Five hundred and thirtieth chapters relatives (five)
Shen Yuan got off the carriage and looked at the white door, with a bit of nervousness on his face. Although it was a mistake and he was not sincere, but if he didn't use his status as an elder to force Shen Ling to return to his hometown, Shen Ling wouldn't be too young. He died suddenly and suddenly. Thinking of Xiao Nan who was learning to talk, and Xiao He who was about to become a widow at a young age, Shen Yuan actually felt a little sad.
The boy had already come forward to knock on the door. The one who opened the door was none other than Shen Rui who had ordered him to stay here to take care of Shen Ling's funeral and longevity.
Different from the excitement during the funeral in Wufang, Shen Ling was a member of the clan. A few days ago, the He family refused the clan leader's acceptance at the gate of the clan house. Many clan members still watched. Even if they occasionally came to pay their respects, most of them were A concubine of the same generation as Shen Ling came out. Among the female relatives, the patriarch's wife and the Guo family who were friendly to Shen Ling were all sick. Only Shen Jun's wife came over at the request of her husband, and no one else showed up.
"Young Master, Second Master!" Changshou was surprised to see Shen Yuan standing next to Shen Rui, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
Shen Yuan waved his hand and said, "How are Grandma Ling and Brother Xiaonan doing these days?"
Changshou bowed and replied: "Young Master Nan is fine. Grandma Ling was ill a few days ago, so she asked Dr. Zhang to come over and prescribe the prescription. Grandma Ling is quite stubborn, and she has been nursing for a few days, and she is getting better now." .But according to Dr. Zhang’s instructions, it will take three or two years to recover.”
Shen Yuan was a little confused when he heard it, and turned around and asked Shen Rui: "What is the disease? Why does it take so long for treatment?"
Shen Rui said: "In May, when Brother Ling's accident happened, Sister-in-law Ling was pregnant. Later, the baby was not saved. She had been staying in an inn before, which is not a place to recuperate."
Shen Yuan frowned, and his impression of the Songjiang people became even worse. Because of the ancestors of the Second Fang, the Second Fang had not had any contact with Songjiang for decades. Previously, because of Shen Rui, only the Fourth Fang had a bad impression, and he had no contact with the others. The clan master, the five families and his family are all good people. But they don’t know it until they have experienced it. Only after the incident did they realize how cold-blooded their clan members are.
Let’s not talk about others, just Shen Ling. Because she makes a small living, she has a tactful and worldly temperament, but she has always been kind to others. In addition to being distant and unwilling to get close to her aunt, Shen Ling is also able to help other clan members. Zebang. But what did he get in exchange for being kind to others? After he was framed innocently, his family members looked on coldly, he was removed from his life by his biological father, and his loving wife and weak son could only live in an inn, and finally died miserably in prison.
Fortunately, there is Shen Li, and the five brothers are all good, otherwise it would be fine if the clan members would not interact with each other. Shen Yuan cursed in his heart, and with his longevity, Shen Rui entered the courtyard.
Different from the five-room large funeral shed, because He had already made up his mind to send Shen Ling back to Jinling for burial after the lawsuit was completed, there was no funeral here. This courtyard was a temporary residence, and Shen Ling died unexpectedly. Shen Rui expressed that he wanted to transfer it to Brother Xiaonan, and He also decided to return the main body. Since there was no reason for the principal to be buried, he placed Shen Ling's remains in the north room.
Since Shen Yuan is here, he naturally wants to sacrifice to Shen Ling.
At this time, the He family had already received the news and knew that Shen Rui was bringing guests. If it were other clan members, there would be differences between men and women, and the He family would have to avoid a few taboos. However, Shen Rui was in trouble for him, so he didn't care. Who was the guest? For Shen Rui's sake, He personally came out to return the favor.
Unexpectedly, it was not someone else, but Shen Yuan.
