Chapter 370 Condolences
"Have King Cheng really passed away?" Wu Sansi couldn't believe his ears, and he took a long time to understand. He hurriedly returned to the mansion and changed into a plain suit, and then hurried to the King Cheng's mansion.
From a distance, I saw that the Cheng Mansion was already white, with white silk wrapped around the roofs and walls. The door was crowded with people coming to pay their respects. Although Wu Zhou moved the capital to Luoyang, most of the officials had real estate in Chang'an City. Early this morning, more than a dozen housekeepers of the Cheng Mansion delivered letters one by one. After hearing this news, the families of the senior officials who stayed in Chang'an City sent male members to express their condolences on behalf of the head of the family.
After seeing King Liang's carriage arrive, everyone blocked the Cheng palace to make a way. Wu Sansi no longer had any doubts when he saw this formation. He cried a few times, "King Cheng, why did you suddenly leave... When I left the capital, Your Majesty praised you as Wu Zhou's upper country pillar. Why did you die before you saw King Cheng Lao Gansui in three days... I want to report to Emperor Wu and be honored after Cheng Lao Gansui..."
Before he finished the last sentence, he saw Cheng Cheng Jin, who was wearing a special double king holding a python in the middle hall, was sitting in the middle of the hall, pulling the tribute placed in front of the coffin with chopsticks. He was still scolding the housekeeper beside him and not doing anything: "Look at your job, I am the one who is about to leave. How can you fool me? The snacks are salty! There is no salt added to the dishes offered?
I don’t understand. Do you think I’ll be bullied if I leave soon?”
The housekeeper was usually scolded by Cheng Yaojin, and replied with a smile: "This is wronging us. Your funeral is to give the most famous funeral in Chang'an City to the Liu family. They have been dealt with for you seriously according to the prince's specifications. You are always a double king. They have raised the specifications for you half a level. However, no one in any family has a funeral. They have gotten up from the coffin and found food by themselves..."
"You talk too much, be careful that I will ask you boy to come downstairs to accompany me. It's not convenient for me. I won't let you come in and sit in." Halfway through, Cheng Yaojin suddenly saw Wu Sansi who was stunned. Old Cheng laughed and waved to King Liang, and continued, "After I wait for Old Cheng to leave, I will bother King Liang to cry twice. If you can't write two words Wu, King Liang, you cry, is equivalent to the little contribution of Old Cheng that Your Majesty still remembers."
"What kind of tricks are you doing, King Cheng? Why can't I understand Sansi?" Wu Sansi didn't dare to move forward, but just stood in front of the middle hall and continued to say to the coffin that was docking inside: "If King Cheng, if you are joking, then Sansi will go back. His Majesty of Luoyang City is still waiting for Sansi to go back and submit the order."
When he said this, Wu Sansi's tone had already become cold. Cheng Yaojin had made such a fuss once, but he never thought that even the funeral was held this time. It seemed that he was determined to disrespect the imperial edict. When Cheng Yaojin thought of himself as a monkey, Wu Sansi was furious.
"Who is kidding this?" Cheng Yaojin laughed and his expression became solemn. After pausing for a moment, he continued, "King Liang, wait a moment, and when the funeral is over, you will understand what's going on."
At this time, Bai Wuqiu and Xiao Ren San jumped out of the back hall. The two monsters seemed to have not seen Wu Sansi and went directly into the middle hall where the coffin was parked.
Little Renyi climbed up the altar to the head of the coffin, sat on the coffin and said to Cheng Yaojin inside: "Don't say that the coffin looks quite grand, Cheng Da Si's fool, let's squeeze, let's try how it feels like lying inside..."
While talking, Little Renyi had already jumped into the coffin, lay beside Cheng Yaojin, and continued, "You are still the king who can enjoy it. It's so spacious enough to accommodate a family of three."
"Uncle San, don't look at the spaciousness that will be full of things that will fall in with you. Old Cheng, I have saved some gadgets I like in my life, and the housekeeper will put them in one by one." Cheng Yaojin picked up the little Renyi and gave it to Bai Wuqiu who was standing outside, and continued to say to his brother-in-law: "Brother Wuqiu, brother, I'm going to take a step first.
Brother, I am occupying a good place below, waiting for you and our father to hold hands. You two will be brothers in the next life, and brother, I will be your neighbor..."
"Where you go, don't you know who your father is? Is it so easy to kill him? If you should be reincarnated, you will join you. Don't worry about us." Bai Wuqiu sighed strangely when he spoke, and then continued to say to himself: "I'm jealous when I look at this coffin. When can I lie in it with that old guy..."
Listening to the words of the two monsters, it didn't seem like they were joking. Wu Sansi, who had originally made up his mind to leave, decided to stay and take a look, but the scene looked strange and ridiculous.
This is the first time I have encountered such a thing as this.
After a while, Baijiang, Guangzhi and others also wore simple clothes to the central hall. Even the managers of several shops in Chang'an City of Sishui also represented Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan, the two owners, to deliver gold. Wu Sansi looked at it less and less. If the big man in the coffin could lie in it, he would really not be able to get out of the problem.
