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 exhumed skeletons usually have to be burned into ashes and installed, which is cumbersome 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. Therefore, 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.
A general who dies in battle will have an extra thin coffin.
On the third day, Ren Ning even saw a group of soldiers digging a grave with a tombstone. A bright red and huge coffin was revealed in the grave...
"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 a sudden they all looked askance at him.
Ahem!
The one-eyed dragon coughed twice guiltily and 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 a surprise."
He cheerfully showed off: "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 are 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 he should bring some mutton and dog meat to these veterans when he comes over tomorrow to improve their lives.
Upon hearing this, I 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 back to his senses and found himself dumbfounded.
At such a young age, he has not yet made his mark and commanded millions of men, so what kind of coffin is he lying in?
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 nearby large tombs and brought back a total of 110 urns with names and hometown addresses 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 didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This is another guy who wants to go home on vacation and wants to go 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 being transferred to the Starfall Legion.
It felt a little 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 came 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 do not know.
During the ten days of collecting the bones, the fortress seemed calm on the surface, but several battles had been fought overtly and covertly around this kid.
Ren Ning was not injured, but every day, familiar or unfamiliar people were involved, and were caught by the fortress, and then another group of people were revealed.
In just ten days, the fortress captured more agents 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 a little.
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, politely refused to let him in. Gu Datou didn't have the brains to see the situation clearly, but he still happily followed him in and out every day.
cough!
Ren Ning took out the short wolf fang and said concisely: "Isn't this about sending 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 of the unknown scouts, Liu Dashi and Liu Goukuan fell in the vast Xiliang prairie. In addition, there were fires and floods later, and their bodies had long been gone.
The last time he went out to look for the life-seeking grass, Ren Ning took a chance and ran around the scene of the incident several times. In the end, he found nothing, whether it was a human corpse or a horse corpse.
He had no choice but to retreat and take some of their belongings 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 them 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 subordinates are all scouts who have just joined the army, most of whom have not yet matured. If spies block the door of the house and kill people and set fires, the dignified scout battalion will be helpless.
His face doesn't look very good.
Ren Ning didn't pay attention and returned to the Starfall Legion while carrying the belongings of the Liu Dashi brothers.
After two more days of tidying up, Qingming Festival is coming soon.
On the school field in the middle of the fortress, Ren Ning stood up with a few others and accepted the challenge.
Every four years, when souls are sent back to their hometowns, at least 3,000 ashes and coffins are transported. In addition, more than 400 female relatives and children will go east 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 safety commander.
Ren Ning and the few people who came forward 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 hurried 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 celebration of welcoming spirits back home is not just about sending brothers who died in battle back home for burial. It is also a way for the empire to propagate to its people the tradition of building a country through force, and at the same time encourage soldiers from all over the country to continue to do so in the future.
Pledge to kill the enemy.
Therefore, 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 Shangfang's sword, he kills Buddhas when they are blocked 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.
As long as you can show your face in front of the emperor, the road ahead will be much easier.
This is the reason why many people are scrambling to compete for safety commanders.