Chapter 281: The Coffin
The vehicles walking in front were talking, and the vehicles behind were still busy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The soldiers kept inviting people to get on the bus according to the list.
However, those clerks will not be so honest to obey the greetings of the big soldiers, and they are constantly running around in private, looking for the carriages of acquaintances everywhere, trying to change the order of boarding.
The soldiers kept comforting, but it didn't work at all, but they were sneered at by the civilian officials.
On the side, Zhao Qingyu, who was waiting on a horse, was really annoyed by the faces of these people, turned over and dismounted, and came to the noisy people.
Although these petty officials were disdainful of the big-headed soldiers, they didn't dare to make a mistake when they saw a major coming, major, that is the senior officer in the army now.
Zhao Qingyu held a horsewhip in his hand, gently tapping his palm, and walked all the way through those quarrel areas. Intimidated everyone.
After he walked through, the team finally returned to order, and everyone began to board the bus normally.
Because of such a delay, after walking for a while in those high-level one-man carriages, the soldiers arranged for the boarding personnel of their respective carriages.
After receiving the people on their respective lists, the carriages left one by one, and the long convoy formed a long line.
The carriage procession marched slowly along the flat road, out of the main street where the Ministry of Civil Affairs was located, and drove onto the avenue.
"Turn left, let's go that way."
"Okay military master."
"Fellow, you only came to Hanbei recently, right?"
"How do you know?"
"In our country, we have never been called a military master, and only new immigrants will use that old-fashioned and backward name. In the future, the military and civilians between us don't need to be so polite. ”
"Ugh."
There was a word of chatting on the side, and the carriage, driven by the coachmen, under the command of the soldiers beside the coachmen, kept going down various forks in the road, and the convoy slowly dispersed.
And the carriages, which were still walking on the same road, were also under the orders of the escorting officers and soldiers, constantly adjusting their speed, widening the distance between the carriages.
The groom at the front looked at the surrounding environment with some suspicion, but he couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart, and said in a low voice, "Big brother, are you leading the wrong way?" It's getting farther and farther away from the nearest cemeteries. ”
The soldier's tone was affirmative, "That's right, our destination is on this road." ”
The driver obviously didn't believe it, "It's impossible, I'm an old man, I've been running in this Yizhou for four years, I'm familiar with the streets and alleys, let me tell you, this road is to Yongning Township in Mingzhou, where there are no cemeteries for more than ten miles around,"
The soldier was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect to meet a good driver of the car, his eyes flickered for a moment, and then he explained with a slight smile, "We are going to go to the Taoist temple first, and the funeral starts from the Taoist temple." ”
"Taoism?"
"That's right, the soldier died in battle, you need to clean up the body in the Taoist temple, you must know that the people who died on the battlefield are very miserable, the intestines are rotten, that is idle, many of them are broken heads, they must be cleaned carefully, and then handed over to someone to make up, and finally put on a brand new military uniform, put it in a good coffin, this kind of thing, can only find those monks."
The coachman seemed to be frightened and did not dare to speak for a long time.
The soldier still didn't seem to notice the other's strangeness, and continued, "After these things have been done, the coffin can be sent to various cemeteries, cemeteries, family ancestral graves, martyrs' shrines, and other places according to the wishes of the family, and then the funeral committee will hold a solemn and solemn funeral." ”
The coachman was dumbfounded, and he wanted to talk all the way, but in the end curiosity prevailed, and he quietly asked, "Is this what every military master did before he was buried?" A good coffin for each person? It is also necessary to pick up and drop off the carriage of a tall horse and a grand funeral, what a waste of this, a few small soldiers, is it worth it? ”
"Value, very much value." The soldier's words were categorical: "Brother, this is not a waste, the soldiers fought to the death to protect the happiness of all, and we who are alive have the obligation to let them go solemnly and decently, so as to be worthy of the sacrifices they have made and their families." ”
"Big brother, you said they died fighting to protect everyone's happiness?"
"yes."
"So, I have a copy of this, too?"
"Brother, naturally including you, you should have seen the ravages of the Houjin army, right?"
"Well, I've seen it, which one is miserable, our village is in Liaodong to let the Tartars be slaughtered, only a few of us went out to find work to survive, that miserable, I can't even say."
"So, how is my brother's family doing now?"
"Okay, okay, when my family came here from Liaodong, it was one, called every day should not be called the earth and the earth is not spiritual, and then I met our Xuan army, so I took refuge in it.
When I first arrived, I was assigned to the work team to repair water conservancy, and since the death of the club, I have been able to eat every day, and I finally survived starvation and saved the lives of my family.
After working in the team for more than half a year, my family and I performed well, so we were assigned to the farm and began to receive wages.
Later, I was rated as advanced, and the township allocated land to our family, and paid taxes every year, so that we could not only eat enough, but also have a surplus.
Later, my son wanted to marry a daughter-in-law, and I thought that I had the skill of driving a car, so I became a coachman, and I was two years younger, and my son's dowry and new house were all available.
Big brother, you say, my day is not beautiful. ”
"Beauty, if it's not beautiful these days, then what is beauty. That's it, brother, think about it, the brutality of the Jin Army in the future, if the Houjin Army is really allowed to fight here, can we still have the happy life of our family now? ”
The coachman thought for a while, and said affirmatively, "The Tartars will only rob, and they will rob everything they see, and our dozens of acres of paddy fields, this strong horse, car, and house will definitely not be able to be saved." ”
"Yes, brother, if they fight, it will definitely not be able to save anything, our soldiers, it is to prevent the Houjin Tartars from harming everyone's happy life, they died on the front line, so, they are our heroes, our guardians, and now that they have died fighting for us, we have to take care of their afterlife. You say, isn't that reasonable? ”
The coachman fell into deep contemplation.
"Big brother, you're right, the soldiers died in battle to protect everyone's happiness, there is a share of me, no, there is a share of my family, I have to put incense on the soldiers, kowtow a few heads, by the way, I have to burn some paper money."
The warrior did not answer, but looked at a carriage slowly approaching in the distance with a somewhat confused look, which was a hearse car pulled by six war horses.