Shen Juren said solemnly: "I was still in bed the past few days and couldn't get up..." When he said this, he felt a little worried. Even if he had selfish motives, it was not a lie that Shen Rui had been sick in bed these past few days. .The day after Sun passed away, Shen Rui was punished by the family. In shame and anger, he fainted and has not recovered yet. Even if he had the intention to record Shen Jin in Sun's name, he would not have so hastily raised questions.
Shen Rui woke up in the past few days and started to drink rice water. However, according to Lao An, he was still very weak. He did not let him come to the funeral. It was indeed out of pity and compassion for his son. But listening to Shen Li's words, it seemed like he was Bad intentions.
Everyone here, in addition to the Shen clan members, there are other neighboring gentry who are qualified to sit down, looking at Shen Juren with twinkling eyes. It seems that they are hoping that the Shen family will have some family scandal where the father abuses his son, and want to watch the fun. Thinking of this, Shen Juren was filled with dissatisfaction and ordered the steward next to him: "Go and pick up Brother Rui. Even if you can't get out of bed, you have to carry him over..."
The butler responded, and the atmosphere in the hall was a little dull.
Everyone in the Shen family also realized that there was something wrong with what Shen Li just said. Now that there are outsiders in the hall, no matter what the internal situation is, this matter should not be mentioned in front of outsiders. There is no smoke without fire. If it spreads outside, it will inevitably lead to various speculations. He accidentally ruined the reputation of the Shen family.
Shen Li just kept silent and looked at the door from time to time. The concern on his face could not be hidden. Although Shen Li was a descendant of the Shen family, he did not rely on the Shen family to get ahead. Instead, he relied entirely on the Sun family's care for his academic success. No matter what other members of the Shen clan were like, Shen Li was indeed truly saddened by Sun's death. If not, he would not have visited the house one after another when his mother was mourning.
Everyone looked at Shen Li with a somewhat complicated look. Some people blamed him and felt that he couldn't write two Shens in one sentence. Shen Li's move seemed to ignore the overall situation; some people agreed with it. In the eyes of the world, Sun helped ten people. A few years later, it was a great kindness to Shen Li to be confessed to him. Even though Shen Li was a junior, it made sense to open his eyes for his benevolent relatives at this time.
Shen Li had already prepared the worst plan in his mind. If Shen Juren was unfair to Shen Rui and the clan masters let it go, he would stop it no matter what. If he couldn't stop it, he would ask for help from the capital and ask the second-fang family. Uncle came forward to seek justice.
Although the second wife moved to the capital when the old man entered the Hanlin Academy decades ago, and the old man and his wife were also buried in the capital, because the two masters are now in the officialdom, the eldest man has been promoted to minister, even the head of the clan clan, and has to sell a lot of money. Sharing feelings.
Shen Li has been in Beijing for several years and has observed that the two clan uncles behave with upright character and respects them very much in his heart. Although the two clan aunts come from a family of officials, they are also virtuous and tolerant in their behavior. Although the second wife has been in the past few decades, Although they have not returned to Songjiang, they have taken care of many clan members who came to Beijing. Although they have never met Sun, they heard Shen Li's mother and son mention it and knew that Sun was kind. Lou was also full of praise.
Everyone in the hall had different thoughts, and from time to time someone looked at Shen Jin.
Regardless of whether Shen Juren is partial or not, Shen Jin is no longer a child. Since he can occupy the position of a filial son without any shame, people have to think deeply. Shen Juren, who was previously envious and jealous of having a good son, sneered in his heart and regarded the handsome boy as Shen Jin thought he was someone with ulterior motives.
How old is Shen Jin? Everyone looked at her and her face turned blue and white. She wished she could go down immediately. However, Shen Juren didn't say anything and could only suffer with the filial stick. However, there was only misunderstood shame and anger on his face. No guilt or anxiety.
In the north room across the courtyard, sweat was pouring from the butler's forehead. After teasing for two cups of tea, Shen Rui still refused to let go and went ahead.
He only regarded it as a simple errand. Even though he brought two boys over, he had no intention of forcing people to do anything. He just thought that if Shen Rui was seriously ill, he would have people carry him to the front.
Shen Rui lay on the bed and looked at the housekeeper coldly and said: "Butler, please don't be nagging anymore. I can't guard my mother's funeral. I am an unfilial son. How can I go to my mother's mourning hall? The housekeeper will apologize for me and my father. I am dead now."
You can’t go to the front either.”
In my memory, even if this housekeeper is not Sun's confidant, he has firmly held the position of housekeeper and has received favors from his mistress, Sun. Regarding my master's situation these days, the butler has not thought of helping me, which shows that he is not grateful.
A righteous person. But who would have thought that the Lao'an people would treat their grandchildren so harshly and imprison themselves in this courtyard, and who would believe that the owner has been tortured to death.
Shen Rui thought about the "family" he was about to meet, and felt irritated. He turned his head and stopped listening to the housekeeper's troubles.
Shen Rui was originally tall and thin, but in a few days, he lost six or seven kilograms, and his chin was pointed. It cannot be said that he was skinny and bones. In addition, with his pale and bloodless face, his cold eyes did not look like those of a child.
.No one could tell that something was wrong with such a big change, and the housekeeper's heart trembled when he saw it.
Seeing that Shen Rui was full of resentment and anger, and even the "unfilial son" came out, he really wanted to forcefully drag him to the funeral in front of everyone, and he didn't know what trouble would happen.
The butler stamped his feet and left with two young men.
