Chapter 16 Cremation
After eating and drinking, naturally we can't forget those soldiers who died in battle.
Avoid long nights and dreams, and also to fulfill the promise to the dead heroes. Zhang Hui picked up Zhang Qi on his back, took Zhang Wu to find a board car and walked out.
When passing by the lobby, he happened to hear the cries of the two thieves, and Zhang Hui unceremoniously threatened them and asked them to pull the cart to the battlefield to pull the corpses.
The two thieves were not very bold, and they were even more afraid of ghosts, and they were naturally reluctant to pull corpses, but Zhang Hui had a knife in his right hand and money in his left hand, so the two of them could only agree with a sad face.
With so many corpses, it is naturally impossible to bury them one by one, and it is impossible to do things, everything can only be simplified. According to Zhang Hui's meaning, all of them were cremated, put in an urn, burned three incense sticks, and knelt down a few times.
In a hurry, even if it is his own parents, he can only do so. Making this decision, Zhang Hui also felt a lot of anxiety and guilt in his heart, but since the war has spread, it will be more dangerous to stay for one more day.
In the face of life and death, Zhang Hui can't handle the aftermath of his parents well, so he can only do everything he can with guilt.
When he came to the battlefield again, he first pulled Zhang Wu and others to kneel down first, saluted, and then shouted loudly: "Brothers and uncles, I want to bring you back to Zhang's mansion, due to the small number of people, I can only use this cart to pull, if there is anything offended, you will bear with it!"
Just like just now, when Zhang Hui finished shouting, the moonlight that enveloped the dark clouds spread out again, illuminating their way forward.
Seeing this, the two thieves' faces turned pale, their mouths kept swallowing, their legs trembled, and they almost didn't cry.
Zhang Hui frowned and glared at them, and scolded: "You also know who these people are! Do a good job today, these heroes will only bless you, what are you afraid of? If you don't do well, I will kill you now!"
The two were frightened by Zhang Hui, and they didn't dare to make a mistake, although they were still scared in their hearts, they could only be at the mercy of Zhang Hui.
More than 200 soldiers were killed in the battle, and the armor and clothing were relatively well preserved. Because the enemy army is elite, there is not much need for these things, and in order to be able to act quickly, none of these armors have been stripped away.
Zhang Hui was preparing to be cremated, so he didn't plan to pull the armor back, it would be too heavy and difficult to carry. However, some armor was attached to the broken corpse, which was difficult to deal with for a while, so it could only be transported back with the armor.
A cart can carry three corpses at a time, in fact, it can carry more, but Zhang Hui can't push it.
Three corpses, plus some corpses with armor, even Zhang Hui, who has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, began to struggle after a few trips. The two thieves are even more unbearable, and they can't do it after one or two trips, if they weren't afraid, they would have stopped doing it a long time ago.
It was about dawn, and with the efforts of several people, the corpses were finally moved to Zhang's mansion.
Everyone who hasn't slept all night wants to have a good rest. But Zhang Hui didn't let him, he asked the two thieves to bring the urns and incense candles from the nearby incense and candle shop.
I'm not afraid that those two will escape, when carrying the corpses last night, Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu were fine, and the two of them have been "joking" all the time.
Zhang Wu was asked to cook some rice and take care of Zhang Qi by the way. Zhang Hui himself took a short dagger with iron, straddled among the corpses, and carefully removed the armor from the corpses one by one.
These soldiers have all died once, Zhang Hui didn't dare to be sloppy, especially some hands and feet were cut off with armor, and they had to be more careful when dealing with them, they were already blurred with flesh and blood, if they were not careful with the knife, they might cut off another piece of flesh at once, and it was even more disrespectful to the heroic spirit, so these corpses could only be pulled home with armor and slowly disposed of.
Generally, before cremation, the body must be properly disposed of, wiped the body, and the face is considered the most basic.
Zhang Hui couldn't be too careful, after processing the armor, it was not easy to find the original owner for each hand and foot, and he had to muttered in his mouth from time to time: "This big brother, is this your hand, if not, you will have a strong wind." ”
When the sun climbed halfway up the mountain, Zhang Hui finally sorted out the corpses and lined them up neatly in Zhang's mansion.
The two thieves got back a lot of urns, but Zhang County was robbed yesterday, and this kind of thing is naturally not enough. For this reason, Zhang Hui also instructed them to get some jars, wine jars and other things to replenish the number. There is nothing disrespectful, Zhang Hui asked the uncles, there was no wind, and they all agreed.
"Wait a minute, let's go get something to eat. "Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu are very sleepy, but their physical fitness is much better than ordinary people, and they can still bear it after staying up for a night or two.
The other two, after surviving the initial period of fear, became much bolder. Besides, they are all people in Zhang County, and they usually meet, and the atmosphere between several people has slowly eased.
"With so many corpses, you can't dig so many pits if you bury them, and it may not be enough to burn down the Zhang family if you are cremated. Looking around, the problem in front of Zhang Hui is still not small.
