Chapter 294: Funeral
Time finally came to the day of Chen Kan's coffin.
On this day, the Jinghai Marquis Mansion, which had been silent for several months, suddenly became noisy.
The officials who had received Chen Kan's favor spontaneously chose to see Chen Kan off for the last time.
Princess Changning, who was already crying, stopped the honor team carrying the coffin, unwilling to let Chen Kan's coffin step out of the Hou Mansion.
Zheng's hair turned whiter, she stepped forward to grab Zhu Yuelan and comforted: "Child, people can't be resurrected after death, so let Yuansheng go to the ground for peace." β
The one who came to preside over Chen Kan's funeral today was Fang Xiaoru, who took leave of Zhu Di.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Fang Xiaoru's state is on the verge of collapse, and there is no wisdom in the past in a pair of old eyes, only a thick sadness.
The officials suddenly realized that this heavenly official of the Ministry was now just an old man who had lost his beloved apprentice, hunched over and thin.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, Yuan Sheng is blessed to be able to marry you in this life, but unfortunately his life is short, if he is ...... in the future"
Fang Xiaoru said, his faint eyes were already full of old tears.
Baiguan heard the meaning of Fang Xiaoru's words, and looked at Chang Ning's eyes full of regret.
When the two got married, who in the entire Jingshi did not praise the two as a perfect couple, who would have thought that just one year after the two got married, they had already ended up in such a situation.
Seeing this, Taishi sent by Qin Tianjian had no choice but to lean over to Fang Xiaoru and whispered, "Lord Fang, if you don't go to the funeral, you will miss the hour." β
Fang Xiaoru raised his sleeves to wipe away his tears, looked at Chang Ning who was rotten in front of the coffin and sighed: "Your Highness, let the honor team go out of the house, it will be too late to miss the auspicious time." β
Now the only person in the Hou Mansion who can control the situation is Fang Xiaoru, as the so-called one day is a teacher and a father for life, Fang Xiaoru is also half the master of the Hou Mansion.
When Chang Ning heard this, as soon as the hand holding on to the coffin was loosened, Zheng took the opportunity to pull her aside, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law secretly wept.
Seeing this, the eunuch of Qin Tianjian did not delay any longer, holding a compass in his hand, stepped on a lost step in front of the coffin, and then shouted: "The hour has come, get up the coffin!" β
After the sound was finished, Chang Ning's hoarse cry sounded in the Hou Mansion.
With a little force, the coffin of thousands of catties of coffins left the two square tables supporting the coffin.
Taishi took a clay basin from the hands of a subordinate and slammed it in front of the door of the mourning hall.
"Smack~"
A crisp cracking sound came, and Taishi shouted: "Out of the funeral." β
Heavy mourning music played, and the coffin went straight out of the gate of the Hou Mansion, and went out of the Jingshi Dynasty along Wuyi Lane.
The sound of gongs and drums along the way, combined with the musicians sent by the Teaching Division, played a heavy mourning music, which attracted hundreds of people to stop and watch.
The funeral of an imperial marquis is naturally grand, and even the royal family sent the third son of the emperor to the funeral, and the royal family is extremely proud of this young marquis who died early.
Many people also spontaneously followed behind the funeral procession and silently sent this marquis on his last journey.
The funeral procession stretched for three miles, and the scale was much larger than that of Chen Kan's wedding day.
The white spirit flags opened the way, and the paper money flew all over the sky, adding a bit of sadness to the funeral procession.
At this timeβ
Chen Kan squatted at the door of the house, listening with great interest to the brocade guard sent by Zhu Di to report to him on the progress of his funeral.
When he heard Chang Ning stop his coffin and not let him out of the funeral, he couldn't help but feel a throbbing pain in his heart.
Especially after hearing that Chang Ning really performed the kind of extreme sadness after the death of her husband, her heart was even more panicked.
"Don't worry, Chang Ning, after today, we will be able to have a peaceful birthday in a few days."
Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Chen Kan asked, "How is the water and land puja arranged?" β
"Don't worry, Master Hou, this time it is the Lord of the Pacification Envoy who personally leads the team, and he can't fly out of the custody of a single fly."
The corners of Chen Kan's mouth twitched.
Li Jinglong leads the team, how can you reassure me?
However, thinking that Li Jinglong was able to manage the 500,000 army in an orderly manner back then, he could be regarded as outstanding, although he was beaten by Zhu Di in the end.
But after these days of contact, Chen Kan still decided to believe him.
