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The servant who came to report the news didn't know, so he kowtowed and said, "It was the servant of Sanlang's family at the end of the village who saw it when he took his daughter-in-law to Shangcai's parents' house. He only recognized Uncle Cheng and Er Niangzi, but the leader should be She’s the third lady of the big house.”

Zhao Song thought for a while and then said: "The eldest brother made a marriage arrangement with Sanniang before he passed away. It should be that he gave the big house to Sanniang. She stopped at Shangcai, maybe she wanted us to greet the eldest brother?" "

He said: "That's right. Go and tell everyone. Let's clean up a little tonight. We will go to Shangcai to welcome the eldest brother back early tomorrow morning."

The housekeeper agreed and retreated first to deliver the message, but Zhao Song's son Zhao Ming was full of doubts, "Father, why are only the second brother and sister and the third mother carrying the coffin back to their hometown to help them?"

He said: "Even if Jizhi is busy, he should let Da Lang take care of this matter. He has inherited the title of uncle and should fulfill his filial piety. If he can't go back, he should let his son carry the coffin and return to his hometown. Why can't he just Let the eldest son of an orphan and a weak mother return home with her coffin?"

Zhao Song frowned slightly, "I'll find out tomorrow if I ask."

Early the next morning, the sounds of people, horses and cattle were mixed together in Zhaojiawu Fort. Knowing that the coffin of the old patriarch had returned to Shangcai, many members of the Zhao clan had to follow to welcome the coffin.

Before dawn, Cheng Bo had already brought a few soldiers to Xiping in a light carriage.

At noon, Uncle Cheng only stopped to take two mouthfuls of dry food. After the horse drank water, he got up and said, "Let's go, it will be here in more than an hour. Everyone, hurry up."

As everyone was about to put away their water bags and get on their horses, they saw many horses and ox carts approaching from the other end of the official road.

Cheng Bo pulled his horse to the side of the road and wanted to wait for their team to pass by before leaving.

Walking in the front were two horses and a carriage. Uncle Cheng's eyes met the people on the horses, and then he slid away calmly, sweeping the carriage with one glance.

Suddenly, his sharp eyes saw the emblem on the car, and he immediately turned his head to look back. After confirming that it was indeed the emblem he was most familiar with, his eyes widened slightly.

He immediately lost his horse and took a few steps forward. He raised his hand and asked loudly, "Are the people in the car from the Zhao family in Xiping?"

The carriage stopped slowly, and the guard on the horse looked at him warily and asked: "Who are you?"

Zhao Song opened the curtain to see, and looked at Uncle Cheng for a moment, "Uncle Cheng?"

Uncle Cheng was also surprised and shouted: "Wu Lang, oh, no, the fifth master, it's the fifth master!"

Zhao Song got out of the car immediately, and Uncle Cheng knelt on the ground, "I'd like to pay my respects to the Fifth Master."

"Get up, why are you here? Brother's coffin has really returned to Shangcai? Why don't you send it back to Xiping?"

Uncle Cheng knelt down and cried bitterly, "I went to Xiping on Sanniang's orders to report the funeral, and I also asked the Fifth Master to come and preside over the funeral of Master Lang. I didn't expect to meet the Fifth Master on the way."

Uncle Cheng cried and took out a letter and presented it to her, saying: "Fifth Master, our girl is suffering. She is really ashamed to return to her family, so she can only quietly ask me to come and ask for Fifth Master's help."

Zhao Song immediately took the letter and opened it.

In the letter, Zhao Hanzhang started from the incident when Zhao Changyu was framed for murdering the King of Donghai, stating that Zhao Changyu refused treatment for the sake of the entire Zhao family and chose to die of illness at that time.

Zhao Song burst into tears and felt a sore nose. When he learned that Luoyang was besieged, King Donghai led the emperor to escape from Luoyang and abandoned the entire capital. He was shocked, "This thief King Donghai is harming the country!"

Then I saw that their family fled together and were robbed on the road. Many servants and belongings were lost. Only a few of them managed to escape with their grandfather's coffin under the protection of the tribe, and they also met Zhao Ji on the way. Get separated.

