Hearing Zhang Shan's words, Yang Kai nodded blankly, lowered his head and looked at Gu Yan's broken body, feeling even more sad, sobbing, and heartbroken.
Seeing Yang Kai so sad, Changsheng Haosheng felt sad. He wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to say.
Zhang Shan unbuttoned the cloth, took off his Taoist robe, covered Gu Yan's riddled body, and turned to Changsheng and said, "Although the competition is over, there are still many unfinished matters. We still have to deal with the aftermath. Dong There are carriages and horses from Baoqing Inn at the entrance of the alley, you and Yang Shaoxia will escort Senior Gu back to the mansion first."
Changsheng nodded in agreement and accompanied Yang Kai to leave the crowd. Behind the crowd was a waiter from Baoqing Inn. When he saw the two coming out, he hurriedly led the way and brought them to the carriage.
Yang Kai was completely confused at this time, so Chang Sheng boarded the car with him and took a detour to return.
Along the way, Yang Kai was sometimes in a daze, sometimes sad and crying. It was obvious that he wanted to forcefully suppress his sadness, but he couldn't.
Changsheng can really empathize with Yang Kai's sadness. Although Gu Yan has been crazy and confused for so many years, at least he is still there and Yang Kai still has sustenance. Now that Gu Yan is gone, Yang Kai has become alone. The lonely person.
Changsheng has no relatives. When Wang Mazi died, he was still young and didn't remember much. But when Lao Huang died, he felt this way in his heart. His only relative was gone. In addition to sadness, there was also the emptiness and confusion of being without a friend. .
Because the carriage needed to take a detour, it was already midnight when it arrived at the Qingyun Mountain Villa. Yang Kai was overly sad and top-heavy. He almost fell down when he got out of the car with Gu Yan's body in his arms. Chang Sheng hurriedly stepped forward to help and replaced Yang Kai's general Gu Yan. His body was carried into the inner hall.
The two of them had just placed Gu Yan's body on the bed when the porter came in and announced, "Sir, a group of people are coming outside. They only say that they are servants of the Ni family. They were shocked by the bad news and were sent by the master's family to help arrange the funeral hall."
"Let them come in." Changsheng nodded.
It was Ni Tai and others who came. Yang Kai was distracted at this time, so Changsheng left him in the inner room and went out to meet Ni Tai and others. He had learned about funeral matters in Longhu Mountain, so he arranged the arrangements with Ni Tai and others. mourning hall.
There is a reason why Ni Zhuo became the richest man in the Tang Dynasty. Knowing Yang Kai's relationship with Changsheng, not only did he send people to help, but he also sent people including burial clothes, coffins, and mourning items wrapped in linen and mourning.
After the coffin was brought in, the room was filled with fragrance. Seeing Chang Sheng's expression of doubt, Ni Tai hurriedly explained, "Sir, this longevity material is made of Lingnan sandalwood. Golden nannan is reserved for the royal family. We cannot exceed the production limit. In fact, this material is better than gold." Silk Nan is more valuable.”
Changsheng nodded, took the shroud and went to the inner room, and said to Yang Kai who was sitting blankly, "You go out and help, and I will cleanse and change your master's clothes."
Yang Kai naturally refused and insisted on doing it himself. Chang Sheng repeatedly tried to persuade him to no avail, so he had no choice but to let him go. The result was just as he had guessed. Seeing Gu Yan's body covered with wounds again, Yang Kai couldn't help but feel sad. While crying, she was eventually overly sad and fainted in front of the bed.
After Yang Kai fainted, Chang Sheng took over. If Yang Kai had not fainted, he would still have some scruples. There was no one around him at this time, so he would be very sad. Although he was not related to Gu Yan, he had no idea about Gu Yan's character. But he was extremely respectful, especially Gu Yan's care for Yang Kai and his calm demeanor in life and death, which shocked and moved him. When people live in this world, everyone has responsibilities, but most people fail to fulfill their responsibilities. However, for Yang Kai, Gu Yan fulfilled his responsibility as a master.
