Four hundred and ninetieth eight chapters with ulterior motives (three)
At Songjiang Wharf, Manager Zhou, who was arranged by Chen Li, did not hear the news that the imperial envoy was coming, but instead received Chen Jin and Chen Hong and his wife.
Manager Zhou was surprised to see Chen Jin appear; when he saw Chen Hong and his wife, he realized that something was wrong. It was really like Chen Hong's face and his breath was as angry as a fancy, and the doctor who accompanied him was also solemn, and the atmosphere was really wrong.
Manager Zhou was only responsible for inquiring about the information from the imperial envoy, so he naturally rode an inconspicuous green cloth carriage. Therefore, while sending people to the city to deliver letters, he rented two carriages from a car dealer near the dock.
Chen Jin and Guo helped Chen Hong onto the carriage in front. Guo immediately went up to take care of him. Chen Jin sat on the carriage behind him alone, thinking about the traces of smoke and fire on the dock, and the bustling and deserted dock that used to be bustling and now deserted. The city is feeling heavier.
The more severe the person involved was burned and robbed, the more serious the person involved was charged. As a prefect of the local prefect, Zhao Xianzhong was responsible for defending his territory. If such a big thing happened, it would be difficult to pursue the future. However, if someone colluded with bandits under his rule, he would only be "invisible" "The crime of being demoted to the level of the official position, and finding a chance to recover. In this way, he naturally would bite the Shen family to the death.
If it were the past, if the lawsuit was delayed, there would be a turnaround in the future, but now Chen Hong is dragging her sick back home, can she really survive? Chen Jin really dare not think about it.
Before Shen Jin and his party arrived at the door of the car, Chen Li and Shen Rui had already received the news. Knowing that Chen Hong and Chen Jin were back, the clan brothers hurried out and happened to meet Chen Hai.
Now it is the time when the Shen family is in danger. Chen Hai is willing to return more and more. With a strong momentum, he heard that Chen Hong and his wife and Chen Jin are back, so they don’t care about their elders and inferiority. They personally care about Chen Rui. Shen Rui goes out. He welcomed him and ordered someone to send a message to He family in the back house, and asked He family to prepare a table to wash everyone.
If it were the former Chen Hong and his wife, they would not be considered in He's eyes. After all, one was a sick man and the other was a shrew from a small family. But now Chen Hong and his wife have taught him a good son who can be used to give to Guo. He also asked for an imperial edict, but it was not that He was very negligent. Besides, there is Chen Jin, the newly released top scholar in the current academic year. This is the first time that the leader of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has returned to his hometown. He naturally also wants to express his kindness and goodwill of the clan's house. Close.
Speaking of which, outside the city gate, the carriage did not enter the city immediately. Although he was not energetic, Chen Hong still asked someone to stop the carriage and looked at the city wall with obvious signs of smoke and fire. The key that Chen Jin could think of was that they and their husbands were Of course, I could think that my concern for the second son was even better.
At this moment, Chen Hai, Chen Li and others arrived.
Chen Hong and his wife were very surprised when they saw Chen Hai. Chen Hong wanted to get out of the car to greet him, but Chen Hai held him down: "It's not an outsider, why are you polite? You're tired of it, it's not too late to talk to you when you take a break."
It sounds nice, but Chen Hai was surprised. He was looking forward to the return of the Shen family, but he didn't expect to see such a clan brother. This... this is not what I came back to help, it would be nice not to cause trouble here.
Guo is the sister-in-law of the clan, so he said hello and passed by. When he arrived at Chen Jin, Chen Hai was very enthusiastic. He even praised him for several times, making Chen Jin shy. After all, Chen was in front of him. He really cannot be praised by the Shen family for being the best of Zhong Ling.
Chen Li and Shen Rui also saw that Chen Hong was in poor health. They knew that they did not return to the capital after getting off the ship in Tianjin. After resting for two days, they hired the ship to go south. The two brothers did not take off their anger as Chen Jin was worried. .
It is pitiful to the parents in the world. Chen Qi doesn’t know how to live or die. It’s also a loving heart for the couple. Besides, Chen Jin is here at the age of age. Apart from serving and taking care of the two elders, he cannot be the master of the two elders.
But Chen Jin could not be the master of Chen Hong, but Guo could be the master of her husband. Chen Hong's physical condition was so bad that Guo did not stop the boat and rest on the road, but came directly to Songjiang, which showed that Chen Hong's The body is extremely dangerous.
Shen Rui was in a very heavy mood. While Chen Li was talking to Chen Hong and his wife, he glanced at Dr. Xiao Zhang. He saw Dr. Xiao Zhang shook his head gently, with a little regret on his face.
Guo got off the carriage and didn't see Chen Quan. After Chen Li asked in advance, he said, "Why didn't you see Brother Quan?"
Chen Li talked about the relationship between Jiangsu academician and himself, and told Chen Quan about the matter of recruiting people to Jiangsu academician and political institutions.
Guo couldn't help but look grateful: "Thanks for your trouble."
Even if the prefect of Songjiang detaining juren is indeed unruly, if it were not for the use of mediocre favors, Jiangsu academicians might not have been flooded with this muddy water.
Seeing that Chen Hong was not in good spirits, Chen Li asked Guo to get on the bus after asking.
Chen Hai also said warmly: "There is already a table at home to welcome you."
Guo looked at her husband who was resting with his eyes closed and said, "I shouldn't have refused to give up when I invite you, but our master is really tired. In addition, my brother's wife is really worried about going home, so it's not like Brother Qi's daughter-in-law and the children. I was frightened and frightened, and I went to my uncle's house to bother me one day."
When Chen Hai heard this, he was stunned and looked at Chen Hong and his wife in confusion. Seeing that the couple looked like they were not fake, he wanted to say something but stopped and looked at Chen Li.
