The five hundred and thirtieth chapters gradually grow into a rift (2)
The ancestral room of the Shen family, front hall.
Because there was a funeral for Wu Fang, the banquet was served on a plain table.
When he came up from the table, he saw that Shen Yuan was quite gentle and Shen Li was still lukewarm. Shen Hai felt his chest was congested and couldn't help but sigh: "I know it's my incompetence that makes others look down on the Shen family. Not to mention the white-eyed wolf of the He family who has always been thinking about the Shen family, even the little Juren who came from Waiba Road dared to bite the Shen family. I couldn't protect the clan, so I sat speechlessly on the patriarch's seat. After the lawsuit was over, all the houses gathered together Let's discuss it together. It would be better for the clan leader to be a capable one." He was saying sour words, but he couldn't help but look at Shen Li from the corner of his eyes. His words were full of meaning, and he almost pointed at Shen Li's face. He misses the position of patriarch.
It's just a slap in the face. Seeing Shen Yuan's kindness, he wants to use Shen Yuan to look down on Shen Li's face.
Shen Jun lowered his head to accompany him. Hearing something was wrong, he hurriedly looked at everyone's reactions.
Shen Yuan was deep in thought, Shen Li's lips became more sarcastic, and Shen Rui frowned.
Shen Jun secretly thought something was wrong and hurriedly defended: "My father has been feeling guilty and uneasy these days. He is also thinking about brother Xiaodong. He is in a trance and his speech is confused. After all, he has grown up. I ask for your forgiveness from Second Uncle Yuan and Sixth Brother."
Shen Li lowered his head and said, "I don't know how to restrain my clan members, I don't take responsibility when things happen, and I can't protect my clan members. I'm really stupid."
This showed no mercy at all. Shen Hai's face flushed red, he stood up in a hurry and turned over the table at once.
The dishes fell to the ground and the floor was in a mess.
The servants waiting at the door were so shocked that their faces were filled with shock. Others were lucky enough to get up and avoid it. However, Shen Jun had difficulty with his legs and feet. If Shen Rui hadn't been there to help him, he and his chair would have almost tipped over.
Shen Hai panted heavily and glared at Shen Li: "Shen Da Zhuangyuan, your name is Shen Jiazi. In addition to being the number one scholar and bringing fame to the Shen family, what else have you done for the Shen family? You have restrained your clan members, you Have you ever taken responsibility, which one have you protected? You can stand up and talk without hurting your back. You have been prosperous in the capital these years, but who is the one who bothers Baal for the sake of the clan? The clan leader? Haha! What kind of clan leader am I? The one who has been divided into houses long ago, When the old man was here, he was still trying to show off his face. Now that the old man is gone, which of your house bosses has ever put me in your eyes? Now it’s all my fault when something happens, but I don’t want to think about it. Shen Qi from the fifth house gave up the imperial examination and returned to his hometown to start a career. Son, Shen Ling of the third room is just a concubine who follows the second room and takes care of the common affairs, but the clan house not only has Shen Jun in jail, but also has the missing eldest son and grandson..." When he said this, he was really sad: " My brother Xiaodong still doesn’t know whether he is alive or dead..."
These days, the clan members have been talking a lot and their hearts have been dispersed.
Shen Hai had always been holding back the anger in his heart, so he couldn't stand Shen Li's coldness and burst out.
Shen Yuan saw that he was also in his sixties and had gray hair. He thought of Shen Jue who died young in the capital. He couldn't bear it. He looked at Shen Li and wanted to make peace. But the expressions of Shen Li and Shen Rui were very similar. They all had cold faces and showed disdain. Seeing this, Shen Yuan couldn't help but paused in his words of persuasion.
Shen Li sneered and said: "Trouble with Baal? Patriarch, look at us, why did the late second brother leave Songjiang in the early years and not return for many years? How come I, the direct grandson of the ninth brother, lost the family property and became a side branch? And Rui Ge'er, how many people in the Songjiang Shen family received help from their aunt. As a result, the aunt passed away, and the heads of the houses united to calculate the inheritance and dowry, and connived at the evil grandmother of the fourth house to murder their legitimate grandson. Shen Ling, who died violently, was innocently imprisoned. He was not protected by his relatives, but was expelled from the family. With the flesh and blood of his closest relatives, who would believe that he was innocent? What a bullshit Songjiang noble family, this Shen family's joke is not just one or two, the so-called clan relatives are stabbing others with a knife. It’s so cruel!”
