Vol 2 Chapter 1095: Funeral

"My palace is so disappointed with you!"
Gu Jiu's tone was heavy.
The invisible pressure moved towards Gu Teng's face, making him frightened.
"Weichen is guilty! Please punish the empress!"
Gu Jiu pointed, tapped the tabletop lightly, one after another.
The soft knocking sound fell in Gu Yu's ears, bang dong dong... It was like a heavy hammer hitting his heart.
The fragile heart couldn't bear the pressure and was about to stop beating.
Finally, Gu Jiu spoke, breaking the suffocating atmosphere.
"My palace had already ordered him not to go out. But you were good at advocating, taking him out, and even taking him to the Weishui River. There was only one old servant guarded by it. If you don't know your nature, this palace will doubt whether it is you. Collusion with the old man and acted in such a play."
Gu Teng was stunned, "Weichen has been wronged. Weichen will never conspiracy with his father. Please give me the lesson."
Gu Jiu played with the little abacus in his hand, "If Gu Gong took the old man out, my palace has every reason to suspect that he has bad intentions. You, you, you don't have the courage and the mind."
Gu Teng let out a sigh, his clothes were already wet with sweat.
"But this palace has to doubt that you are taking the words of this palace into ears." Gu Jiu's tone was harsh, and he asked harshly.
Gu Yan bowed his head down and frustrated, "Don't be concealed, Weichen just saw him paralyzed in bed and kept clamoring to go out. It was really pitiful. Weichen was a son of man and couldn't bear it, so he decided to take him out of the house without authorization. Lu On the way, he clamored to go to Xinmin County, but I rejected it. Then he said he was going to the Weishui River.
I thought it was so hot, there should be very few people on the riverside and would not be noticed, so I dared to take him to the riverside. I didn't expect that he would still use this decisive method. It's all Weichen's fault, please punish your mother! "
Gu Jiu gave an "um" and asked, "Did he say anything?"
Gu Yan was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly replied, "He said he wanted to go outside and have a look, but said nothing else."
"Do you remember what he didn't say?" Gu Jiu asked again.
Gu Yu thought about it and said: "Going out made him very excited. During the period, Weichen refused to go to Xinmin County. He was very desperate, and his eyes were full of hatred and hatred for everyone. Last night, Weichen kept thinking if he went there. In Xinmin County, how would he commit suicide? Would it be a jump? He jumped down and ran into someone else's carriage. He would probably die on the spot.
So many people in Xinmin County watched it, and there is no need to arrange for people to spread the rumors, the news will spread all over the capital in an instant. Because of Weichen’s opposition, he may have temporarily changed his mind and decided to go to the Weishui River. Although the effect is not as good as that of Xinmin County, it can still be..."
"It's equally disgusting!"
Gu Jiu interrupted Gu Tu's words lightly.
Gu Zhili's death was shocking.
But in Gu Jiu's eyes, his death was actually for disgusting people.
Disgusting to care for her family, disgusting to herself.
Forcing his own father to death, what a big hat.
Regardless of whether it is an ancient society or a modern society, this is a crime that has been scolded by thousands of people.
The dead are big!
Even if the "forced to death" old man is an old and disrespectful old bastard, according to the principle that the deceased is the greatest, children and juniors will still be scolded.
What Gu Zhili wanted was spitting.
Let the Gu family, let her, the empress, be scolded by people for generations.
Ha ha!
Gu Jiu snorted.
Gu Zhen was frightened!
Gu Jiu said to him: "People are dead, the next step is to take care of the funeral. In midsummer, the weather is hot, and it is not suitable to park for too long. I think it will stop for seven days. Ask a group of monks and Taoists to do things. It doesn't matter if the scene is lively. "
Gu Teng couldn't recover, and did not respond immediately.
Gu Jiu stared at him, "Do you have any questions about this palace's arrangements?"
"No, no, no." Gu Wei shook his head and waved his hands.
Gu Jiu snorted, "Looking at your reaction speed, it's no wonder that the old man will be pinched. It is estimated that he will yell out only when you are there."
Gu Teng looked regretful at the beginning.
"Get out!" Gu Jiu waved.
Gu Teng was shocked, "The mother didn't punish me?"
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "In these years, you have taken care of the old man alone, without credit and hard work. You are responsible for the death of the old man, but the root lies in the old man. He wants to die, whether it is jumping a car or jumping a river. Let him find a chance to jump off. My palace knows that he hates my palace in his heart, and he just wants to use death to sick my palace."
"The empress is serious!"
"Are you serious? Don't you think the old man hates this palace? He tried to kill himself in such an extreme way as he jumped into the river and killed himself. Isn't he disgusting?"
"Weichen, Weichen..."
Gu Teng was just being polite, but she didn't know that the Queen Empress would throw the question back. The performance was really bad.
Gu Jiu laughed, "Go back, and take care of the funeral. This palace will let King Qi come forward for the funeral."
"Weichen follow the order!"
Gu Teng was relieved, knocked his head, got up and left.
...
Hu's rest assured, simply drove to the palace gate to wait.
I first saw Gu Gong going out of the palace alone, and stopped him for a question. It's over!
Knowing that Gu Teng was alone in the palace, she was anxious and flustered.
