Chapter Twenty-Three: A Farce

The servant behind Zhang Chaoyi was ordered to step forward, but Gao Cheng immediately stopped the person: "Bold, you ...... You must not be presumptuous! ”

Zhao Jiong glanced at Gao Cheng appreciatively, knowing that he had to defend his master at such a time, he was really a loyal servant!

It's a pity that Zhang Chaoyi didn't think so, he scolded Gao Cheng: "Where did you come from, do you want to be rude to your uncle?!" ”

Gao Cheng was stunned, pulled his neck and argued: "What kind of uncle are you?" Our Hou Ye's uncle is ......" He paused, and secretly glanced at the Qian family in the crowd, but the Qian family hid behind others and had no intention of coming out, he had no choice but to change his words: "Our uncle's surname is Qin!" ”

Who knew that the people of the Qin family also set up a shed road sacrifice nearby, and they happened to see it clearly, so they spat on the spot: "Our Qin family doesn't dare to have such a vicious nephew!" We are here today to pay tribute to the old county prince and his wife, and others have nothing to do with us. When our aunt was alive, she never heard the Hou Ye call her mother, but now she has come to recognize her uncle. ”

Gao Cheng's face turned red, so he could only stubbornly continue to stop people. Zhang snorted coldly: "Aren't you a servant from the Jiang family?" Your grandmother has the leisure to lift you up, she has this kung fu, it is better to teach her son well, maybe I should let the world know what good things she has done? After speaking, he shouted: "Get out of the way!" ”

Gao Cheng was shocked and angry in his heart, I don't know if the Zhang family knows what secrets his aunt and grandmother have, why are there threats in and out of his words? He hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to get out of the way. Let it, Hou Ye is likely to be annoyed with him, don't let it, my aunt doesn't know what handle to hold in the old lady's hands.

Seeing that he was still not moving, Zhang Chaoyi simply stepped forward and kicked him hard, kicked him away, and turned back to Zhao Jiong: "Jiannan Hou is so majestic, he saw his mother-in-law, and he rode a horse to show off his might, he didn't even mean to visit, he didn't have any courtesy, and the servants around him were also bold, and they didn't even take the words of the master mother to heart, but they wanted to maintain a fake coffin!" ”

Zhao Jiong hated itchy, but he had to turn over and dismount, with a fake look of respect, and stepped forward and said: "Second uncle, don't be annoyed, the subordinates didn't find out before, and they didn't see the mother's body and thought that the mother was dead, I was afraid that it would delay the auspicious day for my father to enter the ground, so I let people put my mother's clothes into the coffin and bury them as a body." Now that my mother has returned, I naturally don't need the fake coffin, I just let someone carry it back. ”

Zhang Chaoyi sneered, bypassed him and walked directly to the coffin of "Zhang's", and ordered the person carrying the coffin: "Put it down!" "The servant who carried the coffin, you look at me, and I look at you, and I don't know what to do.

Suddenly, as if something had struck the crook of one of the servants' legs, he screamed and fell to the ground, and the coffin slid to the ground in a tilt, and because the coffin was so heavy, it made an earth-shattering sound. Zhao Jiong was stunned, pounced, kicked the fallen servant hard, and pushed Zhang Chaoyi away: "You are not allowed to touch it!" ”

Zhang Chaoyi stumbled, finally stood firm, and laughed instead of anger: "The coffin hasn't been opened yet, you have exposed yourself." If this is really just a fake coffin with clothes on it, what does it matter if it is opened? You're so nervous, it's like I opened your mother's coffin! ”

In fact, he didn't need to say this clearly, and the onlookers also saw that this coffin was tired, perhaps just like what the Zhang sisters and brothers said, Zhao Jiong put his biological mother who was a concubine into his mother's coffin and buried him as the main room, although this is his filial piety as a son, but it is a big disapproval to mess up the concubine and violate the etiquette, not to mention, according to the etiquette law, the Qin family is his mother, and the Zhang family is his stepmother, there is no place for the Qian family, in order to honor the Qian family, but he committed the great crime of not being filial to his mother.

