Yuan's family in Hebei, Yuan Shao's funeral is underway.

Guo Tu read the memorial text, and eight strong guards lifted Yuan Shao and placed him in the coffin.

Carrying the coffin were eight shirtless men.

The men carrying the coffins were all full of flesh and had a fierce face.

There is a saying for choosing the person who carries the coffin.

Ordinary people can't lift it, and they must choose someone with a hard life to resist the evil spirit.

Yuan Tan walked in front of the coffin, while Yuan Shang and Yuan Xu supported the coffin on both sides.

Yuan Kang and other concubines followed the coffin.

Behind them was a long funeral procession.

Countless spirit flags were held high, the staff members in the ranks were all dressed in plain clothes, and the generals were dressed in armor and had snow-white silk silks wrapped around their heads.

Leaving the Yuan family, the team slowly wanted to march to the Yuan family mausoleum in Yecheng.

As a Hebei hero, born in the family of the third prince of the fourth world, Yuan Shao had prepared a tomb before his death.

The cemetery built of bluestone is not comparable to the imperial mausoleum, but it is also extraordinary.

The mighty funeral procession entered the cemetery, and the daughters of the Yuan family who marched with the team were sad and sad.

Their weeping caused a thick cloud of sorrow over the funeral.

When they arrived at the tomb, eight strong men carrying coffins stopped together.

Yuan Tan shouted loudly: "Fall into the coffin!" ”

The eight men shouted and dropped the coffin.

Yuan Shao's tomb is certainly not comparable to ordinary people's homes.

Opening the stone door, the entrance to the tomb of the Black Hole Cave has a staircase paved with bluestone.

Lighting the torch, Yuan Tan walked in the front, followed by Yuan Shang and Yuan Xu.

Hebei staff, generals, etc. were outside the tomb, and only Feng Ji, Xianping, Guo Tu and others followed in.

A female dependent also howled loudly at this time, but because of the woman's deep yin qi, she could not enter the tomb with her.

"Lift the coffin!" watched Yuan Tan and others enter the tomb. Yuan Kang immediately shouted.

The coffin was lifted again, and eight strong men followed.

Enter the tomb. At first, Yuan Tan was at the forefront.

At the end of the stairs, Yuan Xu found that the passage in front of him was faintly lit with fire.

"No one has been coming to the tomb for many years. Do you need to change your lamp oil from time to time? Yuan Xu whispered: "Why is there light ahead?" ”

"Xianxin sits on Penglai, don't you know the merman?" Yuan Tan asked.

"Sharks?" Yuan Xu was stunned.

He had only heard of such creatures in legends, and had never thought that there would actually be.

"There are sharks in the East China Sea, and their upper body is like a human and their lower body is like a fish." Yuan Tan said: "The mermaids are fierce and often overturn fishing boats to feed on fishermen. Fishermen hate it to the extreme, and there are often vicious people, or groups of three or five into the sea to fish. The sharks are taken from their skins and made into oil. If it burns, it will not be extinguished for a thousand years! ”

"Is there really a merman?" Yuan Xu was stunned.

"Of course there is!" Yuan Tan said: "There is a bright light in the tomb. It is made of shark oil. ”

What Yuan Tan said was the Tao, but Yuan Xu still didn't dare to believe it.

He had heard countless legends about the merman, but he had never seen one.

When he arrived at the tomb with oil lamps lit, Yuan Xu deliberately observed the oil lamps lit on the walls on both sides.

Unlike ordinary oil lamps, the light of the oil lamps in the tomb is not very bright, and the light and shadow are slightly dim and orange-red.

Neither charcoal nor oil will be this color when burned.

Regarding the legend of the merman that Yuan Tan said, Yuan Xu believed it a little.

He even had some expectations. In the future, I will have the opportunity to meet the rumored merman!

Many of the rumored creatures may have actually lived in the world, but they have been gradually submerged by the long river of history because people overfish or because of the laws of natural elimination.

accompanied Yuan Tan and others into the tomb. And a pair of guards.

