Chapter 80 The Seventy-eighth Chapter: Don't Spare Extravagance, Be Careful, and Finally Become a Grand Ceremony

As soon as Jin Quan passed away, everyone in the house could only cry and forget everything.Aunt Cui approached and leaned against the wall, covered her face with a handkerchief in her hand, and also cried tears.The servants, maids and mothers were all outside the door because they couldn't stand up in the room, and seven or eight of them stopped crying.Fengju cried for a while, because she said to Mrs. Jin: "Mom, we have to stop crying now, what should we do about this funeral?" Mrs. Jin threw her hands from both sides crying and said, "What should we do? Just do whatever you want." Feng Ju was about to reply when Mr. Han He Er, Jin Quan's two private confidential secretaries, stood in the corridor and asked the servant to come and ask the uncle to speak.Feng Ju wiped his tears with his sleeves and walked out, the two secretaries persuaded him for a while, and then Secretary Han said: "Now the uncle wants to stop mourning, inside and out, there are many things that require you to straighten your shoulders and take responsibility. First, it is a major national event. The government has to use your name to notify the courtyard as soon as possible that the prime minister is vacant. On the one hand, it is also necessary to write a letter in the name of a private person to report the funeral to the government, so that the courtyard can do business easily. The prime minister has a great political responsibility, which cannot be ignored. Second, there are many relations between the government and border officials in other provinces and foreign envoys. Whether to send a telegram to notify immediately should be considered." After hearing this, Feng Ju hesitated for a while and said: "Not only have I never done this kind of thing, but I have never seen anyone do it. How can I find any way to do it? Just ask you two to do it with me." When Secretary Han heard this, he almost burst out laughing, but immediately thought, the young master is having such a major blood loss, how can he laugh at someone face-to-face?So his face sank and he said: "Master, how important is this matter, how can we handle it for you? It is necessary for the first floor to be notified by the two offices of the government. , Whether this will affect the political situation is a matter of study. The government is of course willing not to spread the news for the time being. But as far as relatives and friends in the government are concerned, there are personal friendships that should know. If they don’t know, Maybe they are offended. Grandpa always wants to be involved in politics, so whether to contact them or not is up to Grandpa to decide." After hearing this, Feng Ju suddenly realized, and said, "If that's the case, I will take it for a while. Undecided, let me discuss it with my mother." The two secretaries said: "In this case, please ask your wife to come out, so we can discuss it." Feng Ju turned around and entered the room, and invited Mrs. Jin to the outside room Come and tell her.Mrs. Jin sat down, wiped her tears, and planned this matter in her heart, because she said: "For external telegrams, let's take it easy. Your future background will inevitably require promotion from the government, that is, some cabinet members." , and they are all cooperating with your father. Before they could come up with a solution, the border officials sent two telegrams to make it even more difficult for them to deal with. Isn't that our fault?" Feng Ju said: " I think the same way! Then, Mom doesn’t have to go out to meet them, I just ask them to notify the government and the court.” Mrs. Jin said: “When I said the notification, I remembered one thing, it’s a relative. As for your friends, you have to make a phone call. Your brothers are in mourning, and there are some things that you can’t intervene in. I’ll leave all the internal matters to Shou Hua, and I think the second master Liu is the best for external matters.” Feng Ju Said: "But after he had the case last time, some people he didn't want to meet, I think it's better to find Zhu Yishi." Mrs. Jin said: "I don't have any prejudices about this level, as long as he can deal with it. That's it." So Feng Ju went outside and replied to the two secretaries.