Chang Sheng wiped Gu Yan's body and changed his clothes, and clearly found that although there were a lot of wounds on Gu Yan's body, there were very few blood stains on the injured areas. As Zhang Shan said, Gu Yan's blood almost dried up on the way back to Chang'an, and he had been relying on his pure His spiritual energy cultivation was barely able to support him.
At this moment, Changsheng thought of his dead master. In order to obtain the Golden Pill of Return to Heaven to extend the life of his beloved, Luo Yangzi used the method of soul sealing to force the soul into his body. He endured the pain and suffering of the conflict between yin and yang and persisted for several lives. Today, Gu Yan is worthy of respect, and his master Luo Yangzi is also worthy of respect, because their persistence is not for themselves, but for their relatives and friends.
After changing Gu Yan's clothes, Chang Sheng awakened Yang Kai. The burial must be carried out by the descendants of the deceased himself and cannot be done by outsiders.
Under Chang Sheng's instructions, Yang Kai carried Gu Yan's body into the sandalwood coffin that had been cushioned with yellow silk. Ni Tai in the hall hurriedly presented the wooden tray, on which were placed the hand and mouth. After waiting for the jade objects, Changsheng took the wooden plate and instructed Yang Kai to put the jade cicada, jade turtle and other jade objects into Guy Yan's mouth and hand respectively.
Then he was covered with a yellow quilt. Since Gu Yan did not die of his old age, he could only be covered with a yellow quilt instead of a red quilt.
When the coffin was being closed, Yang Kai fainted again. Changsheng helped him aside. Ni Tai and others then placed an offering table in front of the coffin. On the table were placed incense burners, wax sticks, flower tubes, and offerings. These were all prepared by the Ni family. , including the silk curtains and filial piety clothes.
While he was busy, Datou came over after hearing the news. The reason why he was not there during the day was because Changsheng asked him to sort out all the files of all the unsolved cases in the past ten years. He also mentioned all the unsolved cases in Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment. He was there all day long. Busy with this.
After a brief conversation with Chang Sheng, Da Tou knew the inside story. When he saw Yang Kai leisurely waking up, he hurriedly stepped forward to offer words of comfort.
Datou is very smart and very good at comforting people. He doesn't say any nonsense like don't be sad or sad. He only says that Gu Yan's great revenge will be avenged, his kindness will be repaid, there will be successors, and there will be no regrets.
Seeing that Changsheng was also frustrated, Datou took the opportunity to comfort him, "Sir, if you hadn't acted righteously, the ancient senior would never have been able to wake up, let alone recover his spiritual energy. Not to mention revenge is out of the question, even the Zhoutian Divine Art would have If the legend is lost, why don't you allow the ancient predecessors to repay the favor? What's more, Master Zhang led everyone from the Sanqing Dynasty to work together to preserve the soul of the ancient predecessors. This is already the best result. "
Da Tou's words were not only comforting Changsheng, but also comforting Yang Kai. Every word was precious and every sentence made sense. Listening to Da Tou's words, the gloom in their hearts was slightly relieved. Yang Kai came to the mourning hall and burned yellow paper money from the copper basin. , to commemorate and pay homage.
After decorating the mourning hall and preparing the coffin for burial, Ni Tai and others said goodbye and left. There were several maids and nurses in the Qingyun Mountain Villa. They were all servants who signed the contract of sale. Whoever is the owner of the house is theirs. The master of the house, so at this time, the maids and nursing staff are also wearing linen and wearing filial piety like Yang Kai.
The maids made dinner, and Yang Kai naturally couldn't eat it. Fortunately, after Da Tou's persuasion, his sadness was slightly reduced. Although he didn't eat, he drank a few mouthfuls of soup. Chang Sheng and Da Tou ate something briefly, but Yang Kai was worried and wanted to go back. Nothing happened, so the two of them stayed at the house and kept vigil with Yang Kai.
