Jiapingguan Chronicle

"Master Shen, calm down. Did you look very peaceful just now? Why did you suddenly become angry?" Xue Ruitian couldn't help but chuckled and said, "It seems that the relationship with the second master of the Shen family is still unusual! "

"The main thing is that I can't hear him say this about my grandfather, the Marquis, the Duke, and the general. You don't know how good and loving my grandfather is to his second uncle." Shen Zhonghe looked at Liang Jieque, "You and my father Growing up with my second uncle, you must know a lot more than me, right? I’ll tell you, listen, and if there’s anything I’ve missed, you can come and add it, okay?”

"Okay, tell me!" Liang Jieque chuckled, looked at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and then Xue Ruitian, and explained, "The second brother is the son of his adoptive father. When he had this son, his adoptive father's age Not too young. When I was about fifty years old, I unexpectedly had such a son, so I was still very surprised. In addition, during the entire ten-month pregnancy and delivery process, the adoptive mother ate a lot. Ku, I think very highly of this child, and put it on the forefront of my heart. In addition, he is almost ten years younger than his eldest brother, which means that he was pampered by his family during his childhood. .”

"That's right." Shen Zhonghe nodded, "In my impression, the second uncle is the most favored in the family and has a higher status than me." He looked at Xue Ruitian and smiled and waved his hand gently, "Master Hou, can you Don’t laugh. In our area, we generally love our grandchildren more. It’s rare for a family to say that there is a third generation in the family and they love their youngest son so tightly. I feel that the whole town We are the only family in Shandu." He looked at Liang Jieque and said, "That's right, right?"

"Not to mention the entire town, it is very rare in the entire county." Liang Jieque spread his hands towards several people and said, "So, it is completely unreasonable for him to accuse his adoptive father of treating him badly. Yes, we are so angry."

"That's right." Shen Zhonghe agreed, "Because he is the most favored in the family, whatever he wants or does, he will get it. No one objects to it. As long as he is not committing adultery, it is very serious. I support it. If there are any good things in the family, in situations like this, he should be put first, and then it is my turn. Mr. Hou, you just said why I am so angry. Think about it, if there is a person in the family who is specially affected. Good treatment, better than anyone else, but he is still complaining that the people at home treat him badly and are overbearing to him, can you not be angry after hearing this?"

"Think about it..." Xue Ruitian touched his chin, "That's what happened. It's really quite irritating."

"So, there is no one or no place in this family who feels sorry for him. What he did is simply the behavior of a white-eyed wolf."

"The feeling he gave me that night was like someone had poisoned him. He was like a familiar stranger." Liang Jieque sighed softly, "It felt... it felt..."

"He's not my second uncle at all, he's just a stranger in my second uncle's skin, right?"

"Xiao Man, you are right, that's all! But, I know, this is indeed him. His unintentional little movements when he spoke clearly told me that it was him, not someone else. "

"But..." Xue Ruitian was puzzled, "Is it like what we just said, that this is the real him?"

"Yes, that's who he is. In fact, he has always been different from us. He is unique. However, he usually doesn't show it, so we just pretend we don't know anything and completely ignore it."

"It's different from you, what do you mean?"

"It's like this." Seeing everyone looking at him, Liang Jieque explained, "Although he grew up by the sea and goes fishing all year round, the second brother seems to have never been able to integrate into the life of the small town. , both in terms of his living habits and his personality, he is completely different from other people. If someone who doesn’t know him sees him, he will think that he is one of the noble young masters from the aristocratic families in the capital!"

"Yes, that's true." Shen Zhonghe nodded, "He seems to be out of tune with the people around him. It's exactly the difference between Yangchun Baixue and the lower class people. It's just that the second uncle is very easy-going, so everyone ignores this."

"Yes, they all go to sea. People who go to sea in other families have dark skin and look very strong. But the second brother is different. No matter the wind or sun, he always looks fair and clean. , not like those people, looking big and thick, but very slender, but powerful. If it weren't like this, the girls in the town wouldn't be so obsessed with him, right? Standing in the crowd , he is so outstanding, so dazzling."

"That's true." Shen Zhonghe also nodded, "Although he often goes to sea, my second uncle is different from other people who go to sea. In addition to not being able to tan, he also wears different clothes from others, right? Everyone else is different. I like to wear dark or even black clothes, because they are more resistant to stains and are not easy to see. But the second uncle likes light-colored and white clothes, and he does look good in them. Others may be at sea for ten and a half days He goes for months without changing clothes or bathing, but he is different. He needs to bathe and change clothes every day. If he is at home, he can bathe twice a day. If he goes out several times a day, he can change clothes several times. ." He thought for a while, smiled at everyone, and said, "These habits are not found in our town. It was only after I went to Xijing City that I discovered that this is a habit in the capital. All the big families in the capital do this. of."

"He...should have never been to Xijing City, right?"

"No." Shen Zhonghe shook his head slightly, "We don't know what's going on. I also asked my grandfather secretly, and my grandfather said that my second uncle is just like my grandmother. It's probably her influence."

"This is just to deceive a child like you." Liang Jieque snorted, "Your grandmother is not this kind of person. Although she is indeed very particular, she is definitely not as extreme as him. He was not like this before he won the election. After he won the exam, it became more and more excessive. But your grandfather loved him, so he didn't care what he did. He was always cheerful when he saw him every day. He would also tell his sister-in-law, "Let's see what's new." Let him choose some good-looking materials and make a few more."

"Ah?" Shen Zhonghe shook his head slightly, "I don't know about this, but I know he has a lot of new clothes."

