Although Shen Hui was unreasonable, 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, your family will naturally not stand by and watch."
Hearing his words, Shen Yi took several deep breaths to calm himself down. He looked at Shen Hui quietly and said, "In the past, when brother Zichang and I were dependent 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, I 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 to me, does the uncle really think that there is still something in the family that can help me?"
Shen Yi's words were a tepid question.
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 hide from your family?"
"Does the uncle know that Hong De's nephew who was five years old was wrongly accused, imprisoned, and 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 Fan Xiu, the nephew of Minister Fan."
"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 the lives of others."
Shen Yi looked at Shen Hui quietly.
"Then our Shen family will do the same in the future?"
Shen Hui was speechless.
"Shilang Fan Xiu, Fan Xiu 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 they have to, 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 anymore, it won't be a big deal."
"Therefore, my reputation will be ruined if my family ruins it."
"but…"
Shen Yi had no expression on his face and said slowly: "But my family, Zichang, is a Jinshi from Sandingjia and has a bright future. If someone uses his name to do anything wrong 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 Hello brother."
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 does not 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 if I offended you."
After saying that, Mr. Shen bowed his hands to Shen Ling again, turned around and left.
Shen Hui's eyes widened and he looked at Shen Yi's leaving figure. 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 Lao Qi 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, the seventh year of Hong De."
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 teacup in his hand and became a little unhappy: "It is precisely because he was successful in the court that the family wanted 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 cool temper, what if he becomes prime minister?"
Shen Hui said with some displeasure: "It's just that he didn'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 Lao Qi 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 the little old man drank tea in silence for a while, he sighed, looked at Shen Ling, and said, "Then what do you think we should 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 planned to go to each house and ask questions. After the questions are answered, 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 kind of thing to happen again."
Shen Ling whispered: "If something like this happens again, we will directly revoke the genealogy 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. 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 towards Shen Ling.
And this tilt is not because of anything else, but because Shen Ling and Shen Yi have the best relationship.
…………
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 staying in the small courtyard for two days, Shen Yi left for Ganquan Academy and spent two days of leisure.
That 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 Ziheng, 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 his car and capture the cannon, Jiang Sheng, panting heavily, 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?"
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? He is the son of Prime Minister Yang Jingzong!
He looked at Shen Yi and said slowly: "It seems that His Majesty is preparing to..."