Chapter 677: Sacrifice

In the golden September, the osmanthus fragrance is everywhere, the mountains are red and the forests are dyed.

After receiving the news that Marshal Bo Shang was seriously injured and died, Qin Lei and Bo Shang Saiyang traveled day and night, and finally arrived at the Zhennan Army's nest, Jiangbei Water City, in mid-September.

From a distance, the dark water city was originally covered with silver, with white spiritual banners fluttering in the wind, and the blue-black city bricks were completely covered with black and white curtains. The entire Jiangbei Water City had become a mourning hall.

Seeing this scene, Bo Shang Saiyang, who had been silent on the road, suddenly jumped out of the carriage and ran towards the city gate like crazy.

Qin Lei ordered Shi Gan to drive closely to follow him. When he arrived at the gate of the city, Qin Youde, Qin Youcai, Chu Luo, Chu Po and other generals in Zhennan quickly came out and worshiped each other on both sides of the road. Qin Lei saw that they were all dressed in plain white and had a look of kinship, and couldn't help but feel sad. He said with a hissing: "Get up." He ordered people to drive directly into the mourning hall to worship the old marshal.

Marshal Boshang's mourning hall was set up in the conference hall of the Shuicheng City. The plaque of "Marrior Dining Jing" was "The whole body was invincible, and the power of the spirits died in a hundred battles" and various shrouds. The spirit banners were ready, and the soldiers guarding the spirits in the courtyard were all obedient and filial, and even the weapons were wrapped in white silhouettes.

Surrounded by the generals, Qin Lei got out of the car and heard Bo Shang Saiyang's heart-wrenching crying from the mourning hall: "Dad, my child is unfilial, I can't even send you to you for the end, and I haven't seen you for the last time..." When the old man's life was in danger, his children and other immediate relatives were guarding him and listening to his last words until his relatives passed away. This is called "sending off the end" in custom.

Sending off is a big event. Being able to send off the elderly ultimately shows that children have fulfilled their last filial piety. Failing to send off the elderly often becomes a great regret in people's life. This may also be Bo Shang Saiyang's biggest regret in his life.

However, as the commander of the first army, the old marshal was injured unexpectedly when the main force was safe and all the generals were alive. It was really unexpected. Qin Lei and Bosang Saiyang's uncle and nephew went on a day and night, without stopping for a moment. He didn't catch up with this, so he could only blame God for teasing him.

Qin Lei walked to the door of the mourning hall, and the officer who distributed white ropes and cloth at the door quickly knelt on the ground, holding up a set of ropes and cloths with both hands. This action immediately attracted the scolding of several generals from Zhennan: "How can you let the prince wear mourning too? Why don't you put it away quickly!"

Qin Lei ignored the matter, took the set of things, put a white cloth with a big hole in the middle on his head, and tied it around his waist with a hemp rope.

"Your Majesty is not allowed to do this, it is incompatible with the etiquette!" Chu Luo whispered. According to etiquette, only juniors give mourning to elders and subordinates, Qin Lei is the prince of the Great Qin and the undisputed commander of the army. How can he wear mourning to his generals?

"There is no prince commander today." Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "There is only one younger brother who came to mourn his elder brother." After that, he walked straight in.

The generals of Zhennan Army showed gratitude and immediately became more intimate to the prince in addition to awe.

When Qin Lei entered, Bo Shang Saiyang was already wearing mourning clothes and was crying loudly while holding the coffin. There were also knelt beside him, a man and a woman, and several children were also wearing mourning clothes and mourning clothes, dressed as the family of the deceased.

"Prince Wu Cheng of the Great Qin Dynasty, the Grand Marshal came to pay his condolences." The funeral officer sang his name loudly.

Then Bo Shang Saiyang knelt down in front of the first cushion reserved for him with the help of others, and led a group of filial sons and grandsons to kowtow to Qin Lei.

Qin Lei took the basket from Shi Gan's hand and placed the fruit sacrifice solemnly in front of the spirit, and actually lifted his clothes.

Kneeling on the ground for the first time, personally sautumn, and taking out the sacrifice written by himself from the sleeves on the road. Before I could read it, I was already filled with tears in my eyes and sadness came from it. I sighed to the sky and said, "Ah, my brother, unfortunately died! I did not practice it.

God, aren't people hurt? My heart is really painful, so I drink a cup of wine; you have a spirit, enjoy my steaming taste!" While singing sadly, shed tears and cried silently.

Qin Lei continued to recite: "I am young, with a skilled archery and horse skills, both civil and military, and famous in the capital; I am young, and I followed my father and brother to guard Jiangbei and protect my southern border. I am young and old, and the southern invaders came in the country. At that time, the national crisis was in danger and was attacked. My father and brother, I defended the national gates to death. My family was my only brother, who was unparalleled in loyalty and heroic, and made contributions to the country! I am happy to my destiny, and I worked hard to restore my southern army to strengthen my navy and resist the southern invaders. I have been protecting my southern border and protecting my great Qin! I am happy to be young, and I am in the seventies, regardless of my age, and lead my army to fight in the south. I learn from my shame even though I am in trouble, and my ambition will be rewarded!"

