Chapter 43 Funeral
Three days later, Ye Yongchang, the protector of the country and the general of Zhenbei, went to the funeral. All the relevant matters were presided over by the Ministry of Rites. The edict for the funeral was issued as early as three days ago. For the people of most of the capital, this day is an important day. At this moment, heaven has returned to most of the capital.
It was still dark, and there was only a faint ray of morning light in the east. But in every corner of the city, people always opened their doors in unison. "Are you going to Ye Mansion?"
"Who says it's not the case? General Zhenbei is having a funeral today, let's go see him off."
Someone else joined from the side, "We are the same, let's go together..." Soon, on the streets of Dadu, many people were holding torches and walking in the same direction. The lintel of the Hou Mansion had been replaced by
Duke Guo's Mansion. At the end of the Yin Dynasty, crowds of people were already surging inside and outside Ye's Mansion. Officials of the fifth rank and above in the court followed the holy will and came to Ye's Mansion to pay homage to the Protector. Most of the people of the Ye family stood outside the door.
After keeping watch all night last night, no one slept. Yesterday, the palace issued a decree to gift countless gold and silver silks, splendid clothes and exquisite jade articles, which were piled up inside and outside the Ye Mansion. The Jiang family had no intention of taking care of these things, so Fang Guanjia
She said that she would throw these into the warehouse, but Ye Ningyu stopped her. She asked people to place them on both sides of the door of Ye Mansion, and asked Guard Xiao to send two people to watch. At the beginning of Mao Shi, the lights in front of Ye Mansion were brightly lit, and Ye
Yonghe, brothers Ye Yongde and the deposed prince, King Yong knelt in the first row. King Yong was quite confident that he was the prospective son-in-law of the Protector of the Country. He arrived earlier than the prince today. When the time came, he consciously followed Ye Yonghe and waited.
People knelt down to offer incense. To outsiders, this was a prince who had no royal pretensions. The Duke’s wife Jiang, the third wife Meng, and the fourth wife Duan were kneeling in the second row. Ye Ningyu and the girls of the Ye family
The young master knelt behind him. Behind him, there were an official from the court and the Jiang family brothers. Gu Erlang, the son of Gu Hong, was also here. After seeing the newly posted marching records in the palace, Gu Zhener knew all the truth. She
I also thought about it, but I had just arranged my father's funeral, and I was about to give birth. I couldn't move around, so I asked my younger brother to come to see the Lord Protector on his behalf. Butler Fang and a group of confidants almost knelt down at the gate of Ye Mansion, and outside the door.
, they were all common people of the Ye Mansion who came voluntarily in plain clothes. But Butler Fang didn't know that among these people, there were many veterans who had retired from the Ye Family Army. Because the mourning hall was located in front of the study room in the inner courtyard, the people saw it.
When we arrived at the mourning hall, we could only see layers of people wearing sackcloth and wearing mourning all the way in from the gate, stretching endlessly, seemingly with no end in sight. Officials from the Ministry of Rites stood in front of the mourning hall and sang a salute. "Experts pay tribute, both inside and outside.
Silence, the deacons go about their duties. Sound the trumpets, sound the gold, beat the drums, and bow!"
After the official words were finished, everyone knelt down and worshiped in front of the soul, stretched out their arms, gave high fives, and then lowered their heads to the ground and kowtowed slowly. The prince was like this, the children of the Ye family were like this, and the people at the door were like this. They had never seen such a scale.
The ceremony of worship. Although when the royal family dies, all the officials will kneel in front of the palace for seven days, but who can say that they are really sad and mourn for the deceased? But today’s scene in Ye Mansion not only touched the Ye family
These people touched every common people here. They are ordinary people who appreciate the general's merits, and they are also the people who are protected by General Ye. "Bow again", the voice of the ceremony official is very penetrating
Hundreds of people once again high-fived and kowtowed in front of the soul, and fell to the ground to worship. There were cries inside and outside the Ye Mansion. "Three bows!"
Everyone bowed again with tears in their eyes, but the desolate night couldn't hide the whiteness in this huge palace. "Recite the memorial inscription!"
