Reciting the last sentence of the "Jizo Sutra" in his mouth, the Taoist idiot slowly opened his eyes.

Before he could get up, he noticed something strange behind him. As the chanting stopped, the silence in the mourning booth was immediately broken, and all kinds of greetings were heard.

"It's the old lady......"

"The villain has seen the old lady......"

"The villain's old lady ......"

"That's the eldest lord of the inner twelve rooms......"

A lot of muttering voices are mixed together, even if everyone is holding down the volume, it looks a little chaotic.

The Taoist idiot did not immediately return to the west hall, but turned to face everyone.

The Wang clan has been breeding in Anlu for more than 100 years, and there are many descendants, many of whom have high longevity. can be called "old lady" by many village heads and stewards, and there is only one person who does not add the head of the house and the order, that is the head of the Wang family - Wang Qianwang, the old lady.

"I've seen the old benefactor Wang......" The Taoist idiot made a namaste to the old lady Wang.

"It's the little master, but the master told you to come over?" Old lady Wang asked with a warm expression and hidden kindness.

You must know that the Wang family is the first of the Anlu gentry, and thirty percent of the land in Anlu Prefecture is under the name of the Wang clan. There are hundreds of descendants of the Wang family, and the patriarch of the old lady Wang is also the head of the Wang family.

Such a warm and loving treatment of a little monk really made the onlookers fall to the ground.

However, the head of the village and the steward who have been stationed at the foot of the West Mountain for a long time have heard the good of the Xishan Temple, and they are surprised, but they also have the feeling that the rumors are true.

The most surprising thing was the middle-aged man who came with Mrs. Wang.

When I returned to my hometown today, I went to ask for peace to the patriarch cousin, and I was inexplicably instructed, and then I came to pay tribute to the old servants of the Wang family who were released.

Even the cousin made a special order to let him go home and change into plain clothes.

Although there are more than a dozen of the children of the Wang family, they can participate in politics from the third grade at the age of not being confused, and the middle-aged people are also at the top of the clan's achievements.

This deceased old servant, he has never met and heard of it, why did the patriarch uncle order him to follow?

The servants are loyal to the lord's house, and the lord's house is also exalted, and it is not worthy of such solemnity.

The middle-aged man only felt weird and puzzled.

The Taoist idiot had already answered: "It was the master who ordered me to come and chant. ”

Old lady Wang nodded and said to Wang Fuping: "The old man wants to put incense on the elder brother." ”

When Wang Fuping heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly said: "Old lady, how can this be done?" ”

Even if the Wang family has long been a good citizen, but after all, they are old servants of the Wang family, and even the surname is given by the Wang family.

When the distinguished guests came to the door, the interested neighbors had already quietly left, and the village heads and stewards who stayed behind looked at each other at this time.

The head of the dignified family, not only came to the hanging sacrifice in person, but also called "old brother", and personally offered incense, what is the origin of this Wang Dad?

Didn't you say that it was just an old servant of the Wang family?

Because of the long years, everyone is just a crowd, and no one really knows what Daddy Wang did in the Wang family in his early years.

Although the old lady Wang had a gentle face, after all, she had lived in the people for a long time and had her own prestige, so she only looked at it with one look, and Wang Fuping stopped if she dissuaded her, and honestly lit three incense sticks and offered them with both hands.

Old lady Wang took it, took two steps forward, and stood still in front of the coffin.

Wang Fuping and his brothers and nephews all knelt on the throne of filial piety.

The old lady Wang looked at the coffin, her lips moved slightly, and then she bowed solemnly.

Seeing this, Wang Fuping hurriedly brought his children and grandchildren with his brothers to kowtow and return the salute.

After the old lady Wang finished the incense, she turned to the middle-aged man and said, "Qinghong, Brother Wang has an old favor with your father, and he deserves to be your chief bow." ”

The middle-aged man who called Qinghong was not a bystander, but Wang Qinghong, the cousin of Mrs. Wang, and the head of the twelfth room in the Wang family. The surprise on his face could no longer be hidden, and his heart immediately stirred up turbulent waves.

"Ji Shou" is the heaviest of the nine prostrations, which is used to show high respect to the other party. It has always been that this salute is mostly performed when the minister faces the king and the son faces the father.

Although he was full of incomprehension, he could see the respect of the old lady Wang for the deceased, which showed that the deceased was extraordinary.

Uncle Tang's remarks, Wang Qinghong has already believed in his heart. He also understood why Uncle Cousin had brought him over to offer sacrifices.

Thinking of this, the surprise in his eyes receded like flowing water, and all that was left was respect and shame.

Since the other party is kind to himself, he should think about it as soon as possible. His father did not mention this matter before his death, not only did he not know about it, but he didn't even know that there was such a person as Father Wang.

He stepped forward in response, and Wang Fuping's hand handing over the incense was trembling, very unstable.

Wang Qinghong bowed his head and did not directly receive the incense, but knelt on his knees, covered his right hand with his left hand, bowed his hand to the ground, and said respectfully to the coffin: "Uncle, nephew Qinghong will give you a salute." As he spoke, he slowly lowered his head to the ground and made a heavy salute.

In the crowd, there was the sound of inhalation.

The Taoist idiot stood aside, and when he saw that the old lady Wang had arranged it like this, he couldn't help but look at the old patriarch of the Wang family more and more.

Confucian etiquette and education pay the most attention to identity hierarchy.

