Chapter 51: The Funeral
The owner of this carriage, Lu Yang, as a scholar, and his family status is not low, often taste wine with others, not to mention, to say that Ling Su is not a person who loves alcohol, originally did not know much about this wine, but Ling Su's master wine Taoist is a person who never leaves the wine every day, and he takes two sips of wine gourd with him every day, and there are famous wines produced everywhere in the cellar in his house, even from ten years to one hundred years, all years. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because these wines are stored in Biyun Garden, they are infected by the aura of this Ling Tianya, and the quality has been improved by a layer, and the drinking is even more clear and mellow, with a long aftertaste, sometimes Ling Su can't help but take out a pot and drink it with a meal, it can be said that with such a master, even if Ling Su himself is not interested in wine, he has become a treasure of all kinds of wine under passivity.
With a common topic, the two sides quickly became acquainted, and Ling Su knew that the owner's name was Lu Yang, who was born in Hangzhou Mansion, and went out to visit friends a few days ago, and now he was on his way home.
And from the other party's conversation, Ling Su felt that this Lu Yang should also be from an official family, and his status was not low, otherwise he would definitely not be able to raise his wealth without more than three generations of family inheritance.
However, Lu Yang did not reveal too much about his own origin, Ling Su did not ask much about it, but continued to chat with him, and learned more about the situation in the mortal world through Lu Yang, and confirmed that the emperor who ascended the throne twenty years ago was a great figure, and he actually maintained the Great Xia Dynasty that was originally in the midst of ups and downs through various means, and now although there are still hungry people or people in remote and poor areas occasionally, most of the entire Great Xia Dynasty has gradually settled down and become prosperous, which makes Ling Su can't help but say a word of admiration。
Ling Su and Lu Yang chatted without realizing that time had passed, and it was not until evening that the group arrived at a post station.
These post stations are set up by the government in order to entertain the people of the official family, but the people who manage the post station below usually take advantage of this convenience to receive merchants to earn some money, so as soon as you enter the lobby of this post station, you can see that there are still many merchants and a few hunters who have not had time to return home sitting at the table in the hall.
The little second of this post station is also a clever person, seeing the posture of Lu Yang and his party, he knew that it was a distinguished guest, and he did not dare to have the slightest neglect, and hurried up to help guide the way without waiting for the carriage to stop, and directly led the group to the elegant hall on the second floor, and at the same time quickly beckoned others to prepare the best room, prepare good forage for the horses, and serve them very thoughtfully.
At this time, Ling Su saw that among the two carriages, the carriage behind them was a bewitching-looking, woman-dressed female dependent and a maid, this woman should be Lu Yang's wife, just seeing this woman, Ling Su frowned a little, and then carefully looked at Lu Yang's face, and also had some understanding in his heart.
was about to say something, but Ling Su saw that as soon as Lu Yang saw his wife get out of the car, he didn't care about being polite to Ling Su, so he rushed over directly, ran forward to ask for warmth, and at the same time ordered the guards and maids next to him to prepare and tidy up the room, and then sent her into the room all the way.
After a while, after getting the consent of the guards, Lu Yang thought that he had just arrived here and had not eaten, he had said before that he wanted to drink and talk with Ling Su, so he was quite reluctant to settle his wife, and came to the private room prepared on the second floor.
Walking into the door, Lu Yang saw Ling Su sipping tea at the table, and hurriedly stepped forward to accuse: "Originally, I invited Mr. Ling, but it turned out to be Mr. Ling's sin for a long time!"
Because Ling Su was unwilling to accept the title of Immortal Chief, in the end, Lu Yang also adopted the title of Mr., which could be regarded as respect for Ling Su.
Seeing Lu Yang apologize, Ling Su also got up to greet him, and said with a smile: "Hehe, adding fragrance to red sleeves is something that ordinary people can't ask for, I think Lu Gongzi is a romantic person, so it is inevitable, even if Ling Mou waits a little longer, what then." ”
Ling Su said politely, and the tone seemed to be not taking the lateness just now to heart, Lu Yang's originally somewhat embarrassed expression decreased slightly, and turned to Ling Su and said: "Let Mr. Ling smile, I feel a little unwell, so I can't help but delay a little longer." ”
With such an opening remark, Ling Su then invited Lu Yang to sit down, and the two of them had a few signature dishes recommended by Xiao Er just ordered at the post station, as well as Lu Yang's own good daughter Hong, and the two of them chatted like this, drinking cup by cup.
But before he was too old, he had to listen to a commotion outside, and the sound of the quarrel even spread upstairs, feeling disturbed, Lu Yang called Xiao Er to ask the reason.
The little second heard Lu Yang's inquiry, but said with some embarrassment: "This master, this is just now a funeral procession stopped in front of the door, wanting to spend the night here, but if it is an ordinary person, there is still a coffin in the team,
You said that we are all open to do business, if you let this coffin into the inn, but it is plainly contaminated, so our shopkeeper is not willing to let this coffin enter, but how to think, there is an old man in the funeral procession is quite difficult to treat, he insisted on refusing to leave, and even made trouble directly at the door, which disturbed your interest, we will solve it as soon as possible. ”
After listening to this little er's explanation, Lu Yang and Ling Su also understood the reason, and after hearing this, Lu Yang couldn't help but say: "The family of this funeral is too unreasonable, since they are unwilling to take it in here, how can they forcibly stay." ”
"They're afraid they have no choice but to do it. Ling Su glanced at the sky outside, it was already sunset at this time, but because of the dark clouds, there was no trace of the sun: "Look at the sky, I'm afraid that there will be heavy rain tonight, and there is no other place to settle here except here, and I think these mourners have no other way." ”
Indeed, as Ling Su said, there is only this post station for dozens of miles before and after the surrounding roads, and at this time, the dark clouds cover the top, and the heavy rain may not fall, so this team simply played a scoundrel, and an old man in the lead directly threatened that if they were not allowed to stay here, they would directly park the coffin at the door of the post station.
Ling Su and Lu Yang opened the window and looked out, and sure enough, they saw a coffin parked at the door of the post station, and there were a lot of people dressed in white for funeral, not to mention dozens of people, and the two sides argued at the door of the post station, and the coffin happened to stop not far from the door.
The steward of the post station did not dare to let the coffin stop at the door, otherwise his business would not be done, and after some arguments between the two sides, and finally after the funeral party promised to add money, the steward of the post station finally reluctantly allowed the funeral procession to park the coffin in the firewood room in the backyard.
It's just that Ling Su looked at the coffin at the door from a distance by the window, but he had some strange feelings in his heart, and he unconsciously looked at it a few more times, and said in his heart: "Why is there a great amount of resentment in this coffin, could it be that the person in this coffin died unjustly?"