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The cry of the Dragon King ranges from far to near, loud, hollow, and embarrassing.

Long Kebu, Yan Xiaotong, Ximen Yaoming, Shangguan Wusu and others who had already fallen asleep were awakened one after another.

When they came out, they saw that Yan Xiaokai and Long Xiaoyu were already standing in front of the gate, they didn't think much about it, thinking that they were the first to come out to check when they were awakened by the crying.

The crying Dragon King finally arrived in front of the gate at this time. When he saw Long Kebu, he immediately knelt down, fell to the ground and howled: "Uncle Abu, Uncle Abu, Uncle Abu~~ "

Although Yan Xiaokai had seen such a formation before, he still couldn't help being taken aback.Yan Xiaotong and Shangguan Wusu were even more speechless when they met for the first time.

Long Kebu hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter, what's the matter again!"

But the Dragon King couldn't get up on the ground, he just hugged Long Kebu's leg and cried miserably, "Uncle Abu, Uncle Abu, my life is so hard, so hard!"

A mighty man actually howls like a resentful woman, and everyone is very convinced.

Long Kebu couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted violently: "Get up, if you kneel like this again, I'm going to beat someone up!"

Although the Dragon King couldn't cry, he finally stood up.

Long Kebu shouted, "Say, what's the matter?"

Dragon King said: "I..."

Long Ke said: "What are you? Your wife was taken away again?"

The Dragon King shook his head, "No!"

Long Ke said: "Who is that?"

Dragon King said: "It's my father!"

Long Kebu asked suspiciously: "Your father was kidnapped?"

Everyone was sweating profusely, kidnapping his wife and saying she was pretty, but what about his father?

The Dragon King shook his head again and again, then wailed again, "No, my father passed away, my father passed away!"

Everyone: "..."

Long Kebu was stunned for a while, and then quietly asked: "When did you leave?"

Dragon King said: "Just now!"

Long Kebu asked again, "Was it painful when you left?"

The Dragon King shook his head, "I ate three bowls for dinner, fell asleep after eating, and walked away when I fell asleep. My mother woke up in a hurry when she felt that he was out of breath in the middle of the night."

Long Kebu sighed and said, "Your father is two years older than me, so he lived a long life. It is a happy event when he passed away so peacefully! That's enough, you should go to Zhang Luo to do some business!"

The Dragon King hesitated while wiping away his tears: "But..."

Long Kebu frowned, "Are you out of money again?"

The Dragon King nodded in a murmur, and said in a low voice: "Yes!"

As soon as these words came out, Yan Xiaokai and Shangguan Wusu couldn't help looking at the Dragon King, because last time when his wife was rescued, they handed over 30 US dollars to his daughter-in-law, equivalent to more than RMB 100 Wan, it's only been three months, and the money has been spent?

Yan Xiaokai couldn't help but said: "Didn't we give your family a large sum of money before? This is going to be spent soon?"

The Dragon King nodded weakly.

Yan Xiaokai asked suspiciously: "How did you spend it?"

The Dragon King said obediently: "After the money was exchanged, there were a little over 200 million. I sent 50 to my wife's home, and then I paid off all the debts I owed before, and spent hundreds of thousands to build a new house. I bought an off-road vehicle, bought some saplings from Longnv, and covered a barren mountain, and then, and then..."

Yan Xiaokai asked: "What's next?"

The Dragon King said in a very low voice: "Then I went to the neighboring village to play a few games of cards, and the money was gone! Pay it back, and I still owe 2 yuan."

Yan Xiaokai was completely speechless now.

When Long Kebu heard the last word, he started beating him straight away, picked up a broom by the door, and hit the Dragon King recklessly, "You prodigal son, you really have medicine and can't be saved, I'll beat you to death, I'll kill you!" I must kill you today!"

The Dragon King was beaten to the point of crying and crying in front of the door, Yan Xiaokai and others watched helplessly, but no one went up to persuade him, because everyone thought the Dragon King deserved it!