Mother Wang sent the people out in person, and when she came back she said with a worried look: "How good is this, how good is this, why don't you go? It's really going to piss off the master, and it's going to be very difficult."
Shen Rui also looked regretful and said, "Why don't you ask mom to go to the second gate and keep an eye on it? If dad comes, let me know when you come back and I will be prepared."
Mother Wang nodded and said: "Okay, okay, I will go to the second gate to guard..." After that, she went out worriedly.
Liu Ya was uneasy and said: "Second brother, you are so disobedient to me. How will you be successful if I continue to follow the family rules?"
Shen Rui sneered: "How can I fight? After today, I will only love you..."
In the mourning hall in front, everyone was waiting impatiently. They looked at each other in shock and confusion. Shen Li's face was extremely dark, and he couldn't help but stand up.
Seeing this, Shen Juren became more and more irritated. He frowned and ordered the boy beside him: "Why doesn't this traitor come here yet? Go and hurry up!"
The boy went out in response, met the butler at the door of the mourning hall, and hurriedly stepped aside.
When Shen Juren saw that there was no one behind the housekeeper, he was shocked and said: "Where is Brother Rui? Could it be that he is really seriously ill?"
No wonder he was worried. In addition to pity for his flesh and blood, now everyone is watching. If something bad happens to the second son at this time, then he may really be suspected of being a "harmful son", and jumping into the Yellow River will not be able to clear it.
Seeing this, the housekeeper hurriedly said: "Master, don't be anxious, second brother will see you soon."
Shen Juren frowned and said, "If that's the case, why didn't you bring him? Didn't I tell him that he would be lifted even if he felt uncomfortable? Or is he willfully unwilling to get out of bed and refuse to obey orders?"
The housekeeper hesitated and said: "Sir, I have told you what you said, but my second brother said you can't come over."
When Shen Juren heard this, he was furious and said: "The one enshrined in the mourning hall is his biological mother. She was seriously ill a few days ago. Lao An showed sympathy and allowed him to recover. Now he sees Hao and refuses to come over. This unfilial little beast
, tie him up quickly and beat him to death immediately!"
Thinking that the legitimate son was so spoiled by his mother that he was usually willful and naughty, but now he had lost his face in front of everyone, Shen Juren became really angry.
No one sympathized with Shen Juren's difficulties. Instead, they looked at him with more and more complicated eyes, wondering if he would "go with the flow" and really teach his son with a stick in front of Sun's soul. Seeing that something was wrong, the clan leader coughed twice. Said: "My nephew is ignorant and needs to be taught slowly. He will be beaten and killed no matter what he does."
Seeing this, Shen Jin also came over to persuade in a low voice: "Master, don't be upset. I heard that my second brother has been sleeping a lot and waking up less in the past few days. Maybe he is not feeling well yet, so he can't get up. Otherwise, my son should go and see him first." look?"
Shen Juren was still furious and snorted coldly: "What are you looking at? Send someone to pull that evil beast over quickly!" After that, he ordered the housekeeper to take Shen Rui away.
At this time, Shen Li said sternly: "Uncle Yuan, wait a minute. If my nephew doesn't listen, what your housekeeper is saying is that Rui Geer said 'can't come over', not that he refuses to come over. Even if you say you can't, there will always be someone who can't. The reason is that it is better to listen to Rui Geer's reasons first and then convict him. If he is really ill and unable to get up, the elders are kind and cannot bear to torment Rui Geer."
Seeing that there was something wrong in Shen Li's words, Shen Juren stared at him, annoyed that he was going too far. However, the relatives' eyes flickered and their faces were full of suspicion, as if there was some shameful secret in his refusal, so he could only say He said, "You ungrateful little beast, what's the excuse?" He didn't really want to stop everyone from checking it out.
Thinking that his second son was so naughty and might be embarrassed in front of his clan members, Shen Juren was very irritated, but he had no intention of covering up for his son and led everyone to the backyard with a slumped face.
Several elders of the Shen family wanted to have a look, so they followed over. Friends and neighbors with a foreign surname were not allowed to follow him into the hall, but they did not want to leave first, so they sat in the mourning hall and waited for the result. They thought that they would not care about Shen Juren this time. Whether it is a "pity for the son" or a "harm for the son", the Shen family will start to make trouble, and it will not be fun to watch for a while.
Shen Juren took all the clan members and followed the housekeeper to the gate of the West Crossing Courtyard. He couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded and wanted to stop, but he felt that he was trying to hide something, so he gritted his teeth and entered the courtyard.
The six or seven-foot-square yard was filled to the brim when a dozen or so people came in. Because the yard had been idle for a long time, the door frames of the house were old and the burlap paper on the windows was also yellowed. It was the same as in other parts of Shen Juren's house. Decent, it's so shabby here that it's eye-catching.
Even the favored aunt and concubines would not live here, let alone the only place where the legitimate son could cultivate himself.
Shen Juren's previous remarks about Lao An "pitying" his grandson immediately became a joke.
Shen Li stood in the yard, looked around, and frowned: "My uncle changed the yard?"
The faces of all the family members are not good-looking. If the scandal of "father abusing his son" really comes out in the Shen family, it will hurt the family's face. Not to mention that Shen Rui is the son of the Sun family. If he is treated harshly, it will not be the Shen family's business. This Songjiang There are many common people in the government who have received favors from the Sun family. Officials and their family members who have good relations with each other will not stand aside regardless of their friendship, because of their reputation.