Rebirth of a wishful life

Chapter 20

"Master Xu, Mr. Xu is here." The servant stood safely outside the door, knocked on the door twice, and then said in a low voice. Shen Zhengxin put down the pen in his hand, and took the cloth towel lying aside to wipe it off. After wiping her hands, she unhurriedly cleaned up all the papers on the table, and said slowly, "Please come in."

Ping An ran out quickly, and not long after, a middle-aged man in his 30s came in. Shen Zhengxin had a smile on his face: "What kind of spring breeze is blowing today? It's Mr. Xu coming here. If you can welcome me from afar, please forgive me, Lord Xu."

"Master Hou is serious." Master Xu laughed hurriedly, and while saluting Shen Zhengxin, he continued: "Master Hou is busy with business, but I came here uninvited and disturbed Master Hou. Please forgive me."

"Where is it? I'm so happy that Mr. Xu can come." Shen Zhengxin stretched out his hand to signal, invited Mr. Xu to sit down beside him, and ordered Ping An to pour tea, while he greeted Mr. Xu with a smile on his face: "Master Xu came just right, even if Master Xu didn't come, I planned to post a message to Master Xu these few days, asking Master Xu to come and have a sit. Two days ago, I got an authentic work by Wang Xizhi. Master Xu is People who love words, just so we can taste it."

Master Xu's eyes lit up immediately: "Wang Xizhi's authentic work?"

Shen Zhengxin nodded: "Yes, but because of the severe damage, I invited a master of repairing ancient objects, Li, to repair it. I asked Li, this morning, and they said that it would take two days to repair it, so at this moment it is I can't see it."

"It's okay, it's the same when you look at it in the future. I just hope that Master Hou must remember that when the time comes, let the subordinate official take a look. Even if it is just a glance, the subordinate official will be worth it even if he is dead." Master Xu sighed, touching his beard, and sighed. Zhengxin smiled and shook his head: "Master Xu's request is too low. I originally thought that I would lend it to Master Xu for two days to observe, but who knew that Master Xu only wanted to take a look..."

"No, no, no," Mr. Xu's eyes widened when Shen Zhengxin said the first sentence, and now he waved his hands quickly: "If Lord Hou can borrow the official for two days to observe, the official Even if you are heartbroken, you must also thank Lord Hou for your great kindness."

"Master Xu's words are inappropriate." Shen Zhengxin shook his head and sighed: "We are old acquaintances, I know that Master Xu only likes this a little bit, but if you don't help with things that are convenient, then It’s too much to say.”

"Yes, yes, Lord Hou, Xu has always remembered it." Master Xu said with a smile, chatted with Lord Shen Hou for a long time, looked around, and then took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it to him. Shen Zhengxin: "The lower official saw this note today, and because it was related to Lord Hou, he risked his life to rewrite a copy. Please read it, Lord Hou."

Shen Zhengxin raised his eyebrows slightly, stretched out his hand to take the folder, read it carefully, and tapped on the folder: "Whose hand did this folder pass through?"

"Master Qing Gao of Dali Temple directly handed it to Xueshi He." Master Xu lowered his voice, Shen Zhengxin had a faint smile on his face all the time, and his expression didn't change at the moment, so Master Xu couldn't see it. It shows the real emotion of this Lord Hou.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu." After being silent for a while, Shen Zhengxin got up, took a fire book and lit it on fire: "This time, Mr. Xu has helped Mr. Shen a lot. If Mr. Xu does not dislike it, in two days, Mr. Shen Send the original copy of Wang Xizhi to Mr. Xu."

Master Xu's face brightened immediately, but he shook his head immediately: "Mr. Hou said that, Xu is really ashamed. Since Xu received the assistance of Mr. Hou a few years ago, he has always wanted to repay Mr. Hou, but he has never had this opportunity. Now, the lower officials are very happy to be able to contribute to Lord Hou. Lord Hou has cultivated the lower officials over the years, and the lower officials have deep feelings, but Lord Hou ordered them to let the lower officials do it."

As he spoke, he puffed out his chest: "Even if my body is smashed to pieces, I will never disappoint Lord Hou's hope."

Shen Zhengxin stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder, took a step back, and bowed to Master Xu: "Thank you, Master Xu."

Master Xu was startled, and hurriedly helped Shen Zhengxin, then asked after a pause, "Master Hou, do you want to find a way to suppress this matter of asking for a seal?"

"I can't suppress it." Shen Zhengxin shook his head and motioned Master Xu to sit down again: "No matter how you look at it, this matter is beneficial to my Shen family. come down."

Lord Xu was a little puzzled, Lord Shen Hou smiled: "Everyone knows that this matter is beneficial to my Shen family, if I suppress it, then someone should ask, why did I send Shen Lu to Zhuangzi? At that time, the crime of pampering a concubine and destroying his wife will not be able to escape. If it is more serious, it may be said that I took my concubine as my wife."

The former is nothing more than losing his official position, while the latter should go to jail.

Lord Shen didn't say much, but Lord Xu understood the attitude of Lord Shen.He didn't dare to inquire too much about the affairs of the Hou Mansion's back house, he hesitated a few words in agreement, and then hurriedly got up to leave.

