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

Chapter 175 An Daoquan: Qiaonu is a pitiful person! [1st update]

Just as Cai Fu had predicted, a short while later, the old man called out from behind a young man with a pointed head.

Cai Fu looked him over. He had a pointed head, bright eyes, and legs as thin as a heron's!

The young man bowed deeply to Cai Fu and the others in turn.
"I have long admired your esteemed names, which are as resounding as thunder in my ears. I only regret that I have never had the chance to meet you!"

"My surname is Wang, and I am the sixth child in my family. Because I can walk and jump fast, people call me 'Living Flash Granny' Wang Dingliu."

"All my life I've only been good at swimming and wielding a staff. I've sought out many teachers, but none have taught me. So I make a living by selling wine by the river."

"Thank God, you brothers have been allowed to stay at my hotel."

"If you brothers do not abandon me, I am willing to follow you through thick and thin, and never leave you!"

Cai Fu helped Wang Dingliu up, and he had already figured out how to arrange things for him on the way.

"Sixth Brother, now that you've pledged allegiance to me, I'll make arrangements for you."

Cai Fubang and Wang Dingliu's analysis:

“Your nickname is ‘Living Flash Granny’ because you’re naturally fast at walking and jumping. I think you should make good use of your strengths.”

“You said you’ve sought out many teachers but haven’t received any instruction. I’ll introduce you to a master right now.”

"My brother is called 'Flea on the Drum' Shi Qian. I'm not bragging, but Brother Shi Qian's lightness skill is unparalleled in the world!"
"If you become his disciple, you will surely have your day!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dingliu immediately knelt down before Shi Qian, kowtowing three times and begging Shi Qian to accept him as a disciple.

Shi Qian was overjoyed. He helped Wang Dingliu up with both hands and gloated to Lu Zhishen and Wu Song:
"I, Shi Qian, have an apprentice now!"

You should know that he was originally a petty thief, and no one in the martial arts world respected him, so how could he possibly find an apprentice?

Cai Funeng thought of him and arranged an apprentice for him. Shi Qian was overjoyed, like a monkey eating a ginseng fruit!
The old man sighed, unsure whether to be happy for his son or worried about him.

He also hoped that Wang Dingliu would be successful, but Wang Dingliu was not, so he could only give in to his son's wishes.

In the entire novel *Water Margin*, Wang Dingliu's father was probably the only one who actively sent his son to Liangshan...

"Don't worry, sir!"

Cai Fu then smiled at the old man and said:

"Since your son has followed me, I will definitely give him a bright future!"

The old man nodded with a wry smile, taking Cai Fu's words as a way of comforting him.

What future can they have if they've all become outlaws?
That night, Cai Fu and his party rested at Wang Dingliu's shop.

The next day, the weather cleared and the snow melted. Cai Fu left Lu Zhishen, Zhang Shun, and Wang Dingliu at the inn, while he, Wu Song, and Shi Qian accompanied An Daoquan into Jiankang Prefecture.

Upon entering Jiankang Prefecture, An Daoquan felt like a dragon entering the sea or a tiger rushing up a mountain, and he couldn't wait to hurry off in one direction.

Cai Fu thought An Daoquan was eager to return home, but the further they went, the more suspicious things became.

This doesn't look like a clinic at all; it looks more like a brothel...

"Wait!"

When Cai Fu saw An Daoquan trying to squeeze into a doorway like a wild dog that had broken free, he quickly grabbed him:

"Brother, where are you going?"

An Daoquan rubbed his hands together impatiently, like a green-headed fly:

"I'm going to see Li Qiaonu!"

Cai Fu asked him, "Brother, have you thought about what to say?"

"Have you thought it through?"

An Daoquan said without hesitation:
"My brother and Qiaonu are truly in love. Just tell her what you want to say!"

Watt hair?
Cai Fu could hardly believe his ears:

"Brother, should you tell her to come to Liangshan with you?"

"No, what do you think?"

"Don't worry, brother!"
"Although Qiaonu was a courtesan, she was actually forced into this situation by the injustice of fate!"

