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Chapter 475 Cai Fu: Whoever killed my men must pay the price! [1st Update]

"stop--"

Teng Kan's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared hoarsely:
"You two beasts, where do you think you're going—"

How could the brothers Ma Qiang and Ma Jin possibly stand still? Even after whipping their horses' rear ends until they were raw, they still couldn't shake off Teng Kan.

"brother!"

As they passed a fork in the road, Ma Qiang called out to Ma Jin.

Their eyes met, and Ma Jin immediately understood.

The two men tacitly turned their horses and entered the side road.

The fork in the road led into the grove, with large trees, as thick as a bowl, on both sides.

After Ma Qiang and Ma Jin rushed in, one stayed close to the left and the other close to the right.

"Drink!"

Ma Qiang swung his broadsword in a wide arc and slammed it hard into a large tree by the roadside!
With a loud "crash," a tree as thick as a bowl was chopped down in half!
A tree as thick as a bowl crashed down, blocking the road and cutting the side road in half!

Meanwhile, on the other side, Ma Jin did the same thing, cutting down a tree as thick as a bowl!
Two large trees overlapped, their canopies each blocking half of the road, completely obstructing it!
After they passed, Teng Kan arrived. His mount automatically slowed down when it saw that there was no road ahead...

Teng Kan was both angry and anxious, but his mount refused to move forward, so he could only go around the two big trees blocking the way.

As a result, Ma Qiang and Ma Jin cut down more than a dozen large trees, creating numerous obstacles on the road...

Teng Kan lost his enemy and flew into a rage, but Ma Qiang and Ma Jin were already far away.

At this moment, Yuan Lang arrived:
"Forget it, brother. A gentleman takes his revenge even after ten years!"

"We've followed King Qi, and sooner or later we'll take those two dogs' lives!"

"what--"

Teng Kan roared and slammed his whip hard into the boulder!

With a loud "boom," the boulder split in two!
After his impotent rage, Teng Kan panted heavily for a while before finally calming down.

"Let's go."

The two rode side by side, when halfway there Yuan Lang suddenly reminded him:
"Brother, when we return later, we must first pay our respects to Prince Qi and then to our benefactor!"

Teng Kan was taken aback: "The King of Qi has come to Jishan? How do you know the King of Qi has come to Jishan?"

As Yuan Lang walked, he said, "Just now, the Prime Minister said that Feng Tai and he had surrendered to the King of Qi. At the time, I didn't realize it, but I finally understood while chasing after you."

"First, when Feng Tai came, he was in a very aggressive manner, acting on imperial orders to arrest the Prime Minister!"

"How could the Prime Minister, who is not good with words, persuade Feng Tai to surrender to the King of Qi in such a short time?"

"Secondly, I just had a head-on exchange with Feng Tai, and Feng Tai actually coughed up blood!"

Teng Kan was taken aback again: "Feng Tai's martial arts are no less than yours or mine, how could he have spat out blood in just one move?"

"He suffered internal injuries!"

Yuan Lang said with certainty, "Your Excellency's martial arts skills are mediocre. He only became the Pacification Commissioner because of the Prime Minister's nepotism!"
"He definitely doesn't have the strength to injure Feng Tai!"
"Therefore, someone else persuaded and injured Feng Tai!"

Teng Kan: "Who?"

"King Qi!"

At this moment, Yuan Lang was as calm as a tiger lurking in the grass:
"Brother, you don't know this, but today when I went to inspect the pass, I heard that a group of people came to deliver gifts to the Prime Minister."

“I wasn’t in Guanshang at the time. I only knew there was such a group of people, but because there were few of them, I didn’t take it seriously.”

"Now that I think about it, the King of Qi was most likely among that group!"

"As everyone knows, whether it was the Prince of Qi causing trouble in Daming Prefecture three times or Kaifeng Prefecture four times, it was just a few people who turned an entire city upside down!"

"Yes!"

Teng Kan clapped his hands: "Only the King of Qi could easily subdue Feng Tai!"

"Therefore, we must pay our respects to King Qi first when we get back!"

Yuan Lang reminded him again, but Teng Kan objected:

"No, we still need to thank the Prime Minister first!"

