Brother Rong of Red Mansion

Chapter 79 Autopsy
  During ancient funerals, when someone died in the family, the yin and yang students were asked to read the time stamp to determine the time of burial, the date of funeral and burial, and matters such as avoiding evil spirits.

This process is called "writing a seedling list".

After Jia Rong finished speaking, Lai Sheng turned around and shouted, and a yin and yang student emerged from the crowd.

Coincidentally, this person looked very familiar. He was the Yin Yang student who led the way for him and the bride at Jia Rong's wedding, and who also sat in the tent for Qin Keqing.

Old acquaintance!

"Mr. Hu, I wonder if the seedling list has been written?" Jia Rong asked, holding a stick in hand.

"Uncle Hui Rong, your master passed away due to illness at the moment of Shen Shi. This hour is dominated by gold. The cold wind fills the belly, and the infection of wind and cold causes evil and disease. Therefore, fire is also produced. This is called metal producing fire..."

This yin-yang creature wears a plain crown on his head, a Taoist robe, and cloud-headed shoes. He is of medium build, has a mustache, and has piercing small eyes. He does not look like a good person. But it was supported by Ningrong Jia's family. There was a famous "Yin Yang Sheng" in Shenjing City. His surname was Hu Mingzhou, and others called him "Mr. Hu".

At this moment, it was time for him to show off and talk a lot. They all sound like professional words and are very bluffing. But Jia Rong only thought he was noisy.

"Mr. Hu, tell me what's important." Jia Rong's eyebrows sank, and Hu Zhou immediately stopped talking, and then honestly determined the time of encarnation and the date of funeral and burial, and also gave instructions about the "taboos" and "taboos" during the funeral. "Avoid evil".

Jia Rong nodded, indicating that he remembered it, and then told Lai Sheng, "Please report the funeral."

"Yes." Lai Sheng nodded, and immediately sent someone to formally write rice seedlings and send them to the Ministry of Rites, Shuntian Mansion, Rongguo Mansion, Xuanzhen Temple and other noble houses to "report the funeral".

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  Because he had to entertain people from the Ministry of Etiquette and Shuntian Mansion, Xuanzhen visited Jia Jing's place. Jia Rong did not go to report the funeral in person, but sent Jia Qiang to report the news.

Wearing linen and wearing mourning, he sat on the east side of the mourning bed, and the female relatives sitting on the west side of the bed, separated by a curtain and crying, began to cry in the mourning hall, waiting for people from the Ministry of Rites and Shuntian Mansion to come.

Lai Sheng and others also went down and were busy building a colorful shed and distributing mourning clothes. Let the maids, servants, and servants of Ningguo Mansion all dress neatly to maintain the "respectability" of Ningguo Mansion.

Buying filial piety silk and rushing to make filial piety clothes is a big expense.

Fortunately, these things were agreed upon a few days ago. Get ready early. Although a lot of money was spent, at least brand new mourning clothes were prepared, which could give Ningguo Mansion a "new look" and maintain a "respectable" appearance.

This is the difficulty of a big family.

Although the income is high, the annual expenses are also very high. That is to say, Jia Rong traveled through time early, and now Ningguo Mansion still has some old skills. The harvests of several Zhuangzi outside the customs were not bad, so Jia Rong had the confidence.

If the weather gets colder in a few years, the farm's grain harvest will plummet. It will be particularly difficult if the capital chain that supports the entire Ningguo Mansion is broken.

"Fortunately, fortunately..."

This was Jia Rong's biggest feeling when she was handling affairs in the Xiangnan Hall and looking through the income and expenditure account books. Then, spend what should be spent, reduce what should be reduced, keep what should be remembered in your heart, and prepare to settle the accounts after seizing power!

Jia Rong and a group of female relatives were crying, and the atmosphere in the mourning hall was solemn. Only the painter was not disturbed, and he looked at Jia Zhen's remains and "revealed and passed on" him.

This is a portrait of the deceased, ready to be hung in the ancestral hall. It is a process in a funeral. The painter invited by Jia Rong was also supported by the Ningguo Mansion, and his paintings were extremely vivid and lifelike. He is famous and lucky in the entire Shenjing City, and is called "Liu Yirong".

At this moment, a servant entered the mourning hall and reported that the old lady and the old men of Xifu had arrived. Jia Rong, Youshi, Qin Keqing and others quickly got up to greet Jia Mu and others. In the distance, I heard a cry.

Jia's mother and all the female relatives, including Jia She, Jia Zheng and others, all changed into "heavy mourning clothes" and walked over wearing linen and mourning, wiping tears.

When he saw Jia Rong and others, he couldn't help crying and said that Brother Zhen's life was bad.

