324 Death of the benefactor (22nd Update)
As for how to place Huang Chengyan, Luan Yi can be said to have a lot of headaches. In the end, it was decided to set aside a courtyard in the Luokou Luanjia Workshop for the elderly to develop strange utensils. Regardless of whether the things produced are useful or not, the materials required are all paid for by Luan Yi. He Luan Yi can afford the money for the materials, but he just hopes that the old man will live up to his high expectations and can really make the Muliu Ox Horse and Zhuge Repeater one day in the future.
Besides...... Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan, as Pang Degong's nephew and disciple, Luan Yi is familiar with his talent through the records in the future history books in his memory, or through his own understanding of his correspondence over the years. In addition, he is only eighteen years old now, and he is extremely malleable, so Luan Yi has high hopes for his future.
In order to cultivate Pang Tong into a mainstay of the church as soon as possible, Luan Yi first sent him to Mao Jue, who was the cardinal archbishop of Minsheng, and let him start his training from the department in the church that had the most contact with grassroots believers. Get to know the current state of Our Lady of Religion step by step, as well as the grand ideals of the future. When he truly understands what the Church of Our Lady is, establishes a firm faith, and understands the process of the daily operation of the church, Luan Yi entrusts him with the important task of sending him to the local area, starting from the local decision-maker, accumulating experience step by step, and saving capital for the future promotion to the temple.
After dealing with the resettlement of Sima Hui and his entourage, Luan Yi had time to free up his hands to deal with the bad news he had just gotten.
"Liu Wuxu, King of Jinan!" The six big characters were like a dazzling blood light, and the piercing Luan Yi wanted to cry. It is said that at the moment before Liu Wu ascended to heaven, he still held the golden cross given to him by Luan Yi in his hand, muttering to the Holy Mother for giving him life and wealth, and thanking Luan Yi for saving him from the sea of fire and living a good life.
Thinking of this, Luan Yi couldn't cry anymore. You know, Liu Wu is only forty-eight years old! He died at such a young age.
In fact, many years ago, Luan Yi's wife in Jinan Wang, the singer of the Fengge Pavilion in the past, learned that Liu Wu's health had not been very good. When he was a child, he lived a life of fine clothes and food in the palace, and when he was a teenager, Zhu Ying usurped the government and completely overthrew him, the king of Jinan, not only depriving him of his rights as a king, but also taking away his carefree life. Drove him out of the warm and cozy palace, forced him to live in a cold wood house, and even the food he was given every day was rotten. This made Liu Wu, who had been accustomed to enjoying happiness since childhood, extremely psychologically and physically, and had several serious illnesses.
During the illness, there was no one to treat him, so he could only resist it. Although he has repeatedly turned danger into relief and survived, he has also left a lot of root causes. Later, Luan Yi overthrew Zhu Ying and rescued Liu Wu from the fire, and after learning that Liu Wu was suffering from a stubborn illness, he asked Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji to treat him. However, the disease has been down for a long time, and it has entered the bone marrow and cannot be eradicated, so it can only be maintained by medicine. According to the two divine doctors, Liu Wu's internal organs were in tatters, and he could only live for another three years at most.
Now that five years have passed, Liu Wu has lived for two more years, which is already the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Zhang Ji's opinion.
Luan Yi knew that it was with his belief in the Virgin Mary that Liu Wu persisted in surviving the last two years. In the last two years before the end of his life, in order to accumulate virtue and enter heaven, he used his rights and private property as the king of Jinan to do a lot of good deeds. In this regard, Luan Yi, the people of Jinan, are very grateful.
It is true that Luan Yi had already learned from the mouth of the doctor that one day in the short future, the living Liu Wu would completely disappear and become an immortal soul. But when it came time to become a fact, he couldn't help but feel very sad. After all, since the sixth year of Zhongping, he has known Liu Wu for eight years.
In the past eight years, Liu Wu unswervingly supported the affairs of the church, never dragged Luan Yi back, and handed over all the power of Jinan to Luan Yi, so that Luan Yi could operate with peace of mind.
It can be said that without Liu Wu's support, the development of the Church of Our Lady would never have been as fast as it is now.
For this, Luan Yi was grateful, and always regarded Liu Wu as a benefactor for himself and all believers in the Church of Our Lady.
Now, the benefactor is gone, and the sadness in Luan Yi's heart can be imagined.
Subsequently, in order to commemorate this great benefactor who was in his inaction, Luan Yi published a written eulogy in the new issue of "Shengguang Daily", calling on all the believers in the diocese to hang white sails to commemorate the death of the benefactor. At the same time, still in the saint? In the Nuwa Cathedral, Liu Wu built a cup to commemorate Liu Wu's spirit in the sky.
Liu Wu had no children before his death, and only a pair of daughters were unmarried. Luan Yi asked Liu Dai, the head of the Han Dynasty, to title the pair of girls as Princess Shuyu and Princess Maoying, and married the eldest daughter Shuyu Xu to Zhang Liao, and the second daughter Maoying Xu to Pang Tong. Zhang Liao and Pang Tong are both young talents that Luan Yi values a lot, and after marrying into their family, they can ensure that the two princesses have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. also counted Liu Wu's funeral.