Mrs. He stood at the second door holding the little maid, looking at Shen Yuan, she was stunned for a moment.
Shen Yuan also saw Mr. He. If it weren't for her naked body, she would almost not dare to recognize him. Mr. He has been married to Shen Ling for three years, but she is only in her twenties, but the woman in front of her is skinny and has a sallow complexion. She may be in her thirties. People believe.
He stopped and looked complicated.
Shen Yuan was already prepared to be complained, but then he saw He kneeling on his knees and choked up: "Second uncle, why are you here? Why are you here?" At the end of the sentence, it was already It was full of tears and sadness.
Shen Yuan felt very sad when he heard this, and personally helped Mr. He up, and said painfully: "Brother Ling is not sensible, how come you are not sensible anymore? Since you are facing a major matter of life and death, and you are angry with me when doing things, you can't send people away." Delivering letters from Jinling?"
He was crying sadly, but was stunned when he heard this, and raised his head with surprise on his face.
Shen Yuan noticed something was wrong and frowned: "What's the matter? Could it be that I sent someone to deliver a letter? Why haven't I received it? Is there any change in this? Which one was sent?"
He said with tears: "The magistrate's office was arresting people with great ferocity. My husband felt something was wrong and could not count on others, so he took the opportunity to ask me to send a letter to my second uncle for help. I was afraid that others would not do their best to delay the matter, so I wrote the letter. Ask Liang Ping to send him there. Liang Ping will come back in a month and says that his second uncle said that Songjiang is the foundation of the Shen family and that the prefect is just bluffing and will not really do anything to the Shen family..." At this point, his face turned pale and he gritted his teeth. : "Not long after that, Liang Ping asked to go out on the pretext of something going on at his uncle's house in Suzhou... I just thought he was looking for an excuse to leave because he saw that my husband was not good and was afraid of being dragged down. I didn't expect that he was actually in the middle! How could my husband be sorry for him? What did he do? Why do you want to harm your husband like this?"
This Liang Ping is Shen Ling's brother. She has been with him as a basic servant since she was a child. When she grew up, she became a long-term follower. She is the closest to him. Therefore, Mrs. He has never doubted Liang Ping. But it was this person that her husband trusted the most. He deceived himself and did not deliver the letter to Jinling at all; if someone else had delivered the letter, would Shen Yuan have been able to come over?
Mrs. He was filled with regret and looked in a daze. If she had discovered something was wrong with Liang Ping and sent someone to Nanjing, would her husband have been saved? She couldn't bear it for a moment, and her teeth clenched.
Shen Yuan was also very upset. He just felt that he didn't think well and didn't arrange the right people around Shen Ling.
Shen Rui is an outsider, and he can see clearly that the He family does not blame Shen Yuan, but he also knows that the second wife will be the one their orphans and widowed mothers can rely on in the future. When the father of the He family was in office, there was no reason for a married woman to flee thousands of miles away, and the Songjiang people also It's unreliable. Now that Liang Ping is the real culprit, it proves that Shen Yuan was indeed unaware before, and He can feel more at ease in the future.
Now that Shen Ling has gone, it's too late to say anything. Although Shen Yuan is the elder, he still went to the north room to pay tribute to Shen Ling. Although it was the hottest weather, there were several basins of ice in the north room, so people beat him when he came in. Chills.
Shen Yuan was middle-aged. Not counting his parents and elders in his early years, he only gave away two sons. Now looking at Shen Ling's body, he felt inexplicable in his heart. He was silent for a long time, not knowing what to think.
As Shen Rui came in, he was a young man after all, and he got used to it in a short time, but He standing next to her was trembling and her face was pale. She had suffered a miscarriage and was physically injured, and she had been keeping filial piety to her husband these days, so naturally Can't stand it.
When Shen Rui saw it, he stepped forward and whispered to Shen Yuan: "Second uncle, it's better to go out first."
Shen Yuan calmed down and saw that He was inappropriate. He nodded and turned around.
