It took ten days to collect the bones, or dig the grave.
Ren Ning would lead the team out early every morning and would not return until the fortress' huge bell rang in the evening.
The soldiers are all physically strong, so digging graves doesn't take much effort on their part.
However, the excavated skeletons usually have to be burned into ashes and installed, which is troublesome and time-consuming.
In addition, if they encounter orphans and widows from surrounding villages poaching their fathers and brothers, Ren Ning and the others will also need to help. So time is quite tight.
Of course, depending on the identity of the tomb owner, the treatment after excavation will be different.
Burning into ashes is the treatment of ordinary soldiers.
Generals who died in battle would have an extra thin coffin.
On the third day, Ren Ning even saw a group of soldiers digging a grave with a tombstone. A red and huge coffin was suddenly revealed in the tomb...
"What's the crimson coffin?" the one-eyed dragon snorted, "Boy Ren, do you believe it or not? As soon as I fall down, I can lie down in the crimson coffin in a matter of minutes!"
cut!
The veterans in the room all knew each other very well, and all of them looked at him askance.
Ahem!
The one-eyed dragon coughed twice guiltily, and he decisively changed the topic.
"One summer, I saw someone being sealed in an ice coffin and then being whisked back to the imperial capital."
snort!
Tieguai Li had never dealt with him. "The mere ice coffins are worth making a fuss about. There are not many ice coffins in the fortress, but there are still some. It's not unusual."
He showed off cheerfully: "I have seen a crystal coffin before."
Crystal coffin?
Ren Ning was speechless.
Crystal itself is expensive, but since he submitted the method of making the telescope to the fortress, it has become even more expensive, but it is still nowhere to be found.
Unexpectedly, there were actually coffins made of crystal in the fortress, maybe more than one.
Seeing Ren Ning's shock, Tieguai Li pulled him aside and continued to promote his eldest granddaughter.
"Boy Ren, let's not even think about the crystal coffin, which cannot be used by anyone other than the royal family. But as long as you marry my eldest granddaughter, the old man promises that you will be able to go home in the red coffin in the future."
Ren Ning's face turned dark.
He was also thinking about whether to bring some mutton and dog meat to these veterans to improve their lives when he comes here tomorrow.
Upon hearing this, he decisively gave up the idea.
Just a red coffin? This is too disrespectful to him.
At least I need to change to an ice coffin.
After a while, Ren Ning came to his senses and couldn't laugh or cry.
At such a young age, he has not yet made his mark and commanded millions of people, so why should he be lying in a coffin!
Ominous!
Ren Ninglang was heartbroken, so he once again rejected Tieguai Li's beautiful eldest granddaughter.
that's all.
In ten days, Ren Ning and his party visited every hillock in the four large tombs nearby and brought back a total of 110 urns with names and hometown addresses written on them.
well!
Gu Datou had nothing to do, so he touched each urn and sighed: "It's better for them, they can go home soon!"
Ren Ning couldn't laugh or cry. This is another guy who wants to go home on vacation like crazy.
Seeing the endless envy in the silly big man's eyes, Gu Datou was also very happy to maybe let him turn into ashes and put them in an altar and send them home.
Ren Ning ignored him, looked around, then turned around and went to the scout camp.
This was the first time he went to the scout camp in several months after switching to the Starfall Legion.
It was still a bit strange for a while.
So Ren Ning was stopped at the gate of the scout camp.
Looking up, there was a new batch of fresh faces inside, working hard on the exercise equipment he designed.
Gao Deming received the report and walked out in a hurry.
He stared silently at the smiling Ren Ning, whose face never seemed clear.
After a while, he asked: "What's the matter with you coming over?"
General Gao Deming Deyong's military position is not high, but the status of the scout battalion is important, so he is quite well-informed. He knows many things that others don't know.
Collecting bones for ten days. The fortress looked calm on the surface, but several battles had been fought overtly and covertly around this boy.