Chen Li said, "Let Brother Jin go back with Uncle Hai first, and Brother Rui and I will send my uncle and uncle back to the fifth room to settle down first."
Chen Hong looked dying, and Chen Hai did not dare to force him to invite him back. In addition, he didn't know how to talk about Chen Qi's wife and children with his wife, so he called Chen Jin to get on his carriage, and his uncle and nephew were together. Go back to the clan room.
Although Chen Jin was more willing to work with Chen Li and Shen Rui, since Chen Li and Chen Hai both spoke, it was difficult to refuse, so he left with Chen Hai. However, he also noticed the change in Chen Hai's attitude, from the initial heat He became "fleeing in panic", as if starting from Guo's mention of his daughter-in-law and grandchildren, and couldn't help but worry: "Uncle Hai, is there any other changes in the fifth house?"
At this moment, Chen Jin was thinking that "the husband and wife are birds in the same forest, and they fly away from each other when the disaster is coming." He was worried that Chen Qi's wife was afraid of being implicated by her husband and left her children to return home. After all, this kind of thing is heard from time to time. But if If that is true, it would be a worse matter for the fifth house. Moreover, there is a pair of young children, which is the age when parents need to take care of them.
Chen Hai touched his beard and sighed: "This time the Shen clan suffered the most accidents in the fifth family." After that, Chen Qi's wife and children were robbed, and Chen Qi was falsely accused of this.
Chen Jin has always been mature, and his expression has changed drastically: "Have you found your second sister-in-law Qi and the children?"
Chen Hai shook his head and sighed, "If I find it back, I won't worry anymore. Who would have thought that your uncle and aunt would come back at this time? I don't know how your brother of the sixth clan said."
Chen Jin's heart also hangs. He served Chen Hong and his wife all the way south, knowing the true condition of Chen Hong's body, but how could he bear such news?
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As Chen Jin was taken to the old house of the clan by Chen Hai, he was treated kindly by He, and Chen Li, Shen Rui also sent Chen Hong and his wife back to the fifth room.
Because Chen Quan came back before, the house of Wufang had been cleaned and the tide was released, Chen Hong was sent directly to the upper room. From the lower wharf to the city, it was already exhausted for Chen Hong. Although I was determined to ask a few more questions about the second son, I couldn't stand my mental inadequacies and fell asleep in a drowsy way.
Guo changed into big clothes outside, washed them briefly, and came out of the small hall.
Seeing that there was only Shen Rui in the hall, Shen Rui was there, and there were two housekeepers who had to use here, and there was no one else, Guo couldn't help but worry and asked the housekeeper, "Where is the second grandma Qi? But she was unhappy, why didn't she see her brother? Sister?"
The housekeeper was embarrassed and did not answer immediately.
Guo realized something was wrong, and saw that the butler looked at the maid beside her and stopped, so he sent the maid down. She did not think about her daughter-in-law returning to her parents' home like Chen Jin. After all, that was chosen by her personally. The daughter-in-law has a deep affection with her son and has a pair of children. She is afraid that her daughter-in-law will be weak for a while and finds her shortcomings. It can be seen that the housekeeper is wearing a blue shirt and there is no white everywhere, so she lets go of her heart.
The housekeeper then told the story of the kidnapped by the second grandmother Qi and the children. Although everyone outside should know this, Chen Qi was worried that his wife would be difficult to come back in the future, and his words to the outside world were still the return of his wife and children. Therefore, most of the servants at home were In this way, the butler didn't know how the bad gambling man who went to the yamen to report to Chen Qi and discovered the accident in the fifth room.
Guo's face turned pale and his teeth were chewed: "Second Master has accepted the blackmail letter, can he send it out the money?"
Guo was angry, not because he felt sorry for money, but because he didn't expect someone to throw his ideas on women and children. Chen Qi's wife is a young woman who walks around the hands of a kidnapper. What would the world think about it? Even the spit-shot stars can drown people. .
The housekeeper nodded and said, "Since the safety of the second grandma and brother and sister, the second master naturally did not dare to stingy with the money. According to what the letter said, he took 50,000 taels of silver, and transferred it from the money shop to 5,000 taels of gold, and sent it to the letter in person. The designated location of the kidnappers do not want to speak without trust, and there will be no movement after that."
The fact that Chen Qi personally gave the ransom became one of the evidence of "transmitting the Japanese" in the confession of the bad gambling monster.
Guo has always been strong, but now he looks at Shen Li and can't help but look begging.
Chen Li didn't wait for her to speak, and said, "Don't worry, aunt, my nephew has asked someone to inquire about my brother's wife and nephews."
Guo nodded gratefully: "Now my aunt can only trust you with shame. Your uncle dares not let him know about this." At this point, he ordered the housekeeper to continue to banish his words, externally and internally. Continue the remarks that the second grandma Qi brought her children back to Ning.
The butler responded quickly and went down to tell everyone not to mention it.
Seeing that Guo was worried about his children and grandchildren, and there was no one else in the house, Chen Li and Shen Rui looked at each other and told him about his previous guess. Guo was different from other women in the inner house. He has always been the head of the fifth house, and the other party is Chen Ying, who was about to plot against the fifth house, naturally did not hide the truth from Guo's family.
Guo's eyes were red when he heard it. On the one hand, he felt a little relieved about the news of his daughter-in-law's grandson's safety, but more of it was boundless anger. She was originally a little depressed before, thinking that her husband and wife had never done anything bad in their lives. When Mr. Lin encounters such a disaster, God is really blind. He didn't expect that it was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster. He was just because he was bewitched by villains and was facing the danger of his family being destroyed. How can he not be angry?