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Silent asked lightly. shattered Lu Gang's seemingly thick shell, and his heart was full of panic and fear. Directly exposed to the air, when he thought of being easily broken into his house today, it is not difficult to imagine the tragic days when the wall will fall down and everyone will push it in the future, and what is even more tragic is that he does not know how to continue the glory of this great family, or even the dignity of it.

This fear is not born today, in fact, since Lu Bing's death, it has always occupied his heart, but he has never admitted it. I've been running away.

But today, there is finally no way to avoid it, there is nothing to hide, and you can only face it miserably.

I saw that the stubbornness on Lu Gang's face was gone, replaced by a look of confusion, he held his head with both hands, slowly slipped off the chair, half-knelt, and slowly shook it: "I don't know, I don't know"

Silence was draped in a black coat. Sitting on the chair opposite him, he looked at Lu Gang in pain and confusion so solemnly. Not moving, not saying a word. The midday light shines through the lattice windows, and the dust flies. It also blurred the expression on his face, which seemed a little mysterious and profound.

Lu Gang's flustered gaze. finally fell on Shen Mo, like grasping a life-saving straw, and suddenly hugged Shen Mo's legs. hissed and shouted: "Uncle save me, save my Lu family" At this moment, he finally remembered his father's dying widow, Shen Ruo's father, the danger can be solved!

The silent voice was cold: "Straighten up, let go of other people's legs, and don't tarnish your surname!" "Pinghu Lu family. Since the fifth generation, he has been an official for generations, and the history of the family is closely related to the history of China for 600 years; Extending to this day, even today's royal family does not have this longevity.

Lu Gang trembled when he heard this. The scattered breathing became heavy and rapid, and he immediately let go of his hand and knelt straight in front of Shen Mo, and a trace of sacredness finally appeared on his face, which was the number of ancestral glory

How can a person mature? Time will make people mature slowly, and experience will gradually make people mature, but the effective way is to remove all your dependence and inflict unbearable pain on you, if you are not hopeless. I'm sure I'm going to try to mature right away. But the process is hard, it's hard."

Watch him change. Shen Mo couldn't help but sigh secretly: "Three generations of accumulation only produce a nobleman, this nobility and calmness melted in the bloodline is indeed not something that can be cultivated the day after tomorrow." Then he said in a deep voice: "You know the long-standing glory of the Lu family better than me, an outsider, the future of the Lu family." It's not up to me, an outsider, to protect it. He said in a slow but firm voice: "Your family is shaking in the wind and rain, as the son of the Lu family, have you ever thought about your mission?" ”

Lu Gang looked at Shen Mo's eyes that were brighter than the sun, nodded, and said in a dumb voice: "Now that my father is gone, I am the pillar of the Lu family, shouldering the burden of the family's prosperity" Speaking of this, his mood was low. The body also trembled slightly: "All the pressure is on my shoulders at once, I am not ready, I don't know how to face it,"

Silent smiled as kindly as a spring breeze, and rested his hand on Lu Gang's shoulder. As if to instill strength into his body, he said: "When the wind and waves are calm, let the relatives live without worrying about food and clothing, happiness and beauty." When a crisis arises. A man who can rise up and fight to protect his family. is a real man, and this is also your unshirkable responsibility as the son of the Lu family. ”

Lu Gang's body finally stopped shaking, he raised his head again, looked at Shen Mo and sincerely asked, "How should I do it?" ”

"Your father's achievements have reached the pinnacle, and it is very difficult to surpass his time, and it is difficult to even keep his inheritance," said in a deep voice: "But no matter what, you must do it, try to prove yourself, and try to take over your father's power, if you don't do this, your family will surely turn from prosperity to decline, and fall to the bottom of the day." ”

Lu Gang wanted to show a hard point, but the mountain-like pressure pressed his waist to bend, sighed silently, helped him up with both hands, looked at his cool face and said: "Your father cared for me and was benevolent and righteous when he was alive, and when he was alive, he didn't need me to repay him at all; Now that he is gone, it is time for me to repay the favor. As for what the future will be and how to do it, you don't have to worry too much. I'll do my best to teach you and help you,"

Lu Gang relaxed a little at this time, nodded vigorously, and said, "My nephew will listen to my uncle's words,"

"It's not enough to be obedient." Shen Mo shook his head and said: "Once you embark on this path, you will be accompanied by crises for life, if you don't mature as soon as possible and be competent in your duties, you will inevitably be defeated, or even eliminated." Saying that, he sighed lightly and said, "After all, if you really get to that position, you can only rely on yourself." ”

"What is the nephew going to do now?" Lu Gang had completely surrendered to Shen Mo. He said respectfully: "Listen to Uncle Shi's orders." Shen Mo asked him to come over with his ear, and ordered him again and so, and when he heard Lu Gang change color and say suddenly: "This way, it's not good,"

"It's the best thing to do." He said silently: "I know that you have been reluctant to open the coffin, mainly because you are worried about the infamy of unfilial piety, but according to this method, there is no such harm." After a pause, he said: "And I can give your father, and finally make a name for yourself, maybe you can still bear it."

