Wang Ben's sudden death caused the entire Xianyang to fall into a state of misery and depression.

As the emperor entrusted the arrangement of funerals, Chen Xu could only cheer up and arrange the arrangements for the three provinces and six ministries.

However, the funerals of the princes have their own rules. The court did not have much panic. In an orderly and busy manner, a few days passed in a flash. At around noon on the fifth day, several horses came along the road from the northwest. Several imperial guards with black helmets, black armor, and flags on their backs rode their horses into the city. Soon, nine melodious and low sounds of bronze bells came from the palace.

As the sound of the bronze bell rang, Xianyang City slowly burst into tears. Many people wore white silk and covered in linen cloth to look northwest to bow to the northwest, in order to welcome the heroic soul of the Great Qin Empire, the war god, to return to their hometown.

As the sound of the bronze bell rang, countless princes, princes, and court officials with ranks of fourth rank and above all took carriages to gather in the square in front of the palace. Half an hour later, the gate of the palace was densely packed with luxurious horse carriages. Soon after that, the south gate of the palace opened wide, and the emperor's carriage was escorted by thousands of imperial guards. Then, after a simple arrangement, Chen Xu was invited to board the jade chariot. Hundreds of officials followed him with the sound of the ox horns and the loud sound of the gongs opening the way, and the huge team slowly left the city and headed for Meiyuan Town, Pinyang County, a hundred miles away.

In just three months, the Wang family lost two lords in succession, and a glorious top noble suddenly became dim. Therefore, not only the people sighed and regretted, but also the kings, princes, princes, and ministers and ministers also felt like they were dreaming.

Especially Emperor First Emperor, although five days have passed, he still has not recovered from the pain. He is extremely depressed. He sits in a wide jade chariot and leans on the big bearskin chair and is in a daze for a long time without speaking.

"Your Majesty, although Mr. Tongwu died of illness, he has achieved outstanding military achievements throughout his life. His great achievements will be passed down for thousands of years, and you don't need to be too sad!" The carriage drove steadily on the flat cement road. It took Chen Xu to persuade him after a long time.

"I heard that my beloved minister had extended his life for the general five years ago. Yan Tong Wuhou would have a disaster in the future. I wonder if it was true or false?" After the emperor came to his senses, he nodded slightly and asked about a news that had been rumored in folklore for a long time.

Chen Xu's face twitched slightly and nodded: "Yes, the general was terminally ill and had almost no medicine to cure. I admired the general's martial arts and felt unbearable to say the way to prolong his life. The Lord Tongwu said without hesitation that he accepted the Lord Tongwu's treatment measures. However, the fate of ordinary people has long been determined by heaven, and life and death cannot be changed. If he forcibly goes against the heavens, not only will the person casting the spell will be extremely dangerous, but someone will also suffer a disaster. As for when and where to respond to the disaster, it is all arranged by heaven, and I cannot calculate it. Therefore, I cannot do anything about Tongwu's death!"

"I am not blaming my beloved, but sighing that the destiny is hard to violate. When my beloved used immortal techniques to treat Qingning, I ordered no one in the world to treat her illness, so as not to bear too much backlash. The filial piety of the Lord Tongwu is commendable and will be the general for five years to prolong his life. This matter was his own arrangement after all, and I will not blame him for..."

The emperor paused, looked at the imperial guards escorted outside the glass car window and the mountains still covered with ice and snow for a long time and then spoke: "Marquis Tongwu died when he went to investigate the Yanmen Pass incident. I was injured for several days and nights. Therefore, no matter how wrong the Marquis of Wucheng was, I cannot scold and punish him this time. Regarding the matter of Yanmen... I also hope that my dear will not investigate again in the future!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chen Xu smiled helplessly in his heart and gave in a serious expression.

The emperor's words were made of the final conclusion, and the matter at Yanmen Pass was completely broken. Because of Wang Ben's death, he did not want Chen Xu and anyone to touch Wang again. This was a recognition and gratitude for the achievements of Wang Jian and Wang Ben.

After the carriage was rumbling, the journey was quiet and dull, he arrived in Meiyuan Town. Wang Li, the Marquis of Wucheng, led hundreds of people from the Wang clan to kneel down to welcome the emperor. Because the Marquis of Tongwu had a high status in the army, no one could compare to him, so almost all the generals who were still in Xianyang came to mourn.

The mourning hall had been set up long ago. A dark and thick nanmu coffin was placed in the center of the mourning hall. The coffin lid was only half covered. Wang Ben, who was lying in the coffin, looked calm and peaceful, and his hair and clothes were neatly cleaned, and he could not see any injuries or pain.

The mourning hall was surrounded by white silk prayer flags. Qin Shihuang brought a group of kings, princes, princes, civil and military officials to watch the coffin around the mourning hall. After comforting Wang Li for a few words, he left. Without stopping for a long time, he set off to return to Xianyang, leaving only the eldest son Fusu to preside over the remaining funerals for him.

