Four hundred and twentieth chapters do not wait for me (three)
The person who spoke at the door was not someone else, but a look of dust on his face. He frowned, with a bit of aura without anger, and had no usual kindness.
"Brother-in-law..." Master Qiao San showed surprise: "You are finally back..."
Chen Zhou nodded to Master Qiao San and stepped into the house, but did not greet his brother-in-law first, but looked at Shen Rui: "Brother Rui, tell me what the situation is going on in the family these days?"
He didn't even care about washing up, so why didn't he hurry to see Chen Cang?
Shen Rui thoughtfully and said, "Did you go to the main courtyard?"
Chen Zhou nodded and said, "The master is asleep. Seeing that the eldest lady is so haggard, I have no time to ask the details, so I came over to ask you..."
Shen Rui did not answer immediately, and glanced at Master Qiao San next to him. Although Chen Cang's condition is not a secret, there is no need to publicize it to everyone. Even if he is sick, Chen Cang can still act as a deterrent. ;The only thing about "the world is cold and cold", Chen Zun couldn't feel it for a while. The reason is that Chen Cang's condition is not very clear outside, and everyone still thinks that he can recover from the illness, and no one dares to step on the Shen family.
Master Qiao San reacted and his face turned dark immediately.
Chen Zhou followed Shen Rui's gaze, frowned, and said, "I am very grateful for your visit in and out of relatives, but it's not my turn to interfere in how my elder brother acts."
Only then did Mr. Qiao San realize that Chen Zhou heard his words right away, and was scolded like this, his face turned red. He was originally the closest brother-in-law to his closest brother-in-law, but now he sees his cold expression, Qiao San The master is both ashamed and annoyed, so how can he stay?
"Hmph, I'm troublesome. I thought it was my close relatives who had to worry about it, but I didn't expect that I would say goodbye to myself." Master Qiao San gasped and shook his sleeves and left.
Chen Zhou had a cold face and did not speak to keep anyone. Seeing Chen Zhou's reaction, Shen Rui also stopped at his feet and called a manager to follow him to see him off.
If it were a clear family, how could they be confident when facing Shen Rui after knowing what Qiao had done? Master Qiao San just whispered to the elders for a while. I wonder if he didn't take Shen Rui seriously or if he really forgot about it. No, Shen Rui and the Qiao family are not close, but they still have a grudge when they are discussed in detail. Not to mention the sesame and millet decades ago, just saying that the Qiao family harmed Shen Rui, even if Shen Rui is open-minded, he will not be able to do so. Forgot so quickly.
But the Qiao family seemed to have nothing to do about this, and they still went to the Shangshu Mansion. For the sake of the elders, Shen Rui could only deal with it perfunctorily.
Chenzhou had already sat down, and a servant brought tea to him. He picked it up and ate it for a few bites, his voice a little astringent: "What the hell do doctors say? Can it be..."
Shen Rui sighed and said, "The doctor said, "The year is over, but since he came back from Xishan, his father has been unable to eat. He can only take medicine and soup and water these days. After eating Yufan, he will suffer from stomach pain and vomiting. Even if it is soup, he will be soup. Soup, only half a bowl per meal, so in the past..."
Chen Cang was already sick, his body was already full of holes, and now he couldn't even replenish it, so his body naturally became weaker and weaker. From the time he was sick to recuperate, in just one and a half months, Chen Cang lost more than ten pounds. He was She is thin now, now she looks skinny and bone-skinned, her eyes are sunken, her cheekbones are protruding, and she suddenly becomes a teenager and looks like an old man in his seventies.
When Chen Zhou just went to the main courtyard, although Chen Cang was asleep, he had also read it in front of the bed. After hearing Shen Rui's words, he felt heartbroken and his face turned pale.
At this time, I heard a messy footsteps outside. It was Master San who got the news and pushed the door open and came in.
The moment he saw Chenzhou, the third master could not hide his excitement: "Second brother, you are finally back."
He is not good at it himself. Shen Rui is here, and even if he is old, he is still a child. These days, when the third master is worried about his brother, he is also secretly anxious. Now that he sees his second brother, he seems to have a backbone.
Chen Zhou saw that his younger brother's face was dark and purple, and he said, "I heard from my sister-in-law that you have taken care of Brother Rui in these days, but you should also cherish your health. Don't let your brother take another responsibility for you. Heart"
The third master nodded quickly and said with shame: "I know, don't worry, second brother, when is this? I dare not be willful. My sister-in-law deliberately praised me, but I just followed Brother Rui'er to click a harsh person to serve the disease. It was the matter that my sister-in-law brought Brother Rui and Sister Yu..."
Chen Zhou looked at Shen Rui and felt a little nervous. He didn't know how much his brother and sister-in-law told Shen Rui, but Chen Zhou went to Songjiang not long after Shen Rui entered Beijing; when he came back from Songjiang, there were no two Yue Wai released the capital again. In addition, when Chen Zhou was in Beijing, he was still an official, so he had to go to the yamen every day. The uncle and nephew did not get along much. But from Shen Rui's respect and politeness to him, he was the same as the third master. There was no difference in attitude, so Chen Zhou also felt relieved. In his opinion, even if his brother and sister-in-law mentioned old things to Shen Rui, they would not say it carefully. Otherwise, if the young man was impulsive, how could Shen Rui be as calm as a wave?
