Chapter 4 Before the Spirit
There is no crying when you are happy and mourning, and it is a tradition that will not laugh out loud. When guests come to pay their respects, the host family will only smile at most, indicating that the old man’s birthday has come, but he has never suffered.
This makes the host and the host feel at ease.
Those who cried a lot were the apprentices and grandchildren whom Lu Deming took in his youth and his juniors.
Zhang De is a "closed disciple". Although he has not learned any knowledge, even Lu Deming asked Lu Feibai to teach Fuqin, but this is the case in terms of identity relationship. Lao Zhang has a natural high status in the Lu academic system.
Some disciples themselves have students, and these students are older than Zhang De…
Among the Lu disciples who came to pay their respects, the highest status was Sun Fujia, the former Dali Temple Minister, and Zhang De. The two of them had a little different division of labor. Sun Fujia was responsible for crying in front of the spirit, representing all Lu Deming's disciples. Zhang De was responsible for reception. No matter what the background was, he would only be more respectful when he came to Lao Zhang.
Of course, it is also possible that on the day Lu Deming's death, Zhang De was assassinated and killed seventeen or eighteen outlaws.
Having offended Zhang De, who knows whether this Jiangyin native would deliberately seek trouble.
"Ada."
The three Zhang brothers in Jiangyin were present. The two brothers came to Zhang De and called out. Zhang De nodded slightly, and the two went to the back to help.
After the two brothers entered, Yu Chang also arrived.
"Brother."
He saluted in front of Yu Chang first. After Yu Chang returned the salutation, he wanted to say "sadness", but after thinking about it, "When will we turn back?"
"After receiving the commandment, I will return to Wuhan."
"Take care of yourself."
Yu Chang gently patted Zhang De's arm and then entered.
Although the Yu family's momentum is not bad now, Yu Chang is worried. Without Yu Shinan to support the scene, the bigger the Yu family's family business, the more unstable it makes Yu Chang feel.
Especially before Lu Deming died, he actually dismembered the Lu family. You should know that the Lu family is now the first rich family in Suzhou, and the family size has spread to Changzhou, Runzhou, Huzhou, and Hangzhou, which is already a behemoth.
Moreover, there are many people working in local prefectures and counties. The officials in a county may not be the chief official of the Lu family, but most of the "second-in-command" and the six officials of the Cao Cao family are married to the Lu family.
The scale is so large that it is the first time since the Southern Dynasty.
But Lu Deming had to dismember such a huge scale before he died. Yu Chang had thought about the reason. Especially when Zhang De arrived, Lu Deming closed his eyes. Who would say that this was just a coincidence? Yu Chang didn't believe it.
Lu Deming clearly just kept breathing, waited until Zhang De arrived, and then passed away.
I believe that everything that should be explained must be explained. I believe that Zhang De told Lu Deming that everything that should be said must have been explained to Lu Deming.
To make Lu Deming leave with his anger, everything must be in line with Lu Deming's guess.
Based on this speculation or judgment, Lu Deming dismembered the Lu family before his death.
One or two miles across the Lu house, the Lu family was also mourning. It was said that they died suddenly. But Yu Chang knew that the man was killed by Lu Feibai.
The entire Lu family is very secretive. You should know that in terms of seniority, that person is Lu Feibai's uncle.
Everything in the Zhenguan Dynasty is easy to say, but it is difficult for the slaughter brother to kill brothers to do it, but it is impossible to say it.
The county chiefs and adjutants of the Yangtze River were present one after another. As for whether to sell Lu Deming's face or praise Zhang De, the Lu family's children also felt a sense of it at this time.
Lu Feibai's slash was not an uncle, but the delusions of the Lu family's children.
Without Lu Deming, the Lu family had to rely on their own to do whatever they wanted. Perhaps they could be united as Lu family, but they were no longer a giant after all.
"Sanlang."
