Do you have the strength to force me to join the Liangshan bandits?

Chapter 174 Zhang Shun: I'm sorry, Brother Song Gongming [4th update, please subscribe]

"Ah this..."

Zhang Shun actually preferred that Shi Qian had saved him, so that repaying Shi Qian's kindness wouldn't be considered betraying Song Jiang.

But Cai Fu...

If he were to attribute the life-saving grace to Cai Fu, how could he face Song Jiang?
But the debt of gratitude for saving his life really belongs to Cai Fu!

Firstly, Cai Fuzhen had reminded him, but he hadn't taken it seriously;
Secondly, Cai Fu sent Shi Qian to protect him secretly. If it weren't for Cai Fu's orders, why would Shi Qian protect him secretly and save his life?

Zhang Shun smiled wryly: "Brother is right, but I want to thank Brother Cai Fu and remember your kindness!"

"If it weren't for my brother's secret protection, I would already be dead!"

This time, Shi Qian didn't deny it, after all, what Zhang Shun said was true:

"Brother, wait for me a moment."

Shi Qian patted the short, stocky man all over and quickly pulled out a paper package.

He opened the paper package; inside was some green powder. Shi Qian dipped a little into it with his finger and put it in his mouth, sucking on it.
"That's it!"

Shi Qian then scooped up a handful of river water, mixed in the green powder, and poured it into Zhang Shun's mouth.

While the antidote was taking effect, Shi Qian took over the oars and rowed the boat toward the shore with a creaking sound.

As the saying goes, everyone has their own expertise, and it wasn't until Zhang Shun was able to move that Shi Qian finally managed to row the boat to the shore.
"The snow is so heavy..."

Shi Qian took the rope in his hand, jumped onto the shore, and tied the rope to a big tree on the bank.

Zhang Shun led the horse ashore and bowed to Shi Qian.
"Brother, please wait a moment, I'll go fetch them."

At some point, their forms of address had been reversed.

It happened so naturally, as if no one had noticed.

Zhang Shun rowed the boat quickly, and soon he had rowed it back to the other side.

An Daoquan asked in surprise when he saw him:

"Brother, why did you come back alone?"
"Where are the two boatmen?"

Zhang Shun remained silent, simply tossing the two already cold corpses from the deck ashore.

"hiss--"

An Daoquan couldn't help but gasp:
"Brother, how come you've also started doing your brother's business?"

He was completely protected by Cai Fu, and because he was so well protected, he knew nothing.

In fact, after Zhang Shun boarded the ship and left, Cai Fu had already told his brothers his guesses.

But at that moment, An Daoquan's heart was already with Li Qiaonu, and he didn't hear what he was saying.

"It wasn't me, it was them!"

Zhang Shun only replied to An Daoquan with one sentence, tied up the small boat, walked up to Cai Fu, and knelt down on the ground as if pushing a mountain of gold and a jade pillar overturning:
"Thank you so much, brother, for saving my life!"
"Little brother... owes big brother his life!"

"If you have any orders, brother, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

I've been waiting for you to say that!

Cai Fu had actually noticed something was wrong when the short, stocky man called the landlord "Fifth Brother".

In the original story, when Zhang Shun crossed the river to pick up An Daoquan, he boarded the pirate ship of "River-Intercepting Ghost" Zhang Wang and "Oil-in-the-Lake" Sun San, and almost lost his life.

The reason Cai Fu remembered such a minor character was because in the original novel, Zhang Wang called Sun San "Fifth Brother".

Cai Fu couldn't understand why that guy called Sun San, but Zhang Wang called him "Fifth Brother".

Shouldn't he be called Third Brother?

Because he couldn't understand it, Cai Fu remembered it very clearly.

However, Cai Fu could not cause trouble because of this, since a title does not determine anything.

What if he's the fifth child in his family?

He was just more cautious.

The reason Zhang Shun was allowed to board the ship first was, of course, because in the original story, Zhang Shun did not die even after boarding Zhang Wang and Sun San's pirate ship.

