Chapter Twenty-Six Plain Chariots and White Horses (5)
Outside the Yang House, relatives and friends have already left almost the same. The servants have long respected the Grand Master of the Five House to order either to be far away or to go to the next Wu House to rest.
Outside the four-bedroom Yang house, there were only three juniors Shen Rui, Chen Jin, Chen Quan, and the foreign guest, Mr. Jiang. Chen Jin saw that all the identities in the clan were left behind, so he guessed that he would discuss something big. For a while, he could not have expected Sun's dowry to go up. After all, according to the world, Sun only had one son, so the remaining remains were left to Shen Rui without any objection, so there was no need to discuss solemnly.
Only Shen Rui knew that he had tolerated himself for a long time and waited for today's attack. However, he was also a little surprised. What was the matter with the imperial edict in this genealogy? Is there any false record of the genealogy? Why didn't there be any movement until the Sun family's funeral? Sun family is buried in the pattern of eighth-rank nuns. If it were recorded in the genealogy, it would be a fourth-rank nun.
There is also the "Virtual Wife Bridge" that has not yet been seen. Could it be that this imperial edict was given before the deceased was buried? However, after thinking about the distance between Songjiang Prefecture and the capital, it was more than two thousand miles away. A private woman donated tens of thousands of dowry to do good deeds, and she would not have rushed to report to the court for eight hundred miles.
Even if the prefect Jiang Sheng wanted to establish a archway for the Sun family in order to educate and govern the people, it would not take a day or night.
There must be something that cannot be said to others about the matter of the fourth wife, otherwise Mr. Zhang would not have sold Wang's mother and Liu Ya in a hurry, and Chen Li would not have risked the "family scandal" to make public, leaving the prefect and Mr. Jiang San as stones to other mountains. If there were no prefectures and Mr. Jiang San, what was wrong with the fourth wife? The clan elders might have to cover up a bed for the name of the Shen family. Even if Shen Rui felt wronged, this was the era when the father was the son.
Only outsiders can the patriarchs treat Shen Rui more fairly for the sake of their face. Shen Rui was thinking that the third son of Jiang had come over and whispered: "My brother, can you listen to my foolish brother..."
Brother! Fool brother!
With this title, I still feel that my teeth are a little sore. However, looking at Mr. Jiang’s serious appearance, Shen Rui’s teeth were sore, and he also added a little seriousness. He looked at Chen Jin not far away, Chen Quan glanced at Mr. Jiang and said to Mr. Jiang: “If Brother Shi doesn’t dislike me, I will accompany Brother Shi to the front.”
Mr. Jiang San nodded and said ok. Shen Rui greeted Chen Jin and took Mr. Jiang San to a distance. Upwards was the zongfang cemetery, the three-bedroom cemetery on the left, the five-bedroom cemetery on the lower side, and only the right side was a camphor tree forest. Shen Rui and Mr. Jiang San walked to the edge of the woods and did not go inside.
Mr. Jiang seemed to hesitate and wanted to speak but stopped. Shen Rui looked at the same direction as Yang's house. He didn't know how Chen Li could show his eyes for him. The clan elders could not say that they would summon him, so he said bluntly: "I don't know what Brother Shi taught me?"
Mr. Jiang San said: "It is said that 'no relatives are not separated'. My good brother's family affairs should not be discussed by outsiders. However, my mother and Aunt Sun have a strong friendship. I have often worried about my good brother these days. Before coming here today, I made a special trip to tell me a few secret words. It is just that the elders are kind. If there is any offense, please forgive me.
When Shen Rui heard this, he was slightly stunned and then said, "I am not a ungrateful person. I am grateful to Aunt Zhuang for his kindness. I would like to ask Brother Shi to say it bluntly."
Mr. Jiang San was relieved and said, "Aunt Sun once left a letter at his mother's house, which mentioned the distribution of dowry and fields behind him... A few days ago, Chen Zhuangyuan came to the door and also mentioned the affairs of Aunt Sun. Brother Yu thought that the letter was because his aunt was afraid that his brother would suffer a loss, so he left the letter to make a certificate outside, and attached a dowry list..." Speaking of this, he hesitated for a while, and said, "Who thought, until he went out this morning, the wife told me to tell my brother a few words. Brother Yu realized that Aunt Sun had other arrangements for the dowry."
