My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Jiang Li smiled and said, "You are my uncle, so why do you have to return it? But I sincerely hope you don't need it."

Qianhe was about to say something when he heard this.

But then, Wu Shilang in the team said in his hoarse voice, "Why are you still chatting? Didn't you say you would leave after borrowing the glutinous rice? When will we be able to get to the capital city if you keep dawdling?"

Upon hearing this, Qianhe could only say take care to Jiang Li, then took the glutinous rice that Jiale had taken out and left.

Simu said to Yixiu proudly at this time, "Look at what you have done. If it weren't for my nephew helping you to find out the loopholes and fill them in, it would have almost caused a disaster."

Upon hearing this, Ikkyu clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, it is indeed my fault for not considering this carefully. Thanks to Jiang Xiaoyou for discovering this problem, otherwise I would have caused a disaster."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Master Yixiu, you are too polite. I just stumbled upon this by accident."

At this time, Jia Le, who was standing beside him, looked at the coffin going away and said, "This coffin is so heavy, it must be very valuable, right?"

Simu heard this and said unhappily, "Of course, the copper-horned golden coffin is made of gold."

Jiang Li heard this and said curiously, "That's not right, uncle. I've seen gold before, and it's very heavy. If such a big coffin is made of gold, I'm afraid a wooden cart like this won't be able to bear it, right?"

Simu heard this and said unhappily, "I am just fooling Jiale. This is actually a copper coffin with golden horns, but it is called a copper coffin with golden horns just to sound nice!"

Jiale and Jiang Li finally understood what was going on and said in unison, "So that's how it is."

Jiale continued to express his feelings, "The golden-horned bronze coffin is also very valuable. I will definitely earn more money in the future and buy an identical one for my master."

Ikkiu chuckled upon hearing this and said, "Jia Le, you are really filial!"

Simu's face darkened and he said, "Can't you give me the money when I'm alive? Why do you have to wait until I die to use it? You are simply disgusted by me, aren't you?"

After saying this, he glared at Jiale fiercely and then went home.

At this moment, a thunderbolt suddenly sounded in the sky. Jiang Li frowned and said, "I have done everything I can. I hope that you can avoid this disaster, Uncle Qianhe!"

When Jiang Li returned to the house, he looked around and came to Jiang Li and asked, "Nephew, how many nails did you pull out from that coffin? Can you give me two as well? You know I often deal with these dead bodies."

Jiang Li smiled and said to Simu, "I pulled out seven in total, but now there are only four left. Uncle Master, if you want me to give you two later."

Simu smiled and said, "Thank you very much, nephew. You can ask for your advice in the future if you need it."

Jiang Li asked someone to bring two coffin nails, handed them to Simu and said, "Uncle Simu, why didn't you accept Master's request before? Don't use those lame excuses, I won't believe them!"

Hearing this, Simu's hand that was about to receive the coffin nail froze in the air. He said awkwardly, "Forget it, I don't really want this coffin nail. You can keep it. I'm going back to my room to practice."

Seeing Simu was about to leave, Jiang Li quickly stuffed the two coffin nails into his hands and said, "I was joking, Uncle Master. If you have any difficulties, just tell me directly. How could my master and I force you?"

Simu held the coffin nail and hesitated to speak. After thinking for a while, he sighed and said, "I'll think about it again!"

After that, he walked back to the room, and Jiang Li looked at his changing expression and muttered to himself, "What exactly is the reason for this Uncle Simu? I have made it so clear but he still won't give in."

...

It was evening in a flash. Jiang Li looked at the dark clouds gradually gathering above the tall trees and said to Simu, "Uncle Simu, I think it's going to rain over there. My heart is beating so fast. I'd better take someone to take a look!"

Simu heard this and said, "If your uncle Qianhe is really in danger, what good will it do you to go there?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Uncle Master, don't worry. If it doesn't work, I can ride a horse and run away with Uncle Master Qianhe. Otherwise, I can't sit still if you let me do this."

As he said this, he stood up and greeted everyone, then went in the direction where Chizuru and her group had left.

After following the wheel tracks for half an hour, it suddenly started to rain heavily. Jiang Li's heart sank and he thought, "They can't go far with such a heavy coffin. I've been chasing them for half an hour, why haven't I seen them yet?"

As for Qianhe, ever since Jiang Li reminded him, he has been paying attention to changes in the weather, but he didn't see a single dark cloud until he reached the tall tree forest.

Once in the woods, it was difficult for him to keep a constant eye on the sky because of the dense tree canopy.

It was not until the heavy rain fell on him that he noticed something was wrong. He quickly asked someone to cover the coffin with the oilcloth. Unfortunately, he was one step too late and the ink net on the coffin had already been wet.

Although it doesn't melt away directly like in the movies, the effect of the ink net is still greatly reduced.

Qianhe didn't know how long the rain would last, so she quickly found Manager Wu who was urging them to set up the tent and said, "Manager Wu, can you let the funeral supplies go into the tent first?"

Wu Guanshi asked arrogantly, "Why?"

Qianhe explained, "The ink net of the coffin is wet, I'm afraid something might happen, can you take it..."

Manager Wu interrupted directly, "No, don't you have a piece of oilcloth? It won't be too late to enter the tent later!"

Then he put on a smiling face and said to the little prince, "Seventy-first Prince, we can go into the tent now."

Qianhe returned to the coffin, looked at the ink net covered by the oilcloth and said, "Fortunately, there is this oilcloth, otherwise it would be troublesome!"

At this time, Adong said to Qianhe, "Master, this ink net is wet, will it have any effect?"

Qianhe frowned and said, "It will definitely have some impact, but it's not a big deal. Let's wait until we get out of the woods tomorrow and dry the ink fountain net. Then we can see if we can buy a chicken and make some new ink and fill it up for him!"

At this time, Qianhe saw that another tent had been set up, so she quickly shouted loudly, "Come quickly, push the coffin into the tent."

Several soldiers came over immediately, and together with the four people from the east, south, west and north, they slowly pushed the car into the tent. However, the bronze coffin was extremely heavy, and the ground was muddy, so it was very difficult for them to push it.

Fortunately, it was just a shower that came and went quickly, and the downpour disappeared in the blink of an eye.

When they looked up and saw that the rain had stopped, they wanted to ask Chizuru if she still wanted to push the coffin into the tent. Chizuru was afraid that the rain would come again.

So he said, "Don't look at it anymore and just go in. This rain comes and goes quickly. It might come again when we are sleeping. Who would want to come out in the rain then?"

After hearing this, several people said "yes" and started to work hard again.

But at this moment, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck the bronze coffin from the sky. Several soldiers who touched the coffin were immediately struck to pieces, leaving them burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.