At night, the wind is howling.

The lanterns hanging outside the door of the Yan Mansion swayed non-stop, and the guests who came to mourn had dispersed, leaving only the descendants of the Yan family to stay in the hall to keep vigil.

The so-called vigil, also known as 'vigil', is a kind of memorial for the living to the deceased loved ones.

The ancients believed that after death, the soul would not immediately go to the underworld, but would stay in the yang world for a few days and return to its original home to have a look.

People are afraid that the soul will get lost on the way home, so an oil lamp will be lit and placed next to the body of the deceased. In order to prevent the oil lamp from going out and leaving the deceased loved one unable to find a home, the family would stay all night in the mourning hall where the body was parked to ensure that the guiding lamp kept burning.

Vigil for seven days.

Today is the fourth day.

The night was deep, and there was silence in the mourning hall except for the burning candles.

The haggard old lady was helped to rest, although the old lady kept saying that she was not sleepy, but Yan Li still ordered the maid in the house to help her mother back to the room.

The death of the old man was no less than a landslide to the old lady.

The two old men have been together for decades, but now that the old man is gone, the old lady is alive alone, and what she is left with will only be endless loneliness and longing.

After that, there was no one to talk to.

What's more, in ancient times, the husband was the woman's heaven.

As soon as the old man left, the old lady's 'sky' collapsed.

After sending the old lady away, Lu Bu asked people to fetch their coats.

Then, he stood up, walked behind his wife, and gently put on his coat, although he was an old husband and wife for more than ten years, Lu Bu's voice was as gentle as when he was young: "Wei Niang, you take the seal and the little bell to rest, here I am." ”

Despite the eyelids fighting and drowsy a lot, Yan Wei was unwilling.

This is also the first time in many years that Lu Bu has seen his wife's stubbornness.

"Wei Niang, obedient! You've been staying up for several nights, and if you don't rest, your body won't be able to eat! ”

Lu Bu's tone couldn't help but worsen a little, his wife's physique was weak, and it was not easy to cure the hidden disease some time ago, if there was any root of the disease, it would be more than worth the loss.

Yan Wei still refused, just shook her head, with a cry in her voice: "I can't sleep, whenever I close my eyes, what I see in front of me is what my father looked like before he died." He loves me so much, he has held me in his hands as a baby since he was a child, but I haven't even been able to see him for the last time, I'm really unfilial......"

Yan Wei fell into deep self-blame, although the old man had forgiven her for her disobedience and abandonment of the family before her death, but in Yan Wei's heart, she always felt that she was ashamed of her father's upbringing for many years.

"Then go to the room to accompany the mother, the old man just left, the mother will definitely not be able to sleep, you go to talk to her, maybe it will be better." Lu Bu stretched out his hand and gently wiped away the tears that were about to overflow his wife's eyes, and his tone became soothing again.

"Let's go with my wife too!"

Several daughters-in-law of the Yan family also got up and said that they were going to accompany the old lady.

Yan Wei agreed to come down.

At this time, only the three brothers of the Yan family remained, as well as Lu Bu, the uncle of the Yan Mansion. Little Bell and Lu Xiao and the other three generations of the Yan family have also arranged to sleep.

"Three uncles, do you want to go to sleep too? After all, there are still a few nights ahead, so I'll just watch here. Lu Bu looked at the three people kneeling opposite him and asked aloud.

"Fourth brother, go and rest! These days are the most busy and the most tiring, and you will rest all night and continue tomorrow. The eldest brother Yan Li said to the fourth brother Yan Xin.

After the old man died, Yan Xin rushed home first, and under his control, all the affairs of the funeral were orderly and orderly.

Again, it was so draining that by this evening he hadn't closed his eyes for six days and six nights.

Yan Xin is indeed tired, and he has stayed up all night for six consecutive nights, even his iron body is a little unbearable.

Hearing what the eldest brother said, Yan Xin did not pretend to be pretentious, but nodded and said: "In this way, there will be Brother Lao, the second brother and brother-in-law." ”

Believing in the spirit of my father in heaven will not be particularly blamed.

After Yan Xin left, only Lu Bu, Yan Li and Yan Yi were left in the mourning hall.

After a moment of silence.

Yan Li spoke, he looked at Lu Bu, and his tone lacked the kindness of the previous officials: "Should I call you a general, or call you brother-in-law?" ”

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly stagnated!

Seeing that the atmosphere was wrong, the second Yan Yi hurriedly snorted, wanting to ease the oppressive atmosphere: "Big brother, what do you say!" There are no outsiders here, we are all our own brothers, and we are all about official positions! ”

"Uncle, do you have something you want to say to me?" Ignoring the words of the second brother Yan Yi, Lu Bu frowned slightly, it just so happened that he also had something to remind the Yan family.

Omitting the twists and turns in the court, Yan Li was also straightforward at this time: "I do have something to say, although you are now a great general, but I still have to say these words." ”

"Then please ask my uncle to show me, and I will listen to you." Lu Bu's voice was two points lower.

"In the past few years, don't you feel that what you have done has become more and more excessive?"

"Oh? I don't know what my uncle is referring to? Lu Bu stared at Yan Li.

Lu Bu dared to listen, and Yan Li dared to say: "Some time ago, the princess of the Manchu Dynasty forced the Son of Heaven to crown you as the king, if there was no nod from you, would they dare to coerce the Son of Heaven so blatantly?" ”

"So what? Over the years, I fought for the south and north of the Han Dynasty, so that the Xianbei people did not dare to go south, the Xiongnu and Qiang people surrendered, and the Fanbang of the Western Regions paid tribute every year.

In the fight with the enemy, how many times my life hung by a thread, and there were so many scars on my body that I couldn't count them. You say, with my achievements over the years, is it too much to be crowned king? ”

Lu Bu's voice suddenly increased by two points, but he did not defend himself.

In fact, he didn't know about the king at first.

"You know, that's not what I'm going to tell you!"

Yan Li refuted it, and he told Lu Bu: Since ancient times, whether it is a courtier with high merit or a courtier with power in the world, there is no good end.

"So you are secretly cultivating the Yan family's henchmen and want to draw a line with me?" Lu Bu said coldly.

Yan Li was stunned when he heard this, and his face showed a rare look of surprise: "You know? ”

Lu Bu sneered and sneered: "If I don't even have this little means, how can I dare to go out of the customs with peace of mind to deal with those more difficult princes from all walks of life." ”

Yan Li only thought about the interests of the Yan family, and he was afraid that the fall of Lu Bu in the future would lead to the destruction of the Yan family's centuries-old foundation. He is the new head of the Yan family, so he is naturally responsible for the ancestral inheritance and the lives of hundreds of thousands of Yan family.

As everyone knows, the Yan family has already been firmly tied to Lu Bu, even if Lu Bu's wall falls down in the future, and everyone pushes it, and the Yan family is willing to come out to fight against the water, it will be difficult to escape death.

After a long time, Yan Li sighed: "Brother-in-law, the surname of this Han family is Liu, and we outsiders are ministers after all." ”

The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die.