Nearing the third watch, Zhang Shan arrived alone. After paying homage to the coffin, he comforted Yang Kai a few words. He didn't have the ability to speak anymore and only said he was sorry and resigned.
After comforting Yang Kai, Zhang Shan turned to look at Changsheng and said, "Come out and speak."
Changsheng was shocked when he heard this, and followed Zhang Shan to the front hall. The two sat down, and the boss urged the maids to bring them tea and a brazier.
After the idlers had retreated, Zhang Shan spoke seriously, "We can achieve a complete victory in this competition, and you are indispensable."
Hearing Zhang Shan's words, Changsheng felt relieved and hurriedly spoke humbly, "Uncle, my uncle's words were serious, but I didn't do anything."
Zhang Shan waved his hand and said, "There is no need to belittle yourself. You won the top prize in the children's ranking competition, and we won two more seats in the main ranking competition. After this battle, Longhu Mountain shocked the nine states and became famous all over the world."
Changsheng nodded.
Zhang Shan added, "What gratifies me the most is that in this battle, all the sects and sects of the Three Qing Dynasties can put aside their past grudges and work together as one. It is really a blessing for the Taoist sect."
"Yes," Changsheng nodded again, "Uncle, we have won two champions, who did you give the other one to?"
"As a member of the Sanqing family, after discussing with all my colleagues, I decided to only take one seat and abolish the other seat," Zhang Shan said. "The Beggar Clan camp has evil intentions and we must not hand over the power of commanding the army to them. "
"The right to command troops?" Changsheng frowned.
Zhang Shan nodded, "At present, the vassal towns are divided and bandits are everywhere, which has become a serious problem. The purpose of the imperial military examination is to select the pillars of the country, lead the troops to fight, suppress the bandits and suppress the rebellion. In this competition, our Taoist camp defeated the others and won honorably. , the victory is bright, if nothing goes wrong, tomorrow morning, the court will confer me the title of Protector of the Country, and when the new army is formed, I will command the new army to suppress the rebellion. "
"Shaolin Temple is also the master of the competition. They also want to suppress rebellion?" Changsheng asked.
Zhang Shan nodded and said, "The imperial court has planned to recruit 300,000 new troops to fight against the rebels and suppress the bandits. Although the Shaolin Temple is also the leader, they cannot win with force. It is not their turn to fight against the rebels. Since they like to preach, To influence the world, there is no need for soldiers and horses, just let them take the monks from our headquarters to persuade the bandits to surrender."
Seeing that Zhang Shan was dissatisfied with the Buddhist camp in his words, Changsheng said cautiously, "Uncle, the monk who came on stage today is not from the same group as the Buddhist camp in China."
"Of course I know," Zhang Shan said coldly, "but I will not forget that at the beginning of the competition, they were instigated by the Beggar Clan camp and tried to monopolize two seats and squeeze us out."
Changsheng did not answer the call.
After a brief silence, Zhang Shan asked casually, "We told you not to act rashly, why did you suddenly come to power today?"
What Chang Sheng was most afraid of was that Zhang Shan would ask this, but Zhang Shan still asked, and suddenly an idea came to him in his nervousness, "There are two reasons. First, the four major villas are coming for me. If I avoid them without fighting, I will avoid being beaten by them." I'm looking down on you. Secondly, my uncle has been so kind to me, but Dongfang Chen is so rude and frivolous, I can't be angry with him."
"There is no third reason?" Zhang Shan looked directly at Changsheng.
"No." Changsheng shook his head hurriedly.
After saying the words, he shook his head, and Chang Sheng finally realized what happened. Oh no, he said the words too quickly and shook his head too early. It was obvious that he had a guilty conscience and was harboring evil intentions.
Zhang Shan might not have discovered anything, or he might have discovered it but pretended not to notice it. After nodding, he said, "Although you are from Longhu Mountain, you are an official of the imperial court. In the future, you must be sensible in your actions and grasp the scale. Don't To arouse the emperor's suspicion, you must know that the emperor has the right to force you to return to secular life..."
