On the seventh day of October, the holy oracle, Cao Hao, the secretary of the Taifu Temple, "lived in the official and was still diligent", "practical and psychological matters", and restored the original; Ascended to Dali Temple Secretary and Taichang Temple Secretary Jing Shan is the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and is still the Secretary of Taichang Temple; The left deputy capital of the Shengdu Inspectorate is Cui Zhengbi, who is the right attendant of the Ministry of Works.

Although Yi Duli shouted that he wanted to get together to eat and drink, and congratulated Cao Hao on his promotion to the third grade, Cao Hao still declined. However, everyone is not annoyed, because Cao Hao said that he invited everyone to eat and drink at the largest restaurant in the front door, and he was the east.

Today, he is not empty, because he is the first seven of the late Auxiliary State Gong Efei.

Cao Hao had already mentioned to Chu Yu that he would take her to the Fuguo Mansion to mourn. Gifts, incense, candles, and sacrificial banners have already been prepared.

Because of the funeral at this time, "those who are not close relatives are not vegetarian", although Cao Hao called "father-in-law" before his death, he would not wear filial piety clothes to publicize it.

Now, the will of the Emperor of Eqi has not yet come down, and the family property of the duke has not been collected, so a "righteous brother" has come out to mourn, what is this?

Cao Hao removed the tassel from his hat and changed it into a stone blue gown; Chu Yu combed her two handfuls of hair, went to jewelry, and also wore a stone blue gown. The husband and wife took a green tweed carriage to Fangjia Hutong.

Although E Fei was hung with the Minister of the Interior a few years ago, he had no errands in the past two years, and he was not a person who had been handed over to a wide range of people, so there were not many outsiders who came to mourn. Most of them are some low-grade yellow-belted clans who are related to the public government, and there are also people from the guard office.

The gate was already pasted with white paper, and the white door was hung with drums, and when Cao Hao and Chu Yu got out of the car, they were greeted by the steward of the Guogong Mansion.

Cao Hao handed over the name post, and together with Chu Yu, followed the steward into the gate spirit shed.

I heard the steward raise his voice: "Master Cao of the Taifu Temple is here with his wife and Lord Ruijun!" ”

The male guest is honored before the spirit, and the female guest is welcomed to the queen of the spirit.

Because of the emphasis on "the dead are the greatest", in addition to the elders do not kneel, the younger generations and younger generations must kneel to mourn.

A platform was erected in the funeral booth, and the coffin was placed on it. The prayer mat in front of the spirit is covered with red felt, and if the visitor is an equal to the deceased or just an ordinary friendship, he kneels on the red felt.

Under the red felt is a white kneeling mat, if you are a junior or a friend to this day, you go to the red felt and kneel on it.

Thinking of E Fei's lonely life, Cao Hao went to the platform, walked to the front and back of the spirit, lifted the red felt, knelt on the white mat, and respectfully laid three times and knocked three times.

Cao Hao took the Dian Jue full of wine, raised his hands above his head, sprinkled a little into the Dian Pond, and then handed the Dian Jue back to the servants, and then kowtowed.

In addition to Eqi and a few cousins and nephews kneeling on the left side of the Lingzuo to return the salute, there is also an official drum music composed of suona, drums, and nine-tone gongs.

With Cao Hao's laying and knocking, it is a big gong, which is very solemn and solemn.

When Chu Yu arrived at the spirit, the filial piety of the family knelt on the right side of the spirit with her female dependents and wept and mourned.

Chu Yuxing's salute is different from Cao Hao's, and it is the "head touching ceremony" of the flag people's daughters. She was supported by Xiyun and Xicai, walked to the front of the queen prayer mat, bent her legs, sat on her feet, and shook her head slightly from the front, and rubbed the right wings of the two heads with her right fingers, which was considered a rite.

After knocking, he stepped forward to mourn, Chu Yu entered the spiritual curtain tent from the right side, covered his face with the handkerchief in his hand, and cried twice.

Unlike other guests, Chu Yu's crying was really crying. Because Cao Hao had already said about recognizing his father-in-law, he also said that E Fei had taken care of him a lot before. Now, the old man is gone, and there are no biological children crying behind him, only one heir, which is pitiful.

Already the deacon stepped forward and shouted, "Please mourn and be less painful!" ”

When Chu Yu arrived at the table under the platform, there was a family member holding a copper tea tray, which contained a white cloth bun and a white bat, and said: "Please exempt the deceased!" ”

Chu Yu stretched out his hand to take it, put it on his head, and sat down with a sad face.

There were several duchess and generals' wives, who heard that Chu Yu was the county lord, and they leaned forward to salute and talk. Naturally, it is not appropriate to make noise and laugh, everyone has lowered the volume.

