Standing at the door, Cao Hao was very confused. Although he avoided the fate of early death, and his father Cao Yin did not die of depression, he never felt that he could change history.

Perhaps, in the long river of history, the Cao family and their father and son are just insignificant droplets. So even if there is a slight change, it will not cause a ripple.

He had always thought so.

Unexpectedly, it was not a star and a half that changed. The change was so unexpected that the eight elder brothers were gone.

When everyone heard that something was wrong in the house and entered the inner room, they saw that Brother Ba's face was already full of ashes, and one hand hung weakly on the side of the kang, no matter how Bafujin cried, he was motionless.

The ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother were stunned, they didn't wake up, and they didn't have time to grieve.

"Master......" Bafujin's cry was so sharp and so poignant that it made people's hearts tremble.

It's a hallucination, it's all just a dream. Cao Hao's heart was already in a mess.

Bafujin was so sad that he just cried twice, his eyes rolled and he fainted. The mother-in-law behind her hurriedly held on, and her face was full of panic.

In the blink of an eye, the head of the family was gone, the housemother looked like this, and the old mother was also very anxious. But no matter how anxious you are, you don't dare to delay the big event.

She turned her head, looked at Brother Jiu, and said, "Ninth Master, our master is like this...... We are blessed and ...... Please also ask the ninth master to call the ......" while speaking, he also choked up, and the old tears were rampant.

Although the eighth elder brother is nearly middle-aged, he has been married to Bafujin for nearly 20 years, and the relationship between the husband and wife is very good, but the relationship between the children is weak. Bafujin was never pregnant, and he pulled the eighth elder brother not to take a concubine.

It wasn't until ten years of marriage that the eighth elder brother was about to be established, and there was no son and half a daughter, and even the queen mother and Huang Yanjing had asked, and the eighth elder brother was allowed to take two concubines. The two concubines were also angry, and a son and a daughter were added a year after entering the door.

This son is the eldest brother in the house, Hongwang, who is only nine years old this year. is still a child, where can he be a pillar and do funerals. Therefore, the loyal old lady overstepped her identity and said more.

On the side of the tenth elder brother, he reacted at this time, took two steps forward, and pulled his throat, which was a wail: "Starling, starling...... How can you go here......"

Brother Jiu's face turned pale, and he moved to the side of the bed step by step, stretched out his hand, and probed Eighth Elder Brother's snort, and he was no longer angry...... Cao Hao stood at the door, the cry of the tenth elder brother shook his eardrum pain, and the trembling of the ninth elder brother's back also made Cao Hao chill.

He has also witnessed many deaths over the years. In the face of life and death, people are really divided into high and low, and they all seem so powerless. Even if it is the noble prince and elder brother, what can it do? It's no different from others, it's just that it's gone.

Then there was all sorts of hecticism.

I had to ask someone to help Bafujin to resettle, and I had to ask the imperial doctor to take care of it.

You have to prepare an "auspicious board", you have to go to the painter to paint "chasing the shadow", you have to write an excerpt in front of the emperor, and you have to tell the Zongren Mansion.

The men and women who worked on errands in the house changed their filial piety clothes for a while. There is also a person in charge, who came over with a filial piety suit and a hat, and asked the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother to change into them.

On Cao Hao's side, there is no need to wear a filial piety hat, only the red tassel on the top and a filial piety coat on the official uniform.

When the clan died, the funeral rites were customized, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was responsible for this matter.

Since Cao Hao joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs last year, he also died of illness in the clan, but because he was not in the capital, or was cooked by Dong Dianbang, he had not taken care of white affairs.

Unexpectedly, the first funeral he handled was on the side of the eighth elder brother.

In less than half a day, the mourning shed had been erected in the garden, and the funeral began to be organized. Several officials who have been on errands for a long time in the main hall of the Internal Affairs Office have asked Cao Hao to pass them on.

After all, they are experienced, and they are not easy to make mistakes in the details.

Cao Hao, the general manager, only needs to coordinate and stare around without making mistakes. Although you don't need to do it yourself, you can't do it without people for a moment.

With the ninth elder brother raised his head and did not look down to see him, during the encounter of major and minor affairs, he had to consult the ninth elder brother and discuss with the ninth elder brother, which also made Cao Hao very hard.

On the side of Tangquan Zhuangzi, Cao Hao had already sent the letter to the people quickly. I hope that Dong Dianbang can come back soon, so that he can save himself from taking care of the funeral here, which is very conspicuous.

