Lu Xiaoyu cried in my arms for a long time, and her voice finally turned into soft sobs. I hugged his shoulders, and there were no tears for a long time. However, my eyes were very blurry, and they were probably swollen from crying.
At night, I wanted Lu Xiaoyu and his parents to go get some sleep, but they didn't listen to me, and they couldn't listen to me.
As for my other brothers, some stayed at Jincheng Hyatt, while others went out to start organizing all over the city, busy with Buddha's funeral.
This night was very difficult, and by the early morning of the next day, Lu Xiaoyu had already sobbed and fell asleep on my chest, but Lu Zhanshan, his wife, and Huofeng always stayed by the Buddha's side.
Seeing Lu Xiaoyu sleeping, I wanted to take her to the next door to have a rest, but as soon as I moved, she woke up, then shook her head at me and said, "I'm not going anywhere, I'm just staying here with my brother."
I nodded and left without taking her.
At night, Luo Jingjing actually came too, and she cried a few times, but in my opinion, she was probably crying more for her sister.
In the early morning, Luo Jingjing tried to persuade Huofeng to rest, but failed.
At this time, the entire Jincheng Kaiyue was filled with a sad atmosphere. Black and white silk steps had been hung in all the passages and doorways, and the doorways were already filled with wreaths and chrysanthemums.
My brothers even invited a band from a performing arts troupe overnight and started playing mournful music non-stop in the lobby of Jincheng Hyatt Regency.
And here, except for Mr. and Mrs. Lu Zhanshan, all of us have black gauze wrapped around our arms, and incense is placed on the head of Buddha's bed.
Buddha's body became stiffer and stiffer, but his smile before his death was still frozen.
The make-up artist also rushed over before the burial and began to put make-up and new clothes on the Buddha. After the make-up artist's touch-up, the Buddha immediately became radiant, but he was still the dead person.
As for Buddha's burial clothes, I, Lu Zhanshan and Huofeng discussed it together and finally decided to change Buddha into a suit. After putting it on, Buddha looked as handsome as a groom, but it seemed a little too late.
, because Huofeng hasn't had time to put on the wedding dress yet.
Although Jincheng Hyatt is not in the city center, it is the focus of recent discussions in Xingzhou. Nowadays, large-scale funerals are held here, and many people come to watch. Our brothers in Xingzhou, and those around Xingzhou
The brothers also rushed over early in the morning and almost completely surrounded the outside of Jincheng Hyatt.
Looking from afar, there must be thousands of people at least.
Coupled with the crowds of people watching on the roadside, there were even more people, so the traffic in the Jincheng Hyatt section was paralyzed for a while. During this period, the urban management came once, but after looking at the situation, they just drove away. Later, the traffic police came
Well, the police came. In the end, instead of dispersing us, they temporarily cordoned off the section of road in front of the Jincheng Hyatt Regency, restricting traffic, so that our brothers from the Hongxiang Society could come to pay homage to the Buddha.
Of course, during this period, Officer Zhou and Deputy Mayor Zuo called me to confirm the situation. After hearing that my brother-in-law Fo Ye died, they did not make things difficult for me, and for the first time, they did not warn me not to be too public.
And so on.
Instead, they told me that they would use all their strength to help me organize this funeral.
At this time, many people began to discuss that Jincheng Kaiyue held a large funeral and that it was the Hongxiang Society who died again. Of course, many people directly speculated that it was the "crazy man" who died suddenly, that is, I died suddenly.
At 8:30 in the morning, the sky suddenly started to rain, and the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed. At this time, more than ten buses with Taiyuan license plates appeared at the entrance of Jincheng Hyatt, and then headed by Shen Wen
Buddha's brothers in Taiyuan got off the bus one after another.
Each of them was dressed in black, with black gauze tied around their shoulders. However, none of them held umbrellas. So, headed by Shen Wen, they lined up in a neat fan shape and walked toward the gate of Jincheng Hyatt.
It was so dark that at first glance there were three to four hundred people.
Shen Wen walked to the gate of Jincheng Hyatt and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Paper fan for Lord Buddha, Shen Wen pays homage to Lord Buddha!"
Then the brothers of Lord Buddha behind Shen Wen shouted in unison: "Disciples of Lord Buddha, brothers from the Zhenghongmen of Taiyuan pay their respects to Lord Buddha!"
A sound surrounded the rain like a wave and never disappeared for a long time.
The king greeted these brothers at the gate on my behalf, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Welcome."
My brothers made way for Buddha's brothers, and they followed the path we made and walked into the Jincheng Hyatt Hall, the temporary mourning hall set up for Buddha, in the rain.
At this time, Buddha's body has been placed here, with chrysanthemums hanging around him. There are wreaths on both sides of the hall. I, Lu Xiaoyu, Mr. and Mrs. Lu Zhanshan, and Huofeng are standing next to Buddha's body to thank the visitors.
