bookcurios Chapter 119 Burial
Chapter 119 Burial
"Mr. Chen! I, along with my brothers, risked my life to accompany you to complete the mission, and we lost dozens of lives along the way. This little grandson of the emperor has always been in your personal care. Now he has been replaced! Let's see how you explain in front of the lord." The rebel leader named Lu shouted at the gloomy man in frustration.
The gloomy man was so angry that he wanted to vent his anger, and his eyes became even colder.
"We will return to Weng County early tomorrow morning. We must make sure that the little grandson is dead." The gloomy man gritted his teeth.
"Hey! Brother Chen, you haven't forgotten that we have pursuers behind us, have you? I brought more than a hundred brothers with me this time, but now there are only a few of us left. If we encounter pursuers again, I'm not sure I can escape unscathed."
"Besides, my brothers have been through a lot and are exhausted, but we can't afford to continue. Now that we have left King Li's fiefdom, we should go back and report to our lord before making plans. Brothers, don't you agree?" said the leader of the rebel army named Lu proudly.
I felt very happy in my heart, as I finally got my revenge for the humiliation suffered by Weng County.
"Yes, military advisor, there are only a few of us left. We won't be able to defeat the pursuers if we encounter them." Soldier A said at the signal of General Lu.
"Yes, military advisor. Let's go back first and report to the lord and wait for his arrangements." Soldier B also started to make a noise at the signal of General Lu.
Seeing someone stepping forward, the other soldiers immediately echoed, "Yes, military advisor, let's go back first." "Are we going to sacrifice our brothers' lives?"
The gloomy man named Chen pulled the corner of his mouth and revealed a sinister smile: "Okay, you are good! Then go back to see the lord tomorrow." After that, he flicked his sleeves and left.
No one noticed the contempt in the cold man's eyes. The lord received news that the grandson had come to the fiefdom of King Li. Arranging to capture the grandson was to humiliate the royal family and boost morale. It didn't matter whether the grandson was dead or alive.
Now that the crown prince is missing, does he think that just because his surname is Lu, he can get away with it?
The rebel Lu and his soldiers felt proud that they had won back a city and said, "Brothers, wash up and rest early. We will set off early tomorrow."
"Yes, General." Everyone responded.
Outside Weng County, when everyone had finished their meal and calmed down, it was already completely dark.
The matter was not over yet, and the Gu family did not plan to go back at night. However, with so many people, it was not convenient to take out the tents.
Grandpa Gu called his daughter-in-law and said, "Second and third sons, the children are still young, and there are so many corpses here, you should take the children back first. I and the eldest son, the eldest daughter, the second son, and the third son will stay here. We will go back tomorrow after we are done. You don't need to come."
"Dad, you are old, you should go back with us. Your sons will stay here to watch over us."
"Yes, Dad, you should go back too. We will help the Duan family find Magistrate Duan tomorrow, and then we will go back."
"It's okay. I'll stay here and help you. You can take the children back home."
"Grandpa, Xiang'er and I will stay here too, and let my younger brothers go back. We can help take care of the boys and also accompany Duan Shuhuan." Gu Ji said.
"Grandpa, please go back with us. There's nothing to do at night anyway. Just look after them. It'll be nice to have uncle and the others around." Gu Fu said.
Then he leaned over to Grandpa's ear and said, "Grandpa, we can pretend to go back to get supplies. We still need to eat tomorrow. The rice in the bamboo basket can't be eaten in one day."
"It's better to prepare some dry food, otherwise it will be a waste of time to eat. Let's go back tonight and come back tomorrow. You have to stay outside all night and get sick from the cold. Let's go back, Grandpa~"
Old Mr. Gu felt that what his granddaughter said made sense, and after being persuaded by his family, he decided to go back.
Gu Fu pretended to empty a bamboo basket and took out a few portable ancient-style one-piece cushions from it and gave them to his aunt, uncle, father and second uncle.
When everyone returned home, they came to the old place where they "stopped the birds".