At this time, it was past ten o'clock, and Liu Baoshan, Zhu Yishi, Zhao Mengyuan, and Liu Weiran all got the news and rushed to Jinfu one after another.Because the upper room was weeping and mourning, there were many female relatives there, and it was inconvenient for them to come forward, so they just sat in the inner living room.Now that Feng Ju was out of his body to do some work, the servant went to tell him that Second Master Liu had come.When Fengju heard about it, they walked into the inner living room. When they saw it, they all came forward and said, "We really did not expect this." Fengju said with tears, "In this way, my family will be ruined." Well, at this time, the old man really can't leave it behind." Saying this, he spread his hands, lay down on the sofa, leaned his head on the chair, and shook his head endlessly.Liu Baoshan said: "Master, you are the eldest son, you have to shoulder all the unfinished business, you can't be too sad." Feng Ju wiped her tears and stood up, holding Liu Baoshan's hand in one hand, Holding Zhu Yishi's hand in one hand, he said, "Quan Wang, you two, do me a favor." Because he said what he discussed with Mrs. Jin just now.Zhu Yishi said: "According to reason, we are obliged to do so, but I'm afraid I'm a little incompetent in this matter." Zhao Mengyuan said: "Now that brother Fengju has suffered such a great misfortune, we are not the time to speak politely. Since brother Fengju has entrusted you with this matter, you have no choice but to resign yourself to it." Fengju said: "Brother Meng Yuan is happy, my business is very troublesome, so please help me a little bit." Zhao Mengyuan tilted his head and thought After thinking about it, he said, "There are no outsiders here. I want to inquire about one thing. Regarding the funeral expenses and funeral arrangements, have you entrusted anyone?" Let Shouhua make a general plan and hand it over to the accountant to handle it, anyway, just try to be extravagant." Zhao Mengyuan listened to this and looked at Liu Baoshan without answering.Liu Baoshan shook his head slightly.Fengju said: "How is it? Is it wrong?" Liu Baoshan said: "My dear Mr. Liu, he is very shrewd, but he has been in foreign countries for many years, so he doesn't know the situation in Beijing society. You can say that everything is a little tighter. Now you make a general statement and let go of your hands to handle it. This is not to let..." At this point, he took a step closer and said in a low voice: "This is clearly a road to write false accounts in the account room. People who manage funerals, take advantage of it. When the master is absent-minded, it's better to drop the money, not to mention you let go of it?" At this point, the Pengzhen Hesun brothers all came out.Then some dignitaries in the political circle who are close to the Jin family have already got the news, and they also came to visit one after another.So Zhu Yishi and Liu Baoshan were pushed to entertain in the front living room.Feng Ju and some close relatives and friends met in the inner living room.On the one hand, he paid Mr. Chai, the accountant, and Mr. Jia, the housekeeper, and opened a list of funeral expenses together.

The two, Jia Chai, discussed for a while in the tent and submitted the list.Zhao Mengyuan and his brothers looked around the table, and saw that it was written: a piece of longevity material, 3,800 yuan, shrouds and other items, 500 yuan, excluding treasures, white shed, about 1,500 yuan, and additional lamps and candles, 500 yuan RMB 3,000 for banquet and RMB 1,000 for bar room.Only seeing here, Zhao Mengyuan looked at the back of the list, there were thousands of yuan, not counting how many.Yin pressed the list and said, "It's roughly the same. It's just that I have a question. This longevity material has no fixed frame. It's not too little to open three thousand, and it's not too much to open five thousand. One thousand eight hundred yuan?" He pressed the list with his hand, turned his head, and looked at the faces of Mr. Chai and Jia.Mr. Jia laughed and said, "It's not Zhao Wuye who asked about this matter, we have to explain it first. Just now I called several large mast factories and asked them if they had any good products? I didn't dare to say that it was from the house. Call, if they know that the prime minister has passed away, he can definitely say that there is 10,000 yuan in goods. Anyway, he takes 1,000 yuan in goods to pay for it. How do we know. So I just said that there is a funeral in the gate of a big mansion, and we need to inquire about it. It’s just the price. When I asked one family, there was a pair of agarwood, but it was still made of agarwood, and it didn’t match. He said that four thousand yuan should not be less. But this is not certain, we can still try to find a good one." After hearing what he said, Zhao Mengyuan nodded and said: "The two of you are very good at it. But there are still many missing on this list, please You two go to the front and discuss it for a while, and we will discuss it here." After hearing this, Chai and Jia went out.Feng Ju quickly asked: "How is it? Is there any problem here?" Zhao Mengyuan looked inside the room, saw that there was no servant, looked outside the room, then took Feng Ju's hand, and said in a low voice: "No I'm troublesome, so it's not that I'm close to each other." Hesun quickly interjected, "Fifth brother, why do you say that? Doesn't it seem alienated?" Zhao Mengyuan said: "Yes! Because you have entrusted me with great care, So I didn't care about that, and just started to do it. When I looked at the list, I saw something wrong at the first moment. When it came to the price, they said they got it from the mastyard by phone. He didn't want to give this evidence. Yes, with this evidence, I have a great doubt. No matter who is, he will not notice the phone in the coffin shop. If he notices the phone in the coffin shop, he is of course very familiar with them. Let's ask him to call The list, how long did it take to find out the price in the mastyard, there is no doubt about it. No matter the north or the south, those