"Same clan, same clan, we are one family!"
Although Shen Hui was irrational, when he saw Shen Yi questioning him as an elder like this, he became a little angry and said: "I'm not an outsider, so I just want to help..."
"If something happens to you, Lao Qi, in the future, the family will naturally not stand idly by."
Hearing his words, Shen Yi took several deep breaths to calm down. He looked at Shen Hui quietly and said, "In the past, when brother Zichang and I depended on each other, we needed the help of our tribe the most. , It’s a pity that except for the third brother and the third sister-in-law who took care of our brothers, we didn’t see any other clan members there.”
"Today, if the third brother asked the nephew to do a favor, the nephew would do it without saying anything, but the others..."
Mr. Shen sneered and did not continue.
He looked at Shen Hui and said slowly: "As for the uncle who said that my family can help me if something happens, does the uncle really think that there is still something in the family that can help me?"
Shen Yi's question was tepid.
Shen Hui was still a little embarrassed. He said angrily: "Even if you don't help, just make it clear in person. How can you go home and still hide from your family?"
"Does the uncle know that Hong De's nephew who was five years old was wrongly accused and imprisoned? He almost died in prison?"
Shen Hui lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "I know."
"If it hadn't been for the third brother, my nephew would have been dead long ago."
"And the person who framed my nephew is the nephew of Minister Fan Xiu."
"Fan Xiu, a minister of the Ministry of Justice, can make the Fan family run rampant in Jiangdu, and even collude with Jiangdu magistrates to take people's lives."
Shen Yi looked at Shen Hui quietly.
"Then our Shen family will do the same in the future?"
Shen Hui was speechless.
"Fan Xiu, Minister Fan, originally had a good chance of being ranked among the Nine Ministers, but where are they now?"
Shen Yi had no expression on his face and said: "Uncle, if someone in my family can't survive, I will help them if it's time to help them, but they can't use my reputation to make profits."
"If you ask for money in the name of the Shen family today, you can do what Fan Dongcheng did in my name in the future!"
"Uncle, I am a second-class Jinshi. In a few years, I became an official and became a doctor in the Ministry of War. Logically speaking, even if I resign now and don't work, it won't be a big deal."
"Therefore, my reputation will be ruined if my family ruins it."
"but…"
Shen Yi expressionless, said slowly: "But my family, Zichang, is a Jinshi from Sandingjia and has a bright future. If someone uses his reputation to do anything in Jiangdu in the future, it will ruin Zichang's reputation."
Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "Don't blame me for turning against you."
Seeing Shen Yi's harsh words, Shen Ling hurriedly stepped forward, patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and forced out a smile: "Old Qi, there's no need to be so serious. The people in the family don't have any bad intentions. They all want you to Okay bro."
He patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'll talk to them one by one later and make sure they don't dare to do it again in the future."
Shen Yi first nodded to Shen Ling, then looked at Shen Hui, and continued: "Uncle, which century-old family doesn't have strict family rules? The family can no longer indulge like this. In the future, our Shen family will really become another Fan family in Jiangdu. My nephew was the first to disagree."
After saying this, Shen Yi stood up, cupped his hands towards Shen Hui and said, "Uncle, that's all my nephew said today. Please forgive me for any offense I've made."
After saying that, Mr. Shen bowed his hands to Shen Ling again, turned around and left.
Shen Hui stared at Shen Yi's leaving figure with his eyes widened. After Shen Yi walked away, he slapped the table hard and made a "bang" sound.
"Arrogant! Arrogant!"
Shen Hui said angrily: "If you become a Jinshi and become an official, this is how you treat your elders!"
"How arrogant!"
Shen Ling was still accompanying his old father in the main hall. After hearing this, the third young master Shen silently sat down next to his father and sighed: "Dad, what the seventh child said is not wrong."
"He, the real owner, hasn't spoken yet, and everyone in the family has collected the money in advance. What's going on?"
"If I were Lao Qi, I wouldn't want to see them either."
Seeing that Shen Hui was silent, Shen Ling coughed and whispered: "Dad, do you remember in which year Lao Qi became a Jinshi?"
Shen Hui said in a dull voice: "Of course I remember, Hong De's seventh year."
Shen Ling nodded and said, "It's only been four years so far, dad... four years."
"In four years, Lao Qi has been promoted to the eighth level and fourth grade."
"You have also been an official, so you should know how fast this is."
Hearing this, Shen Hui put down the tea cup in his hand and became a little unhappy: "It is precisely because he is successful in the court that the family wants to drag him to do something..."
