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

Chapter 455 A Heroic Spirit and a Tender Heart in the Martial World! [4 Updates, Requesting Monthly Tickets]

What incredible luck!
Li Zhu simply couldn't believe it. Even Wang Qing had declared himself king, so wouldn't Cai Fu be the ruler of the world?
If Li Zhu hadn't chosen Wang Qing so early, he would definitely have bowed down to Cai Funa without hesitation!

But he made the choice.

Moreover, Wang Qing treated him quite well, appointing him as military advisor and prime minister.

So although Wang Qing practiced nepotism, although he was addicted to wine and women, although he was heartless and ungrateful...

Li Zhu still couldn't bear to leave him.

After all, Li Zhu didn't have a reasonable reason to defect to Cai Fu.

The reason why Li Zhu, despite waking up much earlier, insisted on staying in An Daoquan's clinic for more than half a month longer...

It wasn't because he had medical insurance; it was mainly because he discovered that An Daoquan had actually healed his hidden injuries!

Those who practice martial arts are bound to experience bumps and bruises, let alone the fact that Li Zhu practices immortal martial arts, which would cause even greater damage to the mortal body.

His swordsmanship was taught to him by a strange man in Jingnan. The fact that he could kill Lu Junyi so badly shows how amazing it is!

It was miraculous, but it came at the cost of one's physical health.

Duan San Niang said that his health was not as good as before.

So although Assistant Li looks perfectly fine, he actually has many hidden injuries.

These are all potential problems for him.

Li Zhu consulted many doctors, but none could cure him. He could only try to use his sword skills as little as possible to avoid dying young.

However, to his surprise, the renowned physician An Daoquan, whom Cai Fu had invited, was able to heal his hidden injuries.

So Li Zhu pretended to be unconscious, and sure enough, An Daoquan cured his body in just over half a month.

What moved Li Zhu was that Cai Fu would visit him whenever he had time and keep him company.

Moreover, Cai Fu thought he was unconscious and inadvertently revealed many earth-shattering secrets!
For example, when Cai's mother gave birth to Cai Fu, the room was filled with red light. The neighbors thought their house was on fire and rushed in to help put it out...

Guess who the last person to experience this strange phenomenon was? Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin!

Guess who the next person to experience this strange phenomenon was? It was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

Of course, Li Zhu only knew that Zhao Kuangyin was like this, but it was still amazing enough.

It's similar to Cai Fu catching a giant snake on Liquan Mountain and turning it into a spear, which is quite similar to Liu Bang slaying the white snake!
If I were to follow Cai Fu, I would definitely be able to be carried by Cai Fu and even get some free physical therapy from An Daoquan!
Unfortunately, I'm already taken...

As Li Zhu was struggling with this dilemma, he suddenly heard a familiar scream from outside:
"Be gentle—"

Section Two?

Li Zhu was startled. He sprang up like a carp, covered his head with his clothes, and quietly slipped out.

Pretending to have been kicked in the head by a donkey, Assistant Li sneaked into the emergency room and peeked through the crack in the door:
Good guy!
Duan Er's face was covered in blood, and he was screaming in pain!
An Daoquan, on the other hand, skillfully removed the pebble from his eye!
"I can't save my eyes."

An Daoquan comforted Duan Er while performing the surgery:
"Was it General Zhang or Miss Qiu who hit him?"
"You should be grateful they showed mercy. If they had used a bullet, it could have pierced your eye and gone straight into your head!"

Duan Er: "Aww—"

Jiao Ting said to An Daoquan from the side, "Miss Qiu hit him. The master said he wanted one of this guy's eyes."

An Daoquan suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. No wonder Miss Qiu used pebbles again."

Li Zhu eavesdropped outside for a while and understood that Duan Er couldn't resist going to see Cai Fu.

This mission to the State of Qi was led by Li Zhu, with Duan Er as his assistant.

With nothing else to do, Li Zhu would dress up as a fortune teller and go out every day.

