Chapter 9 The Dutiful Son Before the Spirit (2)
Chen Juren said with a calm face: "I was still in bed a few days ago, and I couldn't get up..." When he said this, he felt a little annoyed. Even if he had selfish intentions, Shen Rui was not lying in bed these days. On the day Sun had just passed away, Shen Rui was hit by family law. In shame and anger, he fainted and has not yet recovered. Even if he wanted to remember Chen Jin in Sun's name, he would not be so hasty and questioned.
Shen Rui woke up these days and started to get into rice water. However, when Lao An said he was still very weak. He did not let him come to the front of the spirit. He was indeed pity and compassionate. But when he heard the meticulous words, it seemed that he had bad intentions.
Everyone here, in addition to the Shen clan, there are other neighbors and gentry qualified to sit down. Looking at Chen Juren's eyes, it seemed as if they were looking forward to the Shen family's family's family's misfortune of the father and son, and they wanted to watch the fun. Thinking of this, Chen Juren was full of resentment and ordered the manager next to him, "Go to pick up Brother Rui, even if you can't get up, you have to carry it over..."
The butler responded and the atmosphere in the hall was a little dull.
The Shen family members also reacted, and Chen Li said something was wrong. Now there are outsiders in the hall. No matter what the inside story is, they should not mention this matter in front of outsiders. There is no wind or wave. If it is spread outside, it will inevitably cause various speculations, which will accidentally damage the reputation of the Shen family.
Chen Li just kept silent and looked at the door from time to time, and his concern could not be hidden. Although Chen Li was a descendant of the Shen family, he did not borrow any light from the Shen family. Instead, he was entirely responsible for the Sun family's care to achieve success in his studies. No matter what other members of the Shen family are, Chen Li was really sad for the Sun family's demise. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have come to the door one after another when his mother was deceased.
The eyes of everyone looking at Chen Li were a little complicated. Some people blamed him, and they felt that they could not write two Chen Li in one stroke, and Chen Li was a little disregarded by the overall situation; some people agreed with him, in the eyes of the world, Sun had helped him for more than ten years and offered Chen Li out, which was a great kindness to Chen Li. Even if Chen Li was a junior, it was reasonable to be open to the courtesy of the kindness at this time.
Chen Li already had the worst plan in his mind. If Juren Chen was unfair to Shen Rui, the masters of the Zongfang family would let him do it and he would stop him no matter what. If he couldn't stop him, he would ask for help from the capital and ask the uncle of the second house to come forward to preside over justice.
Although the second wife moved to the capital when the old man entered the Hanlin Academy decades ago, the old man and his wife were also buried in the capital, but because the two masters are now in the officialdom, the eldest master became the minister and even the head of the clan's clan, he would have to be a bit of mercy.
Chen Li went to Beijing for several years, and saw that the two uncles acted with Duan Fang's character, and they respected the two very much. Although the two aunts came from a family of officials, they were also virtuous and harmonious. Although the second wife had not returned to Songjiang in the past few decades, they also took good care of the tribesmen who came to Beijing. Although they had never met Sun, they heard Chen Li and his mother mentioned it, and knew that Sun was kind and praised the sister-in-law who had never met in the next room.
Everyone in the hall had different thoughts, and from time to time someone looked at Chen Jin.
Regardless of whether Chen Juren is partial or not, Chen Jin is no longer a child. Since he can occupy the position of filial son without any shame, it makes people have to think deeply. Chen Juren, who was envious and jealous before, had a good son, sneered in his heart and regarded Chen Jin, who was handsome, as a person with ulterior motives.
Chen Jin was here at the age of the year, and his face was blue and white by everyone. He wanted to go down immediately, but Chen Juren did not speak, and could only rely on the filial son's stick to endure hard, but his face was only misunderstood shame and anger, and he was not guilty and uneasy.
In the north room of the courtyard, the sweat from the butler's forehead came out. After grinding two cups of tea, Shen Rui still refused to let go.
He just thought it was a simple job. Even though he brought two servants over, he had no intention of forcing others to suppress them. He just thought about Shen Rui's serious illness and asked him to carry him to the front.
Shen Rui lay on the bed, looked at the butler coldly and said, "Don't talk anymore, you can't keep a spirit for your mother. I am an unfilial son. How can I go to my mother's mourning hall? The butler apologized for me and my father. Now I can't go to the front even if I die."
In my memory, even if the butler was not the confidant of Sun, he had been favored by the mistress Sun. The butler did not think about giving me some help to the situation of the Lord these days, which shows that he was not a kind person. But who would have thought that Lao An would treat his relatives and grandchildren so harshly and imprison him in this cross-yard, and who would believe that the Lord had been tortured to death?
Shen Rui thought that he was about to see those "family members", but he felt irritated and turned his head to stop listening to the butler's disguise.
When Shen Rui was growing up and pulled a strip, he lost six or seven pounds in a few days, and his chin was sharp. He couldn't say that his skin and bones were the same. With this blue and white little face, his cold eyes were not as cold as a child. With such a big change, no one could tell that it was wrong, and the butler's heart trembled.
