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Chapter 542 Chai Jin is here! Anyone who blocks my way shall die! [2nd update]

The guard, with a mournful face, said, "General Zhang has been killed by Li Shufu!"

Lady Chai was startled and hurriedly asked, "Where is General Li?"

The guard was almost in tears: "General Li has escaped!"

"Your Majesty, the Miao King possesses the strength of ten thousand men; no one dares to fight him!"

Lady Chai was greatly surprised: "What should we do?"

How would I know? I'm just a nobody!
The guard, sweating profusely, urged, "Your Majesty, please make a decision quickly..."

"boom--"

A servant burst through the door and flew in, startling Lady Chai so much that she turned pale and trembled.

"Quack! Quack!"

A man and a horse burst in. Lady Chai took a closer look at the man:
His face was as blue as indigo, and his eyes were as red as lanterns.

His fangs were sharp as arrows, his face resembled a green pine tree, his mouth a blood basin, and his beard was like copper needles.

He was twelve feet tall, wearing a pair of elephant-hide chainmail and a red robe over his body;
Its head is shaped like a bamboo basket, and it wears a red-gold helmet with a coiled dragon, and its pheasant tail is split in two.

The lion-patterned belt was tightly fastened around the waist, and the cowhide boots were firmly planted on the feet.

A ten-foot-tall red sand horse galloped like lightning.

The gilded halberd, as thick as a bowl, dances like flying clouds.

From a distance, it looks like a dragon with whiskers and a tiger.

As it came closer, it resembled a giant spirit.

The newcomer was none other than Li Shufu, the Miao King from Huawai. Lady Chai asked, her heart pounding with fear:

"What have I done to offend Your Majesty that you are so angry?"

Li Shufu shouted, "Lady Chai, your troops from Nanning Prefecture have killed my vanguard, Chili!"
"If you don't give me an explanation today, don't blame me for showing no mercy and taking away your Nanning Prefecture!"

Lady Chai could hardly believe her ears and hurriedly asked:
"Your Majesty, where in my Nanning Prefecture do we find such a fierce general who could kill your vanguard, Chili?"

Li Shufu snorted coldly: "He killed Chili just to fight over a golden leopard!"
“My men saw that he was wearing the Nanning Prefecture uniform and armor, how could it be fake?”
"Make him come out and face his death!"

Li Shufu was terrifying in appearance, and his voice was like thunder, which frightened Chai Niangniang so much that her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground, tears welling up in her eyes, saying:
"Our Nanning Prefecture has no general of such valor; Your Majesty must have mistaken him for someone else..."

Li Shufu was already short-tempered, and seeing her crying and sobbing made him even less patient.

Just then, Chai Paifu ran out from behind: "Mother, what happened?"

"Your lips are pretty tight!"

Li Shufu was too lazy to waste his breath arguing with her.
"I'm taking your son with me. You'll have to exchange him for the murderer who killed Chiri!"

After saying this, Li Shufu waved his hand, and a group of fierce Miao soldiers went to capture Chai Paifu.

Chai Paifu was so frightened that he burst into tears. Chai Niangniang hurriedly hugged the child to her arms, crying out with tears streaming down her face:
"Don't take my son away, take me instead!"

Although the guard was an old resident of the Prince's mansion, he didn't dare utter a sound at this moment and kept his distance.

Just as Miao Bing was about to snatch Chai Paifu from Chai Niangniang's arms, a loud shout suddenly rang out from outside:
"Little Whirlwind Chai Jin is here! Anyone who stands in my way shall die!"

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Lady Chai was overjoyed and hurriedly exclaimed:
"Uncle, save me—"

"'Little Whirlwind' Chai Jin?"

Upon hearing that the man's surname was Chai, and that Lady Chai called him "Uncle," Li Shufu resolutely went out to cause trouble for Chai Jin.

Although he was a Miao person, he was a hero. If there had been no other men in the family, he wouldn't have had to ask Lady Chai for someone.

Miao Bing then abandoned Chai Niangniang and rushed out with Li Shufu.

When Li Shufu went outside, he saw a group of martial arts heroes fighting with Miao soldiers in the courtyard.

These chivalrous heroes were indeed far superior to Liang's army, routing the Miao soldiers' forces...

