According to secular etiquette, it is the direct descendants of General Yang who should make the decision to bring back the remains of General Yang.
Only the direct descendants of General Yang are qualified to touch the grave of General Yang.
Yang Wenguang is the only adult male among the direct descendants of General Yang.
Therefore, only Yang Wenguang can make the decision in this matter.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Zhen did not overstep his authority when he left Youzhou City.
And Yang Wenguang is currently busy with official duties. It is impossible to take out the bones of Old General Yang and send them back to Bianjing City without relinquishing his official duties.
Of course, after taking the eastern section of the Liao Northwest Road, Yang Wenguang had the opportunity to ask Kou Ji to give him some time to send General Yang back to Bianjing.
The reason why Yang Wenguang didn't speak was that Kou Ji didn't take the initiative to mention it.
It's all for the sake of the old lady of the Yang family.
The old lady of the Yang family was thinking about Old General Yang, so she couldn't swallow the breath in her throat.
The old lady of the Yang family lives by that tone now.
If the remains of General Yang were returned to Bianjing as soon as possible.
When the old lady of the Yang family saw the bones of her late husband, she was moved and swallowed her breath.
The day when the remains of General Yang are brought back is the memorial day for the old lady of the Yang family.
It is precisely because of such concerns that everyone who pays attention to this matter has this matter in mind, but no one mentioned it.
Now Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu are anxious to handle this matter.
Naturally, there is a suspicion of doing bad things with good intentions.
Kou Ji stared at Yang Wenguang and said, "The officials have handed over this matter to me. I want to know what you mean."
Yang Wenguang lay on the bed and said nothing.
After a long time, when Kou Ji was about to speak again, Yang Wenguang's eyes were a little red and he said: "Please allow Privy Kou to give me a month's rest and let me handle this matter in person."
The people in the cave all opened their eyes and looked at Yang Wenguang in disbelief.
Di Qing almost asked Yang Wenguang if he didn't care about the life or death of the old lady of the Yang family.
Yang Wenguang felt their gazes and said painfully: "That is my flesh and blood relative and my only elder. I value her life more than my own.
But if I refuse to take back my grandfather's bones just to let her live a few more years, I can't bear it.
Decades have passed since my grandfather was buried in Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture to today.
My grandmother's heart was cut open with a sharp knife for decades.
Now, my heart may be broken.
Now that Yan Yun has returned to the Song Dynasty, she can see that she can be reunited with her grandfather, but they have not been able to reunite. It can be said that her days are like years.
That heart must be burning like a burning fire."
Speaking of this, Yang Wenguang burst into tears, "She was sitting in a tea shed outside the city, refusing to leave, just waiting. She was also telling me that she no longer cares about life or death, she just wants to be with me.
My grandfather is buried in the same tomb.
Her heart is broken, and I don't want to see her heart burned to ashes again.
Therefore, I want to send my grandfather’s bones back.”
When Kou Ji, Zhong Shiheng and others heard this, they felt panicked.
They were silent, unable to say a word.
After being silent for a long time, Kou Ji slowly opened his mouth and said, "Your injuries haven't been completely healed yet. I'll send someone to take you there."
Yang Wenguang said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you, Privy Councilor Kou, for your support."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "Tell that boy of mine and ask him to bring me a stick of incense."
"I have a stick!"
"I have one too!"
"..."
Zhong Shiheng and others spoke one after another.
Kou Tianci was considered their junior, he had to call them uncle and uncle when they met, he was qualified to offer incense on their behalf.
Chen Lin hesitated for a long time and then said in a low voice: "I wonder if our eunuch is qualified to offer a stick of incense?"
Yang Wenguang pursed his lips, shed tears, and nodded heavily.
Seeing this, Chen Lin nodded and said: "We will also send a few people to follow you. Although Liaodi has been captured by us, we are not familiar with it yet, so we will send a few people to guide you."
"Thank you..."
Yang Wenguang made a decision and his heart skipped a beat.
Kou Ji knew that Yang Wenguang was in a hurry to go to Miyun, so he immediately sent someone to prepare things and sent Yang Wenguang to Miyun.
