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

Chapter 236 Shi Qian Steals the Treasure, White Stone Beauty [2 Updates, Requesting Monthly Tickets]

Cai Fu asked with a smile, "Brother Wu, do you perhaps harbor resentment towards me?"

"Snapped!"

Wu Li angrily slammed her chopsticks on the table, glaring at him, and said:
"How dare you address me as 'Brother Wu'?"

"boom--"

Lu Junyi, Yang Zhi, Shi Xiu, and Yan Qing all stood up and glared angrily at Wu Li!

Yan Qing was alright, he wasn't particularly intimidating in appearance.

The other three were like wolves and tigers, fierce and menacing!
The combined pressure from the three men made Wu Li's face turn pale with fright.

"What, what do you want to do?"

Qiu Qiongying rushed over from the next private room like a whirlwind, grabbed Wu Li, and left.

"Daddy, Mommy's looking for you!"

Wu Li was dragged out of the private room, her face pale, but she still turned back and shouted defiantly:
"Go ahead and kill me if you dare!"
"To beat one's father-in-law to death before the woman has even entered the family—there's no such logic anywhere in the world!"

That makes sense!

Lu Junyi, Yang Zhi, Shi Xiu, and Yan Qing watched Cai Fu, who was utterly bewildered.

Why are you all looking at me?
"Don't you all know whether Yingzi and I are innocent?"

Qiu Qiongying pulled Wu Li to the next private room, which was full of women.

Wu Li's wife, Ni, his sister, Wu Tao, and Ye Qing's wife, An, are all here.

Wu Li plopped down, getting all excited in front of women:

"Qiongying, why are you pulling me?"
"If he dares to start something and then abandon me, I'll chop him up with one stroke!"

Left with no other choice, Qiu Qiongying had to tell the truth:

"Father, listen to me, actually I blah blah blah..."

At the same time, Cai Fu swept the table around:

"Wait a minute, someone's missing!"

Lu Junyi, Yang Zhi, and the others looked at each other, wondering, "Who's missing?"

Cai Fu: "Qian'er!"

"broken!"

Lu Junyi became anxious and slammed his fist on the table, standing up:

"Qian'er is most likely still in the city, let's hurry and rescue him!"

Under Cai Fu's guidance, Lu Junyi has come to realize the importance of Shi Qian.

They also developed a friendship over time.

So when they heard that Shi Qian was not there, they immediately went to rescue him.

"no need to worry."

Cai Fu stopped him: "If it were someone else, it would be fine, but Qian'er will definitely be alright."

"He's a real 'flea on a drum'!"

"Second brother, Lao Yang, you two are too conspicuous. Stay behind to protect the women."

"Xiuer, Yanzi, let's go back to Weisheng Prefecture now!"

"I wouldn't dare trouble you, brother. I'm here now!"

The door to the private room was pushed open, and a dark-skinned, thin, short, and small man came in carrying a large package.

The large package seemed to be bigger than him. Cai Fu and the others looked closely and realized that it could only be Shi Qian.

Lu Junyi asked in surprise, "Qian'er, what's wrong with you...?"

"boom!"

Shi Qian placed the large package on the ground, untied it, and saw that it was golden, silvery, and smooth...

It's full of gold and silver jewelry!
"hey-hey!"

Shi Qian grinned: "Wu Guojiu will definitely have his property confiscated. Rather than let them get away with it, we might as well let him off the hook!"
"Consider it part of your dowry!"

It has to be you!

Cai Fu's mouth twitched twice secretly:

"Well done, but don't do it again next time!"
"Chest cover, survival is the priority!"

"Brother, don't worry!"

Shi Qianchong and Cai Fu squeezed their tiny, beady eyes together:
"I'm a 'flea on a drum'!"

Cai Fu: "..."

So Shi Qian rewrapped all the gold and silver jewelry and placed it aside, then sat down to drink with everyone.

"I hastily grabbed some gold, silver, and valuables, carried them to the city gate, but it was already closed..."

