The Yi Zhuang has many functions, but Xu's Yi Zhuang has only one function, which is a place to store coffins. Of course, the coffins will not be empty. There are corpses in the coffins, and most of them have not found a good place to bury them.
Either the deceased died in a foreign country and his family planned to transport him back to his hometown for burial, or he was too poor to bury the deceased and had to temporarily store him in a charity village.
There are many ways to do good deeds in the world, but the Xu family's father and son are unique in doing good deeds. They directly started doing good deeds in Yizhuang.
According to Ming Dynasty law, Yizhuang is not allowed to be opened in the city, and can only be opened in the suburbs. However, Qiantang County is a prosperous county, and the city walls built decades ago can no longer accommodate the increasing urban population. Therefore, even in
The suburbs are still bustling and lively. The Xu family's father and son opened a charity here, but they did not violate the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that this era is more superstitious. When you hear the word "Yizhuang", you immediately feel extremely unlucky. Not to mention now, even in future generations, if someone plans to build a funeral parlor or garbage dump nearby, I'm afraid it will be a disaster.
You have to go crazy.
Everyone suddenly realized that this was actually Yizhuang, and naturally they couldn't help but retreat, fearing that this bad luck would affect them.
But then again, opening a charity village is indeed a good deed. After all, even if good people do good deeds, most of them just open factories and give out porridge. After all, not many people are willing to take care of the matter of dead people. Qiantang is located in Tianjin.
Yes, businessmen and tourists often die unexpectedly, and people who die in a foreign land cannot be buried on the spot. The body can only be temporarily stored until family members come from thousands of miles away to deal with the funeral arrangements.
Xu Qian was full of energy, with a face of pity, and repeatedly talked about his psychological journey of doing good deeds, how he saw people who died in a foreign land with no place to bury them, and were carried out of the inn and left dead in the wilderness. How he struggled in his heart, how he made up his mind, and finally
He received the support of Master Huang and praised him highly.
After saying so much, a group of hired musicians lined up. Xu Qian raised his hand and shouted: "Have fun!"
Suddenly, the suona and gongs sounded suddenly, and the sad music was heard. The melodious notes immediately reminded people of countless people wearing sackcloth and mourning, as if they were mourning their heirs. If a few loud cries were added, then what would happen?
It's even more perfect.
Naturally, there were many people from the Zhang family among the crowd. The Zhang family had been paying attention to the Xu family and his son. However, because they were too focused, they did not expect that the Xu family and his son secretly traveled to Chencang and made their plans to the abandoned inn opposite the Zhang family.
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The inn has been abandoned for two years, so the expense is not high, but the Xu family and his son still spent almost all their savings, and the inn does not need to be repaired at all, and can be directly converted into a yizhuang. After all, yizhuang is not
No decoration is needed, just cleaning and shelter from wind and rain.
Several members of the Zhang family were crowded in the crowd, looking at each other in stunned silence, their jaws about to drop.
This is not Kaiyizhuang. It is simply a scam.
It is really unlucky to open a charity village in front of someone's mansion.
More importantly, what kind of family background is this, the dignified Zhang family? If people knew that someone else’s body was parked at the door, and such a sad music was played every now and then, people wearing sackcloth and mourning would often walk past the door carrying the coffin. This picture
Does your family still have any dignity? What else can you do to gain a foothold in Qiantang?
Even in later generations, if there was a funeral parlor next to a new real estate, the house price would have to be cut by at least half, let alone this era. The Zhang family's new house cost a lot of money, and it was impossible to just move it out.
What's more, if the Zhang family really moved away, wouldn't they laugh it off?
so……
Several disciples exchanged glances, and were about to go to report, when someone came riding a fast horse, but it was Deng Jian who was dressed as a guard and had a knife on his waist.
Deng Jian seemed particularly high-spirited today. He enjoyed the feeling of being in the limelight the most. Before, the Xu family and his son did not explain what kind of good deeds they did, but from his understanding, the so-called good deeds were nothing more than giving out porridge.
It's not a bad thing to come here to catch up on Xu Qian's instructions.
But in the middle of his excitement, he saw that although there were many people in front of him, they all stayed away from each other, and when he heard the bursts of sorrow and joy, he was suddenly shocked.
What's happening here?
Deng Jian suddenly realized that this situation was not easy to catch.