Assassination, counter-assassination; kidnapping, counter-kidnapping.
Ren Ning was not injured, but every day, familiar or unfamiliar people were involved and caught by the fortress, and then another group of people were revealed.
In just ten days, the fortress caught more craftsmen than in the previous year.
There are those from Xiliang next door, those from various countries in the north and south, and even those from other forces in Yunchui...
Gao Deming shook his head, not daring to think too much.
He had always stood firmly on the side of the fortress, but now he saw this boy standing in front of the scout camp with a calm face.
Gao Deming found that his calves were trembling.
Ren Ning smiled, he was aware of his immediate situation.
He was not welcomed in almost every place in the fortress, and even the Eighth Cavalry Battalion, which he had always been close to, declined his entry. Even though Gu Datou had no brains to see clearly, he still happily followed him in and out every day.
cough!
Ren Ning took out the short wolf fang and said concisely: "Aren't we going to send the spirits back to their hometowns? I want to pack up the belongings of Liu Dashi and Liu Goukuan and take them back to make a tomb for their families."
Like most unknown scouts, Liu Dashi and Liu Goukuan fell in the vast Xiliang prairie. In addition, there were fires and floods later, and no bones were left.
The last time he went out to find the life-seeking grass, Ren Ning was lucky enough to run around the place where the incident occurred several times. As a result, neither human corpses nor horse corpses were found.
He had no choice but to retreat and take some of their relics back.
Gao Deming breathed a sigh of relief, quickly found the relics of Liu Dashi and the two of them, stuffed them into Ren Ning's hands, signed for confirmation, and sent the plague god away quickly.
He was afraid that if the boy stood still longer, the spies with red eyes would pop up from the side in broad daylight.
And his men are all scouts who have just joined the army, most of whom have not yet become successful. If spies block the door of the house and commit murder and arson, the dignified scout camp will be helpless.
His face doesn't look very good.
Ren Ning didn't pay attention and returned to the Starfall Legion while holding the Liu Dashi brothers' belongings.
After two more days of tidying up, Qingming Festival is approaching.
On the school field in the middle of the fortress, Ren Ning stood up with several others and accepted the challenge.
Every four years, when souls are sent back to their hometown, at least 3,000 ashes and coffins are transported. In addition, this year, more than 400 women and children will go back together.
It is difficult to travel with so many people crowded together, so they are usually divided into four or five teams depending on their destination.
For example, the direction to the Imperial Capital in the north, the direction of Xingluo in the southwest, the direction of Sulan in the east...
If there is a team, there must be a leader, or a security commander.
Ren Ning and the few people who stood up came to compete for the position of security commander.
Originally, Ren Ning didn't want to play. He just wanted to send the Liu Dashi brothers to their hometown and then rush to the imperial capital.
But Gao Deming somehow learned of Ren Ning's plan and ran over from the scout camp.
"Ren Ning, you are stupid! You are now the general's personal guard, and your status is definitely sufficient. Security command history is qualified to compete, why don't you go?"
He cursed fiercely, and only then did Ren Ning realize what was going on.
The four-year memorial service is not just about sending brothers who died in battle back home for burial. What's more, the empire is promoting to its people the tradition of using force to build a country, and at the same time encouraging soldiers from all over the country to continue to fight to the death to kill the enemy in the days to come.
And with more than 3,000 heroic souls, more than 400 female dependents, and especially generous pensions/@shirts/@, anything could happen on the long journey back home.
In order to ensure that the souls are sent back to their hometowns smoothly, the small security commander has very wide authority. Just like the imperial envoy holding Shang Fang's sword, you can kill first and then kill the Buddha along the way.
In addition, as long as the task of sending the soul back to his hometown is properly completed, there is a chance to go to the palace to meet the saint to report his work.
And as long as you can show your face in front of the emperor, no matter what you do in the future, the road will be much easier.
This is the reason why many people are scrambling to compete for safety commanders.
