The old lady's Zigong stopped at the Hongxiao Palace, a black sè velvet curtain, separated the nave into two parts before and after, the old lady's Zigong was parked behind, and the mourning hall was in front of the sacrifice, and there was a burst of crying accompanied by mournful music.

At this time, I saw Zhang Fantai staggering a few steps after entering the hall, and crawled in front of the old lady's spirit, crying so much that she was heartbreaking, like a mourner, and almost hit her head on the case.

Wang Xian and He Zhifu saw that the domain was so hard, so they had to reluctantly keep up, but they didn't need to be as exaggerated as the lord of the domain, but it was still necessary to kneel on the ground and cry loudly.

The eunuchs of the palace over there helped the three officials up, and the three of them said condolences to the king of Jin and several county kings, Zhang Fantai stayed to guard the spirit of the old concubine, Wang Xian saw that He Zhifu withdrew from Lu, and wanted to follow, but saw him shake his head slightly, obviously he should stay like the fantai.

In vain, he had no choice but to kneel to the side, sobbing with Zhang Fantai, and after a while, his legs were numb and his knees tingled, he had never knelt for so long in his life, but he could only hold on. After crying and mourning, he peeked at the furnishings in the hall, but saw that under the curtain of the spiritual hall, several rows of altars were placed horizontally, and several rows of altars were filled with three sacrifices of melons and fruits. In the halls on both sides of the palace gate, there are more than 40 musicians, holding sheng flutes and pipa and square tambourine to play mourning music, helping the king of Jin and his brothers and nephews who are kneeling in front of him.

Wang Xian peeked at Zhu Jiyan, the king of Jin who was kneeling in front, and saw that his face was full of tears, and he cried the most darkly, which was more painful than the death of his own mother...... As far as he knew, Zhu Jiyan was the third son, and the old lady Xie had other sons-in-law in addition to Zhu Jixi. It's a pity that now everyone is wearing linen and filial piety, and they can't tell who is who.

In the morning, there were Taiyuan gentry who came to pay their respects, but except for a few people such as Du Si and Youbu Zheng, most of them kowtowed and went out, so they didn't have to continue to suffer like him. When he was bored, he was drowsy, and suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and a young man rushed in in pain, and did not kneel down in front of the sacrificial table, but ran frantically towards the concubine Zigong behind the curtain, hissing and trembling: "Mother, your son is back, open your eyes and look at me, how can you leave your son, how can I live...... Ho ho... Ha ......"

The sound is like a cuckoo crying blood, although it is not big, but it makes the listener cry, Wang Xian finally realized that His Royal Highness the King of Jin is hard, but there are still traces of the axe and chisel, and this young man's crying method is more natural and sincere, this is the feeling of the dead mother

While thinking blindly, he watched two men kneeling behind King Jin step forward, put up the young man lying on the Zi Palace from both sides, and choked up: "Seventh brother, you have to hold on."

"I don't, you let me die" The identity of the young man was also called out, the seventh son of the old Jin King, Zhu Jiyan, the king of Guangchang, he cried heartbreakingly, and at the same time he was still clamoring to open the coffin and look at the concubine again. said that he didn't see his mother at a glance, so the old man went, and he didn't believe that his two brothers couldn't hold him.

At this time, the scene was a bit chaotic, and King Jin couldn't help but speak. He knelt there and hissed, "Seventh brother, if you want to cry, you have to cry well and happily." Don't be like this, shocking the rest of the concubine, is it what you want? ”

With just these few words, Wang Xian felt the calm and calm temperament of King Jin, and couldn't help but widen his eyes and look at the scene happening in front of him

"You don't come to this set, let me ask you, how did my mother die?" Zhu Jiyan roared and asked: "Her jade body has always been healthy, and she was fine five years ago, why did she go in a blink of an eye?"

"The queen mother is suffering from a sudden illness," Zhu Jiyan frowned and said: "Now is not the time to talk about this, I'll tell you about it later" said and ordered in a low voice: "Come here first to guard the spirit of the concubine, don't let the ministers laugh."

"I was asking them to be a witness" Zhu Jiyan didn't eat him, and pointed loudly to the concubine's Zigong and said, "Let me ask you, when did my mother die?" ”

"Last night." Zhu Jiyan's brows furrowed even tighter, in fact, Concubine Xie went three days ago, and he has only been mourned until now, he really has a last resort, and he can't be said to outsiders.

But Zhu Jiyan asked loudly: "Why don't you keep the spirit for seven days and then bury?" Why did you bury my mother on the same day?"

"Seventh brother, don't be unreasonable" An elder brother said in a deep voice: "Yīn Yang Guan has calculated the time of the mother's burial, and it must be 'gone, otherwise it will be unfavorable to the family."

"What about burial?" Zhu Jiyan said unrelentingly: "When you are buried, the eldest son must hold his head, where is my eldest brother."

"Bastard" An elder brother changed his face and scolded: "The boss has been banned by the emperor, which of us dares to get him back?" ”

"The emperor only asked him to guard his father's tomb, and did not ban his feet," Zhu Jiyan said angrily.

"Seventh brother, don't be unreasonable" Another brother scolded: "Are you tired of picking words with the emperor?" ”

"Okay" The two sides were just about to quarrel, Zhu Jiyan shouted: "The seventh brother is overly sad, and his mind is a little unconscious.

