Chapter 718 Misfortunes never come singly
Dozens of small sheds were built along both sides of the huge funeral shed where Cui Ming's coffin was stored. Those who are qualified to stay in such small sheds to keep Cui Ming's wake are naturally the Cui family and those who have thousands of connections with the Cui family. Relevant people who are inextricably linked.
It stands to reason that when someone like Cui Ming passes away, the funeral process will often last for dozens of days or even longer, because many important people need to be notified and present, which is not something that can be done in a short time, and in After an important person dies, it is not easy to handle his or her affairs properly.
But this time it was very different.
Cui Shu used the principle of "obeying authority in urgent matters" as an excuse to keep everything simple during the funeral, and he would be buried in ten days.
As a result, relatives, friends or stakeholders who are slightly farther away will not have time to rush over for the funeral after being notified. Not to mention that Cui Shu can also use various methods to delay the time they get the news.
After all, a big battle had just happened, and the entire Boling County was still under martial law. A war could break out at any time, and information was stagnant. No one could blame Cui Shu for this.
If people can't come, they naturally can't speak and can't cause Cui Shu any trouble.
Therefore, the main participants in Cui Ming's funeral were the local Cui family and friends in Boling County.
In front of the coffin, cigarette smoke curled up, and the sound of monks banging wooden fish and chanting sutras made the people kneeling in front of the coffin drowsy. After all, the mourning started yesterday. As long as someone comes to burn paper and kowtow, they have to cry loudly to express their grief. If they cry too much, their throats will naturally become hoarse and their tears will dry up. This sadness also means It becomes lighter and lighter.
What's more, these people kneeling below rarely see Cui Ming once a year, and some of them have never even met him. How much do you want them to say to a so-called elder who only heard his name but never met him? It would be too much to force someone's affection.
They are just there to support the scene.
And people like Cui Shu, Cui Tu, and Cui Peng would only kneel beside the coffin to receive them in full filial piety when extremely important people came to mourn.
The wind and snow are thick now. Even if there are several big fire pots lit in the memorial shed, when the freezing wind blows, any trace of heat will disappear. Even the fire looks pale and weak, and the sound of the monks chanting sutras is heard. They were all trembling, and the kneeling people tried their best to shrink themselves into a ball, just thinking of getting through the short period of time they were on duty so that another group of people could come up.
But separated by a wall from the mourning hall, it was a different scene.
Although it looks like a simple shed, it is built with great care and has excellent heating facilities. Several silver charcoal braziers in the house are burning with faint blue fire, and the room is also warm.
The ground is covered with thick carpets, and the chairs are also wrapped in plush blankets. On the coffee table in the room, there are various snacks, dried fruits, steaming tea, and even You can see a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables from the south.
Cui Shu sat at the top, wearing mourning clothes and a hemp rope around his waist, with a hint of excitement on his face.
"Blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come singly!" Cui Shu looked at the people in the room with a serious expression and a solemn tone, "Just today, the family received another intelligence from Nanyang! The eldest brother suffered a big loss in Nanyang."
"What's the matter? Isn't it always going smoothly in Nanyang?" Cui Dong, the third bedroom, was a little shocked.
Cui Ming had made arrangements before his death. With Boling County unable to defend itself, the Cui family would move to Nanyang. Didn't it say some time ago that things were going well for eldest brother Cui Cheng in Nanyang? Why did something go wrong all of a sudden?
"Brother has been lying!" Cui Shu could not suppress his anger: "What goes smoothly? It doesn't go well at all. Even Cui Haogu was captured by Xiao Zhongren who was entrenched in Moshan, Nanyang at the end of October. That Xiao Zhongren used Cui Haogu to extort money and food from his elder brother several times. This is embarrassing to say!”
The people in the room were stunned.
This is a bit too fantasy. However, because it is too fantasy, the possibility of Cui Shu lying is even smaller, because such things can be easily exposed.
Even the third-bedroom Cui Dong didn't think Cui Shu would lie about this matter. He was just a little unbelievable: "How is this possible? Cui Haogu is a ninth-grade Xuanyuan expert. That Xiao Zhongren, according to the intelligence, is not just a Xuanyuan Rank 8? Brother has always said that this person can be recruited!”
Cui Shu sighed and said: "We have all been deceived. The Demon Cult has already intervened in Nanyang. A large number of Demon Cult masters followed Jiang Qian's order and infiltrated into Nanyang after the Battle of Chibi, but we still have nothing. You know, this is how Cui Haogu fell into it.”
"Then what happened to the recent defeat?" Cui Dong asked.
A small defeat is easy, but as Cui Shu said just now, Cui Cheng suffered a big loss in Nanyang.
Cui Shu shook his head: "Jiang Qian went to Xiangyang!"
Suddenly there was a gasp of air in the room.
The so-called name of a person is the shadow of a tree.
In the past six months, although Jiang Qian was knocked out of office in the Danyang Incident, she fought back fiercely. The main force of the Nanchu Navy was defeated in the Battle of Chibi. In the Battle of Tong'an, tens of thousands of Chu troops surrendered, and the Chu Kingdom was destroyed. General Xiang Ying died in mysterious circumstances, which even triggered a civil war in Chu.
Jiang Qian went to Xiangyang, which showed that Jiang Qian had completely stabilized the eight towns in the south of the Yangtze River. It also proved that Chu State no longer had any threat to Jiang Qian, so Jiang Qian turned his attention to Nanyang again.
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You must know that Nanyang gave up on its own initiative.
It is understandable that Cui Cheng faced off against Jiang Qian and suffered a big loss at the hands of the other party without knowing it beforehand.
"How much of a loss?" someone asked.
The elder Cui Cheng was in charge of Dongdu, and running Nanyang was the backbone of the Cui family. Everyone in the house knew it. When Cui Cheng went there, the family also arranged for many people to follow him.
As Cui Shu's side suffered a series of misfortunes, those who were reluctant to follow Cui Cheng felt like a blessing in disguise, but now it seems that it may not be a blessing. Those who stayed at home were left dead and injured, and went to Nanyang. Yes, it's actually very precarious?
Cui Shu gritted his teeth and said: "In the past three months, eldest brother has lost more than 30,000 people in Nanyang! The people named Cui alone have turned away hundreds of people, but eldest brother has kept it secret and only said that everything went well."
"What?"
Everyone in the room was shocked.
"The eldest brother was fooled by Jiang Qian! In every battle, it seemed that the eldest brother had seized a piece of territory, but part of his troops were eaten up by others. It accumulated bit by bit. In the latest one, the opponent finally showed his strength. Ya, in one fell swoop, we annihilated the main force sent by our eldest brother to Nanyang. Now we have completely lost the possibility of fighting for Nanyang, and the remaining forces have all returned to Dongdu!”
"Bo Ling is not guaranteed, and Nanyang cannot be captured. Where will our Cui family go next?" Someone in the room yelled sadly.
(End of chapter)