Later, Yu Chang saw Zhang Da'an. As the son of Duke Zou, Zhang Da'an himself was very concerned. In addition, he was also the magistrate of Jiangyin County, and I don't know how many people were under his control. When various people from Jiangdong kowtowed and burned incense to Lu Deming, they had to greet Zhang Da'an.
Regardless of whether you know it or not.
"Brother is here."
After the salute, Yu Chang said, "Find a room to touch mahjong."
In the wing room on the left and right of the mourning hall, people who came early were already playing mahjong there, and there were many guests watching with beans, which was quite lively.
There are also women playing cards, but they are separated from men. Half of the women are busy cutting the heads of cloth and laying out the things needed for the mourning hall.
While talking, he saw a crowd of people coming from outside. Zhang Da'an saw: "It's Brother Li who is here."
"Brother."
Li Fengjie, who was wearing a spacious cotton robe, came to say hello, kowtowed and bowed to Lu Deming, and burned incense. After receiving the linen, Li Fengjie greeted Yu Chang and said, "Why don't you play mahjong?"
"You only have three of them, three are missing one, are you just going to attract someone?"
"Stop waiting, I'll call my brother over."
After saying that, Li Fengjie turned around and went outside, his voice was loud and he shouted at Zhang De, "Brother, three are missing, can you come?"
Zhang De was welcoming and seeing him off, and when he heard Li Fengjing shouting, he turned his head and said, "Come."
After saying that, he bowed to all directions and then arrived at the inner room.
After finding a table, Lu Feibai asked someone to send the mahjong plaques over, and the four of them gathered together to play mahjong.
"When does my brother turn around?"
"You're here, I'll go back to Wuhan."
"Aren't you waiting for Mr. Lu to be buried?"
"Mr.'s last words will be stopped for only three days and will be buried in three days."
Lu Deming lived for 100 years, and he had enough, but the reason why Lu Deming left this last word before his death was because he thought he could die for a long time.
If you die, why waste your children's time?
What's more, Du Ruhui, who is famous all over the world, can fly up like a wave, so why bother Lu Deming?
It's almost done if you go through the motions.
"Mr. Lu is really a god."
With a sigh, Li Fengjie said, "There are more students in Yangzhou who worship two more. One is Master Cao, and the second is Master Lu."
"Why?"
"Master Cao is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable. Master Lu is born to be a god and a man who never forgets everything and is very good at talking. With these two talents, how can he not take the exam?"
As he said that, Li Fengjie took a card and sighed very much, "This is the two gods who are left and right. If you worship, you will pass the East Wind."
"Tao God?"
Yu Chang was slightly stunned, "Dongfeng, how many exams are taken in Yangzhou now?"
"No matter whether you are bound by the imperial examinations, you can take all the exams. You must take the exams every time you enter the exams... Who is the "scholar" in Yangzhou? Those trunk merchants, salt merchants, and maritime merchants are mostly prosperous families, and even girls can read and write. Lao Li is the chief minister of Yangzhou. This education is the most powerful thing. The west wind is the west wind! The south wind."
"Is it that I want me to be a god to my sir?"
Lao Zhang looked at Li Fengjie and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Li Fengjie would not say this suddenly, but the matter of enthroning the gods is extremely difficult for the people to initiate, and the official is just an imperial edict.
Now it is extremely difficult to become a saint by achieving success. The emperor and the queen are so troubled, and they dare not say that they will be treated as a saint after they die.
But it is different to enthrone the gods. The fact that the Mai Tie Staff can succeed is because the right time, place, and people are all there. Without the struggle for benevolence and righteousness in those years, without the rival Wen Yanbo, Zhang De's strong funds, and without the relationships spread across the country in all aspects of the "Zhengyi Society".
The Iron Staff Temple and the Maigong Temple were uninterrupted for twenty years. It was not until a few years ago that the Iron Staff Temple had a court organization, and it is conceivable that the difficulty was.
"Scholars naturally have the same way as scholars."
Li Fengjie smiled indifferently and looked at Zhang De, "It's all about whether my brother is willing or not."
Chapter completed!