Chapter 724: Into the Ground for Peace
Hong Fulai's trip is imperative for both public and private.
In terms of reason and publicity, it is for the beggars not to be realistic.
The lord of the dignified gang personally traveled thousands of miles to mourn, although there was only one person, but he had already shown enough respect.
How can others criticize?
In terms of affection and privacy, it is to get together with close friends.
Hong Fulai, Ran Huanyu and Xiang Tianxiao, two best friends, have been separated from Xiangjiang for more than ten years.
Especially after the completion of the new stick method, the feeling of sharing with friends is particularly urgent.
How can you not want to get together?
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Objectively speaking, Hong Fulai is really the best candidate for the funeral trip.
Not one of them!
In terms of status, he is the most representative of the beggar gang, and of course he can best represent the beggar gang.
Moreover, the gang leader and "martial idiot" Hong Fulai went in person, even if Hua Feng was unhappy, he had to greet him with a smile.
The person who came was a guest, and with the identity of the world's largest gang leader, how could Hua Feng give people a face?
Besides, who is it for?
Will Hong Fulai see it?
I'm afraid that after hurriedly completing the procedures of "putting incense and candles, burning paper money, bowing, kowtowing, and giving gifts", I can't wait to pull Ran Huanyu and smile at the sky, and avoid demonstrating the new stick method from the side.
How can I have time to look at people's faces?
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In terms of personal friendship, among the beggars, there are only Hong Fulai and Ran Huanyu and Xiang Tianxiao in the "Seventeen Heroes of Martial Arts", and they have a very strong personal relationship.
He went to the funeral, even if Hua Feng didn't want to see him, but Ran Huanyu and Xiang Tianxiao, who are both "martial idiots", are bound to reunite and get together.
What's more, there is also the temptation of creating a new stick method?
I'm afraid that the three of them will soon fall into a state of forgetting to sleep and eat.
Although people with a discerning eye know that Hong Fu came to this time, but in the name of mourning, he got together with friends, but since he can achieve both public and private balance, why not?
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Therefore, this is the arrival of the uninvited guest Hong Fulai.
Fortunately, Hong Fulai, who was in a hurry to meet his friends, arrived in time and did not miss the funeral period.
He galloped during the day and galloped at night.
It's a journey of day and night, and it's fast!
It took only five days to arrive at the "paradise". At this time, it was less than a day before the funeral.
Because the arrival of the information, and the arguments at the top of the beggar gang, it has taken a day.
Fortunately, the beggar gang disciples are all over the world, and there are beggar gang rudders in the towns along the way.
In the minds of the beggar disciples, Hong Fulai has a very high prestige.
The gang mainly uses horses to hurry, how can you not want to find ways to satisfy?
Fortunately, the five elders of the Beggar Gang listened to Hong Fulai's proposal and let him go alone. Otherwise, the funeral and burial period will be missed.
After all, when there are more people in the company, the speed will naturally be much slower.
Moreover, looking at the tens of thousands of beggars, who can catch up with Hong Fulai, who is running with all his might?
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Sure enough, after Hong Fulai arrived, he didn't look at Hua Feng's face at all. Instead, under the guidance of the head of the Liu family, after quickly completing what the mourners should do, he immediately pulled Ran Huanyu and Xiang Tianxiao and left in a hurry.
It goes without saying that what the three of them are about to do is naturally to demonstrate the new stick method.
As expected by the Great Elder of the Beggar Gang, Hong Fu came to this trip, which made Hua Feng deeply satisfied.
The beggar gang is worthy of being the largest gang in the world, and there are many capable people among them.
can actually figure out Hua's mind from the clues, amazing!
"People are aware of it, but they don't make a big deal. "Isn't that exactly what Hua Feng wants?
If Hua Feng learned that the beggar gang's move was actually done by Hong Fulai, I don't know how he would feel?
At least it will surprise you!
Hong Fulai, who has always been only for martial arts, can even touch the minds of others, who dares to believe it?
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The seven-day vigil soon ended.
The seventh step of the "white affair" is the funeral and burial.
To put it simply, it is to send the sealed coffin to the cemetery for burial.
At the time of the funeral, under the guidance of the head of the Liu family, a tile pot was smashed by the filial son Hua Feng, and then the "soul attraction" was held in front of the team, and the rest of the people were either helping to carry the coffin, or holding various floating flags, or distributing paper money along the way.
When it comes to burial, it is simple to say that it is simple, and it is complicated to say that it is complicated.
Simple operation, send the coffin into the tomb and lay it flat, and then shovel soil to cover the coffin.
Complex operation, there are five steps.
First, set the compass and hanging line, and select the direction of the coffin in the center.
After that, the feng shui master will do things and invite the mountain.
After that, sprinkle rice into the tomb and let the rooster peck at the rice in the tomb.
Then the filial son kneels with his back to the tomb and receives the rice after the feng shui master casts the spell.
Finally, the coffin is put into the tomb, the tomb is filled in with earth, and the worship platform and drainage ditch are repaired.
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The operation of the head of the Liu family is very simple.
After all, he is not a feng shui master, after all, everyone is a martial arts person, and he is very disdainful of some things that invite gods to send ghosts.
He only instructed the people to complete the last step of the complicated operation, and then put the coffin into the tomb, fill in the grave, and repair the worship platform and drainage ditch.
In just half an hour, a tall new tomb appeared.
On the tomb, various white spirit flags flutter in the wind, marking that this is the territory of the deceased Long Shichen.
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The next eighth and ninth steps have nothing to do with everyone, just the matter of Hua Feng, Liu Piaopiao, Meng Zhenzhen, and Jiang Yaoyao's family of four.
The eighth step, burn seven.
After burying the old man Long Shichen, Hua Feng took his three wives to visit the old man in the cemetery every seven days and burned paper money.
It went seven times for seven days.
There is no interruption in between.
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The ninth step is to keep filial piety.
According to Confucian tradition, Hua Feng and Liu Piaopiao, Meng Zhenzhen, Jiang Yaoyao, and their children were supposed to be guarded near the cemetery of Long Shichen for three years.
In fact, this three years is not 36 months, but 27 months, but only three years according to the traditional method of imaginary calculation.
There are many particularities during this period.
First, do not drink alcohol and eat meat, let alone do things as husband and wife, to show respect for deceased relatives.
Second, filial piety must be dressed according to the time, gradually from heavy to light, until it is changed to red, in order to show that the mourning decreases with the day and returns to good fortune.
Third, during the period of filial piety, filial piety is not allowed to be an official, not to participate in the imperial examination, not to participate in any red and white affairs, not to go to happy places, not to marry children, and not to celebrate New Year's holidays.
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Hua Feng, who has always adhered to the traditional virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faithfulness, loyalty, filial piety, honesty, shame and bravery", naturally led his wife and children to strictly implement the eighth and ninth steps.
After the tragedy of the South China Dart Bureau, for safety reasons, Hua Feng did not even repair the cemetery of his parents in person.
Not to mention three years of filial piety?
Now, Long Shichen, who is also a father and a teacher, has passed away, and Hua Feng certainly can't leave any regrets.
As a result, their trip to the outside world will inevitably have to be postponed for three years.
Since Hua Feng, the backbone of the main body, could not make the trip, of course the rest of the people would not gather and leave.