When Gu Jingzhi heard that his servants came to report that his grandmother was dead, his heart hurt as if he had been cut out with a knife. He didn't expect to hear the news of his grandmother's death on the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival. He was so furious that he arrested everyone in Xuanzangyuan and questioned them one by one. It was Yin Ling who went crazy and made the old lady angry to death.
Mother Lu described in detail the process of how Aunt Dong entered the old lady's house, and there was no flaw to be found. Unable to resolve his hatred after killing Yin Ling, Gu Jingzhi sold Yin Ling's parents, aunt, and family into the mines to work as coolies, unable to escape until they died of exhaustion.
Although everyone in the Zhongyong Hou family suspected the old lady's death, they had to report it to the court, notify relatives and friends, and set up a mourning shed.
Gu Huainan, Gu Huairu, and Gu Huairu stayed filial piety to their mother for three years, while Gu Jingzhi and Gu Jingchao, as grandchildren, had to observe filial piety for one year. Gu Huairu was far away in Yangzhou, so he immediately sent his capable servants to report the funeral. On behalf of the four of them, the old marquis drafted a petition to the court to apply for Ding You.
The old lady's funeral was extremely lavish, and she lay in state in Xuanzang Courtyard for seventy-seven forty-nine days. The coffin was made of the finest golden nanmu, and only those with a wealthy family and high quality could enjoy it. One hundred and eight monks were invited to recite the mantra of death day and night in the hall to save the soul of the deceased. One hundred and eight pieces of jewelry that were loved during his lifetime were buried with him. All his clothes were burned in front of the soul. People from the Zhongyong Hou family came and went, and it was even whiter during the funeral. There were hundreds of people in one place.
The dead are gone, but the lives of the living must continue. The old lady has a huge private house, and the old marquis decides to distribute it to his sons and grandchildren.
Gu Jingzhi was the future head of the family and received four shops and a restaurant, one hundred thousand taels of silver, a box of jewelry and two houses. Gu Huainan and Jing Chaojing Xingjing Shen received ten thousand taels of silver, a shop and a box of jewelry. The three granddaughters Jinghui, Jingsi and Jingnian each received five thousand taels of silver, a box of jewelry and a Zhuangzi.
The concubine Gu Huairu did not rush back from Yangzhou, and the old Marquis did not give him anything. He only gave his daughter Jingxin the same things as his other granddaughters.
Gu Jingzhi handed the land deed and other items to Caiwei for safekeeping. Caiwei carefully received them in the space, looked at his pale and haggard face and said: "Second Master, the old lady has been inactive for forty-nine days. You have worked hard every day and lost a lot of weight." .”
Gu Jingnianzhi sighed and said, "It's all my fault that my grandma went there because I wasn't careful. Only by being filial in front of my grandma can I make up for it. I hope my grandma can forgive me for being such an unfilial grandson."
"Birth, old age, illness and death are all determined by their destiny. Second Master, don't blame yourself too much." In order to divert his attention, Caiwei talked about other things, "Second Master, I just saw that the old lady left you a restaurant." Gu Jingzhi nodded and said: "Yes! The business of Dragon Phoenix Restaurant is booming, and we are making a lot of money every day. However, I plan to close the restaurant, and all the cooks and managers will move to the north."
"Okay, let the cook stay for a few more days before we close. Let's make some dumplings and steamed buns to eat on the way out," Caiwei suggested.
In the days that followed, due to the death of the old lady in the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, everyone in the house observed filial piety, streamlined expenses, sold large quantities of goods and released servants. More than 200 servants and their families were sold to more than 150 households. The guards were free, and 300 were reduced to 30. These servants and guards were led by Gu Fan to go to the north first. , at the same time, he continued to recruit troops and buy mouths, training his troops and horses in the deep mountains and old forests, waiting for Gu Jing to go.
I originally planned to let Gu Chuancheng leave as well, but he was a stubborn guy and couldn't figure it out. He had to accompany the old marquis, and he also had an apprentice, Wu Chao, who didn't learn all his skills and didn't become an apprentice. Gu Jingzhi also I can only agree to let him stay.
Caijing followed her sister to the Zhongyong Hou Mansion. The old lady died the next day, so she followed Guizhi and Liuer and others and put on light-colored clothes and took off her hairpin rings and jewelry. Everyone else had work to do, and she was Guest, how dare Mother Li labor her, so Caiwei taught her how to make Panax notoginseng anti-inflammatory menstrual belts to pass the time. Unexpectedly, she made more than 600 of them in these fifty days. Caiwei kept them in the space , and joked with her: "Sister, you can make money by making sanitary belts in the future!"
Caijing smiled and nodded, "Yeah, I think it's okay too! I think not only can we add panax notoginseng, we can also add mint or something!"
