Chapter 7 Burial
As soon as the words came out, the stone was shocking.
Pestilence? If we talk about what the ancients feared the most, there is no doubt that it is the plague, and very few people can escape from the plague.
The commander of the soldiers, looking at the pretending to be a small official, looked incredulous, and asked: "Xiao Langjun said this, can there be a certificate?" ”
Fu Quan replied: "There is no evidence, but the elders of the family were infected with the plague and died like this. ”
"That's speculation?" A trace of contempt flashed in the eyes of the little official, and he ordered left and right: "Quickly disperse the idle people and others, and move the corpses." ”
"No." A group of soldiers hurriedly drove Fu Quan and the others away.
"No, if the plague needs to be prevented immediately, otherwise it will be too late to regret it." Because there were few servants at home, they couldn't resist this group of fierce soldiers, so they could only coerce a few people to retreat.
At this time, Liu Hua saw the abnormality here, hurriedly got off the carriage, and shouted sharply: "Stop." ”
When a group of soldiers saw a noble lady coming, they couldn't figure out the details of the other party, so they stopped to look at the little official, who saw Liu Hua's outfit and felt a tightening heart. Thinking of what Fu Quan was wearing just now, he said in his heart, couldn't he have collided with some nobleman?
Luoyang is the master of the Han Dynasty, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the city is full of dignitaries, and it is really hard to say what Fuquan's identity is.
Signaling the soldiers to stop, the little official walked towards Liu Hua and asked, "Who are you?" ”
Liu Hua didn't answer, and at this time, the servant beside her immediately replied: "Bold, this is the eldest daughter of the first emperor, Princess Yang'an, with a noble status, how can you ask at will as a street patrol?" ”
When the little official heard this, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly saluted: "Han Fei has seen the eldest princess of Yang'an. ”
is not an official position, I think it is just a small official who does not have rank, commanding the soldiers who maintain law and order, and claiming to be the king and hegemon on the streets.
Of course, these soldiers are not elite soldiers, similar to the police and urban management of later generations, but they can be selected to maintain law and order, and they are not comparable to ordinary weak men, after all, there is a Han generation, and they have always adhered to the tradition of "soldiers do not teach and do not levy".
Liu Hua squinted at Han Fei and said lightly, "What's wrong?" ”
Han Fei pointed to Fuquan and the corpse on the ground and replied, "This kid is talking nonsense here, saying that this person was infected with the plague and died, I am afraid of causing panic, so I ordered to be expelled." ”
Liu Hua immediately asked Fu Quan: "Can you let me worry about it today?" Don't mess around. When he had finished speaking, he ordered his servants to take him away.
"But this thing is abnormal, the cause of this man's illness is not much like the appearance of his father and mother when he died, and according to his son's account, before his father's death, there were many people with fever and discomfort in the village where he lived, and although this person was sick before his death, he looked like nothing serious, how could he suddenly die? If you are not infected with the plague, you will get sick and attack your heart, how can you die like this? ”
"What?" Liu Hua was shocked when she heard this, she had seen Fuquan's parents before they died, and hurriedly walked to the corpse not far to observe. When she saw the corpse, she couldn't see too much, she was not a medical craftsman, how could she see it clearly, but with her memory, as well as today's Fuquan performance, she was already convinced of seven or eight points, and then said to Han Fei: "This person's corpse, you'd better be careful to restrain it." After saying that, he led the people to leave.
The servant forced Fuquan to leave, obviously afraid of the plague, you must know that the brother and wife of the head of the family died of the plague, Fuquan survived, but they couldn't let their lone seedling have any accidents.
But when Fu Quan saw the child beside the corpse, he shook off the servant, and somehow seemed to touch some heartstrings, and felt sympathy, and stepped forward and asked, "What's your name?" Are there any other relatives in the family? ”
The child calmed down at this time, and said in a lonely voice: "My name is Yu Zhong, my mother was unfortunately killed when she was in the flood, and my father also died, and my relatives and friends in the village are dead or scattered, how can I have any relatives?" ”
It turned out that he was also a child without parents like himself, and then said: "Come with me, your father, I will bury you." ”
Yu Zhong glanced at Fuquan, his young body exuded a stubbornness, and shouted: "Father is my lord, what does it have to do with you?" ”
"But can you bury your father by yourself alone? And it is very likely that your father has the plague, and it is better to be cremated so as not to infect others. ”
"I ......" Yu Zhong obviously wanted to continue arguing, but Fu Quan was right, he was now a helpless orphan, how could he bury his father alone? Suddenly, tears appeared on his face, and he said in a choked tone: "You helped me bury my father, and I will follow you in this life." ”
At the end of the words, the matter was finally decided, and the servant, under the strict command of Fu Quan, reluctantly wrapped his mouth and nose with a white cloth, and carried Yu Zhong's father's body out of Luoyang City.
When Han Fei saw that someone was helping the child, he left, not taking Fu Quan's reminder to heart.
But some people don't care at this time, some people can't, Liu Hua is one of them, she knows that Fuquan wants to bury the corpse that may be infected with the plague, but she is ten thousand unwilling in her heart, and called Fuquan to strictly prohibit it.
"It's not good to leave this matter to Han Fei, why do you have to do it?"
"That child is like me, both parents are dead."
Liu Hua was stunned for a while after hearing this, and later after listening to Fu Quan say that he had contracted this disease earlier, and it would be difficult to contract it again in the future, he was released, but he still cared about and told Dao Mo to contact easily, and left his cronies and servants to take care of him, and then returned home.
Because it was a plague, the servants found a carriage loaded with Yu Zhong's father, and wanted to go out of the city, but Yu Zhong cried, hoping to clean his father's face and freshen up, even if he was so poor before his death, he also hoped that his father could go well after death, which can be seen from the heavy filial piety of the Han Dynasty.
"Aren't you afraid that you also have a warm illness?"
"What's the matter, my father has worked hard to raise me hard, and I hope I can survive until I die, what is it for me to do this?"
In a word, he choked Fuquan unclearly, and secretly said that this child was earlier than himself, could it be that he also crossed over?
There was no other way, so he ordered the servants to buy clean clothes, and then went out of the city, found an open place, and asked the servants to find firewood to build a burning place, while finding water from nearby, and after boiling it, he scrubbed his body for Yu Zhong's father, groomed and dressed up, and exchanged for a new set of clothes.
When Fu Quan saw Yu Zhong touching his father's clothes, there was a hint of relief in his eyes, and when he thought about it, he understood that the servants did not buy short brown clothes worn by civilians, but long-sleeved robes worn by scholars, maybe he had never worn them in his life.
In the end, because the Han Dynasty people died there is a saying of "rice containment", that is, the mouth contains precious treasures such as jade, pearls, shellfish, etc., the deceased is the greatest, whether rich or poor, will find treasures for relatives, and there are not a few people who are imprisoned for this, Fuquan casually put the beautiful jade that Elliang gave him in his arms into the mouth of Yu Zhong's father.
Yu Zhong was very surprised when he saw it, of course he knew how valuable this jade was, and said worriedly: "Young master, this jade is too valuable, and Zhong doesn't dare to ask for it." ”
"Shut up, don't worry about my business, jade is my thing, how to deal with it, what to do with you."
"This ......"
In a word, Yu Zhong was speechless, he was still young and didn't know how to refuse, so he could only shut up.
Obviously, he was so moved by Fuquan that he helped him deal with his father's funeral, and he began to call him "Lord" in his language, after all, his behavior was no different from selling his body.