In the same year, the spring was warm, and Mrs. Gu Shen Lanxi died of illness. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Gu family wore filial piety, and there was a lot of mourning, Gu Qingxuan fell ill and didn't eat or drink for a few days, Gu Qingning Gu Qinghuan was sad and broke his intestines, and Gu Qingfeng was almost crying in front of his mother's spirit. The Gu family was sad and collapsed, and the Jiang family's father and daughter were also sad, they had been helping the Gu family to organize the funeral for many days, taking care of the Gu family who had no intention of making a living.

The four fathers and sons of the Gu family have been guarding the mourning hall for three days and three nights without stepping out of the door, the three sisters and brothers in white linen mourning clothes have pale faces, kneeling in the hall and drooping their heads silently, Gu Qingxuan is sitting on the ground with his back to Shen Lanxi's coffin in front of the brazier, his hair is scattered, his face is dry, like a dried dead wood, he does not move or speak, these days and nights are staring at the flames burning in the brazier with peach-like eyes, and he is holding his wife's new carved spirit card in his arms.

From time to time, people come to mourn, and the palace also sends people to ask, even Mrs. Lu Xiangguo has come, whether they are sincere or not, whether they are here to mourn or to visit the truth of the family, as long as they see the situation of this mourning hall, they can't bear to say anything else. After they finished hanging, the three sisters and brothers of the Gu family kowtowed and cried to thank Xiao for a few days, their voices were hoarse and they didn't have much strength, and their movements were neat and numb. Gu Qingxuan couldn't do his best to welcome and send off guests as the head of the family, and all Yangjiang and Hechuan arranged for the servants to entertain the mourners.

On the fourth day, the time to seal the coffin has arrived, but the head of the family has not spoken to make a decision, and the person who sealed the coffin has not been able to enter the mourning hall and has been waiting outside.

The last mourner came, and that was the head of the Heluo Dart Bureau, Gu Qingfeng's master Hong Luotian.

His grief was no less than that of any Gu family, since he learned that Shen Lanxi had died, he locked himself up for three days and three nights, and finally decided to come here, seeing the Gu family's situation, but he did not comfort the Gu family like others.

He was standing in front of Shen Lanxi's coffin, and complained angrily: "Alas, Lanxi! Before I came here, I didn't believe it! I didn't believe that you left! I really didn't believe it! But after I came here, I believed, Lanxi, it hurts Lanxi! You are dead, and the Gu family is also dead! Didn't you see this dry bone in the spirit of heaven? They all went with you! Your husband! The husband you chose yourself! The children you raised! They all went with you! Painful and sad! The sky has no mercy! Shen Lanxi has passed away! The Gu family is dead!"

Jiang Hechuan hurriedly came to stop him when he heard this, he pushed Jiang Hechuan away, took five sticks of incense, lit them in the brazier in front of Gu Qingxuan, knelt down, although he bent his head and kowtowed, he was resolute and did not change, and said: "Lan Xi, I miss your hard work and husband and children, and I regret that you have failed to achieve your wish! You and I have known each other for many years, and since then heaven and man have been separated forever, old friends are here to sacrifice you and your Gu family! Poor you can't turn a blind eye when you die, poor Gu family is dead!"

He inserted incense, and finally glanced at Shen Lanxi in the coffin, as if when he was a teenager, he met her for the first time in the Shen family, he was adrift in the rivers and lakes, and he only had such a little tenderness in his life to pay for this woman who had been sleeping for a long time, until she died as someone else's wife, and there was only so much he could do for her.

Hong Luotian looked indifferently at Gu Qingxuan who was holding the spirit card, did not leave or speak, Gu Qingxuan slowly raised his head to look at him, and gradually stood up with his body, the Gu family sisters and brothers were afraid that he would not be able to support it and hurriedly came to help, he looked at the children left and right slightly, and finally faced Hong Luotian, and said the first thing he said these days with difficulty and firmness: "Gu family...... Not dead, she ...... It will come true. ”

Hong Luotian didn't say a word, turned around and strode out of the mourning hall, waved his hand to the coffin bearer who was waiting outside, and shouted: "Check the coffin!

