The five hundred and sixtieth chapters of the soul of the mythical creature (three)
In Shen Yuan's heart, the first thing ranked is definitely silver. And the second, third... those are all silver.
Sons, mothers, wives, these all have to be pushed far back.
Shen Jin had broken it into pieces and told him many times that he would pay back the money. Shen Yuan was more or less mentally prepared, but being prepared did not mean he would agree. He never felt that he was wrong.
What does it have to do with you if the Japanese pirates rob you? Besides, wasn’t the fourth house also robbed?
Before the clan meeting was held, Shen Yuan thought that he must argue his case to a conclusion. If it didn't work, he would just pay a thousand and eight hundred taels of silver.
When Shen Qi said that he would pay 70% of everyone's losses, Shen Yuan immediately went crazy uncontrollably. How much money would that cost?
"It's not like the fourth house was not robbed! Which of the He family, Lu family, and Zhang family was not robbed? It was all caused by me, Shen Yuan?!" Shen Yuan was furious, his hand trembling while pointing at Shen Qi, and he gritted his teeth. : "The ones who robbed the Shen family were Japanese pirates! They were Japanese pirates! It wasn't the fourth room that robbed them! The fourth room was also evacuated, and two servants died in the fourth room! Why did you just keep talking about the fourth room? Look. Isn’t it easy to bully Fourth Fang?! You were robbed, and I was robbed. Why should I pay for you being robbed? You wish you could drink my blood and eat my flesh. What kind of clan are you? Is this how you, Shen Qi, become the clan leader?! "
Shen Yuan looked like he was crazy. He felt pain in his heart, liver, and lungs. He could no longer maintain his elegant look. He kicked over the chair, pushed away Shen Jin who was sitting in front, and ran into the hall: "What's wrong with me regretting my marriage?" ?The Yan family is just a low-level salt merchant, but they still want to get ahead of my son, who is the number one scholar. They deserve it! If it were you, if it were you, do you regret your marriage? Do you regret your marriage?! Don't pretend to be a gentleman. Who among you regrets your marriage? Hurry up! Okay, I'll cancel the engagement, and it's my fault that the Yan family colluded with the Japanese pirates! You just want four houses of money!"
When the deacons saw that Shen Yuan was about to hurt someone, they rushed over and tried to stop him.
Shen Yuan didn't know where he got the strength, so he broke away in two seconds. He was so angry that he had only one thought in his mind, there was no way he could steal my money.
"Silver! Silver! Silver!" Shen Yuan suddenly turned around and rushed back. He grabbed the lapel of Shen Jin's clothes with one hand and pointed at everyone in the hall with the other hand: "Master Zhuangyuan, did you hear that? They are going to give you an official position so that I can seize the fourth house." Family property, okay, give it to the official, give it to the official! Give it away! I will tell you in front of the court that you colluded with the Japanese pirates, and that you colluded with the Japanese pirates to kill the nine tribes. I think who among you with the surname Shen can escape?"
The sinister and harsh voice made those who heard it shudder.
Shen Hu, who was sitting at the top of the fourth-room seat, had always been a coward. When he met Shen Yuan's cannibalistic eyes, he trembled and almost slid under the seat, holding on to the armrests of the armchair before sitting down.
Shen Ying, who was at the head of the family, sat steadily and said in a lukewarm but not soft voice: "Uncle Yuan has a good memory. We have just been divided into sects. If Uncle Yuan goes out to be the head of the family, it will only be ruined." It’s just the fourth room, and there are clansmen from the fifth service nearby, so the court won’t move.”
Many clan members breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. They were so disturbed by Shen Yuan that they forgot about it for a moment.
Shen Jin was helpless and grabbed Shen Yuan's arm with both hands and said, "Master, please be patient. Your son is here."
Chen Yuan's eyes widened, and he heard about the division of sects in his ears. He also knew in his heart that if he wanted to really kill the nine clans, he would only kill the fourth brother and his father, but he just couldn't turn around, and there was only one voice in his head, "Yinzi, they want it." My money!
The two deacons' sons came up and pulled Shen Yuan away. Although Shen Yuan was pulled away, he still looked furious, with veins popping out on his neck and forehead.
"Yes, it was the Japanese pirates who robbed him, not the fourth house." Shen Qi calmly stared at the crazy Shen Yuan and said seriously: "But if you look at the Songjiang, He, Lu, and Zhang families, they all encountered Japanese rebellion. Which family is like this? The Shen family suffered such heavy losses? Which family was falsely accused of being a Japanese pirate after being plundered by Japanese pirates, making the whole family uneasy? Who is responsible for all the things our three brothers suffered in prison? My family members are running around outside. Who do you want to thank for losing your wealth and spending your time?!"
