Chapter 701: Funeral
Qin Hanzhen's next life was actually not as busy as she expected.
She has filial piety on her, and she can't enter the palace, and other palaces, princesses' mansions, and royal mansions will not invite her to any banquets and gatherings without eyes. She has less interpersonal communication and entertainment affairs, even if she has to go back to her parents' house often to see her grandparents, father, stepmother and younger siblings, she will not go back every day, and the funeral is going on in the Chengenhou Mansion, so she doesn't need to sit in the past all the time, so the things she needs to be busy with are only the affairs of her own county palace. Isn't that just a bit of a sitting?
After two days, the new monarch's reward for Zhao Mo also came down, and sure enough, as Zhao Mo said, Gaoyang County was also allocated to him as a fief. Although the place is small, not rich, and not even very populous, the location is good. The court and the opposition once again understood the royal family's favor and love for Zhao Mo, the king of Suning County, and now the king of Suyang County, even if Zhao Mo was still young and his rank was low, no one dared to underestimate him anymore, let alone regard him as the prince of Yiyang County or Zhao Shuo's vassal. Everyone knows that the king of Suyang County is now more powerful than his fathers and elders, but his fathers and uncles still have to look up to him.
Originally, Zhao Mo received this reward, and he should have become a new group of celebrities in the capital. However, on the second day after he was rewarded, the youngest son of His Royal Highness King Qin also received the reward. This little boy is still young, but in the face of the attack of the Beirong army, he beheaded more than ten people with his own strength. Among the children of today's clan, there is no one more brave than him. The new monarch intended to use the rising star in the clan, so he regarded him as a typical example of the "brave martial arts" path, showing his appreciation everywhere, and encouraging other clan children to learn from him and share the worries of the court.
Of course, King Qin's godson is very strict, and his youngest son is also a good offspring with an upright heart, and he has never lost his sense of proportion because of the new monarch's other eyes, and he still abides by the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and everyone before and after him has never seen pride and complacency.
The youngest son of King Qin officially canonized the title of county king this time, although the fief is in the southwest, but the area is more than ten times larger than the two counties of Suning and Gaoyang combined. And the royal family is obviously very kind to this new county king, whether it is the emperor or the queen mother, they all summoned him into the palace to talk in three days. Even if the court understood that the Qin Wangfu was deeply trusted by two generations of kings, and it was reasonable for his sister-in-law to receive such treatment in Beijing, but this new county king still became the most prominent nobleman in the capital for a while.
He will marry next, and marry a daughter of the princess of the princess of Qin who personally looks at him and the empress dowager gives him a marriage, and it is estimated that it will be lively for three or two months.
With the comparison of this new celebrity, Zhao Mo's reward is relatively less conspicuous. In addition, Qin Hanzhen has been wearing clothes recently, and he can't often appear in public to communicate with people, and he himself is not a keen communicator, except for necessary occasions, he is usually either in the palace or in his own county palace, which is very low-key. Therefore, the limelight was taken away by the young son of King Qin.
Of course Zhao Mo didn't care about this, but was happy to spend more time with his wife. It's just that the weather is getting hotter day by day, and Qin Han really doesn't plan to get tired of being with her husband all the time. She finished the affairs of her county palace and fiefdom, and went to the small buildings that Zhao Mo specially built for her in the other courtyard to sort out her collection of books and calligraphy, painting and antiques.
Now that they have a new fiefdom, even if they can hand over the affairs to the subordinate officials and the palace stewards, it is impossible for them, as landlords, not to go and see in person to appease the local officials and people. Zhao Mo's reputation in Suning County has always been very good, and there is no reason not to continue to win the hearts of the people in Gaoyang County. Sooner or later, they had to go back to the new fiefdom, and they had to go back to the county king's mansion in Suning if they had no choice but to stop by. If you leave the capital at that time, you need to stay in the fiefdom for a long time, and the things in these small buildings must be sorted out, whether they should be taken away or stayed, they need to be considered clearly.
Zhao Mo watched his wife leave him and go to the small building, so busy that his head was covered with dust, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Qin Hanzhen saw that he was pitiful, so he had to comfort him, and finally made people happy again. As for how she succeeded in coaxing people, I won't go into details.
The days passed peacefully. Seeing that Xu's Sanqi was coming, because the weather was getting hotter, even if he was diligent in adding ice, he couldn't stop the smell behind the mourning hall, Qin Zhonghai and Qin Shutao discussed, planning to bury their mother as soon as possible and bury them in the ground. Qin Bai didn't have any objections to this matter, and no one would listen to any opinions from the second room, so the matter was settled.
In fact, even if the days of being at home are not too long, the Xu family can be regarded as having a moment behind him. Now the people who come to worship her are no longer just relatives and friends of the Chengenhou Mansion. In addition to all the in-laws, relatives and friends, and old friends of the three heads of the Qin family, even the friends of Qin Kewen and Qin Kelun brothers who were stranded in the capital also came, and there were clans, royal relatives, nobles, officials and scholars who came to pay their respects to Qin Bai's face, and even the families of Wu Shaoying and Wang Fuzhong's Wang Fulin brothers also sent people to mourn when they heard the news - the new monarch's ascension to the throne did not affect Wang Fuzhong's status, but there were signs of more and more attention. The new monarch did not intend to let Wang Fuzhong be like Wang Er's side for the rest of his life, being detained in front of the palace as a small servant, and he was already arranging for him to be released to the important state capital and shepherd the side, if there is no accident, Wang Fuzhong will return to the center after ten or eight years, and he will be the one who will enter the ministry as an official, a serious cabinet reserve, and the future is bright.
