Chapter 405: A Hellish Sight
When Wang Shouren and his party did not identify themselves before, the soldiers guarding the valley told them that the corpses in the valley had not been cleaned up, so others were forbidden to enter, but when Wang Shouren and the others entered the valley, they found that the corpses in the entire valley did not have any traces of cleaning up at all, and the layers of charcoal-like corpses still maintained the tragic state before death, the dry eyes made people unbearable to look at directly, and the open mouth seemed to be still making a silent cry, which made people's souls shake.
Ji Yuanheng has also seen dead people, but it is the first time he has seen so many dead people, and they are stacked on top of each other, the clothes on these corpses have been burned, and the naked bodies are burned black and yellow, and some are even covered with fat, which looks like the roast ducks waiting for sale in the roast duck shop, coupled with the rich smell of barbecue in the air, which makes Ji Yuanheng feel that his stomach twitches for a while, and his throat and eyes are also itchy.
"Wow~~!" Ji Yuanheng finally couldn't help it, squatted down and began to vomit, and the other officials who came with Wang Shouren also couldn't stand the hellish scene in front of them, just now they just endured it and didn't make a fool of themselves, but now that Ji Yuanheng is taking the lead, they can't stand it anymore, and they all crawl on the side of the road and vomit endlessly.
Wang Shouren also felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, especially when they were eating in the county seat before, they had just eaten a barbecue, which tasted very similar to the barbecue in the valley, as soon as he thought of this, Wang Shouren felt even more uncomfortable, plus Ji Yuanheng and others behind him kept vomiting, which made Wang Shouren also have a desire to vomit.
However, Wang Shouren is a person who has experienced great storms after all, and he still endures not to make a fool of himself in front of the stone commander and those sergeants, otherwise if he knows that he will come to the valley to investigate according to the inspection department. Haven't figured things out yet. And everybody vomited and the sky was dark. That would be a shame to press the face of the Inspectorate.
In contrast, the stone generals were already accustomed to the hellish scene in the valley, after all, they had set the fire, and they were not afraid of these natives when they were alive, let alone now they were all charred corpses like roast ducks. Moreover, although the soldiers and ruffians of General Shi did not dare to offend Wang Shouren and these officials, they were very willing to see the other party make a fool of themselves by using the scorched corpses in the valley, so they took Wang Shouren and his party to the places with the most dense corpses. As a result, Ji Yuanheng and others vomited again and again, and even Wang Shouren's face turned a little blue after the end, and it seemed that he had endured it very hard.
However, not long after entering the valley, Wang Shouren and they heard the sound of "clanging" from the mountain wall on both sides, which shocked Wang Shouren, who was forced to endure the nausea, and immediately followed the sound to the bottom of the mountain wall, only to see a group of black natives digging under the mountain wall, it seemed that they were going to dig a hole under the mountain wall, and there were some Ming soldiers next to him.
"Mr. Shi, what are these natives doing? Why did the corpses in the valley not be buried? "There are fewer bodies on this side of the hill, and the wind blowing through the valley is blowing from here. The smell of barbecue and rancid meat was less in the air here, and Wang Shouren finally dared to speak at this time.
"Lord Qiqi, it's not that we don't want to bury the corpses, it's just that there are too many corpses in the valley, plus the local natives are almost dead, so we can't find enough people to bury them, and then our general came up with a way, that is, to blow up the mountain walls on both sides, so that the mountain walls on both sides fall, just enough to bury the entire valley, and now these natives are making holes in the mountain walls, so that we can place gunpowder." Shi put the general bowed to report.
Hearing Shi Jiang's words, Wang Shouren and the others all felt a chill, although they also knew that these natives died because of their participation in the riots, but in their opinion, these natives are also human beings after all, and after people die, all the sins they committed while they were alive are over, so they still have to show enough respect for the dead. But now these natives burned to death in the valley not only cannot be restrained after death, but even have to be buried in the ground by the collapsed cliffs.
However, although Wang Shouren and the others felt a little uncomfortable with the way Shi Jiang always disposed of the corpse, no one said anything, after all, they all knew very well that the local local riot had angered all the Han people, so they all deserved to die, and in this kind of weather in Nanyang, the corpse must be buried as soon as possible, otherwise it may cause a plague, so Shi Jiang's plan to blow up the cliff is undoubtedly the fastest and safest choice.
Thinking of this, Wang Shouren and they could only sigh secretly in their hearts, although this time the army slaughtered more than 100,000 natives at one time, and maybe even more than 200,000 natives, but from what he saw and heard along the way, the Ming Dynasty treated those natives very preferentially, and even officials like Zhu Zhishan were bent on educating the natives to follow, but unfortunately those natives were looking for death by themselves, so the Ming army could only send them a ride.
