It was noisy outside, and Shen Rui didn't know at all. The dream was in full swing, and the originally vague past life situation gradually became clear.

I don’t know if it was Zhuangzi dreaming of butterflies or the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi. Shen Rui felt that he was dreaming these days, but he knew that he was not dreaming, but really went back five hundred years ago, from 26-year-old Chen Rui to nine-year-old Shen Rui.

The Shen family in Songjiang has not been famous for the ages, and may not be known to the world, but it is not unfamiliar with Chen Rui five hundred years later, because he is a descendant of the Shen family in Songjiang. A few days ago, he accompanied his grandfather, who was over 80 years old, to attend the clan meeting in Haicheng and went to the Shen family's ancestral temple to bow to him.

When he saw the ancient ancestral hall and looked at the clan relatives who were bearded from all over the world, Shen Rui did not feel any closeness such as blood connection, but instead felt very magical. The thick family tree, the continuous inheritance, did not dissipate with the changes of the dynasty. It sounds like the history of others, but it is the story of his ancestors.

The Shen family of Songjiang came from the Shen family of Wuxing. When Emperor Gaozong crossed south, he moved his ancestors to the south with the court and settled in Songjiang.

In the steel city, there are few traces of history. He holds his cell phone and keeps taking pictures, and he looks more like a spectator.

Around the Shen Family Ancestral Hall, there is only a county bridge and a foundation of Jishan Hall. Next to the county bridge, a stone tablet is erected, and the bridge is introduced on it. The bridge was not called this name earlier, but "Xianfu Bridge". Later, Songjiang County Government moved to this nearby, and the bridge was called "Xianfu Bridge". The stone tablet does not mention the name of this "Xianfu Bridge", but the descendants of the Shen family remember it clearly. Because this stroke is clearly written in the genealogy of the Shen family.

The one who donated money to build roads and bridges was a virtuous woman from the Shen clan in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

In ancient times, women were not very low in their posts, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was an era of strict ethics. Some women became famous for doing good deeds.

Chen Rui was curious at the time. When he heard about this, he begged his grandfather and took him to look through the genealogy and followed the page of the record. Regarding the virtuous woman in the "Virtual Wife Bridge", the genealogy only recorded two or three lines: "Sun, a tycoon from southern Zhejiang, Sun Meng, was born in the sixth year of Jingtai, and was in the eighth year of Chenghua. He was the Emperor of Shen, and was the Yuandi of Chenyuan, and died of illness in the tenth year of Hongzhi. He had good deeds and married the Taoist lords of the road and bridge, benefiting the tribe's village, and the emperor issued a decree to commend him, and gave him a archway. People in the world called the "Shenmen Virtuous Woman."

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trustworthiness, gentleness, kindness, respect and frugality. It is a few halls in the Shen family. It is a branch in the capital where Chen Rui is located, and it comes from the Yiqing Hall, which is ranked second.

The grandfather told him the origin of Yiqing Hall. The ancestors of the four halls of benevolence, righteousness, liberty and wisdom were all sons of Chen Du, the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, the ancestor of the Shen clan, the eldest son, the second son, the fourth son, the third son, the illegitimate son, the clan rule was clearly written, the small clan could be eliminated, but the major clan could not be eliminated. The legitimate son, Renqing Hall, chose to choose legitimate heirs to inherit the clan bloodline from Yiqing Hall, and Zhiqing Hall chose to choose legitimate heirs to inherit the clan bloodline. Only when these two halls had no heirs, could they choose Liqing Hall; if all the males in the four halls were cut off, they would choose inheritance from Xinqing Hall; if there were no heirs in Xinqing Hall, they would choose appropriate legitimate sons and grandsons to become heirs from the other four halls.

From the choice of his descendants, we can see the ancient scholars' recognition of bloodline closeness and distantness. First, identify the legitimate son, then the concubine, and then the younger brother, and then the Shubo clan. Although the genealogy records that the inheritance has been passed down for eight hundred years, the Shen family of Shangsongjiang was actually completely restored by the Shendu brothers in the early Ming Dynasty. It is reasonable that the family inheritance is mainly based on the descendants of the two.

