A few decades ago, the Lei family was one of the largest families in Yanbei, and the Lei family was also very united. Whenever a major event occurred, it was decided by the patriarch, and then the whole family advanced and retreated together.
The ancestral training of the Lei family allowed them to stand out among the aristocratic families in Yanbei, but at the same time, it also caused their family to suffer a catastrophe in the massacre a few decades ago, and they were taken over by the Liao people.
So up to now, although the reputation of the Lei family is still loud, only Lei Ting is the only fish that slipped through the net.
Lei Ting asked Mrs. Lei Tai to go to the funeral today, but if the Lei clan still has an elder in the past whose identity and seniority are still alive, they will stand up and obstruct it.
It is a pity that after Mrs. Lei Tai passed away, the Lei family is now the most thunderous.
So even though the rumors have spread outside, the Lei family has become suspicious. After dawn, preparations for the funeral proceeded in an orderly manner.
The second master of the Lei family, Lei Zhen, was also extraordinarily quiet on this day. He stood in the mourning hall with his niece in his arms. The young face no longer had the usual bright smile, only a solemn look.
"Little uncle, is grandmother going to be an immortal today?" Lei Pan'er leaned against Lei Zhen's arms and kept looking at the closed coffin, trying hard to endure the tears in her eyes so that they wouldn't fall.
A four-year-old child, she still doesn't understand what death is. She only knows that her grandmother is going to leave her for a long journey. Although the uncle told her that the place where grandmother is going is better than home, and that they will go there in the future, she still feels a little sad. .
Lei Pan'er's small appearance made people feel distressed, Lei Ting came back to his senses, tried his best to put a smile on his face, lowered his head and whispered to comfort his niece.
It's just that he was thinking about what his brother went to him last night and told him.
At that time, Lei Zhen heard that his grandmother was going to have a funeral today and couldn't help but quarreled with his brother. But when his brother told him the whole truth, he couldn't say a word.
The grandmother's suicide, the heavy burden on the brother's shoulders, the future of the Lei family. These things were like mountains that appeared out of nowhere and suddenly pressed towards him, making it hard for him to breathe.
He will not forget that the always calm eldest brother held his shoulder with one hand with red eyes, the pressure on his hand seemed to crush his shoulder bone: "The current Lei family is a big ship that looks stable on the outside. , In fact, the inside is riddled with holes, and you can't help it. Second brother, the current Lei family can't allow you to grow up slowly."
The steward Liu Gui hurried in from the outside. He didn't see Lei Zhen and Lei Pan'er standing beside him, and walked straight to Lei Ting.
Lei Zhen knew that Liu Gui was his brother's confidant. Seeing him like this, he immediately thought that things had changed outside, and immediately picked up Lei Pan'er and walked towards Lei Ting.
When I walked in, I happened to hear Liu Gui reporting to Lei Ting: "...It suddenly collapsed, and the road was blocked for most of the time."
"What happened?" Lei Zhen couldn't help asking.
Lei Ting turned his head and glanced at his brother, and said expressionlessly: "The mountain road leading to Qiujie Mountain has collapsed."
Qiongji Mountain is very famous in Yanbei, and it can be regarded as a famous mountain. However, young ladies and young ladies will not choose this mountain when they travel in spring, not only because the mountain is flat and there is no temple and Taoist temple, but because it is A yin mountain, specially for the dead.
All the famous local families in Yunyang City have their ancestral tombs circled there, and their ancestors have been buried there.
I heard that when the Liao people occupied Yanbei, a Liao aristocrat once thought of the idea of burying goods in the poor mountain, but unfortunately he fell to his death at the foot of the mountain for some reason, and within a year, all the family members, old and young, died of a strange disease. Empty.
Since then, no one dared to take the idea of a poor mountain tomb.
The ancestral tomb of the Lei family is also on Qiongji Mountain. The real Mrs. Lei Tai Liu can't even find her grave now, but this "Mrs. Lei Tai" who was originally from the outer chamber is going to enter the ancestral tomb.
"It collapsed? Can it pass?" Lei Ting was stunned and asked with a frown. Although my brother told him that it might not be peaceful today, but when he really met, he was still unhappy.
Liu Gui lowered his head and said, "Young Xiao has already sent someone to dig up the rocks and soil, but it looks like it will take at least two hours."