In addition to the roasted natives in the whole valley, all that is left is the scorched black land, and there are also a small number of soldiers supervising the surviving natives to dig holes in the cliffs, and when Wang Shouren and they are ready to leave the valley, some big holes have been dug into the mountain wall, and the soldiers are carefully putting gunpowder into it, this time is the most dangerous time, in case the gunpowder encounters sparks and is detonated, then the people in the whole valley have to bury those natives, so Wang Shouren and they had to withdraw from the valley under the insistence of the stone general.
Coincidentally, just when Wang Shouren and his party had just walked out of the valley, they saw another group of people walking towards the valley from the road, led by a fat middle-aged man with gray hair and a burly body, Wang Shouren's memory was very good, and he recognized this middle-aged man at a glance as Zhu Zhishan, who had taught him calligraphy.
Since the Turen rioted and were burned to death in the valley, Zhu Zhishan has not been able to sleep well for several days, and he has been trying to convince himself that those natives deserve to die, that he has fulfilled the responsibility of a parent official, and that the prefect above also thinks that he has done a good job and does not need to take responsibility for this riot. However, as a poet and calligrapher, and a Buddhist, Zhu Zhishan would not be able to sleep all night long every time he thought of hundreds of thousands of corpses lying in the valley south of the county seat.
And Zhu Zhishan also found that he was not the only one in the entire Gangnan County Yali who couldn't sleep, such as his student Xu Shenzhong, who also yawned during the daytime office in the past two days, with big dark circles on his eyes, and Zhu Zhishan also knew that his disciple was not very obsessed with women, so the only possibility was that Xu Shenzhong must be the same as himself at night, often dreaming of those natives struggling in the fire.
The mental torture made Zhu Zhishan unable to sleep for several days, he really couldn't stand it this day, so he found Xu Shenzhong, and the result was as he expected, Xu Shenzhong was indeed the same as him, and felt guilty about the death of those natives, after all, they were all gentlemen with conscience, even if they knew that the natives were looking for death by themselves, but as a magistrate, they watched the natives under their rule being slaughtered, which made them unable to pass the level in their hearts at all.
After the most Lu Zhu Zhishan and Xu Shenzhong discussed for a long time, in order to untie the knot in their hearts, so the two of them prepared some incense candles and paper money, and let people pull them to the front of the valley, ready to worship those natives, although it had no effect, but they just wanted to be at ease.
It's just that Zhu Zhishan also didn't expect that he had just arrived in the valley with people, but he saw a group of people walking out of the valley, and they were accompanied by a military general, which showed that the other party was definitely not an ordinary person, and what made him even more strange was that the person on the other side made him feel very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere?
Wang Shouren asked Zhu Zhishan for calligraphy, but also regarded as a master and apprentice, now many years apart, and in the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away from the Nanyang to meet, naturally very happy, the moment hurriedly stepped forward to take the initiative to salute and said: "Late Wang Shouren, meet Mr. Zhishan!" ”
"Wang Shouren?" Hearing this name, Zhu Zhishan also suddenly remembered that this young man who had asked him for calligraphy had just passed more than ten years, and he had already grown gray hair, and the other party had become a capable middle-aged man, which made Zhu Zhishan also a little embarrassed, and hurriedly helped the other party up and said: "Bo'an doesn't need to be polite, you have been separated for many years, and today you can meet in this overseas place, it is really a kind of fate, wait for me to worship these natives, and then return to the city with Bo'an without getting drunk or returning!" ”
Zhu Zhishan didn't know that Wang Shouren had become the envoy of the Governor's Palace, and he was still his top boss. Wang Shouren didn't rush to explain, and when he heard that Zhu Zhishan actually came to worship those natives, he understood the joint after a little thought, and immediately comforted: "Mr. Zhishan, the death of these natives cannot be blamed by others, and the court will not blame them for this, and you have done your best to those natives before, so there is no need to feel guilty about this matter!" ”
Zhu Zhishan was not surprised to see that Wang Shouren immediately guessed what he was thinking, because he knew that the other party was originally an extremely smart person. I saw that after hearing this, he sighed and said: "Bo'an, I also know that these natives are too greedy and lazy to blame for this matter, but after all, they are the people under my rule, and now they are dying here tragically, as a parent official, I really feel a little guilty in my heart, I will come to worship today, and my heart will be better in the future!" ”
Hearing Zhu Zhishan's explanation, Wang Shouren also nodded in understanding, after all, he had a little unbearable for the natives in the valley before, not to mention that Zhu Zhishan was still the local magistrate, so he didn't say anything more, but worshiped with Zhu Zhishan, at least this can make him feel at ease. (To be continued......)