"It's really strange to hear you say so much. This second master of the Shen family..." Xue Ruitian looked back at Shen Cha and asked in confusion, "Is there any explanation for this? Why is he like this?"

"You can probably guess that he expressed his true thoughts in this way in a very subtle way, but no one noticed it." Shen Cha looked at Liang Jieque and sighed softly, "Does he know What happened to the Shen family in the past?" "What happened to the Shen family? You mean the past identity of the Shen family, right?" Seeing Shen Cha nodding, Liang Jieque hummed and said, "This is natural. When the first generation was very young, our grandfather told us, because it involves a lot, we must know." She glanced at Shen Zhonghe as she spoke, "Don't look at me like that, because you have to go We can't tell you if you join the army. There are some things that may be affected by your career if you tell them. Since you have decided to take this path, we will not stop you or be your roadblock." She sighed softly. After taking a breath, he looked at Shen Cha and asked, "Why did the General suddenly mention this?"

"I have been thinking about where Mr. Shen's anger and dissatisfaction come from. You also said that in fact, his family is very good to him and has not treated him harshly. So where does his unwillingness come from? What about Lai? After thinking about it, there is only one thing. It is probably that Master Shen does not agree with his identity at all, which is the identity of a fisherman in a small town. What he wants is his previous identity. "

"The previous identity? The eldest young master of the Tian family?" Liang Jieque was stunned, "A son of an official in Xijing City?"

"Yes." Shen Cha nodded lightly, "You also said that all his living habits are completely different from those in the small town. They are similar to those in Xijing City, so he should be He did it on purpose because that's how he thought his life should be."

Liang Jieque was silent for a long time before saying, "But at this time, he has already taken the imperial examination and achieved good results. If he is willing, he can continue to take the examination and become an official. There is no need to just take the imperial examination." Just gave up, didn’t you?”

"It's not the same thing at all, and becoming an official through the imperial examination is not what he wants."

"Not an official? Why?" Liang Jieque frowned slightly, "Don't he agree with that identity?"

"Aunt Liang, that's completely different." Shen Zhonghe shook his head gently, looked at Shen Cha, smiled, and said, "I can probably understand what the general means. What you mean is that the second uncle agrees that he has been His status as a son of an official actually means that he wants to be an idle young man with money and status. He can live his whole life comfortably without doing anything. And in this life, he can live according to his own preferences and want to travel in the mountains. If you want to play in the water, go sightseeing. If you want to do something, you have to do it, instead of busying yourself with your own livelihood like now. General, am I right? I should. Is that what you mean?”

"That's right." Shen Cha nodded, "As for why he didn't continue the imperial examination but chose to quit, it's because he really didn't want to be an official because the risk was too great and it didn't fit in with his plan for himself." Seeing Liang Jie Seeing Que's expression of sudden realization, Shen Cha showed a faint smile and said, "It can be inferred from this that he misses his former identity even more. If someone can bring this identity back to him and fulfill his wish, Of course he will accept it regardless."

"So, it's not a problem of a small island at all, but..." Liang Jieque nodded slightly, "I understand, I understand! I finally understand why he said that in the first place!"

"Aunt Liang, calm down, don't be so excited." Shen Zhonghe looked at Liang Jieque, "What did the second uncle say?"

"He said he wanted to find what he had lost and take back what was lost." Liang Jieque sneered, "I thought he was losing his mind and going crazy, but I didn't expect that the crux was here." She said. Looking at Shen Zhonghe, "What you just said is absolutely right. His state at that time was completely different from usual. He was crazy and very fanatical. His whole person fell into an extreme mania. That way It feels like he wants to eat alive the adoptive father and eldest brother across from him..."

"Is it so scary?"

"Yes, it was very scary, or a bit scary. Now that I think about it, the reason why he was so excited was probably because he finally had the opportunity to express his feelings." Liang Jieque sighed softly, "That night, he said I remember every word of ". If it weren't for these not-so-good memories, I wouldn't be able to survive these years." She looked at Shen Zhonghe, "If I hadn't promised your grandfather, father and mother, I would have I will take good care of you and I will try my best to stay with you for as long as I can. I have probably left this world long ago. To be honest, there is nothing here that I really want to miss."

"Aunt Liang, you..."

"Don't think too much. I don't mean to say anything bad to you. I just have a knot in my heart. I want to go down and ask your second uncle if he had thought about our future when he made this decision. He didn't. Success, so he died, but if he succeeded, how should he deal with me, his adoptive father, and his eldest brother. However, now I know that, in all likelihood, he never considered us, it was in his plan , we never existed.”

"Maybe. If he succeeds, my mother and I who stay at home will probably be implicated." Shen Zhonghe sighed softly, "Treason and surrender to the enemy will also be a death sentence for my family." He sneered, "Second uncle, What a model of selfishness!”

"Yes!" Liang Jieque nodded, "Your father asked your second uncle at that time why he wanted to lure the wolf into the house. He clearly knew that these people were not good people and knew that they had evil intentions. Why did he have to help them? Aren't you afraid of yourself? If you do something bad, will it affect your descendants and be infamy for thousands of years?"

"How did my second uncle answer?"

"He was very unconcerned. He said that if a man wants to achieve his own goals, he must be informal and not stick to trivial matters. He cannot look forward and backward, thinking about what is available and what is not. If you always hesitate, nothing will be accomplished."

"He is quite reasonable." Shen Zhonghe nodded, "It can be seen from the second uncle's answer that he is the only one in his plan and no one else. And he knows that you will definitely not agree, so he leads The Hu merchants and the Japanese came here with no intention of surviving. They probably wanted to kill my grandfather and father on the main ship first, and then attack you."