"Let's take a detour ahead and go to Zhang An's house first."
Not long after the carriage left the corner gate of Sun Mansion, Sun Shaozong picked up the curtain and gave another order.
Just now, he mistook Xing Xiuyan for Zhao Zhongji, which made him remember the funeral of Zhang An's family.
The past two days have been incessant, and he has no time to clone for a while, but it is not far from the burial of the first seven, so it is time to show up again.
In other words, there are three, six, nine, and so on for the rest of the year. There are a lot of people buried in poor families for three days, and those with a little extra money usually rest for seven days.
As for the rich and noble, it takes seven to seventy-nine days to be considered a grand funeral.
"Appreciate~"
Just as he was thinking about some customs and customs, the carriage suddenly stopped again. Sun Shaozong took a look at the curtain, but saw that there were hundreds of people surrounded by the hustle and bustle in front of him, blocking a back street that was not very wide.
What's going on here
Sun Shaozong winked, Zhang Cheng immediately jumped out of the carriage and stepped forward to inquire.
After a while, I came back to report that it turned out to be an old house of a family, which was crushed by heavy snow in the middle of the night yesterday.
Although the old couple living there is not a big problem, but the children and grandchildren who came here after hearing the news started to quarrel because of shirking each other. Now the pair of uncles and nephews started to act regardless of their respect, thus attracting the neighbors. of onlookers.
tsk~
No matter how much you emphasize the priority of filial piety, there are still many unworthy descendants.
It is said that in the early years of this dynasty, Emperor Guangde, who had just ascended the throne, was still under the shadow of the Emperor Taishang. In order to show his respect for the elderly, he specially allocated funds from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to distribute winter clothes to the elderly in the capital who were over seventy years old. , charcoal.
He also instructed Shuntian Prefecture to provide coffins and clothing for the elderly who died of starvation in those years.
Although this is mainly to please the emperor, it is also a good governance, but unfortunately it underestimates the bottom line of some people.
That year, the number of elderly people who died of 'starvation and cold' in Beijing was nearly half more than the previous year.
Emperor Guangde was furious because of this, and ordered Shuntian Prefecture to conduct a strict investigation. It turned out that many of the charcoal taken by the elderly had been borrowed by their children and grandchildren.
Some people even covet longevity materials and other items issued by the imperial court, and deliberately let the elders in their families freeze and starve to death.
uh~
It seems a little far off.
But after Zhang Cheng reported back, he said again: "Second Master, it's not far from Zhang's house. If you take a detour, I'm afraid it will delay the trip. Do you think it will drive people away, or..."
"Let's take a detour."
Sun Shaozong didn't wait for him to finish, but he made a decision and then lowered the curtain of the car.
This has to be left at the beginning. When he was in charge of Shuntianfu, he would definitely stop to ask what happened first, and then make a decision on the spot.
But as the saying goes, he is not in his position and does not seek his own affairs. Although he is still in charge of punishment, he has already left the local official sequence, and according to the rules, he is not allowed to directly intervene in local affairs without any reason.
What's more, the newly appointed Ge Zhizhong is now in a situation where the jar is broken. If he really wants to take a bite from him, whether it hurts or not, it will inevitably be a little disgusting.
However, according to the recent climate projections, 80% of Ge Zhizhong's official position is about to end - this is just in mid-October, and two snows have already fallen. I am afraid that the scale of this year's snow disaster will not be too small, and disasters often occur again and again. There will be chaos and commotion.
At that time, if a person is not handled well, then Ge Zhizhong will naturally take the blame and resign - inferring from the current situation, he will almost certainly handle it improperly.
Less gossip.
However, Sun Shaozong said that he took a detour to Zhang An's house and lowered his body to ask for warmth.
It was too late to order Mao, so Sun Shaozong simply calmed down and comforted Zhang An's wife and children.
Speaking of...
It would be better to put Su Xingfang's wife and children together with Zhang An's wife and children, so that they can take care of each other.
"Second Master, Second Master!"
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Cheng, who was waiting outside, suddenly flew in. He was very excited at first, and then he saw the coffin lying on the side of the hall. He quickly changed its color and said embarrassingly: "There is an angel who came to deliver an decree. It's the door!"
When he heard that the 'angel' was coming, Zhang An's wife Wu Shi immediately panicked and even forgot to get up from the straw mat, and Baba looked at Sun Shaozong.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, if it's not unexpected, it's probably the emperor who has allocated pensions and rewards."
Sun Shaozong said, pointed to the inside and said: "I'll avoid it first, if there is something wrong, my sister-in-law will call me out."
Mrs. Zhang Wu heard that it was a pension and a reward, and immediately remembered that Sun Shaozong had promised to ask his son to be born. Ban welcomed out.
First, it was a message to the Zhang family, and he had nothing to do with Sun Shaozong. Second, Sun Shaozong didn't want to kneel in front of several eunuchs for nothing.
Therefore, after Mrs. Zhang Wu welcomed him out, he quickly retreated to the interior for a while.
Because Sun Shaozong had already bought the mansion in advance, Zhang Wu's mother and son were waiting for the mourning to move to a new house, and in the past few days, according to the rules, they had to eat and live on the straw mats outside, and they were idle here. .
Therefore, Sun Shaozong picked up the curtain and went in, and saw that the kang was full of large and small burdens.
Seeing that the needle could not be inserted, he wanted to stand in the corner and wait for a while.
Who would have guessed that chickens and dogs were jumping around outside, after a lot of tossing, and then the little eunuch who passed the decree shrieked again, and the cadence was endless.
Sun Shaozong couldn't bear to wait, so he simply piled the burden on the head of the bed and planned to sit down and wait.
wow~
The first two big bags were all clothes. Although they looked big, they weren't really heavy.
But the small bag at the bottom was quite heavy, and it seemed to contain a lot of metal objects with a crisp sound when it was picked up.
Could it be that gold and silver are soft
Sun Shaozong didn't pay attention at first, and put the small burden next to him, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was not right.
Zhang An is an upright person. Although he is a good player in the battle, he has no rules in running the family.
If it was said to have saved some broken silver and money strings, it would be reasonable, but the movement just now, but I am afraid that it will be more expensive than this.
Could it be that Zhang An brought back private goods from Huguang
But I hadn't heard of it at the beginning, he had the act of enriching his own pockets.
Suspicious in his heart, Sun Shaozong listened carefully. The stinky and long imperial decree was far from over, so he simply ripped off the burden and probed into the details.
Seeing this, he could not help frowning.
However, I saw that there were a lot of gold and silver jewelry in the bag, and it was obvious that the style was popular in the capital, and it was definitely not from the Wuxi barbarians or the hands of Huguang craftsmen.
But what is even more suspicious is that, in addition to the furoshiki on the surface, there are several pieces of underwear 'invented' by Prince Yizhong.
And it is a popular sexy style in the brothel nowadays.
This can never be Zhang An's thing!
On the contrary, it is very likely that Zhang Biao gave it...
Could it be…
In fact, this woman and Zhang Biao were not forced to, but half-assisted, or did it just hit it off
Sun Shaozong's expression changed a few times, and there was a bit of anger between his brows. If this was the case, Zhang Wu's might also have a lot of scheming, and even lied to himself.
This is really a mystery!
Immediately, Sun Shaozong had an urge to throw this thing in front of Zhang Wu to see how she would explain it.
But this is just thinking about it. Now that Zhang An and Zhang Biao have both died unexpectedly, if Zhang An's youngest son, who is not yet five years old, is to take down the Wu family, who should he rely on
Anyway~
The right should be to buy a lesson and remind yourself not to be too complacent in the future.