In this branch where Chen Rui was located, his ancestors moved to the capital during the Tianshun period, and their descendants studied and became officials. They continued to be in the Ming, Qing and Republic of China, and had many official families.

Not to mention the distant one, Chen Rui's Gaozu once served as minister in the Beiyang government, and his great-grandfather joined the G Party. He died during the War of Liberation and became a hero, which prevented the Shen family from being the center of power after the founding of the country. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that the Shen family escaped, not only did not suffer any impact in that turmoil. Instead, because of the family's family's family's family, they were often supported by the officials. My grandfather started as a clerk. Although he had experienced ups and downs in the officialdom, he still retired safely at the vice-national level, and some uncles and uncles also reached provincial and ministerial levels.

Chen Rui's father was the youngest son, but he lost his mother when he landed. Therefore, he was loved by his father and brother, and his personality was innocent and romantic, and he did not embark on the career like his father and brother. As the first group of students to study in Hong Kong City after the reform and opening up, he was fortunate to be under Zong Lao, who was then a professor and director of the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong. Not only did he become Zong Lao's close disciple, but later married Zong Lao's granddaughter and became Zong Lao's grandson.

Zong Lao and Xian Lao were the "Southern Zong Xian" by the world. They have a stunning knowledge of history, archaeology, literature, classics, education, calligraphy and painting. They are one of the best Chinese studies masters in the world.

Although Chen Rui fought in Xiaogang City and Beijing, because his parents were both scholars, they were more influenced by the atmosphere of the clan family. Chen Ruirui and his sister both memorized the "Three Character Classic" and were proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. They were also somewhat proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. When they grew up, the two brothers and sisters chose to study in the Chinese department, which had a family background.

Sister Chen studied for a PhD in literature all the way, and Chen Rui had a casual personality. After studying for graduate school, he stayed at school as an assistant teacher.

An ancient woman gave all her dowry and did good deeds, and even the emperor issued an order to praise her. No wonder Sun could record this mark in the genealogy.

Chen Rui only listened to it as a strange story, and after returning to Beijing, he mentioned this ancestor elder to Sister Chen.

Sister Chen was doing a doctoral thesis at that time, initially named "A Study on the Control of Property Rights of Ancient Women". After listening to Sun's story, she seemed to be touched. After searching the national map for half a month, she read materials of similar deeds. Finally, the conclusion was that Sun's family must have no biological children, or their biological children died young, and Chen Yuan had a concubine's son. Otherwise, who would have no selfishness, and would not leave any money for his descendants, and all the dowry was donated. Even if there were no biological children and he chose an heir, he would not have even no mother-son relationship. When Sun died, he was already in his forties, and at that time he was already full of children and grandchildren.

A woman who grew up under feudal ethics can choose to donate all of her own children and her husband has a concubine's son, and is reluctant to give her dowry to her concubine's son.

Although Chen Rui has read the genealogy of the Shen family, he only paid attention to the anecdotes of celebrities in the clan that were noted, so he would not pay attention to the detailed genealogy of each hall. He really didn't know whether Sun had a biological child or an heir.

He just listened to his sister's remarks and attributed Sun's good deeds to "no child" and "wives and concubines fighting for each other", which seemed to be a fabrication of a big family drama, and he was quite dissatisfied. Perhaps Sun was Bill Gates five hundred years ago, and he really had a bright vision, so he did not leave money for his descendants. If we rely solely on inference, we attribute Sun's good deeds to selfishness, which would be unfair to the ancients.

Since Sister Chen was engaged in learning, she was eager to find the root cause. She booked two weekend high-speed train tickets and wanted to take Chen Rui south to read the genealogy to confirm the matter.

