The entire Zheng manor, from the family temple on the top of the mountain, down the Shaoguang Garden, the Wenqu Garden, the Yuheng Garden, to the Yangmingfang along the river, all hung white flags.

Outside the east gate of the manor entrance, a murderous cypress costume was erected.

After bathing in the funeral, and at sunset, the coffin is moved to the family temple, a mourning hall is set up, and the mourning music is raised, and then the official mourning is sent to the outside world.

The funeral was presided over by Fu Zhubo, who led the family to arrange the funeral in an orderly manner.

All the sons and daughters of the four rooms, went to the officials to worry about the funeral, and handed in their resignations together, and the rest of the official positions do not have to be taken to heart, only the post of Xiangzhou Assassin Shi, as a state pastor, the right to run the county, how can the Zheng family easily give up, as early as a month ago, the seventh uncle Zheng Hao had already written to Zheng Wei to discuss the matter.

It's just been hanging in the air.

At this moment, just after the mourning, the seventh uncle Zheng Hao retreated to the cubicle next to the family temple to rest, and asked Zheng Wei again, "Anu, haven't you made up your mind about the candidate for the position of assassin?"

"I was about to tell my uncle about this, before I went out of Jiankang, I had already recommended Tao Nankang to He Shangshu, the minister. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zheng Hao's slightly shriveled face was a little helpless, and his brows instantly wrinkled.

Tao Nankang, that is, Tao Dun, this person Zheng Hao has not been in contact with, but the information about him has never been endless, he is very good at Zheng Wei and Zheng Jun's brothers, but it is not from the Zheng family, first in the Zheng family with Hou Yi to manage the department, and then followed Zheng Jun to Xuzhou, from the beginning of the staff, to be too shou of the history of the governor, and concurrently serve as the Xuzhou military Sima.

From the beginning, Zheng Wei recommended this person to him, but Zheng Hao disagreed, "Wulang, he is from a poor family, and he is not a relative of the Zheng family, even if Xiangzhou is only a small county, but it is in charge of Ah Wu, it is better than him." ”

Ah Wu is the neutron of Zheng Quan, the chief of the house.

Over the years, he has been by Zheng Hao's side, and now he is the official Taishou of Changsha County, and he is also Zheng Hao's favorite candidate.

"Tao Nankang's talent is obvious to all, Shiro has been able to fully control Xuzhou in just four years, and he has made great contributions. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Wei paused slightly, and his tone was extremely firm, "Besides, he can be regarded as his own family." ”

"How do you say this?" Zheng Hao looked at Zheng Wei with a puzzled face, could it be that there was something he didn't know.

Zheng Wei didn't answer positively, but just pointed out, "Uncle, several important ministers promoted by His Majesty recently are all from poor families, and now, his background has become an advantage, and Ah Wu's reputation and talent are all lacking, we can recommend Ah Wu, the Wang family, the Yin family, the Yu family, the Gu family, the Lu family, the He family, etc., they can also recommend their in-laws." ”

"In this situation, it is easier for Nankang to stand out. ”

Zheng Wei's tone was flat, but he had a convincing momentum, Zheng Hao was silent for a long time, kneeling on the couch, and did not speak, which was equivalent to expressing his position.

It was easy to convince the Seventh Uncle, and it was all expected by him.

The seventh uncle in front of him was dressed in a filial piety suit made of raw linen, there was no seam at the corner of the clothes, and it was empty on his body, his body was thin, his back was slightly bowed, and he looked more and more weak.

After this heavy filial piety, Zheng Wei was a little worried in his heart, whether Uncle Seven's body could withstand it, after all, he was already in his sixties.

In the world, filial piety is important, and funerals are carried out according to the etiquette system.

As the eldest son, the seventh uncle holds the can, and no one else can replace him.

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And said that the eighteenth uncle Zheng mixed as a nephew, there was a year of non-cane period of Qi decay clothes, he no longer wanted to be an official, through the funeral, submitted his resignation to the imperial court, Zheng Wei knew about this matter, the approval of the ministry has not yet been issued, but the eighteenth uncle returned to Linru, directly and Zheng Wei said, "From now on, I will live in Linru for a long time, and I will not return to Jiankang." ”

Immediately afterwards, he asked the family warden to clean up the garden and move in with his children and grandchildren.

Zheng Wei looked at the following, and came back with the women's convoy, as well as the dozen or so carts of books, for a while, he felt a headache, and Uncle Eighteen was determined to resign and return to Linru this time.

Over the years, Uncle Eighteen has made trouble several times for the matter of resigning, but the fourth uncle is pressing, and Zheng Wei is persuading, and now that the fourth uncle is gone, who can control him.

Zheng Sui, as a lady in the inner courtyard, didn't pay much attention to these.

What she felt the most was that she was the eighteenth aunt Cui's, who returned to Linru, and she and the fourth sister-in-law Yin's were suddenly much brisker, not only the female dependents, but also the eighteenth aunt and the general affairs such as scheduling arrangements and funeral events in various places.

The seventh aunt, He, only took the four female dependents and kept the funeral salute.

"Auntie, there is no one from the Manchu family. Zheng Sui accompanied the eighteenth aunt after finishing dinner, mentioning this matter, at the beginning, the first time he sent someone to Man's house to deliver a letter, only to come to Manfen, Zheng Sui and the fourth sister-in-law Yin discussed it, told the seventh aunt, and sent the fourth room of the little seven to invite.

However, at the end of the morning, Xiao Qi came back alone.

Zheng Sui said again: "I heard Xiao Qi say that when he was leaving, his aunt gave him 300,000 yuan, which made him so ashamed that he didn't dare to accept it and left. ”

"According to that person's temperament, I am afraid that the 300,000 yuan is already on the way. Aunt Eighteen sighed lightly.

Zheng Sui didn't doubt this at all, the most thing the Man family dealt with with the Zheng family was to send money, even if Man Fen stepped into the door of the Zheng family.

Back then, the marriage between the ninth aunt and the Manchu family was decided by the fourth uncle, and they, as juniors, could not be ignored.

I heard Cui Shi sigh again: "Before Ah Jiu got married, he once said to the fourth uncle: If you are not as good as Huangquan, you will not see each other again." ”

Not as good as Huangquan, there is no goodbye.

Zheng Sui unintentionally heard this from the mouth of Aunt Eighteen, shocked by Aunt Jiu's decision, but more sad, as a child, not extremely sad, how could he say such a thing.

The fourth aunt was blind to crying and went early, if her old man was there, the four-room backyard would not be as chaotic and disorderly as it is now. Choi is worried about this.

Because of the family motto of the Zheng family, whether it is a famous concubine or a concubine, there are very few children, and there are only two exceptions in the clan, one is Zheng Jun, the fourth nephew of the big house, and the other is the fourth uncle.

Now that the fourth uncle is gone, there are more than 20 concubines left in the backyard, and those who are not old and have no children are all sent back to their mother's house, and Jiang Ji is also among them, but she is unwilling to return to the Jiang family and wants to stay in the Zheng family.

She has been in charge of the inner courtyard of Sibo for more than ten years, and she has done it before, so that she can make Sibo happy, she left such a thing, and now who is willing to worship her.

Cui's and seventh sister-in-law, He's had the same idea, they must be sent back to the Jiang family, and no such person will be kept.

Suddenly, I saw an old woman beside Cui's side walk in, and first saluted Cui's and Zheng Sui before replying: "Madam, there is a word from the Linglong Pavilion that Jiang Ji is making a fuss about becoming a monk, and the guards are not guarded, so she cut off a piece of long hair by herself." ”