With Shen Qi's status, even though she is the head of the first room, she has the lowest seniority among all the relatives. Such a tone is disrespectful. The old man from the third room put on an air and was about to reprimand him when he was beaten by the old man from the eighth room: " Yes, even enemies, if not for killing their father and taking away their wives, will still leave room for two. Such disregard of friendship and carving up the situation is very ugly."

Shen Qi snorted coldly: "Ten taels per acre of fertile land is sold for five taels. I really didn't know there was such a good thing in the world. Does this count as trying to seize the clan's property? That is a violation of clan rules!"

Sun's dowry was originally the private property of the fourth house and had nothing to do with the other heads. Although everyone was jealous, they had no intention of contaminating it. However, the clan house, the third house, and the ninth house were divided up like this, which really aroused public anger.

This is not how you take advantage. If you really want to divide the Sun family's dowry, why should you leave the other heads alone? The Shen family has nine heads, not the third one. Is it possible that just because the clan house, the third house, and the ninth house are powerful, they can live alone? , other house owners can’t even get a mouthful of soup?

Ahem, ahem, this is too far to go. Besides, the Shen family has divided the heads of houses and set up house chiefs. Each house head basically belongs to the self-discipline of each house as long as it does not violate the national laws and clan rules. This clan house, the third house, Jiufang violated the taboo by intervening in the property of the fourth house.

Everyone knows that this precedent cannot be set, otherwise, in the future, one may become a weakling in the family. Seizing property by clan members is more ruthless than seizing property by outsiders. When outsiders seize property, there is always room for reasoning. ; When clan members seize property, they may do so under the pretext of being "justified", but even if they go to the government, there will be no explanation.

As soon as the clan elder heard the word "congratulations", his heart started to boil. Seeing that the atmosphere among everyone was getting weirder and weirder, he took the strip from Shen Qi and folded it over.

After looking twice, he looked shocked: "How could this be?"

Shen Rui looked on, feeling more and more weird in his heart. Wasn't it Zhang Lao'an who interfered with the Sun family's property, but the Shen family members divided it up?

Even though Shen Ju was not clear-eyed, he could still tell that something was wrong. Thirteen properties? When Sun married into the Shen family, she was given a dowry of ten properties including a weaving factory, a shop, a house, and a field in order to get the "perfect" property. The implication is that although these properties have been prospering in recent years, Sun has always done a lot of good deeds and did not save much money. The number of properties he added later was only three. Adding three properties to ten does not exactly make thirteen properties.

He stood up, looked at the patriarch, and said anxiously: "Uncle, what is going on?"

The patriarch sighed heavily and did not reply.

Shen Juren couldn't bear it any longer. He took a few steps forward and took the folded paper from the hands of the clan elder. It was clearly written on it that all the thirteen properties under Sun's name had changed hands. Except for the two weaving factories, they were owned by the He family. There are eleven places left under the name, three of which are occupied by the clan house, four places each for the third and ninth houses.

Shen Juren only felt a "buzzing" sound in his head, and he was already stupid.

The ninth master raised his chin and said: "If the contract is true, who can care how much money you are willing to sell it for?"

Even though he was tough, what he said was not unreasonable, and it only made the faces of all the tribesmen grow uglier. Since this list was copied from the Yamen, it must not be a forgery, otherwise the Ninth House Master would not be so confident. But no one is a fool. , a good farmland worth ten taels of silver is sold for five taels, who would believe it if there is nothing fishy in it? Besides, it is not a bad thing for this property to change hands, there is no need to cover it up so tightly.

If Shen Li hadn't worried about Shen Rui and insisted on interfering with Sun's dowry after Sun was buried, this matter would not have come to light for a while.

At this moment, Shen Juren had come to his senses. He held up the folded paper and said to the patriarch with red eyes: "Please let me make the decision for my nephew!"

The patriarch's face was livid, and he did not look at Shen Juren, but at the clan elder: "What's going on? So many properties changed hands, didn't it happen overnight, and you haven't heard anything about it?"

The elder clan master said helplessly: "If you hear any news, my son will report to you early... Although the second brother handles these properties, he has not been included in the public affairs."

Apparently, the clan took advantage of the fourth family and bought the Sun family's property at a low price, but it was all in the name of the second wife of the clan. Even if the clan had not been divided, it had nothing to do with other people. The elder of the clan would rather be the head of the clan. The grandpa upholds "justice" and is not willing to take advantage of his younger brother. Bah, the filth of "stealing people's property" is carried on the clan's back.

The patriarch then looked at Shen Juren: "You haven't heard any noise? Could it be the Sun family?"

Shen Juren said with red eyes: "Uncle, this is the first time my nephew has heard of it. Mrs. Sun has been keeping away from foreign affairs since she was ill. If she changed hands, where would the money go? There would be no handwritten note that the dowry should be divided equally between the two sons. "

How could the patriarch have thought of this? He was just holding on to his last glimmer of hope.

Compared with the little scandal of "spoiling a concubine and killing the heir" before the fourth house, this is a big deal now. Several heads of households are plotting to seize their nephew's dowry, which is a bit more ugly than the attempt to seize the ancestral property of the fourth house.

