Because of the sudden death of Sun Taifu, Marquis Zheng, who did not plan to enter Yingdu, had to be abducted into Yingdu.

It's just that this time is different from the last time.

Last time, it was deliberately pressed at speed, and to a certain extent, it was "expected" and "eagerly awaited";

This time, he only took the Sword Saint and Chen Daxia, and he didn't even bring his own guards, and Pixiu didn't ride, and directly followed Xu Wenzu and his guards who rode the Pi beast into the city together.

The mansion of the Sun family, Zheng Fan is familiar with the road.

At this point,

On both sides of the mansion gate, there are already white cloths wrapped around their waists and black veils tied around their shoulders, hanging white lanterns.

Outside, there are also many stewards of large families who are inquiring about news here.

After all, the formal funeral has not yet begun, and at this time, only people who are very close to each other will come to take a look, in the name of "family members" helping to prepare for the funeral together;

Xu Wenzu turned over and got off Pixiu,

His figure is too clear and too conspicuous;

A group of family members at the door immediately knelt down, and a person in charge knelt in front of Xu Wenzu, and when he was about to speak, he saw a man standing behind Xu Wenzu who was not wearing a black brocade but was wearing a black brocade robe, and his mouth opened again.

He recognized the Marquis of Pingxi, so he was a little caught off guard.

"Go, go, go!"

Xu Wenzu directly pushed away the steward and walked in, followed by Zheng Fan.

In the mansion, the people were making preparations for the funeral, and Xu Wenzu and Zheng Fan went straight into the back house.

Before he entered the back house, he heard a cry from inside.

It's Sun Liang's cry,

"Daddy......... Daddy........."

A call after a call,

It's not emotional, it can only be regarded as a wail, and the vocabulary is not rich, and it has nothing to do with any intonation and frustration, but it can make people feel his grief at this time.

The ability of the second child of the Sun family is actually very ordinary, that is, the errand of Na Yingdu's transfer envoy, without his father behind his back, he may be directly beheaded by King Jingnan due to logistical delays during the battle of Chu.

But Sun Liang has an advantage, that is, he is down-to-earth.

Among all living beings, there are countless people who think they are smart, and there are very few who know their shortcomings;

Sun Liang belongs to the latter.

Xu Wenzu walked over, and the surrounding relatives of the Sun family were a little stunned and a little frightened, but after someone took the lead, they all knelt down and saluted Xu Wenzu.

Sun Liang also turned his head, his face intertwined with snot and tears.

"Lord Xu......... Lord Xu. ”

Sun Liang staggered up and was about to salute, but was forcibly helped up by Xu Wenzu.

Inside,

In the mourning hall that has just been preliminarily arranged, there is a coffin.

With the specifications of the Sun family, Sun Youdao will naturally prepare these for himself as soon as possible, and as soon as the person is gone, he can lie in it directly and change his home without delay.

"Condolences." Xu Wenzu comforted.

Sun Liang nodded, and grabbed Xu Wenzu with both hands.

And then

He looked at the person standing behind Xu Wenzu,

The body trembled slightly,

He immediately knelt down and saluted Zheng Fan.

Zheng Fan also stretched out his hand to help him up, and said:

"The incense platform hasn't been erected yet, the incense is returned or something, and I'm not in a hurry, it's too noisy here, let these people go down for the time being, Ben Hou wants to be alone with you and Taifu for a while."

This is a very impersonal request;

At the beginning of the funeral, it was naturally a mess, but who dared to really dislike the hustle and bustle?

But the identity of the Marquis of Pingxi is different, and his words represent the rules to a certain extent.

And after the Sun family lost Sun Youdao, the lintel has fallen too much, and they have long been qualified to refute and fight.

In other words, although Mrs. Sun retired before and didn't care much about the court, as long as he was alive, even if he was lying on the hospital bed and falling into a coma, the Sun family's cards were actually still there.

What is maintained on Sun Taifu alone, the incense of the court of Yu Yanguo, the people of Jindi, and the officials and magnates of Yu Yingdu is still there;

But people go tea and cool,

It can't be said that everything dissipates in an instant,

But it's different after all.