I only hope that Li Jinglong, who is online this time, is the son of the famous general who can command the army like an arm, not the straw bag grandfather.
After praying in his heart, he waved his hand and sent the Captain of Jinyi away.
Then I pondered it in my heart.
After pondering for a while, he turned his head, and the three backing women followed him inch by inch like Chen Kan's tail.
A bold idea suddenly came to my mind.
Thinking of it, he had to act, so Chen Kan made a decisive decision, he wanted to see his funeral with his own eyes.
Of course, he definitely didn't have the idea of pretending to be in front of everyone at the last moment.
......
Jingshi was only twenty miles away from the place where Chen Kan's mausoleum was located, and even though he had stopped several times on the road, at noon, Chen Kan's coffin was finally about to reach its destination.
Dao Yan was the first to see the funeral procession.
On the Dharma platform that the Ministry of Industry spent three months building, Dao Yanpan sat on the highest place, and the solemn appearance of the treasure was not at all without a trace of the figure of the demon monk.
Now he is just a great monk with profound Buddhism, not the first strategist by Zhu Di's side.
As the saying goes, standing high and seeing far, Dao Yan, who is at the highest point of the Dharma platform, now has a deep understanding of the true meaning of this sentence.
The other monks under the altar, although their vision was blocked by the dense crowd, they still heard the mourning music coming from not far away.
The main reason is that the sound of suona is too harsh.
"Amitabha."
Dao Yan Baoxiang solemnly announced the Buddha's name, and the great monks present instantly fell silent.
Finally, the funeral procession appeared in front of the monks.
"Amitabha!"
A group of monks turned to the east and neatly pronounced a Buddha horn, and the sound shook the sky.
Today's water and land puja, in addition to chanting scriptures and praying for Chen Kan, also needs to chant and pray for the soldiers who died in the Ming Dynasty over the years.
Therefore, the first thing to appear on the Dharma platform was not Chen Kan's coffin, but a tablet of the immortal soul of the Ming martyrs.
The tablet was naturally from Chen Kan's hand, and in line with the principle of not wasting it, Chen Kan decided to let this water and land festival complete the task they were supposed to complete.
After all, it is not easy for Dao Yan to gather more than 20,000 monks.
As the ranking was presented to the Dharma platform, Chen Kan's coffin gradually approached the Dharma platform.
The great monks in the east consciously gave way to both sides, and after Chen Kan's coffin entered the center of the Dharma platform, it was instantly surrounded by a group of great monks.
The people who followed the funeral procession to the funeral were stopped from the altar by the soldiers guarding the order of the scene.
Although the people were dissatisfied, they couldn't help but scold and retreat when they were at the spear in the hands of the generals.
The water and land puja is a Buddhist event, which generally lasts for about three days, and with the arrival of Chen Kan's coffin, it means that the water and land puja officially begins.
Dao Yan stood at the highest place of the Dharma platform, surrounded by four profound Dharma rituals, including the old abbot of Jiming Temple, Yuantong Dhamma.
Around the five of them are more than 20,000 great monks who are proficient in Buddhism.
Further outside, there were 3,000 soldiers who maintained the order of the entire festival, and the onlookers who were stopped by the soldiers from the altar were 50,000 or 60,000 people.
Looking around at the environment under the entire Dharma platform, Dao Yan seemed to have seen the entire water and land puja flowing with rivers of blood, and couldn't help but fold his hands and whisper, "Sin, sin." β
Chen Kan was also among the onlookers, but even if his closest people stood in front of him at this time, they might not be able to recognize him.
As a gathering place for talents under Chen Kan's command, it is naturally easy to find a person who is proficient in disguise.
A thief-eyed man standing beside Chen Kan is a well-known thousand-faced thief black rat on the rivers and lakes.
He is proficient in the art of disguise, and according to him, he is even able to peel off a human skin intact and then use it to transform himself into another person.
And Chen Kan has also changed from a handsome rich boy brother to a vicious man with a full face.
At the same time, he can easily discern what a person does from the subtle facial expressions and movements.
Chen Kan's purpose in taking him into the crowd was to see how many assassins and killers there were among the onlookers.
Suddenly, there was a neat chanting sound in the distance, indicating that the water and land puja had officially begun.
The loud Sanskrit sound sounded, and the noisy crowd gradually quieted down.
Only Chen Kan shuttled through the crowd with the black rat, constantly discerning which people were assassin killers and which people were ordinary people.
The cold wind became more and more presumptuous, blowing many people's faces and snot.
The winter air in the south is always wet and uncomfortable.