He has been the clan leader all his life, and he prides himself on being fair in his actions, but he is held back by his son as he gets older. Is it so easy to take advantage of this? The clan took over these three properties, two cotton fields and a shop. Buying it at 50% of the market price, it seems to be worth 8,000 taels of silver. For ordinary people, 18,000 taels of silver would be enough to spend for several lifetimes, but the clan house is really not short of this kind of property. I really want to take over this place like this. With three properties, there is no need to worry about the reputation of the clan house.

Thinking of this, the clan leader gritted his teeth and said, "I went after the second son and came back. I want to see what this bastard has to say!"

The eldest master of the clan responded and was about to go out, but was stopped by Shen Li: "Second Uncle Jiang from the clan clan, uncle Lian from the third clan, and fourth uncle and nephew have just invited people back, and they are almost here."

After saying this, the faces of the people in the third and ninth houses changed, and the ninth house master and Shen Lu also looked sarcastic. The two houses mentioned each other by name, but the ninth house did not mention it. Obviously, the person handling the matter was in the hall.

But neither of the two families spoke first, but looked at the clan leader eagerly. As long as the clan clan leader was in front, they would really take advantage.

The clan leader stopped and turned around. After thinking about it, he felt something was wrong. He looked at Shen Juren and said, "Chaoyuan, didn't your family's Lao An ask his mother-in-law to take care of the Sun family's property? Wasn't it Lao An's order? ?”

Shen Juren hurriedly shook his head and said: "No. My mother asked about the contracts of these properties a few days ago. Because Sun left in a hurry and her things were not arranged clearly, she felt uneasy, fearing that something would happen if she lost the contract, so she urged her to I was asked to go to the government office to handle the matter again. I thought I would go to the county government office after Sun’s funeral was over. Who would have thought that something like this would happen?"

Lost the deed?

The old man of the third house and the old man of the ninth house looked at each other, each having their own concerns. The clansmen of the fourth house were disposing of the property for the sake of face, so they could go anywhere. If the clansmen did not take over, there would be outsiders waiting. But they did not hear about the weaving factory. There is news of a move, those are the two most valuable properties. Instead of taking advantage of the He family, it is really not the clan members who have taken over.

The clan leader still felt something was wrong and said: "Since the owner of this property has changed, no one has come forward to take over? What are everyone waiting for?"

When he mentioned this, everyone found it strange. After all, according to the contract, the thirteen properties under Sun's name had all changed owners. Regardless of the selling price, they had already been registered in the Yamen. You can't just get them back with empty words.

The clan eldest son Shen Jiang and the third eldest brother Shen Lian were not there, so everyone looked at the ninth eldest son and Shen Li in unison.

The ninth master looked proud or embarrassed, and glanced at Shen Lu. Shen Lu touched her nose and said: "Early when we signed the contract, Chen Yongshan made an agreement with everyone that no one will take over these properties for the time being. Let’s wait until Aunt Yuan’s important matter is over.”

"Chen Yongshan? Does this name sound familiar?" the clan elder read it again.

Shen Li looked at Shen Juren and said, "The son-in-law of the second wife of the Chen family, the son-in-law of the Zhang family."

Shen Juren stared and said, "It's him!? He must have stolen the deed."

Shen Rui was standing by, lowering his head and going through the owner's scattered memories. This Chen Yongshan was really not an outsider. He was the grandson-in-law of Zhang Lao'an and the husband of Yan Niang of the Zhang family.

Shen Juren was filled with dissatisfaction and regret. He had always been proud of being a member of the Shen family, but he never expected that he would end up like this. He remembered Zhang Laoan's words for no reason, and he couldn't believe any of the people in front of him. .

Seeing that Shen Juren couldn't tell the key, Shen Qi was very anxious and said to Shen Lu: "It turns out that the person selling the property is not Shen Yongshan, but Chen Yongshan? Not to mention how Chen Yongshan obtained the deed, a person with a foreign surname bought and sold so many properties. Brother Lu, if you dare to take it, you are not afraid that it will be stolen? If you fail to seize the property, you will lose the money?"

Hearing this, Shen Lu snorted and said, "Brother Qi, please be careful. I cannot bear the reputation of seizing property. My four properties have all the procedures in place. There is nothing wrong with signing the contract in the yamen."

The old man from the third house also followed: "That's right. This is a legal transaction, and real money is obtained. Even if it goes to court, the ownership of this property will be clear."

Shen Juren felt his hands and feet were cold. Because it involved the clan, even the patriarch and the clan elders did not dare to count on it anymore. He looked straight at Shen Li and said, "Wei Yan, that is your aunt's entire property. You We must seek justice for Rui Geer!"

Shen Li looked at Shen Juren and said, "Whether it was Chen Yongshan who stole the contract or whatever, Uncle Yuan, these thirteen properties are not gifts, but sales. Even if they are only half the market price, the transaction amount is over one hundred thousand taels of silver. Where did this money go? It’s better to report it to the official!”

Shen Juren gritted his teeth and said: "Apply to the official, of course you have to report to the official! This is a fraudulent sale. Those properties belong to the Sun family, who is qualified to sell them?"

Everyone in the third and ninth houses looked ugly, but they didn’t feel guilty. There was no rule that fertile land should be sold for ten taels of silver, and there was no rule that a house worth two thousand taels could not be sold for one thousand taels. Even if it was broken up, When it comes to court, there is still a contract written in black and white.
Chapter completed!