Zhao Jiong threw himself on his biological mother's coffin, he was almost mad, at this time he didn't care about any reputation or not, and shouted directly at Zhang: "You mother-in-law, hurry up and get out of my way!" My father's stepfamily has long since died, and he died on the way back to his hometown, you just look a little like her, so you came to swagger and deceive, and ruined the reputation of my Zhao family, is it really easy to bully when I built the Nanhou Mansion? After scolding, he called someone: "Hurry up and drive these liars away for me!" ”

The onlookers are talking louder, even fools don't believe in this kind of talk, who are they fooling? is even more sure that Zhao Jiong really did those bad things that lost his conscience. The servants of the Zhao family didn't know whether to follow the order or not, and they didn't recognize the Zhang family, it was the master's mother, even if it wasn't the biological mother of the Hou Ye, it was also the wife of the county grandfather......

Out of the crowd came a group of people, different from the others, dressed more luxuriously, the leader of the man was no more than thirty years old, but with a pride on his face. He stepped forward and only bowed to the Zhang family, and the others didn't even glance at him, so he snorted coldly at Zhao Jiong: "Jiannan Hou is so majestic!" It's a pity that the world is not stupid, I don't care if you deliberately killed your stepmother and brother, that kind of thing has its own emperor and government rules, but if you really treat a concubine as a lady, let people kneel and worship...... Then don't blame us for being rude! ”

It turns out that this is no one else, it is the nobles of the clan of this dynasty, his grandfather was knighted King of Fenyang, in fact, he was the distant uncle of Emperor Taizu, but there is a title of county king, just a false honor, he has lived in his hometown of Jiading for generations, and has not moved to the capital, and he has no real power. Originally, the funeral ceremony of a county prince could not alarm this nobleman, but today's saint has great respect for Zhao Lao Jungong, and there are rumors that if it weren't for the old county prince to speak to Taizu, the position of the prince of the current saint would have been unable to be kept for a long time, so the nobleman also came very face-saving.

He worshiped in front of the spirit of the deceased according to the full number of rituals, gave a large sum of gold, and set up a tent road sacrifice, which can be called respectful, but now someone sues him, although the county prince he worships is real, but the county duchess is fake, just a concubine, how can he not be annoyed? He is a dignified nobleman, the nephew of Emperor Taizu, the brother of the current saint, a concubine, and he actually received his courtesy, can she afford it?!

With this noble person present, no matter how angry Zhao Jiong stopped him, the coffin was still opened in public, and a stench overflowed from the coffin, even if it was a fool among the onlookers, they all knew that Zhao Jiong's so-called statement that only clothes were put in the coffin was a lie, and there was really a corpse inside. Since it is not Mrs. Zhao's Zhang, who else would it be? Naturally, it is Zhao Jiong's biological mother, Aunt Qian, and grandma.

The auxiliary general ordered someone to open the coffin with the name of Aunt Qian's grandmother, and what was placed here was the real clothes.

The truth was revealed, Zhao Jiong knelt down in front of his biological mother's coffin in despair, and the auxiliary general raised his sleeves to cover his nose in disgust, and snorted coldly: "It's ridiculous!" It's a farce! He flicked his sleeves and walked away with his entourage.

He was gone, and the other gentry who had come to worship dispersed. They were also deceived, and they were equally angry in their hearts, but they just kept a wait-and-see attitude for the time being, and did not want to come out.