Lei Ting looked at the coffin in the mourning hall, and there was no emotion in his dark eyes, he said after a while: "Send more people over and dig the road as soon as possible. In addition, you personally bring people to explore, is there any other way? Can go up the mountain."
Liu Gui already knew the whole plan. Although the funeral was obstructed at this time, the Lei family had to try their best to overcome it, making people think that the Lei family wanted to send Mrs. Lei Tai's coffin up the mountain as soon as possible.
Liu Gui stepped back.
Lei Zhen beckoned the maids to come over and asked them to take Lei Pan'er back to the yard to eat first.
After Lei Pan'er left, Lei Ting and Lei Zhen brothers quarreled because of a disagreement. Later, it was rumored that Lei Erye objected to his brother's hasty burial of his grandmother. At this moment, the road suddenly collapsed, indicating that the ancestors were angry and made Uncle Lei delay the grandmother's funeral time.
Unfortunately, Lei Ting refused, so the two brothers quarreled. In the end, Uncle Lei was afraid of embarrassment, so he pulled his brother away and resolved it in private.
Father Han is still in Yunyang City. After listening to his subordinates report about the Lei family, a smile appeared on Han Dongshan's face: "When will the Liu family arrive?"
The subordinate replied: "I'm afraid it will take three or four hours to reach Yunyang City. The old lady of the Liu family has been ill on the road, and the carriage does not dare to drive."
Han Dongshan frowned: "I want to see people before the time!"
"But… "
Han Dongshan glanced at the past, and the subordinates did not dare to speak, and hurriedly retreated.
"Father, Mrs. Lei Tai committed suicide. This should not be wrong." Han Dongshan's only son, Han Xianren, has been standing on Han Dongshan's hands, and said aloud at this moment.
Han Xianren is a middle-aged man with a handsome face, a more refined temperament, and he looks like a good talker. He spends most of his time in Yunyang City dealing with the affairs of the Han family in Yanbei.
"It's natural. I asked the doctor who asked the old lady for the Ping An vein. She has a strong body. How can she say she will die? It's just someone who wants to avoid the Liu family." Han Dongshan sneered, "Unfortunately, this time It's just a dying struggle, the Lei family must be defeated!"
As for the cause of Mrs. Lei Tai's death, Han Dongshan did not send someone to investigate. However, the Lei family was also guarding against them, so after Mrs. Lei Tai died, very few people saw her body.
But now the Lei family dog jumped over the wall and asked Mrs. Lei Tai to stop the coffin for three days and was buried in haste, Han Dongshan can already be sure that the death of Mrs. Lei Tai is absolutely inseparable from the Lei family himself.
"Now the Lei family is in a hurry to go to the funeral, they must know that the Liu family is not far from Yunyang City, and they want to bury Mrs. Lei Tai before the Liu family arrives, so that the cause of Mrs. Lei Tai's death will be covered up, and her identity will be It won't be exposed." Han Xianren speculated.
Han Dongshan also agrees with this judgment.
"Then what are we going to do next? Or wait until the Liu family arrives to expose that she is a fake, and that the real Mrs. Laitai is already dead?"
Han Dongshan thought for a while and smiled, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Do not."
Han Xianren frowned and looked at his father. Han Xianren was a little afraid of his own father. Even as a son, he often didn't know what his father was thinking.
"The old lady of the Lei family is already dead. Even if I ask the Liu family to expose her, there is no proof that she is dead now. At most, it will make the world doubt their Lei family. If you want to completely defeat the Lei family, you must pursue the victory. But now The opportunity has come, the Lei family is afraid that this time they will die in their own hands."
Han Dongshan laughed when he said that.
"What do you mean by father?" Han Xianren's aptitude is not very good. He is not only incomparable to his own father, but also his son. So over the years, he has always done things according to Han Dongshan's orders.
However, he also understands that he will discuss everything with Han Dongshan, and he will never act rashly.
Han Dongshan was actually dissatisfied with this son, but such things as aptitude are innate, and Han Dongshan had no choice but to be glad that his grandson was a promising one. So over the years, Han Dongshan has always treated his son as a subordinate, but he has cultivated and demanded his only grandson as an heir.
However, Mr. Han was in a good mood today, so he didn't show his son's face, but smiled and said, "I want the Liu family to bring the Lei family to court!"
Han Xianren was stunned for a moment: "What are you suing them?"
"murder."
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