Chapter Seventy-Six: Qin Keqing's Funeral of the Four Kings
After Lin Daiyu returned home, she took the initiative to talk to Mama Li about her current troubles and asked Mama Li how to solve it, and everyone misunderstood that she had a personal affair with Jia Baoyu.
Especially when talking about her father's desire to marry her to the Jia family, she was very sad, and also expressed her unwillingness to marry into the Jia family.
Mama Li agreed very much with Daiyu for making such a choice, and after comforting Daiyu, she found Lin Ruhai.
Giving Daiyu's thoughts to Lin Ruhai, Mama Li suggested: "If the master loves the girl, it is better not to marry the girl into the Jia family, from the perspective of the old slave, the son of the Jia family is not a person who can be relied on!" ”
Lin Ruhai nodded thoughtfully, he had been having a headache about this matter for the past few days, and now that he learned his daughter's thoughts, he was completely relieved, and he also completely relieved his thoughts about marrying the Jia family.
"There are some rumors in the Jia family that hinder the girl's reputation, and the master must deal with them well!" Mama Li then made Daiyu's worries about her reputation known to Lin Ruhai.
"I will handle this matter properly, you let Yu'er not worry!" Lin Ruhai sighed.
He is very depressed now, and he also regrets sending his daughter to the Jia family back then, now that he thinks about it, he has too many things that need to be cleaned up, his daughter's reputation, his daughter's words, and the dowry of the daughter he sent to the Jia family, all of which need to be explained clearly to the Jia family, otherwise if someone asks about it, it will affect Daiyu's marriage.
"You've been following Yu'er for some time, do you understand Yu'er's thoughts?" Lin Ruhai thought of her daughter's attitude towards marriage that day, and guessed that her daughter might have other thoughts.
Mama Li nodded, she could naturally see that the girl's thoughts were all on Lu Jing now: "From the perspective of the old slave, Uncle Lu and the girl are a good match, Uncle Lu is a capable person, and he can protect the girl if he wants to!" ”
"Huai Jin?" Lin Ruhai was taken aback, and then nodded thoughtfully: "I know about this matter, you go down first, if there is anything in Yu'er, you have to inform me in time!" ”
After Mama Li left, Lin Ruhai fell into deep thought, for Lu Jing, he was more complicated in his heart, if he was a disciple, it was fine, but if he wanted to be recruited as a son-in-law, he was a little hesitant, with his disciple's heart and means, I am afraid that he is not a peaceful person.
After thinking about it for a long time, Lin Ruhai decided to wait for him to solve the problem of his daughter's involvement with the Jia family, and then test Lu Jing's thoughts about his daughter.
On the fourth day of the first day of November, Ningguo Mansion sent a funeral for Qin Keqing, and there were countless officials and guests who sent the funeral, including the grandson of Zhenguo Niuqing who is now a first-class Bo Niu Jizong, the grandson of Liguo Gong Liu Biao is now a first-class son Liu Fang, the grandson of Chen Yi, the grandson of Qi Guogong Chen Yi, the hereditary general of Sanpinwei Town, the grandson of Ma Kui, the grandson of Ma Kui, the hereditary general of Sanpinweiyuan, Ma Shang, the grandson of Hou Xiaoming, the prince of Xiuguo, the hereditary first-class son Hou Xiaokang, died a few months ago, so his grandson Shi Guangzhu Shouxiao did not come, these six and Ning Rong's two families, in Beijing and called the eight dukes.
The rest of the funeral officials and guests included the grandson of the king of Nan'an County, the grandson of the king of Xining County, Shi Ding, the marquis of Zhongjing, the hereditary second-class male Jiang Zining, the grandson of the Marquis of Pingyuan, the hereditary second-class male and the guerrilla Xie Whale of Jingying, the grandson of the Marquis of Xiangyang, the hereditary second-class male Qi Jianhui, the grandson of the Marquis of Jingtian, the grandson of the Marquis of Jingtian, Qiu Liang, the son of the Marquis of Jinxiang, the son of the Bo of Jinxiang, Feng Ziying, the son of the Shenwu general, Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan and others.
The funeral guests took more than a dozen large sedan chairs, thirty or forty small sedan chairs, plus the sedan chairs and carriages of the two mansions of Ningrong, a total of no less than 100 times, plus all kinds of deacons, furnishings, and hundreds of tricks in front, which were vast and mighty, and were placed three or four miles away in total.
The funeral procession of Ningguo Mansion went all the way for about a quarter of an hour, and then encountered the high set of colorful sheds on the side of the road, which set up a banquet and music, all of which were sacrifices of the four kings: the first is the Dongping Wangfu sacrifice shed, the second is the Nan'an County King sacrifice shed, the third is the Xining County King, and the fourth is the Beijing County King.
Lu Jing sat in the teahouse not far from the sacrificial shed set up by King Beijing, watching the grand scene of Ning Guofu's funeral for Qin Keqing, and he was looking forward to the next big drama in his heart.
At the same time, he was also speechless about the choice of the Jia family, the emperor had already shown his intention to woo him, but the Jia family not only did not respond, but now he was being used to do things at Qin Keqing's funeral.
Especially when he found Lin Ruhai in the funeral procession, he secretly thought to himself, if Lin Ruhai knew that today's Xungui collective funeral for Qin Keqing was a demonstration to Emperor Yuanyong, but he participated in it in a daze, I don't know how he would feel.
According to the etiquette system, the nobles with the title want to participate in the condolences, and they need to be ordered by the imperial court.
But from the fact that they directly ignored Emperor Yuanyong, the four kings collectively set up a road sacrifice, and all the nobles went out to send the funeral with them, it can be seen that they were holding demonstrations to show the unity and strength of the nobles to the emperor.