After sweating profusely in the crowd, Chen Kan and the black rat finally got a relatively accurate result.
Squeezing out the crowd, the black rat sucked the runny snot into his nose, and Chen Kan looked disgusted.
But the black rat didn't realize it, and leaned next to Chen Kan and whispered: "My lord, at least one-third of the people have bad intentions. β
Chen Kan pushed his head away, and then nodded: "Very good, one-third of the people, it should be the majority of the mainstay of the White Lotus Sect and the orphans of Jingnan, go and report to Your Majesty, according to the original plan." β
After getting the exact data, Chen Kan returned to the residence.
Today is the first day, and the crowd of onlookers is still mostly ordinary people.
But with the current weather, at most tomorrow, ordinary people will not be able to stand the cold and gradually dissipate, and those who remain are all people with ill intentions towards Zhu Di.
As for the assassins who disguised themselves as monks and infiltrated the altar, according to the news from Daoyan, there were only about a quarter.
This was also expected by Chen Kan, after all, the monk had to chant sutras on the Dharma platform for three days, and during these three days, he could not drink water or eat.
If a person doesn't eat or drink water for three days, he basically has no combat effectiveness.
There were five or six thousand people on the stage, and more than 10,000 people off the stage.
Nearly 20,000 people were sent at one time, just to assassinate a Zhu Di, I have to say that the White Lotus Sect and the orphans of Jingnan are really generous.
Coupled with the arrangement made by Zhu Di's side, the number of people on both sides combined is close to more than 60,000, and they are about to catch up with a small national war.
It is no wonder that the court is so jealous of the White Lotus Sect and the orphans of Jingnan.
After figuring out the other party's personnel arrangement, Chen Kan couldn't help but feel a burst of pride in his heart.
This time, even if they can't uproot the White Lotus Sect and the orphans of Jingnan, at least they can be greatly damaged.
And, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, they must send out core members, not those fringe cultists.
More than 20,000 backbones were wiped out, even if the White Lotus Sect had a great cause, they didn't want to recover if they didn't have ten or eight years.
The water and land pujas on the altar are still going on in an orderly manner, and the grand chanting can be heard clearly even by Chen Kan in the dwellings.
After reviewing all the processes of the death fraud plan again and confirming that everything was under control, Chen Kan returned to the room and waited silently for Zhu Di's news.
The killer near Fatai has been decided, and it is not worth Chen Kan's excessive consumption of brain cells.
The only thing that could worry Chen Kan was whether the Jinyi Guard would be able to lock down the big fish who were manipulating these White Lotus Sectists and the orphans of Jing Nan.
For the sake of this game, he has been silent here for more than three months, and he just hopes that he will not let go of those big fish.
The next day, as Chen Kan expected, the crowd of onlookers watching the water and land puja was visibly reduced by one-third, and most of the people who had followed here from Beijing had already returned to Beijing yesterday evening, and most of the people who remained here today were nearby residents.
However, due to the cold weather, the nearby people are also being evacuated in an orderly manner.
Seeing the visible reduction of the surrounding crowd, Chen Kan was not in a hurry.
Zhu Di's information has not yet arrived, and now is not the time to be in a hurry.
So, after Chen Kan changed his appearance again, he took the black rat into the crowd of onlookers.
"My lord, didn't we already figure out their staffing yesterday, why are we here today?"
Faced with the black mouse's question, Chen Kan did not answer.
Do you want to tell him that he is too bored in the room and comes out to have fun?
Although the black rat was puzzled, after the training of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, he was now absolutely finally in the imperial court, and when he saw that Chen Kan did not answer, he did not ask.
And Chen Kan had already started to hang out in the crowd.
In fact, the reason why Chen Kan wanted to come out today was to see if he could see acquaintances in the crowd.
Letting go of the Buddha in Yunnan made him haunt his heart all the time, especially Ah Jin was implicated by him and tortured by the Buddha for so long.
Chen Kan has wanted to crush the Buddha's bones and scatter ashes for a long time.
And the matter of his own death, with the hatred he and that person had for him, there was no reason not to confirm the truth or falsehood.
This time, Chen Kan vowed that he would not let them escape again.
It's just that after wandering around for a long time, Chen Kan didn't see the person he wanted to see in the crowd, and he didn't know if he didn't come, or if there were too many people and didn't see it.
Seeing Chen Kan's expression, the black rat who was tense throughout the whole process finally found an opportunity to comfort: "My lord, we have been out for a long time, why don't we go back first?" β
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