"What to do? What to do? Will the mother punish the master heavily? What if the mother asks him to pay for the father?"
"The sister-in-law is at ease, the mother will not punish the third brother hard, let alone let the third brother pay for her life."
"How do you know the empress will not?"
"Sister-in-law has been in Gu's house for so many years. You have seen the grievances and grudges between the empress and the old man. The mother must be so mad that she will let the third brother pay for the old man's life."
"You don't want your life! You are talking nonsense at the gate of the palace, saying that your empress is crazy." Hu's face was pale with fright, and he looked around for fear of someone staring at them.
Gu Yu looked indifferent, "Sister-in-law wants to continue to wait for the third brother, then I will go back to the house first. It is time for the guests to mourn for a while, and there is no one in charge in the house.
Hu nodded vaguely. She remembered Gu Teng, and she was unable to care about other things unintentionally.
I don't know how long I waited, but I know that the sun is getting higher and higher, and the ice basin placed in the carriage is about to melt into water. The temperature in the compartment became hotter and hotter.
Hu wiped the sweat from his forehead, and when he was restless and restless, he finally saw Gu Teng walk out of the palace safe and sound.
Regardless of dignity, she rushed out of the carriage and greeted her.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine! Why are you here?" Gu Zheng pulled her into the carriage.
"I'm worried about you, so I can't rest at home, so I just wait for you at the palace gate."
The couple got into the carriage.
Gu Teng washed his face with the melted ice water in the ice basin, and finally washed away the sweat.
"How's the matter? Did the mother punished you?" Hu asked carefully.
Gu Yan shook his head and said with a look of gratitude: "Niang Niang did not punish me because of my years of hard work. She only ordered me to be good at the funeral of the old man, stop spiritual for seven days, and still ask the monk and Taoist priest to do a ritual, and try to be as lively as possible. some."
Hu patted his chest with a look of relief, "Thank God! Thank you, the empress, for her magnanimity, and did not hold you accountable. I will now let Xiaosi take your name post and invite you to the monk and Taoist who specialize in doing things. Nineteen monks and Taoists, have you seen enough?"
Gu Yu thought for a while, "After all, the old man is the head of the country, and the monks and priests have invited 49 people. The scented wax paper money in the family should be prepared a little more so that it is not enough. Ask the next people to fold some paper flowers and burn them to the old man."
"It's good to be a few beauties and burn them for the old man. The old man loved beauties the most during his lifetime." Hu added.
Gu Teng nodded repeatedly, "You reminded me that besides beauties, there are also paper gold ingots."
Hu sighed with emotion, "The old man loves both beauty and money, and he also loves power. Isn't he going to burn a few sets of official clothes made of paper for him?"
"Burn it! All in all, the funeral is a bit lively. If you can't give it to the old man during his lifetime, you must give it to him after death. Lest he come back and make trouble."
As soon as these words came out, Hu shivered abruptly, and the goose bumps became all over.
"Don't scare people!" She rolled her eyes and Gu Yan.
Gu Teng had a serious face, and solemnly reminded, "You must remember that the old man died with a grudge. His grievance has not disappeared and he can't help but guard."
"Zi does not talk strangely, but you are still a scholar." Hu sipped.
Gu Teng smiled bitterly, he was also afraid!
The old man's hatred look, he will probably not forget it in the rest of his life.
...
After the death of the country's head-in-law, the people in Beijing were shocked.
I haven't seen the grandfather of the country for many years, and when I heard the news again, he was dead.
Regardless of whether there is a relationship with the Gu family or not, the father-in-law of the country has passed away, and he must give a ceremony.
It is not appropriate to send a housekeeper to the door, so you have to come in person.
High-ranking officials, royal family members, and Beijing officials who followed suit came to the door.
For a time, the house of Gu's family was very lively.
The funeral changed completely, and it seemed to be a meeting of feasting and drinking.
The guests are struggling with each other.
The guests are struggling with Gu's family.
Gu's family is in a relationship with the guests...
Turning around, it's all related.
Forty-nine monks and forty-nine Taoist priests are concentrated in a courtyard, each occupying half of the site, without interfering with each other, and doing rituals.
Reading scriptures here, God dancing over there.
As soon as the guests entered the courtyard, they all had to be shocked by this scene.
A woman whispered gossip, "It will cost a lot of money to do things."
"Please, so many monks and Taoists, a few thousand taels must be spent."
"This funeral will cost twenty to thirty thousand taels."
"Fortunately, it only stops for seven days. If it stops for 14 days, the cost will be doubled."
"If I remember correctly, Gu's residence hasn't been separated yet. With so much expenditure on funerals, I am afraid that the two brothers who have not yet returned to Beijing have opinions?"
"You mean Uncle Chengping and General Gu?"
"Exactly!"
"It's precisely because there is no separation of families that you have to spend money. Anyway, it is everyone's money. It is not distressed. Besides, there is a queen empress as a backer, can this little money count? The empress's finger leaks a little, just More than this money."
"Gu's family is backed by the queen's wife, and she must have saved a lot of money over the years. Twenty to thirty thousand taels is unbearable for us. For Gu's family, that's what happened."
"This statement makes sense."