The forty-eighth volume, the eighth chapter, the ultimate grief
The entire atmosphere of the Zhang family's old house suddenly seemed to take on a new look after last night...
What happened in the old house last night shocked the children of the Zhang family. On the one hand, a family member emerged from the Jinwu Shipyard and was promoted to manage the family fund with assets worth hundreds of millions, which was extremely eye-catching.
On the one hand, there are the three cousins of the same generation, Zhang Fan, Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang who were in the mansion. They were "assigned" to Liaozhou without even finishing the old man's funeral affairs. They might not come back again for decades.
The hope and the two kinds of treatment, one in heaven and one in hell, instantly made all the children and relatives of the Zhang family sober up, knowing that the Zhang family would never be the same again.
At the same time, what Zhang Tie said spread among the Zhang family's children overnight.
The three words "tell the rules" are deeply rooted in people's hearts at once.
Someone has already set an example of what will happen if you don't follow the rules at home.
Regarding Zhang Fan and those people who were thrown to Liaozhou, after all the children of the Zhang family knew the whole story, many of them were very shameless and applauded, but few really sympathized. What happened to those gifts? People with normal IQs
Everyone understands that the old man’s affairs have not been finished yet. Now that there are people who want to jump out and encourage everyone to divide the money, such people are either deceived by lard or think that the two brothers Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang
It's easy to talk, but An dares to be so unscrupulous and shameless.
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"Zhang Fan's wife and the mothers of Zhang Zhukang, Zhang Zhifang and Zhang Lide wanted to cry at home last night and wanted to see you, but my father held them down. He asked someone to take them away from the old house and sent them directly.
People watched, and the old man was not allowed to come out until the matter was done. Zhang Zhukang and Zhang Zhufang were the two sons of the old man's second uncle and fourth uncle, and Zhang Lide was the son of the third uncle and his fifth aunt. The fifth aunt did not marry far away, so she married in Jinhaicheng.
My family is also from Huaiyuantang, and my surname is Zhang, so I have always been close to my old house..."
The next morning, before dawn, Zhang Tie got up before anyone came to express condolences. In the room, he drank the breakfast of porridge and pickles provided by the house while listening to Zhang Su talk about last night.
The family handles these matters while drinking porridge and nodding lightly.
Compared to Zhang Tie, Zhang Su drank porridge as if he were drinking water. He finished the porridge in the bowl in two splutters, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and talked to Zhang Tie about things at home.
In the past two days, because the old man's funeral arrangements were being arranged in the house, the whole family ate a meal of green smoke, light fire, and simple food. The three meals a day were very simple and did not contain any meat or fish. This was also the rule of Taixia's wealthy families in organizing these funerals. For four days,
On the 19th, no one in the Zhang family could eat meat or eat large amounts of fish and meat. This was called "Xiao Zhai". There are two versions of "Xiao Zhai". One is that after the elder in the family dies, it is shameful for the younger generation to eat too much fish and meat.
It is against etiquette and law. "Xiao Zhai" is a sign of respect for elders. Another saying is that "Xiao Zhai" means abstaining from killing. During "Xiao Zhai", wealthy families abstain from killing for forty-nine days because of the death of their elders, so that their livestock, fish and shrimps can survive.
Countless, this is also to accumulate blessings for the deceased elders, so that they can ascend to heaven as soon as possible.
"Zhang Fan, Zhang Zhukang, Zhang Zhifang, and Zhang Lide are on the way now. They are not allowed to get off the airship until Liaozhou. Those who want to cry are just told that if they want to make trouble again, they will be killed.
If they were thrown into Liaozhou and reunited as a family, they would all be honest. The two wives of the old man's second and third bedrooms didn't say anything. The rules of this family can be changed just by a few people crying and making trouble. How would that be inappropriate?
This is the time to put an end to this unhealthy trend in the family..."
Zhang Tie also finished his drink, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and wiped his mouth with a napkin, "I will set a rule for the family this time. Be a bad person first. From now on, cousin, you have to take charge of the affairs of the old house."
, after this, from now on, cousin, no one else will dare to listen to what you say. This family was a little loose before and just made some jokes. From now on, if there are still people in the family who don't know the rules, you can handle it.
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"I know!" Zhang Su took a deep breath and nodded.
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Just like yesterday, at dawn today, the first person to express condolences came. The people who came were the head of the Sun family and two elders of Guide County, Youzhou. The Sun family did not have a flying boat. When they got the news, the Sun family
The people took the airship for a day and a night and arrived at Golden Light City last night. In order to show their sincerity, the Sun family also waited outside the house early. As soon as the sun came up, they were the first to come to express their condolences to the old man, ringing the bell today.
The first mourning drum.
The gift from the Sun family is 1 million gold coins.
After the Sun family paid their condolences, Zhang Tie and the head of the Sun family met with several elders, said a few words, and the Sun family left with satisfaction.
After the Sun family, people of all kinds began to come to the door in an endless stream, and the funeral drum at the door of the old house began to sound non-stop.
When it was close to noon, as the funeral drums sounded again outside the door, the long and melodious voice of the family's white servants also spread from the front yard to the backyard of the old house.
Compared with the previous shouts, this shout was much more forceful, almost like a roar.