On the side of the Zongren Mansion, Yarjianga has already received the news.

At first, he only thought he had misheard. Because of these years, whether it is the eldest brother or the second elder brother, which one does not get sick two or three times a year. Maybe it's really depressed, or maybe it's a hope to pray for mercy in front of the emperor. Therefore, Yaerjiang didn't pay attention to the matter of the eighth elder brother's illness before, and only thought that their father and son were fighting the law, and they didn't bother to get involved.

When the news was confirmed, Yarjianga was also shocked in his heart, and hurriedly went out of the city to mourn with a few long entourage.

On Cao Hao's side, most of them have rules and etiquette systems to follow, and some officials are proficient, and the relevant funerals are "in accordance with the etiquette system", so except for the initial panic, the rest is orderly.

But after all, the rules are dead, and there are not cheap.

When the prince of the dynasty, the eighth elder brother was not the first person. During the Shunzhi Dynasty, several princes died young; As early as the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, eighteen elder brothers died of illness. However, those princes all died at an early age and were still knighted.

Since the Shunzhi Dynasty, when there is a prince in the dynasty, the eighth elder brother is the first person.

However, with the ninth elder brother here, there is no need for Cao Hao to be embarrassed. The ninth elder brother has already put down his words, and the funeral is from Feng, which must be in line with the identity and status of the eighth elder brother.

Although the eighth elder brother has stopped the New Year, he is still the prince of the dynasty, and he is super good Dorobelle.

Cao Hao and the people of the Internal Affairs Office are just on an errand, and there is the ninth elder brother in charge, so he naturally obeys.

The silver was spent like flowing water, and Brother Jiu never replied, but it made people pass the word, and several silver carts rushed from the city to the garden that night.

It is said that Brother Jiu loves money, but for those cars of silver, Brother Jiu didn't look at it, and said to Cao Hao: "Don't think about saving money, you must be decent, if it's not enough, talk about it." If you dare to wronged the eighth master, you look good here. ”

Although the tone is not good, Cao Hao's side really can't deal with him. The brotherhood is deep, even if the eighth elder brother goes underground, he should feel relieved, there is finally someone in this world who is truly for him.

After being busy in one breath, it was not until noon that Cao Hao had to return to the city on time.

According to the rules, Chu Yu, as a married niece, has to serve the eighth elder brother for a period of nine months. God bless and Hengsheng They also changed into plain clothes.

It wasn't until he looked at his wife's reddened eyes that Cao Hao realized that the one who was gone was not only the prince's brother, but also his wife's own uncle and uncle-in-law.

Even the Li family sighed, pulled his son, and asked a few words about the funeral in Baylor Mansion.

Although he rarely has contact with the eighth elder brother, he has a good reputation, and everyone who mentions it must praise him. Even if the Li family is a woman in the house, she has heard of this "virtuous king".

For some reason, Cao Hao was also inexplicably sad.

Xu is so worried about the sudden change that makes him bottomless about the future direction of history.

* Two rooms, Holy Drive.

The sixteenth elder brother lay lazily on the couch, counting the arrival in Beijing. It has been three days since he came out of Rehe, and there are still six or seven days to go to Beijing, and he is already a little impatient.

Although these words also exchanged letters with Cao Hao, some words could not be put into words. I still have to meet before we can discuss it.

Not only did he lose his appetite, but he didn't pay much attention to other things. You know, he is in the prime of life, and he can't do without a woman. Nowadays, it is only mediocre for women.

This opium is really a scourge for people, and the sixteenth elder brother looked at the opium paste in his hand, and he understood this very clearly in his heart. But once the addiction to smoking came up, he still couldn't restrain himself.

He was thinking about it when he heard hurried footsteps outside the tent. The sixteenth elder brother hurriedly wrapped the opium paste and stuffed it into his arms, and saw the fifteenth elder brother pick the curtain and come in.

"Sixteenth brother, the starling brother is gone." The fifteenth elder brother's expression was unpredictable, and he couldn't tell whether it was grief or schadenfreude.

The sixteenth elder brother only felt that his head was "buzzing", and he stood up suddenly, looking at the fifteenth elder brother speechless.

"The news that just came from Beijing, the excerpt of Yarjiang Ashang. Huang Ama asked about the condition of the starling brother today, and originally said that he would send the fourth brother to visit the patient, but before the will went down, the news of the capital arrived. Brother Fifteen said in one breath.

