Episode 70 Lonely Travel (10) Cremation of the remains

Marching with the corpses of dead people on their backs, it has never been seen since ancient times, it is good to say during the day, along the way, it is above board, and at night, it is inevitable that people will think about it, and the soldiers who are not afraid of ghosts have been unable to sleep at night since Guo Kaiqing made three wooden baskets.

Although they still cover their faces with mosquito shields, many people will still wake up in their sleep, which also gives Zhang Wenzhi the excuse to let Guo Kaiqing deal with the remains of his comrades-in-arms too early.

Others are going back and forth to replace the 'dead man' during the day, but Guo Kaiqing has not needed to be replaced, 'borrowing soldiers' was the first thing he proposed, he has been in the territory of country Y for several days, and he has not found the direction of the 'fat man', he is asking himself whenever he is free, whether this building is right or not, looking at the three comrades-in-arms placed side by side, from their stiff bodies, now it has exuded an unpleasant smell.

"You're going to just keep carrying it back?" Zhang Wenzhi finished checking the night sentry and returned to Guo Kaiqing's side, for two days, where they went and where they slept, they did not have a general goal of progress, they only looked forward to walking to the big town earlier, so as to inquire where this place was.

"I thought I would soon be able to contact the front-line troops of our army, but after walking for so many days, Mao didn't see a single one, and I was also summing it up, this ghost weather, maybe it will rain heavily one day." Guo Kaiqing is not a person who can't listen to advice.

"Then let's bury it on the spot, leave a mark, and have the opportunity to re-bury it in the future." Zhang Wenzhi also walked to the side of the body, looking at the few of them with their eyes closed, as if they were sleeping.

"Do you know where this is?" Guo Kaiqing suddenly asked Zhang Wenzhi a question.

"How do I know, this former Buba Village, after the Buba Shop, there is not even a single person from Country Y, if I want to know where it is, I would have sued you a long time ago."

"Then aren't you a fool, there are gods three feet above the ground. I believe in fate," looking at the sky, Guo Kaiqing remembered the 'old man' temple in the village, he had heard that the 'old man' was very spiritual, and even when the temple was destroyed during the turmoil, no one found the statue of the 'master', and people had already flown away, so it was strange not to believe in ghosts and gods.

"Then cremate on the spot, let's take the ashes and go, that's all right?" Zhang Wenzhi just said casually. He said it hadn't gone through the brain before.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you." For cremation, Guo Kaiqing has thought about it a long time ago, but he doesn't want to say it from his own mouth first, Guo's mother is a Buddhist, Guo Kaiqing has heard that monks are to be cremated after they die, and there will be a kind of crystal in the body of a monk, that is, "relics." ”

"What? Is it really cremated? Zhang Wenzhi's eyes widened.

"If I die here one day, you have to help me like this. Take my ashes back to my hometown City A, I'm going to put my dad and I in a bone room," Guo Kaiqing seemed to have found the answer, he turned around and found a leeward place to sleep.

"Cremating the remains". Guo Kaiqing had his means, and the next morning, he ordered someone to fetch some dry firewood and found an open space. After the dry wood is set, the 'cremation ceremony' begins.

First of all, Guo Kaiqing read aloud the 'sacrificial text' of remembrance of his comrades-in-arms, which was written by Zhang Wenzhi. The font is a bit like 'Baguwen', which roughly means to say something for the interests and security of the people of the country.

Next, Zhang Wenzhi organized everyone to 'mourn in silence', and then it was time to 'pay homage to the remains of the martyrs', everyone formed a circle, passing by the bodies of the three martyrs one by one, and everyone took off their hats.

In the end, on the high dry firewood, the 'cremation of the remains' was carried out, looking at the raging fire, the mood of the soldiers was different, thinking of the bleak future, it was inevitable to give birth to a sense of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox.

The dry firewood burned for more than an hour before it was extinguished, and when it was completely fireless, Guo Kaiqing arranged for everyone to collect the ashes.

"The white one is Chai He, all of them are picked aside, and the black ones are picked up, and those are the bones," Guo Kaiqing saw a few brave soldiers, and kept putting them in the bag, and stopped them.

"Second brother, this ash is well divided, let's divide it into three piles, each person belongs to everyone, but this black ash is too little, and this small bag is not satisfied," the 'pillar' has the most problems, and after he and two people packed a small bag of black substance, they weighed it less than half a catty.

"It's a lot, I've heard Wang Jinhe in our village say before that when his uncle and aunt died, he was cremated by himself, and the two of them together were less than a catty," Regarding experience, Guo Kaiqing really encountered a lot of things when he was a child, and he couldn't meet them at his age.

"Second brother, I have an idea, if I put the ashes in a bag and scatter them, I don't think there are many of them, just pour the kettle into the kettle, it just so happens that the kettle used by the three of them before their lives is still there, and now it is logical to hold their ashes," 'Pillar' is a very brainy warrior, and his words made the soldiers who collected the ashes nod.