who handle funerals for others have to pay a little money, saying that it is to avoid bad luck. They are close relatives and friends I also want to save eight cents from it and buy something to eat. I think your accountant is no exception. And things like Shoucai, as he said, are completely delusional. You don’t think three hundred yuan is worth it. Okay, later he will show you something worth 100 yuan, and he will say it is the best, and it will be worth 500 yuan. How can you prove his inaccuracy? A dealer needs to know Mast Factory. What should we do?" This remark was really unheard of by Brother Fengju.Yanxi said: "Fifth brother, what you said is very reasonable, but how do you know these things?" Zhao Mengyuan said: "How can you expect these things in the happy days you live? And Xian Kunzhong is close Yes, they are all uncles who don’t care about spending money. How have you ever heard of such a plan? I have had two funerals and suffered a lot. I didn’t know what happened at the time. Afterwards, people gradually found out, so I know a lot. You don't need to talk about these things, just say that everything starts with simplicity..." Feng Ju heard him say this, and quickly added: "Isn't that appropriate? We didn't start with simplicity. The old man did this When it comes to his funeral, the great cause of his life, if he says to start with simplification, people will inevitably misunderstand after hearing it, and it has something to do with face." Zhao Mengyuan frowned, arched his hands at Xiang Feng and said, "Hey! My lord , This is just an excuse, it doesn't really start with the simplicity of the funeral. How can others know when we talk to the accountant like this?" Feng Ju said: "That's not right after all, I'd rather let them swallow up a little money from me , I don’t tell them to start with simplicity. No matter how you make excuses, why do you have to say start with simplicity?” Zhao Mengyuan yelled in his stomach after hearing his words: How did they get it!But when he thought about being supported by the Jin family and his son all the time, when he had such a big event, of course he would help him practically.They wanted to show off their face like this, and let him be free, so there was no need to argue with them.He nodded and said in a low voice, that's fine.Seeing that Zhao Mengyuan seemed to have something to say but stopped, Hesun hurriedly said, "Fifth brother is quite right. My boss is just afraid that there will be a misunderstanding in the accountant, so he will really save money. I think it's a matter of great trust." Brother Wu carefully considered and drew up a list, and distributed them to follow the list, whether it was done decently or frugally, it doesn’t need to go into details.”

Zhao Mengyuan was kind enough to save some money for the Jin family.Listening to the accent of their brothers now, they are always afraid of being called frugal, so why should they bother with this matter, and said: "It's still appropriate, so let's do it like this. Now the first What needs to be done is that there are always more than one hundred pieces of filial piety clothes that are worn up and down in the house, even in the upper room. There are also thirty or forty pieces. This requires a group of tailors to come and hurry up overnight. Do it locally." Feng Ju said: "That's true. But ordinary people's households are made of coarse white cloth, which is shabby. We don't care about saving a few dollars. I want to use a Russian standard or bleached cloth. Bamboo cloth." Hearing this, Zhao Mengyuan frowned again, although he had a lot of patience, he had to say a few words at this time, and said: "If you talk about ordinary filial piety clothes, they are shabby It is shabby. However, the ancients stipulated that this kind of fierce clothes should not be clothed in the first place, in order to describe a miserable scene. Since ancient times, no matter who is in the house, if the house is made of coarse cloth, it will look more ugly. Knowing the ancient etiquette, I don't think anyone will say that saving money. Regarding these matters, they will consider it carefully. Xian Kunzhong doesn't need to worry about it, just give me a range of spending money." Feng Ju said: "There is no range, my mother said Now, try to do it as much as possible." Having said that, Chai and Jia have already issued the bill.Zhao Mengyuan didn't look at it as carefully as before, but only looked at a general idea.Even this bill is not as intimidating as before, and the amount is written down.Zhao Mengyuan said: "This is very good. There should be only additions and no reductions. It is not too late, you can go and do it." Mr. Chai said: "Now there are more than 1,000 yuan in cash in the account room. If you use a large amount, you have to write a check." Feng Ju said: "Why do you ask this? Just open it." Zhao Mengyuan said: "Master, I didn't understand Mr. Chai's meaning. In the past, the accounting office used several For the amount of one hundred yuan, or to write a check, you have to ask the Prime Minister for instructions. Now that the Prime Minister has passed away, he still follows the usual practice, and he has to ask the uncle when encountering important matters." Feng Ju was mentioned by him, and then he understood , Yin said: "You are right. I think there must be many places where the whole batch of funds will be used in the past two days. You can report the total amount first, and then I will ask my wife for instructions." Mr. Chai said: "My wife has been very sad these two days. We can't go to the upper room to trouble you all the time. I think it's fine to ask the uncle to make the decision. Even if the uncle is not in front, there are second, third, and seventh masters. You can ask Yes, it will be more convenient." Feng Ju didn't think about it too much, and when he heard this kind of statement, he thought that the tent was flattering their brothers.He nodded and replied: "You are right, that's how it should be done." According to their attitude towards Jin Quan in the past, Chai and Jia said yes to Fengju twice, and then withdrew.

