Now it was the turn of everyone except Song Jue and Shen Haolin who knew the inside story to be shocked. They were so shocked that they were speechless.
"What are you doing?" Song Jue looked at the eyes of these people and laughed, "Are you so surprised? Xiaotian'er, if you don't shut up, your jaw will drop. "
"I think my chin has fallen to the ground." Xue Ruitian pretended to pick up his chin from the ground, pretended to put it back together, and looked at Song Jue suspiciously, "Wait, look at your performance, what you just said, isn't it? Are you trying to trick us? Do you want to see us like this?"
"Although I really want to see your mean chin, this is indeed true and I am not talking nonsense." Song Jue waved his hand towards Xue Ruitian and looked at Shen Cha sincerely, "I really didn't lie. , If you don’t believe me, ask Haolin.”
Shen Cha moved his eyes from Song Jue to Shen Haolin and looked at him seriously.
"Really." Shen Haolin nodded, "Think about it, can you commit such a serious crime like confiscating your home, exterminating your family, and annihilating the nine clans?"
"That's true, but..." Shen Cha was puzzled, "But why do you do this? Why take such desperate risks? He is a county horse. He doesn't have to go to court or work in the Yamen. He just spends time with the princess and friends every day. Let’s meet, eat, drink, and have fun. If you want to have a tea party, have a tea party, and if you want to have a banquet, have a banquet. Wouldn’t that be nice?”
"It's pretty good." Shen Haolin nodded and smiled at Shen Cha, "But you forgot one thing, he is Enke's number one scholar."
"I haven't forgotten, he is the number one scholar in Enke, but didn't he ask for the princess himself? He asked to marry the princess over and over again. Someone didn't force him with a knife. Why, before he asked to marry the princess, Don’t you know that county horses cannot enter the court and serve as officials?” Xue Ruitian touched his chin and said, “What is his purpose in begging to marry the princess? Don’t talk nonsense about love at first sight, I don’t believe it.”
"I don't believe it either." Shen Cha shook his head gently, "The princess used him, that's for sure, but he said he fell in love with the princess at first sight and would not marry anyone other than the princess. I don't believe it, not to mention he is nothing. How can a scholar with little money or power be so bold to publicly propose to marry the princess at a Qionglin banquet or a court meeting? Aren't you afraid of setting up a crime that will ruin the princess' reputation?" She looked at Shen Haolin, Looking at Song Jue again, "Actually, this is what I care about most. Why is he so confident? Why is he so sure that the princess will agree to him?"
"Xiaocha is right, this is very strange!" Bai Meng also nodded and recalled, "I remember... my second uncle didn't get married in the end, does it have anything to do with it?"
"No, no." Song Jue shook his head, "It has nothing to do with your family. After Huailu was arrested, he insisted that he hated the princess, his great-grandfather, and everyone in the royal family. He is a scholar, and he fell in love with the county. The Lord wants to marry the princess as his wife, but he also doesn’t want to give up his official career. But this has been the rule since ancient times. If you become a consort or a princess, you cannot enter the court as an official because you have to avoid suspicion. But he just doesn’t understand why. Those families whose daughters enter the palace as queens or concubines can still be active in the court and hold great power. Some of them are even inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people? Why do all the sons-in-laws in this world have To be treated unfairly?”
"Oh, why is my son-in-law complaining?" Yan Rong sneered, "If you are so brave, don't be a door-to-door son-in-law!"
"Lao Yan is right, you are so courageous, why do you care about the property of the woman's family?" Xue Ruitian looked at Song Jue, "You just said that you would confiscate the house, destroy the family, and destroy the nine clans, right?" Seeing Song Jue nodding, he raised his voice Chin, "Let's first talk about Huailu's previous family background. What was found when his house was ransacked, and how much property he had in his family. After he became a princess, others gave him away or did business for the princess's sake. Got it?"
"That's right, that's right." Shen Cha nodded, "Also, what was the original situation of his family? Did the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven just because he achieved enlightenment alone?"
"You are all right. Huailu's family is very poor. It is said that he came from a poor family because his family has been scholars for three generations. There are four Jinshi and five scholars in the three generations. Even the girls in the family are all Qin. He is proficient in chess, calligraphy and painting."
"This..." Shen Cha frowned and looked at Song Jue in confusion, "Is the situation at home okay? Not poor, right? How many truly poor families can afford to send their children to school?" She said Thinking of the place where he lived when he was a child, he sighed softly, "If you don't have enough to eat, how can you study and read and test for fame?"
"It is not a problem for their family to have enough food. After all, they are from a so-called scholarly family. If they open a small private school to teach their children, they will not have to worry about the food and drink expenses of the family. However, their family is very ambitious and wants to achieve success and fame. We want to leave a name for the ages." Song Jue sighed, "The idea is good, but it is difficult to implement, isn't it?"
"Success is achieved. Huailu already achieved success and fame when he won the first prize in Enke?"
"So, Huailu wants to marry the princess, and his family has no objection." Song Jue spread his hands, "Although he can't be an official in the court, he can be regarded as a prosperous person. He becomes a county horse, and it will not affect the scientific examination of the family. , will not affect the family's business, but will also bring a lot of help. After being arrested, Huailu's eldest brother said that their family has always felt that Huailu's luck is particularly good, compared with those who entered the court as Officials, people who get up early every day and work late at night are much luckier, but his brother is just ignorant and doesn't know how to be satisfied."
"This eldest brother is a sensible person, what a pity." Shen Cha raised his chin, "How much property was confiscated from their family?"
"For example, if the property of the princess's mansion is one, then the property of the princess's mansion and the property in the name of the princess, as well as the property of his family, including his parents, biological brothers and sisters, can be said to be ten. .”
"So many?" Xue Ruitian and Bai Meng looked at each other, "This is really..."
"Sure enough, as Brother Huailu Zhang said, greed is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant." Shen Cha sneered, "But Brother Xiaojue, we understand what you mean by telling this story. If the son-in-law did something bad, Don't be merciful when it comes to things. But this matter in Brother Arong's family may involve lives."
"It's the same, killing people to pay for their lives, and paying debts for money." Song Jue looked at Yan Rong, "Princess Shuangzhu was ruthless back then, ignored all kinds of pleas, and asked her great-grandfather to severely punish Huailu. What I mean by this is, You also have to be cruel, do you understand?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will avoid future troubles this time."
"That's good." Song Jue nodded and raised his eyebrows at Ying Shiliu, "Just do it like this."
"yes!"
Song Jue turned around to ask for credit from Shen Cha, and saw Shen Cha staring thoughtfully at the tea bowl in front of her.
"Xiao Cha? Xiao Cha?" He looked at Shen Cha curiously, and then at the tea bowl in front of Shen Cha, "Is there anything wrong with this tea bowl?"
"No, I suddenly thought of something."
"What did you think of?"
"Is this Huailu from Jiaxing?" Seeing Song Jue nodding, Shen Cha and Shen Haolin exchanged a look, "After the Liang family left Wuzhou, they moved around several places and finally settled in Jiaxing."
