Chapter 36: Sacrifice to the Spirits
After a long time, he said firmly: "This chivalrous courage of my father-in-law, Zhou Yu will be an example for eternity."
"Zhou Lang."
"Huh?"
"Are you hiding something from me?" She asked, looking up at him earnestly.
Zhou Yu's face turned pale, and then he said: "I already know everything I need to tell you."
"Is there something you can't tell me?" She didn't like the feeling of being kept in the dark.
"Well...... Zhou Yu said hesitantly, "just like your mother and brother are secretive about your father's death, there are some things you still don't know." ”
"Even you know the truth about my father's death?!" Her eyes lit up for a moment, and she looked at him steadily, pleading for an answer.
Zhou Yu stroked her forehead, she was too smart when she shouldn't be smart.
"Guan'er, do you know how hard your mother and brother worked hard to hide from each other at the beginning?"
"I was only 12 years old, so my brother didn't want to tell me that. But now that I'm older, I just want to know how my father died. ”
Zhou Yu lowered his head, and after a long time, Fang said slowly: "Back then, Wang Lang had a dispute with your father over the issue of guarding the Huiji, and killed him in a fit of rage......
Qiao Guanming's eyes flashed slightly, and finally after his eyes slowly calmed down, he said, "Thank you for telling me this."
Zhou Yu was a little uneasy and said: "Wang Lang has died in the war and has received his due retribution, so don't be too obsessed with grievances in this regard."
He still lied to her, he was afraid that she would hate Sun Ce and Jiangdong. If Sun Ce is her father-killing enemy, then he is an accomplice in disguise.
Qiao Wan nodded slightly, "I know, even if my father has knowledge in heaven, he won't want me to live in hatred." ”
While speaking, the carriage had already entered Shu County, and Zhou Yu lifted the curtain and watched the street scene of his hometown.
Suddenly, Zhou Yu said, "Stop."
Qiao Wan looked at him suspiciously.
"You wait for me in the car, I'll go buy something."
After a while, Zhou Yu came back with some incense, candles, and paper money.
"Let's go to the cemetery first."
In less than half an hour, the carriage stopped.
As soon as Qiao Wan got off the car, he saw a huge plaque hanging on the huge archway, which read: Zhou's cemetery.
Located on the outskirts of the city, this cemetery is about the size of dozens of acres, with an exterior wall made of red bricks, no doors, and a huge archway at the entrance.
Zhou Yu said to her: "This is the cemetery of the Zhou family."
Walking in from the archway, the environment is different from the empty wilderness outside, the cemetery is full of towering trees, several roads extend among them, walking on it, are shaded and blessed.
They walked more than 100 steps along a road, and came to a huge tomb that rose from the ground, and the stone tablet was engraved side by side with two lines of official scripts: the spirit of the great man of Xian Kao Zhou, and the spirit of the old and widowed people of the Gu family.
There are still fresh melons and fruits in front of the tomb, and there are still unfinished incense candles burning in the incense burner, as if someone has come to worship first.
Zhou Yu smiled with relief, "It seems that there are still people in this world besides me who remember you." ”
He burned incense again in front of the grave, and took Qiao Wan to kneel down and worship together: "Father and mother, my son is about to get married, and today I specially brought Qiao to worship the fairy spirits of my parents, and you can rest assured under Jiuquan......
With that, he kowtowed three times.
Qiao Wan also knelt down with him, but she was secretly sad in her heart, no one collected the bodies after her parents died, and she didn't even have a place to worship when she missed them.
After Zhou Yu finished worshipping his parents, he walked to a single grave next to him, lit incense and candles, took out lychees from the bag, arranged them neatly on a plate, and placed them in front of the grave.
The tombstone in front of the grave reads: The spirit of the Lady Lu of the First Room.
Qiao Wan walked out silently, his eyes suddenly sore a little, after so many years, he still remembered that she liked to eat lychees.
Is she jealous? But how could she eat the vinegar of a deceased man?
Zhou Ji saw Qiao Wan walking out alone, and stepped forward and asked, "Madam, why did you come out by yourself, Childe?"
Qiao Wan was stunned for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said, "Let the son accompany Mrs. Xian for a while."
As soon as the words fell, Zhou Yu hurriedly walked out, pulled Qiao Guan and said, "I'm sorry, is Wan'er tired?" Let's go back. ”
Qiao Wan shook his head, "Guan'er is not tired, you go back and continue to worship, I will wait for you in the car." ”
She didn't want him to think of herself as a jealous person, although she did get jealous.
Zhou Yu pulled her into the carriage, "It's all over, let's go." ”
In the car, Zhou Yu explained to her: "Originally, my family and my uncle's family lived in the east and west courtyards of the Zhou house, but later my parents also died after I left home, and now only my uncle's family lives in the east courtyard of the Zhou house."
Qiao Wan said: "So we still have to go to the East Courtyard to visit our uncle and aunt today, right?"
"This is natural, uncles and aunts are very good people, don't be nervous, the children they have have have grown up with me since childhood, and they are very good friends."
Qiao Guan nodded, "Guan'er understands." ”
After a while, the carriage stopped at the door of Zhou's house, Zhou Yu got out of the carriage, and the little guy at the door saw that he was coming, and he was excited, and called inside: "Gongjin Gongzi is back!" Then he ran towards him with a smile, and when he saw Qiao Wan who came down from the car, he was stunned like thunder and lightning.
Zhou Yu smiled at him: "Qingyan, you're getting bigger."
Qingyan hurriedly came back to his senses, and saluted him respectfully with a smile: "I've seen the son," and bowed to Qiao Wan again: "I've seen the girl."
Zhou Yu asked, "Can the master be in the mansion?"
"The lord has gone to the banquet, and the lady and the little boy are here. It's just that Madame should still be taking a nap at this moment. ”
Zhou Yu said: "Then I will go to the West Courtyard first, and then visit her old man when my wife wakes up."
He stretched out his hand to Qiao Guan, "Come." ”
Qiao Wan obediently handed over his hand and let him lead him into Zhou's house.
After they entered, Qingyan stopped Zhou Ji, who was carrying their luggage, and asked, "Who was that girl just now?"
Zhou Ji glanced at him, "Can't you see this, she is the wife of the son who has not passed the door." ”
Qingyan exclaimed: "I haven't passed the door yet, and the child's requirements are too high."
Zhou Ji said speechlessly: "It's not what you think, Childe is very worried about this Qiao girl, oops, I don't know much about the specific reason." He hurriedly carried his luggage inside.
As soon as Zhou Yu and Qiao Wan crossed the corridor, they bumped into a girl in pink who ran out of the corner in a hurry.