Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 78 Wanli’s grave! 【Please subscribe! ! 】

"It's too much! This is simply too much! It's disgusting to send something like this during the Chinese New Year! Isn't this just sitting on our Zhang family's head and shitting!"

Zhang Jianxiu roared loudly and was so angry that he was about to explode!
  The other Zhang family members on the side also had dark faces. After all, no one expected that someone celebrating the New Year would actually receive such a letter that was not very harmful, but extremely insulting.

Logically speaking, the owner of Zhang Chonghui's letter should be extremely angry about this matter, but at this moment, he was just calm and silent.

"Eldest nephew, why don't you say anything? You don't want to get married, do you?"

Zhang Jingxiu has grown up by one year, and he feels that he is now a qualified elder, so he imitates his elder brothers and begins to preach to Zhang Chonghui:
  "Chonghui, it's not Uncle Six, I'm telling you, it's not okay to think about eating soft rice at a young age."

"That's not the problem!" Zhang Sixiu, the second eldest brother, interrupted his younger brother's childish speech and said angrily:
  "Zhao Shizhen clearly knows that Chonghui is the only bloodline of our family, but he actually made such an unreasonable request to immediately take Chonghui to Beijing as his wife. It is simply too much!"

"It's not just excessive, it's simply humiliating us!" Zhang Maoxiu, the third child, said angrily.

"What should we do?" Zhang Sixiu asked: "Should we just ignore it now, or should we report it to the official?"

Zhang Jianxiu said very directly: "Reporting to the official is useless! It's better to just ignore it!"

"No, I have to ignore it." Zhang Chonghui, the person involved, finally spoke, and said, "If you ignore it, it will be as he wished."

"Chonghui, what do you mean... Zhao Shizhen knew that we wanted to extort money, so he deliberately took the initiative to provoke us?" Zhang Jianxiu asked.

Zhang Chonghui nodded, shook his head, and said, "Zhao Shizhen must have broken the pot. Apart from his unwillingness to pay us to cancel the engagement, he is willing to accept it calmly no matter what choice we make."

Zhang Yunxiu was the first to react. He said: "Chonghui, does Zhao Shizhen really want you to marry into his wife? Our family is now the wife of a guilty minister. Isn't he afraid that recruiting a guilty minister to marry into his wife will bring disgrace to his reputation?"

"This engagement was made when my grandfather was still alive. At that time, we were not queens of sinners." Zhang Chonghui explained:
  "Now that he is accused, everyone rushes to our house to break off the engagement, except for Zhao Shizhen. It makes it even more obvious that he does not admire power and shares the joys and sorrows.

Moreover, having Zhang Taiyue's grandson as his wife would not only gain face but also lizi for a person like Zhao Shizhen, who was very face-conscious but had no sons. "

"Haha, this Zhao Shizhen really knows how to make an abacus!" Zhang Jianxiu snorted coldly and said angrily:
  "In my opinion, let's just ignore him. The worst thing we can do is blackmail him for his money! I want to see if his girl gets married when she gets old, or if she keeps her at home and raises her for the rest of her life!"

"I also think that the worst thing is not to give up their money!" Zhang Jingxiu, the little kid, chimed in. He had experienced the "bottom" of an engagement refund, and he knew very well the sadness of "not being able to get any money." He hurriedly comforted Zhang Chonghui:
  "Niece, don't be sad. Although you haven't made a single coin and lost a wife, it's okay. From now on, Uncle Liu, I will accompany you to be a bachelor!"

"Um..." Zhang Chonghui was speechless: "It doesn't have to be like this..."

"Okay, let's make this decision. We don't want his money!" Zhang Sixiu directly made the decision:
  "Let's just delay! I want to see if Zhao Shizhen wants his daughter to die alone! Or should he marry his daughter to our house!"

Zhang Sixiu, the 'head of the family', has already spoken. Logically speaking, the matter should be decided on this.

However, Zhang Chonghui, the client, objected.

"No!" Zhang Chonghui's eyes were solemn and he said, "I have to have this money, and I want it hard!"

……

Time passed by in May, and Zhao Shizhen, who was far away in Shuntian Mansion in the capital, received a reply from Jiangling's "in-laws".

Zhao Shizhen was surprised to receive the reply. He thought that the Zhang family would either ignore him or slander him in the letter.

As a result, not only did he receive a reply, but the content of the reply was extremely gentle. Not only did he not mention his refusal to marry into the family, he even inquired about his precious daughter's recent physical condition.

The letter also mentioned that his "future son-in-law" Zhang Chonghui admired his "father-in-law's" calligraphy very much and wanted to ask him for a few copybooks for his collection. He also expressed that after getting married to his daughter in a few years, he would like to be like him. My father-in-law is learning calligraphy.

