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

Chapter 493 Lin Chong: You guys are all so confusing! [1st Update]

Li Tianrun was Fang Tianding's staunch loyal follower.

When Fang La appointed Fang Tianding as the Crown Prince of Nan'an and assigned him to guard Hangzhou, he also gave him four marshals and twenty-four generals, all in preparation for Fang Tianding's future succession to the throne.

The four marshals and twenty-four generals naturally placed their hopes on Fang Tianding.

Deng Yuanjue and Shi Bao only sided with Cai Fu by chance.

Li Tianrun's heart was still with Fang Tianding, hoping that one day Fang Tianding's son would ascend the throne as emperor.

Who knew that Fang Tianding, who was already mute, would also go blind, making the future even more difficult...

If Fang Tianding is already struggling, how can Li Tianrun and his loyal followers expect to have a good life?

So Li Tianrun vented all his anger on Lin Chong, whipping him until he was spinning like a top!
Poor Lin Chong was whipped until his clothes were tattered and torn to shreds!

His clothes were torn to shreds, let alone his skin and flesh. Lin Chong was whipped until he was covered in wounds and blood.
He had already confessed, but he genuinely didn't know, and was almost beaten to death by Li Tianrun!
Zheng Biao decided he couldn't hold back any longer: "You've got a pretty tight mouth!"
"But it's no use, we already know!"

"Grand Commandant—"

Shi Bao tried to stop Zheng Biao, but Zheng Biao glared at him and said bluntly:
"Is it the King of Qi?"

"what?"

Lin Chong was completely bewildered: Is there something to do with the Prince of Qi in this?
"Are you pretending to be stupid?"

Zheng Biao snorted coldly, drew his sword, and held it to Lin Chong's neck:
"Are you perhaps not one of the generals under the King of Qi?"

Lin Chong blinked: Am I or am I not?

Li Tianrun glared at him fiercely: This must be it!
Lin Chong swallowed a mouthful of blood: "Is that so...?"

Zheng Biao demanded sharply, "Did the Prince of Qi send you to assassinate the Prince of Nan'an?"

Lin Chong suddenly realized: Wasn't this an attempt to induce a confession?

Zheng Biao reminded him with the cold edge of his sword, and Lin Chong cautiously said:
"If I say no..."

The sword's edge tightened, its chill penetrating to the bone. Lin Chong quickly said:

"It was the King of Qi who sent me to assassinate the King of Nan'an!"

Pang Wanchun panicked and pulled Shi Bao along, shouting, "Aba aba!"

Shi Bao said angrily, "Grand Commandant, just write a confession yourself and have him put his fingerprint on it!"

"nonsense!"

Zheng Biao glared at Shi Bao: "The assassin has already confessed, and you're still going to speak up for Prince Qi?"

Shi Bao snorted coldly: "Ask him when and where he assassinated the Prince of Nan'an. Can he tell you?"

"I'll teach you to be completely convinced!"

Zheng Biao turned to Lin Chong and demanded, "When and where did you assassinate the Prince of Nan'an?"

"Ah this..."

Lin Chong was dumbfounded. Zheng Biao reminded him, "Was it a month ago?"

"Yeah!"

Lin Chong quickly replied, "It was just a month ago!"

Zheng Biao glanced at Shi Bao smugly, while Shi Bao sneered:

"Location?"

"The location is..."

Lin Chong looked at Zheng Biao and then at Li Tianrun with a miserable expression.

Just as Zheng Biao was about to speak, Shi Bao preemptively reminded him:

Is it in Suzhou?

"Yeah!"

Lin Chong quickly copied down the answer: "It's in Suzhou!"

"fart!"

Enraged, Zheng Biao tightened his grip on his sword and slashed through the skin on Lin Chong's neck.
"It's in Hangzhou!"

"what?"

Lin Chong was bewildered: Wait, is it Suzhou or Hangzhou? You guys are making me so confused!
"Grand Commandant, shall we continue to coerce a confession?"

Shi Bao said with a gloomy face, "What grudge or hatred?"
Why are you so determined to kill the King of Qi?

"Don't spit blood on me!"

