Chapter 18 third quarter

The door of the ancestral hall was wide open, and it was arranged as a mourning hall. The coffins of Fourth Master and Xiaoshe were both carried in, head to toe on the ground, causing Lu Hu's heart to not know whether it was grief or pain, and he was so anxious that he also fell ill.Fortunately, fourth master's funeral had already been prepared, so there was no fuss.While discussing the obituary with the short shirt, the maid Qiuyue hurried in, panting and shouting, "Mrs. Ma'am, it's not good. The third aunt has hanged herself. It's under the back wall of the small garden..."

Both Lu Hushi and Tiaoshan were taken aback, and before they could answer, Ah Fu also rushed in, yelling, "It's not good, it's not good, San Yiniang hanged herself, right under the back wall of the small garden... ..." Lu Hu scolded: "If you have something to say, stand still and say it, what's wrong, what's wrong with it?" One didn't finish scolding, and several family members ran over, still yelling: "It's not good, it's not good..." The parrot repeated Qiuyue and Ah Fu's words several times. Hu became angry and cursed: "Stand up straight one by one, and speak slowly!"

After talking about it, it was still just the same sentence: "Third Auntie hanged herself, and she is under the back wall of the small garden." Hu stared at Ah Fu: "That's it? Is it over?" Ah Fu thought that he needed to add more, so he thought for a while and said: "Everyone said that the eldest young master died unjustly, and the soul is still in the garden. He seduces people's souls. First, he seduced the soul of Aunt Liu, and now he seduces you again." Third Aunt, the next step is still uncertain..." Hu clapped the chopping board: "Nonsense!"

Ah Fu was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, and all the tablets on the case trembled and almost fell down.Mrs. Hu hurriedly supported her, pleaded guilty to her ancestors, and then turned around and said slowly, "Since you're dead, just find a coffin to fill it in. Ah Fu, I'll leave it to you." Ah Fu bent over and agreed.But the short shirt said: "Slow." He raised a hand, looked at the sky and shook it and said: "This matter is not that simple. Third Yiniang was loyal to my father and died for her. She is a strong woman! She and Xiao The two aunts are both good elders of our Lu family. They are good role models, so they must be buried generously. Besides, one coffin may not be enough, so you have to..." He turned to look at his mother, and said, "Leave this matter to me. Let's stop the obituary, don't rush to report the funeral to relatives and friends, I have another reason." Signaled Ah Fu to come out to discuss.

Shirt and Ah Fu went out and didn't come back until the afternoon. They bought a large coffin, two small coffins, all of which were old red sandalwood, very valuable, and placed them together in the ancestral hall, next to the fourth master's coffin.But he was not in a hurry to inform a relative of his past. Lu Hu was a little bit reluctant, and asked his son: "You two bastards, it's fine to just buy two fir boards. Is it worth the expense?" The short shirt said solemnly: "I can't save it. Dad left a message, saying that his greatest wish is to earn a piece of chastity archway for him to come back. These two aunts died well. It's not right for them to die for their husbands with such staunch chastity." Is it a grand funeral? Not only the best coffin but also the best band must be used, and the event must be grand and grand, so that everyone in Qingtong can see it. I have already sent an express letter of rich gifts to Eunuch Jian, ask him to ask the emperor to reward him. To be honest, it was the third aunt who reminded me. I didn't expect that the third aunt really kept her word. She hanged her neck right after her father died. She was wrong."

Mrs. Hu snorted, "She hanged her neck. Where can I hang her neck? She ran under the wall of the small garden, causing gossip in the garden. You still want to ask for an archway for her? Isn't your father Did you ask you to write the memorial a long time ago and ask for the archway for me?" The short shirt said: "Father is confused. He just died, and you are not dead. What kind of archway should you ask for? In all dynasties, only the ministers made their wives after their deaths. How can they properly award the memorial archway to the living? So The son came up with this ingenious plan to use the staunch sacrifices of his father's wives and concubines to buy a chastity archway for the Lu family."

Mrs. Hu was dubious, nodded and said: "Your father died, you are the head of the family, what do you say?" The short shirt came out with a nod, and ordered someone to invite the second concubine Huici and the fourth concubine Hehua to the ancestral hall, and closed the door, leaving only the housekeeper Fu and two confidant servants. Slowly said: "The third aunt died for her husband, the two aunts have heard about it? The third aunt is really admirable, admirable. Before my father died, he left a message, saying that I hope everyone Auntie can work together to earn a chastity archway for the Lu family. Now that the third aunt is ahead, what do the two aunts say?"