Shi Qian recounted his experience, leaving Yang Zhi completely bewildered:
"Didn't you encounter the Imperial Guards on the way?"

Shi Qian chuckled and pointed to the roof:

“I went up there, but there’s no one up there!”

"...Just as we were about to reach the city wall, a cloud of black mist suddenly rose from the city and spread in all directions!"

"I hurriedly climbed the city wall, but by then the black mist had already caught up!"
"I rushed to the city wall in one breath and climbed down the wall to avoid being trapped by the black fog!"

"When we got to the foot of the city wall, I looked up and saw that the black mist was actually bounded by the city wall and did not drift outwards!"

"Only then did I feel relieved. After leaving the city, I encountered a carriage and hitched a ride for a while..."

Cai Fu was terrified by what he heard and couldn't help but repeatedly tell him, "Staying alive is the most important thing."

However, it was only because Shi Qian was highly skilled and daring that he could climb down from the city wall; anyone else would have surely fallen to their death!
Even the eldest brother, Longdu, is no match!

Cai Fu and the others were chatting enthusiastically when suddenly the door was gently pushed open, and Wu Li quietly slipped in...

Cai Fu pretended not to see it, and his brothers also pretended not to see it.

Only Shi Qian was unaware; upon looking back:
"Where did the Emperor's brother-in-law go?"

"I went to take a look at the women's quarters..."

Wu Li coughed lightly, sat down, cautiously glanced at Cai Fu, hesitated for a moment, and finally picked up the wine bowl:
"Brother, I never expected there would be so many twists and turns in the process!"

"I have offended you before, I'll make you a bowl of rice as compensation!"
"Tons, tons, tons..."

Cai Fu then ate the bowl with him, knowing that he might have to toast him again two years later.

I don't know if he'll be willing to go his own way when we each discuss things separately...

"Brother, you're too kind."

Cai Fu put down his wine bowl and patted Wu Li on the shoulder: "What are your plans for the future?"

Lu Junyi, Yang Zhi, and the others were all completely bewildered:
No, you actually call your father-in-law brother?
Could it be that you and Qiu Qiongying are truly innocent?

Wu Li sighed: "Now we are penniless and have nowhere to go, so we can only follow Qiong Ying."

“As children grow up, they have their own ideas, and we parents can’t help them much anymore.”

"We'll be content as long as we see her marry a good man..."

Cai Fu blinked: "Let's not talk about that, let's drink!"

……

The next day.

"Is this Mount Ishimuro?"

Cai Fu, mounted on his horse, looked around and asked Ye Qing, who was leading the way.

Ye Qing is a loyal servant of Qiu Qiongying's family, and is extremely loyal to the Qiu family.

Even after Qiu Qiongying's parents died, he continued to protect her.

After being kidnapped by Wu Li, in order to protect Qiu Qiongying, his wife, An Shi, became Qiu Qiongying's wet nurse in Wu Li's mansion, while he became the steward in Wu Li's mansion.

He was also skilled with spears and sticks, and his record was fighting Zhang Qing, who did not use flying stones, for forty or fifty rounds to a draw.

Although Zhang Qing was lenient, he was still considered quite good among the servants.

"Yes, this is it."

Ye Qing led the way while introducing things to Cai Fu:

“I am the steward in the Imperial Uncle’s mansion. The Imperial Uncle once sent me to Shishi Mountain to collect wood and stone.”

"At that time, I was on the hilltop, and a soldier pointed down the hill and said—"

“There is a beautiful stone here, as white as frost and snow, without the slightest flaw.”

"The natives wanted to take it, but a thunderclap startled several quarrymen to death, and they only came to their senses after a long while."

"Therefore, people bit their fingers to warn each other, and dared not approach him."

“When I went down the mountain to look, I saw that the beautiful stone had turned into the corpse of a woman!”

"Upon closer inspection, I realized it was my mistress, her face so lifelike!"

"There was a hole on his head, as if he had fallen from the hillside and died."