Everyone said that the old patriarch was good, but the old patriarch was respectful to the ancestors and friendly to the clan members. Not only was he responsive to requests, he was also considerate. The tragedy of the second family happened earlier, six or seventy years ago. Well, the old patriarch was still a young man, so he could not be counted as the one to blame. However, the Ninth House Master relied on his seniority to seize the property of the widow’s nephew and daughter-in-law. After the death of the Sun family, the heads of the houses joined forces to calculate the Sun family’s dowry. However, it was the Patriarch Grand Master who What happened at the time of the incident. In the end, it was just a mess, and there was no justice.
After Shen Li became the top scholar in high school, it's not that he never thought about revenge. It was just because of the earnest persuasion of the old clan leader and because of his reputation that he just turned a blind eye to the Ninfang Taiye group and didn't do anything else without backhandedness. However, the so-called blood relationship has long been Looking at it lightly, the Shen family only valued Shen Rui, the benefactor's son, and the second and fifth brothers who had shown goodwill.
Although Shen Hai is "a son who is not worthy of his father", he has always been proud of his clan leader. When he heard that Shen Li was not only blaming himself, but also his ancestors, he was so angry that stars appeared in his eyes: "How dare you, evil son? How dare you do this?" Slandering the dead, your conscience has been eaten by dogs! Don’t forget, if my grandpa hadn’t made the decision to create a family tree for you, how would you be today? I’ve been sorry to others, but how have I ever been sorry to you?”
This is not a secret. In order to seize his nephew's property, the Ninfang Taiye secretly slandered the reputation of the widow and nephew-in-law. At that time, Shen Li's mother was pregnant with the posthumous child and was almost forced to death. Later, with the help of Sun, she gave birth to the child safely. Shen Li, but he was blocked by the Ninfang Taiye when he was writing the name in the family tree. It was the patriarch Taiye who made the decision, and finally he was able to write the name.
Shen Hai only thought that this was a favor from the late patriarch to Shen Li, but was it really so?
The deceased was the oldest, and although Shen Li was dissatisfied with the clan, he had no intention of talking to the clan leader about the old affairs. On the other hand, Shen Yuan, who came to Songjiang for the second time, heard about this for the first time and couldn't say anything at the moment.
As soon as the two people fell silent, Shen Hai consciously gained the upper hand. He felt the grievances of his eldest son more and more, and kept talking: "The palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are all flesh. He is neither deaf nor dumb nor a family man. The head of a family is like this, let alone the head of a clan." There are always things that cannot be taken care of, but as long as you see and hear, those who can make the decision have all made the decision, and the rest are powerless. Now the older generation has gone west one after another, and they are our clan brothers of the Shui generation. I am also starting to get older. Nowadays, there are still distinctions between inner and outer houses, and people in the clan still have to submit to relatives. But in twenty or thirty years, our generation will be gone. Except for the brothers in each house, other heads of the house will have them. How many of them are left? The Shen family has been based in Songjiang for hundreds of years and has become the leader of all surnames. There are more than one family waiting to bring the Shen family over. The He family is the one who jumped out. How many others are there? If the family is not united, there is no need for outsiders to plot, it will be broken from the inside. Just this time, if it weren't for Shen Zhu's spouting, he would not be looked down upon by outsiders, and if it weren't for Shen Yuan's immorality, he would not offend the villain. There are many good and bad in the clan, and the clan is divided. Fang wants to be considerate, but is also powerless."
According to Chen Hai's words, the clan became a white lotus.