After the official words were finished, Ye Ningyu stood up and recited the memorial inscription. This memorial inscription was written by her last night. Every time she wrote a sentence, tears wet the paper and pen. She slowly walked towards the soul, supported the soul and chanted. "
On September 19th, the twenty-sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Ye Ningyu, the unworthy woman, would like to offer three inches of paper, three pieces of wine, home-cooked water, and an unobtrusive ceremony to the spirit of Ye Yongchang, the protector of the country and the general of Zhenbei.
Formerly: My father is gifted with a good nature and is filial to his friends and virtuous. I expected my father to live for hundreds of millions of years. However, God was jealous of the general’s talent, and my father died in front of the battle.”
Ye Ningyu's voice was not loud, but the Ye Mansion was completely silent at the moment. Only her soft but firm voice could be heard even at the door of the Ye Mansion. "My father is upright and upright. He is fourteen years old.
He went on an expedition with Emperor Gaozu and fought on the battlefield for our country of Yu. When he was sixteen years old, he went to defeat Rongdi and defeated Qianliang. He paid homage to the young general. When he was thirty years old, he guarded the border. In the next twenty years, Tongshan was conquered several times.
The heavy weight is like a sheep's intestines and a tiger's back, and the iron walls and ten thousand roads are all dangerous and poisonous. But my father has no regrets. He only wants to protect the peace of the people and the health of the mountains and rivers."
Ye Ningyu thought about the important events in her father's life, and scenes from the past appeared in front of her. She could not forget that when she was a child, her father's back was reluctant and decisive every time he left home. She could not forget that she followed her father on the battlefield and witnessed it with her own eyes.
I saw how fearless he was in fighting the enemy to defend an inch of territory. And every year on her birthday, even though her father was away from home, he always ordered people to bring back what he wanted in time. As a general, he did his duty. As a father,
He is also a good father! Thinking of this, Ye Ning felt like his heart was cut by a knife, his throat was blocked, and his voice was hoarse. "My father was thirty-six years old, and my grandmother died of illness. When the enemy country repeatedly invaded, my father's third year of filial piety was changed to three months.
The third month of filial piety was changed to three days, and the third day of filial piety was changed to three points. Wearing filial piety clothes inside and armor on the outside, we went to the border and defeated the Liang enemies."
Ye Ningyu has never doubted her father's loyalty to the emperor. Even if he wears sackcloth and wears filial piety, he will go to the border to defeat the enemy. She can't figure out why the emperor would allow such a person to be framed by his own son and let him die in front of the battle.
, the bodies were separated. Ye Ningyu clenched the scroll in her hand, suppressing the great grief in her heart, and tried to raise her voice. Her tears fell drop by drop on Jun Xiu's words. "I have asked my father many times, what is the life of a soldier?
, Where is your ambition? My father replied, 'Only a son of heaven and earth, a perfect man of the country, a wing of the sages, a loyal minister of the emperor'. I asked again, 'What does my father do for others, why do I think he is himself?' My father
He answered solemnly, "A true man should use the heaven and the earth as his coffin, the sun and the moon as a series of jade stones, and the stars as pearls. Life should be a humiliation, and death should be an honor!" I ask again, why do I want to be reunited with my blood relatives for a long time and be separated for a long time?
My father replied, 'Firstly, I wish for the peace of the people; secondly, I wish for the eternal stability of the mountains and rivers; and thirdly, I wish for peace in the world'."
After saying this, there was a lot of crying in front of the soul. Even the official of the Ministry of Rites wiped away his tears countless times. Even when the late emperor passed away, he did not have tears in his eyes and sadness in his heart like today. The people outside the palace did not
They all knelt down and cried out the name of the Protector of the Country. They also didn’t know that General Ye was so noble and upright, and that he would do whatever he wanted in his life for the sake of the people. They didn’t even know that the famous General Zhenbei had achieved great success in his life.
They have sacrificed so much. They used their flesh and blood to build the city wall that protects the country. They spend less time with their families and more separation, in exchange for the reunion of thousands of families. Who among the current generals has such sincerity in protecting the people! "My father's life
, King Bizi is transformed, his majesty lasts forever, he goes straight to the right path, without falling into the wrong path. My father's words always remain in my ears, like a whetstone, like a stone, and I am not shocked. I sigh about my father, I am alone on this trip, and there is no fireworks. I am sorry.
My father, the darkness is so deep, how can there be a bright moon and a sad sky!"
Chapter completed!