The matter involved him, the darkest period in prison, the missing wife and children, and the old father who died of anxiety and worry... Thinking of these, Shen Qi could no longer maintain his calmness, stood up suddenly, and said in a cold voice: "It's Yan Baowen! These are Yan Baowen's revenge! Then, Shen Yuan, why do you think Yan Baowen took revenge? Why?! You also said it had nothing to do with the fourth room?"
Shen Yuan was stopped by Shen Qi's rhetorical question and was speechless for a moment.
Shen Yuan really couldn't answer these questions.
All the tribesmen here looked at Shen Yuan with bad intentions.
Yes, regretting a marriage is not a big sin. It is not the only one in the clan who regrets a marriage. There is no such prohibition in the clan rules. But after provoking Yan Baowen and provoking such brutal revenge, Shen Yuan could not pretend to be innocent.
The He family, the Lu family, the Zhang family, not to mention the Songjiang family, and even ordinary people all suffered from Japanese pirates, but it is true that none of them suffered as much as the Shen family.
Especially when the third son of the Shen family was unjustly imprisoned, even if there was conspiracy by the He family and the greed of the prefect, the tragedy was mostly due to Yan Baowen.
Chen Hai looked at Shen Yuan who was speechless several times, and his heart was full of resentment. His eldest grandson has not been heard from yet. He spent so much money and said so many good things to his second son who was in jail. He injured his leg when he came out, and now he is separated from himself, and he also lost his position as the leader of the clan...
Shen Hai was not an open-minded person, and he blamed Shen Yuan for all his unsatisfactory results. In terms of losses, the clan house lost much more than the fourth house, so the fourth house paid 70% of the compensation. This is all cheap for Shen Yuan.
Chen Hai immediately said in a deep voice: "Chen Yuan! The clan has treated you leniently. If we really want to take you as a scapegoat as you said, you should pay for all the losses in the Japanese Rebellion! Now the clan has a clear reckoning. , I only asked you to pay for the 70% of the money that was robbed because of you, which is the end of kindness and justice, do you still want to deny it?"
Shen Liu from the eighth room couldn't help but stand up, tugged on his mourning clothes and said with red eyes: "Shen Yuan, you still dare to say that two people from your fourth room died, but they were just two servants! Look at the hall , because of the Yan family’s revenge, how many clan members died in this Japanese rebellion! People from the Shen clan!”
Looking around the hall, the three brothers in the fifth room guarded the filial piety of Shen Hong, the sixth room Shen Qi guarded the filial piety of his wife, the seventh and eighth rooms guarded the filial piety of the old man. Looking down the hall, patches of burlap mourning clothes were dazzling in the sun. The number of casualties among the clan members was quite large. Most of the clan members in the hall were in mourning.
Everyone's eyes were filled with coldness, staring straight at Shen Yuan, wishing he could be buried with him.
Cold sweat broke out on Shen Jin's forehead. He knew that nothing could be done better today, and he originally planned to admit his mistake. But under such circumstances, admitting his mistake lightly would not work. If he was rejected by his tribe, the entire fourth house would be in trouble. He pulled Shen Yuan, who was stunned on the spot, pulled up his sleeves, lowered his voice and called out sharply: "Father!"
As soon as Shen Yuan came to his senses, he realized that the people around him were looking at him unkindly. His heart skipped a beat, and he actually didn't dare to look up.
Shen Qi said almost word for word: "Properties can be compensated especially, but the deceased is already dead and cannot be compensated anymore!"
Shen Qi is also full of blood, not just the deceased? His wife, children, and the eldest grandson of the clan are still missing! If it weren't for the name of the clan leader, he would want to stab Shen Yuan and let him have a taste of what it means. Heartbreaking pain.
Shen Qi's voice was filled with a deep chill: "According to the second article of the clan rules, 'Anyone who causes the death of a clan member by picking a fight or a fight will be punished with an eighty stick, and the clan property will be compensated for the bereaved family. If the clan is exterminated, he will be sent to an official position; if a fault leads to the death of a clan member, he will be punished with a stick of eighty. At eighty, the family property will be compensated and the bereaved family will be compensated, and the temple will be locked for three to ten years.'"
Shen Yuan trembled and his lips trembled. When he looked up again, his eyes were bloodshot and the veins on his forehead were popping. Fifty sticks, eighty sticks, they wanted to exterminate the clan and send him to the official position, and they wanted to lock the temple. They were going to kill him. Own.