But now that he was entrusted by others, he could only bite the bullet and rein in his horse. Looking at this scene, his suspicions were immediately confirmed. He frowned and couldn't help cursing in his heart: "If it weren't for the debt of ten taels of silver, Deng
Even if I die, I won't suffer from this bad luck. Come on, I just lost my moral integrity today and took it hard."
He came forward with the baggage on his back and said immediately: "Congratulations, congratulations. I'm surprised to hear that Xu Bantou and Xu Xiaoguan have done good deeds. I was entrusted by someone to come here to send you a congratulatory gift."
After that, Deng Jian took off the baggage, only to reveal a plaque. The plaque was not big, and people watching from a distance could not see what words were written on it. However, Xu Qian bowed to Deng Jian very solemnly and said sternly.
: "How dare a little man accept such a heavy gift? I also asked Brother Deng to go back and tell the noble man that I am grateful for the favor, but I am not worthy of it."
Xu Qian took the plaque and quickly asked someone to hang it up. The height of the plaque was actually higher than that of the people who had done good deeds written by Mr. Huang. They were particularly awakened. Everyone looked at it intently. The plaque read: "Virtue and kindness help the world."
Four words.
The good people couldn't help but started talking about it.
"The person who gave the gift, judging from his clothes, looks like a guard of the prince."
"Yes, I recognize him. His surname is Deng Mingjian. He is indeed working in the palace of the prince."
"The person surnamed Deng claimed that he was entrusted by nobles to come here to give gifts. Could it be that the person who gave the gift was the prince? What kind of luck did this person surnamed Xu have? Even the prince and his father-in-law also supported them."
"Just now, Mr. Xu Xiaoguan called the person who gave the gift a noble person. He must be the prince."
"Nonsense, if it wasn't Mr. Wang, why would you hang this plaque on Mr. Huang's calligraphy? If this person wasn't of noble status, how could he possibly outdo Mr. Huang? No need to guess, it must be Mr. Wang."
A good deed actually brought out several giant Buddhas on the land in Qiantang County, making it even more confusing.
Xu Qian crossed his hands and looked at the plaque on the door. He was secretly delighted. How could this be sent by Wang Gonggong? It was simply that he was playing with nothing. The plaque was customized by himself, and he did not say that it was a gift.
The prince and his father-in-law gave it to each other, but they only said that it was a noble person, and they just asked Deng Jian to come and give the gift. When the prince and his father-in-law asked, he would refuse to admit it and just said that it was a gift from an elder in Deng Jian's family and had nothing to do with the prince and his father-in-law.
None. As for the rumors among the people, they are naturally not trustworthy.
However, Xu Qian and Deng Jian's actions just now made everyone believe in the plaque presented by the prince, so many people believed that there must be more gossip waiting to be unearthed, and everyone became more interested.
Several disciples of the Zhang family could no longer bear it any longer and quickly returned to the Zhang Mansion to report the news.
Even though the Zhang family was a high-walled compound, they could already clearly hear the noise and sad music on the street. Grandpa Zhang was very agitated. At first, he thought someone had died in someone's family and the funeral procession was heading this way.
After walking around for a while, who knew that the joy and sorrow showed no sign of stopping at all, but became more and more energetic. When encountering this kind of thing, Zhang Taigong became even more upset. He quickly called the steward Zhang to come in and explain. Just when he was about to ask the reason, he heard
The door came quickly.
"Master, something is wrong!"
"Bastard!" Zhang Taigong was furious.
The more people like him, the more taboos they have. Just now they heard the joys and sorrows, and now someone is saying that something serious is going to happen. Grandpa Zhang has already lost his temper and is about to beat him with his crutches.
The disciple was so frightened that he dared not speak out, and quickly said: "Someone opened a charity village across from our Zhang family. He also said that he was doing good deeds and doing good deeds to accumulate virtue. In the future, he would take in those who abandoned the wilderness..."
Menzi no longer dared to say what happened next.
Zhang Taigong was shocked at first, and then became furious. Only now did he understand what was going on with this joy and sorrow. Dare the lover's family not just passing by, but planning to take root in front of his own house and play with it every three days?
After being so stimulated, Mr. Zhang suddenly felt that his eyes were a little blurry, his head was dizzy, and his chest was so tight that he couldn't breathe out. So he quickly covered his chest, stretched out his hand and said with difficulty: "Smells... smells..."