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Chapter 565
Yang Shansong knelt in front of his father's bed and wept bitterly, banging his head against the edge of the big bed. Although Wan Ji was also very sad and his eyes were full of tears, he did not panic like Yang Shansong.

When he entered the room, he saw bloodstains from the corners of Yang Sichang's mouth and nostrils, and his fingernails were blue. The quilt and mattress were extremely messy, and his hair and pillow were also slightly messy. He judged that he most likely died of taking poison. , there must have been a painful struggle before his death, and based on this, it is guessed that he may have eaten arsenic.

He ordered the servants of the family to wipe off the blood from the corners of the minister's mouth and nostrils, and at the same time tidy up the quilt, mattress and pillow, and sternly instructed the people around him: "It's just that the minister is sick from overwork, Xi died of illness, you are not allowed to gossip outside, if anyone disobeys the rules, the Eldest Young Master will kill him immediately!"

Then, he tugged on Yang Shansong's sleeve, and said softly in his ear: "My lord, this is not the time for you to cry. Hurry up and discuss important matters!"

At this time, Hu Yuanmou, Yang Zhuoran and several of Yang Sichang's cronies and staff also rushed into the house. They looked at Yang Sichang lying quietly on the bed with a lonely expression on their faces and tears welling up in their eyes.

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Wanji first asked Hu Yuanmou to stay, and searched the house for Yang Sichang to leave a last note or last words. Then he took Yang Shansong and several of Yang Zhuoran's cronies and staff to sit down in another room.

He called the servants who served Yang Sichang last night and the military academy who was on duty in the small courtyard outside the flower hall, and first asked the servants: "Before the master returned to the west, did you not notice anything strange?"

The servant knelt on the ground and cried and replied: "The villain saw that the master was already asleep. He was afraid of disturbing the master, so he didn't dare to stay in the flower hall. He followed the master's instructions and went back to the servant room. He was only dimmed under the lamp for a while. , I really didn't dare to fall asleep, and I also quietly came to the door to look outside during the period, but nothing unusual was found.

I never thought that at [-]:[-], the villain went in to see if the master had woken up, and saw that the master...the master...had..."

Wanji waved him back, then turned to the military academy of that occupation and said, "You were on night duty in the courtyard, didn't you hear anything?"

The military academy knelt on the ground and carefully replied: "Returning to the adults, at the fourth watch, the villain once accidentally heard a groan in the room of Mr. Ge Boss, and there seemed to be a sound on the bed, but then there was no more sound, I just thought it was a groan." Master Ge turned over on the bed, he didn't care about it at the time, he never thought about..."

In fact, Wanji knew very well that when Yang Sichang left the capital to go to Huguang to suppress the thieves, he had already had the determination of success or success.

Therefore, when he left Sichuan this time, he prepared arsenic for himself. No matter how painful he was after taking the arsenic, he refused to moan loudly, which shows his determination to die.

Yang Sichang was very kind to him, and he was also well aware of Yang Sichang's current situation. Since he left the capital to suppress the thieves, none of the thieves had died, but they had been captured by the two feudal princes, King Fu and King Xiang. Wanji couldn't help but burst into tears.

However, he still suppressed his grief, and said sternly to the military academy and servants on the ground: "Master Ge died suddenly overnight, and the relationship is very serious. Both of you failed to serve carefully, and the crime cannot be punished.

My military supervisor, Nian Er, has no major faults in normal times, so I will not go into it for the time being, but you should be more strict with your mouth, because the minister died of illness at night, if you and others are talking about the root of your tongue outside, you are wrong. In a word, be careful of your dog's life.go down! "

When the military academy and the servants heard the last sentence, they trembled all over, sweat beaded from their foreheads, and hurriedly kowtowed and retreated.

Only then did Yang Shansong cry and asked everyone: "The family has exhausted the affairs of the country, but it ended like this. The incident is extraordinary. My lords, how should we deal with the aftermath now?"

All the staff discussed and expressed their own ideas, but Wanji didn't make a sound, obviously waiting for something, and after a while, Hu Yuanmou also came over.

Wan Wanji hurriedly asked him, "Master Hu, did you find it?"

"Ugh!"

Hu Yuanmou sighed and said, "I've searched everywhere, but I haven't found any list or last words left by the envoy."

Wanji also sighed deeply, and said to everyone: "If a court minister like the envoy, he should leave a legacy before he dies, at least he should leave some last words for the eldest son, give instructions on family affairs, I left a last word, instructing to deal with the funeral of the supervisor Xingyuan.

But now he has left nothing behind, and he has not left a legacy for Imamami, so I can fully understand the feelings of Mr. Xiang before he died. "

When he said this, he shed two lines of tears, and then he continued: "Right now we have three things that must be done as soon as possible. First, brother Yuan Mou, please draft a memorial for me immediately, and present it to the supervisor today. The minister devoted himself to state affairs in the army, overworked and fell ill, and unfortunately died of illness last night.

The silver seal of "Supervisor and Assistant Minister" left by him, a letter of imperial edict, and a sword of Shangfang, have been checked and sealed properly, and sent to the treasury of Jingzhou for temporary storage.As for how the civil and military personnel in Xingyuan will be arranged in the future, and other aftermath matters, I will report separately.

Second, the silver seal, edict, and Shangfang sword of the "Supervisor and Assistant Minister" must be wrapped and sealed. In addition, an official document will be prepared, and officials will be sent to the official treasury of Jingzhou Prefecture tomorrow to seal it up, waiting for the order deal with.

Third, buy a high-quality coffin in Shashi, and bury the supervisor and assistant ministers, but do not hold a public funeral for the time being, and wait for the imperial order to arrive before making a decision.

At present, this is the only way to deal with it. Do you think so? "

Everyone had no objection to this arrangement, and they all expressed their agreement. Wanji hurriedly gave instructions on everything, so that there would be a special person responsible for everything, and then he returned to his residence and ordered to ring the drum and bell in front of the hall, ready to go. He Shuoli.

According to the system, civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty have to salute the emperor on the first day of each month and call it He Shuo. Now it is the New Year's Day, and the ceremony is especially important. Although Yang Sichang, the supervisor and assistant minister, is dead, this ceremony But it cannot be stopped.

Wanji hurriedly washed and washed under the service of his servants, changed into his seventh-rank civil official court clothes, and walked to the lobby of the front yard.

He was originally an official of Yongzhou Prefecture, and his rank was a seventh-rank civil official. Later, he was recommended as a judge of Dali Temple and obtained the title of central civil servant, but his official rank was still seventh-rank.

Among Yang Sichang's supervisors in the cabinet, there are better staff members of fifth rank and sixth rank. Although Wanji is only a civil servant of seventh rank, he is in the supervisory army, similar to the chief of staff, with a high position and authority, so whenever Yang Sichang When he couldn't preside over the He Shuo ceremony for some reason, he, the military supervisor, would act on his behalf, and everyone was used to it.

After performing the congratulatory ceremony amidst the sound of ritual and music, Wanji announced to the civil servants and military generals the news of the sudden death of the envoy and minister in a very sad voice.

Since most of the civil and military officials do not live within the Xingyuan of the Xu Family Garden, the news hit everyone like a bolt from the blue.

Some of them have old friendships with Yang Sichang, some have followed Yang Sichang for many years, and some truly sympathize with Yang Sichang's two years of hard work and dedication to state affairs.

For a while, everyone burst into tears, and many even burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)