When Wang Jian and Wang Ben died, the emperor came to Meiyuan to pay homage to the condolences. This was never seen in the etiquette of the princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After Li Si's death, the emperor did not leave the palace at all. He just issued an edict to reward Li Si's family, and only Fusu went to pay his condolences.

The superiors and inferiors are ancient traditions. When a minister dies, the king usually only issues etiquettes to comfort him. The important ministers who have made great contributions will grant a posthumous title to show respect. However, after Qin Shihuang ascended the throne and became emperor, he abandoned the traditional posthumous law of the Great Zhou. From the emperor to the death of his ministers, there was no such thing as posthumous title. At that time, after Wang Jian's death, an official wrote a letter to posthumously named Wang Jian as the Grand Tutor, but the emperor shook his head and rejected it.

Now that Wang Ben has passed away, although the emperor is heartbroken, from the traditional relationship between the monarch and the ministers, he has done this with the mercy and righteousness. Although the Wang father and son died, he is extremely honored after death, because there has never been a king who personally pays mourning and funerals to his ministers or princes in ancient times, which does not conform to the ancient etiquette norms.

However, the emperor did not seem to care about this, and seemed to use this behavior to express his love and respect for the Wang father and son.

The emperor came and left in a hurry, but Chen Xu and other civil and military officials could not leave just like this. According to the rituals of the Shangqing, they had to follow Fusu to complete the subsequent complicated condolence and worship procedures.

The funeral lasted for three days. The entire Meiyuan Town was crying like Wang Jian's last death. Wang Ben also followed Wang Jian's burial method. He did not have a luxurious tomb. He just opened a cave not far from Wang Jian's tomb. The tombs of the father and son were only a hundred feet apart.

After the funeral, the officials gradually said goodbye and left. Wang Li also specially prepared wine and tea to express his gratitude to Chen Xufeng Quji Mengyi and other Shangqing princes with respect.

This time, Wang Li followed Langmeng County to support the spirits, and ran for more than a thousand miles along the way. In addition, Wang Ben's death suffered a great blow to him, so he looked a lot thinner, with messy hair and a listless spirit, completely different from the young man with a strong spirit and a strong spirit that he had seen before.

For Chen Xu, Wang Li showed enough respect and there was nothing wrong with the etiquette, but Chen Xu could see that Wang Li had a very deep hatred for him. Every time he talked to him and bowed, he could see Wang Li's stiff movements and the tense and bulging blue veins on his forehead.

Although Chen Xu was a little sad about Wang Ben's death, he was far less sad than the emperor. After all, he was not very familiar with Wang Ben. The two had only a few times of dinner, drinking and chatting. Moreover, after Wang Jian and Wang Ben conquered the six countries, they never took care of military and political affairs, and almost never went to court. In recent years, they have been hiding in Meiyuan Town for leisure and retirement. In recent years, they have had less than ten opportunities to meet.

In fact, Chen Xu, the civil and military ministers of the court, were only familiar with Meng Yi, and had many opportunities to eat, drink and chat together. After all, the two were father-in-law and son-in-law, and not many people would care about communication together. However, in order to avoid suspicion, other civil and military ministers did not like in-depth communication with each other. Chen Xu was not very familiar with each other. They only had contacts in court and work on weekdays. Wang Jian and Wang Ben and his son were even more unwilling to have too close contact with Chen Xu, for fear of causing misunderstandings from the emperor. In order to support Chen Xu in building Cuju Square, Wang Ben brought a box of land deeds to meet Chen Xu. The two talked for less than ten minutes, and Wang Ben also went to the palace to explain the reason to the First Emperor.

What the king fears most is that his ministers have too close private friendships.

Especially the status and identity of Wang and Chen Xu, once they have evil intentions, they can even subvert their powers.

Therefore, the higher the status, the more cautious the interactions between ministers.

The three nobles would almost never gather together for banquets alone without official duties or special reasons.

Now that Wang Jian and Wang Ben have passed away one after another this winter, the Qin Dynasty ushered in an era without the suppression of the military gods.

This seemed bad news to the emperor and the people of the Qin Dynasty, but it was indeed a good thing to Chen Xu.

The Qin Dynasty currently does not lack excellent military generals, but it lacks a military system and military structure that can adapt to the times.

If Wang Ben had different opinions on the reform of the military system and the army, perhaps the emperor would not have agreed easily, but with the departure of the Wang father and son, the Qin Dynasty no longer had the power to stop Chen Xu unless he could not convince the First Emperor.

"Husband, does Wucheng Hou have a deep prejudice against you?" On the way back, Shui Qingrou, who accompanied Chen Xu to pay his respects, said softly.

"Yeah!" Chen Xu nodded with a wry smile, "Wang Ben's death this time can be said to be related to me. If I hadn't requested to investigate the matter at Yanmen Pass, I'm afraid Wang Ben would not have gone to Yanmen County and would not have died because of this. I am reasonable to Wang Lihen!"

"How can you blame yourself? If Wang Li hadn't caused trouble for his misbehavior, why would you investigate him? If you ask others for mistakes, you must first examine him. Wouldn't he blame Wang Ben's death on his husband?" Shui Qingrou frowned slightly.
Chapter completed!