Yan Qiaoqing's face was pale, and when she heard this, she didn't know the identity of the person who came. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There is another reason why he is unwilling to help Yan Yuansun Shouling and Dai Xiao.

With Pei Min's proposed system of obfuscation, the imperial examination system was also reformed in advance, compared with the past, the quality of officials has improved a lot, and the imperial court has also paid more and more attention to the imperial examination, and the difficulty has increased a lot.

Although Yan Qiaoqing was born in a Confucian family, his talent and learning can be called excellent. But in this era, there has never been a shortage of good people with flying talents, and there are three thresholds for the examination, the provincial examination and the re-examination of the officials, and it is difficult to miss one.

In addition to the imperial examination, the shortcut to becoming an official is still the promotion introduction.

The relationship between Pei Min and Yan Yuansun is not known to many people in Chang'an, Yan Qiaoqing looked for Yan Yuansun at the beginning, hoping that he could rely on the relationship to approach the road directly.

Yan Yuansun was very upright in this regard, and instead of agreeing to Yan Qiaoqing, he persuaded him to participate in the imperial examination. After passing the imperial examination, he proved his ability and used various political resources to cultivate.

Yan Qiaoqing has always held a grudge against this matter, and now that Yan Yuansun has passed away, Yan Qiaoqing has not been retaliatory on the grounds of solving the test, thinking: You always asked me to take the test, at this critical time, don't blame me for not giving you a spirit and filial piety.

He couldn't have imagined that Pei Min's dignified assassination of Shi not only didn't feel bad luck and avoided it, but he rushed to the first time and stood up instead of Yan Gaoqing.

In an instant, Yan Qiaoqing's intestines were repentant.

"Brother Pei, Zhenqing will accompany you!" Yan Zhenqing was brought up by Yan Yuansun, her eyes were swollen from crying, and she came to Pei Min's side and took his hand.

"Good, good!" Pei Min stroked Yan Zhenqing's head and couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, the three-year-old looks big, and the eight-year-old looks old. Yan Zhenqing, the sub-saint of the calligraphy world, Wang Zuozhicai, showed a character beyond ordinary people in this childhood.

Pei Min put on the filial piety clothes equipped for Yan Gaoqing, his body size was a little bigger than Yan Gaoqing, but the filial piety clothes have always been made wide and fitted just right.

Coming to the front of the Yuan family, Pei Min said, "Auntie, what should my nephew do." My nephew's father died early, and I don't know much about etiquette in this area. He knows the general funeral customs, but Yan Yuansun's funeral is definitely not the same as the customs of the people: the Yan family is a Confucian family, and Confucianism attaches the most importance to filial piety, saying that filial piety comes first.

In his early years, Confucius said, "Life is done with courtesy; Death, burial with ceremony, sacrifice with ceremony", Confucius's successors of the Confucian sages Mencius and Xunzi, are the representatives of the concept of filial piety and funeral.

In particular, Mencius felt that the great compassion in the world is nothing more than "the son wants to support but does not wait for the relatives", believed that the funeral is the last thing that children can do for their parents, actively advocates thick burials, and practices to fulfill the last responsibilities and obligations of children.

In the face of the three outstanding sages of Confucianism, the Yan family, as a thousand-year-old Confucian scholar, dare not be hasty in this funeral custom. But if there is the slightest negligence, the students of the world will rub the backbone of the Yan family.

Yuan was a little embarrassed.

Pei Min said sincerely: "Aunt don't care, the nephew is replacing Brother Yan at the moment, you always treat your nephew as Brother Yan, what he should do, the nephew will do." Uncle is not an outsider, his old spirit in heaven will only bless me and other juniors, how can he bring disaster to us? Evasion or anything, there is no such thing. ”

Yuan sighed again, seeing the truth in adversity, and explained the Confucian funeral customs one by one.

Sure enough, as Pei Min thought, the most traditional funeral in Confucianism was really complicated.

Especially Pei Min represents Yan Gaoqing at the moment, the only heir of Yan Yuansun, and many things need him to do it himself.

Only in this way can the filial piety of the children be demonstrated. Although all this red tape is suspected of being a show, Pei Min is very touched, if he doesn't even want to do it, how can he talk about filial piety?

According to the custom of this era, when the sick person is dying, relatives should take off and put on new clothes inside and outside, and before swallowing his last breath, move him to the spiritual bed in the main house to watch over him through the last moments of his life.

But Yan Yuansun went suddenly, and he didn't have time to prepare.

As a "son", Pei Min needs to personally bathe Yan Yuansun, put on new clothes to arrange his sideburns, take care of everything, and make his "father" go clean.

Pei Min meticulously did all this, personally carried Yan Yuansun to the mourning hall, put him in the coffin, and personally lit the lantern.

Do all this, the Yan family opened the door to accept the worship of relatives and friends, and made the final farewell.

Yuan's body is weak, and her husband has been ill for more than a month, thanks to her front and back. Now that he is in a sad transition, his body is weak, where can he stand all kinds of etiquette, everything is Pei Min and Yan Zhenqing are responsible.

As a family member, Pei Min must be cautious in return for every guest.

Yan Yuansun, as a generation of Confucianism, has countless students and friends, and in just one day, he has a feeling of backache, and he didn't relax until he closed the door at night.

You can't sleep, but you don't have to sit and bow all the time. You can walk back and forth appropriately, stretch your waist, and if there are others in the mourning hall, you can also go out to drink water and eat.

The Yuan family couldn't hold back to sleep for a long time, and there were only Pei Min and Yan Zhenqing in the entire mourning hall.

One big and one small, talking softly, passing the long night.