"Yan Feiqing, the master of Xuannv Palace in Yunmeng Mountain, Wuzhou, Taixia, and Guo Hongyi, the head of the Guo family in Sanquan County, Youzhou, came to express their condolences..."
Hearing this sound, everyone in the Zhang family's old house was startled. Zhang Tie, who was in the old man's mourning hall, was also stunned for a moment, and then walked quickly towards the vestibule.
But soon, Zhang Tie saw Yan Feiqing and Guo Hongyi.
The two of them were wearing plain white dresses and dressed very simply. Walking together, they looked like a pair of beautiful sisters, rather than a master and a disciple. As soon as the two walked into the Zhang family's old house,
It attracted the attention of countless people, whether it was the servants and relatives of the Zhang family in the old house, or the guests who came to express their condolences, all of them silently paid attention to the two people.
Yan Feiqing looked calm, but Guo Hongyi was a little nervous at this time. Seeing Zhang Tie coming over, Yan Feiqing smiled. Guo Hongyi glanced at Zhang Tie, but suddenly lowered his head, ears and neck
It was stained with a faint crimson color.
Seeing the two people coming together, Zhang Tie breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He didn't know how their master and apprentice communicated during this period, but it seemed that the two of them would really treat each other as sisters in front of him in the future.
"Coming?" Zhang Tie said.
"Here we come!" Yan Feiqing answered.
"Then give my grandpa a few sticks of incense!" Zhang Tie said, walking in front and leading the way, leading the two people to the mourning hall at the back.
When they arrived at the mourning hall, the eyes of the younger Zhang family members and the ladies of the old man who were thanking the mourning hall were all fixed on Yan Feiqing and Guo Hongyi. Yan Feiqing was still calm and composed, while Guo Hongyi
His face became even redder.
"Wait a moment!" Zhang Tie said to Yan Feiqing and Guo Hongyi, and then ordered a steward in the mourning hall, "Go and bring two pieces of flax..."
The steward in the mourning hall was slightly startled when he heard Zhang Tie's instructions, and then immediately reacted. He rushed to the back as quickly as possible and brought Zhang Tie two white hemp belts in the blink of an eye.
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While everyone was watching, Zhang Tie came to Yan Feiqing and Guo Hongyi with a hemp belt, and each gave them a hemp belt, "Tie it on..."
On such occasions, a hemp belt is worn around the waist. It is the mourning robe for the grandson-in-law of the deceased. At this moment in the old house, the women wearing hemp belt around their waists are the wives and concubines of Zhang Tie's cousins. Zhang Tie took two hemp belts.
Take, that is, you have considered two people as wives.
These two hemp belts, in this situation, are more powerful than any words of eternal oath.
Yan Feiqing was the first to take the linen belt and tie it around her waist. Seeing Yan Feiqing like this, Guo Hongyi also lowered her head, took the linen belt from Zhang Tie, and tied it around her waist obediently.
superior.
As soon as the hemp belt was tied, the people in the Zhang family in the mourning hall looked at the two women differently. Zhang Tie also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Some things are hard to say, but if it can be done logically, it will become a fait accompli.
, then you won’t have to scratch your head in the future.
From this moment on, Guo Hongyi has officially become his woman. As for what kind of romantic reputation she will gain by accepting Yan Feiqing's master and apprentice, and whether it will be criticized by some defenders, that's not the case.
Zhang Tie was concerned.
Yan Feiqing and Guo Hongyi knelt down in the mourning hall, kowtowed, and offered incense. Everything was done according to the rules of a grandson's daughter-in-law...
After paying homage to the old man, Zhang Tie introduced the old man's wives in the mourning hall to Yan Feiqing and Guo Hongyi, and then directly took the two women to the back to find his mother and father, and asked his father and his father to
Mom meets Guo Hongyi.
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In the next few days, more and more people came to Jinguang City to express their condolences to Mr. Zhang Haitian, and their status became higher and higher. Representatives of Jin Quan Dao came, the elders of Tianji Sect came, and people from Guangnan Palace came.
, Supervisor Cheng Honglie came, and even people from the houses of King Xuanwu, King Jingtian, King Dingxi, and King Yi'an, who were strangers to Zhang Tiesu and had never dealt with him before, came and gave generous gifts.
Seeing that so many rich and powerful people from Taixia gathered in Jinguang City because of the old man's affairs, the whole Zhang family, not to mention Zhang Tie's uncles and cousins, even the servants in the family were all like chicken blood in the past few days.
All the same, each one put in 120,000 points of energy.
On the fifth day, His Royal Highness the Prince sent someone to express his condolences. Not only did he send generous gifts, but he also issued an edict to bestow upon Mr. Zhang Haitian the title of "Earl and Lord" so that he could enjoy all the honors and honors after his death.
The rule of the Black Iron Age is that only those who kill demons can be knighted. However, as the Taixia royal family, they have the right to confer and posthumously recognize a person with a "posthumous title" after death. The title of "posthumous title" cannot be inherited.
It is the honor of the deceased.
Because of Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie's father was awarded the title of "Lord", and Zhang Tie's grandfather was also posthumously granted the title of "posthumous lord" of an earl. Everyone in Taixia knew how much the Crown Prince liked Zhang Tie.