Chapter 443: A Dispute at the Funeral
According to the old lady's last words, everything is simple, really everything is very simple, Bai Ling is the ancestral tomb of the Great General's Mansion, and the ancestors of the Bai family are buried in it.
After the death of the old lady, the world was announced, and the noon of the day was the best auspicious time according to the Qin Tianjian test, there was no huge funeral procession, only the appearance of officers and soldiers emptied all the idle people on the road leading to Bailing along the way.
On the road to the funeral, there were special people who hung white curtains on the road along the way for a few hours, but the residents along the way still opened the windows slightly and looked outside, seeing the general of the general's mansion above 10,000 people under one person wearing filial piety clothes and mourning the funeral......
On this day, Bai Xue'er also returned to the general's mansion from Concubine De's palace, Li Hui'er had already prepared a suitable filial piety dress for her, wearing a filial piety dress, she knelt in front of the old lady and pretended to cry bitterly with a handkerchief, expressing her filial piety to the old lady.
The five members of the Baimei family, who had been turned away, could finally see their mother, but what awaited them was the sad news of the old lady's death.
The capital belongs to the inn of the Zhao family, and when Bai Mei heard the news of her mother's death, the teacup in her hand fell off her palm, and fell on the floor with a bang, shattering into slag.
"Mother......
"Mei'er ......"
Under the exclamations one after another, Zhao Feng, Zhao Yao, and Zhao Ruo suddenly fainted when they saw their mother, and each of them was as white as paper with fright.
And Zhao Wenyan, who was sitting next to Bai Mei, saw his wife Bai Mei fainting, he hurriedly got up and took her into his arms, and then pinched her head with his fingertips, which made her slowly wake up.
Tears burst out of her eyes in an instant, Bai Mei woke up crying heartbreakingly, she couldn't believe what she had heard, how could her mother leave just now?
Zhaofeng and the three of them also surrounded them, they all looked at their mothers worriedly, their eyes were red one by one, everyone was shocked by their grandmother's condition, but what was waiting was still bad news.
"How so...... Mother is obviously fine......" Bai Mei cried sadly, almost silently.
"It's important to be yourself." Zhao Wenyan comforted Bai Mei worriedly.
"Childe, the subordinates of the General's Mansion are urging you." At this time, a subordinate outside the door walked in and spoke cautiously.
After hearing this, Zhao Feng waved his hand, signaled them to retreat, and said cautiously: "Mother, the people from the General's Mansion are urging us to see us off, no matter how sad we are now, we will also send our grandmother on the last journey." ”
"Mother, my brother is right, someone from the General's Mansion is urging, it must be waiting for us, don't miss the time to see us off." Zhao Yao looked at his mother worriedly, and his tone was full of pain.
"You wait outside first, and then go out for the sake of your father and your mother." Zhao Wenyan looked at Bai Mei sadly and couldn't listen to Zhao Feng's words at all, so he could only let the children go out so that he could comfort her.
"Yes, Dad." Zhao Feng and Zhao Yao glanced at each other, and then said in unison, and pulled Zhao Ruo on the side out of the door before leaving.
"I don't know how the eldest cousin is......" Zhao Yao looked at his brother Zhao Feng and said meaningfully.
At the mention of Bai Yuzhu, Zhaofeng's ink eyebrows instantly frowned, he looked at Zhaoruo who was crying and red-eyed on the side, took out the handkerchief in his sleeve and gently wiped the tears from his cheeks for his sister Zhaoruo, and said worriedly: "I hope she is okay." ”
Maybe it was Zhao Wenyan who was appeased, and soon he opened the door and walked out with his wife Bai Mei, Bai Mei was still crying very sadly, but it was slightly better than before.
The General's Mansion personally arranged a wide carriage to pick up Zhaofeng and his family of five, and along the way, the red lanterns and door links that were hung in front of the people's homes were removed and replaced with white lanterns, I don't know if it was arranged or spontaneous by the people.
Because it was the General's Mansion who sent someone to pick up Baimei and them in person, they were unimpeded all the way, and soon arrived at the General's Mansion, and after entering the mansion, they were not directly taken to the mourning hall, but first went to the wing room to arrange to change into the filial piety clothes that had been prepared long ago.
Along the way, people were wearing white mourning clothes, and their faces were sad, even the guards, but when Zhaofeng and they walked into the mourning hall, the first person to exclaim was Bai Mei.
"What does that mean?" Bai Mei suddenly choked up and questioned.
In the mourning hall, the dragon and phoenix coffins have long been covered with filial piety cloth, and the coffins have been nailed, and more soldiers in mourning clothes have come to tie the coffins horizontally and vertically with white silk, obviously to carry away the coffins.
"The old lady's last wish, everything is simple, the queen mother instructed Qin Tian to calculate the time, and today is the most auspicious time at noon, so I will be buried today." Although the Queen Mother was unconscious, even Mama Lian was not waiting by the Queen Mother's side, she looked at Bai Mei and explained.
