(PS: Chapter 1!) More on that later! ）

As if to pave the way for the atmosphere of grief, on the day Lao Shangshu was buried, a light rain drifted in the sky.

The ceremony was very grand: the prince as the chief officer, all the officials of Huaiyang Dao were present, when the Ministry of Rites was presided over by Lin Lingsi, thousands of elite guards of the Huai army, as well as people from near and far to mourn, there were tens of thousands of people around the entire royal cemetery.

Ti Cai interspersed in the crowd, closely monitoring the whole scene, and there were Wang family's secret guards guarding important locations, the key is that there are hundreds of officials urgently recruited by the Chuzhou Government to maintain order, although there are many people in the west of the city, but the order is not chaotic.

Xie Yun naturally wanted to attend, but Wang Jiehua was unwell and was forcibly left in Langya Mountain by Xie Yun and was not allowed to participate. Since Wang Jiehua was unable to participate, Xie Shence was even more unlikely to appear here.

In addition to the cemetery and the large crowd around it, there are also many people in the places where the horses and carts are parked, but most of these places are some people who drive horses and horses, and they have not been able to come forward to witness the burial of Lao Shangshu - in fact, even if they do, they may not be able to see it. After all, there are too many people, and it's not allowed to get too close.

No one noticed that there were people in the many carriages quietly watching into the distance.

Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua watched Lin Lingsi finish reading Emperor Jin's holy decree until they had completed all the processes, and then watched the Huai soldiers transport Lao Shangshu's coffin into the dark cemetery.

It's like a giant beast, swallowing Lao Shangshu in one bite.

The crown prince and all the officials bent down to salute, all the children of the Wang family knelt, and the surrounding people also knelt spontaneously, watching Lao Shangshu say goodbye to everyone.

Wang Jiehua's hand held Xie Shence's hand tightly, and the two did not make eye contact, and watched the coffin gradually disappear from sight without blinking.

At some point, someone started crying, and then almost all the people shed tears.

Some of the young men were disheveled, and despite Sven, their robes knelt in the dirt, wailing and crying.

The merchants shed blood, sweat and tears without shedding a penny, and at this time they even cried a lot.

The younger children also seemed to feel the depression in the field, and they didn't know what to do, and after their parents cried, they all clung to the sleeves of their elders and closed their eyes and cried.

The man choked up when he comforted the woman, the woman no longer had a virtuous and virtuous side when lying in the man's arms, and the children cried unrestrainedly.

The purple and crimson soap on the officials' bodies had been aggravated by the rain, and it looked like the inferior cloth had lost its color, and they bent down to let the tears wet their sleeves, and then rubbed the wetness on their faces.

The soldiers may remember a certain time when Lao Shangshu raised a lot of money for everyone, or they may remember which two decrees issued by Lao Shangshu made them really benefit, or some lawless officers were punished, and their grievances were obtained After Zhao Xue knelt down on one knee, he couldn't hold the spear in his right hand, and he couldn't hold the waist knife in his left hand, and they were trembling slightly.

On the contrary, the direct line of the Wang family seems to be much calmer.

Wang Zhen, Wang Dai, Wang Dai and a group of family members, except for the female dependents who were silently wiping the corners of their eyes, the men were silent, expressionless, and looked extremely calm and solemn. And even the women who wiped the corners of their eyes, no one cried, and no one delayed a step. There is no one like ordinary people, the father-in-law will inevitably cry and faint when he buries his daughter-in-law.

Lao Shangshu's coffin finally went in, and the sergeants began to move, sealing the gate of the cemetery, and then closing the earth and stones.

Wang Jiehua leaned against the back wall of the carriage, not knowing what she was thinking.

Xie Shence also paid attention to the injury on his back, avoided the wound, and stuck his back on the back wall of the carriage.

Thinking that it would only be possible to remember the old man on this hill bag in the future, Xie Shence couldn't help but feel lonely.

That old man who stared at his granddaughter because he sneaked out to play.

The old man who was furious because of Mobao's graffiti.

The old man who was embarrassed because he was not allowed to regret his moves.

The old man who waved the bamboo board because he couldn't pass the assessment

It's really a yin and a half. People come and go, and it is the most impermanent.

"After death, the historical status does not care about the posthumous title given by the emperor. I don't care about the merits and demerits of my life. It is not something that can be decided by a few words of a historian. Personally, it's that he's dead, and how many people can shed tears for it is a poor standard. ”

"However, the standard of everything is only time that is fairest. You see, if you do a lot of things, and if they are good things, they will be remembered for a longer time, and people will remember him from the bottom of their hearts. Even if someone deliberately smears it in the future, someone will point to the river not far away and say, look, this is the old Shangshu of the Wang family presided over the construction back then. People remember that it is because the river on which the people of Huaiyang Road rely for their survival is already a part of their lives and is inseparable from drought and flood control. ”

Wang Jiehua said: "However, grandpa doesn't care about the name in front of him. ”

Xie Shence said: "He doesn't care, it's because he really doesn't care. He can offend some of the military's most powerful bigwigs at the same time for an unnecessary military spending, and get a moment of infamy. You can also stay up all night because of the floods in Hubei Province, which has won a lot of praise. ”

"Then according to what you said, grandpa is still a good person?"

Xie Shence was stunned for a moment and said, "Good people always feel a little awkward. But it is indisputable that for many years, even if he fell out with His Majesty and left Beijing angrily, His Majesty still returned all the honors he deserved before his death. Presumably, His Majesty also misses him in his heart. ”

"Forty years of being a cow and a horse, just to be honest after death?"

