Chapter 173: Visiting Cheng Mansion (4)
Early the next morning, Xuanzang personally came to see Tang Xiu off them, and by the way, he handed over a few items that the craftsmen had made overnight yesterday to Tang Xiu.
Out of the temple gate, before Xuanzang and Tang Xiu could say a few parting words, five carriages arrived in unison and stopped in front of Tang Xiu.
"Dare to ask, but Young Master Tang Xiu is in person?"
An old man in his fifties with a kind face jumped out of the first carriage, first bowed his hand gently at Tang Xiu, and then asked Tang Xiu softly.
Tang Xiu nodded and said, "I am Tang Xiu." ”
"I've seen Young Master Tang Xiu, I've seen Young Lady!" Seeing that he didn't recognize the wrong person, Cheng Xiaohu smiled, bowed and bowed and introduced himself: "The old slave Cheng Xiaohu is the housekeeper of the Lu Guogong Mansion, and the old man sent the old slave to pick up the young master Tang Xiu and the young lady back to the house. ”
Pei Cai'er hurriedly said: "Is this going, but we still have to ......"
"Young lady, rest assured, the old slave has already prepared the things for the sacrifice, we can go to the ancestral shrine of Cui Mansion to worship first, and then return to the Gongfu Mansion." Knowing what Pei Cai'er meant, Cheng Xiaohu smiled and said: "Young Master Tang Xiu and Young Lady may not know that after Pei Youdao was cremated, his tablet has been stored in the ancestral ancestral hall of the Cui family. ”
Cheng Xiaohu said a little vaguely, but Tang Xiu and Pei Cai'er all understood, Cheng Yanjin was afraid that they would just go over like this, and they wouldn't even be able to enter the gate of Cui's mansion, let alone worship Pei Youdao.
Although Cheng Yanjin looked very vulgar, he didn't expect that this consideration was still very thorough.
There are also the five carriages in front of them, a water of green horses, a water of red paint and blue tops and gold edges of the carriage structure, high-end atmosphere is enough to grade, magnificent.
It was enough to pick them up with only one carriage, but Cheng Yanjin sent five at once, and Tang Xiu and them only had four people in total, even if one person sat in one, there was still a surplus, so I don't know if I was here to support them and serve as a façade?
This old Cheng is really interesting, these things are something that Tang Xiu didn't think of at all before.
"There are also ingots, candles and some three-animal offerings for worship, which have also been prepared, and after Young Master Tang Xiu and Young Lady get into the carriage, we can go directly." As he spoke, Cheng Xiaohu turned to one side, bowed down to Tang Xiu and asked for instructions: "Young Master Tang Xiu, Young Mrs. Tang, should we leave now, or ......?" ”
"Let's go, then."
Tang Xiu nodded lightly, turned around and said goodbye to Master Xuanzang, and then stepped into the front carriage, followed by Pei Cai'er.
Cheng Xiaohu sent someone to carry Tang Xiu's salute to the carriage, and then with an order, the five carriages went straight to the ancestral shrine of Cui Jing, the servant of the ministry.
The horn of the first carriage was hung with the nameplate of the Duke of Lu's Mansion, and it was unimpeded all the way, and it drove directly into the ancestral shrine of the Cui Mansion.
Seeing that it was the car of the Lu Guogong Mansion, Cui Jing, who came to hear the news, was originally surprised, but after learning about Cheng Xiaohu's purpose for coming, Cui Jing's face sank, and with a flick of his sleeves, he directly left them here and ignored them, but he did not send anyone to drive Tang Xiu and them out of the ancestral hall, ignoring them, out of sight and out of mind.
Cheng Biting Jin's face can't be withheld, but if you want them to accompany Tang Xiu to worship Pei Youdao, there is no door!
However, this was just right for Tang Xiu, without Cui Jing and the others, they were a little more comfortable, and without saying much, they directly led Pei Cai'er into the ancestral hall.
