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

Chapter 394 Following Cai Fu means you'll get what you deserve! [3rd update, please vote with monthly tickets and recommendations]

"Brother Song Jiang has fainted from hunger!"

Wu Yong rushed forward and checked Song Jiang's breath, immediately understanding the situation and making a judgment:

“Brother Cai Fu, to tell you the truth, we haven’t eaten or drunk anything for three days. We’ve even gnawed all the bark off the trees on the mountain…”

Why didn't you say so sooner?

Upon hearing this, Cai Fu rummaged through his clothes and pulled out a cold steamed bun from somewhere.

"Take this! Use it to keep things going for now!"

"Thank you so much, Brother Cai Fu!"

Wu Yong took it with trembling hands, his heart aching:

Now we've really become beggars!
Cai Fu looked around and said, "Brothers, whoever has any rations left, give them to the brothers of Erlong Mountain to fill their stomachs first!"

His words brought tears to the eyes of countless heroes of Erlong Mountain...

Lu Zhishen pulled a chicken leg from his pocket and handed it to Lin Chong.

He was weak when he was hungry, so Cai Fu told him to always carry food with him.

Lin Chong wanted to refuse with backbone.

But the aroma of the chicken leg wafted into his nose, and Lin Chong finally mustered the courage to accept it.

Taking a bite of the now-cold chicken leg, Lin Chong felt a mix of emotions; this was more painful than killing him.

Wu Song stuffed a steamed bun into Qin Ming's hand.

Qin Ming paused for two seconds, then lowered his head and said:

"Thank you, brother..."

Qin Ming had long been developed into a confidant by Song Jiang, so he naturally knew about the power struggle between Song Jiang and Cai Fu.

He wasn't a smart man, but he knew that if the two sides were to exchange places, Song Jiang would be more than happy to see Cai Fu die!

So even though the steamed bun was already rock hard, Qin Ming still ate it until tears welled up in his eyes.

Yang Zhi took out a steamed bun and gave it to Xu Ning.

Yang Zhi glanced at Xu Ning and said sympathetically:

"Brother Xu Ning, you've lost so much weight..."

Xu Ning burst into tears at that moment.

He and Yang Zhi had some acquaintance because they were both military officers.

Even if they weren't sworn brothers, they still drank together quite a bit back in Liangshan.

But in just a few months, Yang Zhi, the former unlucky guy, has become a radiant and high-spirited man!

He himself was disheveled and dressed in rags, looking like a beggar on his knees!
why?

Isn't it all because they chose Song Jiang?
Xu Ning felt he had been cheated; Hua Rong and Qin Ming chose Song Jiang because they were Song Jiang's confidants.

He chose Song Jiang only to be granted amnesty, but the amnesty failed, and he almost starved to death!

Sin!

Having accepted the rations shared by the Liangshan heroes, the Erlongshan heroes ate with tears streaming down their faces...

Many of the underlings have decided that if they were to be elected again, they would follow Cai Fu no matter what!

Nothing special, just follow Cai Fu and you'll get to eat meat!
The most pitiful one here is Song Jiang, his eyes are tightly closed, but the fragrance keeps wafting into his nose!

Song Jiang really wanted to jump up and snatch Wu Yong's steamed bun and Lin Chong's chicken leg, but he had fainted.

He could only sit motionless on the ground with his eyes closed...

After eating half a steamed bun in a few bites, Wu Yong had some strength left, and then invited Cai Fu to the gate to talk.

Wu Yong was afraid he wouldn't be able to climb the high steps halfway up the main hall of Baozhu Temple, as there were no steps there.

Be careful not to bump or fall.

Wu Yong directed his henchmen to put Song Jiang on the bed.

Besides Song Jiang, who had fainted from hunger, the only other person on the bed was Li Kui, who was sleeping like a dead pig, reeking of alcohol.

After the henchmen had all left, Wu Yong secretly slipped the half-eaten steamed bun into Song Jiang's sleeve.

