After the meal, Jiang Ye led us around the town and briefly introduced the local customs and folklore.

My heart is tied to the funeral of the old hero, and I don't have much interest in these customs and folklore, no matter what Jiang Ye says, it's a simple oh.

He seemed to see that I was absent-minded, smiled wryly, and led us back to the hotel. I thought that the first thing I would do when I returned to the hotel would be to talk to me about the funeral of the old hero.

Who knows, Jiang Ye found some tea sets and put them in the room, boiled some hot water to make tea, and then arranged for me to sit next to Guo Fatzi and stammered across from him.

After making tea, he poured a cup of tea for one of us and said, "If you are not in a hurry, you should taste a cup of tea first, calm your mind, and then talk about the old hero." ”

After speaking, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, I followed his example, picked up the teacup and took a sip, the feeling in the mouth was very bitter, with a faint sweetness, I glanced at him suspiciously, and asked, "Why is there a sweetness?" ”

He smiled and said lightly: "In our carving shop, there has always been a saying, a cup of tea looks at life." This tea looks like a glass of water, but in fact it contains a lifetime of ups and downs, the same tea leaves let different people come to taste, there will be a variety of flavors. And this funeral is like this cup of tea in my hand, let different people do it, and there will be different results. ”

I was stunned, listening to the meaning of this, there is another hidden meaning in the funeral of the old hero? So, I asked him why.

He stared at me for a while, and then asked rhetorically, "Are you wondering in your heart, why did those metaphysical masters in the ancestral hall choose one of the nine sons of the Lu family?" ”

I nodded and said, "Isn't it, just like the emperor in ancient times, he is just the master of a funeral, so he won't be so coaxed, right?" ”

He smiled slightly and said: "There are too many halos on the old hero, or the hereditary kind, as long as he becomes the mourner's family, to put it bluntly, he can accept the halo on the old hero, which is of great benefit to the nine sons of the Lu family who are in business, they can use these halos to make a big fuss, double their assets, or even several times, this money is too much, naturally let some metaphysical masters lean on their side, it is normal!" ”

"The government doesn't intervene?" I asked suspiciously, as an old hero, the government should be able to come forward to put an end to this kind of thing, after all, the old hero is happy and mournful, and it is a little unreasonable to make a situation where nine sons rob the master.

He shook his head and said: "This is the family matter of the old hero, plus the aura on the old hero, it is just some honor, and there is no actual power, and the government is not good to come forward, so it has to let him choose his own heir." However, the old hero will dedicate most of his life to the country, and he looks down on those honors, and in the heir area, he has not made it clear who will inherit it, according to the old hero's idea, he intends to take back those honors to the country. However, the country will not treat an anti-Japanese hero like this, so it plans to choose one of the nine sons of the Lu family to inherit the honor of the old hero. ”

Listening to Jiang Ye say this, I roughly understood that the old hero intends to return his honor to the country, and the country is afraid of chilling the hearts of anti-Japanese heroes, after all, people's hearts are diverse, and not every anti-Japanese hero is as open-minded as the old hero.

"Then you support the seventh son of the Lu family, what is the situation?" I asked.

He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said: "The nine sons of the Lu family all want to enter the army, but the old hero does not let them join the army, saying that in times of war, the Lu family can devote all their men to contribute to the country, and in peacetime, they should create more economy for the country and improve people's lives, which caused the Lu family to have nine sons, and all nine sons are in business." And the seventh son of the Lu family I support, named Lu Yaodong, is the poorest of the nine sons of the Lu family, running a small company, in the early years, I had an accident in Quyang, it was he who saved me and owed him a favor, this time I chose to support him, it can be regarded as repaying the favor! ”

I have been wondering before, the old hero is an anti-Japanese hero, and it stands to reason that the descendants of his family should enter the army, not in business, after all, China has been saying since ancient times that sons inherit their father's business.

Now when I heard Jiang Ye say this, I realized that the old hero did not allow the nine sons of the Lu family to join the army.

After thinking for a while, I asked Jiang Ye, "What about the other members of the Lu family?" ”

He smiled, poured us another cup of tea, and said: "Tiger father has no dog, this is the most suitable for the Lu family, the other eight people of the Lu family, the old mainland Jianguo, the second Lu Jianjun, the third Lu Guoqing, the fourth Lu Aiguo, the fifth Lu Aimin, the sixth Lu Bayi, the eighth Lu Chunsheng, the old nine Lu Qiusheng, these eight people are all extremely smart, in Hebei businessmen, they are all leaders in business, especially Lu Qiusheng, known as the richest man in Hebei. Compared with these eight people, the seventh Lu Yaodong seems to be extremely ordinary, but fortunately, he has a lot of time, and he usually accompanies the old hero, and he is also the most filial to the old hero. ”

When I heard the name of the ninth son of the Lu family, I was also drunk and very awkward, but from the side, I could see the mentality of the old hero, just like the two names of Lu Jianguo and Lu Jianjun, these two people should have been born in the 49th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China!

After all, he joined the army at the age of 28 and resisted Japan for eight years, plus some civil wars later, the old hero should be close to 40 years old before he began to have children.

"Didn't have a daughter?" I asked suspiciously. Jiang Ye shook his head and did not speak.

I was stunned, and there was a doubt in my heart, when I was in the car, He Jianhua said that the nine sons of the Lu family did not agree with each other, according to them, they are all biological brothers, and the relationship should be very good, how can they not get along?

I asked the doubts in my heart, Jiang Ye said: "In the early years, the relationship between the nine sons of the Lu family was the same as that of an ordinary family, and it was very harmonious, but later, the business of the nine sons of the Lu family became bigger and bigger, and the family affection faded, and later, there were some conflicts of interest in the business, and the quarrels between the brothers continued, and until now, the brothers regard each other as enemies of life and death, plus the nine sons of the Lu family want to inherit the honor of the old hero, and the hatred between them is even greater." ”

After speaking, Jiang Ye sighed and muttered: "At the anti-Japanese meeting, the old hero regarded his comrades-in-arms as his own brothers, but he didn't expect the descendants, but the brothers turned against each other, and the world is impermanent!" ”

After hearing this, I was also helpless in my heart, saying that money can change a person's heart, this is not wrong at all, the nine sons of the Lu family are the true portrayal of these words, the money is there, the family affection is gone, in the eyes of the nine sons of the Lu family, I am afraid there is only interests!

Subsequently, a few of us chatted for a while, this chat was several hours, from Jiang Ye's mouth I knew a lot about this funeral, to my surprise, Jiang Ye told me that the Liuyun Daoist who was sitting at the top of the Eight Immortals Table before, his identity was the vice president of the Chinese Metaphysics Association.