Gu Qingxuan finally let go of the spirit card and put it back in position. He crouched at the mouth of the coffin and looked at Shen Lanxi for the last time, and smiled: "Lanxi, goodbye, we'll see you in the sky." ”

He plucked four of the incense sticks that Hong Luotian had lit, threw them on the ground and trampled them out, and then forcibly supported his sick body, ignoring the inquiries of others, and left the house alone and went to the palace.

Before sealing the coffin, Dr. Zhang of Tongyuan Hall, who had been treating Shen Lanxi, entered the mourning hall to check the burial to confirm that the burial of the deceased was correct, these were general procedures, and after he finished checking, he sighed: "It's a pity, the old man still couldn't keep her...... Mrs. Gu is the most stable and calm terminally ill patient that the old man has encountered in his life...... She is strong in life and not afraid in death, she is really a strange woman!"

The three sisters and brothers of the Gu family were suddenly shocked when they heard him say this, Gu Qingning grabbed Dr. Zhang's wrist in disbelief and asked, "You mean...... You mean...... Didn't my mother die of a sudden illness...... But...... She knew her time was numbered?"

Dr. Zhang was even more surprised: "Yes...... How could the young lady not know? Or Mrs. Gu didn't ......" He understood and explained: "Madame's palpitations are a natural and stubborn disease, and she has been taking medicine for treatment, and it was fine in the past few years, but it has become more and more serious in the past few years, and the old man has been trying to treat her, always good and bad, four months ago...... The old man diagnosed her and found that her illness had suddenly deteriorated, and she had become terminally ill...... The old man also visited famous homes for her, but ...... Eh, how could you not know?"

Their grief added another layer to their state of mind, Gu Qingfeng cried until he fainted, they sent him back to his room to rest, and then began to seal the coffin. According to the general mourning system, they will have to hold a three-day vigil, and the coffin will be placed in the home for a month before being sent to the funeral for burial.

Gu Qingxuan broke into the palace before but did not admit the "corruption charge" to Chen Jingxing, Chen Jingxing clarified the order for Gu Qingxuan, but made the Lu family's father and son calculate in vain, Lu Yuanzhi hated Gu Qingxuan deeply because of this, and wanted to harm the Gu family again, but when he learned that Mrs. Gu died suddenly, he asked his wife to check on the Gu family in the name of mourning.

It's easy to deal with others with his current power, but to deal with Gu Qingxuan in earnest, it really gives him a headache.

At noon, when Lu Yuanzhi was resting in the house, he kept thinking about it, and he couldn't close his eyes, and suddenly heard his second son enter the door and say, "Father!

He lazily asked who He Xi was, and Lu Yuancheng laughed and said, "Gu Qingxuan entered the palace in mourning clothes today and submitted his resignation to His Majesty!"

Lu Yuanzhi sat up in shock: "Gu Qingxuan has resigned, how is it possible?"

Lu Yuancheng said: "It's true, father! I saw it with my own eyes! At that time, I had just come out of the imperial study, and I saw him being helped in by two fathers-in-law...... I listened outside the imperial study, and he told His Majesty that he was too sad to be able to take care of political affairs, and that he was afraid that delaying the court would be negative to His Majesty, so he proposed to resign from the government and asked His Majesty to appoint a merit to be in charge of the household department again!

Lu Yuanzhi knew that Gu Qingxuan and Shen Lanxi had a deep relationship, and it was reasonable to think that Gu Qingxuan would be grief-stricken at this time, but he didn't expect that he would really resign and give up his achievements for twenty years?

Or, after what happened last time, he knew that he could no longer compete with the Lu family, so it was better to retreat like this to protect his family?