Zhao Shizhen was also puzzled. You must know that Zhang Chonghui is the only bloodline of the Zhang family. Is it possible that such a direct heir of the Zhang family is really willing to marry into his family?
  Zhao Shizhen didn't care about Zhang Chonghui's current identity as the guilty minister. After the fall of the Zhang family, everyone went to the Zhang family to cancel their marriage, but only his Zhao family did not. This not only reflected that Zhao Shizhen had the spirit of "sharing joys and sorrows", but also solved the problem. One of the big problems was that he didn't have a son.

Moreover, it is self-evident to say that the eldest grandson of the chief minister Zhang Juzheng, who once made all the changes and played with the emperor like a son, comes to his house to marry into his wife.

Zhao Shizhen couldn't help but want to sneer: "Zhang Taiyue, Zhang Taiyue, you forced me to accept this marriage in the first place! It's too late to regret it now!"

After Zhao Shizhen was in a good mood and read the letter again, he personally selected a dozen copybooks written by himself and prepared to give them to his future son-in-law for collection.

"This guy is quite knowledgeable!"

Zhao Shizhen was very proud of his calligraphy, and even more conceited. After all, his calligraphy was praised by His Majesty the Emperor himself for being beautiful.

Zhao Shizhen arrogantly believed that even the handwriting of those cabinet bachelors was not as good as his handwriting.

Although he is very proud of his good handwriting, Zhao Shizhen's biggest hobby is not calligraphy, but tinkering with firearms.

Whenever the firearm explodes, Zhao Shizhen, who is equally 'hot', only feels one word - cool!

This can be regarded as the only outlet for Zhao Shizhen, who has been inactive in Honglu Temple for many years and has never been promoted.

……

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad.

As an official of the imperial court, Zhao Shizhen, the frustrated chief registrar of Honglu Temple, was too busy tinkering with firearms, while the cabinet ministers were so busy that they slapped their feet on the back of the head.

As for what you are busy with? Naturally, he was busy arguing with the officials about building a mausoleum for the young emperor.

Regarding the construction of the mausoleum, although Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was still very young, he was very concerned about this matter.

Regarding this "feng shui treasure land" where he would bury himself "forever" in the future, Zhu Yijun chose and chose again and again, and finally settled on a place near Dayu Mountain.

Once the Feng Shui location has been selected, construction will naturally begin.

So not long ago, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun issued an order for the chief minister of the cabinet Shen Shixing to go to Dayu Mountain in person to supervise the construction of the mausoleum.

But this time, if I dig again, something will happen!
  Not long after this carefully selected 'Feng Shui treasure land' was excavated, a large piece of stone was unearthed!

Logically speaking, this is not a big deal. After all, it is common for rocks to appear on mountains.

But this is His Majesty the Emperor, the emperor's mausoleum!

Digging out rocks is a very unlucky thing to say the least!
  So, now, those people who had been waiting for the opportunity for a long time and wanted to bring down Shen Shixing finally couldn't hold back anymore!
  Especially Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, and Yang Keli. They tried their best to get Wang Xijue into the cabinet, but they were fooled!

Now that Shen Shixing has blown up such a big 'thunder', they will take this opportunity to give Shen Shixing a good beating no matter what!
  Even if he doesn't die, Shen Shixing still has to let his skin peel off!

Although Shen Shixing was only a 'supervisor' when it came to digging out the rocks this time, Li Zhi and others were very confident in bringing him down. Because the "broken ground" where the stone was dug out was picked by Xu Xuemo, the Minister of Rites.

And Xu Xuemo was good at death and was Shen Shixing's in-laws.

Under such a favorable time, place and people, Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi and Yang Keli were so happy that they almost flew up!
  Without saying a word, the three of them went to His Majesty the Emperor one after another to impeach Shen Shixing!
  They said that Shen Shixing and his in-law Xu Xuemo had no good intentions and deliberately chose such a bad land with "unusual rocks". This was because they sincerely wanted to make His Majesty the Emperor uneasy after his death!
  Everyone in the government and the public was shocked when such a big hat was pulled off.

In addition, all the ministers in the cabinet are now attached to Shen Shixing. When something like this happens, the cabinet will naturally become nervous.

Wenyuan Pavilion.

"Rumo, aren't you anxious when Li Zhi and the others try to slander you like that? What if the emperor really blames you for this? This is no small matter! How much the emperor cares about the feng shui of the mausoleum, you don't care either You know it!"

Xu Guo said excitedly and worriedly, not knowing whether he was sincere or not.

Wang Jiaping said: "Li Zhi and the others are just making a fuss out of a molehill. Digging out stones is the most normal thing. Which mountain is without stones? In my opinion, the emperor will not listen to their slander."