The guards are stubborn and stubborn, and their faces are very vicious, which is quite different from ordinary guards.

The tomb is a place of extreme shade. If ordinary people enter, if they can't suppress the evil spirit. It is easy to be invaded by evil spirits.

Although it is a rumor, it must be very special when buried!

Yuan Shao's tomb was dug extremely far-reaching.

Walk through two walkways. The crowd came to the two closed gates.

A guard stepped forward and embedded the object in his hand into the mechanism.

The door slowly opened, and what appeared in front of Yuan Xu was a boxy and brightly lit tomb.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Xu was even more stunned.

Although he had seen this scene from some scenes that had been artistically processed, he did not expect that he would personally participate in the burial of Yuan Shao.

The coffin bearer carries the coffin into the burial chamber and places it on a platform in the center.

Yuan Tan nodded to the guards behind him, and the guards who had opened the door earlier stepped forward and inlaid the object of the opening mechanism into a groove.

With a slight twist, the flat countertop suddenly sank, and half of the coffin sank into the table.

Standing in front of everyone, Yuan Tan knelt down.

led Yuan Xu and others to kneel three times and bow nine times, Yuan Tan said: "Father is above, the eldest son Tan led the third son Shang and the fifth son Xu, and bowed their heads!" ”

The guards who accompanied them into the tomb also knelt down.

After prostration, half of the guards spread out and stood in all corners of the tomb.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Xu was even more suspicious.

When the ceremony was over, Yuan Tan beckoned everyone to leave, and the guards scattered in the corners of the tomb did not follow.

Looking back at the closed iron gate, Yuan Xu asked, "Why don't the guards return together?" ”

"Martyrdom!" Yuan Tan said: "They are all loyal to their father, and when they entered the tomb, they didn't think about leaving here!" ”

I clearly remember that the martyrdom should be a matter of the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods.

The Great Qin Dynasty was abolished before the establishment of the Dynasty, but I didn't expect the Yuan family to inherit this custom.

Stunned, Yuan Xu said: "Why don't you stay here and suffocate to death?" ”

"The tomb is ventilated, how to suffocate to death?" Yuan Tan said: "Most of the people died of starvation! ”

didn't say anything more, followed Yuan Tan back to the ground, Yuan Xu was still faintly unhappy in his heart.

The living people were left in the tomb to be buried.

In any case, he felt too cruel!

Yuan Shao was buried, and the funeral procession returned to Yuan's house.

In the Yuan family's mansion, the white cloth hanging on the trees has been taken off by the servants and maids, and replaced with bright red silk.

Entering the Yuan family's mansion, the funeral procession took off the white robe that was covered outside, and the inside was actually wearing festive red clothes.

"Xianxin!" Taking off his white robe, Yuan Tan whispered to Yuan Xu: "Getting married on the same day as your father's funeral, have you ever thought about it, or will you become the laughing stock of the world?" ”

"Now that it's come to this, what will happen if it becomes a laughing stock?" Yuan Xu said: "Before my father left, he was always concerned about a certain marriage. If you don't marry Zhen Ji, you will be unfilial! ”

"That's a courtesy!" Gently patting him on the shoulder, Yuan Tan said, "No matter how you choose, the eldest brother will stand with you!" ”

"Thank you, brother!" Yuan Xu thanked him.

Yuan Tan shouted behind him: "I'll just bury my father, and at this time, I will complete the marriage for Xianxin." The Yuan family can be described as a funeral and a happy event in one fell swoop, and no one in the world is like this! You have to cheer up your spirits and take care of the marriage! ”

Although the Hebei staff members were quite critical of Yuan Xu's marriage at this time, Yuan Tan also stood on the same position as him, that is, no one dared to say a word to his face.

Not to mention Yuan Shang.

Since he was released from prison, how dare he have the slightest disrespect for Yuan Xu? (To be continued.) )