The candlelight sways in Wendan Hall.

In a family hall, four officials from Hongpao Hall gathered together. It was not like a home, but more like a yamen.

Chen Ji looked at Chen Lizun who was rushing to come. Sweat was oozing from the other party's forehead. He must have gotten off the carriage in front of the Chen Mansion and ran all the way in.

Mr. Chen looked up at Chen Lizun, then closed his eyes to rest. He seemed to be old and indifferent, and he seemed to be unwilling to see the chaos of the tribe's disputes.

Chen Lizhi stood up and explained, "Brother, no one blames anyone when you go to Tanggu. Today is February 15th, which is the day for the family to discuss."

Chen Wende whispered: "Uncle, Chen Ji's maid Yao Man reported the news, it's true. Chen Ji..."

Chen Lizun interrupted him and turned to look at Chen Ji: "Is there any?"

Chen Ji said confidently: "No."

Chen Lizun looked at Chen Wende: "He said nothing, don't bother with this matter anymore."

Chen Wende was stunned: "Uncle..."

At this moment, a rooster crowed into the sky, tearing open the distant night.

Chen Lizun attacked amid the crowing of roosters.

He ignored Chen Wende, but turned to look at Liang outside the door, and looked at Chen Liqin again: "The three houses have no choice but to teach my Chen family a bad animal who colluded with enemies and treason. It would be fine if they don't want to regret it, but the evil people will complain first. Without thinking about the reputation of the clan, they still want to mention the old things again in Wendan Hall?"

Chen Liqin lowered his head slightly in his eyes, and Liang's crying came to an abrupt end.

Chen Lizun asked in a voice: "My sister-in-law Liang, let me ask you, do you recognize what Chen Wenxiao did in Guyuan?"

Liang kept silent.

Chen Lizun turned around and bowed to Chen Ge Lao, "Father, my son wants to ask for clan rules to punish the culprits who corrupted the family spirit."

Mr. Chen spoke slowly: "Lao San, what do you think?"

Chen Liqin hesitated for a few breaths, and finally bowed and said, "The unworthy descendant Chen Liqin taught the scum of his family and almost made a big mistake and was willing to be punished."

"Okay," Mr. Chen slowly opened his eyes: "Since the day you start studying, the first book you want to learn in Kuizhang Pavilion is not the Four Books and Five Classics, but the history of my Chen family. So you should remember that the ancestors of the Chen family followed Taizu's army to Haozhou for 16 years, traveling thousands of miles, and experiencing nine lives and nine deaths, and then there is the Ningchao and Chen family today."

Mr. Chen continued to say slowly: "If the disciples have a playboy, they will only lose some family business. My Chen family can afford to lose, just don't cause trouble. But if they have a rebellious son who colludes with the enemy and treason, it may shake the foundation of my Chen family. It is not easy for my ancestors to lay their foundation. You should be prepared for danger in times of peace and think twice before doing anything."

Chen Lizun, Chen Lizhi and Chen Liqin bowed together: "Yes."

Mr. Chen ordered: "The three corpses confiscated 600 acres of land. Liang was imprisoned in Qingzhuyuan for one month and copied the "Women's Commandment" three hundred times. Before the end of the imperial examination in Chen Wenzong, the mother and son were not allowed to meet. Do you have any objections?"

Liang fell on the blue brick outside Wendan Hall, feeling unwilling to accept it, but could only murmur: "I will regret it behind closed doors and never commit it again."

In Wendan Hall, Chen Lizhi sighed: "This Chen Wenxiao is the legitimate son of my Chen family..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Lizun turned around and bowed to Chen Ge Lao, "The second houseman Chen Wenren held an important position in the Yulin Army, but he was reluctant to leave the eight great huts. Last year, he fought with the Hu family for a singer and almost became a joke in the yamen. Now he made a joke in front of the envoys of foreign countries, and almost made someone dismissed from his post and exiled. His son wanted to ask for clan rules and imposed a little punishment to prevent this son from committing another crime."

Chen Lizhi's pupils shrank.

Mr. Chen looked at Chen Lizhi: "Second, what do you think?"

Chen Lizhi hesitated for a moment and finally said respectfully: "I am willing to be punished."