Soon after Liu Wu's burial, the old churches led by Wang Bo and Li Xin, the patriarchs of Qingyan Erzhou, wrote books one after another, first praising Luan Yi's outstanding exploits and making great contributions to the Han Dynasty. Then the conversation changed and talked about the death of Liu Wu, the king of Jinan, and left no descendants, so the throne of Jinan was vacant. In the end, they threw out the purpose of the book - the country must not be left without an owner for a day, and suggested that the sect leader succeed Liu Wu as the new king of Jinan.
These proposals are all subordinates of the church for many years, and it is completely understandable that Luan Yi hopes that Luan Yi will go one step further, so that the tide will rise and his status will be improved. It's just that Luan Yi knows very well that the Han Yu Wei is still there, and if he is now the king and hegemon, Yuan Shu will be a lesson for his future, and he will inevitably become the target of the public, attracting verbal criticism and even sword and soldier conscription inside and outside the government and the opposition, and all over the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, such a suggestion cannot be considered for the time being. Instead of thinking about it, it must be rejected sharply, so that the local church leaders will not be able to do so.
Thinking of this, Luan Yi mentioned the wolf howl and replied to the writers one by one. After the letter was written, it was already dark at night, and although Luan Yi was physically and mentally exhausted and couldn't open his eyes tired, there were still a large number of recitals waiting for him to check in the box on the table, and there were many red envelopes urgently. I can't sleep for a while.
As the moon entered the sky, Diao Chan had just left the study after sending the red date lotus seed soup, and the study was filled with the unique aroma of Cai Yan's body.
Luan Yi raised his head, glanced at the door of the room, and saw Cai Yan holding a food box, and involuntarily swallowed a large mouthful of saliva.
Speaking of which, Cai Yan is a well-read woman who is recognized as a talented woman in the world. However, as the saying goes, there is a specialization in the art industry, and talented women are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but they dare not compliment their cooking skills. It was a delicious snack that was so delicious that it was so unpalatable and unpalatable that it was made from her hands.
Poor Luan Yi couldn't bear to brush off the kindness of other girls, so she had to eat it. I had to swallow the snacks that had a strong burnt taste.
And Cai Yan saw Luan Yi gobbling it up, and said that Luan Yi liked the pastries he made himself, and immediately smiled.
Since then, Cai Yan has fallen in love with making pastries for Luan Yi in the middle of the night. Changing flowers every day, Luan Yi, who eats directly, shuddered when he heard the word pastry.
Today, I saw the pastry again. Luan Yi took a sip of the tea cup on the table, and secretly prepared to swear to fight with the pastry for 300 rounds, but with a look of anticipation on his face, he asked Cai Yan, "What snacks did Zhaoji bring today?" ”
Cai Yanqiao's face flushed, and she actually put on a dignified posture of her youngest daughter's house, complaining to Luan Yi and saying, "Ziqi is bad." I used to make pastries that were so unpalatable, but I could still eat them! ”
Luan Yi asked knowingly, "Is it unpalatable?" I think it's delicious! ”
Cai Yan said ashamedly: "It's weird to be delicious!" If it weren't for today's Shimeng greedily and secretly taking a bite, I wouldn't have known how unpalatable the dim sum I made. It's so bad that Ziqi has been eating unpalatable things for so many days, and he really can't help it. ”
"Huh!" Luan Yi waved his hand, "What Shimeng said is not right, I think Yan'er's dim sum is delicious." ”
"Nonsense! I've tasted them all. It's terrible. ”
Luan Yi looked at Cai Yan affectionately and said: "Yan'er's pastries may taste unsatisfactory, but the bitterness is in the mouth and the sweetness is in the heart." So, I love to eat everything Yan'er makes. ”
After listening to Luan Yi's words, and then feeling Luan Yi's scorching gaze, Cai Yan's chest suddenly became as hot as a hearth. The warm current welled up from the heart, flowed all the way to the face, burned the cheeks, and then gathered in the eyes, moisturizing into a pool of tears. "Ziqi, you are so good to me." She said.
Luan Yi replied: "Between husband and wife, it is appropriate to love each other. ”
The two fell into a long and warm gaze at each other. If it weren't for Luan Yi's important matters at hand, he would have to do something else.
In order to hide the psychological and physical embarrassment, Luan Yi shifted his perspective to the food box brought by Cai Yan. Secretly curious, since Cai Yan already knows that the dim sum is unpalatable, it must no longer be Cai's pastries in the food box. "Yan'er, what's in the food box?" He threw the question out.
"It's a wife's cake." Cai Yan opened the food box and took out a delicate Fluttershy, and the five wife cakes on the plate were neatly arranged into three layers. "I couldn't eat the dim sum I made, and I was afraid that Ziqi would stay up too late at night and be hungry, so I thought about going to the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat. I didn't think that my mother-in-law had some snacks left over for my father-in-law in the afternoon, so I took them and sent them to Ziqi. ”
"Oh?" Just looking at the appearance, Luan Yi can conclude that the dim sum in front of him must have been made by the old lady herself. I didn't expect it! Unexpectedly, after so many years of my father's old husband and wife, my mother still cares so much for my father, which is really an example for him to follow.
After being busy for most of the night, Luan Yi was really a little hungry. casually took out a cake from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, and devoured the lotus seed soup sent by Diao Chan. chewing kung fu, I heard Cai Yan say in a low tone: "Ziqi, I have already checked the things you asked me to check!" ”
"What's the matter?"