Chen Ren and Shen Yigui were investigating the case in full swing, eager to break one day into two days.

And here, the Xu family is using the power of the whole government to solemnly organize the funeral of the main family.

The whole house of the Xu family was torn with white banners, and from a distance, it looked like a heavy snowfall.

There has not been such a big funeral in Jingshi City for a long time, and for a while, the whole city was in an uproar.

The jade lion placed at the gate of Xufu also had a white cloth around its neck, and there was a large white flower ball in the middle, and the big red lantern on the main gate was also replaced with a small lantern wrapped in white paper.

A couplet was posted on the red and black gate, which read: Who wants to be jealous of the youth? Feng Nian also mourned. The deceased was sad, and Yuzhi also cried bitterly.

The background color on the couplet is pale blue, black ink to mention the word, the word is as strong as pine, horizontal as a dragon, skimming like a phoenix, the mountain of Tianmu, the water is out of the Yan, the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, and it is extracted in Lin'an, it can be seen that the writing person has a good penmanship, which makes people feel a strong artistic conception in it.

But the content of this couplet makes the living feel very heavy when they look at it.

It is also the most ironic thing in the world that the living do not get along well, and only give some mourning after death, so that others can see how much they value this main family.

The inner mourning hall has been set up, the coffin of golden silk nanmu is placed in the middle, and in front of it is a rectangular table, wrapped in a white cloth, on which some melons and fruits are placed to eat.

Looking further down, there is a straw mat in three places opposite the coffin some places away from the rectangular table, which is used for people to kneel.

Xu Xin and other children are wearing sackcloth, tied with straw rope at the waist, and the things that tie up the hair are also made of white ribbons, which are long and dragged to the waist.

The girls wore white shirts, their hair was tied with blue ribbons, and a yellow flower was inserted in their buns. But who knows how much truth there is?

It's the same with the women, except that the bun is different from the way they comb it.

It is said that women wear filial piety, and they are pretty. The girls of the Xu family are not bad-looking, even if they don't wear makeup, they are very beautiful and moving, not to mention now?

They entered the mourning hall together, stood in order, and then knelt in front of the coffin, covering their faces with their hands and crying in mourning.

The main grandmother is also wearing white clothes today, with that snow-white hair and pale face, the whole person is not like a person, and only the eyeballs are black.

She leaned on the crutches of solid pear wood, moved little by little, and entered the front of the mourning hall to stand and preside, and next to her stood Xiao Yu and Xiao Yun.

As usual, the maids, servants and guards of the Xu Mansion also wore white horse coats over their clothes to represent their grief for the funeral of the main family, so they were no exception.

Xu Xin's five concubines and five aunts gave birth to a son, his name is Xu He, and he is also fifteen years old this year, and that son has never had a sense of existence, and Xu Xin doesn't even remember such a person.

But it was he who stood up.

Holding Xu Xin's top and bottom, he climbed from the east corner of the main house to the roof, facing the north of the netherworld, holding the collar in one hand and the waist of the shirt in the other, vigorously raising Xu Xin's name and calling his soul back.

He repeated it over and over again, and his voice slowly became hoarse.

This matter was originally done by his sister-in-law Xu Xin, but he was unwilling, thinking that this errand was a chore, so he arranged for this one to do it.

There are still copper bells hanging in the four corners of the Xu Mansion house, and the bells jingle the bells when the soul is summoned, the sound is far away, and the whining sound sounds very penetrating.

When the hour was right, the people who came to mourn also came in one after another, all with sad looks.

Xu Nian was not in good health, and she could only kneel on the straw mat, her knees hurt slightly, and she could only move a little to relieve the pain.

It just so happened that her little action was seen by Xu Qingqing next to her.

She said in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them, "Don't move, or I'll go to Grandma's to sue you." ”

She knew that she shouldn't shout loudly on this occasion, so it can be seen that she still went out with her brains today.

Xu Young replied: "Yes, then don't talk either." The tone was indifferent.

The corners of Xu Qingqing's mouth twitched, ignoring her.

Didn't I remind you? Good people are not rewarded! The heart of a wolf and the lungs of a dog, the mouth and the belly of the sword, and the heart is like a snake and scorpion!

The main grandmother didn't notice the little episode here, just looked at the visitor.

One by one, they entered the mourning hall, and a loud voice was arranged outside to read the gift list.

"The Jingshi Tang family sent a pair of couplets and two pairs of coral bracelets."

The old lady was silent on her face, and said in a flat voice, "Donald." ”

The person who came was the helmsman of the Tang family in Jingshi, and their Tang family was also a businessman for generations, and they also had business contacts in some aspects, so the relationship was also very good.

In this case, there is no need to give a heavy gift, so there is no fault in this gift.

"Old Madam Xu, I heard this bad news below...... Alas, the old lady mourns. ”

The main grandmother choked and nodded: "If you can come, Xin'er will be happy." ”

He sighed, reverently shook the coffin and left.

