Yao shi's accidental death, although it was not Xuan Tianming's original intention, he still furrowed his brow for a long time while looking at the coffin. This caused the soldiers at his side to not even dare breathe loudly in fear. Feng Jin Yuan had gotten over it and did not feel too much fear, but Ji Ling Tian and the official that had killed Yao shi both wet their pants in fear, fearing that the Ninth Prince would kill them on the spot in a fit of anger.
However, Xuan Tianming did not choose to kill the two at this time. He ordered for Yao shi's coffin to be opened. After personally confirming the identity of the deceased, he immediately ordered for a new coffin to be prepared. On the third day, she would be buried. He then returned to his residence in Sha Ping City for the time being.
But everyone could see that the Ninth Prince's expression was not good. They feared that this matter would not be good. Feng Jin Yuan saw that everyone stood in place and watched the Ninth Prince leave. Nobody had any ideas, so he took the initiative to speak up, saying to the soldiers: "Right now, we should first send people to the coffin shop to buy the best coffin according to His Ninth Highness's orders. At the same time, "He looked at Ji Ling Tian, his eyes filled with hatred," Lock up these two and keep a close eye on them. Absolutely nothing must happen. Do you understand what this means? It means that they must not be allowed to live well, but they must not be allowed to die. Dying so easily would be letting them off too easily. " He paused for a moment then continued: "As for me … Yao shi is my first wife. Just allow me to take care of this funeral! Don't worry, I won't run. Also, this is Sha Ping City. This is His Ninth Highness' territory. Even if I wanted to run, there is nowhere for me to run. "
The soldiers felt that what he said was quite reasonable. In addition to this, Feng Jin Yuan had been quite obedient. Either way, they did not dare ask the Ninth Prince for instructions. It would be better to do as he said. In the worst case, they could ask General He Gan later.
Everyone immediately began to move. Those that bought coffins bought coffins, those that chose graves, and those that locked up Ji Ling Tian. But in truth, everything was easy to do. Only the matter of choosing a grave was a bit of a problem.
This was the desert, and there was sand everywhere. How could there be a place to bury people? The water source in the city was suitable for digging, but that river was the river of life for the citizens of Sha Ping City. It wasn't good to bury a coffin next to it. Furthermore, Song Kang had said that if a corpse was buried for too long, no one could guarantee what would happen. If it rotted and polluted the water source, it would be fatal.
There was nothing that the soldiers could do. They asked He Gan, but he could not come up with an idea. In the end, they could only place their hopes in Feng Jin Yuan. Ever since Feng Jin Yuan had fallen from the position of left prime minister, he had not done anything proper. Even when he had pretended to be an imperial daughter with Yao shi and Fu Ya, and he had heard Ji Ling Tian repeatedly refer to him as left prime minister, in truth, he had not found much of the feeling he had in the past. Even now, when he was arranging Yao shi's funeral, he seemed to have returned to many years ago, to the time when the Feng family could still be considered glorious. Everything was decided by him. If the people below him did not understand something, they would ask him for instructions.
Feng Jin Yuan took the initiative to look for a burial site. He went to visit a few of the citizens of Sha Ping City and sincerely asked them how the people of Sha Ping City buried people. In truth, Yao shi's corpse should be brought back to the capital. After all, that was where the Yao family's roots were. But the conditions did not permit it. The South was too hot. In just two days, it had already begun to rot. If they continued, perhaps the coffin would not even be able to leave Luo Province before it was completely destroyed. Burying it on the spot was the safest. After a few years, if the Yao family was willing, they could send people to move it.
The citizens of Sha Ping City told him that there was a small oasis ten li to the East of the city. The people did not build a city there. Instead, it was used for burying the dead. But Yao shi was an outsider. Normally speaking, she should not be placed there. The prefect of Sha Ping City would not agree to an outsider being buried there. After all, the place was too small. If they buried her recklessly, it would be very easy for there not to be enough space. When that time came, it would not be good if Sha Ping City's own people could not be buried there. That was why for many years, every family in the city would need to go to the government office to file a record. Only after the prefect wrote a note would they be allowed to bury her in the oasis.
But the citizens also said: "Now that Sha Ping City belongs to Dashun, there is even less of a need to pay attention to Gu Shu's customs. As long as Dashun's Ninth Prince agrees, there will be no problems. "
Feng Jin Yuan knew that Xuan Tianming would definitely agree, thus he simply did not ask. He just arranged for the soldiers to bring him to the oasis to take a look first. Choosing a good place, he dug up the grave and began carving the tombstone. When it came to carving the tombstone, Feng Jin Yuan personally went to ask Xuan Tianming for advice on how to write it and whose name it would be in.
Xuan Tianming was not ambiguous, immediately expressing his opinion: "Naturally, it will be in my and Heng Heng's names." After thinking a little more, he said: "Add in Zirui."
Feng Jin Yuan saluted to him and did not say anything else before leaving. As for Xuan Tianming, he was currently sitting in the main hall of a temporary residence in Sha Ping City. At his side, Song Kang was also present, and he was currently tinkering with some medicine. Xuan Tianming very helplessly said: "Can you go somewhere else and tinker with these things? Don't you have your own room? "
Song Kang replied very naturally: "Right before leaving, master said to have me take a good look at your Highness."
Xuan Tianming was speechless. Take a good look? What sort of opinion was this? Feng Yu Heng's meaning was to have Song Kang take a good look at his health at all times, alright? Why did this guy look like he was watching a thief? But he could not be bothered to make plans with him. As a whole, Song Kang was not annoying. This person was obsessed with medicine, and he was completely immersed in medicine. Even if the two were in the same room, it was possible that they would not interact for an entire day. They would both be busy with their own things and would not disturb the other. In addition to this, nearly half of Qian Zhou's army of 100 thousand people found it difficult to endure the heat. Sudden situations were bound to occur, and Xuan Tianming had to ask him about the situation of the soldiers at any time.
