Chen Dadou was so nervous that he clenched his fists at this time, his palms were sweaty, and he hurriedly moved forward, and at this time, the box soldiers asked to open the coffin to check.

The requirements of the soldiers immediately caused the dissatisfaction of the pedestrians behind, especially the seven or eight scholars, Confucianism attaches great importance to the respect for the deceased, in order to show the filial piety of the world, to bury the deceased, but also to keep filial piety for three years.

They reprimanded the soldiers for this excesses. Because they think that this practice of the soldiers will disturb the soul of the deceased, make the deceased unable to rest in peace, and make the family of the deceased more mournful, which is simply a great rebellion.

One of the students shouted: "You wait for Qiu Ba, you must not be rude, you dare to do such a shameful thing, disturb the souls of the dead, you are simply not a son of man, are you not afraid of being punished by heaven and looking for retribution?" ”

These patrolling soldiers couldn't help but be furious when they heard this, and they all went forward to surround these scholars, but they were not afraid, and they were still reprimanding this group of "Qiu Ba" whom they looked down on.

At that moment, these soldiers were immediately annoyed and angry, and a person who looked like a leader shouted angrily: "You shabby scholars, dare to obstruct the investigation of the government and hinder us from performing our official duties; Hugh must be noisy, and retreat quickly, or you will be taken down. ”

But these scholars are still angry, still unforgiving, chattering, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and reprimanding these soldiers.

These soldiers suddenly lost their patience, and they picked up the killing rod one after another, and hit these scholars with their heads and faces, only to hit this group of scholars with broken heads and bleeding, blue noses and swollen faces, and screaming again and again; In the end, these scholars were taken down.

Immediately, the crowd in line was intimidated, and they were all silent, no longer echoing the sound, they still asked Chen Dadou to open the lid of the coffin and inspect it.

At this time, Chen Dadou suddenly lost his mind, but he still had to fight hard and deal with it.

He secretly stuffed a piece of twenty taels of gold naked in the hands of the person who performed the autopsy, and said in a low voice: "My lord, please smile, I just don't want my father to disturb him less, so that he can be buried as soon as possible, and I hope that my lord will be pitiful." ”

The coroner suddenly felt a sinking hand, he took a quick glance, saw that it was a golden nude, and willingly tucked it into the cuffs, he gestured to Chen Dadou's head, and a reassuring expression flashed on his face.

Chen Dadou asked people to open the coffin lid, revealing the head of the deceased, and a corpse smell came out, which smoked the autopsy person straight back to the white of his eyes, and he didn't look at it much, so he asked people to cover the coffin lid and go back to report it.

In the end, Chen Dadou was allowed to pass, and the funeral party suddenly walked out of the city gate and walked to the burial place outside the city with a mighty cry and a miserable cry.

At this time, Chang Yiming and Yang Fenglong had already rushed to the agreed location, which was a cemetery forest, in which there were pines and cypresses, and dense graves appeared in front of them. Even on a sunny day, it still has an eerie feel.

The funeral procession is getting closer and closer, Chang Yilin's mood is getting more and more excited, and so is Yang Fenglong.

After a while, Chen Dadou saw the two people who were looking out on the hidden side, and he immediately ran eagerly, at this time he was still numb and afraid, looking like he was going to live after the catastrophe.

When he saw the two of them, his legs were weak and he sat down on the ground.

Chang Yilin and Yang Fenglong were taken aback when they saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Chen Dadou up, and they inquired with concern.

Chen Dadou told the opening of the city gate for the autopsy in detail, which can give people an immersive feeling, feel the danger and tension of the scene, and also feel that it is not easy to go out of the city this time, and it is also thanks to Chen Dadou's resourcefulness.

The two of them also experienced Chen Dadou's mood at this time, after people are extremely nervous, once they relax, they will be like a tight bowstring, even if the elasticity is restored, it will be shocking, which can be regarded as a sequelae.

Together, they first persuaded the people who left the funeral to hide their eyes and ears, and then opened the coffin lid, at this time, a peculiar smell quickly overflowed, and they forcibly resisted vomiting, so they worked together to help Chang Chuanming out of the coffin.

At this time, Chang Chuanming was a little confused and gradually fell into a coma, first, he may have suffered from heat stroke due to the high temperature in the coffin, and second, he may have been smoked by the smell of the corpse.

Everyone hurriedly stepped forward, patted his chest, pinched people, and after a while he moaned, and then vomited a little before he came to his senses.

Chen Dadou was overjoyed when he saw the helper wake up, and he came forward to greet and greet, because he still had his father's funeral to do, so he said goodbye and left, and Chang Yilin also told him the place of meeting in the future.

Chang Yilin and Yang Fenglong helped Chang Chuanming out of the cemetery and rushed towards the canal. After walking for more than a mile, Chang Yilin found a carriage and carried everyone forward, and soon arrived at the canal.

