The wounded need treatment, the fallen need burial. Shen Hao politely refused Border Army Deputy General Wu Kai's banquet invitation, and personally escorted several criminals back to Fengri City that very day.
When they entered the Thousand Households Station, they used the back door, and every prisoner had a black cloth draped over them from head to toe, rendering them completely unrecognizable, and were taken straight to the independent dungeon of the Black Banner Battalion.
This mission cost twelve lives. Although they belonged to the Black Banner Battalion, bureaucratic protocol required written documentation to be submitted for the Households Officer's review. Even the compensation needed to be further reported to the Governor's Office. So the first thing Shen Hao did upon returning was to submit the report to Wu Changhe's desk.