Lu Gang who opened the heart defense. Where is still the silent opponent, pondering for a while but not understanding anything. I had to nod and say, "Okay then." Just do as you say. "I haven't been home at all

"Sure enough, there is a problem...... Shen Mo stroked the short beard on his chin and said, "I took sick leave and never went back, and the people in the house never saw it again." Only popped up once last night. At the same time, the thirteenth aunt disappeared, "Who can give me a reasonable explanation?" ”

Lu Gang was silently beaten with chicken blood. When the fighting spirit was high, he used his brain and said: "Find out if there is any secret way." can let them in and out" Before he finished speaking, he felt that it was impossible, so he laughed and said: "When I didn't say" How heavily guarded the Lu Mansion is. There is also a large urn used to listen to the sound of the underground, and they want to dig a tunnel of hundreds of zhang in their house, unless the earth grandson comes.

"It's good to be able to think." Shen Mo comforted him and said, "Use your brain more." There will be progress. Saying that, he looked at Zhu Jiu and said, "What do you think of the ninth master?" ”

Zhu Jiu's brows tightened and he said: "There is no idea of humility, this situation cannot be explained at all, unless"

"Unless what?" asked in a deep voice.

"Unless they look alike." Zhu Jiu said softly: "Jin Qiao'er will leave in a few days, and then the thirteenth aunt will pretend to be her." Take advantage of our people not paying attention to get by"

"Impossible" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lu Gang: "Aunt Thirteen looks like a country, but Jin Qiao'er has a normal appearance. Except for some similarity in size, there is no similarity between the two. ”

Hehe, yes, Zhu Jiu also smiled self-deprecatingly: "Those people's tricks are very poisonous, it is impossible to treat Feng Jing as a horse." As he spoke, he said to Shen Mo: "My lord, I don't know what's going on."

But I saw a gleam in Shen Mo's eyes. Said slowly: "I think, I know what's going on." ”

"What's going on?" Zhu Jiu and Lu Gang asked in unison.

"Want to know?" Shen Mo blinked and smiled: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed." ”

The two of them smiled helplessly.

"Let's not talk about this yet". Shen Mo turned his words around, looked at Lu Gang and said: "Eldest son, the journey of a thousand miles began with Huangxia, and now I will give you a task to test your ability."

Hearing this, Lu Gang straightened his chest and said, "It's all up to Uncle Shi's orders!" Zhu Jiu on the side was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that Lord Shen knew how to spell. How could it take a while for the husband to change his sex, but in any case, this is a good thing, and he can't close his mouth.

"Look, check the two, the car first. The thirteenth aunt went out of the house last time. When and with whom. He said silently: "Second, in the past few days, when the thirteenth aunt is too vigilant, who are not there, and when the thirteenth aunt goes back to sleep, who appears."

"Okay, I got it." Lu Gang agreed.

"Don't alarm anyone," Shen Mo instructed, "Even your younger brother and Lu Xiu." Nor can it be said. ”

"Oh, got it." Lu Gang nodded, as if he didn't understand.

Shen Mo sighed and said, "Do you discuss everything with them?" ”

"Yes." Lu Gang nodded honestly.

Shen Mo got up with the back of the chair, walked to Lu Gang's side, and said slowly: "In this kind of crisis and precarious time, as the head wolf of the Lu family, you must have sharp eyes, a ruthless heart, a deep city, and a careful mind to remember my words, women and children can expose their thoughts, but men with heavy responsibilities cannot, otherwise what you have to pay is likely to be everything you have."

Lu Gang's attitude immediately became resolute. Nodding neatly, he said, "I see." ”

"Do a good job, don't let us down" Shen Mo patted him on the shoulder, "Your father is watching you."

"Hmm," Lu Gang nodded heavily. The expression on his face was somewhat sacred."

Looking at the uncle and nephew who were of the same age, Lu Gang seemed to really see the Metropolitan Governor smiling in the sky, a long-standing mystery that had been solved all along. Lu Bing's love and tolerance for silence. Even beyond his two sons, not to mention their thirteenth Taibao, which made them not understand if they wanted to break their heads. With the position of the governor of the capital and the power of the world, what does he want?

Now, the answer has finally come out, without the investment of the Metropolitan Governor yesterday, how could there be silence to help the Lu family and Jinyiwei today? Although this investment in the future was realized too soon. So much so that it was very difficult for Shen Mo, but step by step to the present, Zhu Jiu fully believed that with Lord Shen's ability, he would definitely be able to lead them through this hurdle! Lun, from time to time scolding silence is not a thing, and the others are no different from before. Lu Bing's wife and children were devastated and disfigured. Wearing linen and wearing filial piety will not be removed for a moment. Day and night take turns to wait in the mourning hall, always mourning the deceased head of the family. Whether it is day or night, when sorrow comes, cry loudly, even if it is old, it must be abundant, in order to show the pain of the heart, and throughout these days, words that have nothing to do with the funeral are not allowed to be spoken, let alone laughed and noisy; And the diet is very simple, cook a handful of rice in the morning, cook a handful of rice in the evening, drink porridge twice a day, do not eat vegetables and fruits, and do not eat meat and fish. This means that he is filial piety and has no mind to think about the taste of food at all. The masters are hungry. Naturally, the people had to accompany them. As a result, the whole house lost weight, and the cry became more and more like a wolf's howl, and their eyes glowed green, looking forward to the stars and the moon, and they looked forward to coming that day.