Speaking of this, he stopped and looked at Shen Rui's expression.
The normal distribution of Sun's family is only one son, so the dowry will undoubtedly be all over Shen Rui. If it were the surprise of Mr. Jiang, then Sun's distribution would not be like this. If anyone else had said a long time ago. However, Shen Rui didn't feel surprised when Sun's donation of the dowry, but instead felt much more at ease, just like another shoe that had been waiting for for a long time.
Now, it was Mr. Jiang’s turn to be slightly stunned: “Can Aunt Sun tell her about this to her virtuous brother before she died?”
Shen Rui shook his head and said, "No, it's just that my mother was the most kind-hearted during her lifetime. She often acted like pitying the poor and cherishing the weak. I think the fate left behind is also related to doing good deeds and helping others."
Seeing Shen Rui's expression was clear and without any resentment and cherishing money, Mr. Jiang couldn't help but admire him and said, "If this is the case alone, I don't have to make things difficult for you. I just need to enjoy the blessings left by my aunt. Who would have thought that the destiny left by my aunt was to divide the dowry into two parts, one for my brother... and the other was given to my brother."
Shen Rui was really surprised now. What's going on? What's going on? Why did the donation become a dowry that two brothers shared equally? Isn't there any donation?
Although he was confused, Shen Rui's face was still as quiet as water. After a while, he said, "The kind mother's heart is nothing more than this."
This sentence made Mr. Jiang San look at him: "Aunt Sun's wealth is left behind. He should have been the only one of his virtuous brothers. Do you not complain?"
Shen Rui shook his head and said, "That is a private property of a family. How to deal with it? No one else can argue with others, and the same is true for the son of man."
Mr. Jiang San looked at Shen Rui several times and smiled bitterly: "It's because of the foolish brother's heart, and Aunt Sun's behavior is generous and open-minded. My brother is naturally not a petty person. Originally, my mother was worried that my brother was young and couldn't figure it out for a while. She was angry with Aunt Sun's arrangements and asked me to advise her brother in private. After all, my brother's future is bright. If I receive this gift from Aunt Sun, the benefits will return to my brother in the future. Otherwise, if I do ungrateful acts, I don't need others, and the scholars will not tolerate him. Unexpectedly, my brother's heart is no less than Aunt Sun."
When Shen Rui could speak the kind mother's words, he naturally thought of what Mr. Jiang mentioned. If Chen Jin did not go on the official career, he would have to treat Shen Rui, the half-brother, well for the sake of fame.
People in the world have complicated thoughts and are more willing to use malicious intentions to guess people's hearts. In this move, few people in Sun would think that their mother was kind and treated her concubine's son as their biological child. Instead, they would probably think whether this move was a entrusting one's own. The elder brother was like a father, and Chen Juren was a ignorant person, and Chen Jin had a promising future. Sun could not trust her husband, so it was reasonable to entrust her only son to the concubine's eldest son.
Even the onlooker's wife and Mr. Jiang, who were watching, also felt that Sun's arrangement was mostly because of this.
Seeing that Shen Rui was not angry and rejected, Mr. Jiang was relieved. Although this matter was a housework for the Shen family, Sun's suicide note was sent to the prefect's wife, Mr. Jiang naturally hoped that the matter would be resolved successfully, which was criticized.
However, Shen Rui remembered something and said, "Can you mention the name of your brother in the letter?"
Since Sun could give half of the dowry to his concubine's son, he would assume that he would be more stingy and give his concubine's decent personality and would like to praise his background.
Mr. Jiang San said: "Tit is mentioned, but it is not a direct name. Aunt Sun's letter said that the legitimate mother is also a mother and does not want to take away the son. If he is ordered to help the second wife, there is no need to mention it; if he does not help the brother and his biological mother, in order to respect the future of his brother, he can remember his elder brother as the eldest." At this point, he couldn't help but sigh, saying that the Sun family is kind, so that he can be considerate of others everywhere.
For some reason, Shen Rui directly thought of the "three-legged tripod".
If Sun mentioned that Chen Jin was remembering Chen Jin's name when he was giving away the inheritance of Chen Jin, although it was reasonable, it would be suspected of repaying kindness. Who knows whether it would arouse the jealousy of Chen Jin and his son? Since he gave it, he did not want to be the name of mother and son, then all that Chen Jin and his son had is gratitude. The following sentence "If so" also means endlessly.