"It's hard to say." Wang Xijue also became worried. He said a little guiltily: "Li Zhi is my student. I know his character very well. He must have been fully confident this time to make things happen like this." Big, no guarantee..."

"I'm not sure, there is the emperor's instruction behind this, right?" As the person involved, Shen Shixing not only did not panic at the moment, he even squatted calmly beside the fish tank and looked at the fish gifted by the emperor. His carp.

He even laughed and said: "Think of it, Zhang Taiyue was tortured to death by the three censors Liu Tai, Zhao Yongxian, and Wu Zhongxing; now it's my turn, Shen Shixing, to be tortured by these three censors: Li Zhi, Yang Keli, and Jiangdong. The censor is in trouble, haha."

"You're in the mood to laugh even though your butt is on fire? Shen Rumo, I'm really impressed by you!" Wang Xijue was also impressed by Shen Shixing's calmness.

Shen Shixing was still smiling calmly, and he said meaningfully: "Don't worry, the emperor will not blame me, but Li Zhi and the others will be in trouble."

As soon as these words came out, several people were confused.

Wang Xijue asked directly: "What's going on?"

Shen Shixing said deliberately: "Li Zhi is your student, I won't tell you."

"Hey you!" Wang Xijue knew that Shen Shixing was teasing him deliberately. Just when he was about to give Shen Shixing a lesson, Wang Jiaping suddenly spoke up.

"That piece of land...could it be that the emperor chose it himself?"

As soon as Wang Jiaping said this, Xu Guo immediately said: "Wasn't it Rumo's in-laws who picked him?"

Wang Jiaping didn't say anything. He looked at Shen Shixing, who smiled and nodded.

Then everything becomes clear.

……

At the same time, in the Palace of Qianqing, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun became angry after seeing Li Zhi and others' impeachment memorial.

He didn't expect that the Feng Shui treasure land he carefully selected would be scolded like shit by these censors. This really made him feel angry!

Zhu Yijun was so angry that he directly asked the Supervisor of Ceremonies to deliver the oral instructions to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The content was even more direct and rude:
  "Shen Ge is our cabinet bachelor of the Ming Dynasty. He is not a Feng Shui master. Don't blame Mr. Ge for everything!"

These words seemed to be interceding with Shen Shixing, but in fact Zhu Yijun was just complaining about the "treasure land" he carefully selected.

……

"They both left, Yuan Yu, it's time for us to go home."

While Shen Shixing was talking, he fished out the dead fish from the water tank and strung them up with straw ropes.

"Why did this fish die?" Wang Xijue was waiting for Shen Shixing, but the fish that had been his treasure for so long suddenly died. He couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "You can die if you change the water every day?"

"The laws of heaven and earth are like this. Everything about life and death has a certain fate. Even changing the water can't stop the sky from killing it." Shen Shixing seemed to be very emotional, but his action of piercing the dead fish with a straw rope was quite rough, and it was actually alive. Pull the straw rope out of the fish's gills and out of its mouth.

Wang Xijue was stunned for a moment and asked: "You...what are you going to do?"

"Of course I'll take it back and cook it." Shen Shixing said matter-of-factly: "This is the fish rewarded by the emperor. It would be a waste if you don't eat it if it dies. It's time to let God's grace be used to its full potential."

"Yes." Wang Xijue nodded.

Wang Xijue didn't know why, but he always felt that there seemed to be another meaning in Shen Shixing's words...

But looking at the other party's indifferent look, I guess I must be overthinking it, right?
  ……

Shenfu.

When Shen Shixing returned home, before he could put down the carp in his hand, his second son Shen Yongmao gave him a letter.

"Dad, this is a letter from Jiangling. It is from Uncle Zhang's family."

While Shen Yongmao handed the letter to Shen Shixing, he reached out to take the tragically dead fish in his father's hand: "Dad, you went to buy fish!"

When Shen Shixing took the letter, he avoided his son's outstretched hand and said, "Go and get a charcoal basin. The charcoal should burn more vigorously."

Shen Yongmao knew that this fish had no share of his own, and secretly complained that his father was eating alone.

Shen Shixing walked quickly to the study with the letter in one hand and the fish in the other.

As soon as he entered the house, he threw the dead fish directly on the ground, as carelessly as throwing garbage. On the contrary, I was cautious when opening the envelope, for fear of tearing the seal a little bit.

Shen Shixing did not expect that someone from the Zhang family would actually write to him. After all, he had not contacted the Zhang family for several years since Zhang Juzheng's death.

After tearing it carefully for a long time, it wasn't until Shen Yongmao brought the charcoal basin that Shen Shixing tore open the envelope.

Carefully but eagerly, I opened the letter and read the contents.

At this sight, Shen Shixing's eyes widened...

(End of this chapter)