Even though there are few ordinary contacts, they are blood brothers in the end. The moment he heard the murderous letter, the sixteenth elder brother also felt that his eyes were sour and his chest was blocked.

He steadied himself and asked, "What is going on with Huang Ama now?" ”

"Originally, I summoned a few ministers and scholars to speak, but this will be called kneeling, and I am alone at the end of the imperial tent." Fifteen Brother Road.

The sixteenth elder brother paced two steps, but he was a little uneasy, and said to the fifteenth elder brother: "Fifteenth elder brother, let's go over and take a look." I also have to persuade Huang Ama to mourn and take care of his body. ”

The fifteenth elder brother sneered, lowered his voice and said, "The sixteenth brother shouldn't think that Huang Ama only has sorrow, right?" ”

This is a big rebellion, the sixteenth elder brother frowned when he heard this, and said with a little disgust: "The fifteenth brother ......"

The fifteenth elder brother picked the corners of his mouth, looked at the sixteenth elder brother and said, "Let's go, you have always been a good son, and you naturally have to do some filial piety at this time." ”

He said in a weird way, which was difficult to hide the sarcasm, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said: "The fifteenth brother, the third brother is not here, the fifth brother is inseparable from the queen mother's side, the twenty brother is still young, if the camp can speak, there are only two of you and me, let's not worry about Huang Ama, who is worried about Huang Ama?" ”

The fifteenth elder brother glanced at the sixteenth elder brother, sank his face, and said, "The sixteenth elder brother is out of breath, is this teaching my brother a lesson?" ”

Seeing him so stubborn, the sixteenth elder brother really felt a headache, and said, "Fifteenth brother, my brother didn't mean that. No matter how the starlings behave, they are all the sons of Huang Amma, our elder brothers. Huang Ama just didn't say it, and he also had the heart of an ordinary person's beloved son. Moreover, he is the old man who is the most disobedient. Back then, when the little eighteen were gone, the second elder brother was reprimanded for not showing his face. ”

This is all true, but when it falls into the ears of the fifteenth elder brother, it is a different taste.

He snorted coldly and said, "Who can compare to the eight-faced exquisiteness of the sixteenth brother?" Brother, I'm a stupid person, I can't sing this big drama of father's love and filial piety! As he spoke, he didn't wait for the sixteenth elder brother to reply, turned around and picked up the curtain, and strode out.

The sixteenth elder brother didn't know what he was messing with, thinking that he was also a smart person, and he should know that at this time, he would benefit immensely if he behaved better.

Let's just say that the third princess is originally Princess Heshuo. In the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, when the eighteenth elder brother was born, the third princess happened to come to the court, and she had the demeanor of the eldest daughter, caring for and taking care of the holy bow. The following year, she made an exception to Princess Gulun.

On the sixteenth elder brother's side, he didn't think about knighthood or anything, but he was worried that his brother had made a mistake from the second elder brother, so he said a little more. Unexpectedly, he couldn't listen to it at all, and he was still angry at this time.

The sixteenth elder brother was worried that the holy driving was there, and he couldn't take care of the fifteenth elder brother for a while, so he went out to the imperial tent.

Outside the imperial tent, stood Wei Zhu, the deputy chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, Ma Qi, a university scholar, and Oro Dai, the minister of the guard. Oro Dai is the eldest son of Tong Guogang, the cousin of Long Keduo, and the authentic "Eight Masters Party".

After the abolition of the crown prince in the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, the farce of protecting the new prince was that Oro Dai united with Alinga, Xu, Ma Qi and others to sing the leading role.

Here, Oro Dai and Ma Qi have just gotten the news. Ma Qi is still good, and he has always been the surname of Lao Cheng; Oro Dai was already stunned and couldn't believe it.

Thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west of the river.

When Kangxi was forty-seven years old, the sixteenth elder brother was only fourteen or five years old, and he followed the emperor's grandsons and elder brothers to study in the upper study. The eighth elder brother was in the limelight for a while, and most of the courtiers elected him as the crown prince. The supporters of the Manchurian lords were even larger.

The sixteenth elder brother sighed in his heart, and now is not the time to say this, he nodded to the two adults, and asked Wei Zhu in a low voice: "Manager Wei, how is Huang Ama now?" I'm sorry for you to pass it on, I want to see you. ”

Wei Zhu's face could not hide his worry, and he bowed down and said: "If you go back to the sixteenth master, the emperor has a decree, and now no one will see it." The emperor was still talking about the eighth elder brother's condition in the morning, but he didn't expect to get the news in a blink of an eye, and he was afraid that he was not very comfortable. ”

The sixteenth elder brother looked at the tent, worried in his heart, but he had no will, and he didn't dare to break into ...... * outside the capital, Haidian Babeile Garden.