"Yes." Several eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward, holding Zhu Jiyan's arm, half-pulling and half-stretching him to invite him out, Zhu Jiyan struggled desperately, and shouted in his mouth: "Let go of me, let go of me, you are a thief and a weak mother, you killed ......"

King Guangchang's voice gradually drifted away, the hall was quiet, and the foreign officials all lowered their heads to their stomachs, so as not to embarrass His Royal Highness King Jin, but King Jin took the initiative to hug his fists and said: "Let you adults laugh, my younger brother is like this, he is impatient and does not choose his words, but his heart is not bad, don't care." ”

A few people were busy and didn't dare, and the king of Jin invited them to sit in the side hall, he and Zhang Fantai and Zhou Dutai were all old acquaintances, but Wang Xian was the only one who had a fresh face. King Jin took the initiative to bow his hand to Wang Xian and said, "This is the Lord of the High Missions sent by the imperial court?" ”

"The adults don't dare to be, the lower official Wang Xian visits the prince." Wang Xian was busy and took a deep look.

"No courtesy, no courtesy." King Jin held him with both hands, and said with a bitter smile: "I heard yesterday that the upper errand arrived, and I should have gone to ask for a holy an, but the mother concubine ......" said and couldn't help but feel sad, wiped his tears with his sleeve and said: "Xiao Wang is in chaos, and the upper is in chaos." ”

"How dare you." Wang Xian hurriedly shook his head and said. Throwing away the negative news he got before, he had a really good impression of His Royal Highness the King of Jin in front of him, only to see that he was dignified, trimmed and beautiful, and looked forward to being quite a king, but he was humble in speech and behaved moderately, which made people secretly heartbroken.

It is no exaggeration to say that the three princes he saw, even including Zhu Zhanji, are not so stylish...... It is said that the king of Jin went into battle to kill the enemy, sat on the border, and also wrote Song Lian, studied Du Huan, and was both civil and military. Such a character is obviously better at teaching his son than Zhu Di, who only knows how to dance knives and guns.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji's age is only half of this person, and maybe at the same age, he will be more outstanding than him.

His Royal Highness the King of Jin asked the emperor, the crown prince, and the grandson again, and then asked cautiously: "Qin sent this to Shanxi, can you have a will for Xiao Wang?" ”

"Back to the prince, no." Wang Xian shook his head, gave him a reassuring pill and said, "The lower official was ordered to investigate last year's military grain misfortune case, and it has nothing to do with the prince. After a pause, he looked at the two officials and said, "Of course, it has nothing to do with the two of you." ”

"Yes, it's all that Liu Zijin who is harmed," Zhou Dutai said in a sullen voice.

"This Liu Zijin, I can't wait to pick his skin" Zhou Dutai just answered casually, but Zhu Jiyan also frowned, and said hatefully: "Superior, Xiao Wang can't hide it from you, in fact, my mother was cursed to death by him"

"Huh?" Wang Xian said with a shocked face: "There is such a thing? ”

"Yes, as my seventh brother said, my mother was fine before the fifth rì." King Jin said in a low voice: "But since three days ago, suddenly my whole body has convulsions, and then I started...... Crazy ......" recalled the pain, he hid his face and wept again, and it took a while to stabilize his emotions and said: "She shouted some terrible words that bite you to death, 'Kill you,' and dug her face with her hands, and bit her own arm......"

"This is a ghost possession," Zhou Dutai exclaimed.

"The mage who was invited said the same thing, but he said that the powerful ghost attached to my mother's concubine was a person with powerful Taoist skills, and he was no opponent. Later, I forced him to cast a spell, and the mage really vomited blood and fell into a coma...... In desperation, we had to tie her up with a quilt, and then stuff her mouth with a cotton cloth and paste a yellow charm to prevent her from hurting herself again. ”

After a pause, tears welled up and said: "But a day later, the mother concubine still died of anger, and her appearance was terrifying, and we had to be buried immediately......

"The prince's day mourns." The three of them hurriedly comforted, Wang Xian actually heard goosebumps all over his body, and said in his heart nǎinǎi bear, what kind of ghost place is Shanxi, why does everyone tell ghost stories to Lao Tzu?

It's a pity that Lao Tzu himself is a ghost possessed, I'm afraid of Wei? Wang Xian cheered himself up and asked, "How can Your Highness be sure that Liu Zijin did it?" ”

"The mage invited by Xiao Wang is one of the best masters in Shanxi, but he almost lost his life, he woke up and told Lonely, saying that the opponent was an alien who had been taught by the gods, and he was no longer a mortal." Zhu Ji said: "In Shanxi, I have heard of the only one who has been taught by the gods, and Liu Zijin is the only one. ”

"Makes sense." Wang Xian nodded and said, "Then what is the grudge between Liu Zijin and the concubine?" Why do you want to harm the concubine? ”

"My mother is a high-ranking princess, and Liu Zijin is reckless, what grievances can there be?" Zhu Jiyan frowned and said, "Who knows what the sinister demon man thinks......"

"It's supposed to be for deterrence." Zhang Fantai said in a deep voice: "Show his strength, so that the government does not dare to provoke him, so as to protect his subordinates"

"Makes sense." Wang Xian is like a rookie, and everything he listens to makes sense.