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Chapter 188 Cai Fu: If you experience his suffering, you may not necessarily experience his good fortune [2 updates]

"elder brother--"

Back in his room, An Daoquan threw himself into Cai Fu's arms, tears streaming down his face.

"I thought I'd never see you again!"

Cai Fu hugged An Daoquan, feeling his thinness, and patted his vest with a sigh:
"It's alright, Dao-ge, we're back together again..."

"Three days!"

An Daoquan wiped away his tears and said, feeling wronged:

Do you know how I spent these past three days?

Cai Fu sighed. Although he didn't know, he could guess.

Fang Hou was faking illness to deceive Fang La and lure him to Shezhou.

An Daoquan is essentially under house arrest and could be killed at any time to silence him!
It's easy to imagine that An Daoquan lived in constant fear...

This time, Cai Fu was indeed misled, which led to An Dao being in grave danger.

But then again, Wang Yin looks just like Zhang Fei, and his acting skills are just too good!
Or is it not an act?

Fang Hou actually managed to deceive everyone?

"OK OK!"

Cai Fu comforted An Daoquan with kind words and decided to give him a reward:
"Tonight we'll sleep side by side!"

"Thank you for your kindness, brother, but I haven't been sleeping well these past few days..."

An Daoquan quickly refused:

"I'm also worried about Qiaonu, I wonder how she is..."

Cai Fu: (_)
So An Daoquan went back to sleep with Li Qiaonu, while Wu Song and Lu Zhishen slept side by side with Cai Fu.

"Big brother, is that Fang Hou?"

Lying on the bed, before he could even blow out the candles, Wu Song couldn't help but ask:

"Was it Fang Hou who set up the ambush at Ernai Mountain?"

Shuangmantou Mountain is just a term used by scholars like Fang Hou; it refers to two small hills on either side of the gorge.

The place is actually called Mistress Hill.

Cai Fu nodded: "Most likely."

Wu Song sighed: "Fang Hou is Fang La's uncle, and he has already been made the Imperial Uncle King."

"Why must we kill our own flesh and blood for the throne!"

"Don't advise others to do good if you haven't experienced their suffering."

"If you experience his suffering, you may not experience his goodness."

Cai Fu hesitated for two seconds:
"Fang Hou's desire to kill Fang La was not necessarily for the throne."

"Perhaps there are other reasons that are not known to others..."

Wu Song shook his head and remained silent.

Just then, Lu Zhishen suddenly slapped his thigh:
"I forgot again!"

"hiss--"

Wu Song couldn't help but rub his thighs:
"Third Brother, what have you forgotten again?"

Lu Zhishen said with regret, "When I was killing people on the mountain today, I got so carried away that I completely forgot!"

Cai Fu pressed further, "What exactly did you forget?"

Lu Zhishen vigorously twirled his bald head twice:
"I forgot my self-introduction number!"
"Who knows when the next battle will be? Who knows I'm a frivolous monk?"

Cai Fu, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song:
~(￣▽￣~)（▼ dishes▼#）(～￣▽￣)～

……

Late at night, at Fang Hou's mourning hall.

Fang La lay listlessly on the bed, staring blankly at Fang Hou's coffin.

Wang Yin knelt on the ground beside Fang Hou, crying as he burned paper money for him.

He was also a fellow townsman of Fang La, from Shezhou.

He was originally a stonemason in the mountains of Shezhou, but he came out of the mountains to fight alongside Fang La when Fang La rebelled.

However, unlike Deng Yuanjue, who followed Fang La, he followed Fang La's second brother.

He and Fang La's second brother were as close as brothers.

Therefore, after Fang La's second brother died, although Wang Yin was appointed Minister of War for his merits, he still followed Fang Hou, the biological father of Fang La's second brother.

That is why Wang Yin was so heartbroken when Fang Hou died, and he wore mourning clothes as if he were Fang Hou's filial son and grandson.

