The third morning.

The luxurious carriage sent by Mr. Zhou to pick up Lu Jinping came to Lu Jinping's house. The person who came to greet Lu Jinping was Mr. Zhou's housekeeper. The person who accompanied him was Mr. Gao's housekeeper, who introduced him to both parties.

Butler Zhou smiled and kept saying flattering words, saying that Mr. Zhou felt extremely glorious and grateful for Lu Jinping's visit.

Although many people in Tongzhou knew Lu Jinping, the destitute lord, the information in ancient times was extremely closed and many things were not known ten miles away. Not to mention the matter of his decent lord, it was a major event that happened to the royal relatives of the capital. When they left the capital, most people in other prefectures and counties did not know.

Therefore, Zhou Yuan, a Zhoujiazhuang family, who is thirty miles apart, does not know the story of Lu Jinping, the destitute lord Lu Jinping. He learned from Mr. Gao that the person invited was the dignified Baron of Kaiguo County, a doctor of medical science in Tongzhou, and a medical officer with a magical medical skills. They were not only overjoyed and flattered. Because their daughter was about to give birth and was holding a son-in-law's funeral, the room was full of guests from all walks of life, and it was not convenient to leave, so he sent the housekeeper to welcome Lu Jinping with his super luxurious carriage.

Lu Jinping had already changed into an official uniform, and was too lazy to listen to Butler Zhou's words of flirting. He waved his hand and took his maid Ye Qingqing into the carriage and headed out of the city.

The luxurious horse-drawn carriage was escorted by a group of servants and drove along the official road to Zhoujiazhuang, thirty miles away, and arrived at Zhoujiazhuang at noon.

In front of the mansion, Mr. Zhou had already received a notice from the servants who had rushed back in advance, and was waiting at the door with his wives and concubines. When he saw Lu Jinping, he listened to the introduction of the housekeeper, and stepped forward and bowed to the ground: "The villain is paying homage to Mr. Lu, Master Lu!"

The seven or eight wives and concubines behind him, Yingying and Yanyan, followed Fuli, said in a delicate voice, "Greetings to Master Lord!"

It was really funny to call Lu Jinping, but thinking about it, he is not only a lord, but also a doctor of medicine, and an official in the court. Although he was the lowest-level official, he was an official after all. In ancient times, officials and the people were clearly distinguished and had strict hierarchies. When ordinary people saw officials, they would definitely be called masters. What's more, he was an authentic lord with titles.

Lu Jinping is now an official and a lord. Of course, he would not be too polite to a merchant. He nodded lightly and said, "Mr. Zhou doesn't have to be too polite."

Mr. Zhou laughed with medicine and introduced his wives and concubines one by one, and said apologetically: "The little girl is about to give birth, so she can't come out to welcome the Lord and Master. I'm really sorry."

Surrounded by Zhou Yuanwai and his wives and concubines, Lu Jinping entered the Zhou family in a mighty manner. When he arrived at the yard, Lu Jinping was startled. The yard was filled with hundreds of people, either wearing mourning clothes or wearing black clothes, and looked at him with medicine and laughing. When he saw him coming in, he quickly bowed and bowed together, saying in unison: "Good Lord Master!"

Zhou Yuanwai shook everyone with a proud belly, then quickly bowed and introduced to Lu Jinping, "These people are relatives and friends of villains, and they came to attend my son-in-law's funeral. I heard that Lord Lu came to give birth to the little girl, and they all wanted to see Lord Zhuo's style, so they were all waiting in the yard."

Lu Jinping understood that this was Zhou Yuanwai's fake tiger power and used him to support his face, so he smiled and reached out, held Zhou Yuanwai's hand, and said, "Brother Zhou, let's go to your son-in-law's spirit to sing a stick of incense first!"

The status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty was very low. No matter how rich you were, you would not be looked down upon, especially in the eyes of officials and scholars. Unless there are officials in your family.

This Zhou Yuan was doing business for generations, and there was no official in his family, so he had already experienced the coldness of others and wanted to get into the upper class. However, despite spending a lot of money, he still did not hand over any decent officials, let alone invite officials to visit his house. Finally, the founding baron and doctor doctor in the Tongzhou promised to go to their house, which made Zhou Yuanwai so excited that he didn't sleep well all night.

