It's better to marry a devil

It took only two days to travel by water from Suijiang City to Quyang City, and everyone knew that Ye Guqing was going to Quyang City for the funeral.So along the way, all the boatmen worked in shifts and finally arrived at Quyang City after a day and a half.In order not to waste too much time, Ye Guqing asked the old housekeeper to lead a boat back to Xuancheng, while he, Hong Xiyue, and Liao Qiyun stopped the boat on a river beach in Quyang City.

Unexpectedly, there was a commotion when the big ship was moored. Ye Guqing knew that the government would probably come to intervene later, so he left a letter from Sima Taishou who was on board the ship and held Suijiang City. He took Liao Qiyun and Hong Xiyue to Hongyun Mountain in Quyang City.

When the three of them came to the foot of the mountain, they heard the sound of chanting sutras coming from the mountainside.The three of them climbed up the steps.On the mountainside, I finally saw a thatched cottage.

At this time, outside the thatched hut, several monks in khaki robes were sitting cross-legged.They clasped their hands together, closed their eyes slightly, and kept chanting some Buddhist scriptures that Ye Guqing didn't quite understand.And Master Ye was standing aside with a haggard face.

Xu felt that there was an outsider coming, Master Ye turned his head to look at Ye Guqing, when he saw the other person clearly, his eyes turned red and he hurriedly greeted him.Ye Guqing looked at the very thin Master Ye and felt rather uncomfortable. After taking a few steps forward, she lifted up her clothes and knelt down in front of Master Ye.

"Father, the child is not filial, I'm late." Ye Guqing bowed down to Master Ye.

Master Ye tremblingly lifted Ye Guqing who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a sob: "Good boy, what are you doing, get up quickly."

Ye Guqing took advantage of the situation and got up, turned to Mrs. Ye and came to Madam Ye's coffin, took three incense sticks and lit them on the candles, then knelt down on the futon in front of the coffin with a respectful expression, raised the incense over her head and bowed respectfully three times Then insert it into the incense burner in front of the spiritual seat.

After worshiping, Master Ye saw that the three of them looked dusty and hurriedly took them to the side room next door to rest.

"I originally just wanted someone to send a letter back, but I didn't expect you to come." Master Ye helped the three of them fill the teacups, sat next to Ye Guqing and said.

"I originally took Hong Xiyue and Steward Liu to work in Suijiang City, and came here as soon as I received the news. Speaking of which, my mother was in good health before, why did she leave suddenly after only half a year?"

Hearing Ye Guqing's words, Master Ye couldn't help but sighed, and then told Ye Guqing and the others all about what happened in the past six months.

After leaving Xuancheng, Master Ye and Mrs. Ye came to Hongyun Temple in Quyang City. Because the temple does not accept female relatives, Master Ye and Mrs. Ye obtained the consent of the abbot and built two thatched huts on the mountainside.Work at sunrise and rest at sunset every day.On the usual day of the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, she provided a little convenience for the pilgrims who went up the mountain, and the life was happy, and Mrs. Ye slowly let go of the knot in her heart.

But the good times didn't last long, and Mrs. Ye's health began to deteriorate little by little. Master Ye invited many doctors for her, but in the end they all had little effect.After dragging on for two months, Mrs. Ye still couldn't make it through.

Thinking of Mrs. Ye's sigh beside his bed in that dream, Ye Guqing couldn't help feeling a little nervous.His complexion also gradually became much uglier.Seeing this, Hong Xiyue next to him stretched out his hand to hold his palm.

Knowing that Hong Xiyue was comforting him, Ye Guqing turned around and smiled at him without saying a word, and turned to continue listening to Master Ye's talk about what happened during this period.Then Master Ye seemed to remember Ye Guqing's trip to Suijiang City, so he asked him why.

"I sold all the shops in Xuancheng, and raised funds to buy two boats to run business on the Jingcheng River." Ye Guqing replied truthfully.

"Jing Chenghe? This must be approved by the government, right? Did the prefect agree? And I met Prince Cheng when I was in Qiyang City. Hong Xiyue and I helped him once. In order to repay our favor, he gave it to me. I wrote a letter, saying that I will take it out when the business is in trouble."

Ye Guqing has been immersed in shopping malls for decades, and once he heard Ye Guqing's words, he knew that the things in it were not as simple as what Ye Guqing told him.But judging by Ye Guqing's appearance, he was planning to hide him, Master Ye could only silently pray in his heart that nothing would happen to him.

In the evening, the abbot of Hongye's death paid a surprise visit.Master Ye brought Ye Guqing out to welcome them, they hadn't eaten since they came to Quyang City, Liao Qiyun and Hongxi couldn't bear the hunger, so they went to the kitchen to get some food.By the time the three of them had brought it out, the abbot had already left.

"Father, is Master Abbot coming here for something?" Ye Guqing asked while pinching the chopsticks.

"It's okay, your mother's body will be sent back to your hometown tomorrow, the abbot just came to ask how the preparations are going?"

Hearing Master Ye's words, the three of them stopped their chopsticks and looked at Master Ye.

