Heroes of the Fantasy World

(6)

"The death of Zhao Wei is an earth-shattering event for anyone in Yuyi Town, because as the real backbone of Yuyi Town, the Patriarch of the Zhao family has always been expected by everyone, but now that the frontline battles are raging, such an important matter cannot be made public at will. .”

Constrained by this kind of thinking, the little girl immediately thought about how to create the illusion that Zhao Wei was not dead, and tried her best to refuse the guests who visited frequently recently for her father.

However, within a short while, Bai Feng suddenly came to the door and claimed that he had something to see Zhao Wei, Zichai, the younger sister's confidant, saw that his status was special, so she stopped the door and announced, "Miss, it's Mr. Bai. "

"Mr. Bai?" The little girl went to open the door by herself, and Bai Feng cordially invited the other party: "Zichai, except for Mr. Bai, no one is allowed to enter!"

Seeing that the tears on Zhao Xiaomei's face were still wet, Bai Feng knew that things had changed, so he followed her advice first.The two walked into the house one after another, and the younger sister returned to sit beside her father's body anxiously. She turned her head and said to Bai Feng, "Why are you here? Didn't you leave last night?"

"I'm just afraid that Mr. Zhao will suffer a sudden accident, so I stayed overnight at the house." Bai Feng lowered her brows, not daring to glance at Zhao Wei's body.

"As you can see, my father...has passed away." The little girl touched Zhao Wei's cold palm and sobbed, "I know it's not the time to be sad yet, so what should I do?"

Bai Feng sighed sadly: "Miss Zhao please express my condolences... This matter is of great importance, and it must not be announced publicly."

"Of course I know!" Zhao Xiaomei stood in front of Bai Feng, looked up into his eyes, and replied firmly, "I didn't let you in to hear you say these useless things to me... Even if we want to hide it for the time being The news of the Patriarch's death will sooner or later be known to those nobles who come to the door every day. At that time, I will be the only one left in the Zhao family to preside over the overall situation, how can I retain these people?"

"Let them come anyway!" Bai Feng cupped his hands and said, "The sooner they know about this, the better...Miss Zhao, do you still remember what Mr. Zhao told us in the suicide note?"

The little girl was still so confident and awe-inspiring when she heard Bai Feng's words, she felt at ease immediately.She then asked, "Master Bai, can I trust you?"

"I will be by your side during this time. If Ms. Zhao feels that I am not trustworthy, she can drive me away at any time." As soon as Bai Feng finished speaking, Zhao Xiaomei's legs suddenly weakened, and she flung herself forward weakly on Bai Feng's shoulders. Body, half-opened eyes drowsy.

A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Brother Feng, thank you."

After finishing speaking, the little girl was sent back to the room by Bai Feng to recuperate.The young swordsman then began to secretly arrange for Zhao Wei's funeral. To be conservative, Bai Feng entrusted A-Bian, who was working in the mansion, to do it.

Ah Bian lived up to his trust, and the funeral arrangements were completed within one day. He knew that Zhao Wei liked to pay respects to the Buddha, so he invited monks to preside over the funeral. The monks would choose an auspicious time to put the body into the coffin , by the monks to write the prayers...

The next day, Zhao Xiaomei sent messages in the name of Zhao Wei to all the gentry and nobles in Yuyi Town, inviting almost everyone who had interests in the Zhao family to come.

"Dong dong dong..." There were several dull sounds of bells and drums in the courtyard, and guests from all walks of life came to hear the sounds.

Everyone saw that the whole Zhao family was covered with white silk, and all the servants were naked, and they immediately repented.

The wise man immediately asked the servant, "Mr. Zhao passed away?"

The dull person is still at a loss, only seeing that a more shrewd person is about to withdraw from this place of right and wrong, and he follows up.

More and more people are preparing to leave.

"Stop!" Qu Boyan suddenly jumped out from behind the main entrance, and roared angrily, "You all, go back to me!"

Thorn also came out from the other side, echoing: "Miss Zhao still has something to tell you, why are you leaving now?"

All the heroes discussed one after another.

"Mr. Zhao passed away, we have no chance of winning."

"Everyone here, which one has not received Mr. Zhao's favor? We didn't know about this beforehand, so we didn't prepare all the sacrifices. Let's come again next time..."

"You two brats, don't you want us to listen to that little girl's complaints?"

Just when Qu Boyan and Thorn were about to be unable to stop these people, a young girl in mourning clothes and plain makeup appeared in front of everyone.

"You are all my father's acquaintances and partners, why did you leave in such a hurry?" Zhao Xiaomei bowed to all the uncles, invited them back to continue the funeral, and said: "Little sister has little knowledge and low reputation, so she didn't intend to come forward to persuade them to stay. It's just that my father made a request before his death, which is related to what he promised to all uncles before his death."

After hearing this, all the rich and nobles, their eyes lit up and their brows beamed with joy.

Seeing this, Qu Boyan and Jing Zhi also contributed to the flames behind the scenes. They changed their irritable and rude attitude and persuaded these people to go back to the mansion to continue the funeral.

"Everyone, please follow me." The little girl said, and moved back to the funeral.

There were about 30 people present, including monks and servants.For a person with the prestige and financial resources of the Patriarch of the Zhao family, it is really shabby.

After the monks finished their salutes, the little girl went up to the altar to face all the uncles looking up to her, without any fear at all.

"All uncles are important friends of my father during his lifetime. I invite you here this time not only to commemorate my father's death, but also to read my father's suicide note to you." Go, present the other half of the suicide note.

The two suicide notes are combined into one and can be read out.

"Wei, I have exhausted everything in my life, and I have been fighting against the barbarians. Thanks to the support of my uncles and brothers, the current war is quite successful, and it is really time to pursue the victory. Helpless, Wei is in poor health... Now I have appointed a little girl to act as the Zhao family's big and small affairs. Please help me a lot... In addition, Bai Feng, the master of Ren Yuyi Academy, thoroughly investigated whether there were corrupt officials in the Yuyi army who enriched their own pockets. Repay as much..."

After the little girl finished speaking, Bai Feng immediately took orders, and the young man said to the nobles: "I heard that the Yuyi Army maliciously withheld military pay and rations, if you know something about it, please tell it to me." to me."

Bai Feng searched among the crowd for a while, recognized several old friends, and said, "Ma Shitu, do you still remember me?"

"Remember, of course I remember!" Ma Shitu stood there with his chubby belly and his whole body like a wooden barrel, and replied, "I know how Mr. Bai behaves... as long as I know something, I will tell Mr. Bai." !"

Bai Feng nodded, bowed his hands to Xiaomei Zhao, and left immediately.The younger sister discussed with the gentry again, and then announced that the funeral was over, and everyone dispersed.