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

Upon hearing this, the five men immediately loaded their guns and were ready to shoot, but the female bandit leader was very stubborn and turned around and jumped into the well behind her.

Everyone rushed forward to check. At this time, Aqiang and Ade, who were hiding somewhere, ran forward and said, "How about we give her a kick when she's down?"

Jiang Li took a gun speechlessly and said, "Why are you throwing stones? Why not use this?"

As he spoke, he fired several shots into the well, and then said to several members of the village protection team, "Take turns to shoot. Each of you shoot twenty shots first. Then see if he's dead or not. If not, shoot another twenty shots."

As he said that, he turned and walked to the back, and three seconds later, a crackling sound came from behind him.

...

At the same time, in a restaurant hall filled with corpses and coffins, an old man with a long beard and a sinister look was sitting cross-legged.

Noticing a piece of black jade on his body shattered, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "Useless thing, you can't even handle such a small matter."

...

Uncle Jiu poked his ears and walked to Jiang Li with a speechless look on his face.

Jiang Li asked, "Master, do you think they have a lair? They killed so many people, where would they put the gold, silver and money they stole?"

Uncle Jiu was stunned when he heard this and said, "Well..."

"Pull the body out of the water later, and I'll see if I can find it."

As he said that, he found a chair to sit down and rest, complaining, "I'm so tired after guarding for two whole days."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's okay to be tired, but this time we helped Tanjia Town solve such a big problem, shouldn't they give us some more as a token of appreciation?"

As he said this, he rubbed his fingers together.

Uncle Jiu was angrily heard, "They only care about money. We are doing good deeds to accumulate merit. And you should ask them to stop. If they had been fighting for so long, they would have died a long time ago."

Jiang Li shouted loudly, "Enough is enough."

But because there were too many gunshots and no one heard them, it could only step forward and poke each of them with its "golden cudgel" to make them stop.

Taking a torch, Jiang Li stretched his head to look at the floating pieces of clothing and the bright red water in the well, shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity for this well. I'm afraid it won't be usable in a few months."

Uncle Jiu stepped forward and knocked Jiang Li on the head, saying, "You are the one messing around. Hurry up and fish out the body and burn it together with those two bandits."

Jiang Li smiled and agreed, "Don't worry, I'll get it right away."

As he said this, he ordered people to collect firewood. After thinking for a while, he put a calming talisman on the two horse thieves. As for the female horse thief below, he hooked her up with a hook. He didn't want to go down and pick up the fragments bit by bit.

At this time, Uncle Jiu and the gentry had already cleaned up the outer gate and sent someone to invite Jiang Li to have breakfast together. Jiang Li was afraid that these three horse thieves would turn into evil spirits.

So he declined politely, "Go tell my master and the mayor to eat first, I'll go after I finish my work here."

As he said this, he supervised everyone to burn all three bodies, and then asked people to pump out all the well water.

Only when the well water became completely clear did they leave with the six small yellow croakers they had found on the female bandit leader, two tattered books, and Uncle Jiu's copper coin sword.

When we came to the front yard to eat, it was already daybreak. Uncle Jiu asked, "What took you so long?"

Jiang Li smiled and handed the copper coin sword to Uncle Jiu, saying, "I'm afraid that these three evil cultivators will not rest in peace even after death, so I spent a little more time watching them cremated with my own eyes to feel at ease!"

Uncle Jiu took it and nodded, "You are so thoughtful. Let's go eat. We have been busy all night."

Jiang Li then brought Aqiang, Ade and six members of the village protection team to the table to have breakfast.

...

After the meal, the mayor and the gentry invited Uncle Jiang Lijiu to have tea at the restaurant and discuss the reward.

The mayor asked, "I don't know how you charge, Uncle Jiu. We outsiders don't really know the ins and outs of it."

Uncle Jiu said generously, "Just give me some money, Mayor. People like me who practice Taoism have always taken it as our duty to slay demons and monsters. We will help regardless of whether we have money or not."

The mayor smiled when he heard this and was about to speak, but Jiang Li interrupted him and said, "Master, this is your fault. The female bandit leader's cultivation this time is at least above the fifth level of the human master, and the two of her subordinates are probably close to being human masters."

"Your fees are too low. Aren't you disrupting the market? You have a high level of cultivation and can solve this problem without any injuries. In the future, other fellows with lower cultivation will encounter this situation and fight the evil cultivators desperately, but in the end they will not get enough to pay for the medicine."

"You are not helping Tanjia Town by doing this. Instead, it will cause the masters present to miscalculate the situation. If you encounter problems in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to ask for help from a truly capable expert."

Uncle Jiu, the mayor, and the local gentry all looked embarrassed, but the mayor was the mayor and quickly reacted, saying, "Master Jiang is right. We should reward him handsomely for his invulnerability and resurrection magic. Otherwise, if we are not careful, there will be heavy casualties!"

So the mayor said to Jiang Li, "Then please tell us a number, Master Jiang. We really don't understand the market!"

Jiang Li calculated the bill on the spot. "The female bandit is worth 100 silver dollars, the two leaders are worth 50 silver dollars each, and the remaining 16 bandits and 11 zombies are worth 10 silver dollars each. The total is 470 silver dollars."

The mayor, Uncle Jiu, and the other gentry immediately changed their expressions.

But Jiang Li just glanced at them and continued, "But this is not all our credit. The young and strong people in the town should also share half. We will charge 235 yuan this time."

After hearing this, everyone's faces looked better, but the mayor looked very unhappy and asked, "Master Jiang, it's finally over. Don't add more to the price when the time comes!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mayor. I haven't finished yet."

Ignoring everyone's ugly expressions, he continued, "The eleven horses were spoils of war. We and the young and strong who contributed should split them in half."

"But I don't think the town needs so many good horses. I'm willing to buy the five and a half horses for twenty dollars apiece, which is about the same price as a cow."

"So you give my master 235 dollars, and I'll give Tan Jiazhen 110 dollars to buy the horse. As for the more than 100 shots that my brothers fired to kill the female bandit leader, I won't count them. What do you think?"

Everyone thought the price was reasonable, so they only offered one hundred and twenty-five dollars, which was acceptable. The main reason was that Jiang Li had mentioned the gun, and if they didn't accept it, it would be difficult to end the situation. As for what Jiang Li said about the young and strong men splitting it in half, they automatically filtered it out.

After exchanging glances with the gentry for a while, the mayor said to Uncle Jiu, "I wonder what Uncle Jiu thinks of this price. If it's suitable, we will complete the handover."

Uncle Jiu was also a little panicked at this time. He used to take whatever others gave him, so his income was only a few dollars or tens of dollars each time. Even the time when he got Ren Fa, he only got more than twenty dollars. Now the money was ten times more. How could he not be panicked?

Seeing Uncle Jiu's expression, Jiang Li knew that he must have felt that it was too much, so when he was about to speak, he immediately interrupted him and said, "Master, this is not a small amount. After all, many people in Tanjia Town were killed and injured. Let's just leave it at that!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu widened his eyes and looked at Jiang Li. Jiang Li winked at him repeatedly, which made him stop what he was about to say.