On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 247 People from Saibei

"Ming Gong, someone came from outside the mansion just now to report that Duke Yan has entered the city."

In Yecheng, in the governor's mansion of Xiangzhou, the staff reminded.

Zhang Wei, the governor of Xiangzhou, heard this and snorted coldly:

"So what? I have to go out and pay a visit!"

His subordinates quickly confessed.

Even though Zhang Wei is just a governor of Xiangzhou now, he was very prosperous before that.

Before Yang Jian came to power, he relied on his military achievements to reach the Zhu Kingdom, Jing Zhaoyin.

After the death of Emperor Xuan of Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian came to power, and the Three-Party Governor Rebellion broke out. Zhang Wei followed Liang Rui to defeat Wang Qian, the Governor of Yizhou, made great military exploits, ascended to the Shangzhu Kingdom, and was granted the title of Duke of Wancheng County.

He successively served as the general manager of Luzhou, Youzhou, Luozhou and Qingzhou.

That's right, after Cui Che left Qingzhou, Zhang Wei took over his post.

Zhang Wei's dissatisfaction with Cui Che originated from this. He felt that his predecessor was too indulgent to the people of Qingzhou.

He just sent his domestic slaves to buy some properties in Qingzhou, hoard them and resell them, but those mud-legged people actually said that he was intruding on the people and made a fuss.

The salt workers and salt soldiers also claimed that they had deducted their wages.

When the matter got serious, the court investigated him, and Zhang Wei was removed from his official position. He finally recovered, but was transformed from a dignified general manager to the governor of a state.

Cui Che didn't care whether Zhang Wei was willing to get close to him, as he had no intention of staying in Xiangzhou for a long time.

The next day, after Cui Che drank the porridge, he took people out of the city and went to the bank of Zhang River.

"That's it, let's open the grave."

Cui Che pointed at Cui Jishu's grave and ordered.

The servants dug up the soil three times and five times to reveal Cui Jishu's coffin.

Fortunately, this tomb is not just a piece of water, nor is it sprinkled with lime. Cui Che does not need to worry about Cui Jishu turning into a zombie and biting him.

The slaves shouted chants and finally carried Cui Jishu's coffin up.

Cui Che did not open the coffin for an autopsy. He had been dead for twenty years, so he must have turned into a pile of bones.

"Grandpa, today my grandson will transport your and grandma's coffins back to Anping and bury them in their hometown."

Cui Che muttered something.

On the same day, Cui Che and his party took two coffins and set off for Dingzhou.

I think back when Cui Jishu was unjustly killed and his body was abandoned in Zhangshui, there were still family members who collected his body and buried him on the bank of Zhangshui.

However, Cui Che's father Cui Changjun, uncle Cui Jingxuan, and all his brothers were all executed for following Nan'an King Gao Si and being rebellious. Their bodies were abandoned in the wilderness and could not be identified, so they could only set up a tomb for them in Anping County.

Three thousand cavalrymen, wearing sackcloth and mourning, were already waiting at the border of Anping County with their horses.

Zhang Wu went to Youzhou to serve as a general, and now the person in charge of the cavalry is the former deputy general, who is also a son of the Cui family.

Boling's cavalry and soldiers, all in plain clothes, surrounded Cui Che and returned to the manor outside the city in Anping County.

The coffins of his grandparents were parked outside the manor for several days. Not only did everyone from the same clan come to express their condolences, but also the Bohai Feng clan and Cui Che's mother clan, the Li clan of Zhaojun, came to express their condolences.

Among them is Pei Le, Cui Che’s adopted son after six years of absence.

After Feng's death, Cui Zhaorong sent someone to Jiaozhou to inform Pei Xiu.

Pei Xiu really had no time to leave, so he could only pay homage to his grandmother in Jiaozhou, and sent his heir Pei Le to Hebei.

As soon as Pei Le entered the door, he kowtowed three times in front of Feng's coffin, and then greeted Cui Zhaorong and Cui Che:

"The child pays homage to his grandmother, and pays homage to his adoptive father."

