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

Chapter 301 Han Shizhong: Brother, I'm not worthy... [2 updates]

There is a roadside inn nestled in the mountains and forests.

In the open space in front of the inn, Wen Huanzhang was like a donkey pulling a millstone, pacing back and forth without stopping for a moment.

He waved the goose feather fan so vigorously that sometimes a fluffy goose feather would fly out...

Too reckless!
Wen Huanzhang couldn't help but think that Cai Fu's way of saving people was too reckless!

But the situation was urgent, so we had no choice but to act rashly...

If they couldn't save anyone and Cai Fu got caught in the crossfire, Wen Huanzhang felt he would be incredibly unlucky.

In fact, Wen Huanzhang understood why Cai Fu had left him alone here without even a guard...

This is giving him a chance to regret it!

Because Wen Huanzhang was forced into this situation by his students, Cai Fu knew that Wen Huanzhang was not doing it willingly.

Therefore, when Cai Fu and the others are not around, Wen Huanzhang can choose to leave to avoid making things awkward for everyone.

Wen Huanzhang had considered taking the opportunity to leave, but after thinking it over, he decided to wait until Cai Fu returned.

Or, we'll see if he can't come back.

A disheveled, ragged man carrying a broadsword walked over dejectedly.

"That damned Song Heizi!"

The man walked along muttering curses:
"How could I have been so blinded by greed back then and stood up for him!"

"He ended up wandering the world, lost and adrift..."

As the man was cursing, he looked up and saw Wen Huanzhang, a frail scholar, pacing in front of the roadside inn.

The man secretly observed that there was only a couple in the inn, and Wen Huanzhang was the only customer.

"Thank God!"

The man felt his chance had come, so he rushed over with his broadsword and tackled Wen Huanzhang to the ground!
"Oh my god!"

Wen Huanzhang felt as if he had been gored by a bull in heat, and he fell into the grass, where the man pinned him down.

"Silver! I want silver!"

"Wait a minute, my good man!"

Wen Huanzhang, pale-faced, tried to push the man away, but being utterly weak, he couldn't budge him.

"To be honest, I'm in the same line of work too!"

"Come with us?"

The man straddled Wen Huanzhang's stomach, his left hand gripping his collar, his right hand holding a broadsword, carefully examining him:
"I had no idea that I had even passed the imperial examination at the county level!"

At this point, Wen Huanzhang could only resort to intimidation and exaggeration:

"Hero, I am the strategist of Liangshan Marsh!"

Have you heard of Liangshan Marsh? Have you heard of Sai Xuande?

"Liangshanbo?"

The man's expression changed: "Do you know 'Timely Rain' Song Jiang?"

Although Wen Huanzhang did not know him personally, he knew that "Timely Rain" Song Jiang was highly respected among the heroes of the Jianghu.

Since the man didn't mention Cai Fu but instead mentioned Song Jiang, it's likely that he still admires Song Jiang quite a bit.

So Wen Huanzhang seized the opportunity and took advantage of the situation.

"Let's get to know each other!"
"We not only know each other, we're also sworn brothers!"

"What kind of life-and-death friendship is this?"

The man's anger rose from his heart, and evil thoughts took hold of his mind. He angrily said:
"I kill you, you die, he lives, then you are truly sworn brothers!"

Wen Huanzhang was stunned: "Why?"

"Don't worry! One day, I will send him to the underworld to meet you!"

The man was too lazy to waste words with him, and raised his broadsword to stab him in the neck!

Wen Huanzhang's vision went black: My life is over...

"Quack! Quack!"

The sound of horses' hooves startled the man. He looked up and saw seven men on seven horses galloping towards him at lightning speed!

A horse-drawn carriage followed behind!
"Whoosh-"

As the man looked up, a flash of cold light pierced his heart with lightning speed!

"not good!"

The man was startled and hurriedly dodged, but he was still a step too slow and was shot in the shoulder by an arrow!
The arrow pierced his body instantly, and the powerful force pushed him backward!
This is a master!

The man was terrified and scrambled into the forest, but the sound of horses' hooves kept coming from behind him!
"Oh my god!"

The man tripped over a stone and fell, and by the time he got up, a gun was already pointed at him...

……

"Sir, are you hurt?"

Cai Fufei dismounted and flew directly to Wen Huanzhang's side, picking him up and asking him with concern.

This was a strategist he had finally managed to recruit; out of tens of thousands of people in Liangshan, he was the only one with any education!
He would be heartbroken if anything happened to him!
"I, I'm fine..."

Wen Huanzhang was held in Cai Fu's arms, and tears welled up in his eyes without him even realizing it.

Why are you only getting back now!

If you come back any later, you'll never see me again!

"Blame me, blame me!"

When Cai Fu saw that he was crying, he quickly began to reflect on his actions:
"I will never leave you alone again!"

This is what you said!

Having narrowly escaped death, Wen Huanzhang was at his most vulnerable, and tears welled up in his eyes uncontrollably.

Yue Fei was chasing after people, explaining, "I can hit the bullseye every time I'm 240 paces away, and just now it was at least 250 paces..."

Originally, because Yue Fei was an accurate archer, his brothers had already jokingly called him "Little Hou Yi".

Unexpectedly, I missed twice today. I shot at Zhou Ang's face but missed, and I shot at that man's heart but missed again.

Seeing that the title of "Little Hou Yi" was about to be lost, Yue Fei desperately tried to save it...

"Uncle, I've brought the person back!"

Yang excitedly threw the man to the ground. Seeing so many heroes, the man immediately kowtowed.
"Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me!"

Cai Fu waved his hand, and Yang Zaixing was about to shoot the man dead.

