Yan Qiaoqing's face was pale. How could he not know the identity of the visitor when he heard this?

There is another reason why he is unwilling to help Yan Yuansun keep up with mourning.

With the system of name-lost proposed by Pei Min, the imperial examinations were also reorganized in advance. Compared with the past, the quality of officials has been greatly improved, and the court has paid more attention to the imperial examinations, which has increased the difficulty.

Although Yan Qiaoqing was born in a Confucian family, she was excellent in talent and knowledge. However, this era has never lacked good people with high literary talent. There are three thresholds for the re-examination of the Ministry of Personnel. It is impossible to miss one of them, and there are many difficulties.

In addition to the imperial examination, the shortcut to becoming an official is still promotion introduction.

There are few people in Chang'an who don't know about the relationship between Pei Min and Yan Yuansun. Yan Qiaoqing initially found Yan Yuansun, hoping that he could use his relationship to get closer to the officialdom.

Yan Yuansun was very upright in this regard. Not only did he not agree to Yan Qiaoqing, he persuaded him to participate in the imperial examination. After passing the imperial examination, he proved his ability and was using various political resources to cultivate it.

Yan Qiaoqing has always held a grudge in this matter. Now that Yan Yuansun has passed away, Yan Qiaoqing has always had a revenge on the grounds of executing the exam, thinking: You always asked me to take the exam. At this critical moment, don’t blame me for not keeping me in a vigilant manner for you.

He never thought that Pei Min, the dignified governor, not only did not feel bad about avoiding the situation, but instead came here as soon as possible and stood up instead of Yan Gaoqing.

In an instant, Yan Qiaoqing regretted her intestines.

"Brother Pei, Zhenqing is with you!" Yan Zhenqing was brought up by Yan Yuansun, and his eyes were swollen from crying. He came to Pei Min and took his hand.

"Okay, be good!" Pei Min touched Yan Zhenqing's head in person, and couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, he looked at the age of three and eight. Yan Zhenqing, the sub-sage saint in the calligraphy world, showed his moral character in ordinary people during his childhood.

Pei Min wore a mourning clothes equipped for Yan Gaoqing. His body was bigger than Yan Gaoqing, but his mourning clothes were always wide and fit.

When he came to Yuan's face, Pei Min said, "Auntie, what should my nephew do? My nephew's father passed away long ago and I don't know much about etiquette in this regard." He knew about the general funeral customs, but Yan Yuansun's funeral was definitely not like the customs of the people: the Yan family is a Confucian family, and Confucianism attaches great importance to filial piety, saying that filial piety is the first of all actions.

Confucius said in his early years, "If you live, serve him with etiquette; if you die, buried him with etiquette and worship him with etiquette." Confucius' successor, Mencius and Xunzi, were even representatives of the concept of filial piety and funeral.

In particular, Mencius felt that the greatest sorrow in the world was that "the son wanted to raise his parents but the relatives were not waiting for him." He believed that funeral was the last thing children could do for their parents, actively advocated a grand funeral, and practiced it in person to fulfill their children's last responsibilities and obligations.

Faced with the three most outstanding Confucian saints, the Yan family, as a master of Confucianism for thousands of years, dared not be hasty in the funeral customs. But if there is any negligence, all students in the world must rub the backbone of the Yan family.

Yuanshi was a little embarrassed.

Pei Min said sincerely: "Don't care. My nephew is replacing Brother Yan at this moment. You should treat my nephew as Brother Yan. Whatever he should do, my nephew will do. My uncle is not an outsider. His spirit in heaven will only bless me and my juniors. How can he bring disaster to me? There is no such thing as taboo."

Yuan sighed again that sincerity showed his feelings in times of adversity, he explained the Confucian funeral customs one by one.

As Pei Min thought, the most traditional funeral in Confucianism is really complicated.

Especially Pei Min is currently representing Yan Gaoqing and Yan Yuansun’s only descendant. He needs to do many things by himself.

Only in this way can children show their filial piety. Although all this red tape is suspected of showing off, Pei Min is very touched. If he is not willing to even show off, how can he talk about filial piety?

According to the customs of this era: when a patient is in danger, his relatives should take off his clothes inside and outside, and before taking his last breath, he should move him to the spiritual bed in the main room and protect him through the last moment of his life.

But Yan Yuansun went there suddenly, and there was no time to prepare for all this.

As a "son", Pei Min needs to take a bath for Yan Yuansun himself, put on new clothes and tidy up his temples, take care of everything, and let his "father" leave cleanly.

Pei Min did all this meticulously, personally carried Yan Yuansun to the mourning hall, put it in the coffin, and lit the eternal light himself.

Do all this well, the Yan family opens the door to accept worship from relatives and friends, and gives the final farewell.

Yuan's body is weak, and her husband is sick for more than a month, and she depends on her service. Now she is in a grief and is weak, so she can't stand all kinds of etiquette. Everything is responsible for Pei Min and Yan Zhenqing.

As a family member, Pei Min must give every guest a cautious gift.

As a great scholar of his generation, Yan Yuansun had countless students and friends. In just one day, he felt a sore waist and back pain. He didn't relax until he closed his door at night.

You can't sleep when you sleep, but you don't need to kneel down and bow all the time. You can walk back and forth appropriately and stretch your body. If someone else is in the mourning hall, you can go out to drink water and eat.

Yuan could no longer hold on and went to sleep, and there were only Pei Min and Yan Zhenqing in the entire mourning hall.

