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

Go into the village and find the person involved.

This is a middle-aged man who is a bit skinny. It is obvious that he does not eat well and is somewhat malnourished.

Uncle Jiu saw that he was looking at him suspiciously, so he straightened his robe, walked up to him with a smile and asked, "Excuse me, big brother, I heard that your boat was overturned by a water monster a few days ago and you fell into the river. Is this true?"

The man immediately got angry when he heard that. "You Taoist priest, you are talking nonsense. There is no water monster here. I accidentally capsized my boat while fishing. Get out of here. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will hit you with my hoe!"

When Uncle Jiu saw the fisherman's reaction, he immediately realized that this matter was not simple and wanted to continue asking.

But the fisherman turned around and left, not wanting to hear anything he said, which left Uncle Jiu at a loss.

Seeing that Uncle Jiu was in a difficult position, Jiang Li immediately stepped forward to offer him a way out, "Master, I think this person is deliberately hiding something. In this case, we can only investigate on our own!"

When Uncle Jiu heard Jiang Li say this, he immediately agreed, "That's true. Just now at the entrance of the village, I noticed a faint demonic aura in this village. Now looking at the villagers' reactions, they must be aware of its existence."

"But since they know about this and are still trying to cover it up, it may not be easy for us to find out the truth!"

Jiang Li smiled and said to Uncle Jiu, "Master, don't worry. There will always be a way out when the car reaches the mountain. As long as we spend more time, we will definitely figure it out!"

Then he called Jiang Youchi, "Immediately mobilize the intelligence personnel to visit all the surrounding villages and see if you can find out anything!"

Jiang Youchi received the order and immediately went down to make arrangements. As for Jiang Li and Uncle Jiu, they continued to lead people to visit the village to see if they could find out anything.

But when the villagers saw Jiang Li and his group, they either turned around and left, closed the door, or remained silent. In short, they walked around the entire village but didn't get to ask anything.

When they reached the entrance of the village, Ah San came over and asked in a low voice, "Young Master, do you think you should dispatch a garrison? I wonder if they dare to play dumb!"

"Get out of here. You're just giving bad advice. If too many people come, it will alert the monster. What if the monster runs away?"

Ah San chuckled upon hearing this, said nothing more, and retreated back into the crowd.

Jiang Li did not say anything more when he saw this, but said to Uncle Jiu, "Master, it seems that we have to delay a little longer to see if Jiang Youchi's intelligence personnel can get some useful information!"

Uncle Jiu nodded, "That's the only way. Fortunately, there are no casualties."

Afterwards, Uncle Jiu took Jiang Li to look around outside the village, hoping to find some clues, but they found nothing after searching for several rounds.

It was not until several hours later that Jiang Youchi came back. Jiang Li hurriedly asked, "Did you find out the details?"

Jiang Youchi took a breath and began to explain what he had learned. "Master, you don't know. My brothers have asked around in several villages around here, but the villagers refused to say anything."

"Finally, I had a flash of inspiration and spent a lot of money to get some information from a lazy guy who was lazy and gluttonous."

"Alright, alright, stop laying the groundwork and just tell me what it is. It's almost dark if you keep wasting time!"

Jiang Youchi chuckled, "Master, don't worry. I heard from that lazy guy that these villages all worship a Black Water Dragon King."

"Some time ago, because of the war, Liu Zhen sent people to collect food. The villagers didn't even have enough to eat, so they didn't offer tribute to it regularly. That's why it got angry and overturned the fishermen's boats."

"And it's not just this village where fishermen suffered. Several surrounding villages that rely on fishing for their livelihoods were also affected, but no one was injured or killed, so they didn't publicize it!"

Jiang Li and Uncle Jiu asked in unison, "What is the Black Water Dragon King?"

Jiang Youchi chuckled, "According to that guy, this Black Water Dragon King is a black dragon, but I am responsible for collecting intelligence, how can I believe his nonsense!"

As he said this, he took out a black wooden sculpture from his pocket and said, "Look, Master, I bought this from a kid with a piece of candy!"

Jiang Li took it and looked at it. He immediately realized that it was not a black dragon, but clearly a big black snake. However, he did not know what kind of snake it was.

"Master, what kind of snake are you looking at? Why does it have a big bump on its head?"

Uncle Jiu frowned and explained, "This wood carving isn't very delicate, so I can't tell what kind it is, but the big bump on its head should be a sign that it's about to turn into a dragon!"

"Transformed into a dragon?"

"So, does that guy really mean the Dragon King?" Jiang Li and Jiang Youchi exclaimed in surprise.

Uncle Jiu shook his head and explained, "If this statue is real, the horns on the black snake's head should not have grown out yet, so it has not yet transformed into a dragon. But looking at the big bump, it should be soon!"

Jiang Li didn't care whether the snake turned into a dragon or not. What he cared about was whether the snake demon was easy to deal with.

So he immediately asked, "Master, do you think this black snake is easy to catch? It's almost transformed into a dragon, but I don't know how strong its demonic power is."

Uncle Jiu didn't know how to respond after hearing this. "Speaking of which, I have never encountered a dragon before, so I don't know much about its power. But since it lives in the water, I think it will be difficult to catch it!"

Jiang Li touched his chin when he heard this. "If that's the case, then we have to make some preparations. If we let it escape and kill someone, that would be terrible!"

Afterwards, he discussed with Uncle Jiu how to capture it, and finally decided to hold a sacrifice to lure it out, and then capture it.

The plan was set, and Jiang Li ordered people to go to the town to buy livestock such as chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep. To be on the safe side, he also ordered Ah San to ride a horse to Dongshan County to get some anesthetics from the medical team stationed there.

After all these were prepared, he led his people to Qingshui Village, a village on the riverside with the flattest terrain. In the name of a wealthy businessman, he sponsored some livestock to the villagers and helped them hold a grand sacrifice.

The Qingshui Village originally made a living by fishing, but recently because the Black Water Dragon King got angry and overturned many fishing boats, they dared not go into the water to fish.

Now that they knew that there were businessmen willing to contribute money to offer sacrifices to the Dragon King to eliminate his anger, they naturally happily agreed. This was of course because Uncle Jiu took off his Taoist robes and no longer aroused the villagers' concerns.

That night, Jiang Li discussed with the village elders for a long time before deciding on the specifications for the sacrifice and the materials that needed to be prepared.

Afterwards, we stayed in Qingshui Village for one night.

The next day, the sacrifice began under the auspices of the village elders. Jiang Li and Uncle Jiu watched the altar being built up bit by bit, and watched people carrying the livestock that were hardly moving and placing them on the altar.

As for why they didn't move, it was of course because the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep were all anesthetized, and now they were just waiting to trick the Black Water Dragon King.