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

Chapter 545 Cai Fu: My Wife's Path Has Widened! [2 Updates]

Lady Chai originally thought she should hate Cai Fu, because it was Cai Fu who turned her from a young woman into a widow...

But when the mother and son were at their most desperate and helpless, it was Cai Fu who pulled them back from the abyss.

Cai Fu even did something to Chai Paifu that even his own father, Chai Gui, never did—

Chai Gui only thought about restoring the country every day; did he ever think of peeling a pear for Chai Paifu?
Chai Niangniang was torn between the hatred of her husband's murder and the gratitude of his life-saving grace. How should she face Cai Fu?
Chai Paifu was also confused. After all, he was only three years old and couldn't understand how his master had become his father's killer...

Seeing that the mother and son were confused, Cai Fu did not pressure or urge them, but turned to Li Shufu:

"I can spare your life, but you have to give me a reason for not killing you."

"Ah this..."

Li Shufu blurted out, "I have a lot of gold and silver treasures in my Miao cave, all of which I can offer to Your Majesty!"

Cai Fu scoffed: Who do you think you are?

Cai Fu has now swallowed up the entire Chu Kingdom, and his territory has expanded to twenty-three prefectures!
All of Wang Qing's accumulated gold, silver, military equipment, and provisions belonged to Cai Fu. He was still lacking gold and silver jewelry.
What Cai Fu found even more contemptible was:

"Foolish man! Even if I kill you, all your gold and jewels will be mine!"

"Yes……"

Li Shufu realized that, in fact, he was the only one in the foreign country with unparalleled bravery.

If we kill him, Cai Fu and his gang of tough guys can sneak into the Miao cave and do whatever they want.

But besides gold and silver jewelry, what else could he give Cai Fu?

Miao girl?

Li Shufu glanced at Chai Niangniang subconsciously. To put it bluntly, none of them were as beautiful as Chai Niangniang!

It's worth noting that Chai Gui was the local tyrant of Nanning Prefecture, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Lady Chai was the most beautiful woman in Yunnan.

After much thought, Li Shufu realized that the most valuable thing he possessed in foreign lands was his unparalleled bravery.

But would Cai Fu even be interested in me?

Li Shufu cautiously glanced at Gao Chong and his three friends; not only were they stronger than him, but they were also younger…

Before meeting Gao Chong, Li Shufu was very proud and considered himself invincible.

After being dealt with by Gao Chong, Li Shufu felt inferior again, thinking that he was just a frog in a well.

That’s all!

Li Shufu gritted his teeth, glared, and kowtowed to the ground:
"If Your Majesty does not abandon me, I am willing to serve Your Majesty as your master!"

"Serving as subjects for generations, never betraying them!"

Cai Fu was satisfied, but after a moment's hesitation, he reluctantly said:

"Fine! I'll believe you this once!"
"Li Shufu, don't let me down!"

Li Shufu let out a long breath and said decisively:
"If I disobey, may I die at the hands of the five poisonous creatures!"

Cai Fu was satisfied and helped Li Shufu up. With Li Shufu, the Miao soldiers from the foreign country could be used by him.

Cai Fu learned from Li Shufu that Huawaiguo was composed of thirty-six Miao caves.

The number of soldiers in each Miao cave varied, with Li Shufu's Miao cave having the largest number of soldiers.

Li Shufu had more than 10,000 troops, and the total strength of the thirty-six Miao villages was about 50,000.

This is the origin of Chai Gui's suggestion to Cai Fu that they could borrow 50,000 Miao soldiers from foreign lands in Conghua to start a rebellion.

It is obvious that Chai Gui is exaggerating; it is impossible for foreign countries to lend all their troops to Chai Gui.

Chai Gui's relationship with Li Shufu wasn't as good as he claimed; they were merely nodding acquaintances. Cai Fu, having won over Li Shufu, then looked at Chai Niangniang:

Do you know why your husband died?

Lady Chai was taken aback: "Wasn't it because the attempt to recruit the King failed?"

Cai Fu sneered and looked at Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing:
"Daxing, Yuanyuan, you are both involved."

“Tell Lady Chai what Chai Gui has done, so that she won’t still be kept in the dark.”

Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing then recounted Chai Gui's actions to Chai Niangniang, one after the other.

From the very beginning, Chai Gui provoked He Yuanqing, was defeated by He Yuanqing, and then ambushed He Yuanqing. When it came to Chai Gui bowing to Cai Fu, he was willing to persuade Wang Shan, the Golden Knife King of Taihang Mountain, to serve Cai Fu together.

As a result, Cai Fu went up the Taihang Mountains, and Chai Gui and Wang Shan ambushed him with axemen, using the breaking of a cup as a signal to kill Cai Fu...

Thus, Chai Guicai died at the hands of Qiu Qiongying.

Although Lady Chai was a woman, she was not someone who could not distinguish right from wrong.

Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing's words were clearly true, because many of them matched what the escaped servants had said.

However, the servants were on the side of Prince Liang, so they would definitely only speak ill of Cai Fu.

However, after listening to Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing's words, Chai Niangniang compared the two and came to the truth.

Chai Gui's reneging on his promise made Lady Chai feel extremely ashamed.

To put it bluntly, Chai Gui had already pledged allegiance to Cai Fu, and then colluded with Wang Shan to assassinate Cai Fu. This was treason, which was considered extremely rebellious in this era!
It was only natural for Cai Fu to kill Chai Gui, so what right did she have to hate Cai Fu?

Firstly, Chai Gui's death was entirely her own fault, and secondly, Cai Fu had saved their lives!
Lady Chai was a woman of great understanding and righteousness. She no longer harbored hatred for Cai Fu, but only felt heartfelt admiration for him!
The mother and son didn't know who Cai Fu was, but Cai Fu definitely knew who they were.

Even though he knew who they were, he still saved their lives!

Furthermore, Cai Fu was even willing to take her son as his apprentice—what a magnanimous heart he had!

With tears in her eyes, Lady Chai knelt before Cai Fu with Chai Paifu:
"My son, we have wronged the king!"

"Your father's death was his own fault!"
"The King owes us nothing; on the contrary, it is our Chai family that has wronged the King!"
"We will first thank Your Majesty for saving our lives, and then we will perform the ceremony of becoming your disciples!"

"Now that you have become a disciple of the King, you must respect your teacher and never go astray like your father!"

Chai Paifu only vaguely understood what he was hearing. Anyway, his mother said that Cai Fu wasn't to blame for his father's death, so she meant it.

Moreover, he was young and didn't have many memories of his father, but he really wanted to learn Cai Fu's pear-peeling skills.

So Chai Paifu agreed, and together with Chai Niangniang, they thanked Cai Fu and established a master-disciple relationship.

After thanking Cai Fu, Lady Chai hesitated to speak, then hesitated again, stammering and stammering.

Cai Fu smiled and asked, "Your Majesty, please speak frankly."

Lady Chai gritted her teeth and glared, "The King saved our lives, and I have no way to repay him—"

"I am willing to offer Nanning Prefecture as a gift to Your Majesty as a token of my initiation into your apprenticeship. I hope Your Majesty will accept it with pleasure!"

What courage!

Cai Fu then realized that Lady Chai was smarter and more generous than he had thought.

After Li Shufu attacked Nanning Prefecture, Lady Chai realized that she and her orphan mother could not protect Nanning Prefecture.

It's not surprising that she discovered it; what's surprising is that Lady Chai was willing to exchange her ancestral business for her son's healthy growth.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, Lady Chai is a spendthrift old woman.

But Cai Fu knew that Lady Chai had made the right choice.

My wife's path has broadened!
(End of this chapter)