Keisuke Extra (1002)

Mulan's marriage is scheduled for the sixth day of September. The time is a bit short, but the dowry must be purchased.

Although Chen Zhonghe hated Mr. Chen San very much, he would not be harsh on his niece's dowry and asked Mrs. Chen San to go to the public house to withdraw five thousand taels of silver.

Mrs. Chen San quit: "Mu Qing married into the palace, my Mulan dare not compare with her. But Mu Dan has a dowry of seven thousand taels of silver, why my family Mu Dan only has five thousand taels of silver."

Chen Zhonghe said: "Didn't the third child take six thousand taels of silver from the Cai family, and you asked him to take it out to buy Mulan's dowry?"

Mrs. Chen San didn't want to let it go, she burst into tears when she saw that Chen Zhonghe didn't plan to add money.

Chen Zhonghe couldn't do anything about Mrs. Cui, but he would not be intimidated by Mrs. Chen San: "If you feel wronged, I will ask the third child to send you back to your mother's house."

Mrs. Chen San is the second daughter of a sixth-rank official family in the Hanlin Academy. Her father is Hanlin, and most of this Hanlin is poor. Mrs. Chen San's natal family was also very poor. Every time I go back to my mother's house, I have to be scraped off a layer of oil. To be sent back, she must be beaten to death by her mother.

So Chen Zhonghe's threat was very effective, Mrs. Chen San was so frightened that she didn't dare to cry.

The person surnamed Cai wanted to marry Chen Mulan, but he was very sincere. Eighteen loads of betrothal gifts were given, all of which were good things. But Mrs. Chen San kept all the valuable things such as golden pigs and silks and satins, and let Mulan take the worthless things. In addition to the five thousand taels of dowry silver, she only planned to spend one thousand taels of silver as a dowry.

At this time, the head of the Chen family arrived in the capital. The head of the Chen family is the second son of Chen Ran's elder brother Chen Yu, who is one year older than Chen Zhonghe's father. At that time, the situation in the capital was turbulent, and Chen Ran couldn't leave by himself, so he sent the only remaining nephew back to the south of the Yangtze River. In this way, even if their family is not preserved, the Chen family's direct branch will still have roots.

When Chen Zhonghe got the news, he quickly asked for leave and went back. Seeing Patriarch Chen, Chen Zhonghe said, "Uncle, why didn't you let me know in advance when you came to the capital, so that I could send someone to pick you up."

Patriarch Chen didn't answer this question, but asked instead: "Why didn't you see your wife?"

Chen Zhonghe paused, and said, "Huanzhang's mother is ill, and she went to Tongzhou to recuperate."

Patriarch Chen frowned and said: "Could it be that the doctors in Tongzhou are better than those in the capital?" The grand-niece is the grandson concubine of Prince You's Mansion, and the imperial physicians are invited.

Chen Zhonghe said vaguely: "Her disease is a bit complicated. There is a doctor in Tongzhou who is good at treating this disease."

Patriarch Chen is in his sixties,

Just by looking at it, you can tell that there is something tricky in it. Thinking about the news he had received, patriarch Chen's face suddenly turned ugly.

Chen Zhonghe asked: "Uncle, I don't know why you came to Beijing this time?" Although the patriarch Chen is in good health, he is still a man in his sixties. If there were no major events, he would never have come to the capital.

Patriarch Chen didn't mince words with Chen Zhonghe, and asked: "I heard that Zhongsheng owed a huge amount of gambling debts for gambling, is this true?" Zhongsheng is the name of Master Chen San.

Although it was a question, the patriarch Chen believed that this was true, otherwise he would not have come to Beijing. Asking Chen Zhonghe is just a common practice.

Chen Zhonghe nodded with a heavy heart and said: "Yes. My mother used her private house to help him pay off the gambling debt." This matter, even if you want to hide it, you can't hide it, so it's better to tell the truth.

Patriarch Chen said with a cold face: "The children of our family, how can they bet on gambling. If you find out about this, you should be severely punished. But how did you do it?" If you punished severely at the beginning, there would be no such thing as selling girls later.

Although it is said that Cui's connivance on these matters, Chen Zhonghe, as the head of the family, also has an unshirkable responsibility.

"Neutralize shame."

Patriarch Chen looked very calm, and at this age, he would no longer easily get angry when encountering things: "Let me ask you, how much do you know about Mulan?"

Chen Zhonghe didn't expect that Patriarch Chen knew everything about their family well: "The youngest received six thousand taels of silver from the family, and then betrothed Mulan to the other party." Just leave it alone.

Patriarch Chen held his cane tightly with both hands, and asked in a cold voice, "The third son sells his daughter, and you let him go?"

Chen Zhonghe said: "I asked him to return the money and terminate the engagement, but he was unwilling. He also said that it was his daughter, and who he wanted to marry Mulan to was his business, and I had no right to interfere."

When Patriarch Chen heard this, he showed disappointment: "You don't care what the third child says." This is reasonable, after all, the wedding is decided by the parents. However, the premise is to be alone. Mr. Chen San's whole family is supported by Chen Zhonghe, so he can take care of this matter if he wants to.

"Uncle, I really can't control it anymore. Every time I control it, my mother will..." He swallowed back the words that followed.

When Cui quarreled with him recently, she would faint. The last time I just said that I wanted to separate, I was so angry that I passed out for a day. If Cui Shi is angry to death, he is not a filial son. In desperation, he could only compromise.

Patriarch Chen said with a sneer, "You are filial, but you know that our Chen family's century-old reputation was almost ruined by your mother and son."

