60. Incident
Seven days have passed, and on this day, it is time for Ren Hao to be buried.
Buried in Wulong Villa, it is just a mound of clothes.
The leader of the alliance, like the vast majority of people in this era, still has to return to his roots after death.
In the early morning of this day, all the decent people who came to mourn changed their clothes and waited in the mountains behind the villa.
The Dao Masters of the Jade Emperor Palace, as well as the servants of the Five Dragons Villa, had already prepared all the things needed for the burial ceremony.
After all, it is a martial arts person, and there are not so many cumbersome rules for funerals.
The mourning music sounded, Huang Wumiao, who was wearing a Taoist robe, holding the dust in his hand, leading the spirit in front, Ren Hao's brother held the Danqing statue, dressed in linen and filial piety, and followed behind.
He is the brother of Ren Hao's alliance leader, and he is also in his forties this year, but he doesn't look much like Ren Hao, but his body is just as burly.
Because he is not from the rivers and lakes, when he arrives at Wulong Villa, he doesn't have much intersection with other people.
At this time, he was buried for his brother, and he also felt a lot of nostalgia in his heart, and his eyes were red.
And behind him, Shen Qiu, Tie Niu Monk, Xiao Lingsu, Dongfang Ce, Li Yijian, and Qin Xuming carried the coffin on all sides, dressed in black, with white filial piety, extremely solemn.
The person who carries the coffin is also particular.
They are all the chief disciples of the major high sects in the rivers and lakes.
Li Yijian is simply the new leader of the Heluo Gang, and if Lin Huiyin is a man, she will also come to help the spirit, and finally Qin Xuming, the person who represents Wulong Villa, will be on top.
The coffin is also a fine golden silk nanmu, but there is no Ren Hao's body in the coffin, but a tidy clothes and some belongings of the alliance leader.
Finally, there is a jade scroll edict.
It is the elegiac couplet written by Zhao Ming, the lord of the southern country, and the national seal is also added to show respect.
The edict was sprinkled with hundreds of words, raising Ren Hao's exploits to the sake of serving the country and the people, and generously posthumously awarded Ren Hao the title of 'General Protector of the Country'.
But in reality, Nanguo did not have this military position at all.
The reason why this false title was given, in addition to really thanking Ren Hao for his righteous deeds, was to show his face on this important occasion and show his sense of existence.
It is convenient to recruit people in the martial arts in the future and serve the imperial court.
This battle between good and evil has come to an end, there is no demon sect to fight, and decent people also have to find a way out for themselves, taking advantage of the opportunity of this cooperation between martial arts and the imperial court, and taking refuge in the imperial court, it is not a bad way to advance.
There is still a fight in this north-south war.
As long as you are not afraid of death, you will have military merits to earn in the future.
However, most of the martial arts people here do not have a good impression of the imperial court.
If Ren Hao accepted such an official position before his death, he would definitely be gossiped behind his back, but now, everyone is dead, people are dead, and it is a posthumous seal, and it is difficult for people in the rivers and lakes to say anything about the court eagle dog.
However, with the arrival of the Ren Hao brothers, several sons and nephews of the Ren family were very happy.
There are also some with honor.
None of them are from the rivers and lakes, and for the people, it is really good for the family to be so valued by the imperial court.
These sons and nephews of the Ren family, at this time, stood on the periphery of the crowd and talked very happily with Zhao Biao, the king of Huainan and Zhao Lian, the marquis of Huainan, who came in a low-key manner.
The coffin was carried by six people and walked through the crowd.
There were also spirit flags and white papers, which fell down in the air.
In the sound of mourning music, this scene became more and more solemn and sad, and some of the people in the crowd who were really sad, or who were more good at acting and coming, had already cried.
Mourning, accompanied by this cry, made Zhongshan Mountain, in addition to solemnity, have more true feelings.
On the side of a mountain cliff, a grave pit has already been dug, and after the six people put the coffin into it, there are people from the rivers and lakes who come forward to worship one after another, and it is the turn of Li Baoguo, the representative of the Tiance Army.