Ye Guqing remembered that the custom in Master Ye's hometown was to send the deceased back to his hometown for burial, so that the fallen leaves would return to their roots.If Young Master Ye was still alive, he would have been responsible for escorting the coffin, but now that Young Master Ye is gone, Ye Guqing, as the nominal son of Ye's eldest son, should also shoulder this responsibility, it's just the other party's intention Obviously he didn't intend to tell him, if it goes deeper, the Ye family doesn't recognize Ye Guqing as a member of the Ye family at all.

Ye Guqing is not stupid, so he naturally understood the deep meaning of this, but he knew that Master Ye's arrangement must have his own intentions, so he didn't take it to heart.On the contrary, Hong Xiyue's expression was a little displeased.

"Actually, I just wanted to write a letter to tell you and let it go. I didn't expect you to come here. It's the custom in my hometown to keep mourning there for a year after sending the coffin back. But I think you've just started your career. Well, I’ll just send your mother back to me. When you have time, you can go back and burn incense for her.”

Hearing this, Ye Guqing couldn't resist, they chatted about some trivial matters, and seeing that Master Ye was a little tired, Ye Guqing let him sleep.Ye Guqing took two quilts and spread them on the floor in the room, letting Hong Xiyue and Liao Qiyun rest, while she walked to Mrs. Ye's coffin.

Although it was summer at this time, it was still a bit cold in the mountains. Fortunately, Hong Xiyue brought him a coat before he came out, so he didn't feel cold at the moment.Quietly looking at Mrs. Ye's memorial tablet, Ye Guqing recalled every detail of her contact with her when she came here from home, and felt that this woman was very sad from the bottom of her heart.Although the events of that year are a knot in anyone's heart, her life would definitely not be like this if she changed her attitude, and her life would definitely not end here.

But just like what Hong Xiyue said to him, everyone has his own destiny.Although he understood, he was powerless to change anything.

It was about to dawn, so Master Ye got up.Not long after washing, a man in coarse clothes came down the mountain.Seeing Master Ye, he bowed to him.

"Mr. Ye, I have parked the car at the foot of the mountain. When do you think it would be better to lift the coffin down?"

"Master Huiyuan said that he will ask his disciples to help me send it down later, thank you Brother Zhang."

Ye Guqing stood by and listened to the conversation between the two, turned around and saw Hong Xiyue coming out of the room, and asked him to take a white filial sash from the back room and tie it around his waist.The man glanced at Ye Guqing and Hong Xiyue, then nodded silently.

After a while, Abbot Huiyuan brought eight disciples to the hut.Master Ye said a few words of thanks to Abbot Huiyuan, and then asked his disciples to fix the coffin with wooden sticks and prepare to carry it down the mountain.

Seeing this, Ye Guqing stretched out his hand to stop Master Ye, and said under the puzzled eyes of the other party: "Father, I can't go back to guard the tomb for my mother, so let me carry this coffin."

Looking into Ye Guqing's gaze, Master Ye hesitated and nodded.Ye Guqing then picked one side, and Hongxi also picked one side when he saw that he was like this.Liao Qiyun also took a corner without saying a word.Seeing them like this, Master Ye couldn't help being moved, but considering Ye Guqing's body, Master Ye asked them to add a log in the middle and the six of them carried the coffin down the mountain step by step along the winding stone steps...

In the middle, Ye Guqing didn't change hands with others, even though his body had reached the limit, he still gritted his teeth and kept up with everyone.

When Ye Guqing and the others carried the coffin into the car, Hong Xiyue, who was following Ye Guqing, immediately supported Ye Guqing's shaking body.Reaching out to wipe the sweat off his forehead, he couldn't help showing a little distress in his eyes.

"Thank you to Abbot Huiyuan and several young masters for your help today, and I, Ye Mou, will return to Hongyun Temple to thank you in the future." Master Ye said and bowed deeply to Abbot Huiyuan.

"Amitabha, you are so good. The benefactor has a good journey." After finishing speaking, Abbot Huiyuan left with a group of disciples.

Seeing this, Master Ye slowly turned around to look at Ye Guqing, and patted him on the shoulder with eyes full of relief: "Zi Jin, Dad read you right, you are a good boy. There will be a bright future in the future. However, I have something to tell you."

"Father, please speak."

"To be a human being, you must learn to give up, and you must keep this in mind when cooperating with the royal family. Zijin, you have to know that no amount of money is more important than your own life. Well, I have to go, take care of yourself."

After finishing speaking, Master Ye turned around and got into the carriage, then ordered the man who drove the carriage to leave without looking back.

Watching the carriage disappear step by step from his sight, Ye Guqing's body softened and leaned against Hong Xiyue.After resting for a while with eyes closed, he entered Quyang City together with Hong Xiyue and Liao Qiyun.

The three of them found an inn to stay, and after resting all morning, they took the letter from Zhao Yunpeng to the home of Hao Yuanwai, the richest man in Quyang City, in the afternoon.

Hao Yuanwai was close friends with Zhao Yunpeng's father, and he trusted Zhao Yunpeng, a young and promising junior. After reading his letter, Hao Yuanwai hesitated for a moment, and immediately agreed to build a dock and warehouse in Quyang City.As for the yamen, Ye Guqing didn't ask any further questions, and after discussing some important matters with Hao Yuanwai, he left with Hong Xiyue.