Shen Zhengxin sat in front of the desk, stroked his fingers twice on the table, and after a long time, suddenly chuckled: "Interesting, I thought that this woman is really a lump of mud, but I didn't expect that this mud can be A lotus grows."

Ticking the corner of his mouth, Shen Zhengxin said to himself: "I just don't know, was that woman planning this matter herself, or someone helped me."

If the woman planned it by herself, then she misjudged it ten years ago?Or did the woman finally become wise after ten years?If someone was giving her advice behind her back, who would it be?
Based on his understanding of the woman, she would never tell outsiders about the Hou Mansion. If I remember correctly, the daughter that the woman took away back then is also thirteen years old this year?So, what happened this time was planned by this daughter?

Shen Zhengxin bent his fingers and knocked on the table. If it was really planned by this daughter... then it would be interesting.

Not to mention that he hadn't thought of it, but ten years had passed by now.Well, find some time and go to Zhuangzi to have a look. Since someone has to remind me, I can't pretend that the mother and daughter don't exist anymore.Even the empress dowager praises the person, he can't just leave him alone all the time.

Thinking about it, Shen Zhengxin stood up and walked slowly towards the backyard.On the way, he met a little maid who saluted him: "Aunt Wang asked the servant to come and ask where Master Hou is going to have dinner today."

Shen Zhengxin casually replied as he walked, "Maybe in Changchun Garden."

The little servant girl responded, and waited for Shen Zhengxin to leave before she hurriedly got up to look for Aunt Wang.

When we arrived at the Changchun Garden, after listening to the little girl's report, Mammy Zhu greeted me personally: "The old man and the old lady really have a good understanding, just now the old lady was still talking about it, saying that the old man didn't come to spend the evening with the old lady for several days. It's time to eat."

Shen Zhengxin hummed, but still walked forward slowly, while Zhu Mama smiled and talked behind him: "This morning, the old lady used a bowl of bird's nest porridge, and then found that there was something wrong with the bird's nest, as if it had been swallowed. What did people mix with it?"

Shen Zhengxin glanced at her: "Really? Then go to another pharmacy to buy it later."

Grandma Zhu was stunned, and when she wanted to speak again, she saw that Shen Zhengxin had already walked to the door, the little maid opened the curtain, and Shen Zhengxin bent slightly to enter the door, and casually saluted the old lady sitting on the soft couch above: "See Excuse me, mother, I ate the bird's nest mixed with things today, is my body okay? Mother don't have to bear it, if there is any discomfort, just tell me, my son will send for the imperial physician."

The old lady glared at him: "If you waited until you asked, I would have been poisoned to death long ago! As I said earlier, the Hou Mansion is also a big family, what do you mean by making a housekeeper look like an aunt! He came from a small family, I can't even handle the little things!"

Shen Zhengxin raised his eyebrows slightly: "Mother doesn't want Aunt Wang to take care of the house, who do you want to take care of? The third sibling?"

The old lady was at a loss for words, and after a while, she growled: "Isn't your third sibling a housekeeper? Anyway, your third sibling is the daughter of a big family. Is it possible that she can't even compare to an aunt in such a matter as a housekeeper? Or, she is a concubine after all, so what is Aunt Wang?"

"Since Mother doesn't want to let Aunt Wang take care of the house, it just so happens that I will interrupt and bring Shen Lu back after a while." Shen Zhengxin didn't care, interrupted the old lady directly, and said with a smile: "Mother didn't forget, Is that what the Empress Dowager said earlier?"

As soon as Shen Lu's was mentioned, the old lady's face was a little distorted: "That bitch! How dare she send that double-sided embroidery to the palace on her own initiative without saying hello to you! She really doesn't put you in the palace! eyes!"

Shen Zhengxin curled his lips: "Mother, I read a brochure today, Qinghe County is planning to ask Shen Lu to be a filial wife."

The old lady was stunned for a moment, then she became furious, and her face flushed with anger: "A filial woman? What kind of filial woman is she? She almost pissed me off! This kind of unfilial daughter-in-law..."

"Mother, the empress dowager praised Shen Lu as a pure and filial person." Shen Zhengxin had to interrupt the old lady again, seeing that the old lady seemed a little out of order today, so he frowned: "Today Who is mad at Mother? Why are you so..."

The old lady took a deep breath, and it took a long time to suppress her anger: "Is there no way to suppress this matter? Must you bring Shen Lu back?"

Shen Zhengxin nodded: "There is no way to suppress it, unless I am willing to be spoiled by ginseng and destroy my wife. After a while, I plan to go to Qinghe County to have a look. Before we seal it up, we have to express our opinion first."

"In this case, then bring her back, if she really doesn't grow up..." After a long silence, the old lady said in a deep voice, her face was expressionless, and all the wrinkles on her face drooped. Even more gloomy.

Shen Zhengxin didn't care, reached out for the teacup, took a sip slowly, glanced at the old lady, chuckled, and then turned his head to look outside the door.Just relying on Shen Lushi's action, no matter whether it is herself or someone behind her, it shows that Shen Lushi is no longer the rabbit who was bullied by others ten years ago. If she really brings people back, then the Hou Mansion will be full of excitement .

(End of this chapter)