On this day, the young general half-knelt on the ground and put the package in his hand into the grave.
"My father-in-law originally wanted to send the armor and iron spear that the leader of the alliance used when he was young, but he couldn't catch up with the time."
Li Baoguo put his gun, which he had used for many years, into the grave, and said to Shen Qiu next to him:
"I buried my armor and gun here, as a sacrifice for the Tiance Army to the Alliance Leader, if the armor and blades used by the Alliance Master can still be found, they will be sent directly to Nantong.
He was buried in the Ren family cemetery with the leader of the alliance. ”
"Well, the general has a heart."
Shen Qiu patted Li Baoguo on the shoulder and said a few words to him.
The crowd worshipped non-stop, and the last streams of the rivers and lakes who had made trouble before staged a good show of crying graves in front of the tomb.
But this time, no one stopped them.
The atmosphere in the whole back mountain is gloomy, as if sad mixed with nostalgia.
But for some people with a heart, they can feel a stormy momentum. Especially Zhao Biao, the king of Huainan.
This important minister of the imperial court, since he came over, has always maintained a gentle smile, but his eyes have always looked at Shen Qiu, who has replied to the mourners, and he always has a meaningful look.
He came to see the play today.
Calculate the time, and it's time for the show to begin.
Not long after, Qin Xuming, who was bidding farewell to the mourners in the rear, came in a hurry, and said something in Shen Qiu's ear, Shen Qiu's expression did not change, he just waved his hand.
This scene fell in Zhao Biao's eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was filled with three points.
It's time for the show!
"O Alliance Leader! I have a great grievance, and I was about to complain to you, why did you just let go! ”
A sharp, crying shout came from the lodge.
Let the solemn atmosphere of the whole back mountain be immediately broken.
In the stunned gaze of everyone, a large group of people dressed in linen and wearing filial piety, wearing spirit flags, and carrying wreaths, appeared from the mountain road, crying one by one.
There were men and women, and even women and children with children.
It's really not like the style of the Jianghu people.
And seeing the person in the lead, Huang Wumiao, who was talking to the Wuyang Dao Chief, immediately frowned.
He knew the man.
It is southwest of Qilu, Heze, a famous martial arts house of the Jining generation, called "Thirteen Fast Swords", named Lu Bai, in his fifties, and his martial arts are only second-rate.
But Sheng has a reputation in the rivers and lakes, and is a famous predecessor in that generation.
This Lu Bai is still a little close to him in the Jade Palace.
His master was a nominal disciple of the former head of the Jade Emperor Palace.
Counting it up, this Lu Bai still has to call Huang Wumiao uncle, in the past, when he encountered trouble, he would also play the signboard of the Jade Palace.
But this reckless white is all the way today, what are you doing here?
Seeing that a group of people in the rivers and lakes were talking about it, they had the meaning of watching the excitement, but as for Shen Qiu, it was as if he hadn't seen it at all, still standing in place, holding a shovel.
with a few other people, laying soil for Ren Hao's tomb.
Ignore it at all.
"Lu Bai, what grievances do you want to complain about when you cry today?"
Huang Wumiao waved the dust in his hand and asked.
He didn't want to care about it, but seeing that a large group of people behind Lu Bai were crying, the scene was chaotic, and people pointed fingers, as the leader of the martial arts in the land of Qilu, he had to stand up as a director.
And when Huang Wumiao asked out loud, the old martial arts man in his fifties cried louder.
He wiped his eyes, stood up, bowed his hand respectfully to Huang Wumiao, and said:
"Ah, Uncle Wu Miao is also there, that's just right.
I have a tragic incident in the rivers and lakes related to my Qilu land here, and I am about to tell my fellow people in the rivers and lakes, and I also ask Uncle Wu to uphold justice for me and other Qilu martial arts people! ”
On the other side, seeing Huang Wumiao come forward, Lin Yundong, who was wearing a veil, frowned.
Although she is occasionally a little unreasonable, she is used to the rivers and lakes after all.
