1476 End of the Funeral Ceremony (2/2)

When the old man was going to be buried, Zhang family lit lamps for dozens of miles all the way from the old mansion to Phoenix Mountain, 2 special evocation lamps on two sides of the road in every 7 meters. The lamps didn't go out overnight as they were guarded by soldiers of Huaiyuan Palace and Zhang people. Some streets in Golden Light City were directly closed as outsiders were not allowed in at all.

Some Masters were spraying water and leading the way ahead of them while reading mantras in weird tone. Some great-grandsons on the side of the old mansion were holding evocation banners, money trees and some funeral utensils at the end of the team. Zhang people kept spraying gold foils and joss paper. Guided by the evocation lamps, they accompanied the late old man all the way to the Phoenix Mountain.

Women didn't go back until they reached the city gate while men accompanied the old man all the way to the mountain. After burying the coffin, they covered the coffin with a thin layer of soil on the same level with the ground——the completion of initial burial.

After the initial burial, most of Zhang men returned overnight, leaving some filial sons and grandsons to ”guard mausoleum” for the old man.

As the old man had just come here like how people moved to their new home, he had not completely settled down in the first evening. Therefore, he needed some guards in case of being bullied by those wandering souls and wild ghosts in the evening.

Masculine males were required to stay to guard the mausoleum. Of course, Zhang Tie, Zhang Yang, Zhang Su stayed.

A shed was put up above the mausoleum of the old man. Zhang Tie, Zhang Yang, Zhang Su and some cousins stayed in the shed to guard the old man for one night.

After daybreak, some more people would come from the old mansion to replace them so that they could return to Golden Light City.

As of now, the old man's funeral ceremony had almost come to an end besides mausoleum defense and sacrifice per 7 days. 42 days later, all the Zhang people should gather together again, build a tomb and a stele for the old man. After the final steps were accomplished, the funeral ceremony would completely come to an end.

When Zhang Tie returned to the old mansion, Elder Muyuan, Elder Muyu and Elder Muen came here to bid farewell to him. After staying in Golden Light City for 7 days to do favor to Zhang family and Huaiyuan Palace, the three elders had to leave there due to important affairs. After extending his thanks to the three elders solemnly, Zhang Tie saw them off till they boarded on an airboat, He had people take the three elders to their destinies by his imperial airboat.

Elder Muyu and Elder Muen left for Youzhou City; Elder Muyuan would go to Tiger Embracing City. As clan elders, none of them were free.

After last night and this morning, the mourning hall had already been demolished. Everything had gradually recovered, except for the two walls in the old mansion, which had been demolished, witnessed the glory and brilliance of the old man's funeral ceremony. No clans across Northeast Military Region could hold such a grand funeral ceremony.

Watching the old mansion which suddenly became tranquil, many Zhang people were not even used to it. Some servants in the old mansion were still missing the grand scene and were talking about the big figures that they saw in the old mansion...