Cao Hao entered the city this time, and he didn't stay long, except for going home to change his clothes, and after going to the yamen to cover up, he returned here for funeral.

In addition to the clothes on his body, Chu Yu prepared a few sets of changes, asked someone to wrap them, and sent them to Caojiayuanzi, Haidian. In this way, it is more convenient for Cao Hao to change clothes.

He got off his horse, and as soon as he entered the garden of Babel, he ran Yarjana out head-on. Seeing this, Cao Hao took two steps forward to make a salute, and was helped by Yaerjiang.

"This king is looking for you, go, go out with this king." Yarjianga said in his mouth, not allowing Cao Hao to question, pulled his arm, and walked out of the gate together.

As soon as he went out, he heard Yaerjiang Ah sigh and said, "I finally avoided it." ”

Cao Hao was puzzled when he heard this, Yaerjianga had already put down his sleeve, glanced at him, and said: "You are also busy these two times, this kind of major event is the most likely to cause chaos, and you are cooking it properly." ”

"There are precedents to follow, and they don't deserve the praise of the prince." Cao Hao glanced at the white curtain on the plaque and replied.

There were no horses or sedan chairs at the door, Yaerjianga pointed to a house not far away, and said, "That's the king's house, let's be busy and go over to have tea." There is a red heart Tieguanyin who is filial piety outside this king, and you can take advantage of this kung fu to give you a 'tea boy' to taste. ”

"Lord Wang, Ming'er 'pick up three', and there are many trivial matters...... Cao Hao hesitated and said.

Yaerjianga waved his hand and said, "I can't take care of this first, a few princes and elder brothers are here, and their brothers are talking in the hall, and they can't say that they have to use all martial arts." Even this king can only hide out, do you still want to participate in the cooperation? ”

Although Yarjana is sometimes arrogant and rude, he is a person who disdains liars.

I don't know if it's because of the matter of asking for medicine a few days ago, Brother Jiu wants to chase the account? In the past two days, Brother Jiu's tears have not fallen, but his face is full of clouds, and it makes people tremble more and more when he looks at it.

It was Cao Hao's side, who was worried that Brother Jiu would take advantage of the inconsiderate funeral to attack his own son, so he took precautions.

Fortunately, Brother Jiu had resentment in his heart, but he didn't mean to have a seizure like Cao Hao. Although the attitude is cold as usual, there are no extraneous branches.

From this point of view, it was Yaerjiang's kindness, and Cao Hao's side had to appreciate it and said: "Since this is the case, the villain will bother the prince." ”

Although the two houses look not far apart, they are also separated by more than half a mile. The two of them paced away, and it took half a cup of tea to arrive.

The housekeeper got the news and had already come out, and Yarjianga directly invited Cao Hao to the front hall.

It wasn't until the tea was brought that Yaerjianga waved his hand, sent the little guy down, and told Cao Hao the reason.

In addition to the few elder brothers who accompanied him, the eldest elder brother who was encircled, the second elder brother, the thirteenth elder brother who was closed, and the twenty-fourth elder brother who was in infancy, the remaining ten or so princes gathered in the garden of Babeile Mansion.

When talking about the funeral during the banquet, I mentioned one point, that is, the holy car is now on the way back to Luan, and it will arrive in Beijing in a few days.

The garden of the eighth elder brother is on the edge of the royal road, and the holy car must pass through the place where he returns to Changchun Garden.

According to the agreement between the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother, the coffin of the eighth elder brother should be moved back to Baylor Mansion in the city and mourned there.

When the seventh elder brother, the twelfth elder brother, the fourteenth elder brother, the seventeenth elder brother and others heard this, they all seconded the proposal and felt that they should move back to the inner city. The ninth elder brother was annoyed here, the eighth elder brother died, and the eighth elder brother was already ill and unconscious under the grief.

Moving the coffin back to the inner city not only made the dead uneasy, but also the living couldn't afford to toss.

In these two days, Brother Jiu has already accumulated a lot of anger, isn't it just a little bit? When I talked, I lost my normality.

Yarjan Ahara was in the church, and when he saw that the two were arguing, he found an excuse and got out.

