Four hundred and ninetieth chapters ulterior motives (a)
He Xisheng hurriedly said, "With the eldest sister here, what can my son do? Mom is going to die unjustly!"
Mrs. He's expression not only did not relax, but instead became even more tense: "There is no better mother than her son. Don't think about fooling me again. With your strong temper, if you were not guilty, how could you not even open the price? Just agree to Shen. Family alliance. I have told you before, don’t be too stubborn in everything, and don’t be too calculating. Tell me quickly, or do you intend to make people worry so much?"
He Xisheng stopped quibbling, his face turned gray, and he knelt honestly on the ground: "It's all his son's short-sighted eyes, and he just thought that this was a disaster for the Shen family and an opportunity for the He family. He heard that Chen Qi, a wife and children from the fifth house of the Shen family, were on his way back to Ning. He was kidnapped and then took the blame and instructed someone to sue Chen Qi, the fifth wife of the Shen family, as a concubine, and colluded with Japanese pirates..." Before he finished speaking, Mrs. He's slap was already gone.
"This is called taking advantage of others? This is false accusation. What's the difference between killing someone?" Old Mrs. He trembled in anger: "Is it because someone is suffering again, are you still human?"
Old Mrs. He is a middle-aged widow, and has raised several sons. She is strong-willed and likes women who are cheerful. This is the wife of the fifth wife of the Shen family, Guo, has a weak husband. After marrying, she will support the house and educate her for a few. Son, Mrs. He always praises her sincerely every time she sees her. That is a good family, which brings blessings to her descendants. Unexpectedly, her son is so cruel that he actually used this kind of thing for the dispute over the surname Songjiang. Use cruel means.
"It's all the old woman's fault!" Old Mrs. He couldn't help but burst into tears: "It's the old woman who told you to be ambitious as a child. Don't be bullied. If you can compete for the first place in everything, don't be the second place. It's just that you're not taught. It's heart-to-heart!"
Old Mrs. He was crying sadly. He Xisheng was afraid that the old man would be angry at all, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Mom, my son has known his mistake, and he will never dare to do it again."
At this point, Old Mrs. He touched the Buddhist beads in her hand and choked and said, "Look, the top scholar is not a good idea? In the Shen family in Songjiang, the fifth house is not visible, but the eldest son of the fifth house is a Beijing official. If it is transmitted to In his ears, it is a matter of never ending. You are not seeking money, you are seeking death!"
He Xisheng's heart trembled and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, mom, I told the man that he had received the silver reward and was drunk and lost in the river within a few days."
Old Mrs. He paused her hands counting the Buddhist books, and after a while, she knelt down at the Buddha statue, closed her eyes and said, "Another sin is added. The Buddha is here. If you have any retribution, you will report to me. I have not taught my son well. Let’s be with the old woman.”
Since He Xisheng was a filial son, he could not hear this. He hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Buddha, the words just now are not counted. I ask the Buddha to bless my mother for a long life. I will definitely build a road and build a bridge to redeem my sins."
When Mrs. He faced the Buddha statue, she never looked at her son again, but only turned the rosary and her lips moved slightly.
He Xisheng dared not irritate the old lady anymore, and continued to worry with some concern.
After the matter was finished, He Xisheng did not regret it. He was just a little nervous and worried that the Shen family had many backers and was freed from crime at will, so he also pulled the fifth house of the Shen family into the water. He did not really hope that the Shen family would be searched and exterminated, but wanted to In this way, the Shen family's vitality was greatly damaged. Even if he escaped, the Shen family's children who had been in office would be stained, so as not to go hand in hand in hand in hand in the future and make the He family go further and further away. He told his mother that he had short-sighted eyes, but In fact, what he saw was not the fertile fields and shops in Songjiang, but the situation of Chen He and the two families ten or twenty years later, and they were preparing for the future just in case.
But the Shen family has never fallen out of the past century. Even if it falls out this time, as long as there is seeds of study, it will make a comeback. In contrast, can the He family really withstand the revenge of the Shen family after knowing the truth?
He Xisheng himself was unsure, and the more regretful he felt.
*
The He family's clan house is an old house, the main house.
He changed out of his big clothes and put on a pair of old-fashioned trousers. A mother next to him stood and replied: "Madam, this morning, the old slave took a carriage to the inn to pick up Ling's second grandma and her son, and Ke Ling's second grandma guest
I’m polite and just say that I’ll let the old slave metabolize his wife. In order to avoid suspicion, I just came to disturb the wife.”
He was already upset about his parents' affairs. After hearing this, he couldn't help but get upset. He put down the tea bowl heavily and said, "Look, this is my fault! Who would beg her to come here? It's the little girl.
If you come out, you are not afraid of showing up in the inn all day, so just follow her!"
The mother hesitated and said, "Since the master ordered someone to be picked up, where is the master?"
He sneered: "I'm not going to pick it up, and I'm not coming, and I'm still blamed me? I'm just asking outsiders to judge the matter, and there is no aunt from the clan who is rushing to come to the family of the clan's niece-wife. She is not ungrateful and does not care about the clan.
If you want to protect the house, let her stay outside..."
As he was talking, Shen Hai lifted the curtain and came in. After listening to the ending sound, he said, "What are you going to do?"
The mother who replied, hurriedly stepped back, and He stood up and said, "It's not Brother Ling's daughter-in-law yet. It's probably because we're too late to pick up people and refuse to come."
