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

Chapter 466 Wang Qing: Better to Die for My Fellow Daoist Than for Myself [2 Updates]

Hua Rong aimed at Yu Hualong and sneered:
"Since they are not your masters, why are you in such a hurry?"

Yu Hualong smiled bitterly: "After all, we were brothers..."

Hua Rong laughed heartily: "Brother?"
"Did they think about your reputation when they were shouting for your life?"
"If they really kill us, your reputation will be ruined!"

Yu Hualong: "..."

Hua Rong then asked, "What have they done for you, their brother?"

Yu Hualong was stunned: "They... appointed me as marshal!"

"marshal?"

Hua Rong laughed until tears streamed down her face, as if she were thinking of her past:
"Aren't they just thugs?"

Yu Hualong wanted to explain, but upon reflection, it seemed that Luo Hui and Wan Ruwei really did treat him as a thug.

Ever since I joined Luo Hui and Wan Ruwei's group, I've been fighting for them, and they've never given me anything in return...

On the contrary, without them, they wouldn't have been able to survive in Kanglang Mountain!

"Ow—"

Luo Hui was stabbed and screamed in pain:
"Marshal Yu! Yu Hualong! You little beast, surnamed Yu!"

What's small?
Yu Hualong's expression changed, and he abruptly looked in Luo Hui's direction, only to see Luo Hui cursing and spewing incoherent words:

"Yu Hualong, you little beast!"

"Without us bringing you out of that poor, desolate mountain village, you would be nothing—"

"Without us, you'd just be a mountain kid. How could you possibly become a marshal?!"

“Puff, puff, puff…”

The henchmen surrounded him and hacked at him wildly. Luo Hui's voice grew fainter and fainter until it was completely gone.

After Wan Ruwei and Luo Hui died, the henchmen of Kanglang Mountain swarmed to Li Jun and bowed down:

"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty!"

Li Jun laughed heartily: "Good! Good! Good!"

Among the low-ranking henchmen were some of Li Jun's former subordinates. One of them asked:

"Your Majesty, have you sided with the King of Qi?"

Li Jun: "Exactly!"

“Hualalala…”

Li Jun stared in disbelief as all the henchmen of Kanglang Mountain rushed off to pay their respects to Cai Fu!

Thousands of henchmen surrounded Cai Fu, bowing deeply and shouting in unison:
"I am willing to serve King Qi—"

Watt hair?
Li Jun looked at Cai Fu and then at the henchmen of Kanglang Mountain with a bewildered expression, and suddenly realized:

It's time to find my place!

……

Cai Fu felt no pleasure from gaining more than two thousand henchmen from Kanglang Mountain; it was Yu Hualong who truly brought him joy.

Yu Hualong was a member of the "Seven Guns" of Yue Fei's Army.

Among the "Seven Guns," Cai Fu has already recruited Zhang Kui, Yu Hualong, and Luo Yanqing.

In addition, there's Yang Zaixing, who isn't one of the "Seven Guns" but has the skill of one.

Cai Fu had never realized before that he had a "stamp collecting obsession"...

Yu Hualong bowed to Cai Fu in a daze. Cai Fu was pleased, but Yu Hualong was not happy at all.

Luo Hui and Wan Ruwei died, and all the henchmen of Kanglang Mountain worshipped Cai Fu, so he did too.

It wasn't that he genuinely wanted to be with Cai Fu; he was just lost in life, unsure of which path to take...

Cai Fu saw this but wasn't in a hurry. He believed that as long as he got the man's body, he would eventually win his heart!
After capturing Kanglang Mountain and incorporating three thousand of his henchmen, Cai Fu once again divided his forces into two groups.

Zhu Wu, along with three wounded men—Li Jun, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng—and three thousand henchmen, gathered the gold, silver, and provisions from Kanglang Mountain and returned to the State of Qi.