He Hua was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground, her face covered with snot and tears, and asked, "Second Young Master, are you really calling me dead?" The short shirt stared at the lotus and said, "I told you long ago that you were a member of the Lu family when you were born, and a ghost of the Lu family when you died. My father treated you well during his lifetime. Now is the time for you to repay him. Could it be that you are not willing?" He Hua kowtowed and begged, "Second Young Master, I don't want to die. Yapei is still young, please let me go. I am willing to work for Second Young Master. Don't you see that I am a husband and wife with you?" For the love of the scene, it also depends on the love between me and you..."

The short shirt didn't want to hear more from her, so he ordered his subordinates: "Don't you serve the two aunts to drink medicine?" Knowing that he was unlucky, Lotus burst into tears: "Second young master, you really have no heart..." After taking the bowl, she gritted her teeth and drank it. "Dang Lang" fell to pieces and yelled and cursed recklessly, "You guys There are no one in the Lu family, old and young, no one is human, I raised children for your Lu family, and was bullied by your old and young, I will never let you go even if I am a ghost..."

The short shirt ignored it, turned to Hui Ci and said, "Second Aunt, it's your turn." Huici looked at him coldly and said, "I have a son myself, so I don't need you to call me mother." The short shirt didn't take it seriously, and said with a smirk, "That's right, my elder brother is dead too, so it's meaningless for you to live. Why don't you go underground with my father and my elder brother. You'd better drink this bowl of medicine." " Huici blocked the servant's hand and said, "Don't touch me. You're right. I don't want to live anymore after leaving the long shirt. Although you don't allow me to lose my hair, in my heart, I don't think of myself as your Lu family. I have already entered Buddhism, even if I die, I will not die for the Lu family, and I will not be a ghost of the Lu family. I have nothing to do with the chastity archway of the Lu family. A chaste and martyr?"