It wasn't until Long Kebu's beating became weak and he lost his energy, and he stopped there panting for breath, that Yan Xiaotong stepped forward and said: "Patriarch Long, calm down, there is still waiting to be done! Death is the most important thing!" , should be buried in peace!"

Long Kebu sighed, and went back to the house. When he came out, he already had a pile of money in his hand, and he handed it to the Dragon King, "Hey, I only have 3000 yuan, you can figure it out yourself!"

Although the Dragon King thought it was too little, he still took the money and kowtowed to Long Kebu.

Long Kebu waved impatiently: "Okay, okay, don't put on a show with me, get out!"

The Dragon King quickly stood up and was about to leave.

Yan Xiaokai's heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly shouted: "Dragon King, wait a minute!"

The Dragon King stopped suspiciously, and looked at Yan Xiaokai.

"You wait a moment!" After Yan Xiaokai said something to him, he quickly pulled Long Ke aside, and asked in a low voice: "Hey, old guy, how do you handle funerals here?"

Long Ke preached: "What else can I do? The birthday materials have been prepared a long time ago. Please ask relatives and neighbors to help set up the coffin shed, set up banquets, invite monks to pray for fasting and chant sutras, and please drummers to beat gongs and drums. The Eight Immortals come to dig caves and carry birthday materials. Those who are rich will stay there for three days and three nights and eat nine meals; those who have no money will eat one meal and be buried early the next morning..."

Shangguan Wusu at the side couldn't help but said, "Is 3000 yuan enough to invite so many people?"

Long Ke preached: "I can't help if I don't have enough, I only have so much!"

Yan Xiaokai waved his hand at Shangguan Wusu, obviously signaling her not to interrupt, then asked Long Kebu, "Don't you need to set off firecrackers?"

Long Ke preached: "Of course firecrackers must be fired, but with this amount of money, it is considered good if you can get all the people together. How can there be spare money to buy firecrackers. Not to mention setting off firecrackers, it is not bad if the three-eyed firecracker can be fired a few times." gone."

The three-eyed gun is an ancient short firearm made of iron or thick steel.The shape is a joint of three bamboo-shaped single guns, and there is a small hole on the outside of each gun barrel.When in use, add gunpowder to the gun tube, and finally fill steel balls or cast iron blocks, crushed iron sand, etc., add a fire cap to the small hole, and knock the fire cap against a launching platform such as a stone to detonate the gunpowder and launch the projectile. Each barrel can shoot in turn.There is a handle seat at the tail of the three-eyed gun, and wooden poles of different lengths are installed to hold it to ensure the safety of the shooter.

Three-eyed firecrackers were common in ancient times, but their shooting range was too short to compare with crossbows, and because the reloading speed was too slow, they did not have much development prospects and were forgotten.However, the three-eyed blunderbuss has survived among the people to this day. The common people use the three-eyed blunderbuss, which only contains gunpowder but not cast iron balls, as a tool for exorcising evil spirits, scaring evil spirits, and funerals. It is similar to firecrackers and is most common in funerals in rural areas.

When Yan Xiaokai heard Long Kebu talk about the amazingly loud three-eyed firecracker, his heart suddenly moved, "You also use three-eyed firecrackers for funerals!"

Longke preached: "I have been using it all the time."

Yan Xiaokai was overjoyed after hearing this, and almost burst into laughter, but at this juncture, it was obviously inappropriate, so he could only nod his head and say: "Okay, very good!"

Long Kebu said angrily: "Everyone is dead, what else is good?"

Yan Xiaokai didn't answer, but just took out his wallet and took out all the cash, about 2000 or so, it didn't feel like enough, so he asked Shangguan Wusu, Ximen Yaoming, Yan Xiaotong and others to ask for a little more. A total of 8000 yuan was collected, and then he handed it to the Dragon King and said, "Life is not easy for an old man. This funeral is a key point. Buy more firecrackers, especially the three-eyed firecracker, which must be released more."

