Wang Ben's sudden death plunged the entire Xianyang into a miserable and dreary state.

As the emperor entrusted to arrange the funeral, Chen Xu could only cheer up and arrange the three provinces and six departments to make proper arrangements.

However, the funeral of the prince has its own rules, the operation of the court is not too much panic, in the orderly busy, a few days pass in a flash, around noon on the fifth day, a few horses from the northwest along the road, several black helmets and black armor carrying the command flag of the forbidden army into the city, soon the palace will be heard nine melodious and low bronze bell sounds.

As the sound of the bronze bell sounded, Xianyang City slowly began to cry, and many people wore white silk on their heads and wore linen cloths to look to the northwest and bow, in order to welcome the heroic soul of the military god of the Great Qin Empire back to their homeland.

With the sound of the bronze bell ringing, countless princes and princes and court officials of the rank above the fourth grade all took carriages and horses to gather in the square in front of the palace, half an hour later, the front of the palace was already densely packed with luxury carriages, shortly thereafter, the south gate of the palace was wide open, and the car of the Son of Heaven drove out of the palace under the escort of thousands of forbidden troops, and then after a simple arrangement, Chen Xu was invited to board the jade chariot, and hundreds of officials followed him under the loud transmission of one after another bull horn and gong, The huge team slowly left the city and headed for Meiyuan Town, Pinyang County, a hundred miles away.

In just three months, the Wang family lost two Che Marquis one after another, and a glorious top nobleman suddenly dimmed, so not only the people sighed and lamented, but the princes and princes also felt like they were in a dream.

Especially the First Emperor, although five days have passed, he still has not fully recovered from the pain, his mood is extremely low, and he and Chen Xu sat in the wide jade chariot, leaning on the bearskin chair in a daze for a long time without speaking.

"Your Majesty, although the Marquis of Tongwu is ill, he has made outstanding achievements in his life, and his great achievements will be praised by future generations for thousands of years, and you don't need to be too painful!" The carriage drove smoothly on the flat cement road, and it took a long time for Chen Xu to persuade him.

"I heard that Aiqing renewed the life of the general five years ago, and said that Wuhou will have a catastrophe in the future, I don't know if it's true or not?" The Emperor came back to his senses and nodded slightly, and asked about a piece of news that had been in folklore for a long time.

Chen Xu's cheeks twitched slightly, and he nodded: "Yes, the general was terminally ill and there was almost no decoction to treat it, and the minister admired the general's martial arts, and he couldn't bear to say the way to continue his life for a while, and the Marquis of Tongwu did not hesitate to accept the minister's treatment measures." But the number of mortal people's lives has already been determined, life and death can not be changed, if it is forcibly against the sky, not only the person who casts the spell will be dangerous and abnormal, but also someone will bear the calamity, as for when and where to rob the underworld is the will of heaven, the minister can not calculate, so the matter of the Marquis of Tongwu, the minister can not do anything! ”

"I don't blame Aiqing, but sigh that the destiny of heaven is difficult to violate, when Aiqing used immortal magic to treat Qingning and caused vomiting blood, I ordered no one in the world to let Aiqing be cured, lest Aiqing suffer too much backlash, Tongwu Marquis is commendable, and he endured a catastrophe to extend the general's life for five years, after all, this matter is his own arrangement, and it is no wonder that Aiqing ......"

The emperor paused, looked at the forbidden army escorted outside the glass car window and the mountains that were still covered with ice and snow for a long time, and then spoke: "The Marquis of Tongwu died when he went to investigate the Yanmen Pass incident, and I couldn't sleep for several days and nights, so no matter how wrong the Marquis of Wucheng was, I can't reprimand and punish him this time, about the matter of Yanmen...... I also hope that Aiqing will not pursue it in the future! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu smiled helplessly in his heart, and agreed with a serious expression.

The emperor said that the matter of Yanmen Pass was completely closed, because of Wang Ben's death, he didn't want Chen Xu and anyone to touch the Wang family again, which can be regarded as an affirmation and gratitude to Wang Jian and Wang Ben for their merits.

The carriage was round, all the way was quiet and dull after arriving at Meiyuan Town, Wucheng Marquis Wang Li led hundreds of people of the Wang clan to kneel to meet the arrival of the emperor in linen and filial piety, because the status of Tongwu Marquis in the army was high and no one could match it, so all the many generals who were still in Xianyang almost all came to mourn.

The mourning hall has already been erected, a dark and heavy Nanmu coffin is placed in the center of the mourning hall, the coffin lid is only half covered, Wang Ben lying in the coffin looks calm and serene, his hair and clothes are neatly clean, and he can't see any injuries and pain.

The mourning hall is surrounded by white silk prayer flags, Qin Shi Huang took a group of princes and princes and civil and military officials to watch the remains around the coffin in the mourning hall, and then comforted Wang Li after a few words and then withdrew, and did not stay long before leaving to return to Xianyang, leaving only the eldest prince Fusu to preside over the rest of the funeral for himself.

Wang Jian and Wang Ben died, the emperor personally came to Meiyuan to worship and mourn, which has never been in the etiquette of the princes of the Great Zhou, after the death of Li Si, the emperor did not leave the palace at all, but issued an edict to reward Li Si's family, and only Fusu went to mourn.