The short shirt had been prepared for a long time, and he was not angry at the moment, just chuckled twice and said: "Second aunt said it very happily, she is a sensible person. I also heard that second aunt is also a very good gambler, and she is willing to admit defeat. I will never renege on it. Then, let's just play a game. If I lose, Second Aunt is welcome, you can be a monk or stay at home, it's up to you; if I win, what will Second Aunt say?" "I drank this medicine." Hui Ci sneered, "Just the two of us?" "Of course not." The blouse pointed at Ah Fu and the servant, "I know Second Aunt's favorite is playing cards, since it's a life and death bet, of course I want to play Second Aunt's favorite game. Let's play eight rounds as fast as we can." Huici laughed: "Alright. I've endured your family's anger for most of my life. Every time I play cards, I'm sneaky. When I die, I have a good time." Next to Fourth Master Lu's coffin, between Pingting's and Xiao She's corpses, a mahjong table was set up.But as the sound of building and knocking cards became louder and louder, Aunt Hehua's crying sound became weaker and weaker, gradually hoarse, and finally became silent. The servant came over and reported: "Second Young Master, Fourth Aunt has passed away." The blouse kept his hands in his hands, and ordered: "Then let's pretend to be a funeral." He played a card and urged: "Second Aunt, it's your turn. "He stepped on Ah Fu's foot lightly twice, and gave him a wink. After a while, the servants reported again: "It's already been carried into that big coffin, but she didn't close her eyes." The shirt smiled and said to Huici, "Waiting for you." a card.Huici didn't notice it, she just looked at the cards in her hand and sneered: "I'm looking at you." This gamble lasted from midnight until dawn.The faces of the four people were all covered with a layer of oil. They played eight rounds. After the settlement, Huici lost about dozens of dollars.The short shirt smiled and said, "Second Aunt's card skills are really good, and the gambling products are of course also good." Huici kicked over the chair and stood up and said, "Stop talking nonsense, just bring me the medicine and drink it." After taking the bowl, she stopped, looked at the blouse and said, "I'm dying, I want to make a request. Second young master agree or not?" Shirt asked: "What is it?" "Kill that big black dog." The blouse was stunned for a moment, a little blush appeared on his face, he waved and said, "I promise you." "Then I thank the second young master." Huici raised the bowl and drank it down in one gulp, walked straight to the last empty coffin, and wanted to enter by herself. But the shirt said, "Slow down." Hui Ci stopped and asked impatiently, "What's the matter with you?" Shirt smiled and said, "Because it was a temporary coffin, the coffin store was out of stock and one was missing, so I had to order an extra-large coffin, which is enough for two people. Deep, how about sleeping in a coffin?" Huici was surprised: "Don't tell me this coffin is not mine? Then put it here for who? Can you use it yourself?" The short shirt felt unlucky, so he took a sip and said, "That's for my mother." Huici laughed loudly, and even said a few good words: "Okay, okay, okay, your mother gave birth to you, a good son, and she closed her eyes when she died." The short shirt said awkwardly: "I have wronged my aunt." "Forget it, just squeeze it." Huici said indifferently, walked to the big coffin, raised her legs and stepped in, and said to the dead fourth aunt with a smile, "Hey, one person occupies the coffin." What are you doing in a big place? Make way to the side." No one could clearly see what happened at that moment. It seemed that there was a small vibration between the heaven and the earth, and it seemed that the god of time suddenly moved a step faster. What happened, everything has been settled. Second Concubine Huici fell down heavily, and lay down next to Fourth Concubine Hehua, her eyes were closed, and there were traces of blood on the corner of her mouth. They all saw the result clearly—Si Yiniang's eyes were closed. After many years, every time the Lu family talked about this scene, they were a little confused and couldn't help but confirm each other. Did you see clearly?How did Aunt Hui lie down?Did she move Si Yiniang away or Si Yiniang vacated the place herself?Who helped fourth aunt to close her eyes? There are many questions and many answers, so it is equal to nothing. The short shirt returned to the mother's room, and told the girl: "Twist a hot towel." She complained, "I'm so exhausted, I haven't slept all night." Lu Hu asked anxiously: "What happened to the two of them?" The short shirt said lightly: "Dead." "Dead?" Lu Hu was a little flustered, unable to tell what it was like.I have fought with these aunts for most of my life, and now all of a sudden, the five of them went on their heels, first Fengqin died on the way out of nowhere, then the little snake and the master both died on the bed, within half a day, There was another news that Pingting had hanged herself, and now Huici and Hehua are also dead.Is human life so cheap?Just for a chastity archway? She suddenly wavered in her half-life belief.He asked his son in a daze: "So, the emperor should agree to reward the archway?" "It should be possible." The shirt said proudly, "In the seventh year of Shunzhi, there was an Anhui Wu Huang's 'jue grain sacrificing husband', who visited the 'Huang's Xiaoliemen Square'; in the 25th year of Jiaqing, there was a The man called Xu Junye died, and the emperor rewarded his monogamous and concubines 'Shuangjiefang'; now the sixth wife and concubines of our Lu family died on the same day. A 'Six Festival Square'?" "The sixth wife and concubine?" Lu Hu didn't understand for a moment, "Where did the sixth wife and concubine come from?" "Aunt Hui, Aunt Pingting, Aunt Hehua, Little Snake, plus Aunt Feng who falsely reported the date of her death, plus you, isn't that just six of them?" The blouse snapped open, "Mom, you are the only one missing now. .” "What?" Lu Hu sat up in shock, "You won't even let your mother go? How dare you want me to die? I won't die! I won't die! I won't die!" Shirt put away his smile, slapped the table and stood up: "You can't help it!" Turning around and ordering, "Ah Fu, do it!" Ah Fu agreed, holding the rope, but shrinking back and daring not to make a move.The fear of the eldest wife is already deeply rooted in his thoughts. Letting him strangle the eldest wife to death with his own hands was something that he would never have dared to think about before.Although the second young master is in charge now, but his wife Yu Wei is still there, how can he do it? The shirt kicked Ah Fu away, took the rope and jumped onto the bed, held down his mother and put the loop around her neck, pulled it hard, and cursed: "Ah Fu, don't come to help!" Ah Fu got up tremblingly, stumbled over, grabbed the other end of the rope, and two shirts, one on each side, fought each other, only to hear a gurgling sound in Luhu's throat, blood came out from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes opened. The tongue sticks out and slowly stops moving...