But last year, Qiao went crazy and wanted to strangle Shen Rui to death, which was to reveal the scandal of that year. Thinking that his elder brother refused his proposal for "Cardiocrity" in his letter to the family, Chen Zhou knew that this was in Shen. Rui spread out and said.
When Chen Zhou thought of this, he didn't dare to look at Shen Rui directly, but he was calculating in his heart and couldn't help but pay attention to Shen Rui's reaction.
Compared with three years ago, Shen Rui was half a head taller, wearing a Confucian uniform, with a tender face off her face and a gentle and elegant body. Chen Zhou could not tell the others, but when Shen Rui faced him calmly, he looked on his face He didn't show any resentment, but he still breathed a sigh of relief.
The third master reacted wrongly and said, "Second brother, why did you bring two people back? Where are the luggage entourage? Also, Shen Ling and his wife and Lin Geer, didn't they come to Beijing with their second brother this time?"
Chen Zhou said: "I came back in a hurry when I went north. Brother Ling'er's little brother was still young, so I asked Brother Lin to send their mother and son back to Songjiang first... Qu, Qin and the other two men took their bulky luggage on the water. As for the days, I should get off the boat in Shandong. It will take about half a month before I can arrive in Beijing... Brother Ling followed me north and took my luggage to Fangshan. I was worried that my family would go into the city first..."
The third master knew what the eldest brother had arranged for the second brother. He heard it and felt troublesome: "I divided several places and made such a struggle, it would be better to stay in Nanjing. It's cheaper to do it. Anyway, my second brother has to go to Nanjing..."
When Chen Zhou heard this, he frowned and said, "What are the arrangements for brother?"
The third master said in surprise: "The second brother doesn't know?"
Chen Zhou said: "I received a letter from my elder brother before the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the letter, I just mentioned that I wanted me to go to Nanjing, but I didn't say anything else..." Speaking of this, I shook my head and said: "How can I do this in my family now? Let’s go? Even if I only have a doctor in the six ministries, I will stay in Beijing..."
Nowadays, Beijing officials are precious, and foreign officials are transferred to Beijing officials. There are many people who are demoted to one level and have a shortage of slack.
After hearing this, the third master waved his hand and said, "It's okay to talk about it here. In front of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, the second brother must not say that... Although it is short of Nanjing, it is the Imperial College Priest and one of the little nine ministers. For this lack, Mr. He took the initiative to let go and avoid it. Even if the second brother wants to let go, the eldest brother will not allow it..."
Although the third master was on the road these days, because most of the people who moved in were official offices, he also read the imperial court newspaper and knew about the matter of Mr. He's release. Thinking about Mr. He's qualifications and the Hanlin Academy were full of talents, Chen Zhou understood Mr. He was released to upgrade and get a seniority. In addition, Mr. He went to Hangzhou, a prosperous place in the world, and Chenzhou was also happy for his colleagues and in-laws. But he didn't expect that there was such a connection between them.
"What's going on? Does Mr. He also want to seek a shortage of sacrificial wine?" Chen Zhou asked hurriedly.
The third master nodded and said, "Yes. It was said by the cultivator. Although the Imperial College Priest was the little Jiuqing, it was like the big Jiuqing and needed the court. The candidate was the second. Brother and Mr. He. Mr. He didn’t know about it before, but after knowing about this, he took the initiative to plan for other things to release him and set off for half a month...
When Chen Zhou heard this, he was confused, as if he was asking the third master, and as if he was talking to himself: "It's now, why should I let me leave the capital?"
The third master said, "What else can it be? Of course, it is easy for the second brother to go out and return to Beijing to be difficult. He also comes from the fourth rank. He is better at priests at the Imperial College than to be in the local auxiliary position... In addition, there is a shortage of priests in the Imperial College in Beijing, and priests in Nanjing are one of the candidates... Even if you don't want to be transferred to the Imperial College, after a few years, you will have enough seniority and it will be much easier to turn to the other little Jiuqing yamen in the capital to take the seal... ...If it weren't for this, my elder brother wouldn't have owed Mr. He a favor than to avoid it."
At the end of the day, the third master looked dim.
The elder brother is like a father and the elder sister-in-law is like a mother. The best interpretation is in the Shen family. In this world, the elder brother and sister-in-law are the elder brother and sister-in-law.
Chen Zhou struggled with a look of emotion, and after a while, he said, "I never thought about leaving Beijing..."
The third master glanced at Chen Zhou and did not answer the conversation.
If Chen Cang left, Shen Rui had not yet grown up. In the next ten or twenty years, Chenzhou would have to protect the Shen family. The third master was not a fool, and his innocence was because his brother and sister-in-law were well protected. He has matured a lot in the past six months. He can not only understand the painstaking efforts of his elder brother in this arrangement, but also understand his second brother's unwillingness to let go at this time.
The third master sighed in his heart and said, "Looking at the second brother, I haven't washed up yet, so I'd better go back and wash up first... When the eldest brother wakes up later, he will definitely talk to the second brother..."
Chen Zhou nodded, remembering his first wife who was "restoring" in the Southwest Hospital, he looked at Shen Rui, and hesitated and said, "Brother Rui, your second aunt is a confused person. I have wronged you, it's your second uncle who is sorry for you. …”
Seeing that Chenzhou had something to say, Shen Rui had no intention of quarrel with him and said, "You are polite, my second aunt is just 'sick, so where would my nephew care about it?"
He is indeed sick, mental illness and stroke, Qiao is not only bad at taking advantage of his life, but also unable to take care of himself.