This time it was Yuan Lang's turn to be taken aback: "Why is that?" Teng Kan: "What if the King of Qi doesn't like people who are too clever..."

"Too!"

Yuan Lang slapped himself on the forehead:

"We are military officers; our martial skills are enough to make a living!"

After discussing it, the two returned to Jishan and, as expected, paid their respects to Li Huai first.

Li Huai quickly introduced Cai Fu to them:
"This is the King of Qi!"

"So it was the King himself!"

Yuan Lang and Teng Kan were both surprised and delighted, and immediately knelt down at Cai Fu's feet:
"This humble general pays his respects to Your Majesty and is willing to serve you!"

Although Cai Fu happily accepted them, he commented on their performance with eight words:
The facial expressions were affected and slightly exaggerated!
Cai Fu could tell that Yuan Lang and Teng Kan had probably guessed he was there, but they pretended not to know.

Although I don't know why, as long as they are genuinely loyal, that's enough.

This isn't a game called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," where you can't expect every general under your command to have 100% loyalty.

"Your Majesty, we failed to catch up with Ma Qiang and Ma Jin. They will definitely go to Nanfeng Prefecture to complain about us!"

Yuan Lang reminded Cai Fu, "We should leave Jishan as soon as possible!"

Teng Kan also said, "Yes, Your Majesty, let's go quickly!"

Cai Fu frowned: "Old Teng, Ma Qiang and Ma Jin killed your brother, are you willing to just leave like this?"

"Of course I'm not willing to accept this!"

Teng Kan's face turned bright red as Cai Fu touched a nerve.

"But they fled to Nanfeng Prefecture. The King of Chu will definitely send a large army to wipe us out. I can only seek revenge later..."

"The best course of action now is to leave the State of Chu first, and then we can figure things out later!"

Cai Fu stared into his eyes, his gaze sharp:
"All you need to answer me is whether you're resigned or not!"

Teng Kan: "I'm not reconciled!"

"it is good!"

Cai Fu said decisively, "So what if they escaped to Nanfeng Prefecture? We'll go to Nanfeng Prefecture to take our revenge!"

"Going right now!"

"hiss--"

Li Huai, Feng Tai, Yuan Lang, and Teng Kan all couldn't help but gasp in shock.
"Your Majesty, please reconsider!"

Li Huai had just joined them, and he quickly pledged his loyalty and offered his advice:
"Your Majesty, Nanfeng Prefecture has a large number of soldiers and generals!"
"Grand Commander Du Xue, nicknamed 'Nine-Headed Lion' and also known as 'Sick Zhang Fei,' possesses the courage of ten thousand men!"
"Grand Master Kou Xi, known as the 'Poison Flame Ghost King,' can breathe fire that burns the heavens above and the netherworld below!"
"Nanfeng Prefecture is no different from a dragon's den or a tiger's lair; we must not go there!"

Teng Kan's eyes lit up at Cai Fu's words, but Li Huai's response dimmed them again.

Li Huai was telling the truth. If he were to persuade Cai Fu to go to Nanfeng Prefecture, it would be tantamount to leading Cai Fu into a fire pit.

So Teng Kan said against his will, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
"A gentleman takes his revenge even after ten years; let's go now!"

In fact, Cai Fu knew everything Li Huai was talking about, but that's just how he does things.

So he told Teng Kan with a straight face: "You may not know me yet. I am a person who never holds grudges. If there is any grudge, I will usually settle it on the spot!"

"You belong to me! Your brother belongs to me too!"
"Whoever kills my people must pay the price!"

"I'm going to Nanfeng Prefecture right now to kill Ma Qiang and Ma Jin!"

"Whether you go or not is up to you!"

Having said that, Cai Fu mounted his horse and shouted:
"drive!"

"Quack! Quack!"

The fiery steed seemed to understand him perfectly, and galloped away at breakneck speed!

Without any prompting, Lu Zhishen, Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing, Yu Hualong, He Yuanqing, Hua Rong, and Hu Sanniang immediately mounted their horses and chased after Cai Fu towards the gate!

(End of this chapter)