Sun Liang immediately ordered his relatives and servants in the inner house to go down, and soon, the mourning hall was quiet, and even Sun Liang himself left first to reorganize it.

This is the rule of hospitality, but also the rules of funeral, before his father has just passed away, plus the formal funeral has not begun, so he can cry with true feelings, and when the mourning guests come to the door, as the main family, as a filial son, must be solemnly received and returned.

Then

In front of the mourning hall, in fact, there were only Xu Wenzu, Zheng Fan, and the sword saint standing a little farther away.

Xu Wenzu took a deep breath, there were tears in the corners of his eyes, and at the same time, his body stumbled slightly.

Zheng Fan reached out and grabbed Xu Wenzu's hand,

Xu Wenzu's eyes froze, and then he glanced into the mourning hall, and his palm exerted force twice in a row;

Is this your arrangement?

Is it Sun Youdao that you let people do?

I have to say,

Xu Fatpang suffered from the same symptoms as the previous Ying Du Taishou Mao Mingcai, that is, everything was under the control of Pingxi Hou.

Otherwise, you won't be able to explain it;

You Zheng Fan are going to pass from Yingdu today,

His grandson Youdao was suddenly happy, and the person left?

Zheng Fan shook his head slightly,

This thing,

It really has nothing to do with him and the Hou Mansion.

Xu Wenzu looked at Zheng Fan's eyes seriously, and finally, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

After a while, Sun Liang came back, and Xu Wenzu took the initiative to walk over and said:

"The official has to write an excerpt to the imperial court, and in addition, the funeral team will be led by the official."

It is grace and glory.

Generally speaking, only when the real old man dies, the imperial court will specially appoint a senior official to raise the funeral.

Yingdu is too far away from Yanjing, and it is too late to wait for the excerpt to go back before approving it, Xu Wenzu can be regarded as a prelude to the first cut, but in fact, it is also a step forward on behalf of the imperial court to recognize Sun Youdao's achievements in this life.

In the entire Yingdu, the highest status is Taishou Xu Wenzu, and he came to raise the team for funeral, which is the highest standard.

Next, the imperial court will come down to give Sun Taifu a dignity, and at the same time, Sun Liang will be given an official and knighted.

Of course, Sun Youdao is a second minister, in fact, the Sun family is most worried about the name behind him, and the next generation of the Sun family, Sun Liang, has no ability to carry the flag, and the dignity and grief of the father can only rely on outsiders to help fight for it.

"Thank you, sir!"

Therefore,

Sun Liang took three steps back,

Very formally and solemnly kowtowed to Xu Wenzu three times.

As a Son of Man, it should be so.

Xu Wenzu staggered half of his body, accepted half of the salute, and then patted Sun Liang's shoulder, and went back to Taishou Mansion first, tomorrow, he will come again.

At the entrance of the Lingtang, Zheng Fan and Sun Liang were left.

"Liang, thank you for your father."

After Sun Liang got up, he kowtowed to Zheng Fan again.

There is an imperial order on the person, and he wants to rush to the capital, which is a well-known thing, plus he also determined that he will not enter Yingdu before, and now he is here, it must be for his father.

This is also kindness.

"Get up."

Zheng Fan raised his hand, and he took the initiative to enter the mourning hall.

Sun Liang got up and followed.

Sun Youdao's body, lying in the coffin, has been reorganized.

is wearing the official uniform given by the Dayan Imperial Court after he was named Taifu.

"The clothes can be changed, changed into the official uniform of Dachengguo, before in Shishan, I saw that there was a side in the mausoleum of Emperor Daxing that was specially vacated;

It is said that it was specially reserved for the Taifu.

This is a good story of a monarch and a minister, and it should be fulfilled. ”

Sun Liang's face was overjoyed, and he immediately solemnly saluted Zheng Fan again.

This can only be said by Zheng Fan, and this instruction can only be done by Zheng Fan.

