Chapter 770
: Memorial to the Villagers of Wansong Village [2]
Chapter 770: Memorial to the Villagers of Wansong Village [2]
The news of this memorial service will also be announced to the entire Wei Dynasty. On the day the news arrives, local people must eat vegetarian food for three days and can hold roadside sacrifices to pay homage.
In Taifeng Town, the same thing happened. Everyone ate vegetarian food the day before, the day of, and the day after the memorial service.
The villagers of Taifeng Town were happy to comply with this request, and some elderly people even cried when they heard the news.
When they were young, the tragedy of the massacre in Wansong Village was a lifelong pain and even a shame for them. After all, their families did not dare to rush into the village to rescue people.
Now, the imperial court wants to hold a memorial ceremony for the villagers of Wansong Village, so naturally they cannot do anything. Some old people started to eat vegetarian food and prepare things for the memorial ceremony today, so that they can follow the angel team to worship together.
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Although preparations were being made to commemorate the villagers of Wansong Village who were massacred, the large area of Xinda Street was still as lively as ever.
However, Eunuch Qi and his men had already left Xinda Street and were led by Magistrate Kang, Judge Zheng, Judge Luo and other officials to settle down at the sealed-off Taifu Restaurant.
Now that this restaurant is public property, it would be perfect to use it to accommodate the imperial edict-issuing team.
Eunuch Qi was easy to talk to and didn't have any twisted hobbies, so Magistrate Kang and his men had no trouble settling him down and went to meet Captain Wang.
Captain Wang was a very upright person. He did not make things difficult for the adults, and of course he would not help the adults to speak well of His Majesty.
But this is excellent.
I'm afraid of meeting those dark and twisted people. No matter how well you serve them or how much money you give them, they will sue you when they return to Beijing.
In order to ensure the safety of the Qin family, Captain Wang also sent half of the Imperial Guards to Xinda Street to protect the families of Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao.
Therefore, the area around Xinda Street was really like a national treasury, and the guards were extremely strict... Little Fubao was so scared by the scene that he dared not go out to play, and stayed with the adults of the Xu and Qiao families the whole day.
At the Qin Family's shop, Grandpa Qin held a small meeting with several families and said, "Your Majesty has bestowed favors on us, so we should live up to this favor and strictly abide by the rules and not accept things carelessly. We have our own property and don't need that little money. If you really need money, you can come to me for it, but you can't accept benefits carelessly."
Several families nodded in succession: "Hey hey hey, Uncle Wu, don't worry, we will definitely not accept anything."
Qin Xiaomi added: "Don't accept people randomly... After our families receive the rewards, there will definitely be many people who will come to us for help or send people to serve us. Don't accept them. If someone accepts them and something goes wrong, they will be responsible."
"Hey, Xiaomi, don't worry. We won't accept anything. We will inform you before accepting anything or doing anything, or when we meet someone trying to make friends with you."
Several families really did whatever Qin Xiaomi's family said. After all, they were also feeling uneasy.
Such a huge reward was thrown upon their heads, and they were really afraid that they couldn't accept it.
Seeing this, Grandpa Qin said some words to comfort everyone.
After everyone calmed down, he talked about the memorial service: "Go back and prepare for the memorial service. We must not be careless when it comes to memorializing the villagers of the Wan family. They are our benefactors."
They live in someone else's village and have gained a lot from someone else's past, so they have to pay their respects properly no matter what.
"All celebrations must come after this."
"Hey, we understand!" Several families agreed one by one, and after staying at Qin's house for half an hour, they reluctantly went home.
When they got home, they sat there and couldn't help crying again.
Especially Qin Cunquan, who slapped himself twice. If he could have persisted a little longer, Cunying would not have died, and Cunying would have lived the good life she has now!
But his situation is much better than when he first settled down.
Fearing that his family would worry, he recovered quickly and prepared for the memorial service with his family.
