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

Chapter 468 Yang Zaixing Surpasses His Teacher, Yu Hualong Emerges Like a Frosty Eggplant [1st Update]

Wang Qing's heart skipped a beat:

You know what, you really have to admit, Duan Er's words were quite reasonable and well-founded!

As for whether Li Zhu truly surrendered to the King of Qi, his brother-in-law Duan Er sacrificed one of his eyes!

Given such a significant sacrifice, would Duan Er lie to him?
Mi Sheng and He Ji also said that Li Zhu had disguised himself as a fortune teller and had been gone for half a month without any news.

Surely Li Zhu couldn't have suffered a backlash from fortune-telling and then been carried to the Imperial Physician's Clinic by kind-hearted people for treatment, could he?

"Strategist, oh strategist..."

Wang Qing's expression shifted rapidly, alternating between red, yellow, and green, before finally settling on a dark face.

"Send word—Feng Tai!"

Duan Er secretly breathed a sigh of relief; in this way, the blame was firmly shifted to Assistant Li.

Despite botching his diplomacy and having one of his eyes gouged out, he was still a meritorious official!
As for Mi Sheng and He Ji in the prison, Wang Qing and Duan San Niang tacitly refrained from mentioning them.

He was just imprisoned yesterday and released today, which makes him seem like such a foolish and incompetent ruler!

Wang Qing thought he would find an excuse to release Mi Sheng and He Ji in a couple of days and then appease them.

At worst, we could just promote Mi Sheng and He Ji and give them a raise. Wouldn't they be incredibly grateful?
After all, he is the emperor, and Mi Sheng and He Ji are his subjects. Thunder and rain are both the emperor's grace!

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Jingnan Prefecture, a roadside inn.

"Ah wu——"

Cai Fu, sporting large dark circles under his eyes, stretched out a big yawn.

I slept too late last night, sleeping next to Lu Zhishen and Yue Fei.

The main reason was that Yue Fei told them that Yu Hualong was a good candidate for learning to shoot, and he wanted to take Yu Hualong as his apprentice. He talked on and on for half the night.

In order to take Yu Hualong as his disciple, Yue Fei found opportunities to spar with Yu Hualong several times.

If Yue Fei's spear skills could overwhelm Yu Hualong's, this matter would be much easier to handle.

However, Yu Hualong's spear skills were superb, only slightly inferior to Yue Fei's.

Yue Fei could not convince Yu Hualong, so Yu Hualong naturally refused to become his disciple.

Cai Fu could tell that Yue Fei genuinely wanted to take Yu Hualong as his disciple.

Unfortunately, Yu Hualong didn't want to, probably because the two were supposed to be sworn brothers...

Therefore, Cai Fu didn't get involved. It's estimated that when Yu Hualong returns to Qingzhou, he will most likely become Lu Junyi's apprentice.

After all, Yu Hualong was one of the "Seven Spears" of Yue Fei's army, and among Cai Fu's men, only Lu Junyi and Shi Wengong could surpass him in spearmanship.

Cai Fu looked around and saw that Lu Zhishen and Yue Fei had already gotten up.

Their blankets are cold to the touch; they've probably been up and about again.

Lu Zhishen wasn't originally this cunning; after all, like Cai Fu, he was a gifted genius.

Unfortunately, Yue Fei was too stubborn, so Lu Zhishen had no choice but to be stubborn with him.

As for why Yue Fei was forced into this situation, it was mainly because he was pressured by younger generations such as Yang Zaixing, Luo Yanqing, He Yuanqing, Zhang Kui, and Zheng Huai.

These younger generation members are all his nephews and nieces, but their strength is not much different from his.

If Yue Fei wanted to maintain his uncle's dignity, he could only roll up his sleeves as fast as he could...

Now that Yu Hualong has appeared, Yue Fei is even more determined. He wants to show Yu Hualong what a great teacher he has missed!
Cai Fu got up and washed his face when he suddenly heard a cheer coming from the window.

Could it be that Eighth Brother is sparring with Yu Hualong again?