Seeing that Shen Rui was resentful and even the "unfilial son" came out, he really wanted to force him to go to the front of the spirit. In front of everyone, he didn't know what kind of chaos would happen.
The butler stomped his feet and took the two servants away.
Mother Wang personally sent someone out, and when she came back, she said with a smile: "What's the good, what's the good, why don't the second brother go? It's really annoying the master, it's hard to bear."
Shen Rui also made a regretful look and said, "Why would you like to invite your mother to go to the second gate to watch it? If your father really comes, I will be prepared."
Mother Wang nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go to the second gate to guard..." After that, she went out worriedly.
Liu Ya was worried and said, "Second brother, if the master is so illegitimate, how can he have a good life if he is more capable of practicing the law?"
Shen Rui sneered: "Where can you fight? After today, the master only loves me..."
In the mourning hall in front, everyone was already waiting, and they could not stand looking at each other, and they were surprised and suspicious. Shen Li's face was so dark that he was about to get up.
Seeing this, Juren Shen became more and more irritable. He frowned and ordered the servant beside him, "Why haven't this rebellious son come yet? Go and urge him!"
The servant responded and ran into the butler at the entrance of the mourning hall, and hurriedly took aside.
Seeing that there was no one behind the housekeeper, Shen Juren was shocked and said, "Where is Brother Rui? Could it be that he is really seriously ill?"
It’s not his fault for worrying. In addition to pitying his flesh and blood, everyone is watching now. If the second son is really bad at this time, then he might really be suspected of "harmful son" and he can’t even wash it even if he jumps into the Yellow River.
Seeing this, the housekeeper hurriedly said, "Master, don't worry, the second brother is ready to see."
Shen Juren frowned and said, "Since that's the case, why not bring it? Didn't I say that even if he is uncomfortable, he will still carry it. Or is he willing to get out of bed and refuse to listen to the instructions?"
The housekeeper hesitated and said, "Master, the villain passed on the words of the master, but the second brother said he could not come."
Juren Shen was furious when he heard this and said, "The worship of this mourning hall is his biological mother. He was seriously ill a few days ago. Lao Anren was polite to him for cultivation. Now he still refused to come when he saw Hao Le. This unfilial little beast was about to tie him up and was beaten to death immediately!"
Thinking that the legitimate son was so arrogant that he looked useless by his mother, he was usually willful and naughty, and now he lost his face in front of everyone. Chen Juren was really angry.
It is not easy for no one to be polite to the juren. Instead, the eyes of looking at him became more and more complicated. I wondered if he would "go with the flow" and really teach his children in front of the Sun Family Spirit. Seeing this wrong, the master of the Zongfang Clan coughed and said, "I'm just teaching you slowly, and I'm just going to shout and kill you."
Seeing this, Chen Jin also came over and whispered: "Master, don't be upset. I heard that my second brother has slept a lot and woke up less in the past few days. Maybe he was unable to get up because he hadn't gotten better yet. Why would his son go over and take a look first?"
Juren Chen was still angry and snorted coldly, "What are you looking at? Let me pull the evil beast here!" After that, he ordered the butler to take Shen Rui.
At this time, Chen Li said seriously: "Uncle Yuan, please wait. If your nephew didn't listen, the boss said that Rui Ge'er said, "You can't come over", rather than refused to come over. Since he said that he couldn't, there was always a reason for not being able to do so. It would be better to listen to Rui Ge'er's reasons first and then convict him. If he really couldn't get up from illness, the elders would be kind and would not be able to torment Rui Ge'er."
Seeing Chen Li's words, Chen Juren stared at him, annoyed that he had some troubles. However, the relatives' eyes were flickering and their faces were full of suspicion, as if he had something shameful to accept him. He could only say, "There is no reason for the ungrateful little beast." It is not easy to stop everyone from visiting.
Thinking of the naughtyness of the second son, maybe he would be embarrassed in front of his tribe members next. Chen Juren was very upset, but he didn't want to cover up his son. He took everyone to the backyard with a drooping face.
Several elders in the Shen clan wanted to visit one or two, so they followed him. Neighbors and friends from other families were not good enough to follow them, but they were unwilling to leave first, so they sat in the mourning hall waiting for the result. Thinking that no matter whether Juren Shen was "spoken" or "harmful to the son" this time, the Shen family would start to make a fuss, and they would say that there would be no fun to watch later.
Juren Chen took all the relatives of the tribe and followed the housekeeper to the gate of the Xiqianyuan. He was stunned and wanted to stop, but he was also suspected of "it was more obvious than it was obvious", so he gritted his teeth and entered the yard.
A yard of six or seven feet square, about a dozen people came in and immediately filled up. Because the yard was idle for a long time in the early years, the door frames of the house were old and the breasted paper on the windows were yellow. To the decent place of Shen Juren's house, the shabby place was eye-catching.
Even the favored concubines will not live here, let alone be the only place where the legitimate son can cultivate.
The so-called Lao Ann's statement before Chen Juren's "pity" for his grandson immediately became a joke.
Shen Li stood in the yard, looked around, frowned and said, "Did my uncle change the yard?"
Chapter completed!