There are many women, and it is inevitable to talk about anecdotes about the major royal palaces of Baylor Mansion.

Among them, there was a Duchess of Zhenguo who looked very rich, and when she heard that it was a close branch of Prince Jian's mansion, she whispered to everyone: "The Fujin of our palace has always been so strong, and in front of us concubines, he has always looked to the sky. How strong it is, no one has a good life, and it can't be strong! ”

A general's wife, who seemed to know some allusions to Prince Jian's mansion, asked curiously: "Which Fujin is my aunt talking about, and my nephew and daughter-in-law look at that Ilgen Jueluo Fujin like an understanding person." ”

Duchess Zhenguo smacked her lips, shook her head and said, "What can you do if you understand people?" Although he gave birth to three elder brothers, he only occupied one, and his body bones were not very strong. Although Dafujin is gone, there are two elder brothers left. The one who entered the door the year before last was a temperamental, and she is not having a good time now! ”

The general's wife was a little confused, and said, "What my aunt said, but what happened to him from the Earl's Palace?" ”

The Duchess of Zhenguo said: "Naturally, it's her, the first two miscarriages, a male fetus that slipped into shape, it's been five months, and the wife of the in-laws rushed over and cried and fainted!" ”

"Tsk!" The general's wife also sighed: "Five months, that can hurt the body!" This Fujin nephew and daughter-in-law has also heard that if it weren't for the delay in age due to filial piety, even the prince's brother would be worthy. ”

The Duchess of Zhenguo said: "It's just fate, our prince...... You know the interest of our prince...... I don't care about my family! Over the years, there are still fewer children in the palace? Don't say that this is not out of the mother's belly, it is the eldest brother and the second elder brother back then, who are in their teens, don't you still say that it is gone? Now the Earl's Court is not as beautiful as it used to be, his eldest brother was expelled from the clan for unfilial piety, and there is an elder brother who is just a minor official although he is on an errand. Now this Fujin is holding a shelf, and I don't know who to show it! In the end, there was a bit of schadenfreude in his words.

Chu Yu frowned while listening, and asked in a low voice: "Dare to ask the two, are you talking about the Wanyan Fujin of Prince Jian's Mansion?" ”

The Duchess of Zhenguo nodded and said, "Isn't that just her!" This is a woman, you can't be too steel, it's better to be blessed! ”

Chu Yu sighed in his heart, embarrassed. Although she has not seen Yan Yongjia, she has heard Baoya say it a long time ago, and knows that she is Yongqing's sister, and she was Baoya's close friend before leaving the cabinet.

Listening to Baoya's words, she admired Wanyan Yongjia very much, and Chu Yu knew that she was not an ordinary woman. Baoya also had no intention of mentioning that Wanyan Yongjia was recuperating in Caofu and went to Xiaotangshan Zhuangzi to play with everyone. is Cao Song, and he has mentioned this Wanyan sister more than once.

For some reason, thinking of Miss Wanyan who married into Prince Jian's mansion as the successor to Fujin, Chu Yu's heart was always weird, as if she had "occupied the magpie's nest".

She also thought about what would happen if she hadn't been assigned to her by Huang Marfa to marry her?

With Wanyan Yongqing's friendship with Eyu, and Miss Wanyan doesn't need to be drafted, the two families may already have plans to get married.

Chu Yu didn't know how much she guessed correctly, but the past was in the past, and she wouldn't say much in front of Cao Hao.

Until now, after hearing Yan Yongjia's misfortune, Chu Yu was able to save it, and he was mindful. Although the children of the banner people are not as precautionary as the Han family, it is not cheap for young men and women to come and go. If it is not a close relative, or two parents who intend to send their children to the pile, everyone rarely has the opportunity to come into contact.

In Jiangnan, he intersected with Cao Yan and Cao Yi, and the one who saw the young Cao Hao was Wanyan Yongjia; In the capital, the one who is good friends with the Cao family brothers and sisters and travels happily is Wanyan Yongjia.

is to talk about the past with the forehead, and the occasional woman's name is also Wanyan Yongjia. Chu Yuyuan didn't feel anything yet, but as he got older over the years, he thought about it more.

Regardless of the truth back then, after all, time has passed. Chu Yu sighed, what she can do now is to pray for Miss Wanyan, who has become a wife and a mother, to be healthy.

* After Cao Hao bowed in front of the spirit, under the steps of the moon, he took the filial piety belt held high by Zhibin with both hands on a copper tea tray and tied it around his waist. This is called "wearing small filial piety", which is considered to be a respect for the deceased.