Liu Shouhua had come out earlier, but when he saw that there were many guests in the front living room, he went out to entertain Fengju brothers.At this time, he went to the inner living room and listened to their discussion about the funeral method, which was a bit wrong.I have seen many funerals of famous people in foreign countries, but the ceremonies are grand, and I don't care about spending money to make fun.But when I open my mouth, I am afraid that they will say that they have a foreign style and do not understand Chinese social customs.So don't say anything.Feng Ju said that he and Zhao Mengyuan would be in command together, and he agreed.In this way, the servants all knew that funerals were extravagant, so they let go of their hands.

From ten o'clock that day, the Jin family went up and down, and the electric lights were on at the same time. The alley of Wuyi Lane was full of cars.In the upper room were relatives who came to offer condolences, in the outer living room were visits from the political and banking circles, in the inner living room gathered some cronies of the Jin family, in the account room were funeral directors coming and going, and the concierge was surrounded by many foreign servants. , the kitchen prepares snacks.Except for the cries of the female relatives in the upper house, it was so noisy that one could not feel that there was no funeral with no grudges.In the front and back yards, many gasoline lamps were temporarily lit in order to rush to set up the funeral shed.The gasoline lamp was emitting a white light, which made a humming sound. Many people were running around under the white light, which naturally showed a messy scene.In the upper room, many female family members surrounded Mrs. Jin in their own room, preventing her from going to the room where the mourning was held.Mrs. Jin's throat was hoarse, and she only narrated to everyone the benefits of Jin Quan's life to others and himself. When she was sad, she cried once.The whole family was busy until dawn, and Mrs. Jin cried and said to sit until dawn.Fengju brothers, their nerves were severely stimulated, so they forgot to sleep, and they were in a mess until dawn.It's still my friends who persuaded me that there are more things to do today, so I have to take a rest as early as possible, so that I can socialize when I go back.After thinking about it, the Fengju brothers went back to their rooms to rest in peace.

Among the brothers, everyone has their own concerns at this time, especially Yanxi's, which is the most complicated.He knows that male and female brothers may have occupations, accumulated good deeds, abilities, or have good relatives to help them, but he cannot stand on any of these four items.My father is still living in Japan, and I rely on a small monthly fee for pocket expenses. After my father passed away, the monthly fee may not be able to maintain.When it comes to getting errands, good errands have lost their support and are not easy to get.There are small errands, and a salary of 80 yuan, how can it help?Having a father is not aware of the value, but now that the father is gone, I feel lost and depended on.He was full of worries, and he could suppress it when he was talking with everyone, but when he was away from the crowd, his thoughts came to the fore.Walking into his own room, he saw Qingqiu lying sideways on the sofa, holding half of his face in his hands, in a daze, only weeping.Yanxi came in, but she ignored her.Yanxi said: "Like this, you haven't slept all night, have you?" Qingqiu nodded and remained silent.Yanxi said: "Aren't you in mother's room? When did you come in?" Qingqiu said: "We persuaded mother to sleep, so I went back to the room. I think, I am too unlucky to have such justice and kindness My father-in-law, who has only been here for half a year, is gone. Our husband and wife are a pair of little birds with no wings, how can we..." At this point, I choked up my sobs.Hearing what she said, Yanxi was having a lot of troubles in her mind, and she shed tears unconsciously.Yin wiped his eyes with a handkerchief and said, "No one can dream of this. What can we do now? We just have to live and see." At this point, someone outside the yard shouted: "Qi Ye is here. Is it here?" Yanxi looked out of the glass window, and saw Jin Rong coming in with a large stack of white clothes in his hands.Yin said: "What's the matter? You can come in." Jin Rong brought in the clothes, put them on the table in the outside room, and said with tears: "Your filial piety clothes, and young mistress's are also available. I rushed up overnight." Yanxi saw that on top of the white clothes