Cui Zhaorong held Pei Le in his arms and kept saying:

"Good grandson! Good grandson!"

Cui Zhaorong and his grandson had not seen each other for three years. He thought he had shed all his tears after his mother died.

Now that I am reunited with my grandson, my tears still can’t stop rolling down my face.

Pei Le was an orphan adopted by Cui Zhaorong from the clan for Pei Xiu. Although he was not related by blood, he had been raised for eleven years and the bond between ancestor and grandson was undeniable.

Cui Che looked at Pei Le up and down. When he got married, the little boy clamored to sleep with his adoptive father, but now he has become a teenager.

After doing some calculation in his mind, it suddenly dawned on him that Pei Le was now twelve years old.

On the sixth day of February in the twelfth year of Kaihuang's reign (AD 592), Cui Che buried Cui Jishu and Feng together outside the manor. Accompanying them were the tombs of Cui Changjun and others, as well as the tomb of Cui Che's biological mother, Li.

On that day, in addition to the presence of the Anping County magistrate, even Dingzhou Governor Dou Kang came from Xianyu County (now Dingzhou, Hebei) to express condolences to Cui Che.

The state government of Dingzhou was not moved, but was renamed from Lunu to Xianyu.

Cui Che and Dou Kang were related, so it was natural for Dou Kang to come to pay homage to his grandmother.

Although Dou Kang is the brother of Mrs. Li's Dou family, the relationship between Cui Che and him has nothing to do with Dou's daughter, at least for now.

His mother is Yang Jian's sister, Princess Wan'an. In other words, Yang Jian is Dou Kang's uncle, and Dou Kang is the cousin of Cui Che's wife Yang Lihua.

Due to emotions and reasons, Dou Kang had to pay a visit to Anping County.

Looking at Cui Che's dirty appearance now, Dou Kang couldn't help but think of himself six years ago.

At that time, his father Dou Rongding passed away, and Dou Kang had been unable to take off his clothes for more than fifty days.

There is also a rule in the clothes of cutting down the decline that says no bathing for three months, that is, no bathing or bathing for three months.

It has been a month since his grandmother passed away. Cui Che only washed his face and mouth, without even changing his clothes.

Nowadays, even I can't stand the odor on my body. Sometimes it itches, which is even worse than being hungry.

Although this sentence sounds a bit filial, the early deaths of Cui Jishu and Cui Changjun before he knew anything undoubtedly relieved Cui Che's burden.

Otherwise, if he had to observe mourning for his parents for three years, then serve as a great-grandson, and then observe mourning for his grandparents for three years, I'm afraid even Cui Che would not be able to play the role.

Cui Che's whole body stank, but no one showed any disgust or disgust.

This has nothing to do with his official title. Even if he is not the Duke of Yan, nor is he the prince-in-law of the dynasty, the world will only praise him. This proves that Cui Che abides by filial piety and etiquette.

After his grandparents were buried together and the guests dispersed one after another, Pei Le stayed in Anping to serve his grandmother on the orders of his father Pei Xiu.

Cui Che finally couldn't bear the stench and itching anymore. On the day he closed the door to thank guests, he took a hot bath and used eight buckets of water to make him feel refreshed.

After taking a bath, he broke his lust warning.

According to etiquette, one can only approach a woman after the auspicious ceremony in the second year of mourning.

But how could Cui Che, a twenty-three-year-old young man, be able to withstand two years of loneliness, and the inner courtyard was full of trusted servants. As long as he was careful not to cause a scandal of his wife and concubine becoming pregnant during the mourning period, almost no one would take a closer look.

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However, less than half a month after Cui Che closed the door to thank guests, two visitors came at night, making him unable to avoid them.

Fortunately, he was not an outsider, but the envoy of Lan Khan Yongyulu, the capital of East Turkestan, and King Xi Ahui Lusu.

The two secretly sent envoys south, first to express condolences, and secondly to discuss matters with Cui Che.

There are still two chapters left. I'll get some sleep first. I drank some wine for dinner tonight. I will post the remaining two chapters around four in the morning. You can read them when you wake up tomorrow.

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