Xie Mulin thought that he was about to hear the good news of Xie Yingrong, but in fact, he still had to wait a few days.

The funeral of Zhou Laobu's political envoy, the Zhou family was bent on going to Dali. The former subordinates of the political envoy and the yamen in the neighborhood are also very face-saving, and under the leadership of the new boss Xie Pu, they have to go to Zhou's house almost every day to show their faces. Although they basically just sat in the tea room and chatted with other guests who came to mourn, and did not really work hard, it can be regarded as a statement. The Zhou family is also a big family, with a large population, and they don't necessarily need outsiders to help, but they need to prove to more people that their family is still very prominent, has a wide range of contacts, has many paths, is supportive, powerful, and has not declined because of the death of the family.

In the first few days, this practice was really able to bluff a lot of people. Before the first seven days of the Zhou Laobu political envoy, the Zhou family came every day, not only the local gentry and businessmen, civil and military officials, and clans in Beiping came to mourn, but also many people came to the surrounding areas and towns in the suburbs of Beiping. It is said that the Zhou family consumes as many buckets of hospitality tea every day, and it is not ordinary tea, it is all high-quality tea. Wen privately calculated the cost of the Zhou family with his daughter Xie Mulin, just the tea, charcoal fire, and the tea and rice eaten by the guests from afar at the Zhou family, as well as the cost of chanting and chanting the Buddha by monks and Taoists invited by famous temples and Taoist temples, at least hundreds of taels a day, and two or three thousand taels in seven days.

I heard that the Zhou family is still arguing, whether to give Old Man Zhou a 7749-day suspension or a 100-day suspension of the spirit? Anyway, it is now a cold winter month, and there is no problem that it is difficult to preserve corpses in hot weather. The big and third rooms of the Zhou family tend to go out of the funeral after the seventh and seventh days, and then the whole family closes the door to guard filial piety; The second and fourth rooms think that with the identity of Old Man Zhou, it will be worthy of his status and fame for 100 days. This is also the meaning of giving those relatives and friends who are far away enough time to mourn, especially those in the capital. The Zhou family had already sent someone to brave the ice and snow to deliver a letter to the south. If the operation is done properly, maybe you can ask the emperor for mercy and win a nickname for the old man? Regardless of whether the royal family was waiting to see the Zhou family's in-laws in the past, the Xu family, the old man Zhou was also trembling and loyal to the court for decades. The meaning of this is different between having a requisition and not having a requisition. The Zhou family needs this grace.

Mrs. Zhou is still sick and can't make up her mind. The Zhou family was caught up in an argument.

People's housework, Wen is naturally not good to evaluate. She only chatted with her daughter privately from an economic point of view, and said: "If so many people come to the door every day to mourn, and the Zhou family has been spending like this, it will cost at least 20,000 taels of silver in 7749 days." If it is suspended for 100 days, the cost will be even more! This is just the silver on the tea and charcoal fire, and the rest of the lamp oil, fire wax, incense candles, paper money, and Dharma dojos, etc., have not yet been counted, not to mention the longevity materials that the Zhou family customized for the boss, I heard that the high-quality wood used is also thousands of taels of silver. In this way, fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver are ordinary, and one hundred thousand taels of silver is not too much. Although the Zhou family has been prosperous for all these years, where does it have such a thick foundation? There is no second serious official in his family who can support the portal, and the only young master who can be counted on Wednesday is just a lifter! With such a big family, is it possible to achieve the scenery of this funeral, and not even think about the future livelihood? ! ”

Xie Mulin commented: "Their home is just the scenery of these days. Who organizes the funeral, and can still come every day? Even if many people still think that his family is still beautiful, they can't stop the many smart people in this world, and sooner or later they will see through the details of his family. If there is no benefit, who will come all the way to incense and have to send gold? When the time comes, there will be fewer people, and his family will probably be able to save some silver, and it looks like it's almost over, so he will take this stall, right? If you really want to stop for 100 days, we don't have to celebrate the New Year on this street! ”

Not only did Xie Mulin feel this way, but in fact, other people around him already had similar complaints. More than one person heard about the dispute within the Zhou family, and they all came to complain to the Wen family. If Mr. Zhou comes out of the funeral "Qiqi", then it will be over just in time for the New Year, and everyone can still celebrate for a few days. If the Zhou family finally decided to stop the spirit for 100 days, and during this 100 days, they hung the entire street with white flags as they are now, so that the people on the street would go out with plain white eyes, it would be too unlucky. The officials and wives of all the families are encouraging the Wen family, saying that she has a good relationship with Mrs. Zhou, so it is better to persuade the old man to settle down as soon as possible!

Wen could only smile bitterly. What kind of friendship can she have with Mrs. Zhou? It's just a superficial harmony, and there is no private relationship. Besides, Mrs. Zhou was in favor of letting her father-in-law stop his spirit for forty-nine days, but the second and fourth rooms of the Zhou family were demonic, and Mrs. Zhou couldn't make up her mind, and this matter had already been deadlocked. Mrs. Zhou has no matter how much reason she has, and she can't be the master. How can outsiders intervene in such a thing? They have to go.

However, on the first seven days of Zhou Laobu's political envoy, the order of Yanwangfu came down, and Xie Pu officially took over as the political envoy of Beiping. The appointment documents of the Ministry of Officials have already been issued, and Xie Pu has already done a good job of handing over - in fact, he has been performing the duties of the political envoy on behalf of Boss Zhou before, so there is no difficulty in the handover.

At this time, everyone knew that long before King Yan went to Beijing, the political envoy of Zhou Laobu had the intention of paying tribute, not only sent a book to Beijing, but also greeted King Yan. Although the Zhou family later sent a fast horse to recover the twists, but the king of Yan did not stop the original plan, during the period in the capital, he had already reported to the emperor and the officials, the Tao is the political envoy of Beiping is critically ill, and he may not be able to do it at any time, and he needs a successor, so as not to delay official business. His preferred successor is Xie Pu, whether it is the emperor or the ministers, he has not raised any objections. When King Yan left Beijing and returned to Beiping, he had this appointment document in his hand. He also told Xie Pu, so Xie Pu has always been very confident, knowing that he will be promoted, and he doesn't have to worry about someone suddenly parachuted in the imperial court, and he also began to carry out handover affairs in the yamen.

When Mr. Zhou was still alive, King Yan withheld this appointment document and did not announce it in public, which can be said to be quite a face-saving gesture for the minister. Now that the first seven years of Master Zhou have passed, the political envoy Si Yamen can't always be without a leader, so King Yan officially announced the new appointment and let Xie Pu take office.

When the news came out, everyone inside and outside Beiping City was fluctuating. Knowing that the Zhou family was not aware of the existence of this document from beginning to end, and among the sons of Master Zhou, there were still people who continued to treat Xie Pu as his father's subordinates, without much respect, many people knew that the Zhou family was really angry. Now it's just a matter of whether the Wednesday Young Master can revive the lintel in the future, but now...... The Zhou family has no power at all, and it just depends on whether their friends who are still in official positions give face.

As Xie Mulin was surprised, the Zhou family's court suddenly fell into the cold. After the first seven days, there are very few guests who come to the door every day to pay their respects.

The Zhou family, who were used to swelling, finally recognized the reality.