Wen Huanzhang suddenly remembered: "Wait!" Yang Zaixing's spear was poised at the man's throat, and he asked curiously:
"Strategist, why not kill him?"

After being comforted by Cai Fu, Wen Huanzhang calmed down and picked up the dusty goose feather fan:

"Just now, when I mentioned the name of Liangshan Marsh, he asked me if I knew Song Jiang. I lied and said we were sworn brothers."

"He actually wants to kill me because of this..."

"Oh?"

Cai Fu became interested and looked the man up and down:

What grudge do you have against Song Jiang?

The man gritted his teeth and said, "Kill me if you want, I'll haunt Song Heizi even as a ghost!"

Cai Fu found this even more intriguing: "Brother, if you have a grudge against Song Jiang, I might spare your life!"

"Of course we have a grudge!"

The man said with deep resentment:

"Back then, Song Heizi killed his cousin Yan Poxi in Yuncheng County!"

"It was Tang Niu'er who blocked Yan Po for him!"
"He got away, but I was beaten half to death by the county magistrate!"
"In the end, he was sentenced to twenty strokes of the cane and exiled five hundred miles away!"
"I later heard that he had a great reputation in the martial arts world, became the chief of Liangshan Marsh, and everyone called him 'Timely Rain'!"
"Commander Lei committed a crime, and he rescued Commander Lei and brought him to Liangshan Marsh!"
"Captain Zhu also committed a crime, and he rescued Captain Zhu and brought him to Liangshan Marsh!"
"I, Tang Niu'er, also committed a crime, and I committed the crime for him. Why won't he save me?"

"After suffering in the prison camp for several years, I realized that he never treated me as a brother!"

"It's ridiculous that I suffered several years in prison for him, but he has long forgotten me, his savior!"
"How can I not hate him?"

Oh it's you!

Cai Fu knew this Tang Niu'er.

If it weren't for Tang Niu'er, Song Jiang would have been imprisoned for killing Yan Poxi.

If Zhu Tong and Lei Heng are willing to save him, things will be fine. But if they are not, Song Jiang will still have to pay with his life for killing someone!
In a way, Tang Niu'er can really be considered Song Jiang's savior.

Song Jiang was indeed ungrateful; after Tang Niu'er was exiled, his name was never mentioned again in the original work.

Cai Fu thought Tang Niu'er was dead or something, but he never expected to meet Tang Niu'er here today.

Tang Niu'er then realized that Cai Fu and Song Jiang were not on the same side, and after saying this, he kowtowed and begged for mercy:
"I was just starving and wanted to steal some money to survive..."

"I originally didn't intend to kill this gentleman, but he said he and Song Heizi were sworn brothers, so I acted impulsively..."

"Brother Cai!"

Wen Huanzhang tugged at Cai Fu's sleeve and winked:

"This person really only wanted to rob money."

"I only had the thought of killing him because I said that I was sworn brothers with Song Jiang. Why not give him a chance?"

Cai Fu nodded knowingly.
"Fine, I'll spare your life. You can come with us for now!"

Tang Niu'er kowtowed repeatedly and thanked Wen Huanzhang for his kindness before getting up and joining Cai Fu's team.

……

"kill--"

Han Shizhong suddenly opened his eyes, sat up, and found that he was no longer at the city gate.

Instead, he was in a dilapidated old house, lying on a tattered bed, covered with an old cotton blanket...

"Brother, don't be nervous."

A familiar voice called from the side. Han Shizhong turned his head and met Cai Fu's concerned gaze:

"It's safe here."

Han Shizhong froze for two seconds, looked down at the wounds being treated on his body, and then came to his senses:

"Brother, I..."

"Don't tell me, I know everything."

Cai Fu pressed him down onto the bed and continued to treat his wounds.

Han Shizhong's eyes reddened.

He remembered that Cai Fu had only brought a few men into Tokyo for his sake!

Although we don't know how Cai Fu got out, he must have gone through an extremely fierce battle...

"Brother, I'm not worthy..."

Han Shizhong's eyes were filled with tears:

"Actually, my name is Han Shizhong. I was transferred from the Western Army to the Dragon God Guard in Tokyo..."

"Grand Commandant Gao of the Imperial Guard and Commander Liu Yanqing of the Dragon God Guard wanted me and sent me to Liangshan Marsh to be a spy..."

"While you were out looking for Niu Gao, I went to the commander's mansion to inform on you..."

"I know."

Cai Fuping calmly applied the medicine while saying:

"Actually, it was my plan for you to be arrested by the Kaifeng Prefecture."

Han Shizhong: Σ(｀д′*ノ)ノ

Cai Fu laughed heartily: "You know me, I, 'Sai Xuande,' value fairness the most."

"You tricked me once, so I'll trick you once too."

"So you don't owe me anything, and I don't owe you anything, isn't that fair?"

"Ah this..."

Han Shizhong felt his head buzzing, and it took him a while to react:
"unfair!

"Although I tricked you once, and you tricked me once, you also saved me once!"
"I still owe you my life, Brother Cai Fu!"

Cai Fu applied the medicine and began bandaging him:
"But you call me brother, if I don't save you, who will?"

Han Shizhong was stunned.

Cai Fu's words left him speechless. He stared blankly as Cai Fu bandaged up all the wounds on his body.

“I gave you Doctor An’s ‘Tiger Bone Life-Saving Pill’.”

Cai Fu said as he packed the first-aid kit:

"I'll have someone bring you food later. After you eat, get a good night's sleep, and you'll feel much better tomorrow."

After packing up the first-aid kit, Cai Fu covered Han Shizhong with the old cotton cover again and got up to leave.

Han Shizhong opened his mouth with difficulty: "Brother... Brother..."

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