"Kongming and Kongliang, guard your master outside the door."

After giving instructions to Kongming and Kongliang, Wu Yong left.

Although Kongming and Kong Liang did not know why they had to guard outside the door, they obeyed the strategist's instructions and closed the door to stand guard.

As soon as the door closed, Song Jiang sat up abruptly and wolfed down half a steamed bun!

He was so hungry he was practically starving...

"I dropped the knife inside!"

Kong Liang pushed the door open and came in while talking to Kong Ming, just as they bumped into each other!

Everyone seemed frozen in place, staring at each other wide-eyed...

……

There was a small hall in the back, which was usually where the leaders worked. Cai Fu and the others all squeezed into this place.

The few seats available were occupied by Cai Fu, Lu Zhishen, and Wu Song, which was understandable. What the heroes of Erlong Mountain found hard to understand was that Zhu Wu had also managed to get a seat.

Although Cai Fu explained that he was wounded, the heroes of Erlong Mountain all realized that Zhu Wu had already taken Cai Fu's form.

"It's all Dong Ping's fault!"

Zhu Wu had eaten while he was in the government army camp, and now that he had the strength, he angrily recounted Dong Ping's affair.

The heroes of Erlong Mountain only then learned that Zhu Wu had almost been killed by Dong Ping, but was fortunately saved by Cai Fu's adopted son.

This provides a reasonable explanation for why Zhu Wu became Cai Fu's man.

"That beast Dong Ping!"

Qin Ming cursed and said, "He even wanted to capture Brother Song Gongming to claim the reward from the government troops!"
"If Instructor Lin and I hadn't arrived in time, he would have succeeded!"
"I never expected him to target the Zhu Wu brothers again!"

Cai Fu looked at Qiu Qiongying with a cold smile, and Qiu Qiongying then recounted all the despicable things Dong Ping had done:
"Dong Ping forcibly abducted women and indiscriminately killed innocent people; he is no good person!"
"His nose was broken by me with a flying stone!" Many heroes didn't know this, and after they did, they hated Dong Ping even more.

"Pfft!"

After Xu Ning finished eating the steamed bun and recovered, he knelt down before Cai Fu as if pushing a mountain of gold and collapsing a jade pillar:
"Thank you so much, Brother Cai Fu, for coming all this way to save so many of our lives!"

"I am deeply grateful and will remember this forever!"
"If my brother ever needs my help in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Xu Ning took the lead, and Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Ou Peng, Ma Lin and the others also bowed to thank Cai Fu.

Lin Chong hesitated for a moment before kneeling down before Cai Fu.

It wasn't that he wasn't grateful to Cai Fu, but rather that he didn't know how to face Cai Fu.

He had a choice, but he gave up Cai Fu and chose Song Jiang instead.

He regrets it now, but there's no going back. He knows that Cai Fu already harbors a deep prejudice against him.

He believed himself to be righteous, and that other people's opinions of him were naturally prejudices.

Cai Fu helped them up one by one. In fact, Cai Fu could tell that some of the heroes wanted to join him.

However, Song Jiang had not wronged them, and they had no suitable excuse to switch sides to Cai Fu's side.

The exceptions are "Leaping Tiger" Chen Da and "White Flower Snake" Yang Chun, who are well known to be sworn brothers with Zhu Wu.

Therefore, after Chen Da and Yang Chun had consulted Zhu Wu, they bowed to Cai Funa.

"Thank you so much, Brother Cai Fu, for saving our eldest brother!"
"We and our elder brother once swore an oath that we were not willing to be born on the same day, month, and year, but only wished to die on the same day, month, and year!"

"Our elder brother has already pledged allegiance to Brother Cai Fu. If Brother Cai Fu is willing to accept us, please do so as well!"
"We are willing to serve Brother Cai Fu like dogs and horses!"