were two more linen clothes, and on top of the linen clothes was another three-beam crown.Thinking about it, I was very happy yesterday morning. How could I expect to wear these things this morning?He cupped his face in both hands, looked at the table, stomped his feet and burst into tears.Crying to the point of sadness, Jin Rong also leaned against the door frame and began to cry.Qingqiu cried for a while, took Yanxi's hand and said: "It's okay to cry all the time. You stayed up all night, you should rest for a while. After a while, I'm afraid there are still many things to do." Yanxi cried and broke her heart, how can she stop?It was still two old women who came to persuade and pushed him to the bedside in the room. He fell down with his clothes on, lay on the bed and whimpered for a while, and then passed out.But he was flustered and couldn't sleep well. He woke up after only two hours of sleep.When she got up and looked, Qingqiu was still sitting sideways on the sofa, but she lowered her head until it fell into the crevice between the corners of the chair, so she fell asleep like this.Seeing her petite figure, Yanxi is not a person who can work hard.Once my father dies, I am afraid that everyone will be divided.After the split, his own future was too uncertain, so should she be allowed to suffer along with him?Thinking of this, looking at her, he couldn't help being stunned.Only in this silent time, I heard crying in the distance.I thought, this time is not the time to think about things in the room, so I walked outside, and just after leaving the courtyard, I saw the servants in the house all put on a white coat.He was wearing a silk velvet robe, how could he get out?Fu turned around and went back to the room, put on the filial piety shirt and linen clothes, tied up the white cloth towel, and put on the three-beam crown, and then came forward.

When we arrived at the Shangfang hall, the filial piety sheds had already been set up in the courtyards of all sizes.All the pillars and eaves are hung with white cloth.The people who came and went were all dressed in white. Seeing this scene, one couldn't tell what kind of strange feeling they had.As soon as she reached the door of her mother's room, Mrs. Jin came out in tears and said, "Go and see your father. It's been a moment. The birthday materials have been bought, and we will be encoffined soon." As he spoke, he walked forward .Yanxi said nothing, and helped Mrs. Jin to Jin Quan's bedroom.At this time, Feng Ju was in the room with Dr. Liang and two assistants, wiping Jin Quan's body with water.The female relatives were sitting in the outside room, their eye circles were all red.Seeing her mother coming, Feng Ju stopped her and said, "Mom, just sit outside." Mrs. Jin didn't wait for him to say anything, and said, "How long can I see you? You won't let me see you?" Are you looking at your father?" When he said that, he ran forward.But as soon as he got to the door, he choked up.The female relatives in the outer room all went forward together, and tried to persuade them again and again, saying that it would not be too late to look after the washing and wiping, and they would inevitably interfere with the doctor's business by going forward at this time.Mrs. Jin was reluctant to go in, so she had to forget it.However, even sitting in this room outside, facing Jin Quan's room, thinking of the death of the house, he couldn't help feeling sad.In addition, there are people in white clothes everywhere, and there are green curtains hanging from the glass windows of Jin Quan's room.In the past, with the green curtain rolled up, he could be seen sitting on a chair by the window from a distance, smoking a cigar comfortably.Now the table and the green curtain are still there, but there are two strips of white paper pasted vertically and horizontally on the glass.It was this point that made Mrs. Jin cry again after a husband and wife who had been separated for forty years.Last night, she had already cried several times, and she never had a good night's sleep, so she cried so sadly that she became dizzy and couldn't support herself. She leaned on the chair and slowly slipped down, at the same time There was no more crying, only humming.Yanxi hurriedly called Dr. Liang over and asked what was the matter. Dr. Liang checked the pulse and said, "It's okay, this is because people are too sad and tired. Let my wife take a good rest and come back. Taking medicine is not a problem. Just to be more cautious, I can call home and ask for some medicine." Yanxi then asked the servants to carry her mother to a rattan chair and carry her back to the room first.