On the sixth day of the new year, after the sun went down. The cry, which was already thin and soft, suddenly became dense and high-pitched. It's not that they have filial piety, mourning, and the like, but they have come to an end

"I'm crying. time. The so-called "crying at night" goes out of the day before the funeral, crying from dusk, in other words, when this item begins, it means that the wake is about to end, and the funeral can be carried out tomorrow.

Therefore, from that night, the people in the government began to arrange the abandonment, and it was not until the end of the day that they were ready to stop. It was dark at this time. Two lines of candles were lit outside the mourning hall to light the way for the guests who came to the funeral",

At the end of the day, the gate of the Lu Mansion, which had been closed all night, opened. I saw that the street outside the door was already full of dense sedan chairs and carriages. On these cars, without exception, white gauze lanterns are hung, and a big blue word is written in front of them.

Seeing that the door of the Lu Mansion was opened, countless civil and military officials, ministers and nobles came down from those sedan chairs, but no matter what their status, they were all wearing blue sacrificial clothes, and they couldn't tell the difference between the noble and the low. And all of them looked solemn. No one exchanged greetings, since Xu Ge Lao and Yan Shifan, all the six departments and Jiuqing arrived. As for those princes and princes, they have basically arrived, and it is said that these super nobles do not have to come. But Lu Bingping was in power all his life, but he did not take power. He is kind to people everywhere, and his reputation in the capital is excellent, and his visit is unacceptable to many people. Even if he is degraded and noble, he will come to see him off.

At this time, on West Chang'an Street, thousands of brocade guards wearing black cloaks, flying fish suits, and embroidered spring knives across their waists. Silence stood on both sides of the street. To give them the last journey of the Metropolitan Governor, who knows how to glorify, also clearly shows the people the prominence and majesty of the deceased during his lifetime.

The guests silently walked into the house, and saw that the coffin was still half buried in the hall, and the filial sons and wives stood under the hall left and right. The guests stood behind these linen and filial family members in turn. It didn't take long for the mourning hall to be full. There were still three or four hundred people outside the hall who could not enter, so they had to stand solemnly in the courtyard, behind two lines of candlesticks. Still no one spoke, not even a cry could be heard.

Because before the funeral, no voice is allowed. Otherwise, it will disturb the first, and there is no empty space

Both the guest and the host were waiting quietly. Finally, the official of Taichang Temple, who served as the master of ceremonies, smashed a clay pot, and with a crisp sound of shattering, Lixuan broke the silence and the funeral began.

Lu Gang, who was full of filial piety, took Lu Lun off the stage. The brothers kowtowed to the funeral guests and then turned back to the church. Stand still on the left and right of the Ark.

Then, the master of ceremonies of the temple made three consecutive cries of "Boom" to wake up the spirits of the deceased; Then he shouted "Funeral" three times in a row, telling the deceased that the spirit of the deceased was about to depart.

As soon as the master of ceremonies' voice fell, the filial sons and filial women who had rested enough began to cry, and the crying was louder than ever.

In the midst of a cry, the Celestial Master Lan Daoxing, who had been cleared of his grievances and regained his freedom, appeared in the lobby with his sick body, and he wiped the spirit cabinet made of priceless gloomy wood with the cloth of great merit, and finally covered it with the remnants of the small pick-up, and then limped to the side.

Eight big men stepped forward, shouldered and lifted the coffin from the hill, and the cry of the filial son and filial woman immediately rose an octave, and they threw themselves on the coffin to not let them go, and people stepped forward to pull them away, and then pounced on them, and pulled them apart. If yes three times. The filial sons and wives cried so much that they couldn't toss anymore, and then they watched the coffin being carried out of the hurdle.

The filial sons and wives immediately changed their attitudes, took the mourning sticks, clay pots, and bundles of paper money, walked to the front of the coffin, wept and howled, and sent the corpse out of the house and out of the gate, and the guests followed closely. In addition, the Jinyi guards outside the mansion formed a basic funeral procession, and Lu Bing had to be sent outside the city all the way, and he could only turn back after watching the carriage in Tongzhou.

The adults who are used to being pampered are ready to break their legs, who knows that before they go out of the Lu family, they have a situation only to see the spirit cabinet arrive at the door, and the eight big men who carry the coffin suddenly can't support it, so they have to slowly drop the coffin, and almost didn't fall.

I beg your pardon, this chapter is so difficult to write, it took at least three times as long as usual, and it made me exhausted" continue to write, but I don't know when it will be posted. ）