If the Chen Juren helped Zheng Zheng and Zheng get the Sun family's marriage, he would just be sincerely grateful and treat Shen Rui well, otherwise he would be suspected of being ungrateful; if the Chen Juren did not help Zheng Zheng, the Sun family's move would be said to be helping Zheng and his son again.
In the view of Mr. Jiang San, Sun's arrangement was too kind; in Shen Rui's view, he intuitively believed that there must be a follow-up to this matter. Mr. Jiang San told him about this matter in advance, but because he was afraid that he would not be able to understand the painstaking efforts of Mr. Sun's arrangement, he was reluctant to let go of half of the dowry left by him, and showed resentment in front of his tribe members.
But he knew in his heart that his body was only nine years old, and even if Sun's dowry was not donated and left to him, it would not be his turn to take charge. When he grew up, it was hard to say how much he could have left.
On this side, Mr. Jiang San talked to Shen Rui about the "authorized letter" left by Sun's family. In the Yang house, Chen Li also mentioned this matter.
"Dear masters, uncles and elders, it's not the turn of a boy to talk too much about his future. But the deceased is the eldest. Since my aunt has a lasting fate, she should always respect her lasting fate." Chen Li said, taking out an envelope from her arms.
The heads of each room were here to testify. When Chen Li mentioned this, they felt that the flesh of the play was coming, and they couldn't help but look at Chen Li. Only the clan leader was still as deep as water, stroking his beard without saying a word; Chen Juren was angry and snorted, "How could Sun not tell his family members but instead tell them to outsiders? How could this be the case?"
Chen Li looked at Chen Juren and said, "Uncle Yuan said this, but I suspect that my nephew is lying? Is there an aunt who wrote this in hand. Can Uncle Yuan check the authenticity?"
Chen Juren said in a angrily heart: "It's not true or false, I can't make it true. I can't make it with my housework in four rooms, so I can't make it easy for me to make it happen. Naturally, I have to look at it."
Chen Shu was not too long-winded and sent the envelope to Chen Juren.
Juren Chen frowned and answered it. After taking it apart, his eyes were straightened. When the heads of each room saw it, they couldn't help but whispering, and were very curious about the content recorded in the handbook. The clan leader coughed twice, awakened Juren Chen and asked, "But you can see it clearly, is it your wife's handwriting?"
Chen Juren looked complicated, unable to say he was ashamed or ashamed. He was silent for a while, and finally looked embarrassed and said, "It was written by Sun during his lifetime."
The patriarch, the great master, nodded and signaled that Juren Chen would send the handwritten letter forward.
The clan leader took over the handwritten book, with a dull expression, as if he was not surprised by the contents of the Sun's handwritten book. He glanced and handed it to several clan elders next to him.
“Huh?”
"How could this be?"
As the handwritten book was passed on, various surprises and doubts arose.
"Sun is confused, right?"
"Is it really written by Sun?"
Chen Juren's face turned blue and white, but a little bit of color was faintly revealed in the change. Everyone whispered, their voices were getting higher and higher, and their speculation became more and more outrageous. The clan leader couldn't help but frowned, raised his crutch, knocked it hard on the ground, and said, "Sun's virtuous!"
The fifth house master also agreed, "It is a virtuous wife and a kind mother!"
These two great masters said this, and the other tribesmen didn't have much to say, but the eyes of Chen Juren were still full of doubt.
On the contrary, no one has any different feelings about the meditation of taking out this handwritten book.
Chen Ju Ren was so angry that he was half-expected, and raised his chin high. He looked at the patriarch and said, "Even if the top scholar is worried about the housework of the four rooms, it's better to calculate it clearly today. In the public's eyes, he can't do it. I will not admit it if I save it in this or that!" After that, he snorted coldly at Chen Li.
The patriarch's great master nodded and said, "That's clear, it's about Rui Ge'er and Jin Guan'er, so call them in."
Here are four generations of the Shen family, and the Xiwang is the lowest, but the younger generation is three, Chen Qi is the leader of the same house, and Chen Li is the top scholar, so Shen Lu has to go out reluctantly to call people.
Shen Rui and Mr. Jiang happened to walk back to the gate of the Yang house. When they heard the summons from their elders, they entered the Yang house with Chen Jin.
Chapter completed!