"I praise my brother's spirit, swallowing the sun and the moon; I praise my brother's ambitions, and the world is different; I praise my brother's perseverance and determination; I pray for my brother's long-term thinking, and cover the line for thousands of miles; I praise my master's talent, civil and military strategy, and the strong are the boat, and I win the strong as the weak! I recalled that time, my brother and I sat down with my knees, drank happily, chatted and laughed without any restraint. I was in the same spirit, twisted the earth and burned incense, and made a golden orchid, and shared good fortune and misfortune."

"Everything in the past is like yesterday, the sound is still there. My brother has passed away. When he thought of this, his liver and courage are broken and he is bleeding from the ground. My brother is loyal and righteous, and his spirit is flowing through the rainbow. His life is over three times, and his reputation is forever... I am sad and my heart is full of sorrow. But my liver and courage are still sad. The sky is dark, and the three armies are sad. Today, the Qin Dynasty is no longer color!" After thinking about this, there was a crying sound in the room, and Qin Lei was already crying with tears.

Others were afraid that he would be mourning, so they rushed forward to support him, but Qin Lei broke free. They got up and staggered to the edge of the coffin, and sweared to the sky: "The hatred of killing brother is irreconcilable, and I am not talented. I am willing to hold a long spear to destroy Nan Chu, capture the lieutenant alive, kill his dog's head, and pay tribute to my brother, the spirit in heaven!"

After saying that, he started crying again, and Dujuan said with a bloody voice: "Ah my brother! My life and death are forever farewell! Pu Shu is chaste, and his soul is as destructive as a soul, to illustrate my heart: From now on, there will be even more ignorant voices in the world! Alas, it hurts! I am still feasting..." After the sacrifice, he fell to the ground and cried loudly, tears like a spring, mourning, and almost fainted.

Seeing this, Shi Gan quickly helped the prince up. Seeing that he was so sad, the generals were also sad and said to himself: "I often hear the Marshal say that King Wucheng values ​​love and friendship. Today, it seems that the old Marshal is really good at seeing people."

Three days later, several generals from Zhennan asked for instructions to be buried, but Qin Lei shook his head and said, "I have ordered someone to make an ice coffin and place the body of my righteous brother."

"The prince means..." several generals asked softly: "Are you not buried for the time being?"

"Yes, I won't be buried for the time being." Qin Lei cut off the railway line: "When I get Zhu Hongjun's dog head, I will let him bury my old brother with me."

Several generals couldn't believe it: "If you can't kill Zhu Lie, will the general be unable to be buried in peace?"

"No." Qin Lei shook his head and said, "Zhu Lie is already a dying person in the eyes of the Lone King." He said, "Don't be so nervous. My old brother has already planned everything. If he hadn't been harmed by the poisonous arrows of the Chu army, the people who should cry now would be Chu!"

"Please make it clear, the prince." The generals said happily.

"It won't work if you say it." Qin Lei said with a dark face: "Three days later, the army will go to war. You just need to perform your own duties and fight bravely to fight the enemy. Otherwise, the dog heads of Zhuliu will not be able to be recovered, and Marshal Boshang will not be buried in peace."

The generals had no choice but to agree in unison and go to prepare for it.

Seeing that everyone retreated, Qin Lei slowly said: "Take him over."

Then he moved out of the back tent a man dressed in mourning clothes, freckled, and a short figure, kneeled in front of Qin Lei with a complicated expression, and said softly: "The criminal Li Sihai bowed to the prince..."

Qin Lei looked at his face with a Chinese character and whispered after a long time: "You have lost a lot..." In his impression, Li Sihai should be a happy and fat man, but he didn't look like this sadness.

"My father-in-law has been urging me to lose weight and practice martial arts." Li Sihai lowered his head and explained: "Even if he is the marshal's son-in-law, the identity of the descendants of the Li family will always be in a lot of trouble, so I have to have the ability to protect myself."

"Why don't you go to Nanchu?" Qin Lei closed his eyes tightly and asked in a low voice: "I have set up a land for you in Nanchu, prepared a new identity, so that you, Yue'er, and your children can live openly. Isn't it good? Why do you still have to stay in Qin State and bear the reputation of being a 'rebellious traitor', and live so painfully and so difficult?"

"How can the prince's good intentions not know?" Li Sihai raised his head and said in tears: "But my surname is Li, which is the last bloodline of the Li family in Xicheng. Although my father rebelled and his family was destroyed, everything was deserved, and I also hated him." As he said that, he kowtowed hard, he whimpered and cried: "But he always has thousands of bad things, and he is also my father; even if the Li family has all kinds of sins, he is still my clan. I can't let my father have no descendants and his family is extinct."

Qin Lei was silent. Only then did he realize that Li Sihai was unwilling to change his name and surname, because he did not want the incense of the Li family to be cut off, and he did not want to make the world no longer have the once glorious Li family in Xicheng...

At this moment, Qin Lei could feel the pain and tear in Li Sihai's heart, and could also feel how much price he had to pay and how much pain he had to bear to persevere...

"So I never knew you." Qin Lei sighed and shook his head gently, "I always thought you were a wife and children first, and enjoyment second, and the rest didn't care."
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