Because he is the Marquis of the Great Yan Army, the existence of super-quality;

Even Xu Wenzu could not have given such a request for fulfillment.

Zheng Fan didn't go to see Sun Liang, but leaned over to the coffin, one hand, and put it on the edge of the coffin.

When I saw Sun Youdao last winter, Sun Youdao was quite energetic, and now, once people leave, they really bring their spirit and spirit with them;

The old man was so thin that he didn't have words, and he had some skinny meaning.

"Any wine?" Zheng Fan asked, "I want to have another drink with Taifu." ”

"Hou Ye, wait a minute."

Sun Liang turned around and left again,

Zheng Fan leaned against the coffin and continued to look at the old man lying inside.

At this moment, he had a feeling that the old man would sit up again in the next moment and play a joke on himself.

In fact

Zheng Fan and Sun Youdao have no fateful friendship,

But sometimes it's the feeling of being a hero and cherishing a hero.

Moreover, the departure of the old man also marked that Dacheng was the last coffin nail of the year.

The old man became famous very late, but he and Situ Lei met at the most opportune time;

From Situ Lei's Qianfu to Zhennanguan, he assisted Situ Lei step by step to achieve a generation of emperors.

In fact

Zheng Fan was a party in the army back then, although in that Three Kingdoms War, he went south to Qianguo instead of attacking Jindi, but he could clearly feel that the high-level Yan State or Lao Tian had a completely different attitude towards the Situ family and towards Helian and Wenren.

To the Helian family and the Wen family,

That's really disdainful;

Since they still dare to take the initiative to provoke,

Yes

Then I will directly beat you to death and destroy you to death!

And to the Situ family,

You can understand that Dayan went through a big war at that time, and the losses were very large, and it needed to be slowed down, but when you think of the future war of Chu, it was forcibly urged under the condition of how difficult the country and the people were, and you can know that the high-level of Yan State, at that time, really didn't think that they couldn't fight.

Purely because, under the leadership of Situ Lei, the Situ family is different from the other two families of the Sanjin Dynasty.

If you want to take the aftermath of the two Jin Dynasty and destroy the Situ family in one fell swoop, it will be very difficult.

Ultimately

The only thing that can make your opponent look up to it is your own strength.

And in the next few major battles, the area of Yingdu provided too much support for the logistics of the Dayan army, which is ...... Heritage.

Back then, Sun Youdao helped Situ Lei establish the most powerful "Chengguo" in history.

It's a pity,

It collapsed too suddenly.

Creation makes people, and God wills like this.

It's just that these are not the places where Zheng Fan cherishes the heroes, after all, he has indirectly or directly cut down two of the pillars of the country, the so-called pillar stones of the country, after seeing it for a long time, killing a lot, there is no sense of surprise.

Sun Youdao's retreat, the kind of thing that really waved his sleeves, let go of his obsession, chose the most rational ending, and chose the ending with a clear conscience is what Zheng Fan appreciates and resonates the most.

To a certain extent, it really fits the idea of Marquis Zheng's idea of opening an inn after squandering his belongings.

In this life,

The more you take,

At last

When you want to let go, the harder it becomes.

Shaoqing,

Outside there were shouts again.

A subordinate came in with a flask and glass, his eyes reddened, and he forced himself to cry.

"What's wrong?" Zheng Fan asked.

What about Sun Liang?

"Back to the Hou Ye, the old lady chased the old lady away, and the young master went to see the old lady."

The old lady, that is, the old concubine of Sun Youdao.

Sun Youdao is gone,

After she helped Sun Youdao take care of the body, she also swallowed gold.

Before leaving,

said a word to the family around him:

"It's not okay for the master to be down there alone, I have to go down and wait."

This is martyrdom;

Moreover, it is not a forcible martyr, but a willing follower.

The reason is simple,

SUN Liang,

I don't have the courage and courage to do such a thing as a martyrdom.

It didn't take long for

Sun Liang came back, he cried again, but when he walked into the mourning hall and looked at Zheng Fan, he forcibly pulled out a smile.