The burial ceremony of the county grandfather obviously couldn't go on, and the eldest master of the sect came over from behind at this time, and when he saw Zhao Jiong's lost soul, he stomped his feet and sighed, and glanced at Zhang with a weak heart, and persuaded him with a smile: "Auntie, why is this so painful?" There is a lot of anger in my heart, and I should let the county grandfather be born into the ground. Could it be that Brother Jiong made a mistake, will our clan spare him? Why make such a big fuss, so that we have no face? ”

Zhang sneered and looked at him: "Zhao Yu, are you still embarrassed to come to see me?" At the beginning, Zhao Jiong wanted to send the coffin of the county grandfather back to his hometown, but I didn't agree, the emperor had already made a will, and ordered the county grandfather to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, Zhao Jiong refused this grace for selfishness, why did you persuade me to nod? If it weren't for your rhetoric, I wouldn't have brought my son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and grandchildren back to my hometown, which is why I have today's disaster. You were on Zhao Jiong's boat that day, and he didn't save him when he saw death, why didn't you speak? Now you have the face to accuse me?! ”

Zhao Yu's face was red and white for a while, and he had the heart to explain that he really didn't know that night, and he didn't know what happened when he got up early the next morning, but Zhao Jiong insisted on going his own way, he really couldn't help it, so he acquiesced to Zhao Jiong's approach, and he was afraid that he would anger the Zhang family more and more, so he didn't know what to say for a while.

When the people of the Zhao clan saw him like this, they all knew in their hearts that it was not good, the people in the outer nine rooms could still be regarded as watching the excitement, but the remaining three rooms in the inner three rooms could not stay, and the eighth old lady of the third room came over and asked the Zhang family with the support of his son: "Is what the second sister-in-law said true?" Did Zhao Yu really do this? ”

Zhang sneered: "Can there still be a fake?!" After speaking, his eyes turned red again, and he saluted the eighth old lady: "Please also ask the eighth uncle to give me a fair ......."

"What else is there to say?" The eighth old lady picked up the crutch and beat it on Zhao Yu's head, "If your father doesn't study well, he will be a sect in vain, and you are not a good thing!" If you can't love your clansmen and uphold justice, it's better to give up the position of patriarch as soon as possible! ”

Zhao Yu hurriedly dodged, the people of the sect house hurriedly stepped forward to pull the fight, and the clansmen of the outer nine rooms either sincerely or falsely made words to persuade peace, and the scene became a mess. Zhao Jiong shouted angrily: "Enough! The crowd was stunned for a moment before they fell silent.

Zhao Jiong stood up and rushed to Zhang's side: "You woman is so ruthless!" Whether I offended you in the past or not, if you make such a fuss in public today, my reputation will be ruined, but my poor father will not be able to settle down. My father has been a husband and wife with you for more than 20 years, how can he not stand you? Do you want to cause him not to have peace after death? Are you trying to harm his heir?! ”

Zhang took a sip of him: "It's you who really hurt the heirs of the county grandfather!" It's also you who really hurt the peace of the county grandfather after his death! Do you think that the county grandfather doesn't know these things you do? On the night of the storm, before the shipwreck, we were able to find the bottom of the ship in time, which was the warning of the county grandfather! If you hadn't killed them all and ordered people to kill all the people who escaped safely, how could so many people have died?! Do you still have the face to talk to Grandpa Jun?! ”

"Nonsense!" Zhao Jiong was shocked and frightened, "How can my father know this?" ”

"How could he not know? He was in your boat! He knows what good things you have planned! Zhang remembered the situation that night, and couldn't help but feel sad, "If you hadn't learned that our ship was going to sink, not only did you not try to rescue, but instead ordered someone to drive the boat faster, the county grandfather couldn't reach the heavenly spirit whip, and Zhuo'er and his wife would not have died so miserably......"

She had already made up the whole "truth" from her granddaughter Zhao Xiu's words, and her resentment was even deeper, pointing at Zhao Jiong's nose and scolding: "You have done such an evil thing, have you ever thought how disappointed and angry your father would be?!" ”

Zhao Jiong couldn't help but shudder, I don't know if it was his delusion, the wind around him seemed to be blowing colder than just now.

At this moment, a white banner next to the coffin of Zhao Laojun suddenly broke and fell to the ground, making a clear sound of "pop".