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Chapter 448 Gao Qiu: Cai! [3rd update, please vote with monthly tickets and recommendations]

Just as Wu Song and Zhang Bao had become friends, a group of farmhands came running in, brandishing spears and sticks and shouting.

Wu Song recognized them all: "Liu Da, what brings you here?"

Liu Da, the leader of the servants, said, "Young master, Miss says you're fighting with someone and she wants us to come and help!"

Zhang Bao was stunned: "Master, aren't you a monk?"

"This is a long story, I'll tell you later..."

Wu Song blushed and quickly said to Liu Da:

"It's a misunderstanding, it's just a friendly sparring match between our own people."

How did your young lady know that I got into a fight?

Liu Da chuckled and winked, saying:

"You'll have to ask Miss yourself, young master!"

"If there is nothing else, I shall take my leave!"

The group of farmhands walked away laughing and joking. Wu Song looked around and saw, in the distance, a small head on the wall of the Liu family's manor, anxiously peering in his direction...

Wu Song felt a warmth in his heart and waved to the little head.

The little head shrank back as quickly as a startled rabbit.

Wu Song smiled and called to Zhang Bao, "Brother Zhang Bao, I'm on my way back to Jizhou. Let's talk as we walk."

Zhang Bao: "Best!"

……

Upon returning to Jizhou City, as soon as Wu Song arrived at the gate of the General's Mansion, the guards immediately reported:
"The King has arrived!"

"really?"

Wu Song was overjoyed and strode inside, soon meeting Cai Fu and the others in the front hall.

"Big brother!"

"Seventh brother!"

Cai Fu and Wu Song embraced, and Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing also came forward to pay their respects to Uncle Seven.

As a result, Zhang Bao bowed to Cai Funa before they could:

"This humble servant, Zhang Bao, greets Your Majesty!"

"Zhang Bao?"

Cai Fujia had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on when he saw how big he was, since there really weren't many people who were over ten feet tall.

The only character in "Water Margin" is Yu Baosi.

The novel *The Story of Yue Fei* only features characters like Zhang Bao, Wang Heng, Zhang Li, Zhang Yong, Zheng Huai, Jin Wuzhu, Lian Erxin, Zhanzhe Moli, Tu Debao, and Li Shufu...

Among them, Zheng Huai, Tu Debao, Li Shufu and others were all twelve feet tall, like Vajra!
It really was Zhang Bao. Cai Fu helped Zhang Bao up with both hands.

"You've come at the perfect time! I was just looking for you!"

Zhang Bao was taken aback: "How did Your Majesty know about me?"

Cai Fu then recounted how he had saved Li Gang, and upon hearing this, Zhang Bao prostrated himself on the ground as if his life depended on it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving my master!"

"This humble servant is willing to serve Your Majesty as your master, and from this day forward, I will serve you faithfully, holding your whip and stirring rod!"

That's it!

Cai Fu happily helped Zhang Bao up:
I've finally assembled the "Zhang Bao in front of the horse, Wang Heng behind the horse" trio!

Wu Song had already sent someone to prepare a feast. After being separated for so long, the brothers had endless things to talk about.

After hearing about Cai Fu's entire experience in the State of Jin, Wu Song exclaimed how exciting it was, and then regretted his actions immensely.
"Brother, I do not wish to be the General of Jeju!"

"As long as I'm by my brother's side, every day is like being in paradise!"

"That won't work."

Cai Fu refused without hesitation:

"Besides you, I can't find anyone else who can take charge of Jeju."

Wu Song was just joking when he said that Jizhou was Cai Fu's birthplace and he wouldn't trust anyone else with it.

"By the way, Seventh Brother, didn't you ask me to pick a good apprentice for you?"

Cai Fu smiled and put his arm around Wu Song's shoulder, saying:
"I've chosen a good apprentice for you this time, but he has another mission and isn't coming with me."

"When I get to Qingzhou, I'll have him come to Jizhou to become your disciple!" Wu Song was overjoyed: "Thank you, brother!"
"Brother, how old is my apprentice? What does he look like?"

Cai Fu said with a smile, "Your apprentice is only fifteen years old, twelve feet tall, and possesses immense strength..."

