Gao Gong's wife has passed away a long time ago, and Gao Gong's daughter-in-law has two, one is also gone, and the other is not in good health. Qin Tai was more careful to ask Gao Gong's housekeeper about Gao Gong's future arrangements, and when he asked, he knew that the future was not ready. Gao Gong is a person who has been in the Spring and Autumn Period, so his future should have been arranged a long time ago, but in fact, it was not done well. In his early years, Gao Gong asked a feng shui master to survey an auspicious place as his future graveyard. However, since Gao Gong was ordered to go home, the seller was reluctant to sell to Gao Gong, and the Yamen also helped the seller cancel the land transaction. Gao Gong had to slowly find a place, and because Gao Gong was restricted in his freedom over the years, he couldn't go to see the place in person, so he didn't determine where the specific location of the cemetery was. The housekeeper vaguely told Qin Tai that the specific reason was that Gao Gong's son was reluctant to spend money and was unwilling to buy land at a high price. As for the coffin of the high arch, it has been prepared, and this coffin is the best and most proud of the high arch. As early as when Emperor Longqing was alive, Emperor Longqing once joked, saying that he would let Gao Gong stay by his side in the next hundred years, and set aside a piece of land near his cemetery for Gao Gong as a cemetery. Gao Gong didn't take this passage as a joke, and hurriedly built a good coffin for his lover. Because he had to accompany the emperor, the coffin could not be sloppy, so Gao Gong gritted his teeth and ordered the best coffin at a large price. Unexpectedly, after the death of Emperor Longqing, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and Zhang Juzheng joined forces to not only depose Gao Gong's position as the first assistant of the cabinet, but also ordered Gao Gong to go home. Gao Gong had to take this good coffin back to his hometown, and it was painted every two or three years over the years, so this coffin was good.

Gao Gong's two sons are not at home, one is doing business in other places, and the other is a Taoist priest in the mountains, and he doesn't even want his family. After Gao Gong became the first assistant of the cabinet, of course, the family got the benefits and ascended to heaven together. Gao Gong's eldest son served as a magistrate, and the second son was also arranged to study in Guozijian to participate in the imperial examination as an official in the future. Unexpectedly, Gao Gong met Zhang Juzheng, who was more powerful than him, and Gao Gong was not only angry everywhere but also unable to arrange a good future for his son. After Zhang Juzheng successfully squeezed out Gao Gong and became the first assistant of the cabinet, he began to liquidate Gao Gong's people. Many of Gao Gong's cronies and disciples were dismissed or demoted, and many more were transferred from key positions to become officials in idle departments. As Gao Gong's own sons, they naturally bear the brunt of it, and Gao Gong's eldest son was dismissed from his post by his boss for a reason. Nominally, he was waiting to be reassigned to his position, but in fact he was excluded and was not even given the opportunity to sit on the cold bench. Unhappy, he entered a brothel in a drunken daze, and happened to be caught by the street patrol Yushi. Officials are not allowed to prostitute, this is a rule that almost everyone does not abide by, but it is also a small crime. It just so happened that he was the son of Gao Gong, and it happened that not long after the death of Emperor Longqing at this time, he was dismissed from his post by the imperial court for the crime of great disrespect, and he was never hired. Having lost his fame, he had no choice but to become a businessman, using the money Gao Gong had accumulated over the years to do business. Fortunately, not all of the high-arched gatekeepers stepped down, and there would always be one or two who stayed in the place, and he relied on this relationship to do some small business. However, he has a grudge against his father Gao Gong, so he is away from home all the year round, and even Gao Gong is seriously ill and does not come back. Gao Gong's second son was originally a very talented and filial child, Gao Gong not only found the right family for this child, but also arranged the future. After Gao Gong stepped down, the second son took his newly married wife to accompany his old father back to his hometown. Unexpectedly, a series of things happened just after arriving in his hometown, first of all, Guozijian said that he was expelled for falsifying his academic qualifications, and he didn't have to return to Guozijian. Then his father-in-law broke off the relationship with them in order to break off the relationship with him. The other party's yamen sent a notice, announcing that all his fame would be removed, and he had become a white man who could not claim to be a scholar. It was at this time that the news of the miscarriage of the frail bride came. The multiple blows made this cabinet chief assistant son tired of the world, and he hid in the mountains alone, and soon became a Taoist priest. The housekeeper brought the news that Gao Gong was seriously ill to the second young master, but the second young master said that he had become a monk and had no relatives, and he was unwilling to even come back to see his old father.

Qin Tai had no choice but to ask the housekeeper of the Gao Gong family to take him to see Gao Gong's daughter-in-law, wanting to ask the Gao family how to prepare for Gao Gong's funeral. This lady who is nearly thirty years old is the continuation of Gao Gong's eldest son, that is, the biological mother of Gao Gong's only grandson. Gao Gong's eldest son is the daughter of a large family, but soon after Gao Gong became the head of the cabinet, this in-law passed away. After Gao Gong's eldest son was arrested for prostitution, this lady became everyone's joke. From a dignified cabinet chief's daughter-in-law to a businesswoman who was ridiculed, she really couldn't stand it and committed suicide. Gao Gong didn't want to have no offspring, so he forced his son to marry again, but the big families at that time avoided Gao Gong, and no one was willing to marry their daughter into the Gao family. The last acquaintance introduced this lady, and her maiden family was also rich, but no one was an official. The reason why she has not married for a long time is because she has a bad life. At the age of thirteen, the year she was about to betrothed her, her mother died. At the age of sixteen, when she was about to marry again, her grandfather passed away. At the end of the eighteenth year, she finally got rid of her filial piety and stored for marriage, and when she got married, her father was gone, so she was still an unmarried daughter in her twenties. If this were not the case, the other party would not have agreed to give her to the Gao Gong family as a daughter-in-law. is also without biological parents, so the adults of her family will marry her off regardless of her future. After entering the door, she not only has to take on the responsibility of housekeeping in the house, but also takes care of her father-in-law. Her husband is often away from home all year round, and she is like a widow. finally had a child, but because she didn't take care of her body, she was sick, and she gritted her teeth and persevered in the past few years.