As soon as I looked at today's situation, I knew that this Lu Bai was prepared, Huang Wumiao, this stupid!
I'm afraid I'm going to be used as a gun by this person with a heart.
"You say, I'll listen."
Huang Wumiao didn't like to be noisy, he waved the dust, and said loudly:
"All the fellow Jianghu are quiet, and listen to Lu Bai tell his grievances."
As soon as the master of the Heavenly List spoke, the entire back mountain immediately quieted down.
As soon as the leader of the martial arts of Ren Hao's alliance left, the position of the leader of the decent faction was vacant.
The old monk Yuanwu was a national teacher of the Southern Dynasty.
is a person in the court, and it is not suitable to serve as the leader of the alliance.
So if you really want to choose, Huang Wumiao, who is in charge of Tai'a Sword, is the new alliance leader, martial arts, character, prestige, and background are absolutely suitable.
Even if you don't hug your thighs, it always doesn't hurt to leave a deferential impression.
"Uncle Xie gave this opportunity."
Lu Bai is also very good at things.
Seeing that the mountain was quiet, he took a deep breath, first thanked Huang Wumiao, pulled the relationship, and then arched his hand to the fellow Daoists around him, and made a circle.
Only then did he say aloud:
"In the land of Qilu, since more than 20 years ago, the situation has been turbulent, and the Northern Kou has come to plunder, and everyone has naturally practiced martial arts in order to protect themselves.
In the land of Qilu, there are hundreds of large and small sects, and everyone is also in the same breath on weekdays.
In the past, they fought together against the monstrous right and wrong, and the evil demons acted perversely, pressing us down..."
"Smack"
Before he finished speaking, a broken knife flew out of the crowd and smashed at Lu Bai's feet.
This provoked a burst of exclamation.
The people around them got out of the way, revealing the person behind him who threw the broken knife.
It was Lang Mutou, the elder of the Heluo Gang, and the remnants of the Feizhai Gang who had drawn out his blade behind him, and the current elite of the Heluo Gang.
"Speak as you speak, and keep your mouth clean!"
The thin and tall Lang Mu stared at Lu Bai and said in a deep voice:
"Dare to bite the big boss, beware of your dog's tongue!"
These unceremonious words did not save Lu Bai's face at all, which made him embarrassed and unable to get off the stage, and saw that Li Yijian, the leader of the Heluo Gang with filial piety over there, was also holding a knife and glared at him angrily.
Lu Bai knew that although the village was defeated, it still had a backer.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, pretended not to see the broken knife under his feet, and spoke again, no longer talking at length, but directly talking about his "grievances".
"You don't know, in July and August last year, just one month before the fall of the enemy lord, I was in the southwest of Qilu, there was a righteous sect, and it was attacked by a bandit overnight.
Within half a month, the five sects were shattered, and hundreds of people were killed and injured.
On weekdays, this is a first-class tragedy in the rivers and lakes, but the non-village incident came too suddenly, covering up this matter. ”
Lu Bai glanced at Ren Hao's tomb, gritted his teeth and said:
"The remnants of the five sects, fortunately escaped a catastrophe, so they begged the old man here, asking the old man to give them justice, and after the destruction of the family, the remaining old and weak women and children are all here!"
He pointed to the crying crowd behind him and shouted to his fellow Jianghu people:
"The witness is here! If the old man has nonsense, he will be thundered by the sky! ”
Seeing that the women and children in the crowd were crying louder, crying sadly, not as if they were fake, Huang Wumiao also frowned.
He seems to have heard Chong and his senior brother talk about this before.
said that Lu Bai did ask for the Jade Emperor Palace, but was politely rejected by Chong and Senior Brother, and it is said that it is related to the leader of Ren Hao's alliance.
Huang Wumiao felt a hint of conspiracy.