It is an ancient tradition to respect and be humble, the courtier died, the king generally just issued an edict of etiquette to comfort, and the important ministers with great merit will be given a nickname to show respect, but Qin Shi Huang ascended the throne and said that after the emperor called the emperor, he abandoned the traditional law of the Great Zhou, from the emperor to the courtiers after his death, there was no posthumous seal, when Wang Jian died, there were officials who wrote to posthumously crown Wang Jian as the prince, but the emperor shook his head and vetoed.

Now that Wang Ben has died, although the emperor is sad in his heart, from the perspective of the traditional relationship between the monarch and the minister, he has done so as to be benevolent and righteous, and although the Wang father and son died, they were also extremely honored after their deaths, because in ancient times, there had never been a king personally mourning the funeral for his courtiers or princes, which did not conform to the ancient etiquette norms.

However, the emperor didn't seem to care about this, and seemed to be using this behavior to show his love and respect for the Wang father and son.

The emperor came and went in a hurry, but Chen Xu and other civil and military officials could not leave like this, according to the Shangqing etiquette system, they also had to follow Fusu to complete the follow-up complicated condolence and worship procedures.

The funeral was carried out for three consecutive days, and the entire Meiyuan Town cried and shook the sky like the last time Wang Jian died, and Wang Ben's also followed Wang Qian's burial method, and did not make a luxurious mausoleum, but was buried in a hole not far from Wang Qian's tomb, and the tombs of father and son were only a hundred feet apart.

After the funeral, the officials gradually said goodbye and left, and Wang Li also specially prepared wine and tea to express his gratitude to Chen Xu, Feng Quji, Meng Yi and other respected princes and princes.

Wang Li followed all the way back from Langmeng County this time, and the ice and snow blocked the road for more than a thousand miles along the way, and Wang Ben's death hit him very hard, so the whole person looked a lot thinner, his beard was messy and his spirit was sluggish, and he was completely like the high-spirited and bloody young man he had seen before.

For Chen Xu, Wang Li showed enough respect and thoughtful etiquette, but Chen Xu could see that Wang Li had a very deep hatred for him, and every time he talked to him and bowed his hand, he could see Wang Li's stiff movements and the tense and bulging green tendons on his forehead.

For Wang Ben's death, although Chen Xu is also a little sad, but he is far less sad than the emperor, after all, he and Wang Ben are not very familiar, the two of them have only a handful of time to eat, drink and chat at a time, and Wang Jian Wang Ben and his son have not asked about military and political affairs since they conquered the Six Kingdoms, and they have almost never been to the court, and they have been hiding in Meiyuan Town for leisure and retirement in recent years, and the opportunities for the two to meet in the past few years have added up to less than ten times.

In fact, Chen Xu, the civil and military minister of the Manchu Dynasty, is still familiar with Meng Yi, and there are more opportunities to eat, drink and chat together, after all, the two are Weng sons-in-law, and not too many people will care about communicating together, but in order to avoid suspicion, other civil and military ministers do not like in-depth communication with each other, Chen Xu is not very familiar, and he is only in the court and work on weekdays, and Wang Jian and Wang Ben father and son are not very willing to interact too closely with Chen Xu, for fear of causing the emperor's misunderstanding, in order to fund Chen Xu to build Keju Square, Wang Ben visited Chen Xu with a box of land deeds, and the two talked for less than ten minutes, and Wang Ben also went to the palace to explain the reason to the First Emperor.

The king's greatest fear is that his courtiers are too close to each other in private.

And especially the status and identity of Wang and Chen Xu, once they have bad intentions, they can even subvert the country.

As a result, ministers of higher status are more and more cautious in their dealings with each other.

The three ministers almost never get together for a banquet alone if they have no official business or special reasons.

And now that Wang Jian and Wang Ben have died one after another this winter, Daqin has ushered in an era without the suppression of the military gods.

This was bad news in the eyes of the emperor and the people of Great Qin, but it was indeed a good thing in Chen Xu's eyes.

Great Qin does not lack excellent generals at the moment, but it lacks a military system and military structure that can adapt to the times.

Regarding the reform of the military system and the army, if Wang Ben put forward a different opinion, perhaps the emperor would not easily agree, but now with the departure of the Wang father and son, Daqin has no strength to stop Chen Xu, unless he himself cannot convince the first emperor.

"Husband, it seems that the Marquis of Wucheng has a deep prejudice against you?" On the way back, Shui Shui, who accompanied Chen Xu to come to mourn, said softly.

"Hmm!" Chen Xu nodded with a wry smile, "Wang Ben's death this time can be said to be related to me, if it weren't for my request to investigate the matter of Yanmen Pass, I'm afraid Wang Ben would not have gone to Yanmen County, and he would not have died because of this, and it is reasonable for Wang Li to hate me!" ”

"How can the husband blame himself, if it weren't for the king's misbehavior and causing trouble, why would the husband go to investigate him? If you make a mistake against others, you must first judge yourself. Isn't it unreasonable for him to blame Wang Ben's death on his husband! The water was soft, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Don't worry, lady, no matter what, Wang Ben's death still has something to do with me, the timing of my performance this time is not very good, but, alas, ......" Chen Xu sighed, "Some things are done and done, right or wrong is not very important, whether he hates me or not, the result is already like this, find an opportunity to explain it to him in the future!" ”()

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