A group of people drove the ox cart and pulled the coffin to Yangshan Village. It was almost noon when the ox cart and the crowd entered the town of Dunlin.

At the entrance of the town, I saw someone setting up a table of incense to welcome Shan Tianfang's "soul return".

The incense case was set up by Zhang Qiye for Lu Ming, a long table was lit with candles, an incense burner was placed, and a few incense sticks were lit in the incense burner.

In front of the incense case, there were a few children kneeling, a few children like Xiao Mao, and they were facing the direction where Shan Tian Fang Shoufang came over. And the children who saw off Shan Tianfang also ran over with their already sore legs and feet, knelt down with the children in the town, and headed towards Shan Tianfang's Shoufang.

The benches were set up in the middle of the road, and sixteen sedan chairmen lifted the coffin from the ox cart and placed it on two benches placed in front and back.

The sound of suona, which had stopped, was blown again, and the children couldn't help crying again.

Zhang Qiye and Lu Ming, as well as some other people, carried a few teapots and filled tea bowls in bamboo baskets, pouring tea and delivering tea to the sedan chairmen. While drinking tea, a few more women carried the cooked food and brought the dishes and chopsticks over.

I started walking before dawn, almost everyone was tired, and in the afternoon I had to send Shan Tianfang up the mountain, so the adults were not polite, and they all went to get bowls and chopsticks to serve rice.

The children were also hungry, but their hearts were so sad and sad that some of them refused to get up on their knees, and the rest of the children refused to get up either.

Fang Daping and Zhang Qiye pulled up the group of sad children one by one and let them drink water and eat. The children were hungry and sad, crying and eating in their mouths.

Lu Yu Awen and Qin Zhongquan stood aside, no one went over to eat, and they all quietly watched all this in front of them.

The coffin was jet black, and in the midday sun, it was pitch black and shiny.

Fang Daping also ate a few bites of food, and came over to ask Lu Yu if he would like to send Shan Tian Fang to the village first in the afternoon.

Lu Yu thought to himself: "Why do you want to ask me about this, can I call the shots?" He didn't answer, and asked Fang Daping: "Do you think you want to send it back?" ”

"I don't think there's a need, let's just carry it up the mountain." After all, Shan Tianfang has not married Fang Huaru yet, if she is carried to the Fang family, the other party Huaru will not be good, and it will delay her marrying in the future.

Lao Gao also said: "Go up the mountain directly, don't go back to the village, anyway, everyone who should be here is here." ”

Lu Yu said: "Then go directly to the mountain." He felt that he was not good at paying attention to these customs, and Fang Daping should not ask himself.

Several other older men in the crowd also mean the same thing, Shan Tianfang is not from Yangshan Village, although the villagers agree that he is buried in the ancestral tomb mountain of Yangshan Village, but this coffin is indeed inconvenient to carry into the village.

The sedan chair and the people who saw them off had a full meal, and they did not rest, so they continued to go in the direction of the ancestral tomb mountain in Yangshan Village.

In normal times, whenever a funeral procession passes through the streets of Dunlin Town, the merchants on the street need to fire cannons when the coffins pass by their doors. This is because the deceased is great, and this artillery battle is to send the deceased on his last journey in the world; The second is to drive away the bad luck that may be there. And at this time, when the sound of the cannon sounded, the direct descendants of the deceased wanted to rush over to kneel and kowtow to those who fired the cannons, which was to express their gratitude to others.

But today, there is no cannon sound in the town, and there are no descendants of Shan Tianfang who can kowtow to the townspeople who saw him off.

In the early hours of this morning, there were more than 20 people who set out from Yangshan Village to move the graves. The first time I passed through Dunlin Town, the group increased by seven or eight people. When they arrived at the cemetery, they gathered Qin Zhongquan and his group of twenty or thirty people, and there were sixty or seventy people around this time.

When he returned, he passed through Dunlin Town again, and there were quite a few people who joined the funeral procession, and the long procession was already more than a hundred. It was mighty, but quiet, except for the occasional suona sound.

After leaving Dunlin Town, I walked a few miles in the direction of Yangshan Village, and I was about to turn around and go up the mountain. Soon after turning the corner, I saw a group of people, who were villagers from Yangshan Village, including men, women and children, and the one standing at the front was Fang Huaru, who was plainly dressed and white-headed flowers.

"Why is she here? She won't be able to go up the mountain today. "According to custom, no matter how intimate a partner is, he can't send his deceased other half to be buried. So when a group of people saw Fang Huaru standing quietly in front of him not far away, waiting for Shan Tianfang's return, they all felt that it was inappropriate.

"The old man doesn't stop his daughter, how unlucky is this."

"I think it's better to tell her to go back."

Lu Yu felt that it was nothing, Fang Huaru was going to send Shan Tianfang on his last journey, so it would be delivered, there was nothing auspicious or unlucky. He couldn't imagine Fang Huaru's mood, and he didn't dare to put himself in his shoes, this kind of thing didn't need to be assumed, it was too terrifying.

The sound of suona sounded again, and the injured sedan chair players also yelled.