He immediately waved the dust and said:
"Lu Bai, take someone back first! Today is the day of the burial of the alliance leader, don't collide with the spiritual position, and wait until tomorrow, Poor Dao will give you an explanation. ”
"Uncle Wu Miao! It's not that the old man is ignorant, it's not the first time the old man has come to Wulong Villa. ”
Lu Bai not only did not retreat, but shouted at the top of his voice:
"Since the end of last year, after the old man learned about this, he rushed to Wulong Villa three times, but the alliance leader was busy with the good and evil affairs of the rivers and lakes, and he couldn't find time to take care of it.
We waited for people who didn't know anything, so we didn't make any more trouble.
This time, I heard that the decency and the Demon Sect were in a decisive battle, and we also wanted to make a contribution, so we rushed from Qilu to Jinling.
Just halfway through, I heard about the fall of the alliance leader, and my heart was sad, and I came to cry for the grave.
This demon sect has been defeated, and now the senior masters of the righteous path are also free, and they can take care of such grievances. ”
In and out of these words, it is the meaning of Ren Hao's alliance leader's inaction.
"Master Lu, then you say, who did this evil thing!"
There was an inquiry from the crowd.
It's like singing and harmonizing, so fast that Huang Wumiao can't stop it.
Na Lu Bai raised his hand and pointed at Shen Qiu, who was facing away from him and was laying soil for the tomb, and shouted through gritted teeth:
"Who else could the wicked be! Isn't it the sanctimonious Heluo hero in front of him? ”
These words were like thunder, and they shook the entire back crow silently.
A group of people who ate melons and watched the excitement of the rivers and lakes were shocked.
This melon is so exciting.
Who is Shen Qiu?
Heluo Hero, the soul of the Battle of Luoyang, with decent people, broke 10,000 elite horsemen of the Northern Dynasty and saved the entire Luoyang Cheng.
In this battle of Jinling, he took the lead again, and with Weihou entering the enemy camp, he responded to the surprise attack of the Tiance army, which led to a great victory in the night attack of the southern country.
Not to mention, he fought in Quarry Rock, and also killed the Demon Sect Sect Master Wan Poison, avenging those decent knights who died tragically, and he was the leader of Ren Hao's alliance, and the last person to inherit the mantle.
Now Shen Qiu already has the demeanor of the younger generation as the first in the world.
This Lu Bai, is he crazy?
How dare you in front of the public, in front of the world's masters, and in front of the tomb of the alliance leader, bite the head of the mantle of the alliance leader?
This old man, is he going to mix in the rivers and lakes in the future?
"You fart!"
Before anyone else could react, he stood with a knife, and Li Yijian, who was disgruntled and biting Lu Bai just now, heard that Lu Bai, an old immortal, splashed dirty water on Brother Shen's head, and immediately became angry.
Ming Hong's knife broke out of its sheath, turned into a sharp mang, and slashed straight at Lu Bai's head.
Li Yijian was passed on by Shen Qiu, and now he is a master of the earth list, this autumn wind is urgent and fast, and the electric light volcano will sweep towards Lu Bai, so fast that others have no time to stop it.
"Bang"
The Ming Hong knife, which vibrated extremely quickly, was blocked by the dust that was rolled together.
Huang Wumiao waved his hand, Li Yijian's true qi was shattered, and he took three steps back.
Regardless of whether what Lu Bai said is true or not, Li Yijian is the leader of the Heluo Gang, and if he is in front of the public today, he will behead Lu Bai.
And the young man's fame was over.
Even the Heluo Gang, which has just risen to prominence, will also be implicated.
Li Yijian didn't care about this.
Whoever dares to slander Brother Shen will die!
He held a long knife in his hand, and wanted to step forward, but he was blocked by a thrown iron catalpa, an ordinary iron catalpa, into the ground for seven minutes, without splashing a trace of dust, and the breath did not leak out at all, leaving only a trembling wooden pole.
"Yijian, retreat."
Shen Qiu patted the dust on his hands and said casually:
"You are already the leader of the Heluo Gang, you can't be so reckless in the future, today's events have nothing to do with you!"
In full view of everyone, Shen Qiu's fingers raised and pointed at Lu Bai.
The latter's body trembled and he took a step back, his eyes frightened.
"You, go ahead and talk about your grievances."
"Shen listens."