only one who led five people except Zhao Qing stayed.
Shen Rui originally wanted to keep Liu Ya and his brothers, and let them go home for the New Year, and then follow the people from the clan to Beijing after the New Year, but the clan leader spoke, saying that he would take more than two more when he was young.
With Chen Jue here, why did Shen Rui feel embarrassed to say that he was young? But the clan leader spoke, and he was in front of the relatives of the clan again. Chen Juren responded, and Shen Rui had no choice but to accept the arrangement.
After Chen Jue finished speaking, he had reacted wrongly and hurriedly said to Shen Rui: "Hey, Brother Rui, I didn't say that you are young and cannot do without service. Brother Zhu Jiu is seventeen..."
Shen Rui gritted his teeth and said, "I am young? Brother Rui is still one day younger than me."
Speaking of this, Shen Rui looked at Chen Quan resentfully. Chen Quan brought a maid, but he only brought one person and another book boy with only two people in total.
Yesterday, Guo's attitude made Shen Rui think that Chen Quan would bring more people here, so he decided to bring Dongxi and Liuya with him without any burden. Fortunately, there was a wealthy three-bedroom house in front of him, otherwise Shen Rui was going to make a joke this morning.
Chen Quan reached out and touched Shen Rui's head, saying, "Brother Rui, don't be embarrassed, Brother Jue and I don't bring many people, there are people who will be used to the capital. If you bring less, you will use your relatives' home at that time. Can't you succeed?"
Shen Rui moved Chen Quan's arm away and said helplessly: "Third Brother, I'm not a child anymore..."
Thinking that Brother Chen Jue is also an official in Beijing and has a mansion in the capital, Shen Rui hesitated and asked, "Does Brother Jue stay in the Minister's Mansion when he is in Beijing or go to Brother Ji's house?
"Of course they all live," Chen Jue replied without hesitation: "Since I am following Uncle Cang to Beijing as a guest, I must stay in the Minister's Mansion for some time. But my elder brother and sister-in-law are here, so I can't live outside forever. I still have to Go back there... Brother Rui doesn't worry, you won't leave you. Then you will go with me..."
Speaking of this, Chen Jue excitedly said, "I don't think so. I'm talking about it. There are quite a few people in the villages in Beijing. Let's not talk about it. My elder brother is here, and the two brothers of the family are here, too. , the third house has a cloth shop in the capital city, it seems that the second brother Ling is in the capital, and the ninth house has a six-sect brother in the house."
Seeing that he started counting heads, Shen Rui remembered something and said curiously: "Did Brother Jue pass on the message to Uncle Cang on behalf of Chen? What did the Uncle say?"
When Chen Jue heard this, he looked a little strange.
Chen Quan was around and became curious: "What did Brother Chen let Brother Jue say?"
Shen Rui said that Chen Suoke's father and ancestor were buried in the second cemetery with the concubine's branch.
Chen Quan shook his head and said, "Even if the family tree has not been entered, I mentioned the ancestral graveyard? There is the destiny of the late second-housemaster, and it would be strange if the aunt answered him."
Chen Jue nodded: "I let Brother Quan talk, but the eldest uncle not only didn't respond, but also said." At this point, he wanted to speak but stopped.
"What's the matter?" Chen Quan asked.
Chen Jue sighed, "If someone arbitrarily pretends to be the descendant of the second house, the clan house will learn the lesson if he doesn't find out the lessons | The second house will come forward to punish him."
Not only did this not respond to Chen's request, but he did not even recognize the identity of the descendant of the second wife of the mother and son.
Thinking of Chen Yan and Chen brothers, there was a silence in the carriage.
Chen Jue muttered, "Aunt Cang is too unkind. Chen Yan, brothers Chen are descendants of the Shen family. Even if their ancestors are at fault, it will be a few generations apart. What's wrong with returning to the ancestral family?"
Shen Rui was silent for a while and said, "Human hearts are greedy, but their desires are hard to fill. My uncle's move is not to accumulate grudges, but to prevent the problem from escalating."
Chen Jue was still confused, Chen Quan had already thought of it and nodded and said, "It's because of this. If nothing happened to Brother Luo in the second house, Chen Yan and Chen Guizong might have some hope. Brother Luo is gone, Brother Luo is the second house. The blood is cut off. If you recognize this polite house, you will be afraid that you will not be able to explain it in the future."
"What's there to be something to say?" Chen Jue was still in a fog, and he felt that Chen Quan and Shen Rui had a deep meaning.
Chen Quan said: "Today, their brothers just want to return to the clan as a concubine. Tomorrow, they want to ask for the identity of a subordinate branch of the direct line. Tomorrow, they can claim to be the main branch of the second house."
"Ah?" Chen Jue said in surprise: "No, look, Chen Yan doesn't look like that shameless person?"
Chen Quan snorted lightly and said, "Don't Chen claim to be a legitimate descendant of the second family? If his parents and elders didn't say anything, how could he feel so? Chen Yan and him are brothers. Looking at the humble and respectful manners, who knows what they think in their hearts. I really thought. Brother Rui said it just right. People’s hearts are greedy and their desires are unsatisfactory..."