Moreover, among their group, only Zhang Shun is proficient in swimming. If Zhang Shun doesn't get on the boat first, who will?
Cai Fu reminded Zhang Shun, and worried that something might happen, so he gave Shi Qian a wink and told him to follow.

Fortunately, he had added an extra layer of insurance; otherwise, Zhang Shun might have capsized in the sewer... Cai Fu helped Zhang Shun up with both hands:

"Brother, with those words from you, we're family from now on!"

I'm sorry, Brother Song Jiang...

Zhang Shun sighed inwardly.

Although he followed Song Jiang first, Song Jiang and Cai Fu were different.

When Song Jiang was beheaded in Jiangzhou, Zhang Shun participated in rescuing him and was one of the twenty-nine heroes of the small gathering at Bailong Temple.

Song Jiang wanted to take revenge on Huang Wenbing, who had caused his imprisonment. Huang Wenbing was also captured alive by Zhang Shun.

Therefore, he doesn't owe Song Jiang anything; on the contrary, Song Jiang owes him something.

But he owed Cai Fu something.

Comparing the two, Zhang Shun naturally had no choice but to abandon Song Jiang and join Cai Fu's forces.

Having made up his mind, Zhang Shun nodded vigorously:

"Brother is right!"

Cai Fu was in high spirits and laughed heartily:
"Alright, that way we've saved money on crossing the river!"

Everyone laughed.

So Zhang Shun made trip after trip, night after night, to transport Cai Fu and his entire group to the other side.

As for the corpses of "River-Intercepting Ghost" Zhang Wang and "Oil-in-the-Lake" Sun San, after Cai Fu had a look at them, they were thrown into the surging river.

Once everyone had crossed the river, they broke open the bottom of the boats and sank them.

After Cai Fu and his men reached the south bank, they led their horses through the wind and snow for a short while before they saw lights in the woods.

Cai Fu had already guessed what was going on, so he called his brothers over to take a look, and sure enough, it was a village shop.

The village shopkeeper got up in the middle of the night to press liquor, and light shone through the cracks in the broken wall, which is how Cai Fu and his men discovered it.

After Zhang Shun swore brotherhood with Cai Fu, he became much more proactive. He stepped forward and called for the door to be opened, and an old man came out from inside.

They said they were guests from Shandong who had come to Jiankang Prefecture on business, but had gotten lost in the snow and needed to stay overnight at the inn.

The old man led them inside, let them warm themselves by the stove, and poured them some hot wine to eat.

As people get older, they become more talkative. The old man asked while pouring the wine:

"What kind of business are the Shandong people doing in Jiankang Prefecture?"

"To be honest, we're here to pick someone up."

Cai Fu smiled and said, "The divine physician An from Jiankang Prefecture is my brother."

"He has now settled in Shandong and asked us to come to Jiankang Prefecture to pick up his family."

As soon as he mentioned An Daoquan, the old man believed him.

Although An Daoquan was very famous in Jiankang Prefecture, his reputation had not spread as far as Shandong.

The old man then tentatively asked, "You come from Shandong, have you ever passed through Liangshan Marsh?"

Lu Zhishen, with his impatient nature, couldn't help but shout, "Why are you asking about Liangshan?"

Seeing his rudeness, the old man, who had originally intended to continue trying to get information out of Cai Fu, no longer dared to do so.

Cai Fu has confirmed the old man's identity.

If he wasn't Wang Dingliu's biological father, how could he have come to ask about Liangshanbo after meeting just a few Shandong people?

Therefore, Cai Fu simply went straight to the point:

"Don't be surprised, sir. I am Cai Fu, the second leader of Liangshan Marsh, known as 'Sai Xuande'!"
"This is Physician An. We are accompanying him back to Jiankang Prefecture to bring his family to Liangshan."

"Because I was in a hurry to cross the river tonight, I boarded a pirate ship and encountered two thieves, a man and a woman, blah blah blah..."

Cai Fujun explained it frankly, and the old man, upon hearing it:
"Ah! No wonder you all look so tall and strong, you really are all heroes of Liangshan!"

"I'm calling my son out to meet you!"

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