"Which one is Chai Jin?" Li Shufu didn't know which one was Chai Jin, so he shouted:
"If you've got the guts, come and fight me!"

"I am 'Little Whirlwind' Chai Jin!"

Chai Jin glanced back at Song Jiang, who smiled and nodded encouragingly.
Go, Little Whirlwind!
Chai Jin took a deep breath, raised his iron spear, and charged towards Li Shufu:
"You audacious Miao King, do you think my Chai family has no one to rely on?"

Li Shufu laughed heartily: "You've come at the right time! Have a bite of my hamster first!"

Li Shufu hurled his thick, gilded halberd at Chai Jin with a whoosh!

Song Jiang knew Chai Jin's martial arts skills, so of course he wouldn't let him die.

As Chai Jin charged forward, Song Jiang gave Qin Ming a wink:

"Brother Qin Ming, as soon as Master Chai shows any signs of defeat, you rush to his aid..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chai Jin screamed and fell off his horse!

Many people overestimate Chai Jin's martial arts skills because he killed "Little Lü Bu" Fang Jie in the original novel.

But he killed Fang Jie by sneak attack. Fang Jie could withstand the combined efforts of Guan Sheng and Hua Rong, so how could Chai Jin possibly pull off such a feigned attack?
If ambushes count as achievements, then Wei Yan would have to rank behind Ma Dai.

Determining Chai Jin's martial arts skills is simple; just look at Instructor Hong.

The fact that Instructor Hong was able to thrive in Chai Jin's manor is enough to prove that his martial arts skills were superior to Chai Jin's.

However, when he encountered the wounded and battered Lin Chong, who was being escorted from Tokyo to Cangzhou, Instructor Hong was instantly killed by Lin Chong with a single blow...

It's obvious that Chai Jin didn't know how bad Instructor Hong's martial arts were, which proves that Chai Jin's martial arts were even worse.

Song Jiang originally planned for Chai Jin to fight the Miao King single-handedly for a few moves, and then Qin Ming would come up to help, making it two against one.

If two against one isn't enough, then send Guo Sheng up to help make it three against one. This is a basic tactic for Song Jiang.

However, to Song Jiang's surprise, before he could finish speaking, Chai Jin was knocked off his horse by Li Shufu...

How can Lady Chai possibly thank Chai Jin for saving her life?

"That's it? That's it?"

Li Shufu struck Chai Jin with his halberd, knocking him off his horse. He could hardly believe his eyes.

"Little Whirlwind Chai Jin, is this all the skill you have? You dare to come up here to die?"

Chai Jin lay on the ground, overwhelmed with shame. When he looked up, he met the gaze of Lady Chai, who was holding a child and watching the battle.

Chai Jin would never forget the look of disappointment on Chai Niangniang's face...

"Thunderbolt Qin Ming is here!"

Qin Ming rushed forward immediately: "Don't be so arrogant, take this!"

Li Shufu and Qin Ming then engaged in combat, exchanging blows for over thirty rounds in the blink of an eye.

The more Song Jiang looked at it, the more uneasy he felt. Although it seemed like the battle was evenly matched, Qin Ming was gradually losing ground.

Song Jiang quickly called Huang Xin to help, and Huang Xin joined the battle. In the blink of an eye, another twenty-odd rounds had passed.

None of this works?

Song Jiang hurriedly called Guo Sheng to go up and help, but before Guo Sheng could go up, Huang Xin had already come down...

"Roar--"

After knocking Huang Xin off his horse, Li Shufu roared furiously and smashed Qin Ming's hands with his mace, making Qin Ming's hands go numb and his spiked club almost fly out of his hands!
Knowing he was no match for Qin Ming, he had no choice but to turn his horse and flee!
Guo Sheng rushed forward, then quickly turned his horse around and fled with Qin Ming...

Lei Heng rushed forward and rescued Huang Xin, and together they returned to Song Jiang's side.
"Brother, that Miao King is so fierce, what should we do?"

Song Jiang and Wu Yong exchanged a helpless glance:
"Let's think of another way!"
"As long as the green hills remain, there's no worry about running out of firewood. Let's go!"

So, Lady Chai, holding Chai Paifu, stared in disbelief as Chai Jin and Song Jiang fled in disarray...

(End of this chapter)