But this time, after Feng Jin Yuan left, Song Kang had some things to say. He stared at Feng Jin Yuan's departing figure for a while then said: "Did this person take some good medicine? His entire person has become normal. "
Xuan Tianming snorted coldly: "There are some people that refuse to turn back until they reach Huang Quan. They must be shown what true death is before they are willing to change their mind. If they had treated Yao shi and Heng Heng like this in the past, the Feng family would not have fallen to its current state. "
Song Kang sniffled and agreed, saying: "That's right! He has such a good daughter like my master, yet he does not want it. He must go and find a wild one. I don't know what exactly his brain is made of. How about I cut it open one day to take a good look? "
Xuan Tianming did not continue to discuss with him. This Song Kang's brain was filled with thoughts of cutting this person open and cutting that person open. He even said that he had learned how to cut people's heads from his wife. He really was … abnormal!
Song Kang naturally did not know that Xuan Tianming had such a high opinion of him. Turning his head, he continued to study the medicine.
Very quickly, the day of Yao shi's burial arrived. That morning, everyone woke up very early, including Xuan Tianming. For the first time, he changed out of his purple robes and wore white clothes.
Practically no one had ever seen the Ninth Prince wear white clothes. In their minds, white clothes seemed to represent his Highness the seventh prince, but now that they saw his Ninth Highness wear them, they felt that he looked very good. There was a trace of desolation in his demonic charm, and his aura was very unique.
Yao shi's funeral could be said to have been handled by Feng Jin Yuan. Even if Xuan Tianming felt that Yao shi was Feng Yu Heng's mother, the relationship between mother and daughter was still there. Yao shi's actions were also there. For him to be able to arrange for a grand funeral was already a grace. There was no need for him to spend any more effort.
Fortunately, Feng Jin Yuan was very serious about this matter. He also carried a bit of guilt and feelings for Yao shi. The funeral was truly very grand. Over the past few days, a mourning hall had been built. Every night, he would kneel in front of Yao shi's coffin and burn paper money. It was such that on the day of the burial, Feng Jin Yuan had dark circles under his eyes. His entire being did not have any spirit.
The coffin was personally brought over from Lan Zhou by Xi Fang. It was made of high-quality cedar wood. He Gan and Xi Fang believed themselves to be Feng Yu Heng's disciples, so they took the initiative to carry the coffin. They carried the front two corners, while the back two corners were handed over to Song Kang and Bai Ze, who had been at Xuan Tianming's side.
Feng Jin Yuan carried the funeral banner and walked at the front. He also carried a basket in his hand. From time to time, he would pull out some paper money and throw it into the air; however, he did not say anything.
Xuan Tianming followed next to the coffin and silently walked. Seeing the strange gazes of the citizens of Sha Ping City, he wondered to himself, when Feng Yu Heng arrived, would she blame him? Although Yao shi was not killed by him, she had indeed died because of an order from him. In this matter, he indeed needed to take some responsibility.
Ji Ling Tian and the official were escorted. Even Ji Ling Tian's madam, Jiang shi, was brought to Sha Ping City. Walking with the army at Ji Ling Tian's side, she had already cried so much that she no longer cared about her image. From time to time, she would ask the people at her side: "Does the Ninth Prince want to kill us?"
The soldier at her side snorted coldly and said without the slightest bit of politeness: "What is it? You two have the ability to work with the Eighth Prince to create a fake imperial daughter. Did you not think that there would come a day when you would have to pay the price? You dared to do something like exterminating the entire clan, but when it comes to exterminating the entire clan, why do you not have any backbone? "
Upon hearing this, Jiang shi became paralyzed. If it was not for the people holding her from behind, she would have collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud. Even now, she was in an extremely difficult situation. Seeing his madam like this, Ji Ling Tian felt bitter, but there was nothing that he could do. It was as the soldier had said. When he had recognized Fu Ya as Princess Ji An, he should have thought that there would come a day when he would have to pay a painful price. It was just that he had been too optimistic in the past. He never thought that the Ninth Prince's army would be so valiant. Without the help of the 300 thousand soldiers from the South, they were able to take down Gu Shu's first city. This was something that even the Eighth Prince in the distant capital could not have imagined!
He sighed bitterly and apologized to his madam ten thousand times in his heart. He then recalled the words "exterminating the entire clan" and began to mourn for his family once more.
They very quickly arrived at the oasis to the East of Sha Ping City. The place that Feng Jin Yuan had chosen to set up the tomb was very good. The back was against a large tree, and there was a water source to the side. When they stood there, they felt relaxed. The heat of the desert had also been reduced by half.
Xuan Tianming did not know that Feng Jin Yuan had this sort of ability, but he nodded in satisfaction; however, he did not say anything. As he saw it, no matter how much Feng Jin Yuan tried to salvage the situation, he would not be able to recover the heart that he had once lost. He would also not be able to recover the unjust treatment that his wife had received from the Feng family. Just thinking about it caused him to gnash his teeth.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. For Yao shi's funeral, Feng Jin Yuan had invited a feng shui master from Sha Ping City to help preside over it. The ceremony was very formal and solemn.
Before the burial, Xuan Tianming said: "The prefect of Lan Zhou, Ji Ling Tian, will be executed along with the officials that committed the crime. This will be used as a tribute to Lady Yao's soul!"
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