Mr. Chen Ge said: "The second house confiscated 600 acres of tribe land. Chen Wenren copied the "Study Chapter", "Political Chapter", and "Classic Chapter One". If there is any rebellion, the family tree will be dismissed."

Chen Lizhi's eyes twitched, and he bent and said, "Yes."

Chen Ji stood there without moving, watching Chen Lizun settle the second and third rooms one by one, and he didn't have to speak any longer.

Just when he thought it was over, Chen Lizun bowed again: "Father, Chen Ji made a great contribution in Guyuan and protected the country well. My Chen family should include it in the genealogy."

Chen Lizhi frowned and said, "No!"

Chen Lizun turned to look at him: "Why?"

Chen Lizhi said to Chen Ge Lao: "The rule of the family is that only the concubine's son can be included in the genealogy after the sixth rank of the family, and the laws of the ancestors cannot be abolished."

Chen Lizun said in a deep voice: "There are always exceptions in everything. The contributions made by Chen Ji in Guyuan are enough to be extraordinary."

Chen Lizhi lowered his eyes: "Brother, the ancestors have their own reasons to set the rules of the clan, so it is better not to make any mistakes at will. Today is a matter of being an exception, and tomorrow is an exception for another matter. If you break them, the clan rules will be useless."

Chen Lizun wanted to say something else, but saw Mr. Chen slowly stood up and said, "Okay, since he is a young talent, I think it will not take too long to be promoted to the sixth rank. I still have to go to the yamen to Yingmao, so don't be too late for the main business."

After saying that, he passed through the crowd, and just as he was about to step out of the threshold of Wendan Hall, he heard a sudden sound: "Hand up, head of the family."

When Mr. Chen looked back, it was Chen Ji who bowed in the hall and said, "The head of the family, my younger aunt once left behind the property. Among them are the Gubu Tower outside Donghua Gate, the Yujing Garden in the Eight Great Hutongs, the Chenji Grain and Oil Shop, the Silk House outside the Bell and Drum Tower, and the 320 acres of fertile land in Changping. These land deeds and house deeds are all in the hands of my legitimate mother. Now my younger generation is already an adult, so I ask my legitimate mother to return my wife's belongings."

Mr. Chen looked at Chen Ji up and down and smiled: "You are good at choosing time, so you are so brave."

Chen Ji said respectfully: "I just remember it."

Mr. Chen looked at Liang outside the hall: "What Chen Ji said is true?"

Liang hesitated for a moment: "When the head of the house, what Chen Ji said is true, and the concubine had kept it for him."

Mr. Chen nodded: "Then let's return it together."

Liang gritted his teeth and said, "Go back to home, I can't pay it back now."

Mr. Chen stared at him and said, "Oh?"

Liang whispered: "It's not that the concubine refused to repay it, but that these industries still need to be handed over and cannot be handed over in a hurry. Chen Jiye is already an adult, and the concubine is looking for a suitable marriage for him. When he gets married, he uses these industries to add the Tianbao Pavilion, Baoxiang Bookstore, and 500 acres of fertile land in Changping as his family's resources. Although Chen Ji is a concubine's son, I, the legitimate mother, cannot make him unable to raise his head in his wife's house."

Mr. Chen thought for a moment: "Yes."

After saying that, he got into the sedan chair prepared outside Wendan Hall without looking back.

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In Wendan Hall, Chen Lizhi did not rush to leave, but instead sat back on the chair, knocking his fingers on the armrest of the chair, lowering his head to ponder.

Chen Lizun looked at Chen Ji and said slowly: "Don't worry, my Chen family is a reasonable place and will not let you suffer in vain. If there is any such incident in the future, you will go to Xiaotiyuan to find me as soon as possible."

Chen Ji bowed and said, "Thank you, Master."

Chen Lizun smiled and patted his shoulder: "The head of the family said that it is a matter of time before you include it in the genealogy. You don't have to call me 'master' like a servant, just call me uncle."

Chen Ji thought about it and bowed again: "Thank you uncle."

Chen Lizun thought for a moment and said, "Or you should move to the Humble Administrator's Garden, I..."

