1474 Top Glory after Death (1/2)

The atmosphere in the old mansion refreshed after last night...

What happened in the old mansion last night shocked Zhang disciples very much. On one hand, some disciples were promoted to manage the clan fund of hundreds of millions of gold coins, causing the others very jealous. On the other hand, Zhang Fan Zhang Tie's 9th uncle and his three cousins were ”banished” to Liaozhou Province before the funeral ceremony of the old man came to an end. They might not come back in dozens of years. The sharp difference between the two treatments immediately awakened all the Zhang disciples and relatives and reminded them that Zhang Clan had been different than before.

Additionally, ”follow the starkest rules” had been born in mind by all the Zhang disciples overnight.

Someone had already exemplified the consequence of violating clan rules.

After knowing the reason that Zhang Fan and the others were banished to Liaozhou Province, many Zhang disciples felt shameless about them as they clapped their hands and spoke highly of Zhang Tie's punishment. Very few of them felt sympathetic about them. Even idiots understood why the old mansion could receive so many monetary gifts. Before the old man's funeral ceremony came to an end, someone had already wanted to instigate the others to share the money. Being so unscrupulous and shameless, these people must have been blinded by profit.

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”Zhang Fan's wife and the mothers of Zhang Zhukang, Zhang Zhufang and Zhang Lide were crying as they wanted to see you last night. However, my father had people take them away from the old mansion and monitor them. They're not allowed to come back until the old man's funeral ceremony comes to an end. Zhang Zhukang and Zhang Zhufang are sons of the 4th uncle of the 2nd wife of the old man; Zhang Lide is the son of the 5th aunt of the 3rd wife of the old man. 5th aunt married a man surnamed Zhang in Huaiyuan Palace in Goldensea City; therefore, she's close to the side of the old mansion...” Zhang Su told Zhang Tie when they had porridge and pickles in the early morning. Zhang Tie nodded slightly.

Compared to Zhang Tie, Zhang Su drank porridge like drinking water. After finishing drinking it, he put down the chopsticks and started to talk about domestic affairs to Zhang Tie.

These two days, the family members ate simply due to the death of the old man according to the rule adopted by major clans in Taixia Country. Zhang family were not forbidden to eat meat in 49 days. It was called ”filial food”. There were two explanations for ”filial food”. First, after a senior passed away, it would be impolite for juniors to eat meat in near days. Second, ”filial food” meant no kill. During the 49 days after the death of the senior, the juniors would save many fowls, poultry, fish and shrimps so that the late senior could ascend to heaven as soon as possible.

”Zhang Fan, Zhang Zhukang, Zhang Zhufang and Zhang Lide have been on the way. They're not allowed to get off the airship until they arrive at Liaozhou Province. As for those who cried for them, they've been warned——if they continued to cry, they would also be banished to Liaozhou Province so as to reunite with their family members. Therefore, they all calm down. The 2nd wife and the 3rd wife of the old man remained silent. It would be ridiculous if the domestic rules could be amended casually because of someone's cries. Fortunately, we got a chance to correct this evil wind at home this time.

After drinking it, Zhang Tie put down his bowl and chopsticks as he cleaned his mouth by a piece of napkin, saying, ” I made a rule for family members as an evil person. Elder cousin, you should be responsible for the side of this old mansion from now on. In the future, nobody would dare not follow your orders. Previously, it was a bit lenient at home and a lot of jokes have been made. Later on, you should deal with them right away if anyone dare violates domestic rules...”

”I see!” Zhang Su took in a deep breath as he nodded.

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Like yesterday, the moment the day broke, the first guest had arrived. It was the head and two elders of Sun Clan of Guide Prefecture, Youzhou Province. As Sun Clan had no airboat, after getting orbituary, Sun representatives spent one day to arrive at GoldenLight City by airship. In order to express their sincerity, they had been waiting outside the old mansion in the early morning. The moment the sun rose, they had offered their condolence to the late old man.

Sun Clan 1 million gold coins.

After Sun representatives finished their condolence, Zhang Tie met them and had a short chat with them. After that, Sun Clan people left there satisfactorily.

After Sun Clan came people from all walks of life. Therefore, the drum outside the gate of the old mansion kept sounding.

When it was close to noon, the drum sounded once again while a distant and euphonious voice drifted into the backyard of the old mansion.

It sounded more like a roar.

”Yan Feiqing the head of Fantasy Women Palace, CloudyDream Mountain, Wuzhou Province and Guo Hongyi, the head of Guo Clan, ThreeSpring Prefecture, Youzhou Province are coming...”

After hearing this voice, all the people in the old mansion were shocked, including Zhang Tie who was in the mourning hall. After being stunned for a second, Zhang Tie paced up towards the ante-court.

Soon, Zhang Tie saw Yan Feiqing and Guo Hongyi.

In white longuette and simple make-up, the two people looked like brilliant twins; instead of master and apprentice. The moment they entered the old mansion, they had won the attention of many people, including Zhang servants, relatives and guests.