When the group came to the living room and the guests and hosts took their seats, He's face looked slightly better.
The imperial envoy has not yet tried the case, and it is not the time to seek justice for Shen Ling. The most important thing now is to care about the living people. Shen Rui originally thought that Shen Yuan had been talking about Brother Xiaonan all the way, and now he must see Brother Xiaonan first, but now But I didn’t even mention it.
Still here in the He family, even if they are proud, they are not ignorant of the world. Knowing that their son has lost his father, the only relatives the Shen family can rely on are the two uncles and nephews in front of them, so they asked the wet nurse to bring brother Xiao Nan up.
When Shen Ling's family returned to their hometown last year, Xiaonan's brother was less than one year old and looked like a plump and tender child. Now he is more than one year old. I don't know whether it is because he has been homeless in the past few months and has not been cared for, or because the child has had an abortion, his appearance has changed drastically. Shen Rui had never seen Shen Nan before and couldn't tell anything, but Shen Yuan remembered everything clearly, and immediately felt very distressed. He wished he could take over Xiao Nan from the wet nurse. Did he have any scruples? He only treated He Frowning, he said, "Brother Xiao Nan, how come you have lost so much weight? Rules are dead, people are alive. While he is still growing, you have to take care of your child. Don't stick to the rules."
When observing filial piety, you are not allowed to eat meat or fish, but neither Brother Xiaonan nor Mr. He looks weak. It is when replenishing the body that if you follow the rules, you will only damage the foundation.
Her husband died unjustly, and with only this little flesh and blood left, how could the He family know the importance? He glanced at Shen Rui with gratitude and said, "Second uncle, don't worry, my nephew and daughter-in-law don't dare not cherish themselves. I also want to thank you, second uncle Rui. A few days ago, Uncle Rui sent for bird's nests and Korean ginseng, which I have been using these days."
Uncle and sister-in-law are different. Shen Rui has been in the fifth room these days. It is not easy to stay here, but he did not just leave their mother and son here. Seeing that He's mother and son were both sick and weak, he asked Dr. Zhang to take a closer look at their mother and son. Yes, and they all have prescriptions for conditioning. These bird's nests and Korean ginseng are both good things for nourishing the body and replenishing qi. Only in the prosperous land of Songjiang can they be sold for money.
This was something Shen Rui had never mentioned before. Shen Yuan glanced at Shen Rui and was also pleased. Although he had been working abroad in the past few years, he could also see that Shen Rui's temperament was not one of taking care of others. Why should he take care of him like this? Mother and son also looked at his face. But the more thoughtful Shen Rui was, the more hesitant Shen Yuan became.
As early as after He gave birth to Brother Xiao Nan, Shen Yuan once again had the idea of having an heir. The reason why he sent Shen Ling back to Songjiang first was not only because he didn't want Shen Ling's reputation to be damaged, but also because he wanted to keep a distance to prevent him from raising an heir. Sanfang's "lion opened his mouth", even after knowing that Shen Ling passed away, this idea has not changed.
But until just now, when he stood in front of Shen Ling's corpse, Shen Yuan was afraid. Could it be that he was so stubborn that he lost one son after another? Not to mention his biological son, who was in his teens and had great fame and fame. It's gone, it's gone; there's Shen Jue, who was in his teens, and there was no reason why he couldn't support him, but he died in a cold weather; and Shen Ling, who had already married and had children, and was weak for her age. , he was doing well, but because he had the idea of adopting another child, he died suddenly within half a year.
There is no such coincidence. Even if she was imprisoned, Shen Jun and Shen Qi escaped, but Shen Ling was the only one who died?
Even though he is a disciple of a saint and a disciple of Confucianism, Shen Yuan can't help but have some thoughts of ghosts and gods? Could it be that God is really wise and cannot allow an unfilial and unjust person like him to have a son to die, so he arranged it like this?