In recent years, the Chen family has also produced some scholars. But these tribe officials are the biggest, only the fourth rank. Therefore, the Chen family members have relied on Chen Ran and the others for decades. If this one is abolished, the Chen family will be hurt.

Chen Zhonghe's complexion changed greatly: "Why did uncle say that?"

Patriarch Chen said coldly: "Do you know that the merchant has a wife and son at home, and the eldest son is fifteen years old. When Mulan entered his house, he was either a wife or a concubine. Our Chen family sold a daughter as a concubine. What face does it have to say that it is a family of scholars." It was because of the seriousness of this matter that he came to the capital regardless of his old age.

Chen Zhonghe reflexively said: "Impossible, uncle, it is impossible for Cai Derui to be so bold as to come to the Chen Mansion to cheat marriage." He thought that Cai Derui just wanted to marry an official girl to improve his family status, so it is impossible for Cai Derui to be so bold as to dare to marry him. Fraudulent marriage.

Hearing this, Patriarch Chen almost knocked the crutch in his hand on his head.

After all, Chen Zhonghe had been in the officialdom, so he knew it was wrong after saying this: "Uncle, where did you get the news?" It was unusual for his uncle in Jiangnan to know something that he didn't know.

Patriarch Chen said: "Mu Qing also knew about this unintentionally. She didn't know what to do, so she wrote to tell Huanzhang. After Huanzhang accepted the letter, he came to me for advice."

After hearing this, Chen Zhonghe's face turned blue and purple.

Patriarch Chen said with a cold face: "Why didn't Mu Qing tell you about such a big thing right away? Have you thought about the reason?"

Chen Zhonghe felt unspeakably uncomfortable. His wife left home, his daughter mistrusted him, and his son alienated him. He didn't even know why he was in such a mess.

Patriarch Chen said: "Since Mu Qing said that Cai's family has a wife and son, he must have evidence. Go to Prince You's Mansion and bring the evidence back."

Chen Zhonghe was silent for a while and said, "Okay."

After Chen Muqing knew that the head of the Chen family had arrived in Beijing, he asked Chen Zhonghe: "The head of the family came to Beijing for Mulan's business, right?"

"Why didn't you tell me such a big thing?" These words were questioned, but also disappointed and sad.

Chen Muqing was silent for a while and said: "Father, if I tell you this matter, it will be nothing in the end. He can sell Mulan to a businessman as a concubine for six thousand taels of silver, who knows what he will do next time What's going on?"

Chen Zhonghe said: "Your third uncle certainly doesn't know that Cai Derui has a wife in his family."

Chen Muqing smiled lightly, and that smile was full of sarcasm: "Father, I believe this matter is useless. Once it is exposed at this time, outsiders will not believe it. They will only think that the Chen family sold their daughters as concubines, and they are not worthy of being called scholars. Home."

Chen Zhonghe was very embarrassed, but he couldn't refute it, so he could only remain silent.

Chen Muqing stared at Chen Zhonghe and said, "Father, are you really going to destroy the Chen family for the sake of grandma and third uncle?"

Chen Zhonghe said: "I will handle this matter well."

Chen Muqing has a personal certificate and is the companion of Cai Derui's wife. Anyway, it's not going to the Yamen, a personal ID is enough.

When Cai Derui saw his wife's accompanying room, he knew that the matter had failed. He immediately changed his words and said that it was inconvenient for him to do business in the capital, so he wanted to marry a wife to take care of his daily life and food.

Patriarch Chen didn't raise his eyebrows when he heard this excuse.

When Cui heard this, she almost fainted again: "You have a wife and son in your hometown, what kind of wife did you marry?"

Cai Derui wrote a letter of divorce and sent it to his hometown a month ago in case of an accident.

Chen Zhonghe said with a smile: "Your wife has kept her filial piety for her parents-in-law's pension, so she is not out of seven. The government will not recognize your divorce letter."

After finishing speaking, Chen Zhonghe sent Cai Derui to the Yamen on the charge of fraudulent marriage.

Although the Chen family is not as prominent as before, it is easy to kill Cai Derui who has no foundation.

Patriarch Chen didn't pay attention to this merchant at all. He came to the capital mainly to solve the scourge of Mr. Chen San.

Although Cui was used to being domineering in the backyard of the Chen family, she was also timid when facing the patriarch Chen: "Brother, he was also kept in the dark during Zhongsheng."

Master Chen San cried and said: "Uncle, I really don't know his wife is still alive. He told me that his wife passed away three years ago, and now he wants to remarry another one." Six thousand taels of silver, so he agreed in a daze.

Patriarch Chen didn't even look at Cui Shi and Master Chen San, and said to Chen Zhonghe: "According to the clan rules, the clan must be expelled."

To Mrs. Cui and Mr. Chen San, these words were like a bolt from the blue.

Master Chen San was so frightened that he cried: "Uncle, I really don't know about this matter." If he was to be expelled from the family, he would have to die.

Seeing that Patriarch Chen was unmoved, he begged Chen Zhonghe again: "Big Brother, Big Brother, please intercede for me. Big Brother, I am your real brother!"

Chen Zhonghe stood motionless in the middle like a green pine.

Patriarch Chen felt that he was an eyesore, and ordered his followers: "Drag him out."

Cui knew that it was useless to ask Patriarch Chen, she looked at Chen Zhonghe and said word by word: "If you kill the third son, I will die in front of you."

Patriarch Chen said expressionlessly: "If you let Zhonghe bear the reputation of being unfilial, I will definitely not let you enter the ancestral grave of our Chen family."