But with his mouth wide open, Shen Yuan's voice was so weak: "I didn't kill the person! It was a Japanese pirate! A Japanese pirate! Who can control the Japanese pirates? You can? You can?!"
The clan members in the hall, whose relatives had already died, began to curse loudly.
Shen Jin was about to kneel down in front of his father, with a cold sweat on his forehead. He saluted in four directions and said: "My father is in poor health and was confused for a while. Please forgive me for this."
There was chaos for a moment, and then everything calmed down as all the deacons shouted "Silence".
Shen Qi suppressed all the emotions in his heart and gave Shen Ying, Shen Quan and Shen Rui, who had been looking at him nervously, a comforting look, and then said slowly and seriously: "According to the clan rules, Shen Yuan has been punished. In order to collect evidence for the Japanese case, the tribesmen also roughly calculated the losses. Except for the four houses, the rest of the tribesmen who were robbed, the burned shops, the gold, silver, and silk in the warehouse were around fifteen to sixty thousand taels, and the fourth house paid 70% of the compensation. , 110,000 taels. Because he was ill before, his staff was broken, and the staff was fifty. Then he locked himself in the temple for ten years, chanting sutras in mourning for the deceased relatives."
Shen Yuan's eyes were about to bulge out of their sockets. He suddenly gained strength and rushed forward with his teeth and claws bared. Although he was stopped by the deacon's disciples, he still shouted at the top of his lungs: "You are avenging your personal revenge, you did it on purpose! You are taking revenge on the fourth room! Shen Qi, you You don’t deserve to be the leader of the clan! You don’t deserve it!”
However, Shen Jin was so shocked by the "Locked Temple for Ten Years" that he even forgot about the "Locked Temple" clause in the clan rules.
As Shen Rui and the others expected, Shen Jin has been worrying about how to deal with his father if he returns to the capital these days and nights. If he stays in Songjiang and brings disaster, he will bring him to the capital for fear of causing more disaster. He is so depressed that he even "kills his father" "The thought came to mind. Now, "Suo Temple" has really solved this trouble for him perfectly.
Lock the temple and imprison him in the temple for ten years.
ten years!
Ten years is enough for Shen Jin to stabilize his official career. In ten years, Shen Yuan is already over fifty, so it won't be too difficult to think about it. Besides, after being locked up for ten years and living on a simple diet to cultivate his character, maybe Shen Yuan will become calmer. Ten years In the year, my father was not at home, and my stepmother, Xiao He, was a smart person and would not let my grandmother cause trouble, so the family could rest assured.
In the clan, this did him a big favor and solved his difficulties without letting him bear the charge of unfilial piety.
Shen Jin should have felt more relaxed, but she turned around and saw such a crazy father. Although he had become more and more confused in recent years, he had truly loved him for many years. The "locked temple" for ten years, ten years, was on the tip of Shen Jin's tongue. The sentence "Four rooms and accept punishment" actually weighed more than a thousand pounds, weighing him down so much that he could hardly breathe.
For the sake of his own future, how could Shen Jin nod his head after shutting down his father for ten years? He even began to feel ashamed of the surprise he had when he first heard about the "Suo Temple" for ten years.
Shen Rui had been observing Shen Jin's expression from the side, and when he saw the struggle on his face, he felt mixed feelings in his heart.
Shen Rui certainly hopes that Shen Yuan will be locked up until the end of time and not come out to cause trouble for him. Even if Shen Jin readily agrees at this time, he will not think too much about it. But in this world, filial piety is the most important thing. If Shen Jin is like that , I'm afraid it will be criticized if it is revealed later.
Thinking of his worries, Shen Rui couldn't help but secretly shake his head and chuckle, let Shen Jin choose, it has nothing to do with him. As the son of the fourth brother, Shen Jin was a choice he had to face.
Shen Li doesn't have the same entanglement as Shen Rui. Shen Yuan, the scourge, must be locked up, otherwise he will be the culprit. But his identity is that he is neither the eldest son, nor the elder of the clan, nor the head of the house. He is also a generation younger than Shen Yuan. In fact, it is not good to speak at this time. say what.
Shen Li was wondering what to do, but the ninth master over there helped him a lot.
The Ninth Fang Taiye shouted loudly, "Shen Yuan! You still don't know your fault until now! Let's just lock him up in the ancestral hall right now! Shen Jin, you are the fourth eldest son, what do you think of this fine of silver!"