Firstly, to practice my skills, and secondly, to gather intelligence on the Qingzhou military situation.

Li Zhu had instructed Duan Er that if Cai Fu returned while he was away, they should wait until Li Zhu returned before discussing the matter further.

The main issue was that Li Zhu hadn't expected to be gone for so many days, and Duan Er had lost patience to wait any longer...

Li Zhu definitely has to take responsibility for this, but he never expected that Duan Er would make him blind!

They came to form an alliance, and even if the deal fell through, they were supposed to maintain good relations. So how exactly did Duan Er make this deal?

At this moment, Li Zhu couldn't ask Duan Er any questions, so he had to slip back and lie on the bed pretending to be unconscious... After being treated by An Daoquan, Duan Er's surgery was very successful.

The one who succeeded only lost an eye.

Then Jiao Ting took Duan Er back to see Cai Fu, who asked Jiao Ting:
"What did Doctor An say?"

Jiao Ting reported truthfully: "Although this fellow has lost an eye, he is physically unharmed."

Cai Fu nodded: "Very good, Duan Er, you can go now."

"what?"

Duan Er could hardly believe his ears, his one-eyed man staring wide-eyed:
"You'll let me go?"

Cai Fu shrugged and said, "What use are you to me?"

Duan Er looked completely bewildered and said, "So you wouldn't let me go just now, only to treat my eyes?"

"What do you think?"

Cai Fu chuckled: "I said I wanted one of your eyes, and I meant one eye!"
"If you don't receive timely treatment and die on the way, wouldn't the world laugh at me for breaking my promise?"

"Ah this..."

Duan Er was completely bewildered by Cai Fu.

He always felt that Cai Fu's intentions were not that simple.

However, Cai Fu really let him go, and even sent Hua Rong to personally drive him out of Qingzhou City.

"drive--"

Duan Er spurred his horse and galloped away, glancing back at Hua Rong as he ran, fearing he might be shot in the back.

But Hua Rong didn't launch a sneak attack, and Duan Er escaped just like that, which even he found unbelievable...

Cai Fu certainly had a deeper meaning. After letting Duan Er go, Cai Fu went to the clinic to visit Li Zhu.

"Brother Dao, how is the gentleman today?"

Cai Fu asked An Daoquan, who shook his head with a wry smile:

"His health has been restored by his younger brother."

"But he hasn't woken up yet, and we don't know when he will..."

After Cai Fu dismissed them, he took Li Zhu's hand and said:
"Sir, I met with the envoy from the State of Chu today."

"I heard that Li Zhu, the 'Golden Sword Master' who is the leader of the Chu envoys, has been missing for half a month."

"If I'm not mistaken, you must be Assistant Li, sir?"

Good guy!
Li Zhu's heart skipped a beat. He never expected that Cai Fu would guess his true identity so easily!
Just as Li Zhu was hesitating whether to continue the charade, Cai Fu said again:

"The gentleman vomited blood and fell into a coma because of me."

"Although the divine physician has restored your health, we don't know when you will wake up..."

“If you have no relatives or friends, Cai Fu will definitely take care of you for the rest of your life.”

"However, Cai Fu learned that the gentleman had a nephew named Li Huai, who was serving as the Pacification Commissioner in Jingnan Prefecture."

"Therefore, Cai Fu decided to send the gentleman back to Jingnan, hand him over to your nephew, and personally apologize to your nephew with a bundle of thorns on his back."

"I will settle the affairs of Qi in the next two days, and to show my sincerity, I will personally escort you back to Jingnan Prefecture."

real or fake?

Li Zhu simply couldn't believe his ears:

Could there really be such a chivalrous and tender-hearted king in the world?
Originally, Li Zhu didn't want to pretend anymore, but decided to pretend one more time!
I just wanted to see if Cai Fu was really a chivalrous and compassionate man of the martial arts world!

No, Your Majesty!

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