With so many guests coming to worship, although the Xu family is a posthumous scenery, it really surprised everyone in the Chengenhou Mansion. They all knew in their hearts that this was thanks to Qin Bai in the third room. Now that Qin Song is unreliable and the Xu family is deceased, they still have a lot of places to rely on Qin Bai, an elder, in the future, so they are a little more respectful to him.
The day of Hui's funeral was in the middle of summer in May. Afraid that the old man would be prone to heat stroke, Qin Ping and Qin Zhonghai both persuaded Qin Bai and the Niu family not to accompany them, but the brothers Qin Ping and Qin An were the representatives, and the female dependents were Xiao Feng's family who came forward alone to accompany everyone in the Chengenhou Mansion to send Xu's coffin out of the city and bury it in the auspicious place that had already been chosen.
Although the ancestral home of the Qin family is in Jiangning, and even the remains of the Guan family have been sent back, and the Xu family should be treated equally, but the Chengenhou Mansion has no intention of going out of this far gate for the time being, and it is also considering the inconvenience of worshipping in the future, so it was decided to enter the earth around the capital.
When the coffin left the city, it could be said that the snow-white paper money was flying in the sky, and the cry shook the sky all the way. Filial sons, filial grandchildren, filial daughters-in-law, filial nephews, all of them crying very sadly walking behind the coffin, plus the grief-stricken girls and mothers-in-law, musicians who play music, hired experts to cry and mourn, and all kinds of entourage, mighty, almost a mile long queue before and after, the pomp and circumstance are grand. Relatives and friends have set up sacrificial tents on the side of the road, because most of them are the most powerful families at the moment, attracting many passers-by to come to watch, and there are many private discussions, all lamenting that Mrs. Xu is really a great blessing, Yunyun.
In such a scene, only a very few people noticed that among the rows of sacrificial tents, a very inconspicuous Xu family sacrificial tent was squeezed in. Xu Zheng took his wife Lu to preside over the road sacrifice, but the people from the Chengenhou Mansion walked in front of him, and no one turned their heads to look at him. He is not the kind of person who is exquisite, he is weak-hearted, and he finishes the salute in silence. It's just that when he saw that the funeral procession had completely walked over and no one paid attention to him, he was still a little stunned in his heart.
Lu Shi has been expressionless and calm. She turned around and instructed the subordinates who came with her to clean up the sacrificial tent, and said to Xu Zheng: "Father has already found a place in his hometown, so let's choose a date." I'll be with you. First Qingqing quietly studied at my mother's house for a year, and learned from my father about the height of the eyebrows and eyes in the officialdom. If you can succeed in worshipping under that gentleman in a year's time, the next year's temple examination will be secure. I'll take care of the family for you, so you don't have to worry about it. Although my father-in-law is reluctant to let you go, there is no reason to stop your future. If you explain the matter to your father-in-law, he will naturally not force you to stay at home. ”
Xu Zheng bowed his head and said, "I know, the lady bothered." But then he stopped talking, "It's just that my father and sister and aunt are the only ones left in the house...... If something happens and we can't serve in front of us, doesn't it really matter?"
Lu Shi said coldly: "There is something to do and there is a second room, both close relatives and close neighbors, if this is not the case, can it be done if the Xianggong is at home? If the husband thinks it's inappropriate, it's okay if my father didn't mention it. ”
Xu Zheng hurriedly shut up. My father-in-law is for his good, and he still knows what is good in his heart. If he refuses, maybe his wife will really want to reconcile and divorce him. Although he was reluctant, he also knew that he could not grow by staying at home. My father still hoped that he would get ahead and shine on the lintel, but what was the point of a momentary separation? Sooner or later, he would leave that house.
Xu Zheng and Lu returned home on their own. And the people of the Qin family also successfully arrived at the outskirts and buried the Xu family.
After everything was done, the entourage dispersed, and most of the people from each house stayed in the nearby temple and rested quietly for the night. After crying for half a day and walking such a long way, everyone is very tired. Even Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo, who came with him, also lived in a small village near their own county palace, and rested for a day.
When they returned to the city the next day, Qin Hanzhen had just sent his father and uncle home, and was talking to his grandparents, planning to go back to his house with Zhao Mo after seeing his stepmother and younger brother, when he heard the people from the Chengenhou Mansion in the east report in a panic: "Oh no! Third master, third lady, our Hou Ye and his ...... He, he, he...... Dead!"
The Yongjiahou Mansion couldn't help but be surprised: "What?!"
Qin Bai was so shocked that he couldn't speak, Qin Ping hurriedly came forward and asked, "What's the matter? How could someone who was fine yesterday suddenly die?!"
The man had a sad face, an unspeakable look, and hesitated: "Fourth master, please go and see by yourself, this matter is really ......"
Qin Ping's face sank.