The boat here had already been answered, so the group got on the boat and left quietly and quickly.

The boat drove north along the canal, and the city of Yangzhou gradually faded away, slowly becoming a vague shadow, until it finally disappeared.

Chang Yilin stood at the bow of the boat at this time, feeling the refreshing breeze in the river, he looked at the scenery by the river was so beautiful, he had never cared about these insignificant scenery before, and was immersed in the many affairs of the boat gang all day long, especially when the boat gang was sealed and he was in charge of the matter, so he felt the preciousness of his current life at this time, as long as he lived, it was better than anything else.

After this catastrophe, his mentality changed greatly, he became mature, and he became responsible, and there was a sense of pride in his heart.

At this time, Chang Yilin's body and mind were completely relaxed, and he didn't care about howling loudly, nor did he care about the strange eyes of the passengers who came and went.

At this time, Yang Fenglong also came out, looked at him with a smile, and even shouted hysterically, as if he wanted to pour out all the bad luck in his heart.

The voices of the two came and went, and the passing ships would go around their ships as if they were hiding from the plague, and the eyes of them looked like fools and madmen.

Gradually, the voices of the two were hoarse, and then their breath became shorter; Later, they couldn't make a sound, and they were still yelling.

Finally both sat down on the deck, and then both burst out laughing.

At this time, Yang Fenglong patted Chang Yiming's shoulder fiercely, as if he was affirming and supporting him.

Yang Fenglong looked at the leisurely canal water at this time, looked at the rippling river surface, and fell into deep thought, and Chang Yilin also noticed his abnormality, but did not disturb him. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and then he looked at Chang Yilin.

I only heard Yang Fenglong say: "Young helper, I just thought of a lot of things in the past, that is, with the helper, and with you; Time flies, when I met your father, I was younger than you are now, and your father hasn't married your mother yet. At that time, it was in its prime, and the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers and was quite heroic; When he saw injustice, he dared to roar forward, and even dared to draw a knife to help; Even when he saw the government's oppression of the shipwrights, he also spoke up. Later, in order to help each other, the boat gang was formed, and it has been almost 30 years now. The old man has gone from a sunny young man to a dying old man. There is a sense of heroic twilight! ”

He then said self-deprecatingly: "What kind of hero am I, but over the years, your father and a group of old brothers who have started a business, including me, have been slacking off in the past few years, and they have lost their spirit, so the gang has slowly gone downhill, although the number of gangs is increasing, but its decline is inevitable, so the catastrophe of the boat gang has already been foreshadowed, and Fang Dakuan's betrayal is also expected." But it's up to you to see what the future holds for the Boat Gang. ”

Chang Yilin hurriedly excused himself and said: "Strategist, you think highly of me in this matter, my father is only in his fifties, and he still has a lot of energy to deal with help; Besides, I'm too young to have enough experience, and I can't convince the public. My dad is back, don't talk about it again. ”

Yang Fenglong said: "In the water cave before, I discussed the future of the boat gang with your father, but your father was noncommittal, saying that he was deeply guilty, and he had no intention or ability to preside over the future affairs of the boat gang. Let the boat gang fend for themselves. I said I understood, your father was determined to retire and no longer care about the boat gang. ”

He sighed again and said, "Over the years, everyone has earned millions of family properties by relying on the boat gang, and the boat gang is disbanded, and it doesn't matter. But what about the boat gang brothers at the bottom, this time the boat gang was raided, a large group of brothers were implicated, those who were arrested were arrested, their homes were raided, and many families were ruined and killed, so we watched them fall into the fire and didn't care?! ”

When Chang Yilin heard this, he felt that what Yang Fenglong said was quite reasonable, and now that his father was in this situation, he had no intention of taking care of the affairs of the gang, and he couldn't watch the boat gang get injured and die on his own.

I can't talk about my conscience, and I can't ignore the brothers who are in trouble in the gang, and that's what I meant on my previous trip to Tokyo.

For the sake of his original intention and conscience, Chang Yilin immediately made up his mind to support the great cause of the revival of the Boat Gang.

Yang Fenglong saw his cheering heart, and he was also relieved, and he was full of motivation to assist him so that the boat gang could revive as soon as possible.

He said to Chang Yilin: "Young helper, you can have such determination and responsibility, the old man is very pleased. I think that although the Yangzhou Boat Gang encountered this great disaster, it also screened the good and bad people; Let the filth of the boat gang be gone, and let the good and loyal of the gang remain; At this time, the hearts of the people in the gang are still there, but they lack the backbone, they still have a lot of feelings for the boat gang, and they are eager to get out of the predicament. Now the cohesion is higher, so if you happen to meet it, you will definitely turn the tide. ”

In the end, Yang Fenglong said: "Now the Yangzhou Boat Gang is a sleepy dragon, and now that the gang leader is back, you have no worries; Now it is trapped in the sea, and it will definitely be in the future. ”