According to the current climate,

The husband left, and the wife took the initiative to follow the martyrdom, which is a very face-saving thing, which means that the door style is very good, and the house of etiquette.

But Sun Liang smiled and smiled and reached out to cover his eyes, crying.

His biological mother left early, and that old concubine was actually equivalent to his mother.

"Master Hou, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, you can cry."

Sun Liang simply sat on the ground and began to wail again.

In one day, he really couldn't stand it if he took away two relatives in a row, or his closest relatives, and only this kind of crying could let the grief in his heart be vented.

Zheng Fan poured a glass of wine, put it on the coffin lid, and then poured himself another glass,

Road:

"You're a smart person, Gou Moli also said, you're an extremely smart person, heh."

Zheng Fan drank this glass;

Didn't add any more wine,

but continued to be silent,

Sun Liang continued to wail.

Juggernaut stood outside for a long time, and finally, he walked in.

After taking a look at Sun Youdao's body,

The sword saint raised his sword and saluted.

Then, he stepped back again.

Seeing this, Sun Liang hurriedly knelt down in accordance with the rules and returned the salute to the Sword Saint.

Then

Someone was out there.

Sun Liang got up and left again.

He is a dutiful son,

Plus the Marquis of Pingxi is also here,

He was busy, but he had to be busy.

Shaoqing,

Sun Liang came back and said to Zheng Fan:

"Master Hou, the people in the palace have come to ask to see you."

"See Ben Hou?"

"Yes, Prince Cheng wants to ask Lord Hou to lift the ban and let him come over to worship his father."

Since the last time he was slapped hard by the left slap and the right slap one after another, that palace was really completely quailed.

Zheng Fan nodded.

"Thank you, Master Hou."

Sun Liang got up again and went out to pass the word.

And then

Sun Liang walked back again, his forehead was already sweating, it was a false sweat.

The mental blow, coupled with the repeated running of the mansion, is really unbearable.

And then

Sun Liang knelt there again,

Zheng Fan still stood against the coffin.

Juggernaut went out early again.

So

In the mourning hall,

One stands, one kneels, one lies;

Zheng Fan didn't speak, Sun Liang didn't speak, and the one lying in the coffin couldn't speak.

But in Zheng Fan's ears, it seemed that he was constantly listening to Sun Youdao babbling back and forth.

"Your father, it's really annoying." Zheng Fan said.

"Ah......" Sun Liang.

"I've never seen your dad so annoying, really." Zheng Fan said again.

"Forehead ......" Sun Liang.

These words,

Sun Liang really didn't dare to take it.

Rebuttal?

Can't.

Yes, he Sun Liang is cowardice, and he himself knows his cowardice.

Therefore, he didn't dare to make any response to the "crazy words" of the Marquis of Pingxi in front of his father's mourning hall.

But Marquis Zheng kept plucking his ears, looking impatient.

This is not Zheng Fan pretending to be a ghost,

Instead, he really heard Mrs. Sun talking non-stop.

This is the real smart person, silent is better than sound.

"Okay, okay, Ben Hou knows, knows."

"........." Sun Liang.

Sun was shocked in conscience,

Mo Fei,

Does Marquis Zheng really have the ability to communicate with ghosts and gods?

Xu has just lost his parents, his mind is a little trance, and he may have been frightened by the soldiers led by Marquis Zheng to break into the house, and maybe his own brain, he is really a little stupid,

He asked;

"Master Hou, my father, what did you say?"

Marquis Zheng sighed,

Road:

"Where's your brother?"

"Back to Master Hou, my brother has been confined in the inner courtyard of the family, and my father gave a death order that he must not go out in this life."

This order was given in front of Marquis Zheng.

Zheng Fan nodded,

Road:

"The old man is gone, let your brother come out and kowtow to the old man, and do your duty."

"This ........."

Sun Liang was immediately overjoyed and kowtowed to Zheng Fan again,

Road:

"Thank you Lord Hou for your kindness, thank you Lord Hou for your kindness, Liang is going to call my brother!"

Sun Liang has always known that his elder brother Sun Ying is the real wise man, inheriting his father's mantle, and he is just an add-on, but he has never been jealous or dissatisfied.