It was about to be noon, but Wu Mian, Gui Bugui and others walked out with Cao Shitou. The ginseng doll held a tray in his hand, which was a bowl of black soup. The stench that was indescribable in the smell of medicine made the people outside nausea.
After Wu Mian came out, he found a chair to sit down. Gui Bugui took Cao Shitou to the coffin, took the medicine in the tray, and delivered it to Cheng Yaojin and said, "Yaojin, this is what you want. I have refined it. I will drink it or not..."
Cheng Yaojin took the medicine carefully, took a deep breath, and said to Gui Bugui: "Thank you, Dad, my son must have drunk it all. You can't let your old man down. Gui Bugui followed the trend and gave Cheng Yaojin a small mouth, stared at him and said, "Bah! Is this my intention? My intention is that you don't drink it...Can you live up to your old man?"
"How can I not drink the medicine you made after you have put such a lot of effort into it?"
Cheng Yaojin replied with a smile and stood up from the coffin. He raised the medicine bowl and said to the people who looked down at him: "Thank you for your appreciation for your face and I'm here to see you for the last journey. I originally prepared a few words, but I still don't say them. All the things I want to say are in this bowl of medicine. Let's see you in the next life..."
After saying that, Cheng Yaojin drank all the soup and medicine in his hand and smashed the medicine bowl. Finally, he leaned back and fell into the coffin. The servants who were ready to cry immediately opened their throats and started crying. Then the monk and old Taoist who was attracted came into the venue and sat in the east and west places and began to recite the scriptures of their own rebirth.
Wu Sansi then understood what was going on. It turned out that these two kings Cheng Yaojin committed suicide. But why was it so unconscious that he was the two kings, and there were several living gods behind him. Even the Emperor Wu was afraid of him. If it were him, Wu Sansi, he would have taken Wu Mian and Gui Bugui and others to Luoyang City to compete for the throne. How could he die if he died?
At this time, the people who came to pay their respects began to walk to the central hall one after another and salute to the coffin that was docked inside. Because Cheng Yaojin was too old and had a very big title, the people who paid their respects according to the rules would not be enough if they did not kowtow nine times. Bai Wuqiu, Xiao Rensan, as the elder of the deceased, sat in front of the coffin with a golden knife and accepted the gifts from these people.
Wu Sansi didn't dare to offend these living gods, so he came over to salute. The deceased was the best, even if he was the king's identity, he couldn't escape and wanted to kowtow a few times. Just as he was kneeling in front of the coffin to prepare for salute, he saw Cheng Yaojin in the coffin sitting up straight and said to Gui Bugui, who was sitting aside, "Dad, this is wrong..."
When Cheng Yaojin sat up from the coffin, Wu Sansi was kneeling in front of the coffin to salute. Cheng Yaojin, who was suddenly sitting up, was frightened and sat on the ground.
Cheng Yaojin has undergone great changes now. His original white beard and white hair is pitch black, scattered on his shoulders, and looks like he is twenty or thirty years younger. However, Old Cheng couldn't see the changes in his body, and looked at Gui Bugui and continued, "Your decoction is not useful, it's not my son, I'll tell you. Is your prescription fake?"
If it were Cheng Yaojin, who had white beard and white hair just now, wouldn't everyone be scared? Old Cheng is used to being unscrupulous. At worst, it's a matter of laughing. No one would have seen his experience as his Two Kings. But now his white hair suddenly turns black, no one is sure. Did the Two Kings regret it after his death?
"The medicine is not fake, you are no longer your original body." Gui Bugui took out the bronze mirror prepared in advance, walked to the coffin, handed it to Cheng Yaojin, and continued: "Now you have become the fourth leader of the Wagang Mountains more than ten years ago. The immortal body is gone, and no one said you will die soon."
"What did you say? Old Cheng and my relatives and friends have called me. I promised to send Lao Cheng and my last one. Now I'm not dead, and the gold that people should have sent has been delivered... They won't say that I, Your Highness, cheated money, are you?" As he spoke, Cheng Yaojin's face became entangled. After hesitating for a long time, he continued to say to Gui Bugui: "Or, my son, I'll wipe my neck on the spot? Do you think it's still time for you..."
As soon as he heard that King Cheng was going to commit suicide at the scene, the people who came to pay their respects hurriedly came over to dissuade him. He said that someone was better than anything else to live, and the gold he gave was given to King Cheng as a change of clothes and bought a pair of shoes to wear. Wu Sansi also comforted him a few words: "King Cheng, you are the pillar of the country. King Cheng is the blessing of Your Majesty, the blessing of the Great Zhou, and the blessing of the world..."
"Then according to the new friends, I will not die this time." Cheng Yaojin was easy to talk to. With the help of the butler, he crawled out of the coffin, and then stood in front of the central hall and continued to say to everyone: "But we can't let everyone run away in vain. In this way, today is my birthday. Who would like to tear off the white silk of the elegiac couplet and write a few birthday words and stick it on... Don't ask if it's appropriate! If you ask me again, I'll die for you..."
