Only after a short while, the cries in Merciful Cloud Building had spread over the old mansion like an infection.
Inside and outside of Benevolent Cloud Restaurant, the people of the Zhang Clan were crying, and outside of Benevolent Cloud Restaurant, the servants of the mansion were also crying. At this time, no matter whether they were sincere or not, as the servants of the Zhang Clan, they had to squeeze out a few drops of tears no matter what.
The masters of the manors might not remember who was crying at this time, but the ones who laughed at this time would definitely have bad luck in the future. Moreover, as long as one of the servants cried, the others could only cry. Besides, Old Master Zhang Haitian used to treat the servants in the mansion quite generously. Not to mention that he would double the reward during festivals, even if the servants were in trouble, Old Master Zhang would do his best to help as long as he knew. Many elders in the mansion talked about Old Master Zhang's kindness. Now that Old Master Zhang Haitian had passed away, most of the servants were really sorrowful, so it was not fake that they cried.
At this moment, the sky was just about to turn dark. Along with the sound of crying coming from Benevolent Cloud Restaurant, the housekeeper of the mansion ordered a group of servants to remove all the red lanterns hanging in the mansion and replace them with white lanterns that had been prepared in advance, both inside and outside the mansion.
After Zhang Haitian returned to Golden Light City due to his severe illness, many people in Golden Light City had been paying attention to Zhang Mansion; especially after Zhang Tie arrived at Golden Light City by imperial airboat, the entire Golden Light City was shocked. After knowing that Zhang Tie was here, the moment the red lanterns were removed from the gate of the old mansion, some servants had hung white lanterns on both sides of the gate by stairs. Many people had started to run away in the streets and boites.
White lanterns were obituaries. Those who were interested in it would know it at the sight of it.
All of the people waiting outside the Zhang Family manor were people from all of the major families in the city. As soon as they saw the white lanterns hanging outside the Zhang Family manor, Ma Shan immediately knew that Lord Zhang had passed away, and they had to hurry back to report this to their superiors.
If there was no Zhang Tie in Golden Light City, the death of the old man of Zhang Clan was just a trivial event; however, because of Zhang Tie, the death of Zhang Tie's grandpa became a major event.
When Zhang's old mansion was covered with a mournful atmosphere and all the servants were busy, a guard stealthily came to the lawn where Zhang Tie had just jumped off the airboat. Squatting down, he started to grope in the lawn.
Just now, this guard was also one of the onlookers. He saw the whole process of Zhang Tie and Zhang Su jumping off the airboat. He was crystal clear about the landing point of Zhang Tie on the lawn.
Only after groping in the lawn for a short while, he had found Zhang Tie's footprints on the lawn.
The two footprints were covered by the grasses on the lawn and could not be easily seen. However, underneath the grasses, there were two clear and complete footprints, each of which was one inch deep into the ground. It was caused by the natural impact when Zhang Tie fell from a high place.
Commoners might think that the two footprints were nothing special; however, some people thought that the two footprints could reveal a lot of valuable information. Because it was Zhang Tie, a shadow knight and a divine dominator who could control his chakra and battle qi. As long as a knight could maintain his control over his chakra and battle qi, he could never leave such footprints on the ground.
Even Zhang Tie himself had not imagined that the simple movement of him jumping off the airboat had been noticed by those observant people. However, at that moment, Zhang Tie just wanted to see the old man. He didn't think about that at all. Even a lion would take a nap, not to mention a human.
"Zhang Yue, what are you doing? Someone is coming soon. Hurry up and go patrol..."
A steward of the mansion hurriedly came out from behind a wall at the back of the garden. When he saw that someone was here, he couldn't help but speak with a reproachful tone. Now that everyone in the mansion was busy, the steward was naturally angry when he saw that someone was idling around.
"Hmm, Steward Niu, my leggings are a bit loose. Let me tidy them up. I will go there right away..." the guard who was squatting on the lawn said humbly as he moved his hands away from the grass and groped his legs like tidying up his leggings. After that, he threw a glance at the two footprints under the grass as a weird light flashed across his eyes. Closely after that, he left the garden...
It was just an episode in the mansion. Nobody noticed it at all.
...
Although Zhang family was grieved by the death of the old man, thankfully, they had long prepared for it. Additionally, they had followed the rules. After a short discussion, all the uncles in the old mansion had arranged everything well. As a result, all the people in the mansion started to be busy.
There were people in charge of decorating the mourning hall, notifying relatives and friends, helping the old man wash and put on makeup, and preparing to welcome the guests who had come to pay their respects.
At this moment, Zhang Tie was free. He just stayed in the room where the old man stayed in Benigncloud Building and watched them preparing for the funeral of the old man.
The death of the old man was a shock for Zhang Tie even though it was not a strike. Before this, Zhang Tie had not experienced the death of his family members. However, the death of the old man forced Zhang Tie to face this problem.
From the old man, Zhang Tie recalled his parents. His parents were not real cultivators. They were far away from knights. One day, they would also grow old and die. By then, what should Zhang Tie do?
As long as he thought about this problem, Zhang Tie's face turned bad.
Watching his dad and mom among those uncles and relatives and their grey hair, Zhang Tie felt his heart pounding heavily.
There was a great terror between life and death. As a son, Zhang Tie couldn't accept it when he thought that such a great terror would befall on his parents one day.
'Is there really no solution?' 'I wonder whether the realm above sage-level knight could help people get rid of such a great terror?'
'I wonder whether the existence who created Castle of Black Iron could get rid of such a great terror.'
Zhang Tie had just known the realm above sage-level knight, which was still far away from Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie had not even solved the problem left by the thunder of nirvana. However, after the death of the old man, Zhang Tie suddenly became ambitious about the mysterious realm above sage-level knight.
'I have to reach that realm for the sake of my parents!'
Zhang Tie tightly clenched his fists as he made a decision inside …
"Elder Muyuan, the castellan has arrived …" A steward came to report. Right then, Elder Muyuan and the castellan of Golden Light City entered the old mansion of Zhang family with a solemn and sad look in plain clothes. Zhang Tie's eldest uncle hurriedly went out to greet them …
Before the mourning hall was arranged, the clansmen of Golden Light City who were close to Zhang Mansion had already arrived …
(To be continued.)
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