Cai Fu walked to the window and looked down. Sure enough, there were people sparring, but it wasn't Yue Fei and Yu Hualong, but Yang Zaixing and Yu Hualong.

In the original novel, Yang Zaixing and Yu Hualong were very close in strength, with Yang Zaixing being slightly stronger than Yu Hualong. Yang Zaixing also fought Yue Fei for three days, with the first day's battle lasting over three hundred rounds to a draw.

Although Yue Yun interfered on the second day, the battle was still evenly matched.

Yang Liulang's spirit in heaven couldn't bear to watch any longer, so that night he appeared in Yue Fei's dream and gave him a "trump card".

Yue Fei then defeated Yang Zaixing and became sworn brothers with him.

In comparison, Yue Fei defeated Yu Hualong entirely through his own strength, so Yang Zaixing was naturally a bit stronger than Yu Hualong.

Yang Zaixing was originally a bit stronger than Yu Hualong. Because of Cai Fu, Yang Zhi completed the "Yang Family Spear Technique" for him and taught him moves by hand. In addition, he followed Cai Fu and experienced countless battles, making him much stronger than in the original novel.

So Yang Zaixing fought Yu Hualong for more than eighty rounds before finally knocking Yu Hualong off his horse!
The onlookers, including Lu Zhishen, Yue Fei, He Yuanqing, Hua Rong, and Hu Sanniang, couldn't help but cheer.

Lu Zhishen, Yue Fei, and the others cheered for no other reason than because the battle between Yang Zaixing and Yu Hualong was indeed spectacular.

But Yu Hualong was clearly overthinking it.

Even from upstairs, Cai Fu could see that Yu Hualong's pale face was flushed red.

Yang Zaixing dismounted and helped Yu Hualong up, and the two exchanged a few words.

Lu Zhishen, Yue Fei, and the others had already gathered around, gesturing excitedly.

Yu Hualong silently squeezed out of the crowd, glanced back at Yang Zaixing who was surrounded, and left quietly.

Without riding a horse, Yu Hualong dejectedly dragged his tiger-headed spear into the forest path.

Yu Hualong walked aimlessly until he reached a dead end before stopping.

Ahead was a cliff several dozen feet high, and below the cliff was a grove of citrus trees.

The citrus fruits are ripe, and the scattered red spots make them look incredibly tempting.

Yu Hualong casually stuck the tiger-headed spear into the ground, then sat listlessly on the edge of the cliff, his legs dangling down and swinging back and forth.

Yu Hualong originally thought that after joining Cai Fu, he would surely be second to none with his unparalleled bravery.

However, to his surprise, he lost to Yue Fei and then lost to Yang Zaixing.

Cai Fu's team consisted of four young generals in silver armor and wielding silver spears, and he was surprisingly the weakest...

That's not all. I've also heard that there's a young general named Zhang Kui, clad in silver armor and wielding a silver spear, who is said to be as brave as ten thousand men.

It's important to know that the young white-horse warrior with silver armor and a silver spear belongs to a niche track, and he's the weakest on this track...

Yu Hualong was having an existential crisis.

He used to be like a proud rooster, always dissatisfied and resentful.

Now he looks like a wilted eggplant, all listless and dejected.

Yu Hualong sighed. He was confused. If he couldn't make it big, was he just going to live a mediocre life?
The tangerines below the cliff are so red they must be very sweet. Yu Hualong wanted to pick one and try it, but there was no way to go.

There was no road ahead of him.

A person walked over and sat down beside him, dangling their legs over the cliff and swinging them back and forth, just like him.

Yu Hualong turned his head to look at Cai Fu, wanting to say hello, but after opening his mouth, he turned his head back.

The boy acted recklessly.

Cai Fu didn't pay any attention and casually put his arm around Yu Hualong's shoulder. Yu Hualong struggled but couldn't break free.

"Want to eat?"

Yu Hualong was hesitating whether to struggle a little longer or just let Cai Fu hold him, when he heard Cai Fu ask him:

"Those red tangerines must be very sweet, right?"

(End of this chapter)