As soon as I entered the room, there was another loud yell outside, and I heard that it was: "It's not good! The second aunt is too bad! Find a doctor quickly." Hearing this, Yanxi was also panicked, and asked: "Who's shouting? How's the second aunt?" An old woman in the second aunt's room stepped forward and grabbed Yanxi and said, "Master Qi, look, second aunt is too bad!" Yanxi saw that old woman's face turned pale. The middle is so blue, it is not expected to be good, so he distributed it to the people in the house, looked at his mother carefully, and hurried to the second aunt's house by himself.I saw my second aunt sleeping upright on the bed, completely silent.Meili stood in front of her, stomping her feet, crying and yelling.Yanxi asked: "What's wrong with Second Auntie? What's wrong?" Mei Li cried, "I don't know what's wrong. Just now I wanted to go into the room to get something, but the door was closed, so I shouldn't call it whatever I want. Or Mama Liu broke the glass window, climbed in and opened the door, and saw that Mama was sleeping on the bed, not making a sound or moving at all, so I knew something was wrong. Seventh brother, what should I do?" hands, just jump feet.Yanxi stretched out her hand to touch the second aunt's breath, it was still there, and pressed her pulse, it was still beating.Yin said: "The doctor is still at home, it probably doesn't matter." Speaking of this, Qingqiu and Fengju and his wife came first, followed by the rest of the family members, and the whole room was immediately filled with people.Dr. Liang yelled outside the house: "No matter what you eat, as long as you have a short time, there is always a way to think about it." As he spoke, he squeezed forward, checked his pulse, and said, "This is something you ate, please Everyone look around, are there any bottles and jars in the corners of the room, in the drawers of the table? If you know what you are eating, you can start with it." One sentence reminded everyone, and they searched around, but Qingqiu found it under the bed A piece of oil paper, pick it up and smell it, it smells like smoke and earth.Then I showed it to Dr. Liang.He said: "Yes, this is soaked in cigarettes and drunk. It doesn't matter, there is still rescue. I will call back and ask them to bring the medical supplies." As he spoke, he immediately squeezed out of the crowd again. .While Dr. Liang was on the phone, he paid the Jinzhai's footman to fetch the medicine.In less than 20 minutes, the medicine was brought, and Dr. Liang came to treat him with two assistants.At this time, the second aunt was asleep on the bed, her eyes were closed tightly, her face was slightly pale and blue, and she hummed twice from time to time.Dr. Liang unfastened her chest, gave her two medicine injections first, then asked her assistant to hold her head, pried open her mouth himself, put a small bottle into her mouth, and poured down two bottles of medicine.The second aunt seemed to know that someone had rescued her, so she hummed loudly twice.Dr. Liang then turned his head and said to everyone: "I probably didn't eat much, but after a while, the anesthesia has passed, and I can wash her intestines, and she will be fine. Where did the smoke come from in the house?" Feng Ju Said: "This is all prepared for entertaining guests. Who is on guard against this move?" Dr. Liang said: "If you have something to do, let's go and take care of it. The patient's matter here, I am here, so there will be no delay " Fengju also asked Peifang to accompany Mei Li to guard the second concubine because she wanted to prepare Jin Quan for the coffin.Qingqiu also said to Yanxi that if nothing happened, she would like to stay in this room for the time being.Yanxi also agrees.The brothers left the second aunt's house to deal with the funeral.Early in the morning, it was all messed up because of the second aunt's affairs.