Yang Wenguang traveled all the way under the stars and at night, and arrived in Miyun in just seven days.
With Kou Ji saying hello and Chen Lin's people following, he and the people around him could still gallop along the way even if the road was blocked by heavy snow.
Although the injury on his back was torn while rushing, it did not stop Yang Wenguang from rushing to Miyun.
After Yang Wenguang arrived at Miyun, he happened to encounter a group of people fighting against another group of people.
One group of people was led by Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu, while the other group was a bit more complicated, including local people in Miyun and some people who came from the hinterland of the Song Dynasty.
After Yang Wenguang appeared.
Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu rushed to greet him.
"Uncle Yang..."
"father……"
Yang Wenguang scolded with a straight face: "What are you doing?"
Yang Huaiyu hurriedly said: "We want to take back the bones of my great-grandfather, but they won't let us."
Yang Wenguang glared at Yang Huaiyu and said, "So you recruited a group of people to rob them?"
Yang Huaiyu looked embarrassed and looked at Kou Tianci subconsciously.
He can't recruit so many people.
His reputation is not easy to use, and the Yang family's reputation is not easy to use either.
Those people were recruited by Kou Tianci.
As soon as his identity as the only son of the Kou family and the godson of the official family was revealed, there were a lot of people in the two houses planned by Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures who were willing to use him.
When Yang Wenguang saw Yang Huaiyu looking at Kou Tianci, he knew that it must be Kou Tianci's idea to recruit people to rob him.
However, he did not reprimand Kou Tianci, but glared at Yang Huaiyu and shouted, "Nonsense!"
Seeing this, Kou Tianci said in a deep voice: "Uncle Yang, this matter was my nephew's idea..."
Yang Wenguang shook his head and said: "You don't need to explain, you have good intentions, Uncle Yang knows it."
Kou Tianci suddenly didn't know what to say.
Yang Wenguang continued: "When you encounter something, make it clear first, and it's not too late to take action."
Before Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu could talk, Yang Wenguang jumped off the horse and walked towards another group of people.
"My Excellency Yang Wenguang, may I ask you..."
Yang Wenguang bowed his hand, first stated his identity, and then asked the other party's identity.
The leader of the other party was also a man. After hearing Yang Wenguang's announcement of his family status, his expression straightened up and he clasped his fists and said: "Wang An, a common man..."
Wang An introduced himself and introduced others to Yang Wenguang.
"These are the brothers of the grassland people, these are the people of Yanggong Village."
Yang Wenguang held up his hands again and said: "Everyone, please be polite. Quanzi and my nephew collided with you. Yang is here to do something wrong for you."
Seeing this, Wang An hurriedly said: "General Yang is serious. Cao Min and others did not know the identities of Mr. Yang and that young man. They saw that they were going to attack Yang Gong's temple, so they stopped them.
Now that the misunderstanding has been clarified, it will be fine.
To be honest with the general, the grassroots and others are here just to wait for the general to come so that they can lift the coffin with him and welcome back my grandfather's bones."
"Grandpa's skeleton?"
Yang Wenguang was stunned and lost his voice: "But he is the descendant of General Wang?"
Wang An solemnly said: "My ancestor is Wang Gui, the deputy general of General Yang."
Yang Wenguang said in a deep voice: "When your family left without saying goodbye, my grandfather thought about you for a long time."
Wang An said frankly: "After the death of old general Yang, my grandfather felt that my grandfather failed to protect the old general and was too embarrassed to eat under the Yang family, so he took us away."
When Yang Wenguang heard this, he hurriedly said: "My grandfather's death has nothing to do with General Wang."
Wang An said calmly: "Let the past matter go by."
When Yang Wenguang heard this, he didn't mention it anymore.
The two discussed it and found someone to choose a day to lift the coffin.
The villagers in Yanggong Village helped them prepare things for worship.
Yang Wenguang and Wang An, as well as Kou Tianci, Yang Huaiyu and others, took their things and went up the mountain.
There is a temple on the mountain, and that temple is where Yang Ye's bones are buried.