A flicker of panic crossed Zheng Biao's eyes, followed by an angry roar:

"I did this to seek justice for the Prince of Nan'an!"
"This guy's mouth is so tight, tell me how to pry it open?"

"Marshal Shi!"

Li Tianrun pressed down on Shi Bao's shoulder and said coldly:
"The Prince of Nan'an is blind, but he cannot remain blind without understanding the truth!"

"you--"

Shi Bao felt a chill in his heart. Li Tianrun had always called him his brother!
Now they're actually calling him "Marshal Shi," it seems Li Tianrun no longer trusts him...

Pang Wanchun pressed down on Li Tianrun's shoulder, his eyes burning: "Aba aba!"

Although Pang Wanchun couldn't speak, Li Tianrun understood that he was helping Shi Bao...

As a result, the four of them split into two factions, and the atmosphere became tense and full of gunpowder!
Lin Chong, caught in the middle, cautiously glanced at Zheng Biao and then at Shi Bao, his mind filled with nothing but "Holy crap..."

He just wanted to survive!

Whether it was withdrawing his fist from Gao Yanei, divorcing Zhang Zhenniang, groveling before Dong Chao and Xue Ba, betraying Lu Zhishen in the Wild Boar Forest, or fighting Wang Lun at Liangshan Marsh...

It's all about survival!

What's wrong with him?

Why is it so difficult?

At this moment, Lin Chong couldn't help but regret his decision; he wished he had chosen Cai Fu instead...

I heard that Yang Zhi, Wu Song, and Sun Li all became generals, and Lu Zhishen even became a grand general!

If you chose Cai Fu, you should at least be a general, in charge of the troops of a prefecture. Why did you end up like this?

However, he had invested too much in Song Jiang, and the sunk costs made it difficult for him to leave Song Jiang.

Originally, it was thought that Song Jiang's capture of Mozhou would be a turning point, but he has ended up in this predicament again...

I can't live like this anymore!

……

Zhaode Prefecture.

The doctor, holding a scalpel, cautiously asked Guan Sheng:
Why does the general refuse to take the anesthetic?

Guan Sheng, shirtless and revealing the spot where he had been shot with an arrow, sneered:
"Why bother with all this? I'll just sit here and play chess. You can just go ahead and use your knife!"

The doctor looked at Zhu Tong opposite Guan Sheng with a miserable expression:
Has your dad always been this fond of showing off?
Zhu Tong shook his head with a wry smile: What do you think?
The doctor earnestly advised, "General, this pain is unbearable!"

Guan Sheng squinted and stroked his long beard:

"I am not an ordinary person, so why should I fear pain?"
Is your knife perhaps bigger than mine?

"No need for further words, draw your blade!"

The doctor had no choice but to use a scalpel that had been sterilized by boiling to cut open the wound from the arrow.

Guan Sheng broke out in a cold sweat: "My son, why haven't you made your move yet?"

Zhu Tong, who was deep in thought, was stunned. His hand trembled, and the chess piece slipped from his grasp and landed on the chessboard.

Guan Sheng was delighted and quickly placed his piece before Zhu Tong could pick it up:
"stupid move!"

Zhu仝：Σ(｀д′*ノ)ノ

The doctor finally removed the arrowhead from Guan Sheng's wound, stitched it up, and said with utmost admiration:

"General, you are truly a celestial being!"

After the doctor left, Guan Sheng summoned his generals:
"Song Jiang has already harbored treacherous intentions; we must be on high alert!"

Zhu Tong's biggest flaw was that he was unwilling to think too badly of people.

"Song Jiang kept telling him to stop..."

Guan Sheng sneered: "Then let me ask you, why couldn't he stop Qin Ming, and why did Lin Chong also come to attack me from both sides?"
"Song Jiang couldn't get Qin Ming or Lin Chong to his side, so how did he manage to become the top leader?"
"He clearly intended to kill us, and take over Zhaode Prefecture while my elder brother was too far away to do so!"
"And they even say that the two dragons of the Water Margin are born of the same root, and that the red flowers and green leaves are one family!"
"He doesn't even act anymore!"

(End of this chapter)