Because it is only deposited, Pei Youdao's spirit card is placed in the outermost corner, and it can be seen as soon as you enter the door.
For Pei Youdao, Tang Xiu didn't have a good impression of it, but after the death, all the grievances were over, for Pei Cai'er's sake, Tang Xiu still walked forward and bowed three times to Pei Youdao's tablet to pay full respects.
Pei Cai'er knelt on the futon on the ground, silently kowtowing to Pei Youdao's tablet, and Cheng Xiaohu began to let people move the offerings brought down at this time, burning incense and adding wax, and the ceremony was thorough.
After doing everything well, seeing that Pei Caier was still kneeling there and kept kowtowing, she stepped forward and persuaded softly: "Young lady, people can't be resurrected after death, please mourn." ”
Pei Cai'er didn't say anything, she still knocked silently, one after another, every time she could touch the ground, knocking sound, Cheng Xiaohu still had to be persuaded, Tang Xiu shook his head at him slightly, signaling him not to say more.
After a while, without the persuasion of others, Pei Cai'er stopped by herself, knelt on the futon, straightened up slightly, looked up at the tablet above, and said softly: "Sixteen rings, in order to repay the kindness of sixteen years of nurturing, from now on, I have nothing to do with the Pei family!" ”
After speaking, Pei Caier stood up, turned around directly and walked out of the ancestral hall. Just as she turned around, Tang Xiu noticed that a bruise had appeared on Pei Cai'er's forehead, obviously, this stupid girl didn't use her internal strength to protect her head when she kowtowed.
"This ......" Cheng Xiaohu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Tang Xiu: "Young Master Tang, ...... young lady?" ”
Then there is incense, there are three animals, and there are some necessary worship processes, why is this gone? Could it be that this time I came here just to kowtow these heads and say these words to sever relations?
"There's a labor steward to bother, but now, it's really time for us to go." Tang Xiu said softly: "I think Steward Cheng can also see that the relationship between me and the Pei and Cui families is not very harmonious, and if I stay here for a long time, it will be annoying." ”
Tang Xiu had already faintly heard the sound of eager footsteps coming from not far away, and also vaguely heard the angry scolding of Pei Shiyuan and Pei Shixin's brothers. Although Tang Xiu was not afraid of them, now was not a good time to meet them, otherwise he would make a big noise or even fight in the ancestral shrine of the Cui Mansion, wouldn't he offend this servant even worse?
Pei Shiyuan can ignore the broken jars, but Tang Xiu can't worry less, he really doesn't want to make any more trouble for himself.
With Cheng biting the banner made of tiger skin, Tang Xiu and Cui Jing are likely to stop there, unless Cui Jing's head is broken, he will definitely not take the initiative to trouble the Tang family again. But if Tang Xiu fought with Pei Shiyuan and them in the ancestral ancestral hall of the Cui family, even if he didn't damage the things in the ancestral hall, he would definitely give Cui Jing a chance to be ruthless again, which Tang Xiu didn't want to see.
"Gone!"
Before Pei Shiyuan and his brother arrived, Tang Xiu walked out without hurrying, without a trace of souvenirs.
"Looking at this frame, Young Master Tang and Pei Youdao seem to have a lot of grievances, could it be that Pei Youdao's death is really related to Young Master Tang? Isn't it the problem that the meal that pretended to be Pei's subordinate to Pei Youdao that time? ”
Looking at Tang Xiu's back, thinking that Tang Xiu was the real murderer of Pei Youdao, Cheng Xiaohu's heart mentioned it, but then he put this thought aside and followed quickly.
"Young Master Tang Xiu, Young Madam," and in front of the carriage, standing at the window of the carriage, through the curtain, Cheng Xiaohu asked Tang Xiu and his wife inside softly: "I don't know if we should go back to the house directly, or go somewhere else?" ”
"Let's go straight home." After being silent for a while, Tang Xiu's voice came from inside: "I also want to meet my aunt and grandmother sooner......"
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