As the eldest brother, Zhu Wu spoke well of them to Cai Fu:

“Brother Cai Fu, the two of them have never abandoned me, they are both good men who value loyalty and righteousness!”
"I humbly request that Brother Cai Fu accept these two as his guests!"

Cai Fu nodded: "In that case, once Brother Song Jiang wakes up, you can talk to him yourselves and make things clear."

"If he's willing to release them, I'll take you in."

Although Cai Fu said that, Chen Da and Yang Chun knew that the deal was already done.

Would Song Jiang still dare to contradict Cai Fu at this point?

Seeing Chen Da and Yang Chunmei happily siding with Cai Fu, many leaders became restless.

However, heroes believe in having a legitimate reason for their actions, and they are reluctant to speak up without a proper justification.

But Chen Da and Yang Chun gave them a good start!
Li Zhong and Zhou Tong exchanged a glance; having spent so much time together, they understood each other with just a look.

"Puff! Puff!"

Li Zhong and Zhou Tong knelt down before Lu Zhishen:

"Brother, we followed you to Liangshan back then!"
"We will always remember the care our brother has given us!"

"After parting from our brother, we often think of how good he was, but we regret that the journey is so long and we rarely see him again!"
"It was you who saved us again, brother. We don't know how to repay you. We only ask to return to your service..."

Their words softened Lu Zhishen's heart.

Lu Zhishen looked at Cai Fu, and Cai Fu could tell at a glance that Lu Zhishen was soft-hearted.

Despite his ruthless and decisive nature, Lu Zhishen was too soft-hearted when it came to brotherhood.

Just then, a weak voice suddenly rang out:

"Master Lu, please don't accept them!"

Everyone turned to look, only to see Song Jiang being helped out of the bedroom by Kong Ming and Kong Liang.

Cai Fu asked with a smile, "Brother Song Jiang, why don't you rest a little longer?"

"Thank you for your concern, brother. I'm fine now..."

Song Jiang gave Li Zhong and Zhou Tong a cold stare:
"Master, you may not know this, but Li Zhong and Zhou Tong previously forced Song Jiang to open the gates and surrender..."

"what?"

Lu Zhishen glared at Li Zhong and Zhou Tong with his bull-like eyes:

"Is this really true?"

"Brother Song Gongming, don't exaggerate!"

Li Zhong quickly explained, "At that time, we thought that Brother Cai Fu and his men were government troops coming to seize the pass!"

"We've been starving for so long, we don't have the strength to resist, so we have no choice but to ask you to open the switch and surrender..."

"Unjust scoundrels!"

Lu Zhishen snorted coldly. Ever since he was tricked by Lin Chong, betrayal had become the thing Lu Zhishen hated most in his life.

"No need to say more, you won't tolerate this under my command!"

what?
Li Zhong and Zhou Tong were dumbfounded:
No, if you don't take us in, where else can we go?

We can't stay here with Song Jiang any longer!

Jiang Jing, Xiao Rang, and Jin Dajian trembled, but Song Jiang only glanced at them and said nothing.

Having mentioned Li Zhong and Zhou Tong, that was enough. Song Jiang didn't have many brothers under his command to begin with, and he couldn't push any more away.

Of course, this thorn will always remain in Song Jiang's heart, and he will remove it when the opportunity arises.

Chen Da and Yang Chun couldn't help but feel secretly relieved that they had acted first and hadn't forced Song Jiang to surrender.

Song Jiang glared fiercely at Li Zhong and Zhou Tong:
"We at Erlong Mountain will not tolerate you any longer!"

Li Zhong and Zhou Tong exchanged a glance, then reluctantly got up to leave, only to be stopped by Song Jiang:
"Wait! Every country has its laws, and every family has its rules!"

"You have betrayed your brothers. If you want to leave, you will have to be stabbed three times and have six holes in your body!"

"Ah this..."

Li Zhong and Zhou Tong were dumbfounded: After being stabbed three times and pierced six times, are we still alive?

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