An Daoquan sighed:
"Qiaonu is a pitiful person!"
"Her father was a gambler and squandered all the family fortune!"
"Her mother has fallen seriously ill again and has been bedridden for a long time!"

"She has a younger brother who is studying very hard. He went to the capital to take the imperial examination but failed. So he stayed in Tokyo to study and prepare for the exam, which cost a lot of money..."

"So Qiao Nucai had no choice but to come out and perform, but she usually only performed and never sold her body!"
"She only agreed to marry me because she admired my talent and respected my miraculous healing abilities! It's just that her old hag is too greedy; I haven't been able to raise enough gold to redeem her..."

"Fortunately, I saved Gao Yanei this time. Grand Commandant Gao gave me five hundred taels of gold, which is enough to redeem me!"
"Brother, I want to take Qiaonu away!"

Cai Fu was stunned.

"Are you sure that if you take Li Qiaonu away, she will go with you?"

"Of course!"

An Daoquan said confidently:
Qiaonu once told me—

I envy neither kings nor officials, neither merchants nor money!

"If I could stay with you forever, I would give every inch of my black hair to the years to come!"

"Even if she were to beg on the streets with me, Qiaonu would be willing, let alone become an outlaw?"

Cai Fu's mouth twitched twice secretly:

"Brother, listen to me—"

"You had to pay a ransom before you became an outlaw, and you still have to pay a ransom after you became an outlaw!"

"Then what was the point of becoming a bandit?"

eh?

An Daoquan was taken aback: "That's not what I said. Qiaonu told me!"

"Although she entered this industry out of necessity, she sold her art but not her body, and remained completely innocent!"
"Even if I leave this industry, I will remain completely honest and upright!"

Good guy!
Cai Fu was speechless: "Fine, we'll do it your way!"

"But if it doesn't work, you must listen to me!"

An Daoquan, with his neck stiffened, said, "Absolutely not!"
"Brother, you don't know, Qiaonu has a heart full of love for me!"

Cai Fu subconsciously exchanged a glance with Wu Song, who then pursed his lips.

If it weren't for the gold mark on his face, he would have definitely said a few words to An Daoquan halfway through the treatment!

"Brother, this is Li Qiaonu!"

Following An Daoquan, he led Cai Fu and the others into Li Qiaonu's house, proudly introducing Li Qiaonu to Cai Fu.

She then introduced Cai Fu and Wu Song to Li Qiaonu, who then addressed Cai Fu as "Uncle" and Wu Song as "Uncle."

As for Shi Qian, An Daoquan had completely forgotten about him...

When Cai Fu looked at Li Qiaonu, he found her to be exceptionally beautiful; no wonder An Daoquan was so infatuated with her.

There is a poem to prove it...

Forget it, let's not prove it. Anyway, it doesn't suit Cai Fu's taste, and it can't compare to Hu Sanniang and Qiu Qiongying.

Cai Fu can only be described as being similar to the beauties on 21st-century eagle-themed TV shows, and Li Qiaonu didn't use any beauty filters.

He first gave Li's mother a gold ingot to send her away to arrange food and wine, and then An Daoquan embraced Li Qiaonu:
"Qiaonu, there's something I need to tell you..."

"My lord, please don't be anxious."

Li Qiaonu gently cupped An Daoquan's face in her hands, looking at it from left to right:
"My lord, you must have endured countless hardships on your journey to Tokyo; you've lost a lot of weight..."

"It's okay."

An Daoquan felt a warm glow in his heart and grasped Li Qiaonu's hands, pressing them against his chest.
What I'm about to say is very important!

"Let me tell you what happened first. I committed a crime in Tokyo and I'm wanted by the police..."

Good guy!
Cai Fu and Wu Song exchanged a glance instinctively:
Is it so direct?

As expected, Li Qiaonu was terrified:

"Sir, you are a physician, how could you have committed a crime and be wanted by the police?"

"Could it be that someone died from the medical treatment?"

"nonsense!
"My medical skills are superb, and I have a miraculous ability to bring the dead back to life. When have I ever killed anyone with my medical skills?"

An Daoquan couldn't help but roll his eyes, then coaxed Li Qiaonu gently:
"It's a long story..."

(End of this chapter)