Before he sat down, Cao Hao saw two acquaintances, Ah Ling'a, the minister of the guard and the minister of the Luan Yi Guard, and the third-class auxiliary general of the Luan Yi envoy, Neyintu. Because Eqi is also in charge of the Luan Honor Guard and the errand of the Luan Honor Envoy, these two are Shangguan and colleagues, and they both came relatively early today.

Seeing Cao Hao, Alinga waved at him and said, "Cao E, come and sit here!" ”

In terms of grade, Alinga is a super-grade prince, and Cao Hao is just the same military attaché; Speaking of generation, Ah Ling Agui is the younger brother of the queen and the uncle of the seventh elder brother, and Cao Hao is already a grandchild.

Although he knew that he was an unlucky Eighth Master, Cao Hao couldn't avoid it, so he still went over to say goodbye.

Cao Hao has been serving as the Taifu Siqing for more than half a year, and the one who has dealt with Luan Yiwei the most is Ne Yintu, and the two are also familiar with each other.

Seeing Cao Hao coming, Neyintu was very close, pointed to the chair next to him, and invited him to sit down.

When Cao Hao went to the platform to kowtow, Ah Ling'a saw him, saw him with a sad face, very respectful, and felt a little puzzled in his heart. Therefore, after calling Cao Hao over, he picked up the teacup, took a sip at random, and asked as if he had no intention of asking: "Cao Efu still has a personal relationship with the Guogong?" ”

Although Cao Hao didn't know what he meant by this, he didn't deny it, and said: "When Cao Hao was on an errand in the guard's office, he was mostly taken care of by the national duke. ”

Ah Ling's face was bright, originally to investigate Cao Haoqi, but he forgot about his errand in the guards.

The three of them were gossiping when they heard a lot of footsteps outside the gate. A steward hurriedly came in to pray, and Eqi, who had been kneeling in front of the coffin and saluting, immediately got up.

And he saw that there were many people on the platform, and they were busy with their work.

One time later, a huge kneeling statue was erected on the mourning hall, and the person on it was the deceased E Fei.

Cao Hao, Ah Ling'a, and Neyintu all got up, and it seemed that the saint had arrived.

According to the statute, after the death of the prince, the prince of the county, Baylor, the meritorious hero, the important minister and the prince, Huang Yanjing must personally go to the palace to give the funeral. If the emperor is not in the capital, the decree will be laid by the prince, the minister, the secretary of the ministry, the secretary of the ministry, the secretary of the military department and others. Only then will a kneeling statue of the deceased be erected.

Because of the presence of the holy car, the deceased is extremely grieved, which is a happy event in the funeral.

All the white in front of the spirit was covered with blue cloth, and Eqi took off his filial piety clothes with his cousins and nephews, changed into auspicious clothes, and went to the door to greet the holy driver.

Cao Hao looked at the busy people, and then looked at the mourning hall covered by blue curtains, and only felt that it was a farce.

Although he knew that Kangxi passed down the will, and the auxiliary prince Efei "sacrificed twice, and built a tomb and erected a monument as usual", but because he knew that the saint was in Changchun Garden, Cao Hao didn't expect him to come today.

In addition to the main family of the Guogong Mansion, these guests also greeted the holy car outside the door according to their ranks.

On both sides of the road, I don't know when the yellow curtains were enclosed, and every few steps, the soldiers of the guard camp stood opposite each other.

Cao Hao saw that they were sweating and their faces were full of surprise, and he also knew that this will was not made early. Otherwise, when he came over with Chu Yu, he should have seen the veil and the officers and soldiers.

After more than half an hour, the holy car was late, accompanied by two scholars, several princes, elder brothers, and several officials.

Out of Luan, Kangxi directly boarded the "Dan Majesty" that had just been set up, walked directly to the platform, and stood in front of the spirit.

The holy car came in person, and it was a ceremony of "standing and laying".

The drum music sounded, and the two attendants of the Ministry of Rites who came with him held the pot and the pot on the left and right, and Kangxi offered wine in front of the spirit, regardless of the male and female dependents, and kowtowed to thank him.

Cao Hao followed Ah Ling'a and others to stand under the platform to watch the ceremony. Suddenly, he felt that something was wrong, as if he was being watched by someone.

He was silent, and swept around, which one was not Li Ding?

Li Ding was dressed as a guard, standing under the platform, holding the handle of the sword at his waist in his hand, looking at Cao Hao's side, and there was no joy or anger on his face.

Cao Hao smiled and nodded, in greetings; Li Ding gradually had a smile on his face, and nodded very closely. This is the first time the two cousins have met after being drunk......

(To be continued)