Gu Fu released his spiritual power to detect that there was no one nearby, and summoned Shasha and Daidai. The family sat on Shasha's back and flew back to Gu's house.
Shasha, Daidai and everyone else fell directly into Mr. Gu's yard.
Daju and Dabai came over with a group of wolves. Everyone kissed their pets for a while.
"Fu'er, mother plans to ask the kitchen nanny to prepare some dry food and bring it to them tomorrow." Wen said to her daughter.
"Mom, this is a good idea. We can let Zhiling come and help, so it will be faster this way." Gu Fu said.
"Okay, mother thinks so too. I'll go and make the arrangements now. Dad, you should go to bed early." After saying that, Wen carried Gu Kang to make the arrangements. Miao also took the twins to help.
After giving instructions, everyone in the Gu family washed up and went to rest. They had a good night's sleep.
The people outside Weng County were anxiously waiting for dawn.
As the day was about to dawn, some people hurried to where the bodies were placed, carefully identifying their family members one by one.
Old Master Gu returned with his granddaughter and his two grandsons, Gu Ji and Gu Xiang.
Everyone got off the backs of Silly and Daidai, waved to the two birds, and let them fly away.
Gu Fu released his mental power and explored all the way. After leaving the "bird-stopping" field, he took out seven or eight large bamboo baskets from the space.
"Brother Ji, go find uncle and ask him to call some people to carry these dry food over." Gu Fu said to Gu Ji.
"Okay, I'll go get someone." Gu Ji replied, and ran to call Gu Dahai.
After a while, Gu Dahai brought people over, and everyone was shocked to see so many backpacks.
Gu Dahai was also shocked. He thought, aren't you afraid of being exposed? It's unreasonable for so many people to have so many backpacks.
Song Renjing, who followed them, was also confused. He noticed the direction from which the Gu family came. The footprints were shallow, but he didn't have time to investigate further and could only suppress his doubts.
Looking at the dry food brought by the Gu family, they were all big white steamed buns, even dumplings! This surprised Song Renjing even more, and he felt that the Gu family was definitely not simple.
Gu Fu saw his uncle's confusion and quickly explained, "Mother and uncles helped deliver the dry food here and then went back. So you guys had to move it over yourself."
"The Gu family is righteous. We are grateful to the Gu family for their kindness, so it is only right that we move there ourselves."
As they were talking, one of them picked up a large bamboo basket and walked towards where everyone was gathering.
Naturally, the people of Weng County expressed their gratitude again.
After dinner, everyone claimed the bodies of their loved ones. They cried bitterly again, and then, with the help of Gu's family, they dug a grave and buried the dead.
After finishing all these, everyone ate some dry food and then headed towards Weng County together.
The burned towers and walls could be seen from afar. The once towering walls had now become dilapidated, with only charred bricks and broken walls left.
The once bustling streets are now deserted, with only charred wood and broken tiles scattered on the ground.
The wind blew by whistling, raising a cloud of dust, making people feel extremely desolate.
The crowd walked along the road in silence, their hearts heavy. Seeing their homes burned to ruins, their hearts were filled with sadness and anger.
Walking in the city, everyone's mind is revolving around the good times they once spent here, but now, everything is gone.
A child clung to his mother's hand, his eyes filled with fear. He didn't understand why this happened, why their home was destroyed.
When they reached the final battlefield, they looked at the charred bodies on the streets.
Seeing them, several people entangled together to trap a chaotic army and died together.
I saw someone with several arrows stuck in his body and a knife pointing forward.
I saw someone lying on the back of the chaotic army, biting his ears and refusing to let go.
I saw everyone rushing forward.
At the front, the Duan family found the body of County Magistrate Duan.
Although the fire destroyed everyone's appearance, it preserved the way they looked when they died.
The survivors clearly saw the cruelty of the war and the soldiers' courage to move forward without retreating.
The living people clenched their fists and gritted their teeth. Their eyes were bloodshot and tears rolled down.
They swore in their hearts that they must seek justice for this disaster and make those damned rebel troops pay the price.