Jia Rong, Youshi and Qin Keqing cried for a while, then comforted Jia Mu and others, respectfully invited her into the mourning hall, looked at Jia Zhen's remains, and cried in front of the soul for a while. Then he asked Youshi to accompany him to Doufengxuan to rest.

Jia Rong stayed behind, accompanying Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and others, preparing to receive people from the Ministry of Rites and Shuntian Mansion.

After a while, Zuo Zuo from Shuntian Mansion arrived first. He entered the Dengxian Pavilion with a low eyebrow, greeted all the gentlemen, and said, "My condolences, by the way." Jia Rong then asked the widow to come close to the funeral bed and conduct an "autopsy."

This is the most nervous part for Jia Rong.

Because the operation requires a detailed autopsy and filling in the corpse. Once any "clues" are found, it will be a catastrophe of confiscating the property and losing the head. That's why Jia Rong was melancholy before, thinking about how to kill Jia Zhen. Even though Jia Zhen died of "natural illness" and the entire chain of clues was clear, Jia Rong was still nervous when doing the autopsy.

Jia Rong also answered some of the details he asked one by one, not daring to hide anything.

Then, the whole process went in an orderly manner, and Jia Rong successfully passed the test. After his wife filled out the corpse form and found out whether he died of "normal death" or "died of illness", Jia Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, Wu Zuo has not left yet and has to be "interrogated" by officials from the Ministry of Rites.

Jia Rong and others are also waiting.

After a while, Xue Langzhong, who was worshiping the officials of the Qing Dynasty at the Ministry of Rites Temple, arrived in person. Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, Jia Rong and others hurriedly went to greet him in person.

The Temple of the Ministry of Rites is dedicated to the official of the Qing Dynasty, Si Langzhong, who was a civil servant of the fifth rank. In charge of "auspicious rituals, sacrifices, funerals, posthumous titles given by ministers, and management of monks, wizards, and those engaged in yin and yang, divination, and medicine."

He was also one of the civil servants Ning Rongjia's family often dealt with.

In the 53rd chapter of the original work, "New Year's Eve Sacrifice at the Ancestral Hall in Ningguo Mansion", the "Spring Sacrifice" reward that Jia Rong went to receive was the ancestral temple of the Ministry of Rites that she went to to worship the Qing officials. Later, he went to Guanglu Temple to collect signatures and custody. But there is a seal on the yellow cloth pocket. In addition to the four characters "Huang En Yong Xi", there is also the mark of "The Temple of the Ministry of Rites to offer sacrifices to the Qing Officials".

This is also an old acquaintance!

When Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Jia Rong met, they all raised their hands to say hello, while Doctor Xue also raised his hands, saying that Brother Shizhen's life was not good and he left too early.

Then, everyone invited Mr. Xue into the mourning hall and presented the corpse form filled out by the widow of Shuntian Mansion. They asked Mr. Xue to read it and fill in the review. After taking another look at Jia Zhen, who had died of illness, they said goodbye and went to report to the court.

The widow of Shuntian Mansion naturally received a "funeral gift" and left happily.

After doing all this, it was already getting late, and the relatives of Rongguo Mansion left in their cars. In the mourning hall of Dengxian Pavilion, the atmosphere suddenly became strange. Jia Rong sat on the east side of the bed, and the female family members sat on the west side of the bed. A "portable lamp" in front of the bed was dim and bright. Next to the lamp was a bowl full of rice, with a pair of chopsticks inserted vertically on the rice, commonly known as "dog beating sticks". Drive away wild dogs and ghosts on the road to the underworld and reach the other side.

Among the sobbing cries, not to mention the female relatives, even Jia Rong, the "bereaved master", felt terrified and cried louder.

Fortunately, at this time, Jia Jing and Jia Qiang returned from Xuanzhen Temple and entered the Dengxian Pavilion.

In an instant, Jia Rong knelt down and cried again: "Master... Wuwu... Master, he has gone... My grandson will have no biological father..."

As soon as these words came out, the crying in the mourning hall became even louder.

When Jia Jing and Jia Qiang heard this, their noses were sore and their eyes were red. They couldn't help comforting Jia Rong softly, saying that life, old age, illness and death were caused by the number of days, and advised him to be stronger. In the future, Ningguo Mansion will still rely on Jia Rong. He came to establish a family.

In fact, Jia Jing is also very sad.

Although she knew that Jia Zhen was not good, how could she feel better when a white-haired person sent a black-haired person? Even though he was an outsider, he couldn't help but cry for a while.

Then, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang wanted to invite Jia Jing to have a rest, but Jia Jing did not leave. Instead, he sighed and asked someone to set up a curtain screen and a straw mat under the northeast wall and to the south and west. Go and mourn.

Helpless, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang returned to the east of the funeral bed, sat next to each other and cried, keeping vigil for Jia Zhen.

It was not until the next day that the "small burial" was carried out.

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(End of this chapter)