On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the snow is flying, which is a rare snow scene in the south of the Yangtze River, and the entire Jinling Imperial City is dressed in silver makeup. Unexpectedly, on this day, General Xie Fengxuan, the founding father of this dynasty and the only first-class military general in the DPRK, suddenly suffered a stubborn attack and died violently at home, shocking the whole country.

According to Xie Dada, the housekeeper of the house, General Xie had been infected with wind and cold in Mobei more than ten years ago, and he had been ill for a long time. Due to the reunion of the children on Chinese New Year's Eve, the greed for a cup and a good mouth finally caused the illness on the body; it was a night when I fell asleep and never woke up. Because Xie Qinghui, the only son of the Xie family, went out that night, there was only Xie Yixiang, the third lady of the Xie family, who witnessed his father's death and fainted from crying on the spot.

When the emperor heard this, he was also very sad, so he ordered the whole country to mourn and pay tribute to the soul of General Xie. The emperor himself personally went to the general's palace to pay respects, during which he wept in the coffin, mourned endlessly, and issued a holy decree on the spot, listed Xie Fengxuan as the first hero of the founding of this dynasty, ranking above the late Mr. Qingtian, Bi Wuzong and others, and posthumously named him "King Zhongshan", buried in the purple mountain outside the city, the imperial Shinto inscription. The specifications are unprecedented.

However, although the emperor came to the funeral in person, there were only a handful of courtiers who went to the general's palace to pay respects, and basically sent housekeepers or family members in the palace to mourn and condole. Only a few courtiers who were related to the Xie family came in person, but they only briefly comforted them, said something like "festival condolences and change", and hurriedly left. Even Xie Xunfang, the eldest daughter of the Xie family, and the princess of the eldest son of the current emperor, only came with the eldest son of the emperor to serve three incense sticks, and comforted Xie Yixiang who was guarding the spirit alone in public.

In addition, only Xian Jingyue, the commander of the pro-army Governor's Mansion, came once in the middle of the night, went to Xie Fengxuan's spirit alone to put on three incense sticks, and made three kneels and nine bows. Seeing Xie Yixiang, whose eyes were red and swollen, kneeling aside to return the salute, he wanted to say a few words of comfort, but in the end he couldn't say it, so he had to sigh and leave gloomily.

And in the streets and alleys of Jinling City, there was even more uproar about General Xie's sudden death. However, within a few days, various rumors came out, saying that the emperor was jealous of Xie Fengxuan's high achievements, and had already had the intention of killing him, knowing that Xie Fengxuan was infected with wind and cold and could not eat what was in the water, so he pretended to give a steamed goose on Chinese New Year's Eve, deliberately poisoning Xie Fengxuan to death. Some people also said that Xie Fengxuan led the soldiers of the "Piloting Battalion" to destroy the enemy army before, causing heavy casualties among the soldiers of the "Piloting Battalion", including the illegitimate son of the emperor, so on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, he sent the first master of the pro-army Captain's Mansion to go to the Great General's Mansion in person, pretending to learn martial arts with Xie Fengxuan, and secretly viciously attacked, and finally caused Xie Fengxuan to be secretly injured and provoked an attack of old diseases.

There are countless rumors like this for a while, and they are said with noses and eyes, as if they have seen them with their own eyes. But no matter which way it is said, in the final analysis, it is determined that General Xie's death was not an accident, but must have been murdered by someone, and the murderer was the current emperor himself. As for the rare heavy snow in Jiangnan from Chinese New Year's Eve to New Year's Day, it was even more eye-opening from the sky, and the snow fell to voice General Xie's grievances.

Hearing these rumors from the people, the court suddenly became a "chaos" and hurriedly sent the forbidden army to search and arrest the whole city, only saying that there were "traitors" from the rebels of King Heng of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang who had infiltrated Jinling City, deliberately "confusing" the people and disturbing the people's hearts, so they wanted to arrest the rumor-mongers and make an example of them. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor changed his decree and withdrew the will of the whole country to mourn, strictly forbidding anyone to pay tribute to Xie Fengxuan without permission.

As a result, no one dared to pay tribute to General Xie who "drove out the Tartar slaves and returned my Han rivers and mountains" on the bright side, and the entire Jinling City seemed to be shrouded in a dark cloud, which made people feel uncomfortable and almost crazy. On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Xie Fengxuan's body was buried in the first seven days, and the Purple Mountain Yin was even more deserted, only Xie Yixiang, the third lady of the Xie family, and the housekeeper in the house were present.

Unexpectedly, on the night of Xie Fengxuan's burial, on the entire Qinhuai River running through the north and south of Jinling City, there were suddenly overwhelming river lamps, not to mention tens of thousands of them, which were written with words such as "heroic souls live forever" and "immortal", and there were many words written such as "grievances with blood" and "strange injustices through the ages", which almost completely paralyzed the shipping on the river. However, it is the fireworks alley along the Qinhuai River, saying that General Xie likes to patronize Fengyue places the most during the years in Jinling City, and takes great care of them, so on the night of Xie Fengxuan's burial, he privately released river lanterns as a memorial. Many singers and dancers even wept near the river, pouring the whole jar of fine wine into the Qinhuai River, making the whole Qinhuai River overflow with the aroma of wine and causing a sensation in the city.

When the imperial court heard about this, it hurriedly dispatched more than 200 street patrol officers from the Yingtianfu Yamen to salvage the entire Qinhuai River overnight, until noon the next day, when the entire Qinhuai River was barely cleaned up. At the same time, the imperial court sent a forbidden army to seal up all the Fengyue places on the banks of the Qinhuai River, which cut off the romance that had been circulating on the banks of the Qinhuai River for thousands of years. When the people of the world heard about this, they scolded: "Poor and well-dressed in the court, not as good as the women in the market." More people with good deeds ridiculed this, saying that Xie Fengxuan "can be 'swinging' in life and can bury Qin Huai Qiuniang in death", which is "only a great hero can be his own 'color', and he is a real celebrity and a man."

After this incident, the death of General Xie was finally over, and the entire Jinling City gradually calmed down, just like the princes and generals of all dynasties, with the passage of time, this General Xie will eventually be forgotten by the world.

It is said that the three children under Xie Fengxuan's knees, except for Xie Xunfang, who is the eldest son of the emperor, the princess, the only only son, Xie Qinghui, has not appeared since he went out on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and even his father's funeral has not appeared, let alone returned to the Mobei Army. And Xie Fengxuan's youngest third daughter, Xie Yixiang, witnessed her father's death at home, and guarded the spirit of her father's filial piety, and finally went to the ground for peace.

However, this Miss Xie San still served as the head arrester in the Jinling Arrest Room, and after Xie Fengxuan was buried, Situ Mingjie, the chief arrester of the Arrest Room, also sent someone to visit, and came in person, but she ate a closed door and failed to see Xie Yixiang's face. This Situ Mingjie is already an eight-sided and exquisite person, knowing that Xie Yixiang's identity is special, and such a big change has happened in the Xie family, so he didn't dare to bother more at the moment, let alone arrange an errand for Xie Yixiang.

And Xie Yixiang's senior brother Xian Jingyue also came twice, although he saw Xie Yixiang's face, but seeing her look like a dead man, the marriage contract between Xian Jingyue and her no longer exists, and he can only sigh secretly and disappear. Before leaving, he told the housekeeper in the house to take care of him, and if there is anything, just come to the pro-army governor's mansion to find him.

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