The temple is not big, but it is well-known far and wide and has strong incense.
The temple was built by the Liao people.
Among the worshippers were Liao and Han people.
The temple has been established for decades and has gradually become a kind of belief and a place of spiritual sustenance.
There are two statues of gods in the temple, one is worshiped once.
The two statues are both dressed as majestic generals.
Yang Wenguang and Wang An entered the temple after kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.
After they entered the temple, they both shed tears.
The two of them stayed in the temple and talked with their grandfather day and night.
It wasn't until the day was chosen that the two of them came out of the main hall and went to the back where the bones were buried.
The two set up the incense table, and after everyone offered incense, they started digging the grave.
The big tomb was opened.
The tomb chamber was exposed.
After opening the tomb, the two sarcophagi inside were taken out.
Liao people generally rarely used coffins for burials, and even if they did, they were mostly stone coffins.
Sarcophagi have different sizes and priorities.
That one belongs to General Yang, and that one belongs to General Wang. It is clear at a glance.
Yang Wenguang and Wang An each threw themselves in front of the sarcophagus and cried for a long time before someone opened the sarcophagus and transferred the bones inside to the wooden coffin they had prepared.
"Go home!"
"Go home!"
"..."
The words "Go home" made everyone cry.
Some people's hearts are full of sadness, and some people's hearts are full of reluctance.
The sad ones are Yang Wenguang and others.
They had been waiting for their ancestors to return home for decades, and almost lost hope.
The ones who are reluctant to leave are the local people.
The 'god' they had worshiped for decades was about to be carried away, so naturally they were reluctant to leave it.
The coffin was carried down the mountain, and Yang Wenguang and Wang An parted ways.
Yang Wenguang wants to take the bones of old General Yang back to Bianjing City, while Wang An wants to take the bones of his ancestors back to his ancestral home, Taiyuan.
The next half month.
Yang Wenguang, Kou Tianci, Yang Huaiyu and others escorted the coffin of Old General Yang all the way to Bianjing City.
Everywhere he passed, there were people worshiping him.
On the contrary, when they arrived at Bianjing City, no one worshiped him.
It’s not that everyone doesn’t want to worship, on the contrary, many people want to come and worship.
Zhao Zhen even wanted to help the coffin himself.
It's just that the old lady of the Yang family is wearing a green skirt. No matter where she stops, Zhao Zhen can't help the coffin in person, and others can't worship her.
A wife, after waiting for decades, finally waited until her husband came home.
They must have a lot to say.
Not suitable for being disturbed by outsiders.
When Yang Wenguang escorted the coffin of General Yang to Bianjing City, his steps were particularly heavy and there was no smile on his face.
When they appeared not far from the gate of Bianjing City, they saw the old figure standing alone at the gate of the city.
Everyone was shocked.
Yang Wenguang's heart was filled with sadness and worry for a moment, and he wanted to stop there.
But he knew he couldn't do this.
The coffin is approaching little by little.
The old figure gradually became clearer.
The green skirt was swaying in the wind, looking particularly dazzling.
Yang Wenguang carried the coffin little by little and walked to the old figure. Seeing the old figure staring at the coffin without blinking, he felt sad.
"grandmother……"
With a smile on her face, the old lady of the Yang family approached the coffin little by little.
The old lady of the Yang family stretched out her old hand and touched the coffin, but when her fingers were about to touch the coffin, she suddenly stopped.
For a moment, Yang Wenguang felt that his heart was being grasped so hard that his breathing stopped.
The old lady of the Yang family finally put her hand on the coffin, and said with a soft smile: "There is no armor for me to take off. I'm not used to it..."
"grandmother……"
Yang Wenguang shouted with a trembling voice.
The old lady of the Yang family ignored him, but smiled and stroked the coffin inch by inch, and whispered, "You are also cruel. You left me for forty-eight years and abandoned your whole family to me.
I don’t even know how to support this family..."
"..."
"You and Yu'er are gone, and only Zhao'er is left in the family... Zhao'er is not weak in martial arts, but he is a little worse in literary matters. He is always fooled by his subordinates. If you were here, you would definitely be able to teach him...
