20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 142 A big funeral
It's dark sky and dark night, north of Fengtian City.

There was deathly silence inside and outside Jiang's house. Two white lanterns were hung at the entrance of the courtyard, and a few pieces of paper money were scattered on the ground in the alley.

In the courtyard, a dark pine coffin was parked in the west corner. White candles, incense burners, braziers, etc. were all prepared by Lao Liuguanwei.

Jiang Chenghai and Xu Ruqing led a group of brothers to keep a vigil for the fourth brother Jin Xiaoyi, except for the third brother who was still recovering in the hospital.

Occasionally, a few acquaintances came to express their condolences, but the number was small and intermittent. After a while, no one came again.

With a heavy heart, everyone came forward one by one to worship and offer incense. Only Guan Wei knelt down and kowtowed, crying until his nose dripped with mucus.

Seeing his appearance, Jiang Chenghai walked over, patted his shoulder, and whispered: "Sixth, clean up your face. Don't let your fourth brother see the joke."

Guan Wei nodded, wiped his face, burned incense and money for Jin Xiaoyi, then stood up and asked: "Brother, when will you go to Heshengfang to insert those blue horses to avenge the fourth brother?"

"Wait a little longer, everyone is injured!"

"What are you waiting for!" Guan Wei said impatiently, "Brother, you recover your injuries first, just those few things, Lao Qi and I will clean them up for him!"

Hearing this, Shen Guoliang immediately stepped forward and said hurriedly: "Lao Liu, you can't do this without calling me for revenge!"

Jiang Chenghai remained calm and just said: "Han Ce's men are still watching the scene! We can't take risks. Now we have injured three people. We must not let another accident happen!"

This time, Guan Wei did not follow his advice, but said softly: "Brother, have you forgotten what I do in my profession? I have already thought of the idea!"

"Huh? Really!"

Jiang Chenghai put his arm around Guan Wei's shoulders and led him away from the crowd as if nothing had happened. When he reached the barn, he asked, "Tell me, do you have any ideas that can ensure safety?"

Guan Wei looked mysterious, lowered his voice, and said surprisingly: "Use explosives!"

"What?" Jiang Chenghai almost suspected that there was paste in his ears.

Guan Wei looked around to make sure there was no one behind him, then elaborated on his plan.

"Brother, which family do I come from? Buddha of the Rong family! I have thought about it. I will prepare two bundles of explosives, sneak into the 'Heshengfang' at night and install them, then hide away and the fuse will explode. , just complete the 'Heshengfang', let's play it in Fengtian for Brother Four to listen to below!"

Jiang Chenghai couldn't help but turned sideways, and looked up and down at Guan Wei again, trying to get to know this sixth brother again - what he said was indeed true, none of the brothers of "Owl" have a fuel-efficient lamp!
What the hell idea!

"Brother, how are you? As long as you speak, I can handle this matter by myself!"

Jiang Chenghai asked, "How many explosives can you pack?"

"This...at least two bundles..." Guan Wei raised his head and looked back, "But if you have enough money, you can do it with a little more! Brother, do you agree?"

"Killing a chicken with a knife—passed!"

However, Jiang Chenghai did not completely reject it, but whispered: "However, you should deal with the explosives first. Buy as much as you can. If you are short of money, ask me!"

"OK, no problem!"

"Sixth."

"Big brother?"

Jiang Chenghai whispered: "Don't make any noise about this matter for now and do it secretly! There are so many brothers, but the one I trust the most is you. Don't let me down!"

Guan Wei was stunned for a moment and nodded silently.

At this time, Shen Guoliang happened to come over, and Jiang Chenghai quickly asked Lao Liu to leave quickly.

"Brother, what is the sixth man telling you? If there is any hard nut to crack, let me handle it!"

Jiang Chenghai raised his head, pointed at Lao Liu with his chin, and whispered, "That kid wants to kill Zhou Yunfu."

"What the hell?" Shen Guoliang almost stared out of his eyes, "I want to kill Zhou Yun..."

"Shh!"

Jiang Chenghai hurriedly made a silence gesture, then hugged Lao Wu and said, "Don't make any noise about this matter! Lao Wu, among so many brothers, you are actually the one I trust the most! I want to be alone Let me tell you something."

"Brother, say it!"

"Master Zhang Jiu, do you still have any impression?"

"Yes, that Buddha from Liaoyang!" Shen Guoliang was a little surprised, "What happened to him?"

Jiang Chenghai still said in a low voice: "Lao Liu said before that Zhang Jiuye asked Zhou Yunfu to give him a code. You can keep an eye on him for me these days. Don't ask for reasons, just do as I say. Lao Wu, don't let me disappointment!"

"I understand, brother, don't worry!"

"Okay, go back quickly, your second brother is here."

Li Tianwei looked at the mysterious Lao Wu, walked up and asked, "Brother, what are you chattering here for?"

"He wants to kill Han Ce."

"What the hell?" Li Tianwei's jaw almost dropped in shock, "Then you still want to kill him? When Zhou Yunfu dies, it won't take long for him to be hacked to death."

"Keep your voice down!" Jiang Chenghai hugged Li Tianwei, "Second brother, we have been friends for more than thirty years! From the top of the mountain to the market, we have been together through mountains of swords and seas of fire. Saying this may make other brothers It's heartbreaking, but in fact, among so many people, you are the one I trust the most!" Li Tianwei heard this and couldn't help but sigh: "That's right! We worked hard together, can we be the same as them? I consider you my big brother. I have never regretted anything in my life!”