He was satisfied only when he expected Lu Jinping to show his face. Unexpectedly, this Lord Lu actually walked past hundreds of relatives and friends in his hand, like a friend of many years. This glory made him tremble all over and couldn't even say anything. He just bent his waist and humbly accompanied Lu Jinping to the mourning hall, and at the same time he couldn't help grinning happily.

Although his son-in-law just passed away, Zhou Yuanwai was very dissatisfied with his son-in-law who was fond of eating, drinking, drinking and drinking, so he was not sad. Instead, he felt secretly happy that after the unsatisfied son-in-law died, he could find another son-in-law for his daughter to come to see.

The Tang Dynasty was relatively open. Last time, the princesses went from ordinary women to ordinary women, and men remarried after they died, so it was not uncommon for Zhou Yuanwai to have this idea.

Yuanwai Zhou laughed with her, and accompanied Lu Jinping to the mourning hall with the envious eyes that came over.

The mourning hall was Zhou Yuanwai’s closest relatives and friends. At this moment, they stood respectfully on both sides and bowed to Lu Jinping with a smile.

Lu Jinping had just realized the prestige of being an official at this moment. He was just a small official. Because he had a false identity as a lord, he was already very powerful in front of these ordinary people. If he had been a high-ranking official like Grandmaster Gao, he would not know how respect these people would be.

Lu Jinping took the other person's 40,000 yuan, but he was just here to take a show, so he wanted to make up for his performance, so that the other party's vanity would be more satisfied, and he was worthy of the 40,000 yuan he had paid. He took three incense sticks, lit it on the incense candle, bowed in front of the spiritual seat, and then stepped forward and inserted the incense candle into the incense burner.

This action made Zhou Yuanwai even more flattered. It turned out that the discussion with Mr. Gao did not require burning incense. This was really an unexpected surprise.

Those close relatives and friends of Zhou Yuanwai couldn't help but feel even more envious and jealous when they saw the lord and old master burning incense to Zhou Yuanwai's son-in-law.

Lu Jinping thought that since he was acting, he would do it all, so he said to Yuanwai Zhou: "I'll go and pay tribute to your son-in-law's remains!"

Zhou Yuanwai was so moved that his legs were trembling. He almost knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude. He said in fear and fear: "Thank you, Master, I dare not work for Master, the master's great master. The master's visit has already made the villain shine..."

Lu Jinping shook his head and said, "Since you are here to pay your respects, it is necessary to pay tribute to your remains. Let's take a look. Since you are all here."

"Yes! Thank you, Master, please come here."

Zhou Yuanwai bent his waist and looked sideways, leading the way in front, and took Lu Jinping to the spiritual bed of his son-in-law who was parked behind a huge white cloth behind the spiritual position.

I saw a corpse lying quietly on a delicate soft couch, covered with colorful brocade and a piece of yellow paper on my face.

Yuanwai Zhou bowed and said to the corpse: "Son-in-law, I don't know what kind of blessing you have cultivated in your previous life. You can actually get the Lord and Master to pay your condolences to you personally. You can also comfort your spirit in heaven. This is also the supreme glory of our whole family..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuanwai was so moved that he burst into tears. He quickly raised his sleeves to wipe his tears. At this moment, the long sleeve robe actually wiped away the yellow paper money covered with the body's face, revealing a slightly swollen and purple face below.

In the mourning hall, a long string of huge white lanterns hung high, illuminating the mourning hall like daytime, so it is very vivid.

Lu Jinping couldn't help but exclaimed, and then took a closer look at the deceased's face.

Zhou Yuanwai wiped his tears, and then he found that the yellow paper on his son-in-law's face had fallen out. He quickly bent down and picked it up, covering it again on the face of the body.

Lu Jinping asked Zhou Yuanwai: "I heard that your son-in-law died of drunkenness?"

Yuanwai Zhou looked ashamed and said embarrassedly: "Yes, yes, it's because the villain is not strict in discipline and is unfortunate in the family. Such a scandal happened. It's really embarrassing to tell it out, which makes the Lord Master laugh!"

Lu Jinping asked again: "Where did he die? How did he die of drunkenness?"
Chapter completed!