Cai Fu, along with Lu Zhishen, Yue Fei, and others, continued to escort Li Zhu back to Jingnan. Yu Hualong was also taken along by Cai Fu, so they could travel together and build a relationship.

……

Chu State, Nanfeng Prefecture.

"what?"

After hearing Mi Sheng and He Ji recount Duan Er's affair, King Qing of Chu flew into a rage and overturned the table.
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"That beast, King Qi!"

At the same time, a burly woman dressed in fine silk and satin, with a head full of glittering gold, emerged from behind the throne:
"How dare he gouge out my brother's eyes?"

"You still dare to imprison my brother in Qingzhou?"

"Your Majesty, quickly send troops to rescue my brother!"

"Ah this..."

Wang Qing shook his head with a wry smile: "My dear consort, we are thousands of miles away from the State of Qi. How can we send troops to rescue them?"

This burly woman was none other than Duan San Niang, the Princess Consort of Chu, known in the martial arts world as "Big Insect Nest" and also as "Huaixi Heavenly Demon"!
Duan San Niang and Duan Er, who are deeply devoted to each other, are now almost driven mad.

"Just because we can't save them doesn't mean we should stop trying."
"Has Your Majesty forgotten our past friendship? If it weren't for the strong support of my siblings and me, how could you have conquered the world?"

Wang Qing was speechless.

He did indeed rise to power through the Duan family, which resulted in "the king and the Duan sharing the world."

However, the Duan family were unruly people from a poor and remote area, and their background determined their way of doing things...

In the original story, when Song Jiang successively captured two military prefectures in Chu and attacked Jingnan, Li Zhu hurriedly went to the palace to discuss countermeasures with Wang Qing. However, the eunuch conveyed an imperial edict that he should wait!

Li Zhu waited for two hours without any movement, so he asked the eunuch what was wrong. The eunuch quietly told him that Wang Qing was fighting with Duan San Niang...

In fact, by this time, the Duan family was no longer Wang Qing's help, but rather a burden.

Unfortunately, Wang Qing was powerless to get rid of the Duan family, so even when Duan San Niang threw a tantrum, he could only force a smile.

"Save him! My brother-in-law, he must be saved!"

"But the journey is long and arduous, my beloved, we must plan this further..."

"Humph!"

Duan Sanniang glared at her husband, then aimed the cannon at Mi Sheng and He Ji:

"You two pieces of trash!
"My brother had his eyes gouged out by that beast, the King of Qi, and you just stood by and watched?"

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger. This humble general has done his best, but he is outnumbered..."

Mi Sheng and He Ji spoke with suppressed anger, though they were seething with resentment:

if not?
Do you only feel happy if we both lose our eyes too?
They thought their answer was quite appropriate, but Duan San Niang threw a tantrum and wouldn't let it go:
"Bullshit! Everyone says you have the strength to fight ten thousand men!"
"If you fight with all your might, do you think you can't save my brother?"

Mi Sheng and He Ji's faces turned green: "Your Majesty, please be wise. Prince Qi also has many fierce generals under his command, and we are no match for them..."

I won't listen! I won't listen!

Duan San Niang didn't want to listen to their explanations at all, and with a flick of her sleeve:
"My brother had his eyes gouged out and was imprisoned in the State of Qi!"

"The fact that you two were able to return unharmed suggests there's something fishy going on!"

"Men, drag these two good-for-nothings out and give them fifty lashes as a warning. I don't believe they won't tell the truth!"

“It’s unfair—”

Mi Sheng and He Ji could hardly believe their ears:

"Your Majesty, we have absolutely no intention of betraying you—"

"Your Majesty, we are innocent!"

Wang Qing remained silent: Better to die for my fellow Daoist than for me!
Empress Duan has gone mad! You subjects who have escaped physical suffering are the ones who will suffer it tonight...

A group of fierce palace guards dragged Mi Sheng and He Ji away, and soon the sound of clubs being struck could be heard outside:
"Clap clap clap..."

【Don’t worry, there’s more to come】

(End of this chapter)