Qin Xiaomi was exhausted. After dinner and washing up, she didn't want to move anymore. She just asked Madam Yao, "Have the female doctors settled down?" Madam Yao said, "Young Master, they have settled down. They are settled in the two Xue family shops that store medicinal materials and the front shop where our female servants live. There are three front shops, sleeping on the floor, and each shop can accommodate forty people. It's just enough."
There is no way, this is the current condition.
Qin Xiaomi will have to wait until the memorial service is over before she will have time to settle them down.
Another point is that this is a test to see which female doctors dislike the harsh conditions and are unwilling to stay there, so that she can send them back to Eunuch Qi... Compared to killing them, this is her last kindness to them.
"You keep an eye on them. Remember those who resist the country and those who bully others by taking advantage of their power." Qin Xiaomi instructed.
After all, she has been in the palace. What if the female doctor has any relationship with some noble family? We have to find out all this and be on guard against it.
"Yes, rest assured, young master, I will do a good job." Madam Yao knew that people coming out of the palace were difficult to manage, so she was attentive and cautious about this.
After giving the instructions, Qin Xiaomi asked Madam Yao to go down and rest.
Qin Xiaomi also fell asleep quickly. Perhaps because they were tense all day, the whole family slept soundly that night.
However, Mr. Qu Si and his wife couldn't sleep at all. They cried with joy and got up in the middle of the night to worship their ancestors.
"May our ancestors bless us and send us noble people like the Qin and Xue families, so that we can have a chance to change our family lineage!"
The couple said they would kowtow soon, and finally prayed to the ancestors of the Qu family to bless the Qin and Xue families with good health and happiness in their lives.
These two families, especially the Qin family, are truly people who remember to be grateful to others.
If it were any other official's family, when they received the imperial edict, they would never bring outsiders like them along.
But the Qin family brought along Mr. Qu Si and his wife.
When the Qin family told them, the couple were stunned. They never expected that the Qin family could be so generous and open!
Thinking of the Qin family's kindness to them, the couple burst into tears of gratitude.
Fourth Master Qu also said, "Wife, since you can follow the Qin family to receive the imperial decree, our family's status has changed. This is a great favor. So, if you encounter difficulties in the future, I will take my life for the Qin family. You should raise the children well and continue to be on good terms with the Qin family."
This means that if the Wen family attacks the Qin family, he will turn against them and help the Qin family.
Mrs. Qu Si was shocked. She didn't expect him to make such a decision. But now Qu Si was like a real person, not a half-slave who only did things according to the orders of the aristocratic family and had no thoughts and feelings of his own.
"Okay, husband, don't worry. If it really comes to this, I will definitely protect our child!"
Fourth Master Qu smiled and said, "I don't think it will come to that... Just hold on for a few more years. When the war breaks out, we will follow the Qin family and we will surely be able to gain military merit. With military merit, we will no longer be half-slaves and can truly be human beings."
Look at the life Xue Zhui is living now. Fourth Master Qu believes that if he and his wife work hard, they can live like that too!
The couple talked like this all night and couldn't sleep at all.
The next day, before dawn, many footsteps and voices could be heard. They were all villagers who got up in the middle of the night and rushed to take advantage of the Qin family's luck.
"The master said that we don't even need to see the Qin family. We can get lucky just by getting close to them. We have to hurry!"
"The expert I asked also said that the two days when the Qin family receives the imperial decree is the time when their luck is leaking the most. We must hurry up and take advantage of it!"
"Oh, we really need to hurry up."
I don’t know how this rumor came about, but a lot of people believed it. Every day, the area near Xinda Street is crowded with people from various villages who want to take advantage of the Qin family’s luck.
Fortunately, there were people from the second gate of the government army who stopped the people from other towns, counties and prefectures, otherwise this piece of land would have been trampled down!
However, this situation only lasted for two days.
On March 19th, the day for commemorating the villagers of Wansong Village, all the villagers did not go to Xinda Street, but gathered outside the Ghost Village, setting up incense tables, placing offerings, burning paper money, and commemorating together with the angel team, the people from the second gate of the official army, the Qin family, and the current villagers of the Ghost Village.