"When I grow up, I want to be like Brother Pei, affectionate and righteous, and be a good person who can work for the Tang Dynasty and the people!" Yan Zhenqing's face was tired, and she said the child's innocent words in her mouth.

Pei Min said with a bit of caution: "You can do it, Brother Pei has high hopes for you." He said that he thought that he was bored to talk to an eight-year-old child about his future, and he couldn't help but be a little ridiculous, seeing that the sensible little guy looked tired, forced to sleep, found a topic, and simply kept silent.

After a while, Yan Zhenqing said that he was tired and fell aside.

Pei Min smiled, cheered up, and stayed up for most of the night. It wasn't until Yan Zhenqing's mother, Mrs. Yin, came to take over that she took a nap.

The next day, more guests came to pay their respects.

On the first day, the incident happened suddenly, and many people were not prepared, but on the second day, the friends who got the news made enough preparations and agreed, and came to worship together in groups, and gathered together for a while, and there were signs of a long queue.

Pei Min returned the gift as always, fortunately he was young and vigorous, otherwise he would really not be able to stand the return gift again and again.

Suddenly, there was a chaotic noise outside the mourning hall. It's not that someone is making a fuss at this time, but all kinds of surprise and whispers come together in one place, and the effect is produced.

Pei Min couldn't help but tilt his head slightly, but saw that the flow of people outside avoided one after another: two old men with white beards came slowly, one of them was on crutches, and the other was red and not old, supporting the old man with a crutch.

Wherever they walked by, everyone bowed down and shouted softly: "Praise Shenghou, Mr. Si Ye!" ”

Pei Min instantly understood the identity of the person who came when he heard these two titles, both of them are descendants of the Confucian saints, Bao Shenghou is the thirty-third generation grandson of Confucius, Kong Delun, who inherited the head of the thousand-year-old Confucian family, and Mr. Si Ye is also the thirty-third generation grandson of Confucius, but belongs to the branch. Although it is a branch, his reputation is even higher than that of the descendants of Confucius next to him.

His grandfather was the first Confucian in the early Tang Dynasty, known as Kong Yingda, who was known as the prosperous Confucian, and his father was Kong Zhixuan, a great Confucian, and he was also the world's famous Confucian leader Kong Huiyuan. It is worth mentioning that Kong Yingda is the secretary of the country, Kong Zhixuan is also the secretary of the country, and Kong Huiyuan is also the secretary of the country.

Guozi is in charge of the administration of Confucianism, and is in charge of the seven schools of Guozi, Taixue, Guangwen, Simen, Law, Shu, and Shufan. It can be said that he is the gentleman of the world's students, the most respected and authoritative existence in Shilin.

Kong Yingda, Kong Zhixuan, and Kong Huiyuan are all the three major Confucians, all of whom are the sons of the country, and they have long been rumored to be beautiful talks.

Yan Yuansun died of illness, and these two bigwigs actually came to worship, this face is really unusual.

Pei Min thought about it carefully, and also felt that it was taken for granted that Yan Hui, the ancestor of the Yan family, was the head of the seventy-two sages of Confucius and the most proud disciple of Confucius.

There is no doubt about the personal relationship between Kong and Yan, and Yan Shigu, the ancestor of Yan Yuansun, had a close relationship with Kong Yingda, and also revised the "Five Rites" together.

The Yan family died of illness, and it was reasonable for them to come to visit.

"I don't know which Kong Delun and which one is Kong Huiyuan?" Pei Min hadn't seen the second elder yet, and he didn't know who they were, so he whispered to himself.

"The one with crutches is Bao Shenghou!" Yan Zhenqing, who was young on the side, was young and sharp, and he was puzzled.

The one who is on crutches is Kong Delun, and the other is naturally Kong Huiyuan.

Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan gave priority to the mourning hall under the courtesy of everyone.

At this time, the atmosphere pays attention to the deceased, but they are only the older generation, and Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan are two generations higher than Yan Yuansun, and Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan are still bigger.

The descendants of the two holy masters, impeccable in etiquette, bowed slightly to express their condolences.

Pei Min also bowed and thanked him.

Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan respectively said some words of condolences to the Yuan family.

Suddenly, Kong Huiyuan, who was full of red light and did not look old, said to Pei Min: "The old man had a few encounters with your grandfather in the past, and I am very pleased to see that he has a successor today!" ”

Pei Min hurriedly said: "Mr. Si Ye has won the award!" ”

"It's not a prize!" Kong Huiyuan said: "The old man is old, and he is not dizzy, so he can't tell the good from the bad." You have made great contributions to the country and the people, and you are loyal! For the mother, give up the future, is for filial piety! For the sake of justice, boldly use the whistleblowing system, ask for the people's lives, and not be afraid of power, which is for the sake of moderation; Filial piety for friends is righteousness! Strategy, Anbang, is for wisdom, martial arts can drive away thieves, is for bravery. In order to welcome back the people who are trapped in the enemy country, we will do our best to do our best, and it is benevolent. ”

Kong Delun also sighed: "To the country has merit, to have filial piety to the mother, to have righteousness in friends, and to have both wisdom and courage and benevolence." Brother Pei has such amazing descendants, I believe that he can also look at the nine springs. ”

The surroundings were stunned when they heard this, they couldn't have imagined that Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan, the two Confucians with the highest status in the world today, would have such a high evaluation of Pei Min.

Pei Min was also flattered and said: "The two are falsely praised, and the younger generation is ashamed." ”

Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan did not take the lead and left with their resignation.

All the guests who saw this scene had a thought: after today, Pei Min's status in Shilin will be as high as ever!