Lu Jing remembered the plot in the book, a few days after Qin Keqing's burial, Jia Yuanchun was named a virtuous concubine, thinking that it was a compromise between Emperor Yuanyong and the persecution of the nobles in Beijing.
Lu Jing looked down and saw that King Beijing was enthusiastically summoning Jia Baoyu, and felt that the defeat of the Jia family was a foregone conclusion, and with the political wisdom of the Jia family, I am afraid that he could not see the sinister intentions of King Beijing at all.
Jia Baoyu has heard that Shui Rong is a virtuous king, not bound by official customs and national style, and is born with both talent and appearance, dashing, every time he thinks about meeting, but he is detained by Jia Zheng, and he has no reason to meet, and he has always regretted it.
At this moment, I heard that Shui Rong was summoned, so I hurriedly rushed up to see.
Shui Rong hurriedly stretched out his hand from the sedan chair to hold Jia Baoyu, seeing that Baoyu's face was like a spring flower, his eyes were like paint, and he loved it very much in his heart, and praised: "The name is worthy of it, and it is really like a treasure like jade." ”
"Where's that baby?"
Jia Baoyu asked, and hurriedly took it out of his clothes and handed it to the water.
After taking a closer look, he asked, "Is it really effective?" ”
Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "That being said, I just haven't tried it." ”
After being amazed by the water dissolution, he sorted out the colorful silk, brought it to Jia Baoyu with his own hands, and took Jia Baoyu's hand again, and asked how old he was and what book he read, and Baoyu agreed one by one.
After hearing this, Shui Rong smiled at Jia Zheng and said: "Ling Lang is really a dragon foal and a phoenix, not Xiao Wang is abrupt in front of Shi Weng, and in the future, 'the young phoenix is clear in the voice of the old phoenix', and the future is immeasurable." ”
Jia Zheng was busy laughing, and even said that he didn't dare to bear this praise.
Shui Rong said again: "It's just one thing, Ling Lang is so qualified, if he wants to come to Mrs. Tai, his wife is naturally very fond of it, but my generation is not suitable for Zhong Drowning, and Zhong Drowning will inevitably miss his studies." If it is difficult for Ling Lang to work hard at home, he may as well go to Handi often. Although Xiao Wang is not talented, all the celebrities on the sea and those who go to Beijing are all gathered in the house, and they are quite gathered by the masters of the Handi. Ling Lang often goes to the meeting, and his knowledge can be improved day by day. ”
Jia Zheng hurriedly bowed down and agreed.
Shui Rong took off the string of prayer beads on his wrist again, handed it to Jia Baoyu and said: "At the beginning of today's meeting, there was nothing to congratulate in a hurry, this thing was a string of wagtail incense prayer beads given by the saint the day before yesterday, and the right was a gift of congratulations. ”
Jia Baoyu hurriedly took it, turned around and served Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu thanked each other.
When Lu Jing saw this, he secretly said that the Jia family was completely finished this time.
There is a cloud in the "Book of Songs": "The wagtail is in the original, and the brothers are in trouble." ’
'Wagtail' means brotherly love, is a gift from the emperor to the king of Beijing, representing the brotherhood between the emperor and the king of Beijing.
This thing is of great significance, but the king of Beijing gave it to Jia Baoyu with his backhand, not to mention that this move is suspected of contempt for Emperor Yuanyong, but the implication of disrespect for Emperor Yuanyong is obvious.
It seems that the King of Beijing is iron-hearted, and he wants to be the vanguard against Emperor Yuanyong, and he also wants to draw the Jia family into their ship.
However, the Jia family followed King Beijing in a daze, which also saved him trouble, and when Lin Ruhai realized the problem here, I am afraid that Lin Ruhai would give up the idea of marrying the Jia family.
After the king of Beijing left, the huge team of nobles set off again, all the way was very lively, when passing through the city gate, there were Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, Jia Zhen and other colleagues set up a sacrificial tent to receive the sacrifice, the people of the Jia family thanked them one by one and went out of the city, and went straight to the Tieji Temple.
After Lu Jing and the others of the Jia family set off again, they went straight home, thinking about how he should remind Lin Ruhai if he couldn't see the intention of the honorable this time, and how to reveal Qin Keqing's identity so as not to make Lin Ruhai suspicious.
At the end of the day, Lu Jing was combing through the information on Qin Keqing's matter, when he suddenly heard Lin Zhong come over to invite, saying that Lin Ruhai invited him to come over to the house.
Lu Jing thought that it might have something to do with today's events, and after cleaning up, he rushed to the Lin Mansion, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard the news that Lin Ruhai was sick.
"Is the teacher okay?" Lu Jing saw that Lin Ruhai's face was ugly, and he asked with concern.
Lin Ruhai said worriedly: "Huai Jin doesn't have to worry, there is nothing important about the teacher's body, but there are some things that the teacher can't make up his mind, and I want you to refer to one or two!" ”
Today, he was invited by Jia Zheng to Jia's house and asked him to give Qin Keqing a funeral, and he wanted to leave at that time.
But when he saw many princes and grandsons accompanying him to the funeral, he pressed it down, wondering in his heart what the identity of this Qin Keqing was, until the Four Kings Road Sacrifice, especially when he heard what King Beijing said to Jia Baoyu.
Only then did he realize that the funeral was fake, and I was afraid that the four kings and eight dukes wanted to take advantage of the funeral in Ning Guofu to show the emperor the power of the magnates in Beijing.
After realizing this, he wanted to leave immediately, but he had a deeper layer of anxiety in his heart, so he had to stay until the funeral was over.
Lin Ruhai immediately told Lu Jing the details of the matter one by one.