One big and one small, talking softly, playing the long night.

"When I grow up, I will be like Brother Pei, with affection and righteousness, and be a good person who can benefit the people of the Tang Dynasty!" Yan Zhenqing looked tired and said innocent words to the children.

Pei Min said with some caution: "You can do it, Brother Pei has high expectations for you." As he said that he was bored and told the eight-year-old child that he had no choice but to talk about his future, he couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous. Seeing the sensible little guy with a tired look on his face, he forced himself to sleep and found the topic, he simply kept silent.

After a while, Yan Zhenqing said she was tired and fell aside.

Pei Min smiled, stayed up all night, and it was not until Yan Zhenqing's mother, Mrs. Yin, came to take over, that she took a nap.

The next day, more guests came to worship.

The first day happened suddenly, and many people were not prepared. The friends who received the news made sufficient preparations and made an appointment to come to worship in groups. For a while, they gathered together, and there were signs of long queues.

Pei Min continued to give back the gifts as usual, but fortunately he was young and energetic, otherwise he would really not be able to bear the gifts he received again and again.

Suddenly, there were chaotic noises outside the mourning hall. It was not the noise of someone making trouble at this time, but the effect of gathering all kinds of surprises and whispers.

Pei Min couldn't help but look slightly, but saw people outside avoiding each other: two old men with white beards came slowly, one of whom was leaning on a crutch, and the other was red and did not look old, and he was holding the old man with a crutch.

Wherever they walked, everyone bowed to show their goodwill and shouted softly: "Horse Bao Sheng, Mr. Si Ye!"

Pei Min instantly understood the identity of the visitor when he heard these two titles. Both of them were descendants of Confucius. Bao Shenghou was Confucius's thirty-third generation grandson, Kong Delun, who inherited the head of the Kong family for thousands of years. Mr. Si Ye was also Confucius' thirty-third generation grandson, but he belonged to a branch. Although he was a branch, his reputation was higher than that of Confucius' direct descendants beside him.

His grandfather was the largest Confucian scholar in the early Tang Dynasty, and Kong Yingda, who was known as the great scholar in the prosperous era. His father was the great Confucian scholar Kong Zhixuan and he was also the famous Confucian leader Kong Huiyuan. It is worth mentioning that Kong Yingda is the Imperial College, Kong Zhixuan is also the Imperial College, and Kong Huiyuan also inherits his father's business and is the Imperial College.

The Imperial College is in charge of the political teaching of Confucianism, including the Imperial College, the Imperial College, the Guangwen, the Four Sects, the Laws, and the Book of the Book of the Seven. It can be said that he is the teacher of the students in the world, and the most respected and authoritative existence among the scholars.

Kong Yingda, Kong Zhixuan, and Kong Huiyuan, all of them were the corps of the Imperial College and were long been praised by people of the time.

Yan Yuansun passed away, and these two bigwigs actually came to worship. This face is really extraordinary.

Pei Min thought about it carefully and felt that Yan Hui, the ancestor of the Yan family, was Confucius' seventy-two wise men, and was Confucius' most proud disciple.

There is no doubt that the personal relationship between the Kong and Yan families is close to Yan Shigu, the ancestor of Yan Yuansun, and Kong Yingda, and they also revised the "Five Rites".

The Yan family died of illness, and it was reasonable for them to come to visit.

"I wonder which Kong Delun and which Kong Huiyuan?" Pei Min had never met the two elders yet, and didn't know who they were, and he whispered to himself.

"The one with a crutch is Bao Shenghou!" Yan Zhenqing, who was standing beside him, answered his confusion.

The one who is on crutches is Kong Delun, and the other one is naturally Kong Huiyuan.

Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan, with the courtesy of everyone, entered the mourning hall first.

At this time, the trend of the dead is the greatest, but it is only the older generation. Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan are two generations higher than Yan Yuansun. In fact, Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan are still bigger.

The descendants of the two most saints and masters were impeccable in terms of etiquette and law, and gave a slight tribute to express their condolences.

Pei Min thanked again.

Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan said some words of grief and follow the changes to Yuan.

Suddenly, Kong Huiyuan, who was red and did not look old, said to Pei Min: "I met your grandfather several times in the past. Today I feel very pleased to see him have someone after another!"

Pei Min hurriedly said, "Mr. Si Ye is too humble!"

"It's not too humble!" Kong Huiyuan said: "I am old and I am not as old as I am, and I am not as bright as I am, and I cannot distinguish between good and bad. You have great achievements for the country and the people, for loyalty! For mothers, and for giving up your future, for filial piety! For justice, boldly launch the reporting system, ask for your people, and for not fearing power, for integrity; for friends, for righteousness! For strategy to maintain peace, for wisdom, for martial arts to drive away thieves, for courage. In order to welcome the people who are trapped in the enemy country, do your best to be kind."

Kong Delun also sighed: "I have made contributions to the country, filial piety to my mother, righteousness to my friends, and both wisdom, courage and kindness to myself. Brother Pei has such an amazing descendant, and I believe that he can rest in peace under the sacred waters."

The surrounding area was shocked and shocked. They could not have imagined that Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan, the two most noble scholars in the world, had such a high evaluation of Pei Min.

Pei Min was also flattered and said: "You two are so acclaimed, I am ashamed of you."

Kong Delun and Kong Huiyuan did not overestimate the leader and said goodbye and left.
Chapter completed!