Originally, a somewhat sad thing ended in a farce, but fortunately, Lao Cheng was thick-skinned enough. The person who was supposed to be lying in the coffin finally wore a shroud and held a wine jar and went to the table to persuade him to drink. Even a shameless monster like Bai Wuqiu could not do it.
Looking at Cheng Yaojin, who was very active, Wu Sansi nodded thoughtfully, and then said to himself: "The people want to be officials, and the officials want to be emperors, and the emperor's desire is immortality. When he gave up the world, he even gave up immortality. Is this person really no desire at all..."
"His desire is for the people, a people who do not become emperors and do not have immortality." At this time, Gui Bugui appeared behind Wu Sansi with a smile. He glanced at the somewhat shocked King Liang, smiled, and continued, "People must not have desires, and those without desires have no life. I wonder where His Highness King Liang's desire is?"
Speaking of this, Gui Bugui laughed and then continued: "Your Highness said in person that the official wanted to be the emperor, and Your Highness, King Liang, was young and reached the high throne of the king. Now that Emperor Wu is in power, he is born to the sons of the emperors of the previous dynasty. If the Great Zhou continues for generations, he will naturally not make them emperors again. Your Highness is an outstanding child of the Wu clan. If he fails to do so, he will be the crown prince who will take over the Great Zhou world in the future."
After hearing what he couldn't say, Wu Sansi's cold sweat suddenly flowed. After a while, he said: "The old god was joking. How dare Sansi peep at the throne? He never even thought about such thoughts. If Sansi had such thoughts, I hope that the sky would hit lightning and never turn over..."
After laughing, Gui Bugui said, "Your Highness, don't rush to make a swearing. I haven't thought about it now. Maybe if you find any helper in the future, you can think about it. For example, my stupid son Bai Wuqiu, he may have one or two of the demons in the world who can help you get the throne."
After hearing this, Wu Sansi shook his head and said, "If it is not my race, his heart will be different. If the foreign race cannot believe it, how can he trust the demon race? Using the demon race is Wuyi to make a fuss with the tiger and form an alliance with the demon race, Sansi would rather give up the throne and return to his hometown to be a down-to-earth farmer. His Highness Cheng can even give up immortality. Can Sansi even give up a small king's title?"
"Your Highness, don't worry, old man, I have no other intentions. I'm just worried that your great rivers and mountains in Wu Zhou will fall into the hands of others." Gui Bugui smiled and called Cao Shitou, then pointed to the ginseng doll that ran over and continued to say to Wu Sansi: "If your highness thinks about it, old man, I will introduce this child to you. Don't underestimate it, this child is the chief supervisor of the royal palace on the demon mountain. The entire demon mountain is above ten thousand demons..."
After saying that, Gui Bugui picked up the little guy and walked towards Wu Mian. After walking to the white-haired man, he turned around and pointed at Wu Sansi. Wu Mian looked at the King of Liang with Gui Bugui's fingertips, and then the two of them gathered together and said something, looking at Wu Sansi. The white-haired man still showed a meaningful smile on his face...
I couldn't stay here anymore. No matter how these two people looked at me, Wu Sansi was standing or sitting. The wine in his mouth seemed to be as boring water as tasteless. Then he couldn't stand the pressure on him. He stood up and said goodbye to Cheng Yaojin, who had already been drunk, and hurriedly left King Cheng's mansion.
After returning to his mansion, Wu Sansi immediately ordered people to prepare the vehicle. If he couldn't stay in Chang'an City, it would be better to return to the capital of Shenluoyang early.
Just as the servants were rushing to prepare their carriage and luggage, a voice came from under Wu Sansi's feet: "You want to go back to Luoyang? This is different from what we agreed at the beginning... Before Cao Shitou was caught, our plan was disrupted when you went back. How should we end it?"
"Gui Bugui and Wu Mian have already begun to doubt me..." Wu Sansi's voice was a little nervous. After pausing for a moment, he continued: "Gui Bugui had something to mess with me several times. He has already begun to doubt that I have something to do with Cao Shitou. If I help you, it will only make things worse! The covenant between us will be aborted. I will go back to Luoyang now, and you can find a way to deal with Cao Shitou."
"Gui Bugui began to doubt you? Tell me what happened..." After listening to Wu Sansi's story, his voice was silent for a while and then rang again: "That old guy is just cheating you. If he really has any real evidence, will he let you go? You are leaving now and you are missing out."
"I don't care! I'm not you monks, I'll keep my life in the future as an emperor..." Wu Sansi continued without any room for retreat: "So what if I miss it? I've broken off contact with you, and what can he do to me even if he returns or not? I'm close to the emperor, and without real evidence, what can he do to me?"
While speaking, Wu Sansi saw that his carriage had been set up, and then ignored the sounds under his feet. He rushed to the carriage and told the coachman to drive out of the city quickly and not want his luggage or anything else, just let the guards bring money.
After watching Wu Sansi get on the carriage, he started running outside the city. Another voice came from the ground: "This person is too afraid of death, so it's better to be reliable..."
Chapter completed!