Chapter 536: Cremation
"The muscles and bones are broken, and the ten fingers are not left. Hate is not a hundred battles to death, reckless heart and blood swallowing! Father! Father! Father!!!! Zuji cried frantically for his father, but there could never be any more response......
Zu Ti and Zu Na are also sad, this is their brother, who took care of them like a father, and died like this, with this lingering hatred...... Passed away!
Zu should have died, he left with hatred, and when he died, he could not see his relatives for the last time, so he could only read a desperate poem through the door panel as his last words......
The hatred and regret in this have turned into those short twenty words, and if you are still dying, you will fight with the Huns, this is the last will of Zu Cai!
How could Zu Ti and Zu Na not understand the meaning of their brother's fateful poem? This is to make the Zu clan take the destruction of the Huns as their own responsibility and complete his ambition to expel Rong Di, this unending will really make Zu Ti and Zu Na kneel for a long time, and it is indescribable to describe the grief in their hearts!
Not to mention the Zu Ji who was already crying and beating his chest......
Ge Hong didn't reach out to close Zu Cai's unblinding eyes, but Ge Hong knew very well in his heart that Zu Cai's body was completely untouchable now, and the best way was to burn this room directly......
But such a practice of burning corpses, will Zu Ti agree to it?! Hey, it's almost a bone-bust dust, with the status of the ancestors, can the ancestral clan agree?
Ge Hong didn't know whether to say this suggestion or not, but if he didn't say it, it would really kill more people......
After a lot of hesitation and a lot of time, Ge Hong knew that there were things that had to be said, no matter how inappropriate......
As if he had made up his mind, Ge Hong slowly opened the door of the house, and as soon as he left the house, he closed the door directly, and leaned against the door to prevent someone from suddenly rushing in!
"Lord Zu has died, please mourn!" ("The Book of Rites, Qu Lixia": The Son of Heaven is said to collapse, the princes are said to be in the Emperor's name, the doctor is said to be a pawn, and the scholar is said to be Bulu.) Although the specific official position of Zu should not be clearly stated in history, at least he was an official in Yangping, so he used a pawn. )
Ge Hong looked at the large number of people kneeling in front of him and their sad emotions one by one, and he didn't know for a while whether he should say his thoughts now, maybe it would be better to find another time to talk about this matter......
But this kind of plague, if you don't deal with it in time, it will definitely not work!
If another person is infected during contact, then someone will die innocently, and if the scope of infection expands to the army of the non-difficult army again, the consequences will be even more unimaginable!
"Ge Hong! Ge Hong! Did my father say anything else?! You are the closest to him, if you say anything, please say it, I haven't even seen the last side, please tell my father what he said in the end, father he will never be so ruthless! Woooooooooooooooo ”
Ge Hong looked at Zu Ji so heartbroken, he didn't know what to say for a while, after Zu should have finished reading the poem, he really didn't say anything, let alone leave any words for his only son, but Ge Hong really didn't know how to comfort Zu Ji, he knew that Zu Ji just wanted to know more about his father's condition before he died......
"Ladies and gentlemen, please get up and speak......"
Zu Ti and Zu Na slowly stood up, especially Zu Na also slowly helped Zu Ji up, this child's life, he has no mother since he was a child, and now his only father has left him, this is really too bitter...... It's pathetic......
Ge Hong looked at Zu Ji's longing eyes, but he could only shake his head helplessly, sighed, and said that he had no other last words......
When Zu Ji saw Ge Hong's signal, his heart was even more sad, and he cried bitterly for a while, unable to suppress it!
"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Zu should have passed away, and this matter must be dealt with as soon as possible......
Zu Ti and Zu Na both nodded at the same time, Ge Hong was right, especially the disease that his eldest brother had, it was better to be buried early!
"Second brother, Ge Hong is right, now it's better to bury the eldest brother quickly!"
"Uh-huh, this matter really can't be delayed!"
When Ge Hong heard that Zu Ti and Zu Na meant to bury Zu Cai's body, he suddenly became a little anxious, but when he thought of the consequences if he said what he said in his heart, he still hesitated for a while, but in the end, his conscience prevailed over reason, so Ge Hong gritted his teeth and said: "Everyone, please listen to Ge Hong's words, Lord Zu Gai died of the plague, and this body is absolutely unavoidable!" ”
"Ge Hong! You are presumptuous! What the hell do you want to do?! ”
"Ji'er, don't be impatient, you let Ge Hong make it clear!" Zuna hurriedly stopped Zuji, who had already jumped up, for fear that he would do something wrong!
Zu Ti also frowned, looking at Ge Hong suspiciously, not knowing what Ge Hong wanted to say?!
How can Ge Hong's heart not be entangled? But if you don't say it yourself, do you really let innocent people die in vain?!
"Hey, ladies and gentlemen, the best thing to do is to set this house on fire and leave no trouble......
"Ge Hong! I'm going to kill you, what kind of grudge does my father have with you?! You let my father die without a body! Is it possible that you still want to break your bones and scatter ashes?!! Ge Hong, I misread you! I shouldn't have saved you! You're so ruthless! ”
"Ge Hong! What exactly do you mean? Do you really want to do this?! Zuna's tone was obviously very bad too!
Ge Hong didn't know how to explain the main point of this, so he could only continue to bite the bullet and say: "This plague is extremely terrible, if you only bury it, it is useless, I don't know if a few adults have found it, now many rats even burrow into the grave to prey on human corpses, if we are alive and kill these rats to eat, the consequences are really unimaginable!" If it is infected in the army again, it will really be a big deal! ”
Hearing this, Zu Ti was already a little unable to hold back his anger, and asked bluntly: "Ge Hong, you should know that Zu should be my eldest brother, and you also know how important he is to our brothers, I believe you won't talk nonsense, but such a thing of burning corpses is rare in ancient times!" (There is indeed a method for disposing of corpses on the battlefield in the "Zhou Li", which is generally to bury or bury them deeply, but there has never been a record of large-scale burning of corpses for the purpose of preventing plague, at least not until the Song Dynasty.) )
"General Zu, I also respect Lord Zu Gai, but this matter is related to the safety of the entire Wuyi Army, please think twice!"
"Buried deep?! It's okay to bury it deeply, and it's common to see such practices, and this cremation of corpses is absolutely impossible! Ge Hong! (During the Qin and Han dynasties, the rulers forbade cremation on the grounds that "the body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not be destroyed", and burial became a common burial style of the Han people, and it has been followed from generation to generation.) Therefore, it was difficult for the ancients to accept the concept of cremation, believing that it was a great rebellion and a loss of humanity! Nowadays, in many parts of China, it is also difficult to change the burial customs, which can be seen. )