"Second brother, I want you to do something for me alone. Alone and don't make any noise, okay?"

"Brother, if you ask 'is it easy', then you are picking on me. If I have done something wrong, just scold me. Don't be so rude to me!"

"Okay, brother, I said something wrong! In the past few days, help me keep an eye on Bai Baochen and Bai Guoping, try to find out the details of their house, stay hidden, and put yourself first !”

"No problem!" Li Tianwei immediately patted his chest, "My second brother is not old enough to have weak legs and feet, so I will take care of this!"

"Okay, second child, don't let me down! Let's go quickly, seventh child is here!"

Gong Baonan scratched his head, walked over with a straight face, and asked: "Brother, what are you doing here, one after another!"

Jiang Chenghai stood there with his hands behind his back, looked at Lao Qi, hesitated to speak, and finally just shook his head: "It's none of your business!"

"Ah!" Gong Baonan's brows were filled with joy and he laughed repeatedly, "That's good, that's good!"

Jiang Chenghai passed by him. After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and asked, "By the way, why hasn't Xiaodao come yet? Didn't you tell him?"

"I told you! That guy promised me at noon today that he would definitely come over tonight!"

Gong Baonan looked worried, fearing that Jiang Chenghai would send him to find Xiaodao.

Unexpectedly, when he was worried, a series of thin footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

When all the brothers in the courtyard heard the noise, they immediately turned sideways, drew their guns, and looked at the door with all their attention.

Suddenly, a pale face flashed by, and everyone's hearts tightened. Just when they were about to shoot, they heard Xiaodao saying doubtfully outside the door: "What's going on? Why is there no movement at all when I'm doing something for nothing!"

Jiang Chenghai and others relaxed a little. Then, they saw Jiang Xiaodao carrying four paper figures, walking sideways into the courtyard, popping the paper figures on the ground a few times, and immediately waving to the door.

"Come on, come on, come on, come on! What are you afraid of? You damn thing, the 'Owl' doesn't eat people! Come on, that person who plays the suona, come in!"

Everyone, look at me and I look at you. I don’t understand what Xiaodao is doing.

Shaoqing saw seven or eight white music troupes and two singers walking into the house cautiously.

Gong Baonan walked forward with a frown and asked: "Xiaodao! What are you doing!"

"Sing songs and cry in mourning! What, you don't like this?" Jiang Xiaodao said impatiently, "Go, go, step aside, come here, aunt and uncle, make room for the orchestra!"

Everyone didn't think about it for a while, and allowed Jiang Xiaodao to make arrangements.

At the end, the boy placed the four paper figures next to Jin Xiaoyi's coffin and introduced: "My fourth uncle has been a bachelor all his life. As a nephew, I have to make arrangements for him! This, These are our women from Fengtian! This is an Oriental woman, and this is a Korean woman! This one, I specially asked for the yellow hair and blue eyes made of paper, a foreign woman!"

Everyone listened blankly.

After Jiang Xiaodao finished speaking, he asked Uncle Qi for a filial piety belt, and then came to Leban, raised his hand and commanded: "We have eaten and drank wine. You have to work hard for me later. Then Those who play the suona, especially you, can play hard, do you hear me? Don’t be afraid of disturbing the people. You can make it as loud as you want. No one dares to find trouble! Those two singers, come here and weep together for a while. Sing no, okay, that’s it!”

After everything was arranged, Jiang Xiaodao brought a pile of paper money, fell to his knees with a "pop", and burst into tears in an instant.

"Fourth uncle! My fourth uncle! Why are you gone like this! My eldest nephew hasn't heard of Man'er yet, and he hasn't fulfilled his filial piety to you yet. You said you...you said you are so cruel!"

As soon as he started crying, the orchestra immediately played music, and the opera singers also hummed lyrics such as "Weeping Seven Passes". The originally quiet and solemn mourning hall suddenly became lively, but it was also the last lively time before the fourth son left.

Everyone was shocked and almost convinced that this kid must have been hired to do stupid things before!

Gong Baonan only felt embarrassed when he saw this, and stepped forward to pull him away, but the boy broke away, and used the topic to make another wolf howl.

"Don't stop me! Just let me go with my fourth uncle! Fourth uncle, please wait for a while, fourth uncle..."

The withered yellow paper money was thrown into the brazier piece by piece, and burned into ashes in an instant, rising into the air, as if turning into a dark snow...

This black snow took advantage of the wind and filled the gray sky in Fujiadian, Heilongjiang.

New tombs can be seen everywhere, and the once bustling streets are now deserted.

Inside every door, one could vaguely hear choking and sobbing, occasionally mixed with violent coughs.

Someone was sick. In order not to hurt his family, he quietly left alone, found a corner on the street, curled up and squatted down, and leaned there. The next morning, he became a dead body.

"Woooo-"

On the Beijing-Fenghuang Railway, a speeding train passed through Shanhaiguan and plunged into the cold winter land with dense snow curtains.

Outside the car window, the black and white land is fleeting like passing clouds.

But that glass window seemed to reflect a young face for eternity, deeply embedded in the white mountains and black waters.

This man was very young, with a round face, thick glasses, tight lips, and piercing eyes.

After a while, a follower opened the carriage door.

"Dr. Wu Liande, we are in the Northeast."

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