After seeing Buddha's body, Shen Wen and the brothers he brought bowed three times to Buddha. Each of them had tears or rain on their faces, but his expressions were all extremely sad.
In front of these brothers, Shen Wen did not cry, but wiped his tears, waved his hands, and these brothers of Fo Ye got out of the way. Ruan Dongli and the actor slowly walked over carrying a flower basket, and then
Place it on the side of Buddha's body.
On our side, we are thanking Buddha’s brothers.
After everything was over, Shen Wen asked the brothers to step aside, and then he slowly walked to me and said: "Crazy man, after today, I will call you crazy brother. Everything I brought today belongs to Lord Buddha."
Loyal followers, they will obey Buddha's orders without hesitation, so they will all be your brothers from now on."
I looked at Shen Wen and said, "Thank you."
Shen Wen looked at Lord Buddha, tears streaming down his face: "If you want to thank me, just thank Lord Buddha."
Then a lot of tycoons from Xingzhou's black and white circles came, but most of these people came not for my madman's sake, but for my lunatic.
In the afternoon, Buddha's men from Xi'an also rushed over first. They were all dressed in black, with black veils on their arms, monks, and dragon heads.
These people also walked to the door of Jincheng Kaiyue in the rain, and then shouted loudly: "Buddha's disciples, monk Longtou, pay homage to Buddha!"
Then more than two hundred good brothers behind them shouted in unison: "Disciples of Lord Buddha, brothers from Xi'an Fu Hongmen pay their respects to Lord Buddha!"
The king responded: "Welcome."
The leader and the monk were not as controllable as Shen Wen. After they came in and bowed, they knelt down in front of Buddha's body and cried loudly. The brothers he brought also knelt down and cried loudly.
, when they cried, the brothers in Taiyuan who were present also began to cry loudly, and many people even knelt down around them.
The situation got out of control for a while. My brothers went over to comfort me, but it had no effect at all.
Finally, Shen Wen stood in front of these brothers and said: "Disciples of Buddha, let's worship Buddha!"
When Shen Wen shouted, everyone followed Shen Wen and shouted in unison: "Sacrifice to the Buddha..."
After these people roared hysterically for a few times, they finally calmed down. Shen Wen also ordered them to get out of the way for those who were behind to pay homage to the Buddha.
The next person came, Liu Zibai, who shouted at the door of Jincheng Kaiyue: "Brother Buddha, Liu Zibai, pay homage to Buddha."
After the king greeted him respectfully, Liu Zibai almost rushed in, and immediately threw himself in front of the Buddha's body, and then he kowtowed seven or eight times with his bang.
Shen Wen and I hurried over and grabbed him. If he keeps knocking like this, he might just leave with Buddha today.
Liu Zibai cried: "Lord Buddha, Lord Buddha..."
I didn't know what Liu Zibai wanted to say, because by this time he was crying so hard that he couldn't even say a few words, so I asked someone to take Liu Zibai aside.
Next, Gu Qingfeng, Wang Zi and Shengchuan arrived at the scene with our brothers in Shaanxi. They brought more than a hundred people with them, all of whom were also dressed in black.
After bowing in front of Buddha's body, Gu Qingfeng came to me and said a few words of comfort to me, Lu Xiaoyu and Lu Zhanshan.
After that, he hid in a corner alone and started wiping away tears.
Finally, Liu An from Datong, our Hongxiang Club, also showed up at Jincheng Hyatt with more than a hundred brothers from our Hongxiang Club. They seemed to be very official. After bowing, they said a few words to us, and then
It was pushed aside and no one spoke, and no one cried.
As for Buddha's body, according to Huofeng, Buddha wanted it to be burned immediately after his death, as he did not want too many brothers to look sad and cry.
We also completely complied with Buddha's wishes. After noon, we used a hearse in the rain to take Buddha's body to the crematorium in the east of the city. Wang Shanmin personally presided over the cremation of Buddha.
The place where Buddha's ashes are stored is even more indicative of Buddha's last wish, which was to demolish Jincheng Kaiyue. Although the office of He Jiman had changed owners several times before, Buddha's feelings for this place never stopped.
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I have already described how the funeral ended. I just remember that it was raining all the time, and many brothers were soaked in the rain. Thousands of people stood throughout the cremation, until the Buddha's body was completely burned.
After delivering the ashes, these people followed us back to Jincheng Hyatt, and then placed the Buddha's ashes in his tomb.
It wasn't until the evening of Buddha's funeral that the curtain slowly came to an end. Buddha's era had completely come to an end. Buddha's life had been perfect, so this ending was also perfect.
After Buddha's funeral, Buddha's brothers who came from various places of Buddha did not leave, because they all wanted to hear Shen Wen announce Buddha's last mission: Buddha's Shanxi Hongmen was completely merged into our Hongxiang Society.