After one o'clock, it was time for Jin Quan to enter the coffin.In the big auditorium in front, all the gorgeous furnishings were removed in just one and a half days.In the middle, blue and white cloth tied the spirit seat, and white curtains were placed on both sides. There are two large wreaths in the middle, one for Mrs. Jin and one for the second aunt.In addition, large and small are arranged on both sides.As soon as you enter this auditorium, you can see blue and white everywhere, which is already miserable.In addition, the seat of the spirit is not secure, and a pair of green candles are inserted on two large wax tables on a large spirit case.There is an empty longevity material in the middle, without any cover, it is simply unsightly.The Jin family was baptized by Western civilization, and Jin Quan has always opposed the act of mourning monks and Taoists.In addition, Liu Shouhua, who presided over the funeral, was also a Christian, so there was no lively scene like ordinary people's funerals with gongs, drums and trumpets.This only borrowed the band from the palace and arranged it outside the auditorium.Regarding the ceremony of encoffining, Liu Shouhua invited several secretaries from the Ritual Officer's Office and the State Council to set up a ceremony hastily.One, the body of Prime Minister Kim is wearing a national dress in the dormitory.Second, male and female sons, carry the body from the dormitory to the auditorium and put it in the coffin.3. When entering the coffin, all the mourners should be observed to be silent and play deep mourning and music.Fourth, seal the coffin, and Mrs. Jin will attach it herself.Fifth, Mrs. Jin set up a spiritual seat.Sixth, stop mourning and joy.Seven, the three ladies present flowers.Eighth, the family pays tribute.Nine, relatives and friends salute.Ten, mourning for all.The above ceremonies are simple and serious. I asked Mrs. Jin beforehand, and she agreed. When it was time to encoffin, I would follow the ceremonial procedures.After Jin Quan's corpse changed clothes in the dormitory, he borrowed a canvas hospital bed in the hospital and moved it up. He covered up a national flag on it. Six brothers, male and female, each supported the sides of the bed with their hands, and slowly carried them up to the auditorium.Mrs. Jin and Aunt Cui led the young ladies and filed behind.When they arrived at the auditorium, powerful servants helped slowly move the corpse into the coffin.After Jin Quan was put into the coffin, Mrs. Jin added the tie herself, and then put down the filial curtain. Everyone walked to the front of the filial curtain. The wife sent it to the spiritual case again.At this time, the mourning music was played slowly, and people's actions became more serious because of their emotions.After the spirit is finished, the plain wax is lit, and the sorrow and joy will stop.The master of ceremonies called for the officiant to offer flowers, and Mrs. Jin couldn't stop her tears no matter what. She vigorously held the flowers in her hands, and the tears kept spilling on the flowers and leaves.It's just that she is a woman who understands the general situation, and she still refuses to cry out loud.Mrs. Jin finished presenting the flowers, now it's the second aunt's turn, because she just came back from the dead and couldn't come, so it was Aunt Cui who presented the flowers.Regarding this point, when discussing the ceremony, everyone originally only proposed Mrs. Jin alone.Mrs. Jin said: "Otherwise, even though he is a concubine in terms of status, he and the deceased are always spouses. At this last joint, the two concubines should be allowed to have equal status with themselves. Who made China have such a polygamy system? Besides, the second aunt's children are grown up, so we shouldn't look down on her." Because of Mrs. Jin's generous words, everyone decided the ceremony like this.When Jin Quan was alive, only the second concubine was next to Mrs. Jin, and she seemed to have half the status of the head of the family.Aunt Cui did not dare to pull her side by side with the Patriarch no matter who she was facing, even she would give in to the young ladies and wives.So regarding the funeral ceremony, she herself was unexpected, thinking, or should it be like this?After Mrs. Jin finished offering flowers, the master of ceremonies called for the attendants to offer flowers. Aunt Cui made a set in Mrs. Jin's style. After presenting flowers, she wiped her eyes with her sleeve and stepped aside.The following juniors saluted in turn.When there was a cry of mourning, all the people present were filled with tears of misery?Especially the women, who cried out early, are about to cry.Immediately there was a sound of wailing, and the sound shook the roof tiles.

Some relatives and friends present were also in tears.Zhu Yishi pulled Zhao Mengyuan aside and said in a low voice: "Let's not listen to this kind of crying. I just saw the room full of filial piety clothes, which are as white as snow. I can't tell what kind of feeling I have." Zhao Mengyuan said: "It is us who have been favored by Prime Minister Kim for promotion. What have we done to repay him? How can we not be sad when facing such a miserable mourning hall?" Speaking of this, Zhu Yishi was also saddened by it. , can't go on.It was a cloudy day, originally there was no sunshine, but the weather was now cloudy.At this time, a few gusts of wind blew in from the outside of the auditorium, and the plain candles on the spirit table immediately flickered the flame twice, and the hanging filial curtain just kept shaking.Zhu Yishi and Zhao Mengyuan stood at the corner of the auditorium by the window, feeling a chill on their bodies.Zhao Mengyuan pulled Zhu Yishi's lapel and said: "An ordinary gust of wind blows on the filial curtain, and it feels very desolate. This wind blows very strangely. Could it be that the ghost of Prime Minister Jin is not far away, seeing his family crying I can't bear to be so sad, can I?" Zhu Yishi was dumbfounded, and only nodded slightly.This is true for the bystanders, so the grief of the person concerned is self-evident.