"What are you talking about! No matter how simple you are, you have to go through seven days of vigil and worship, how can you be buried immediately after dying on the same day? Bai Mei was full of anger when she heard this, she looked at her brother Bai Qing who was kneeling on the ground, she stepped forward and knelt in front of Bai Qing and asked loudly, "Brother, is this so?" Do you have to be buried today? ”
Bai Qing's eyes were red, he looked at Bai Mei and didn't say a word, just nodded lightly, which was regarded as an answer to Bai Mei.
"No! Absolutely not! Bai Mei looked at her brother Bai Qing in shock, and then turned her head to see the soldiers in filial piety clothes planning to lift the coffin, she gritted her teeth and directly stepped forward to grab those guards and stopped: "You are not allowed to touch my mother, this worship ceremony must be held!" ”
As soon as Zhao Feng and Zhao Yao saw this scene, they were busy stepping forward to protect their mothers, lest their mothers do anything wrong......
"Mei'er, stand down." At this time, Bai Qing stood up, he stepped forward and grabbed Bai Mei's hand, and then he looked at the soldier who was in charge of carrying the coffin and said, "Get up." ”
"Do you know what you're going to do again! Our mother passed away, and she was buried without even the most basic wake, which is not in line with etiquette at all. Bai Mei wanted to break free from her brother Bai Qing's comfort for herself, and she vigorously wanted to break free.
As soon as Zhao Feng saw that his mother was caught by his uncle, he couldn't break free, and he was about to step forward to stop it, but the next moment, he was grabbed by the arm, he looked angrily, but what he saw was his father, and he was immediately shocked.
Zhao Wenyan shook his head gently at Zhao Feng, and then let go of Zhao Feng, Zhao Feng didn't make any more moves, but he walked up to Bai Qing and said in a sad tone: "Mei'er is too sad, it's not that you want to be disrespectful in front of the spirit, brother-in-law should let go of Mei'er, don't scratch her, I will take good care of her." ”
Zhao Wenyan's words made Bai Qing look at him with deep eyes, and then the hand that was holding Bai Mei was immediately released, and he looked at Mama Lian.
Lian Mama gave the guards a look, and five guards with swords immediately surrounded the coffin, and the soldiers also lifted the coffin at this moment and slowly walked towards the door.
"You ......" Bai Mei looked at her father-in-law in astonishment, obviously she didn't expect her father-in-law to help Bai Qing speak, so angry that she didn't come up in one breath and followed the darkness in front of her and passed out.
"Mei'er ......"
"Mother......
When the people of the Zhao family saw Bai Mei faint, everyone was shocked and immediately gathered around her.
Bai Qing looked at his sister, frowned slightly, and walked out without saying anything.
Still among people, after Zhao Wenyan woke up Bai Mei, he looked at Zhao Feng on the side and lowered his voice and said, "Go find your cousin." ”
Zhao Feng was slightly startled, and immediately looked around, only to see that the people in the house had left with the coffin, leaving only their family of five.
"Yes, Dad." Zhaofeng immediately responded.
"Yao'er, Ruo'er, help your mother, we have to keep up with the Tibetan delivery team." Zhao Wenyan said as he helped Bai Mei, who had not yet recovered from his senses, to his feet.
"Yes, Dad." Zhao Yao's eyes glanced deeply at the elder brother on the side.
"There is something strange about the matter, and when I find the jade bead after it is over, I believe it will be solved." Zhao Wenyan said as he walked in Bai Mei's ear.
Bai Mei was shocked, she looked at Zhao Wenyan with blurred teary eyes, and for a long time, she choked up and said, "Let's hurry up and follow." ”
Zhao Wenyan breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and he said worriedly: "Well, with me, everything will be fine." ”
After Zhaofeng and Zhaoruo walked out of the mourning hall, Zhaofeng quietly disappeared behind them, and the old lady's dragon and phoenix coffin was covered with a filial piety cloth with the length of the coffin.
However, even with what her husband said before, Bai Mei always wanted to stop the funeral procession, but this time, it was no longer Bai Qing who pulled her away, but even Mama pulled her away, as a married daughter, it was natural reason for her to do her filial piety, but she didn't even have a place to say a word, she repeated to ask her brother Bai Qing to be buried in such a hurry, but the brother didn't pay attention, only Li Hui'er told her that this was just to follow the old lady's last wishes, the queen mother's will.
Everything was too urgent, incredibly urgent, and her subsequent repeated questioning and wanting to stop the funeral procession were only deliberate, and she couldn't let anyone see through her suspicions.
At the front of the funeral procession to Bailing, there are special attendants of the Qintian Prison and the attendants of the Ministry of Rites, who plant "road flags" along the way, which are small pennants made of white paper, to guide the souls of the deceased, and throw paper money to guide the way, in order to buy off the ghosts along the road.
Although everything is simple, but the Queen Mother has planned everything for her a hundred years later, so this time the guard of honor, all kinds of paper, and the palace music are properly arranged, and there are more Qin Tianjian personally singing the text along the road, the text is mainly about the time, place and people, noon is the best auspicious time, and this is just for the people to listen to.