Chen Liqin suddenly stepped forward: "Brother, Chen Ji is from my third wife, so how can he move to the Humble Administrator's Garden? We have something to do, so we will leave first."

After saying that, he pulled Chen Ji and left without giving Chen Lizun another chance to speak.

A discussion between Chen Family Hall finally ended.

At this moment, Chen Lizhi on the chair suddenly looked up and said curiously: "Brother, you have set out to Tanggu. Who called you back?"

Chen Lizun stroked the official robe on his body and said calmly: "Since the subordinates in the family saw that there was something wrong, they immediately left to report to me. Why, my second brother wants to check it?"

Chen Lizhi smiled and said, "I dare not. Brother, please leave quickly, otherwise it will be too late. I'm afraid I won't be able to arrive in Tanggu tonight."

Chen Lizun turned around and left.

After Wendan Hall was completely gone, Chen Lizhi suddenly laughed: "Damn it, Jiang is still so old, but he was tricked by the old man."

Chen Wende was puzzled: "What does my father mean?"

Chen Lizhi calmed down and looked outside Wendantang, saying slowly: "Where is a servant in the family who dares to approach Wendantang at will? This is clearly the old man and Chen Lizun's cowardly acted in a good show. First, Chen Ji and the third wife were separated from each other, and then the boss came forward to win people's hearts. By the way, they also cut off my second wife and the third wife's voice... It seems that they really want Chen Ji to adopt him to the big wife, and they have taken great pains to do this."

Seeing that everyone had left, Chen Wenren also stepped into Wendantang: "Father, what are they trying to do? If you want to adopt, wouldn't it be better to adopt it directly? Why do you have to do so much trouble?"

Chen Lizhi glanced at him sideways: "Idiots, what they want is not a cat or a dog, but a child who is in the same heart and virtue as them, and a child who is completely broken from the family. If you only want a son or grandson, just go to the side branch to find an adoption? There is no problem with one hundred adoptions. But the problem is that no matter who adopts it, the other party will not completely forget his biological parents."

Chen Lizhi sighed: "Blood-related ties are the most difficult to break. You have to use a dull knife and cut them slowly with one knife. The pain will make you feel unbearable, and the pain will make you feel pierced when you think of this kind of affection."

Chen Wenren said in confusion: "Isn't it enough to find an orphan?"

Chen Lizhi picked up the tea cup in his hand and poured the tea in the cup on his face: "Why did I give birth to such a fool? Can anyone take this huge Chen family? Not only do you have the ability and courage, but also have a brain. Why do you think the old man went to read Guyuan memorials one by one? Chen Ji, the boy, caught his eyes. If he had been released three years ago, the old man would not have let Chen Ji go to Luocheng."

Chen Wenren raised his hand and wiped the tea and tea leaves on his face, lowering his head and silent.

Chen Wende was puzzled: "Father, since they have decided to adopt Chen Ji, why didn't Liang return the property directly to Chen Ji? Didn't he take it to the big house?"

Chen Lizhi looked at the two sons in front of him and sighed: "That little industry is nothing in front of the Chen family. It's just a few shops and hundreds of acres of fertile land. Even my second house has more loose fingers leaking out every year. Can the old man see it? What the old man cares is that once these industries are given to Chenji, Chenji will be difficult to control... Chenji can have money, industries, and power, but it must be given to the big house. Do you understand?"

Chen Wende bowed and said, "I understand."

Seeing that Chen Wenren didn't say anything, Chen Lizhi kicked him in the calf: "Do you understand if I ask?"

Chen Wenren bent down and rubbed his calf and said, "I understand, I understand!"

Chen Lizhi was angry when he saw the young son, and he didn't even complain: "If you hear that you went to the Bada Hutong again, your legs will be broken. And the little pear blossoms of the slap, I will send someone to buy her and send it to King Fu today. You can break your thoughts as soon as possible."

Chen Wenren wanted to speak but stopped.

Chen Lizhi waved his hand: "Get out!"

Chen Wenren hurriedly withdrew from Wendantang.

Chen Lizhi sat in the original place and stroked his beard, saying to himself: "Strange, I tried so much to transfer Chen Liqin to Luocheng, who transferred him back?"

Chen Wende whispered: "Father, that Chen Ji..."
Chapter completed!