There was a cry, children, the elderly, and some women who had nothing to do with Shan Tianfang's daily life, they were infected by this sad atmosphere, and they also cried.

Fang Huaru didn't cry, she just stared at the coffin that was carried over, the black coffin, which contained the dead.

The team carrying the wounded couldn't stop, Fang Huaru watched the coffin until it reached in front of him, and then let the team pass. When passing by Fang Huaru's side, Lu Yu glanced at her. Fang Huaru was almost expressionless, and she couldn't see how sad she was.

Those who remained in the village had already dug graves. Shou Fang was erected on two benches, facing the grave, waiting for the auspicious time to arrive, and then the coffin was lifted.

There is still no Taoist priest invited, so the funeral continues to be presided over by Lu Wuye. Shan Tianfang had no children, and it was the group of children kneeling at the end of the grave.

In the countryside, the old man is buried in the earth, usually before noon, but now it is afternoon, so the next process is carried out quickly. Lu Wuye read a few words vigorously, the children wept while kowtowing, and the sedan chair workers unloaded the sedan bar and worked together to carry the coffin into the grave.

Fang Huaru, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly jumped into the grave like crazy and threw herself on Shan Tianfang's coffin. She opened her hands, hugged the lid of the coffin, and began to cry.

From learning of Shan Tianfang's death to the present, it was the first time Lu Yu had seen Fang Huaru cry loudly like now. Fang Huaru was not crying, but really crying. Lu Yu has seen many scenes of women crying and mourning in the village, they often cry with tears in their eyes, and at the same time they will tell them sincerely, telling about the various benefits of the deceased in the past, telling their nostalgia for the deceased, and how reluctant they are to leave the deceased.

But Fang Huaru was different at this moment, she just blindly cried loudly, didn't say anything, hugged the coffin tightly, and didn't say anything.

Fang Huaru was crying so sadly that the people around her even forgot to pull her up, listening to her sad cry, many men couldn't help but redden.

Someone was going to pull Fang Huaru, Lu Yu stopped the person, he said let Fang Huaru cry, and help her up when she was tired. Lu Yu knew that once this soil was buried, this grave would be together, even if Fang Huaru said goodbye to Shan Tianfang completely, the two of them would never see each other again in this life and this life.

This cry was really earth-shattering, and the sky was dark, causing everyone around to cry.

In the end, everyone saw that Fang Huaru was crying too fiercely, and if she cried again, her body would cry badly, so someone went to pull her up. At this time, Fang Huaru almost fainted, but fortunately, there were a few women next to him who could hold him.

By the time the grave was raised, it was already evening.

All the villagers in Yangshan Village went back to their respective homes, and Qin Zhongquan and the children lived separately in the village.

Under normal circumstances, the host's family also has to have a meal and treat guests, but this time it will definitely not be. Fang Darong and his wife did not show up this afternoon, and Fang Huaru was already exhausted when she was sent home.

Qin Zhongquan's group ate dinner at Lu Yu's house.

After eating, the children were sent to rest, and a few adults were left to talk at Lu Yu's house.

Lao Gao, Lu Di, Qi Xiang, Qin Zhongquan, Fang Daping and several other people are there, and these people don't have any big opinions about Fang Daping, so they won't feel embarrassed when they chat.

first lamented Shan Tianfang's untimely death, then felt sorry for Fang Huaru, and finally the topic shifted to Lin Siyan, the culprit who killed Shan Tianfang.

Qin Zhongquan was more familiar with Lin Siyao's forces, and he said that there were not only forty or fifty officials and officials in the county town now, but also an unknown number of unemployed vagrants, all of whom were also under Lin Siyao's orders. Jinhua City, now black and white, has been unified by Lin Siyao.

Qi Xiang seemed to be not afraid of heaven and earth, he said indignantly: "This dog official surnamed Lin will increase rent and taxes for us as soon as he takes office, and this kind of dog official would have been killed in my hometown." ”

Lao Gao felt that he represented Yangshan Village, and he couldn't lose to Qi Xiang in terms of momentum, and said: "Fooling around here, he also has to die." ”

Lu Yu didn't speak, thinking in his heart how to find Lin Siyao, and then how to kill him quietly without being discovered. Lin Siyan has a few masters around him, and these people are a big trouble.

Lu Di was careful, he said: "With Da Yu's ability, it is not difficult to kill Lin Siyao, but after killing him, it will be a little troublesome." After a pause, he said to Lu Yu again: "No matter how careful you are not to leave any evidence, everyone knows that it will only be you who kills people, and I am afraid that when the time comes, you will not be able to deal with it." ”

"That's right, if you don't wait for the surnamed Lin to leave office before you do it, he can't work here for the rest of his life, right?"

Lu Yu smiled and said, "Let's talk about this later, I haven't figured out how to do it yet." He thought that a group of people were discussing how to assassinate a court official, which sounded like they were "gathering a crowd to rebel."

In order to divert the conversation, Lu Yu asked Qin Zhongquan again: "Gang Leader Qin, did Lin Siyao send someone to your side and say that he would pay three times the rent this year?" ”

"Go, threefold." Qin Zhongquan frowned and asked Lu Yu, "Did he send someone here too?" ”