...If you are not here, I, a woman, don’t understand these things, so I can’t teach him..."
"..."
"In the second year of Jingde, Zhao'er died at Gaoyangguan... My only remaining son was just gone... You couldn't comfort me... When you lied to me to marry you, you said
When I am sad, you will comfort me... Now it seems that you lied to me..."
"..."
"Not long after Zhao'er left, my second brother also died... He died on the march... He used to like to compete with you in martial arts, and he couldn't beat you every time... But he is luckier than you, and he stayed here anyway.
He gave me and my mother a body of bones..."
"..."
"Not long after my second brother passed away, my mother also followed... When my father was gone, and when my two sons were gone, my heart went crazy... I tried to persuade her, but I didn't stop her..."
"..."
"Not long after my mother passed away, my nephews also disappeared one by one... The first to go was Wei Zheng... Then Wei Chang... Then Wei Xin... When they saw you when they were children, they all wanted to learn marksmanship from you.
You also agreed, but it's a pity that you didn't teach them well..."
"..."
"You don't know, after I knew they were gone, I felt really bad. I got seriously ill for a long time... Later, Wen Guangda passed away, and the court wanted to replace an official... I didn't want him to go... He is your boss
The last male of the Yang family is gone... If he is gone, your old Yang family will be gone too..."
"..."
"But after the official decree was delivered, I saw the light in the child's eyes, and I really couldn't bear to refuse..."
"..."
"I agreed, but I met with the late emperor in private and told him to arrange a casual position for Wen Guang and let him stay in Bianjing City to carry on the family line for your old Yang family..."
"..."
"Because of this, this kid has stayed in Bianjing for many years without going to the battlefield. He thought that the court didn't see how powerful he was..."
"..."
"Weizhong, your favorite little guy passed away two years ago... When he died, his corpse was sitting on the border, fooling the Liao people for a long time... He looked a bit like you..."
"..."
"Weizhong is gone. When I went to see him, I was almost kicked out of my parents' home... If you were here, you would definitely not see me being wronged..."
"..."
The old lady of the Yang family groped Old General Yang's coffin inch by inch, describing in detail everything that had happened in the forty-eight years that Old General Yang had been absent.
Everyone around him was in tears.
The old lady of the Yang family said at the end with a bright smile on her face, "Now that you are back, I don't have to support this family anymore..."
When you married me, you said that we would live and sleep together and die in the same cave.
You may have forgotten that I have been lying alone for forty-eight years.
But I still remember it, and I still remember it clearly."
Speaking of this, the old lady of the Yang family slowly lay down on the coffin and whispered: "Chonggui, you must support your family well in the next life, don't leave it to me again, it's too difficult..."
After saying this, the old lady of the Yang family slowly closed her eyes, with a smile on her lips, but tears oozed from the corners of her eyes.
"Ancestor...grandmother?"
Yang Wenguang's eyes turned red and he called out in a trembling voice.
The old lady of the Yang family remained motionless, with only the green skirt on her body swaying in the wind.
"grandmother?!"
Yang Wenguang shouted again.
The old lady of the Yang family still made no move.
Yang Wenguang timidly stretched out his hand, and with trembling fingers, he felt the breath of the old lady of the Yang family.
"grandmother!"
The old lady of the Yang family has gone.
Went with smiles and tears.
Yang Wenguang burst into tears instantly.
Kou Tianci and Yang Huaiyu's faces turned pale.
Yang Wenguang choked and said: "Grandpa, grandmother, and grandson will send you home..."
After saying this, Yang Wenguang carried the coffin and walked towards Bianjing City step by step with tears in his eyes.
The old lady of the Yang family has gone, and the news is like a gust of wind, blowing all over Bianjing City.
Many people in Bianjing City had tears in their eyes after learning about this incident.
Inside the palace.
Zhao Zhen stood on the top of the city and kept looking outside the city. Not long after the old lady of the Yang family left, he received the news.
"The Zheyang family is full of loyal people, and everyone in the world knows... Everyone knows that the Zheyang family is a hero... but no one knows that you are the most worthy of praise..."