Come slowly, walk slowly, without taking away a cloud.

"The Li family of the Jingshi sent a pair of couplets, and a jade Guanyin."

When the grandmother heard this name, her eyelids finally lifted completely.

The person who came was also silver-haired and white-haired, hunched back, and on crutches, and the main grandmother's eyes turned red when she saw her, and her mood suddenly became unstable.

"Liangmei, you...... How did it come. The main grandmother stepped forward to help, the two old men supported each other, Xiao Yu and Xiao Wan hurriedly stepped forward to help people.

The other party was full of momentum, but she was extremely gentle in front of the main grandmother, she squinted her eyes and smiled: "Suikang, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet again but it was such a scene." "She was so old, her voice seemed very old, and she spoke slowly.

Suikang is the name of the main grandmother, she may not have heard others call her so for a long time, she asked for a moment, and said with a bitter smile: "Liangmei, there are still you, fortunately there are still you." ”

Liangmei's eyes were also red, and she clenched her hand: "Okay, okay, I'm still here, if you have any difficulties, look for me, my old woman is still a little useful." ”

They hadn't seen each other for a long time, but they could recognize each other at a glance, and this scene wet the eyes of many people.

Liangmei is the grandmother of the Li family and a powerful figure, but she didn't expect her to be present in person, which shows how deep the relationship between them is.

Later, she was still welcomed away by the Li family, and the main grandmother has her own responsibilities, even if she wants to catch up with her good sister, now is not the time.

She straightened her expression, and could only see a slight bitterness at the corners of her mouth.

The next people are not very important, and most of them are similar to their identities, so I will not introduce them one by one.

Only a few people are more special.

That is Xie Chang'an, Xie Shizi, Shen Yigui, Lord Shen Shaoqing, Chen Ren and Chen Fuyin.

The grandmother was a little surprised to see that they were coming: "You are ...... this"

Chen Renhe said: "Knowing that today is the day when your family stops to mourn, I can be regarded as witnessing what happened to your master's family, so I should come to mourn and hurry." ”

"I met these two on the road, so I came together."

Xie Changan and Shen Yigui both nodded, it stands to reason that Shen Yigui should have the greatest power here, and he should say this, but Chen Renhe's qualifications are there, and it is best for him to say this kind of occasion.

Seeing that Mrs. Xu was about to ask again, Chen Renhe stopped the conversation and said, "Mrs. Xu, I won't talk about business today." ”

The grandmother nodded understandingly: "Okay, okay, you can stay for a meal before leaving." ”

"It's nature." The three of them said in unison.

In the end, it ends with the man singing a soul, and the rest is to arrange people to take turns to keep the spirit.

Xu Xin's coffin was placed in the mourning hall for seven days.

In the past seven days, the family did not dare to speak loudly, for fear of touching the moldy head of the main family, which was also a kind of respect for the deceased.

And in the middle of the night, I can always hear a terrible cry from the courtyard, and it doesn't end until midnight, which breaks the hearts of those who listen.

Every courtyard will send someone to the courtyard every night to guard the main grandmother to sleep, for fear that she will have nightmares again, but also to give her old man some comfort, so that there will not even be a person to talk to in the huge courtyard, and the same is true during the day.

Among them, Xu Qingqing and Xu Xin went to watch the most days, and they didn't sleep well these days, and there were always many bruises under their eyes.

As the saying goes, this is filial piety, none of them dare to say no, not to mention, the main grandmother is old and widowed, and it is also worth understanding more.

Three days before the funeral, the Xu family invited a very famous Mr. Yin and Yang to other places, which is a custom that has been passed down by the Beijing master for a long time.

They wrote the date of birth and death, the age of death, and the date of the funeral on a blank piece of paper, which was to be verified before the coffin went out of the city, which was generally called "opening the list" or "writing the book of disaster".

Xu Nian and the others were also present, watching the old god chattering gentleman draw talismans, leaning on the table and writing these things.

After he finished writing, he saw Xu Nian at a glance, and when he looked at her, there was an incomprehensible emotion in his eyes, he shook his head slightly, said something that no one could understand and left.

That sentence Xu Nian still remembers in his mind: The decline of Fengxi Fengxi and He De is also not to wait.

She knew that it was what the gentleman had told her, after all, he had been staring at her, but she had pondered this sentence for a long time, and she had only figured out a little bit.

She has been worried about this for a long time, and she doesn't care about it later, living in the present is the most important thing, and she is always worried that it will not be a solution in the future.

On the day before Xu Zhi's funeral, some relatives and friends of the Xu family came to pay tribute to the funeral, chanted the monks, and sat beside the Xu family with the children of the Xu family, accompanying them all night, commonly known as "companionship", also known as "sitting at night".

Xu Nian was naturally there, and they didn't sleep all night.