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

Chapter 191 An Daoquan: He Could Die at Any Moment [1st Update]

Qingxi County, Zhaixingtai (Star-Picking Platform).

"So this is where it came true..."

The pale-faced eunuch Pu Wenying was helped up the Star-Picking Platform by a young Taoist boy, shaking his head as he walked.
"What a misfortune for our family..."

The young Taoist couldn't help but ask, "What family misfortune?"

Pu Wenying glared at him: "What did I tell you on your first day with me?"

The young Taoist shrank back: "I won't listen to what I shouldn't hear, I won't say what I shouldn't say, I won't ask what I shouldn't ask, and I won't do what I shouldn't do..."

"Just remember."

Pu Wenying gripped the railing and resolutely shook off his hand:

"You can leave now, I don't need you here."

The young Taoist priest left in tears.

Pu Wenying stood still, holding onto the railing, and looked up:

"The Imperial Star is dim and weak, while the Divine Star is extremely prosperous. This is... *poof*..."

Pu Wenying coughed up another mouthful of blood!

As he leaned against the railing, his upper body involuntarily leaned back when he coughed up blood.
"Hey hey hey——"

Pu Wenying immediately flipped backward off the railing, and hurriedly reached out to grab the Taoist boy next to him.

They ended up empty-handed...

Pu Wenying then remembered that she had just chased away the Taoist boy.

It's over!

As Pu Wenying plummeted headfirst, in that life-or-death moment, he thought of many things:

This Star-Picking Platform is thirty-three zhang tall!
When it was first established, it was he who took the initiative to propose it to Fang La. He wasn't afraid of exceeding the specifications; the higher the better!

So here's the question: if he fell from the Star-Picking Platform, which is thirty-three zhang tall, what were his chances of survival?

Meanwhile, the young Taoist priest, wiping away tears, hadn't even reached the end of the path.

He knew what Pu Wenying meant. Pu Wenying was telling him to leave, not just in the present, but that she would no longer need him from now on.

He was an orphan; where else could he go if he left the Imperial Observatory?

"call--"

The young Taoist was taken aback: What flew past?
"Bam—"

A muffled thud came from below. The young Taoist priest hurriedly clung to the railing and looked down, only to be greatly surprised:
Master, why did you go down first?

……

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Big brother, I'm all better! I'm all better now!"

Wu Song faced a bronze mirror, parted his bangs with both hands, examined himself several times, and after confirming it again and again, excitedly said to Cai Fu:

"The gold seal has been completely removed!"

Because he usually dressed as a monk, with his hair covering his face and obscuring the golden seal, Cai Fu couldn't see the progress.

At this moment, Wu Song took the initiative to pull aside his bangs to show Cai Fu, and Cai Fu then discovered that the gold seal had indeed been completely removed.

Where the gold seal once stood, only a red scar remains.

"That's wonderful, Sixth Brother!"

Cai Fu and Lu Zhishen were both very happy for him, and Wu Song said again:
"The miracle doctor said that if we continue with this treatment, the red scars will disappear in another month and we won't be able to see them at all!"
"Now I can take off this whole outfit!"

"It's a good time to say goodbye to the past!"

Cai Fu gave a thumbs up:
"From this day forward, the world lost a traveler and gained a mighty lion!"

The original nickname given to Wu Song was "Tiger-Slaying Tai Sui," but it was changed to "Heaven-Shaking Lion" because it was deemed inappropriate.

[The previous parts have already been corrected. "The Heaven-Shaking Lion" is taken from the original poem praising him: "His heart and courage are as great as a heaven-shaking lion descending from the clouds."]

Everyone laughed.

Being able to walk in the world wearing ordinary clothes made Wu Song the happiest, and Cai Fu the second happiest.

Everything else aside, what Cai Fu couldn't stand the most was the string of 108 human skull beads around Wu Song's neck!
Those are all made from human skulls; how many wronged souls must be attached to them?
Although the killing was committed by that unknown monk, it was still the one who put it around Wu Song's neck!
Wu Song relied on this outfit to travel the world, and Cai Fu couldn't very well use his seniority to make him change it. Now, without Cai Fu even saying a word, Wu Song himself would have to change it after the golden seal was removed.

"Brother-in-law, what are you laughing at?"

A prince with thick eyebrows and big eyes, just like Fang La, but with an oval face, came over and struck up a conversation.

This man was Fang La's eldest son, the Prince of Nan'an, Fang Tianding, who was also Cai Fu's brother-in-law.

Fang Tianding was originally stationed in Hangzhou, but he came to Shezhou to attend the funeral of his second grandfather, Fang Hou.

As a result, Fang Hou died, and Fang La was also seriously injured, so Fang Tianding stayed in Shezhou and did not leave.

Fang Tianding only had one sister, and Fang Jinzhi only had one brother.

The brother and sister are siblings from the same mother.

After Fang Tianding arrived in Shezhou, he also took the initiative to befriend Cai Fu, and they became as close as "comrades".

Cai Fu casually picked out a joke: "My third brother and the Imperial Advisor look like twins, which is quite amusing."

"That's really interesting!"

Fang Tianding glanced at Lu Zhishen and then laughed along with him.

After exchanging a few jokes, Fang Tianding made an excuse, pulled Cai Fu aside, and whispered a few words to him when no one was around:
"Brother-in-law, how have I treated you?"

Cai Fu frowned, realizing that things were not simple.

Someone who asks this question usually wants you to do something that could cost you your life.

Cai Fu smiled broadly: "We're like brothers, Brother Tian!"

Fang Tianding was very satisfied with this answer, and he stood on tiptoe, put his arm around Cai Fu's shoulder, and said:
"Brother-in-law, we are family!"

"We're family, so let's not stand on ceremony. Give your brother a heads-up..."

At this point, Fang Tianding looked around, making sure no one else was there, before whispering to Cai Fu:

"How is Father's health?"

Cai Fu looked at him with a smile: "Didn't the miracle doctor already say that you don't trust him, Brother Tian?"

"It's not that I don't trust the miracle doctor..."

Fang Tianding sighed: "Although Father's health is improving day by day."

"But judging from Father's health, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to recover to his former state..."

Cai Fu had to admit that Fang Tianding's intuition was correct.

Although Fang La was rescued, he was clearly a strong man in his forties, but he looked like an elderly man in his fifties or sixties.

Although I can get out of bed now, I am very weak and have to stop coughing for a long time after taking just a few steps.

"Illness comes like a landslide, but recovery is like pulling silk from a cocoon."

Cai Fu chuckled and said, "Take it easy and you'll get better."

Fang Tianding didn't get the answer he wanted from Cai Fu, and left disappointed after chatting for a while.

Cai Fu didn't care about this.

Anyway, he's leaving tomorrow, so who cares what Fang Tianding thinks?

Because of the engagement, the funeral of Fang Hou, and the assassination attempt on Fang La, so many things happened at once.

Cai Fu never saw Fang Jinzhi from beginning to end, so how much kinship could he have with Fang Tianding?

However, that evening, Cai Fu went to An Daoquan's room and specifically asked An Daoquan about this matter.

"It damaged the heart meridian."

While enjoying Li Qiaonu's large sword, An Daoquan answered Cai Fu:
"He originally had at most three to five months to live."

"And he could die at any time within the next three to five months..."

Cai Fu: "Huh?"

An Daoquan habitually took a deep breath:

"But with my younger brother's treatment, supplemented by expensive medicines, he might be able to stay alive for a year or two."

"However, he could pass away at any time within the next year or two..."

(End of this chapter)