Right now, he is genuinely happy for his brother.

The order given by his father, no one in the Sun family dared to disobey it, but Pingxi Hou's order could.

It didn't take long for

Sun Liang came over with Sun Ying, who was dressed in linen and filial piety.

Because Zheng Fan said before that he wanted to be quiet, he didn't let the servants carry him in.

After placing the elder brother on the ground,

Sun Liang simply sat on the ground with his buttocks, panting heavily, his lips were dry, and his face was pale.

"Daddy......... Daddy........."

Sun Ying put her hands forward, looked at the coffin in the mourning hall and cried bitterly.

He has never complained that his father has imprisoned him, and he knows better that because of his own affairs, what his father has paid, is a lifetime of fame!

My father could have completely escaped from the whirlpool and died as a relict of Dachengguo, but for his own sake, he got on the ship of Pingxi Hou.

Zheng Fan smiled,

Turning his head,

Looking at Sun Youdao in the coffin,

At the same time, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Sun Ying, who was kneeling below,

Road:

"Now you are satisfied, your son, I will release it for you."

Sun Liang was dumbfounded;

Sun Ying continued to cry and beat his chest, obviously, he had already guessed.

"Sun Ying." Zheng Fan shouted.

Sun Ying bit her lip violently, silenced, and her lips were bleeding,

Then

He lowered his head and pressed his forehead against the bricks.

"Ying...... At. ”

"Benhou, can I trust you?"

Sun Ying immediately raised her head,

Looking at Zheng Fan,

Road:

"Ying, I won't betray Lord Hou in this life."

Because

This life of his,

This future of his should have been blocked,

It was his father, who took his life in exchange for it!

Sun Youdao will not die sooner or later, but he will wait for Zheng Fan to die on the same day;

Is this a coincidence?

Believe it, it's a coincidence, it's really hell!

If he really couldn't move an inch and was dying, how could he ask Xu Wenzu to leave a chair for him in the pavilion?

So

When Marquis Zheng stood by the coffin,

From the ears,

It's all dead Sun Youdao who keeps chattering,

He said:

His second son is stupid and can't support this family;

He said

His eldest son is disabled, which is already unfortunate, and he is reluctant to be confined for a lifetime;

He said

His grandson's family, just this eldest son is like himself, he has a strategy and scheming, and he can use it;

He also said,

In this world,

Except for you, Marquis Zheng, no one dares to use him.

Hou Ye,

Use him, use him,

You don't have to,

I'll die to show you!

yes

I almost forgot

I'm dead,

I'm dead,

I've died first!

What is a wise man,

In the first half of his life, he assisted the emperor to open his business;

In his old age, he assisted his second son to support the family;

In his last years, he may not be able to survive this winter, and he can still ask for a future for his eldest son.

Anyway, you can't live long, it's better to ask for the value of a death.

He died, so Zheng Fan had to use Sun Ying, and also helped Zheng Fan to determine Sun Ying's loyalty;

If Sun Ying is not loyal, it is to let his old son die in vain, with this shackle, Pingxi Hou can use his eldest son to rest assured, and his eldest son can display his talent to the greatest extent.

scold

can only sigh: pity the hearts of parents in the world.

Zheng Fan stretched out his hand,

Road:

"Incense."

Sun Liang, who was already in a dead of soul, woke up like a dream, immediately got up, handed the incense to Zheng Fan, and placed an incense burner on the offering table in front of him.

Zheng Fan lit incense on a candle,

Walk to the front of the offering table, facing the coffin.

Incense and candles,

seemed to see Sun Youdao standing by the coffin, smiling like an old fox at himself.

Marquis Zheng shook his head,

Stick incense into the censer,

also smiled,

Turn around

While walking down the stairs,

With a wave of his hand,

scolded back:

"You old thing."

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There's something going on during the day.,Affected the rest.,It's going to be a change tonight.,Strive to write more tomorrow.,Well,Actually, this chapter is almost 6k words.。

Good night and hugs everyone!