Xie Shence smiled: "Be content, it's been hundreds of years since the Great Jin Dynasty, how many Wenzheng are there?" I estimate that there are two. But I feel uncomfortable thinking about it. ”

Wang Jiehua understood what Xie Shence meant: Only the dead have nicknames, don't they? So I didn't ask if it was because of the old lady.

After Lao Shangshu's death, he was posthumously crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, and he thought that the old lady would also be at this level. But just now I witnessed the funeral of a relative, and at this time, I said that the name of another relative's name was disrespectful and unfilial, so the two of them tacitly agreed that they did not speak.

The drizzle continued, and after another hour, the gate of Lao Shangshu's cemetery was basically completed, and the people around him gradually dispersed, and there were more people in the open space where the carriage was parked. But not noisy. Even if it is occasionally difficult to reverse, even if it is a business opponent who does not like each other, they all restrain their emotions very well.

But being orderly doesn't mean no one is talking – it's impossible! So there are still people talking.

Since it is a speech, then Xie Shence can naturally hear it.

"It's really a white-eyed wolf, raised for ten years"

"I also heard that Lord Shangshu treated him like a grandson back then, but now he didn't come to the funeral."

"I heard that I was hiding in Langya Mountain."

"The fourth lady is too, and he is actually here! The Zen master doesn't care, where is the purity of Buddhism? ”

"Zen master, where can you care about these things? Besides, it's not a day or two that he has been the king and hegemon, but he used to suppress bad things, and now he has become such a person. Heartless. ”

"What's so strange about it? It is not easy to live in Kyoto, and the orange is orange in the south of Huai, and the orange is in the north of Huai. Time has passed. ”

"That's right."

As the two spoke, they put the reins on their hands and drove away.

Wang Jiehua shook Xie Shence's hand.

Xie Shence smiled at her and signaled that it was okay.

Etiquette has always been polite and not as good as people, even if the affection is stronger, it seems that if you don't show up, you don't seem to be sincere enough and don't give face.

I don't know when it started, but giving face has become the standard for expressing sincerity.

If it were possible, Xie Shence would naturally be willing to stand in the ranks of filial sons and grandsons, bow down affectionately, and weep bitterly. But the truth is that even if he is not injured and can cry without shame, it will not appear where he should be the most.

for he is not surnamed Wang.

Can the Wang family let him enter the side hall of the ancestral hall, even Qing? The women in the building can enter, because the side hall is not an ancestral hall in the core sense, and it is to exert the greatest pressure on Xie Shence.

According to the general understanding of Huaiyang Dao people, Xie Shence should at least be present regardless of whether he can stand behind the descendants of the sect and bow down. Even if it is standing among the officials of Jindu.

"It's not that I care about my body, I just don't want to hit people."

Wang Jiehua listened to Xie Shence's explanation and smiled. Making things difficult, colluding, and assassinating Xie Shence certainly had a reason to kill some more people. She also understood her mother's original intention of not letting the two of them appear at the funeral.

"Where do you not want to hit someone, is it because you are afraid of being beaten? will be able to move their hands and feet. It's just that those people really don't have anything to say. It's okay not to see it. is wronged by the minister, and he is misunderstood. ”

Xie Shence shook his head and said, "It's okay. You must know that the tone of the people has always been in the hands of Tiqi. Huaiyang Dao is the most open in the Great Jin Dynasty, and at the same time, it is also the most powerful of the scholar clan, but even in such a place, I can still turn my reputation around with a backhand, which shows that I am strong."

What kind of scholar clan is powerful, in the end, it is just a change of law to say that the Wang family is divided into one side. And Wang Jiehua is the girl of the Wang family in the end, and it is uncomfortable to hear her husband say this about her mother's family - even if it is the truth.

Wang Jiehua didn't speak, and Xie Shence was a little embarrassed.

Anyway, I'll go down the ladder.

As the program ended, the funeral, which lasted for most of the day, came to an end. Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua drove before the officials and destroyed Langya Mountain.

The prince's condolences on behalf of the heavens should have been a major event, and it was an extremely grand event - since the opening of the ceremony, the condolences of the prince on behalf of the heavens have not exceeded the number of two hands, how much glory should the Wang family have? What kind of etiquette should be used to show importance? How to get in touch with the prince's line?

These royal families already had a detailed charter within them. Some people even scrutinized the details of how to let Miss Qingwen and the prince "meet" by chance.

It's just that these seemingly cumbersome but extremely necessary links were unilaterally vetoed by the prince.

The various excuses of the troubled family and country, the frugality of the saints, and the famous prince of Shangshu are not convincing, and everything is indeed in line with Emperor Jin's wishes, but the estrangement shown by Bai is not very comfortable.

Lao Shangshu's tomb was completed half a month ago, and he had been waiting for the prince to come, and he wanted to make a big event, but it ended in such a hurry, and even the 7749-day festival could not be completed.

It's a big loss of face!

And all this made the head of the family nod.

Wang Zhen faced the excited clansmen and spent more than three catties of saliva to get these fanatics to do things well.

At night, Wang Zhen called Wang Dai and Wang Ding to the study and explained some things.

"Huaiyang Road is business-oriented, and business has always been the fundamental principle of the Wang family on governing the army"

Wang Zhen talked about some things in the three worlds of Huaiyang Dao, military, politics and business, as if he was making a speech before taking office, and as if he was making comments.

It was probably because Wang Zhen's tone was too formal, or because everyone was a little unhappy during this time, so the atmosphere was a little depressing.

Wang Dai said: "Why do these words of the eldest brother sound a little like a trust? ”

Wang Ding frowned, then thought of a possibility, and then frowned even harder.

Wang Zhen smiled and said, "It is indeed an entrustment." ”