"Tear down all the wood of my Zhang family, and the houses in Zhang County, as long as the ownerless wood can be moved, it will be moved. You two go and ask if anyone else is willing to come over to help, after today, everyone will definitely have to flee from this place, and it will definitely not work if you don't have entanglements on your body, you tell the people who want to help, ten taels of gold per person. ”
Holding Zhang Qi, who was already asleep, Zhang Wu hesitantly walked up to Zhang Hui and said: "There are a lot of dead people in Zhang County outside, and their corpses are ...... If the wood from the other houses is removed from the outside......"
Zhang Hui pursed his lips and said helplessly: "The world is impermanent, I can only come according to my relatives from near and far, and I am not a great general?
When everything was ready and the cremation of the corpses began, the sun had already set halfway, and Zhang Hui led everyone to divide the wood, set up stacks of firewood, and put the corpses on top of them.
It was Zhang Hui who lit the first fire, it was the stack of wood that Master Zhang, he was calm, at least on the surface, he quietly watched the flames devour his father's body in front of him.
When the flame was in full bloom, he knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Father... There will be no father in the future, you will beat me. With that, he threw the whip in his hand into the flames.
Zhang Wu and a group of people who came to help knelt behind Zhang Hui, Zhang Wu and Zhang Hui felt the same way, and when Zhang Hui said that, his eyes suddenly turned red.
Suddenly, Zhang Qi struggled and cried, Zhang Hui thought he was hungry, but when he looked at him, he found that he stretched out his hand and grabbed in the direction of Master Zhang, as if he also understood that his father had left him.
Zhang Hui helped Zhang Qi and asked him to kneel in front of Master Zhang a few times. Snorting, Zhang Hui continued to say to Master Zhang: "Father, I have promised the second uncle to inherit the seventh brother to his branch, and you will agree to it." But you're all gone, and it doesn't really matter if you don't get over it. I will definitely bring up my seventh brother in the future and bring him to start a family. ”
Kowtowed a few more times to Master Zhang, Zhang Hui led everyone to the second master, as the second master's stepson, this fire should be led by Zhang Qi, but he was still young, so Zhang Hui could only wrap his palm, hold the torch and light the firewood.
"Second uncle, don't worry, I will bring you up. Zhang Hui kowtowed three times and guided Zhang Qi to bow three times and bow nine times.
Subsequently, Zhang Hui lit the wooden pile of Mrs. Zhang and her relatives near and far in order.
After lighting the fire of the main people with his own hands, Zhang Hui distributed the torches and asked everyone to bow down and light the wooden pile.
Soon, I saw clusters of flames spreading in Zhang's mansion.
The fire burned very strongly, it can't be said that it burned a piece of red sky, but it also illuminated the entire sky above Zhang County, and the flames here can be seen within a radius of dozens of miles.
At this time, the night had fallen, and looking here in the distance, in the vast desert, the fiery red flames that rolled from time to time were so gorgeous.
However, no matter what caused this fire and how it was extinguished, the Zhang family disappeared in this fire, and this Zhang County was finished.
"This fire can burn so strongly. Watching the wood disappear little by little in the flames, smelling the scorching smell emitted when the corpse was roasted, and feeling the heat wave blowing on his face, Zhang Hui's mood was like a single grass on the wall, blown to the ground in the cold wind, but he suddenly thought of a question, and immediately found Zhang Wu and said:
"Quick, don't sleep tonight, get things done, and leave tomorrow morning at dawn. ”
"What's wrong?" Zhang Wu was a little confused.
"Isn't it telling people that we are here? Tonight there will definitely be an enemy army aware of it, and tomorrow morning there may be a large force of enemy troops here. Zhang Hui glanced at Zhang Qi on his back and found that he had already slept, so he lowered his voice a little.
"What about the others?" Zhang Wu asked suspiciously, pointing to the people who were helping next to him.
"They handed it over to me. Zhang Hui waved his hand and replied: "There should still be a lot of gold hidden in our house that has not been found, you go and take out some of them and make them look like weapons." Then dig up some iron and make it into a spear head, and melt it into gold, so that the two of us will have something to rely on the road. ”
Seeing Zhang Wu nodding in agreement, Zhang Hui continued: "I'll go and pack up our clothes and other things on the road later, and we'll finish our last meal here at dawn tomorrow and leave." ”
After speaking, Zhang Hui went straight to the others, guarded the fire extinguished, waited for a long time, and spent a lot of effort with everyone to put the ashes into the container, Zhang Hui finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for today, and I won't say anything superfluous. There's a tael of gold hidden in the boots over there, and you can pry it open and take as much as you can. But after today, if you come back to get it in the future, not only will I not be willing, but I don't think these heroic spirits who died in battle will let you go. ”
Suddenly, the wind blew fiercely, and for a moment there was a lot of sand blowing in the same place, and the leaves and dead grass were also rolled up and flew all over the sky. When everyone saw this, their faces changed greatly, and they were all afraid, and they didn't dare to have other thoughts.
However, fear will continue to decay over time, and I wonder if these people will make any unwise choices in the future.
After a few breaths, the wind gradually stopped. Zhang Hui's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and he continued with a majestic expression: "Everyone, it's almost there. I think the enemy army will be coming in the next two days, so let's hurry forward as soon as possible! Thank you very much, everyone will go their separate ways in the future, and I wish you all a good future!"