“A lowly soldier, formerly a horse guard under Tian Hu, spoke of the cause of my mistress’s death.”

"It turns out that Tian Hu kidnapped my mistress, intending to make her his wife."

"My mistress pretended to be welcoming, but when we reached the hilltop, she suddenly jumped off the cliff and died..."

“Then I ordered them to carry soil and bury the remains of my mistress.”

"But when I looked closer, it was still just a white stone..."

As they talked, they arrived at the place where Ye Qing buried the white stone.

To let Qiu Qiongying see it, Ye Qing, Yan Qing, Shi Xiu, and Shi Qian dug up the white stone together.

Cai Fu immediately noticed that something was wrong with the white stone; it was spotless, crystal clear, and looked like a beautiful jade!

A crowd gathered around to watch, and Yang Zhi couldn't help but say:
"Isn't this just a rock?"

"Kucha——"

Before Yang Zhi could finish speaking, a thunderclap suddenly rang out from a clear sky, deafening everyone and causing them to turn pale with fright!

"Mother--"

Qiu Qiongying screamed, lay down on the white stone, and burst into tears!
Upon closer inspection, Cai Fu and the others realized that Bai Shi had indeed transformed into a woman's corpse...

Logically speaking, Qiu Qiongying's mother, Song, had been dead for several years, and her body should have decomposed by now.

However, Song Shi was indeed as lifelike as Ye Qing had said; if it weren't for the wound on his head, he would have looked like he was asleep.

Qiu Qiongying held her mother's body and cried her heart out, while Ye Qing and Madam An also knelt down with tears streaming down their faces.

Cai Fu waited patiently until Qiu Qiongying's crying gradually subsided, then waved to Shi Xiu.

Shi Xiu took the package off his back. Inside the package was a box, and inside the box was a human head.

This head belongs to Tian Hu.

It started to smell bad after just one day, but luckily it was winter and didn't attract flies.

"Yingzi, make way."

Cai Fu beckoned Qiu Qiongying to get up from her mother's corpse and place Tian Hu's head before it.

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor!"
"Qiong Ying has avenged you. May your souls rest in peace!"

"Father, Mother, your daughter has avenged you!"

After crying, Qiu Qiongying kowtowed three times!

Ye Qing and Madam An also kowtowed, and then, to everyone's surprise, Madam Ni also went to pay her respects:
"Don't worry, sister, my husband and I will take good care of Qiongying!"

Qiu Qiongying glanced back at Ni Shi through teary eyes; she had already accepted this foster mother in her heart.

Suddenly everyone pointed at her mother's body and exclaimed in shock. Qiu Qiongying hurriedly turned around and looked:
Suddenly, her mother turned into white stone again!

That was bad enough, but then the white stone turned to ash!
A gust of cold wind blew by, and white lime flew into the air...

At the same time, Tian Hu's head rotted rapidly at a visible speed until only bones remained!

……

Three days later, in Weisheng Prefecture.

Crown Prince Tian Ding of Jin ascended the throne with the support of his military advisor, Left Chancellor Qiao Daoqing, and Right Chancellor, Grand Tutor Bian Xiang.

All the civil and military officials were waiting to pay homage, but Tian Ding's young face was filled with anger.

"It's already this late..."

Tian Ding was still young, and his father, Tian Hu, was a hunter turned bandit, so his family did not educate him well from a young age.

Even after sitting on the throne, Tian Ding couldn't contain himself and finally couldn't help but ask Grand Tutor Bian Xiang:
Will they come back?

The "they" that Tian Ding was referring to were Tian Hu's two younger brothers, the Second King Tian Bao and the Third King Tian Biao.

Tian Bao and Tian Biao both joined Tian Hu in the rebellion, and their prestige in the Jin state was second only to Tian Hu.

Moreover, both were powerful regional princes: Tian Bao was stationed in Fenyang Prefecture, and Tian Biao was stationed in Jinning Prefecture.

With a multitude of elite soldiers and fierce generals under their command, the two brothers, working together, were simply no match for Tian Ding.

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