"That's fine, but you use a clean cloth to wipe the kettle dry, remember not to leave a little water," the military kettle contains the ashes of the martyrs, which is really a pioneering act, and Guo Kaiqing is very satisfied with the mention of the 'pillar'.

After all the qiē was dealt with, they could finally travel lightly, and under the inquiry of the deputy platoon commander in the front, the troops had arrived at a certain town on the border of country Y, which was not too far from the territory of our country.

"Second brother, how about I go for a walk around town this time?" Zhang Wenzhi has always asked Guo Kaiqing to "hold", and since he entered the territory of country Y, he has not had a chance to perform the task alone.

"You're number one, have you ever seen the leader of the number one unit walk by himself?" Sitting in command, Zhang Wenzhi is the backbone of the big guy, he wants to go out in case, not to mention that everyone has no leader, and it is not easy to explain even when he returns to China, it is good to sacrifice a few soldiers, Zhang Wenzhi is the eyes of the head of the security department, he can't let him lose his son when he is old, thinking of this, Guo Kaiqing doesn't want Zhang Wenzhi to go.

"I'm not just for me, you think I want to wander around, Brother Qi's waist, it seems to be a big hair, he has walked in the woods for many days, damp and blind, several times I saw the beads of sweat on his forehead, and they all fell down."

"Isn't there a deputy platoon commander, you compare with him, whose Y Mandarin is better."

"He's him, I'm me, didn't he just come back, don't let people rest, don't worry, I'll bring two more fighters, the four of us together, I'll be fine."

From the form reported by the deputy platoon commander, he learned that there were no troops from country Y in the town, and the border line was in front of him, even if there was something, he could quickly withdraw to the territory of our country, and Guo Kaiqing agreed.

"Give you an hour, and if you can't come back, I'll go find you myself."

"No, half an hour is enough, just prescribe some medicine, injections or something."

After several years of war, most of the border towns were in ruins, and when Zhang Wenzhi and Qige arrived at a clinic in the town with two soldiers, the doctor at the clinic looked at them carefully.

"Where are you?" The doctor lifted the back of the seventh brother and looked back and forth.

Naturally, he speaks Y Mandarin here, but Zhang Wenzhi listened carefully, this person's Y Mandarin is really not very standard, and it is not surprising to recall that among the Y people I met before, there are also people who speak such hometown dialects.

"We are from a certain army and a certain division, and we are passing by here on a mission, and his waist is injured, so I came to you to take a look."

"Have you found someone to deal with this waist before?"

"yes, I dealt with it a few days ago."

"Okay, I'll prescribe you some anti-inflammatory medicine, and you can go."

"Thank you," several people immediately became happy when they saw that the doctor was so good at talking.

Just when the processing was completed, Zhang Wenzhi was about to pay for it, and the doctor suddenly spoke in Chinese, "Where have you all run recently, the organization is in a hurry, Guo Kaiqing and them." ”

Several people made the doctor stupid, and the two soldiers quickly unloaded the submachine guns they were carrying and aimed them at the doctor.

The words were said to Zhang Wenzhi, and he naturally had to answer, "Do you know me?" ”

"Aren't you Zhang Wenzhi, we have a photo of you, I used to go on missions with your father, and now I am also a national security officer."

"Oh, it turned out to be my own family," Brother Qi excitedly stepped forward and grabbed the doctor's hands and pulled them hard.

"How can I trust you?" Zhang Wenzhi's vigilance was unexpected by several other people.

"You are the seventh brother, there is also a deputy platoon commander, plus Guo Kaiqing, the four of you are all officers, I am right, the report from above has already come down, Chen Shuqin is the commander-in-chief who is looking for you this time, and I obey her direct management."

The enemy has already penetrated into the interior of our army, if it is said that it is reported from above, basically all units on the front line will have this situation report, Zhang Wenzhi still does not believe this doctor.

"We want to find Staff Officer Xie, do you know where he is?"

"You know, you know, not far from here, there's a prisoner of war camp, about a hundred and ten comrades-in-arms, all of whom are being held there, and we haven't penetrated them yet, I only know so much."

"You draw me a map," Zhang Wenzhi took out the military map from his bosom and asked the doctor to mark the location of the prisoner of war camp.

The doctor happily described with the red and blue pencils handed over by Zhang Wenzhi, "There are not many of them, that is, a company, you are all veterans of the battlefield, I think this is not difficult for you, by the way, after you succeed, you can retreat in this direction, in a few days, I think our army will retake here, this road is the lifeline of transporting supplies." ”

"Thank you, let's go," Zhang Wenzhi folded the military map, put it back in his jacket pocket, and then pulled up the seventh brother and left the clinic quickly.

"Why are you in a hurry, people are so enthusiastic, and they don't talk for a while," Brother Qi thought that the doctor's technique was very superb, and after dealing with it for a few moments, his waist didn't hurt so much. (To be continued......)