Qin Tai asked Mrs. Gao's family about the preparation of the future, after all, Gao Gong had been the first assistant of the cabinet, and his future affairs could not be too sloppy. Qin Tai was also dumbfounded when asked, almost all of Gao Gong's family's cash was used by Gao Gong's eldest son to do business. Now Gao Gong's eldest son can't be contacted, and the family doesn't have much cash to use. However, the high-arched cemetery was not solved, and the items needed for the aftermath were not prepared, and even the high-arched shrouds were not made. Qin Tai asked Mrs. Gao with suspicion, what else can the Gao family mortgage or borrow? Mrs. Gao smiled bitterly, Gao Gong's family property was not much, except for this house, there were only a few paddy fields. If it hadn't been for the Zou Yuanbiao brothers who had managed the Gao family carefully over the years, the Gao family would have been exhausted long ago. Now that Zou Yuanbiao's brothers are not by Gao Gong's side, Gao Gong's eldest son and second son are unwilling to care, and Gao Gong's future may have a big problem.

Qin Tai told Tan Lun about the visit to Mrs. Gao, and Tan Lun also heard about these things for the first time. Tan Lun's temper is very similar to that of the teacher Gao Gong, and he scolded Gao Gong's two sons for not being things. Tan Lun took out his own money to arrange the funeral for the teacher Gao Gong, and at the same time asked someone to arrest Gao Gong's two sons back. My father is going to die, do you still have the heart to do business and chant scriptures in the mountains? Tan Lun is older than Gao Gong's two sons, so he has to discipline Gao Gong's junior brother well. Qin Tai was reluctant to meddle in these matters, and on the one hand, he tried to delay time for Gao Gong, because Gao Gong wanted to insist that Brother Zou Yuanbiao come back. On the one hand, Qin Tai began to prepare the graveyard and all the items to be used for the future for Gao Gong. Tan Lun is an official who is inconvenient and will not care about these things, so he came forward to buy land and bargain for goods, so he had to hand it over to Qin Tai to do. Qin Tai invited a feng shui master to find a more suitable cemetery near Gao Gong's house, not seeking that the Gao family be rich and noble in the future, but only for the safety and security of Gao Gong's descendants. Qin Tai did not buy the finished funeral supplies because the finished products were too expensive and costly. Qin Tai bought three pieces of white cloth and a lot of yellow paper. There are some female dependents in Gao Gong's family, and letting them make white flags by themselves not only saves money, but also represents their filial piety to Gao Gong. Yellow paper is cut into copper coins, which saves a lot of money, not to mention, and can ensure the quality. Qin Tai, the high-arched shroud, decided not to do it new, and chose the better and not too old inner and outer clothes when Gao Gong served as the first assistant of the cabinet as the shroud. It can not only save a sum of money, but also let Gao Gong leave with nostalgia for the year. The main reason is because Tan Lun didn't have much money with him when he came to visit the teacher, but he didn't expect the Gao family to fall into this picture. Tan Lun, the governor of Xuanda, is not rich, Tan Lun is not corrupt or bribery, and the economic conditions of his family are not good. Therefore, Qin Tai tried his best to save money for Tan Lun, the money he wanted to use must be used, and he tried to save as much as he could.

Tan Lun personally went up the mountain and grabbed Gao Gong's second son down the mountain, Tan Lun beat and scolded this junior brother and didn't give him any chance to resist and explain. Tan Lun carried this junior brother to Gao Gong's hospital bed, and at this time, Gao Gong was already unconscious again. Even if Qin Tai tried his best to support the rescue, Gao Gong, who had run out of oil and dried up, still fell into a coma from time to time, and every time he fell unconscious, he might never wake up again. Looking at this high arch, Tan Lun felt uncomfortable, so he personally went up the mountain to catch this unfilial son. When Gao Gong's second son saw his father's appearance, this son finally found his conscience, and he cried and knelt in front of his father speechless. The cry woke Gao Gong up, or maybe it was because of the family call, Gao Gong woke up by himself this time. He was relieved to see his son, who he hadn't seen for many years, and had no strength to encourage or comfort him, so he had to communicate with his son with his eyes.

On the evening of this day, he walked away in the company of his son. When I left, I was quite peaceful, and I was not tortured much. On the third day, Gao Gong's eldest son was captured by Tan Lun's people, and Tan Lun beat this unfilial son in front of the teacher's coffin Gao Gong. On the sixth day, the day before the funeral, the Zou Yuanbiao brothers arrived, and they were more like Gao Gong's relatives than Gao Gong's son. Qin Tai also met Zou Yuanbiao's brothers for the first time at this time, and they were of the same age, so they immediately became friends.