To be honest, this made Fang La a little uncomfortable.

But when he thought about what he owed them, Fang La sighed:

Back then, in the midst of the chaos, when an enemy general thrust his spear at him, he instinctively pulled him aside... Who would have thought that the person he pulled in front of him to shield him from the spear was his own second brother?

No matter how Fang La explained to his second brother that it was not intentional, his second brother held Fang La's hand tightly and refused to let go!

His eyes were wide open as he stared at Fang La, making Fang La's neck feel cold!
Only after Fang La promised to take good care of his father Fang Hou and his son Fang Jie did the second brother relent...

Therefore, Fang La has been trying his best to make amends to Fang Hou and Fang Jie ever since then.

He appointed Fang Hou as the Imperial Uncle King and gave him his hometown of Shezhou as his fief.

Fang Jie was not even twenty years old when he was appointed as the Supreme General of the Imperial Guard and Commander-in-Chief of all the armies, both inside and outside the capital.

Because Fang La really didn't do it on purpose.

Although my second brother is my cousin, we grew up together and are practically like brothers.

But no matter how much compensation he made, the Imperial Uncle still took this step...

It shouldn’t be!

Fang La knew Fang Hou very well.

Although Fang Hou was obsessed with fame and fortune, his greatest dream in life was to pass the imperial examination.

After Fang La's rebellion, Fang Hou abandoned that idea. Compared to vying for power, he preferred to live a life of quiet elegance.

Could it be...

Fang La suddenly opened his eyes wide:

Fang Hou was also present during that battle. Could it be that he witnessed it?

"call--"

A gust of cold wind blew by, sending the burning paper money flying everywhere, making Fang La feel utterly chilled!
In a daze, Fang La seemed to see a pair of cloudy old eyes slowly opening from the void and staring at him!

Then another pair of wide-open eyes appeared, just like the second brother's unseeing eyes before he died!
"Do not--"

Fang La cried out in alarm and fainted.

"Protecting the Emperor——"

He Conglong, the Imperial Guard instructor who had been dozing nearby, was suddenly awakened by Fang La's exclamation and hurriedly called out:

"Protect—the—driver—"

……

"Squeak-"

An Daoquan opened the "emergency room" and walked out looking annoyed; he had been dragged out of bed.

How is His Majesty?

Wang Yin and He Conglong, who were present at the time, hurriedly rushed over, knowing that if Fang La got into trouble, they would be the ones to take the blame.

An Daoquan shook his head.

"Is it hopeless?"

Wang Yin and Gao Yu's expressions changed drastically:
No way? They're not really going to make us take the blame, are they?

"never mind……"

An Daoquan exhaled a breath of stale air:
"You must be extra careful in the future; if this happens again, I can't guarantee anything..."

Straight bitch!
Wang Yin and Gao Yu's legs went weak, and they collapsed to the ground.

Do it again, you've scared us to death!

……

After daybreak, Fang La finally woke up.

Although her face was even paler, she recovered.

However, Fang La never mentioned keeping vigil for Fang Hou again.

He wanted to live two more years.

Unfortunately, he could see those two eyes every time he closed his eyes, so Fang La thought he had to go back and ask Eunuch Pu to break the curse.

"I am in poor health, so I will not go in..."

Fang La directed four strong men to carry him, bed and all, to the courtyard in front of Fang Hou's mourning hall and put him down.
"Yes, put it in the sun. I like to bask in the sun..."

I will definitely never keep vigil again.

However, Fang La was deeply in mourning, so he had to put on a show no matter what.

Cai Fu glanced strangely at the mourning hall and then at Fang La. Sure enough, things weren't that simple...

It was indeed much more comfortable basking in the sun; Fang La felt warm all over when he suddenly heard someone announce:

"General Fang has arrived!"

Fang La's expression froze:
The Emperor's nephew, Fang Jie, has arrived...

(End of this chapter)