After the Dragon King took the money, he nodded gratefully and thanked everyone.

When he was leaving, Yan Xiaokai warned again: "Remember what I said, that three-eyed firecracker, you can put as much as you can, and make as much noise and noise as you can, so that the old man can walk in a beautiful and decent way." face."

The Dragon King promised repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I'll ask someone to play it every 15 minutes. Nine rings each time."

Yan Xiaokai nodded in satisfaction, waved and said, "Go to work!"

After this guy left, everyone felt something was wrong, Yan Xiaokai was obviously not a warm-hearted person, at least there was no reason to be so enthusiastic about the funeral of the Dragon King father.

It is said that there must be a demon if something goes wrong, Long Kebu immediately came up to him and asked, "Boy, what tricks are you doing?"

Yan Xiaokai said indifferently: "What else can you do, do good deeds, and accumulate public virtue!?"

Long Kebu rolled his strange eyes and said, "You are so kind?"

Yan Xiaokai said without humility: "I've always been so kind!"

Long Kebu rolled his eyes strangely, "Stop coming, tell me quickly, what exactly do you want?"

Yan Xiaokai said: "Why not, let's get ready and get busy!"

Long Kebu asked suspiciously, "What are you busy with?"

Yan Xiaokai said: "Cooperate with the Dragon King and make his father's funeral more solemn!"

Long Kebu was still confused, looking at Yan Xiaokai inexplicably.

Yan Xiaokai originally wanted to explain in detail, but seeing that Shangguan Wusu's eyes were already shining, and he was hesitant to speak, he said: "Wu Su, since you have already guessed it, then you Tell them about it!"

Shangguan Wusu then explained in detail, "Although the three-eyed firecracker is not very powerful, it makes a huge sound. One cannon fired three times, like thunder. Yan Xiaokai obviously meant to take advantage of the sound of the funeral firecracker. Come as a cover, and detonate the mines in the Yuexiangzhi minefield in conjunction with the sound. As long as the time is coordinated properly and the illusion of the same sound is created, let alone the border guards, the South Vietnamese army, even the Miao people in the cottage may not know what's going on. Woolen cloth!"

Everyone suddenly realized, Long Kebu smashed his palm, "That's right, why didn't I think of this!"

Yan Xiao laughed, "If you want it, then you will be the protagonist. Do you still need to play tricks?"

Long Kebu choked and blew his beard and stared.

When the Dragon King was busy preparing for the funeral, Yan Xiaokai and others also went up the mountain to start preparations.

This time, Long Kebu finally made some contributions to those Yue Xiangzhi, that is, took out the explosives, detonators, and fuses that were used to open the mountain before, for Yan Xiaokai to use.

The funeral of the Dragon King's father began, and the three consecutive rings of the three-eyed fire system rang out, announcing to the Miao people in the entire village and the nearby villages that someone had passed away.

At the same time, Yan Xiaokai and others on the mountain also detonated landmines one after another in response to the sound of the three-eyed fire system.

At the beginning, Yan Xiaokai couldn't fully grasp the time difference, there was a slight delay, and it sounded like the echo of the three-eyed fire system in the mountains, but as time went by, he gradually grasped the rhythm of the sound Now, the sound of detonating the landmine and the sound of the three-eyed fire system also began to synchronize.

But even so, the movement of the Renshatun cottage still attracted some attention. Before the sky began to light up, sentries from the South Vietnamese Army and the Border Guards came to check the situation. They saw that a big funeral was being held in the cottage, and there was nothing special about it. situation, sneaked around and left quietly.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, when the funeral of the Dragon King's father was still going on vigorously, Yan Xiaokai had already detonated all the mines in the Yuexiangzhi minefield.

After the detonation was over, Yan Xiaokai went in to scan and search with the detector, and after making sure that there were no more landmines, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After clearing all obstacles, this matter is finally settled.