Shen Rui couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It turns out that the mistakes were all made by the third and fourth bedrooms. Why don't you do anything about the clan? Could it be that the one who has been married to the He family for two lifetimes is not the clan? There are many good and bad in the clan. Shen Zhu was wrong, and the second brother Ling was also wrong. Just because the elder of the third room said something, he would add insult to injury and remove the clan member. Is this the so-called "protection"? If it was because he was deceived and mistakenly thought that the clan member had violated the law, it would be excusable; later when he knew that Brother Ling was wronged, it would be excusable. Without the slightest intention of protecting him, he allowed his second sister-in-law Ling to sleep out with her son, and even gave up her money in private. Who was it that just wanted to blame the second brother Ling on her? Second brother Jun was also in front of him, and the clan leader was all involved. Is the love for one’s son also pitiful?”
As Yan Juren was arrested, more details of the frame-up of the three sons of the Shen family came out, and Shen Hai's little tricks were revealed. This is why Shen Li and Shen Rui despise Shen Hai more and more. The clan leader is not what Shen Hai said he would do for everyone. It is the duty of those who work for free to set up clan schools and take care of orphans and widows in addition to sacrificial matters. You must know that the patriarch of the Shen clan is in control of the clan. With 5,000 acres of fertile land, there is an income of more than 3,000 taels a year.
According to the earliest clan rules, the clan was in charge of clan affairs, and the second clan was responsible for offering sacrifices to the fields. The expenditures for the field sacrifices were discussed by the heads of each clan. Later, due to the departure of the direct descendants of the second clan, the sacrificial fields were returned to the clan's management, and joint discussion on expenditures became a formality.
Although the clan house is rich and prosperous, it has been run by several generations, but it is no secret that it has gained advantages in the sacrificial field. After getting a big advantage, it is also the clan clan's responsibility to take responsibility when the time is right. It is also the clan clan's responsibility to protect the clan members.
This time, Shen Hai lost all his heart, not because his private methods were known to the clan, but because of his "cowardly" behavior in the past, which made the clan's people feel cold. He took all the advantages that should be taken, but he did not take any responsibility when things happened. , what kind of clan leader is this? As Shen Hai himself said just now, when talking about the clan in private, there are not just one or two people who think that the clan leader should change his position.
When Shen Li was scolded just now, Shen Hai was still angry and righteous; now that Shen Rui had revealed his face, his face turned from red to blue, from green to white, his lips were trembling, his eyes were wandering, and he did not dare to look at Shen Yuan. Shen Li .
Shen Jun was shocked. Seeing this, he didn't understand that what Shen Rui said was true. Even though he was kissing me and doing this for his own safety, Shen Jun couldn't say that Shen Hai was right without conscience.
Because of Shen Hai's age, seniority and the presence of Shen Jue, Shen Yuan originally thought that Shen Li and Shen Rui were a little disrespectful. But now after hearing Shen Rui's words, his eyes immediately turned red with dismay. He said confidently: "Brother Rui, is everything you said true? Is Shen Hai really spending money to make Shen Ling take the blame?"
Shen Rui sneered and said: "Five hundred taels of silver are used to pay for the yamen's servants. The two thousand taels of silver notes honor Yan Juren. The five thousand taels of silver notes are given to the prefect's wife to congratulate her on her birthday. I have people send word that I am happy to let go of the second brother Ling. Otherwise, what will happen to Zhao Xianzhong?" Dare you let Yan Juren torture Ling's second brother? Yan Juren has a grudge against the Shen family. Was Zhao Xianzhong ever a guest of the Shen family?"
In the past, Shen Ling was framed by jealousy, in the past, her biological father and legitimate mother were removed from her family, and then the clan leader gave up her life. If Shen Ling doesn't die, who will die?
In grief and anger, Shen Yuan felt his blood surge and his throat was fishy and salty.
Shen Hai suddenly aged more than ten years, took a few steps back, slumped in his seat, and said with a dejected tone: "It's all my fault. I'm too old and confused. I'm sorry Shen Ling..."
For a crime involving life and death, who would have thought that there was something behind it. He didn't mean to harm Shen Ling, but he really thought that Shen Ling's inappropriate friendship was what caused the trouble.
Now that there are no outsiders trying the case, Shen Hai's actions cannot be concealed; when the case comes to public trial, how can this matter be covered up?
Shen Rui didn't say it was just a few days earlier. Shen Hai closed his eyes, filled with despair. One wrong step after another, the clan's reputation was ruined. Was he really wrong?