Shen Hai frowned and said, "There is no movement in the third room yet?"
He sneered, "For more than half a month, can the master see the third room show up? There was something that had been heard before, saying that the third room was going to Guangzhou Prefecture to see the shop. If I guessed correctly, I would probably have left.
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Shen Hai couldn't help but be stunned: "How could it be? Songjiang is the foundation. Although the third house lost some money before, there was still a village and shop left?"
"If something happens, you won't lose anything with the house deed or land deed; if something happens, you will lose the shop, and you will still be there. After all, you are a businessman, and this shrewdness is beyond the reach of other houses." He Shi is now
These days, my husband belittled his parents' home and felt angry. He caught the Shen family's words and could not stop it: "But he was a little cruel. Brother Ling was in the shop when he was in his teens, making a cow and a horse.
After more than ten years, I gave up just because I didn’t care about my love at all…”
Shen Hai was upset by the nagging and stood up and said, "Okay, what nonsense? Maybe it's just that the third room is timid and just hides at home and doesn't go out. I have something to do in front of him to find Shen Li, you can rest early..."
Right, the steps are gone in a hurry.
He looked at her husband's back and sneered, with contempt in her eyes, and said that the third wife was timid, and she was also a timid person. She had relied on her old father before, but later on her eldest son. She was actually an indecisive and cowardly.
It’s not that the second son and eldest grandson are involved, maybe he will be the first one to run away.
Shen Hai hurried to the front yard, but did not go to the living yard, but went to the study.
On the desk, there was an article made by Changsun, and the folding fan that was taken by the official officer at the sunset. Shen Hai rubbed it and sighed, adding a little bit of worry.
Before, the good mood of hearing about the alliance between Shen He and his family was gone. Shen Hai was not an idea. Before, Shen Li felt at ease. After hearing his wife's words, he felt that the three families went south and had a premonition that the danger was coming.
Being more sensitive may be the right choice. But he is the leader of a clan and his children and grandchildren are involved. He cannot be as casual as the third family, and can only continue to worry about being afraid.
Thinking of this, Chen Hai sighed heavily again.
*
In the guest room, Chen Li and Shen Rui sat opposite each other across the table. Chen Li held a book of accounts, looked through a few pages, and handed them to Shen Rui.
Shen Rui took it and looked at it. The above records are detailed, such as how much is the cash collection in a certain year and month, such as how much is the blackmail victim in a certain year and month, such as the gifts of the star-loving family, etc. There are many types.
Some of them can be proved, while others are evidence of corruption and bribery. According to the "Ming Dynasty Law", not only can the official position be saved, but their lives may not be preserved. This is nothing else, it is He Beisheng who speaks to his brother to improve his words. The secret account that chips gave Shen Rui a sigh of relief. But he didn't expect that He Xisheng, who had always been smart, did not use this to negotiate terms with the Shen family, but gave Shen a happy gift.
Shen Rui closed the account book, and saw Chen Li hesitating, and said, "Is Brother Six thinking about He Xisheng's intention?"
Chen Li snorted coldly, "What else can I do? I just want the Shen family to take the lead. I knocked down Zhao Xianzhong and the He family and removed the threat; if I can't knock down Zhao Xianzhong, I won't do the He family's affairs. At this time, I was still full of calculating, and the He family was just like this. What I was thinking about was a little confused about how to use this account book."
Since Chen Li passed the imperial examination, he went out, either studying or being an official in Beijing. This was the first time he had dealt with He Xisheng; Shen Rui had seen He Xisheng's methods, he was really a gentleman in front of others, and he had a lot of tricks behind others. After one link, calculating Sun's dowry industry is the first, and calculating the property of three houses is the second, all behind the scenes planning, not at all. Shen Rui did not dare to underestimate He Xisheng at all, and looked at the account book in his hand if there was So thought, said: "Since Mr. He Er has already had a backup plan and asked someone to stare at the prefect's office. I guess he has some understanding of the affairs of several clan brothers, but today I don't mention it at all. What's the reason?"
Compared with providing evidence of Zhao Xianzhong's corruption, isn't it better to provide information about the Shen family's children in prison? How could He Xisheng forget about such a good behavior without any effort?
When Shen Rui thought of a possibility, he couldn't help but tighten his hand holding the account book.
Shen Ling's charge was bitten by the owners of the victim shop after the Japanese pirates landed; Chen Jun and Chen Qi were charged with arresting people after they left the head. After all, the charges of these two people were too much. It is far-fetched and there is no real evidence of making friends with Japanese pirates. It is not like Shen Ling who has indeed entertained two Fujian businessmen and is suspected.
It was just the two of them. Because the yamen was hiding it tightly, the Shen family did not find out who it was. Previously, because they suspected that there was an insider in the Shen family, they all focused on the "insider" and just thought it was He deliberately leaked the news about the old house of the clan, so that the prefect has an excuse to arrange for people to come out and arrest people.
Now that Zhao Xianzhong is not like a brave man, he obviously forged evidence like that, and he will not do anything that cannot stand the scrutiny. In this way, someone really went to the yamen to sue Chen Jun and Chen Qi The person.
Chen Zhu was already scared and said everything he could, obviously he didn't know about this.
But there are really one or two villains who are not afraid of the majesty of the prefecture, dare to take the initiative to go to the Shen family, the surname Shou of Songjiang. They are also familiar with the inside story of the Shen family. It seems that there is someone who can arrange someone to do this. .