Zhao Zhen slowly closed his red eyes and whispered: "Fang Jing, draft the decree, Dezhen..."
The eunuch who followed Zhao Zhen was respectful and his eyes widened in horror.
"Officials, this matter is against the rules and etiquette..."
The word "De Zhen" in Zhao Zhen's mouth is obviously a posthumous title.
What's more important is that the word "De Zhen" is a very high-level posthumous title.
The old lady of the Yang family is neither the queen nor the queen mother.
But he is not qualified to receive a posthumous title.
Zhao Zhen slowly opened his eyes and said calmly: "If it doesn't follow the rules, then I will change the rules. If it doesn't follow the etiquette, then I will change the etiquette. I have a strange woman in the Song Dynasty, so I should look away.
Men can receive posthumous titles, and women should also be able to."
When Fang Jing heard this, he immediately lowered his head and did not dare to say more.
Zhao Zhen continued: "Go down and tell Lu Yijian and the other three to tell the people below to watch their mouths. I don't want to kill anyone.
Send someone to the Ministry of Works again, and ask people from the Ministry of Works to build a tomb in Gong County."
Fang Jing respectfully agreed.
Zhao Zhen thought for a moment and then said: "I have decreed that Yang Wenguang be promoted to the position of President of the Privy Council, and Yang Huaiyu is promoted to the position of imperial minister."
"Here..."
Fang Jing agreed, and immediately went down to find someone to draft an imperial edict.
After the imperial edict was drafted, Fang Jing showed it to Zhao Zhen for review, stamped it with a jade seal, and sent it to the Yang Mansion.
The civil and military officials of the entire court soon learned of this.
But with Zhao Zhen's warning, no one in the civil or military court dared to say anything wrong.
Today, Zhao Zhen is in Bianjing City and is arbitrary.
When everyone in Bianjing City was filled with sadness, a child who felt that he had done something wrong returned to his house with a pale face, like a zombie.
"elder brother?"
The first person to discover him was his sister Kou Hui.
When Kou Hui saw Kou Tianci appearing at the door of the house, she laid down on the bed with a look of surprise on her face.
But as soon as he got in front of Kou Tianci, he felt something was wrong.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Kou Hui was shocked when she saw that Kou Tianci's face was as pale as a walking corpse.
"I...I'm going to find my mother..."
Kou Hui called to the stewards and doctors in the house to look at Kou Tianci, while she ran frantically towards the backyard.
Kou Tianci seemed to hear everything around him. He walked to the yard where he lived in a daze, entered the room door in a daze, and closed the door.
Not long after Kou Tianci entered the room, Xiang Yan led a large group of people and appeared outside the door of Kou Tianci's room.
"doctor?"
After Xiang Yan arrived at the door of Kou Tianci's room, she didn't call anyone else, but directly called the doctor.
The doctor from the house hurriedly appeared in front of Xiang Yan.
Xiang Yan asked quickly: "Is Ci'er in trouble?"
The doctor hurriedly said: "Madam, I have already observed the young master's complexion, and he is in good health."
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to looking, hearing, asking and feeling.
The best among them can determine whether a person is sick with just one glance.
With the power and financial resources of the Kou Mansion, the officials in the Mansion are naturally the best among them.
Xiang Yan breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Kou Tianci was fine, and then asked, "What's wrong with Ci'er?"
The doctor said solemnly: "Although the young master's body and bones are fine, he may have a big problem in his heart."
Xiang Yan was stunned and asked nervously: "What's the problem?"
The doctor said bluntly: "I'm afraid only the young master himself knows what went wrong."
After a pause, the doctor continued: "Heart diseases can only be cured by heart medicine. Ordinary medicine and food have no effect at all."
When Xiang Yan heard this, she immediately became anxious, "What should we do..."
Kou Hui said nervously from the side: "Mom, why don't you go in first and see your brother."
Before Xiang Yan could speak, the doctor took the lead and said, "It's best not to. The young master needs to be alone now. Going in now will be detrimental to his condition."