As soon as she was about to come, Sister Chen missed the train number because of the summons from the master's sect, and Chen Rui got on the train by himself.

But when he took a nap in the car and opened his eyes again, Chen Rui had become Shen Rui, the legitimate son of the fourth family of the Shen family in Songjiang, his father Mingyuan and his biological mother Sun. He was at the time of his mother's death and was in a hospital for "retirement".

Opening his eyes again, Shen Rui's intestines would regret it. If time could go back, he would never say anything more about the "Shenmen Wife" and call his sister this true. Regardless of whether she has a biological son or not, or not, what does it have to do with him?

Where is there any medicine for regret in this world?

The bed curtain has been replaced. Although it is plain white, it is all new. It looks quite thick. The temperature in the room is no longer as cold as it was a few days ago. The quilt on your body feels soft and thick, and the mattress under you is also soft and thick.

Although Shen Rui was exhausted, he still sat up. He looked down at his body, and had already changed into a cloth cloth. Looking at the wrinkles pressed out on it, he had not been able to lie down for a short time after he fell asleep. Before he fell into a coma, his stomach was empty, and now he woke up, and he was even more hungry.

Songjiang Shen family, five hundred years ago, when his ancestors remembered the connection between their past and present lives, they inexplicably felt a little more belonging in their hearts.

Shen Rui looked up and said that the room was not the same as before. It was much spacious and bright. On the Arhat couch in the south window, a middle-aged woman sat upright, lowered her head and sewing her needlework. There were two little maids standing at the door, one wearing mourning clothes and the other wearing plain clothes.

Hearing the movement on the bed, the woman quickly put down the needle and thread in her hand, got up and walked over, with a worried look on her face: "Thank God, Rui Ge'er finally woke up."

The woman is in her forties and looks a little haggard. She is wearing plain clothes and a silver hairpin on her head. She is dressed differently from the old lady and daughter-in-law she has seen. According to the owner's memory, it is Guo, the eldest daughter-in-law of the fifth house. Shen Rui called out in a low voice: "Aunt..."

I didn't expect my throat to be hoarse and my throat hurt, and Shen Rui's face was lumped.

The woman was Guo, and she took care of Shen Rui in the past two days. She loved the house and the woman. Seeing that Shen Rui was uncomfortable, she couldn't stand it. She hurriedly sat beside the bed and stroked Shen Rui's back and said, "Since my throat is uncomfortable, second brother, don't talk first, wait until it moistens your throat and feels more comfortable."

Shen Rui nodded slightly, showing a little gratitude on his face.

Although he didn't know how long he had been sleeping this time, he still remembered the "treatment" of the past few days. His situation was really worrying. If Shen Rui was really loved by someone in this family, he would not be distracted.

In "Dream of Red Mansions", Jia Baoyu called his slave and sent a maid, and he was named the legitimate son of the Shen family, but he was worse than an ordinary concubine.

Because he woke up from a chaotic memory of his past and present, he also guessed whether his life experience was bloody, and it was not the descendants of the Shen family who were treated so harshly. Now he remembered the reason why the Sun family had been married and did good deeds in the genealogy of later generations. It was mostly because of this reason. Although he didn't know why Sun had such determination, Shen Rui also saw that with Lao An and Chen Ju Ren's cruelty towards his legitimate grandson, even if Sun's dowry was still there, he might not be able to get into his hands.

But Sun's dowry was not there, and the one who was vented his anger must be Sun's biological son.

It would be fine if this little body was older, but he was only nine years old. Even if the rich young master didn't want to do it, would he still have to go out to be a beggar? To put it bluntly, even if he wanted to be a beggar, he might not be able to do it. After all, there is a profession of human traffickers and a business of trafficking in humans for profit.

As for what the later novels said in later generations, it was just a fantasy to write down the property around you, and once you left, you bought a house and bought a land to re-live it. The household registration policy in the Ming Dynasty was already very detailed and detailed. Without the road guide issued by the yamen, you could not leave a hundred miles at all.
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