Wu Song was overjoyed to hear this, for he now had a disciple, and one who was even more impressive than his brothers' disciples!
Good heavens, it's twelve feet long!
……

Qingzhou.

"Ugh--"

Gao Qiu, dressed in plain clothes, walked down the street with a few close followers.

Feeling depressed, Gao Qiu couldn't help but sigh repeatedly as he walked.

He originally wanted to go shopping to relax, but the pressure of being recruited into the government was too great.

He's been in Qingzhou for a month now, a whole month!
Forget about being offered amnesty, he didn't even see a shadow of Cai Fu!
Moreover, because Emperor Huizong of Song had given him a strict order not to return if he failed to secure Cai Fu's surrender, he could only wait in vain in Qingzhou...

"When will this ever end?!"

Qingzhou was very prosperous, but Gao Qiu's mind was focused on recruiting officials, so he missed all the excitement as he passed by.

Niu Bangxi said indignantly behind him:
“Your Excellency, that Cai fellow has no regard for the imperial court at all!”
"Instead of waiting here in vain, we should go back to the capital and report the matter truthfully to the Emperor!"
"Please, Your Majesty, send another large army to attack Qingzhou..."

"You know shit!"

Gao Qiu glared at him, but ultimately didn't tell him Emperor Huizong's death order.

Although Niu Bangxi was Gao Qiu's confidant, one cannot be completely open with one's confidants.

Niu Bangxi had no choice but to shut his mouth. Gao Qiu had already said so, so there must be something he couldn't say.

As Gao Qiu's confidant, Niu Bangxi knew not to say what he shouldn't say, not to listen to what he shouldn't listen to, and not to ask what he shouldn't ask...

After reprimanding Niu Bangxi, Gao Qiu looked up and saw a fortune teller sitting on a large rock by the roadside.

The fortune teller wore a thin gauze turban, dressed in coarse linen, and carried a sunshade umbrella.

A paper sign hangs under the umbrella, bearing the four characters "先天神数" (Xiantian Shenshu, meaning "Innate Divine Numbers").

There are sixteen small characters on both sides that read:
"Li Bai and Du Fu of Jingnan, one in ten coins."

"Every word is precise, and his skill surpasses that of Guan Lu."

Upon seeing this, Gao Qiu, on a whim, stepped forward and asked the fortune teller Li Du:
"I wish to have my fortune told."

Li Du then reached into his single-layered linen sleeve and pulled out a sandalwood coin holder. He opened the lid, took out a large copper coin, and handed it to Gao Qiu, saying:
"Go over there, sir, and pray silently to Heaven."

Gao Qiu refused to accept the divination fee, saying instead, "Since your predictions are so accurate, I will only need to divine one character."

Li Du looked Gao Qiu up and down, left and right, inside and out:
"What character would you like to have divined, sir?"

Gao Qiu was worrying about the matter of being granted amnesty, so he casually uttered the word "amnesty".

Li Du then asked, "What do you wish to divine?"

Gao Qiu hesitated for two seconds: "A business deal."

Li Du stroked his goatee and shook his head, saying:

The character "安" is composed of "屋" (house) on top and "女" (woman) on the bottom.

"Please forgive my bluntness, sir, but to make this deal work, we need to see a woman in the other party's family."

Gao Qiu's eyes lit up: "Is this true?"
"Does the gentleman know the woman's identity, name, and surname?"

Li Du remained silent, only extending his hand.

Gao Qiu understood immediately and placed a silver ingot in his hand.

Having received the silver, Li Du finally spoke: "Sir, may I ask you to predict one more word?"

Gao Qiu: "Cai."

Li Du stroked his goatee and shook his head again:
The character "蔡" is composed of "草" (grass) on top and "祭" (sacrifice) on the bottom

"The ancestral rites are held only after someone in the family has passed away. It seems that the woman was with the man because someone in her family had died."

"With grass on his head, could this man be a king of grass?"

At this point, Li Du suddenly opened his eyes:

"This is the capital of the State of Qi. Does Your Excellency intend to do business with the King of Qi?"

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(End of this chapter)