Mrs. Wang's kindness and righteousness are important, regardless of the difference between respect and inferiority, and she treats Father Wang so kindly, this open-mindedness is worthy of admiration.

And this honest and obedient Wang Qinghong seems to have a gentle face, but the majesty that flows out of his body unnaturally is even heavier than that of the old lady Wang, which shows that he is a person with authority.

But for the seemingly "outrageous" orders of his elders, he did not hesitate to carry them out; And because he knew that the deceased was kind to his father, the gratitude and guilt he showed were not false at all.

No matter what his temperament is, at least Wang Qinghong has achieved the "pure filial piety".

Seeing Wang Qinghong like this, Mrs. Wang bowed slightly, as if she was pleased.

Wang Fuping and Wang Fu'an brothers were shocked. The eldest lord of the twelve rooms in the Wang family, even if their brothers saw each other for the first time today, they had already heard about his name.

Wang Qinghong passed the boys' examination at the age of thirteen, was lifted at the age of seventeen, and was named on the gold list at the age of eighteen.

If it weren't for the fact that the middle returned to his hometown to guard the system due to Ding Wei and was delayed for several years, he might have become a big member of the party. Rao is so, the achievements are also remarkable, not confused years, it is already from the three products to participate in politics.

Among the clansmen of the Wang family, his rank is second only to the second master of the sect who served as a waiter in the criminal department in Beijing.

Every time the Wang family mentions the eldest lord of the Twelfth Room, they also bring all kinds of envy and reverence.

Even the people with foreign surnames in Anlu Prefecture also know that the Wang family once came out with a young Tanhualang, who married a young lady from the official eunuch family in Beijing, and became a big official outside, and his future is limitless.

Such a legendary character performed the head ceremony in front of Daddy Wang's coffin, and the Wang brothers were not surprised, but frightened.

Mrs. Wang also seemed to see the restraint of Wang Fuping's brothers, and did not want to take the lead and affect the funeral, so she was welcomed to the hall and ate two sips of tea, so she took Wang Qinghong out with Wang Qinghong under the pretext that it was not early.

Before going out of the gate, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but look at the Taoist idiot who was chanting in front of the spirit, and then looked at Wang Qinghong, but he didn't say anything.

Out of the Wang family, Wang Qinghong got into the carriage of the old lady Wang.

When the carriage left Wangjiayao, he finally couldn't help but ask about the origin of Father Wang's relationship with him.

He didn't suspect that Mrs. Wang would lie, but he was a little puzzled why his father never mentioned it before his death.

Although his father acted a little rigidly during his lifetime, he would never be able to do anything to leave his kindness behind.

Mrs. Wang said, "Your father doesn't know Brother Wang. He had no intention of receiving the great favor of Brother Wang, as for the details, because it was still involved, as for whether he could tell you and when he would inform you, we still need to wait and see. At this, he drooped his eyelids, not wanting to speak.

When Wang Qinghong heard this, he became more and more confused, but he was not long-winded, so he could only hold back his curiosity, thinking about whether he should go back and ask his mother to see if he could find clues.

has received a great favor from the other party, and should have reciprocated it as soon as possible. I didn't know before, but it's understandable; Now that we know it, we must repay our kindness......

By this time, the carriage had stopped.

Picking up the carriage curtain, the old lady Wang looked at the stone road up the mountain, turned her head to Wang Qinghong and said: "Qinghong has traveled thousands of miles, and he has returned today, and he has accompanied the old man for a turn. ”

Wang Qinghong only returned home in the morning, and he was indeed tired, but looking at the winding Qingban road in front of him, he was not at ease, and said: "The mountain road is rugged, and I see that the sky is about to twilight, if the uncle wants to go up the mountain for something, or the nephew will do it for him?" ”

Old lady Wang waved her hand and said, "I can still walk these few steps." Don't ramble on it and go back. You've been away from home for years, and there's a lot to worry about. ”

He straightened his face, and Wang Qinghong could only respond honestly, and he had to order the servants who accompanied him to serve well. After seeing the old lady Wang go up the mountain, he turned around and got into his carriage and went back to the city......

In the Wang family's spiritual shed, when the Taoist idiot finished reciting the seventh "Dizang Sutra", the sky was already half dark.

Even if he knew that in addition to the old monk on the mountain, there was also Wang Fuan's son, but the Taoist idiot was still a little worried.

He didn't even have a fast to eat, so he carried a white lantern prepared by the Wang family and went up the mountain in the twilight.

At the foot of the mountain, he met Wang Jiazi who came down the mountain, and then he knew that the old lady Wang had gone up the mountain first and was going to stay in the temple tonight.

The Dao idiot's originally slightly hurried pace became sluggish. Because the old lady Wang has been on the mountain many times, the Taoist idiot has also seen him many times, and always feels that his gaze is slightly meaningful.

When we met in front of the mourning hall today, this feeling became even stronger.

But he asked himself if he acted normally, and he didn't show anything wrong, why did the old man look at him more and more strangely every time?

After thinking about it, the idiot couldn't guess the reason, so he didn't want to put it down.

The frequency under his feet has returned to normal, and if he can't figure it out, don't think about it. Although he is very satisfied with the current plain and leisurely life, he is not afraid of things. At most, it's just a matter of soldiers coming to block and water to cover up......

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State City, Northwest, Wang's 12-room old house, upper room.

Because of Wang Qinghong's late return, dinner was late, so he removed the table at this time.

After the children went down, Wang Qinghong suppressed his astringency and said, "Huiniang, isn't it time for someone to bring Shiro back......

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