"Dad, this is what you are thinking about."
"Zi Heng is in his early twenties and is a fourth-grade official. How promising is his future?"
"As he said himself, there is nothing our Shen family can do to help him."
Shen Ling stretched out his hand, poured a full cup of tea for his old father respectfully, and continued: "In this case, what the Shen family has to do is not to hold Lao Qi back."
"With his cold temper, what if he becomes prime minister?"
Shen Hui said with some displeasure: "It's just that he doesn't want to help with arranging for the children at home to go to the academy. Dad never mentioned it to him again. Now he's not willing to help with matters that are part of his duties."
Shen Hui said angrily.
"No matter how promising his future is, it has nothing to do with us!"
"father…"
Shen Ling advised: "What if the seventh child comes to worship the prime minister?"
"Then our family is the prime minister."
"For future generations, whatever they do will be much smoother. Why should they care about the petty profits in front of them?"
Shen Hui finally fell silent.
After drinking tea in silence for a while, the little old man sighed, looked at Shen Ling, and said, "Then what should we do?"
"If the father trusts his son, he will leave this matter to his son."
Shen Hui asked: "How are you going to deal with it?"
"Yesterday, my son came to my house for the family dinner. My son is planning to go to each house and ask questions. After the questions come out, the money that should be refunded will be returned to them."
"after…"
"The Shen family will be strict in their family governance."
"We will never allow this to happen again."
Shen Ling said in a low voice: "If this happens again, we will directly excommunicate you from the family tree, and you will not be allowed to enter the ancestral graves in the future!"
Seeing that Shen Hui didn't speak, Shen Ling advised again: "Dad, you have to think clearly, even if Lao Qi doesn't help the family at all, as long as he continues to be an official, it will be a great good thing for our Shen family, at least for the local government. The officials will never dare to bully our family again."
After a long time, Shen Hui closed his eyes and sighed.
"Just let it go."
He opened his eyes, looked at Shen Ling, and sighed.
"Then let Ling'er handle this matter. After it's done, go and inform Lao Qi. After all, you are the only one in the family who has a good relationship with him."
"yes!"
Shen Ling bowed his hands respectfully: "My son will definitely handle this matter!"
The calculation starts from the moment this sentence is implemented.
The Shen family's power as "head of the family" finally began to slowly tilt toward Shen Ling.
And this tilt is not because of anything else, but because Shen Ling has the best relationship with Shen Yi.
…………
After the quarrel in the ancestral house, in the next two days, the father and son did not return to the ancestral house to live, but returned to their own small yard.
After living in the small courtyard for two days, Shen Yi returned to Ganquan Academy and spent two days of leisure.
This afternoon, Mr. Shen was reading a miscellaneous book in the small yard behind the academy. Not far from him, the maid Lian'er was playing with Shen Yuan.
Under the nearby pavilion, father and daughter Lu Anshi were playing Go around a chessboard with nineteen vertical and horizontal lines.
After playing two or three games, Master Lu was unwilling to continue playing with Lu Qingque. He waved to Shen Yi and said with a smile, "Come here, Zi Heng, let me talk a few games with you."
Shen Yi put down the miscellaneous books in his hand, walked over with a smile, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, I can't beat you at Go. Let's play chess."
Master Lu smiled and nodded, then he agreed. He took out a chess set from under the table and started playing chess with Shen Yi.
In fact, the two people's chess skills are not very good, so it can be said that they have met their opponents.
After playing two or three games of chess, when Shen Yi was about to move the car and eat the cannon, Jiang Sheng panted heavily and ran all the way to Shen Yi and said something in Shen Yi's ear.
Mr. Shen was stunned when he heard this, then frowned and said, "Is it true or false?"
Jiang Sheng lowered his head and said: "The letter sent by the Jiankang Residence Reporting Department should not be false."
Shen Yi nodded silently, and after taking a few breaths, his attention returned to the chessboard, thinking deeply.
Seeing this, Master Lu was a little curious and asked, "What news made Qilang so devastated?"
Shen Yi moved his pawn and took a step forward. Then he looked up at Lu Anshi and suddenly smiled: "Father-in-law, the latest news from Jiankang..."
"Several imperial officials wrote to the court to impeach Yang Fan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, for corruption and perversion of the law..."
Hearing these words, Master Lu also changed his expression slightly.
You know, who is Yang Fan? That's the son of Prime Minister Yang Jingzong!
He looked at Shen Yi and said slowly: "It seems that His Majesty is preparing to..."
"We took action against the father and son..."
(End of chapter)