"Cao Hao, you didn't see that posture, Brother Jiu is in a hurry, it seems that if you don't agree with a word, you will pick up your fists and hit someone." Yarjianga lifted the placket of the front hem and said with Erlang's legs crossed.

Yarjiang'a said it normally, but Cao Hao heard the danger.

The emperor is noble and pays attention to taboos, but the eighth elder brother is his son and the eighth blessed jin is his daughter-in-law, so it's so amazing, he wants to move the spirit?

At the moment, Cao Hao has some sympathy for the eighth elder brother.

Although according to the rules, in the preparation of various future events, they are all decent, but it is difficult to hide the fact that the court is cold.

* Babel Garden, in front of the mourning hall.

Although the third elder brother tried hard to persuade him, how could the ninth elder brother listen to it. In his eyes, the elder brother in front of him is no longer an elder brother, and the younger brother is not a younger brother, they are all enemies.

Now, the bones of the eighth elder brother are not cold, they are brothers, not to mention their sorrows, they go directly to the door to ask for the coffin to be moved, what kind of bullshit brother is this?

The most hateful thing is the fourteenth elder brother, who pretended to say that he was going to do things together, as if he wanted to be a co-ordinator, but he didn't know that the person that the ninth elder brother hated the most was him, the one who saw the wind and steered the rudder.

During the dispute, several elder brothers were red-faced, their volumes were getting higher and higher, and what they said was sent unpleasantly, and several little elder brothers couldn't stand the current atmosphere.

The twenty-first elder brother and the twenty-second elder brother are six years old, and they have already entered the study, and they are somewhat sensible and better; The twenty-third elder brother was only four years old, and in the midst of fright, he let out a "wow" and cried.

The three of them were brought by the seventeenth elder brother, and when the seventeenth elder brother saw this, he hurriedly said goodbye to the elder brothers and took a few small ones down.

After calling the attendants who came with him, he first took the food, coaxed the twenty-three elder brothers, and then appeased the twenty-first elder brother and the twenty-second elder brother, and the seventeenth elder brother looked back in the direction of the mourning hall. He was a little hesitant whether to take a few little brothers back to the palace.

As for whether the coffin can be moved or not, it is still up to a few brothers to discuss. When everyone was discussing this matter, the seventeenth elder brother followed the elders and agreed to move the spirit; But seeing that Brother Jiu was angry later, he was a little undecided.

Xu is matter has been a long time, Xu is people have been dead for a hundred years, and now the resentment of the seventeenth elder brother against the eighth elder brother has faded.

The eighth elder brother is only thirty-six this year, and he is strong when he is young, and he has struggled hard for more than 30 years, but in the end it is just a joke. Whether it's fame, profit, kindness, or resentment, what's the effort?

All of a sudden, the seventeenth elder brother was embarrassed, and he actually gave birth to a little bit of abandonment of the world.

At this time, I saw a housekeeper wearing filial piety clothes trotting in, and when he saw the seventeenth elder brother, he hurriedly stopped and saluted.

"What are you doing in a hurry?" Seeing this, the seventeenth elder brother frowned and asked.

"Seventeenth master, grandpa is here, and the slave is about to go to tell the ninth master." The steward bowed and replied.

No wonder he was excited, among the two people who were mourning, they were not considered clansmen, and the current Alinga was the most noble.

When the seventeenth elder brother heard this, he was a little surprised. Alinga has been "recuperating" in the house for several months, and since September, due to the change in the weather, she is unwell, but she is really sick. Some time ago, Brother Seventeen took his wife to visit his father-in-law once.

The seventeenth elder brother thought about it and instructed the chamberlain to take a few little elder brothers to the side hall to settle down, and he went outside the gate to greet his father-in-law.

Alinga had already disembarked from the carriage, her face sallow. He raised his head and looked at the plaque that had been covered with white silk, and the door that was pasted with white paper.

The seventeenth elder brother took two steps forward and said, "Father-in-law, why are you here?" ”

Alinga lowered his head, looked straight at the seventeenth elder brother, and said, "Eighth master, eighth master, this is the real ......."

"Well," Brother Seventeen nodded and said, "Is my father-in-law going to worship in front of the spirit?" It's not cheap now, and a few royal brothers are ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Alinga fall straight down.

The seventeenth elder brother was shocked, and he hurriedly helped him, closed his eyes, closed his teeth, and passed out......

(To be continued)