Although Zhao Hanzhang wrote cryptically, as soon as Zhao Song saw what was written in the letter, Sanniang escaped by chance and saw his grandfather's coffin scattered in the fields. His weak mother and young brother collapsed beside the coffin and cried bitterly. They were all scattered, except for two or three loyal servants to protect them. The uncle and his family were all separated...

Zhao Song was so angry that his nose steamed, "Zhao Ji is incompetent. He can't even protect a coffin, and he also lost his mother and son. It's simply, simply..."

Zhao Song found that he couldn't find the right words to scold him. His son Zhao Ming looked worried and answered for him, "What a beast."

Zhao Song:......

He glanced at his son, Zhao Ji was a beast, so what were his ancestors? What are they who share the same ancestor as Zhao Ji?

If you don’t know how to curse others, how can you curse yourself?

Zhao Song folded the letter and asked: "Sanniang has suffered such great injustice, why doesn't she carry the coffin back to Xiping and ask the clan to make the decision?"

"This..." Uncle Cheng said with a confused look on his face: "Sanniang said that the family scandal should not be made public. The eldest man was the uncle personally chosen by the master. Now the Zhao family is headed by the second grandpa. If such a thing spreads, it will affect the reputation of the clan. It’s extremely bad, so…”

Zhao Song snorted coldly, "Am I afraid of him?"

Zhao Zhongyu was the second eldest son in his family, but the eighth eldest son in the clan. He was younger than Zhao Song, so Zhao Song was not afraid of him.

Zhao Changyu probably had this in mind and asked Zhao Hanzhang to carry the coffin back to his hometown.

Zhao Song received the letter and immediately got into the car, "Let's go to Shangcai!"

A group of people rushed to Shangcai aggressively. Zhao Hanzhang was selecting things to be buried with Zhao Changyu. When he heard the noise, he saw a middle-aged man getting out of the car. Seeing the plainness in the courtyard, he looked at Zhao Hanzhang. Tears welled up in the other party's eyes.

Zhao Hanzhang:......

The middle-aged man stepped forward restrainedly and looked at her with red eyes, "Are you Sanniang? We haven't seen her for many years, and you have grown up."

Uncle Cheng immediately said: "Sanniang, this is the fifth master."

When Zhao Hanzhang heard this, he immediately gave a long bow and said, "Fifth uncle."

Zhao Song saw that she was bowing, so he didn't mind. He stretched out his hand to support her, and the grandfather and grandson went in hand in hand.

Wang and Zhao Erlang also changed into mourning clothes today and were sitting in the mourning hall burning millet stalks. When she saw Zhao Song, she quickly pulled Zhao Erlang to stand up and salute, "Fifth Uncle."

Zhao Song didn't have a good look towards her. He nodded coldly, glanced at Zhao Erlang, and looked up at the mourning hall with a sad look on his face.

The tribesmen who came with Zhao Song began to cry sadly, and the originally silent mourning hall suddenly burst into tears.

Some people even brought children. When the children couldn't cry, the adults gave the children a hard squeeze. The children began to cry loudly. The crying in the mourning hall also increased correspondingly. It was probably heard two miles away from the courtyard. There is a funeral here.

Zhao Hanzhang:......

These were all relatives, and they couldn't be persuaded. When they cried, Wang couldn't bear it any longer and fell to the ground crying bitterly.

Zhao Hanzhang didn't know how genuine the cry was, but Wang was obviously really sad, and there was fear in her cry. She hurriedly stepped forward and knelt beside her, reaching out to hug her.

I don’t know what’s so scary about Xiping’s hometown. Is she so afraid of these people?

Seeing that Zhao Hanzhang could no longer cry, Qing Gu quietly retreated. After a while, she came back and went to help Wang with a sad face, but she took out a handkerchief to wipe Zhao Hanzhang's tears.

Zhao Hanzhang, who had no tears at all, suddenly burst into tears. The strong smell of ginger juice made her almost unable to open her eyes.

Fu Tinghan, who came from the backyard, happened to see this scene.

Just...very strange.

See you tonight