Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 201 I've Only Come to the Sunflower Sect to Do Three Things
"The undercover agent was actually Gui Dongjing."

Deng Dinghou stared in disbelief at the four square pieces scattered on the ground. When Gui Dongjing was alive, he seemed to be made of bricks, and even after he died, he was still bricks.

This guy is square from head to toe, except for his round belly button. He doesn't seem like a traitor. But I never expected that he had joined the Azure Dragon Society a long time ago.

Gui Dongjing is not a traitor to the Lianying Escort Agency.

Even before the establishment of the joint escort agency, Gui Dongjing was the leader of the Qinglong Society. After the establishment of the joint escort agency, Gui Dongjing took advantage of the situation and wanted to take control of the agency.

Using Wang Wanwu as a springboard, Jiang Xin killed Deng Dinghou and Baili Changqing. He was covered in internal injuries, and Ximen Sheng was his subordinate, so he couldn't cause any trouble.

The idea was wonderful, but the ending was tragic.

Li Zhaoting doesn't play by the rules.

Li Zhaoting ignored all of Gui Dongjing's carefully arranged evidence and meticulously planned misleading tactics.

It penetrates straight into the center, piercing directly into the heart.

He brandished his sword and charged up Hungry Tiger Hill.

Regardless of who the traitor is, let's wipe out the Azure Dragon branch at Hungry Tiger Hill first. The only pity is that the Azure Dragon Society ran away too quickly, and Gui Dongjing became a pawn. Li Zhaoting talked for half an hour without seeing any support.

He fled at the sight of Li, as swift as the wind.

They maneuvered and encircled the enemy, their movements as slow and deliberate as a forest.

A sneak attack and a backstab, an invasion as fierce as fire.

Friendly troops are in trouble and remain as motionless as a mountain.

The Azure Dragon Society is full of talented people.

With so many talented people helping him, the Great Dragon Head will never have to worry about its lifespan, because it can only live for a maximum of five years before being killed by the Twelve Azure Dragons.

Backstabbing is a traditional activity of the Green Dragon Society.

The steward betrays the leader, the leader betrays the hall master, the hall master betrays the head of the gang, and so on, step by step. With the head of the gang's wisdom, he must have been able to foresee this scenario. When he is betrayed and killed by his subordinates, he probably won't complain.

A force specializing in sneak attacks and backstabbing has an unusually loose management structure, riddled with internal conflicts, and its members frequently betray each other. Does the leader really expect loyalty from such a force? Do you think you are Li Chenzhou?

With the powerful assistance of the spy king who was infatuated with his sister-in-law, Li Chenzhou had almost all of the undercover agents in the Power Gang eliminated by Liu Suifeng, leaving mostly loyal subjects behind.

The Green Dragon Society never offers such treatment.
The strength of the Hungry Tiger Hill is not very strong.

For Li Zhaoting at least, eliminating the bandits at Hungry Tiger Hill was not difficult. He launched a night raid on the enemy, surrounded them from three sides, and then attacked from the center. After killing several leaders of Hungry Tiger Hill, the bandits scattered like birds and beasts and fled in disarray.

Miss Wang walked into the Hall of Righteousness carrying the blood-soaked Overlord Spear. Looking at Gui Dongjing's shattered body on the floor, she jumped up and down, saying, "It really is him! I thought he was a good guy! This guy is such a good actor!"

Li Zhaoting held up four fingers: "There are only four people involved in this case. I just arrived today. It's impossible for Miss Wang to betray her own father. Deng Dinghou was busy celebrating his birthday some time ago, so he didn't have time to commit the crime."

After considering all the options, only Gui Dongjing seems to have the most leisurely life.

Following this line of thought backwards, the traitor of the joint escort agency must be the most leisurely person. The chief escort is escorting goods all over the country, how could he have time to defect to the Green Dragon Society?

Gui Dongjing is the head of the gang, and he has a shrewd and capable chief镖头 (chief镖师, a kind of bodyguard/escort) under his command. He has plenty of time to formulate plans. If Gui Dongjing wants to cause trouble, you simply can't stop him.

When Gui Dongjing imitated Deng Dinghou's handwriting and gathered his lovers together, it sounded like a joke, but have you ever thought that Gui Dongjing was using the joke as a demonstration to test his imitation skills?

I can guarantee that the correspondence with Wang Wanwu and Ehugang was written in the handwriting of Deng Dinghou, Baili Changqing and others. He would have deliberately left behind a few letters.

Lastly, there were bandits at Hungry Tiger Hill. Merchants in the surrounding area were worried about being robbed by the bandits, so they would hire security escort agencies at high prices for protection. Now that Hungry Tiger Hill has been destroyed, the merchants no longer need security escort agencies, and your business has decreased significantly.

This could be considered a relationship of interdependence!

Li Zhaoting made a few perfunctory remarks.

Miss Wang retorted coquettishly, "You rascal~ can't you speak like a human being? What do you mean by dependence? I would never depend on bandits! I rely on my own abilities."

Li Zhaoting looked at Wang Zhaoxing: "Head镖 (bodyguard/escort) Wang, you'll have to work harder lately to teach this young lady, whose mind is full of fists, the rules of the martial world, so that she won't be wiped out by bandits on her first escort mission."

"Li Zhaoting, I challenge you to a duel! Don't hold me back! I'm going to make him eat three hundred steel spears, and I'm going to stab you three hundred times! Come on over here! I'll stomp you to death! You dare say I'm brainless..."

"Uh... I did misspoke. Miss Wang, your brain not only has fists, but also more than three hundred transparent holes. So your family makes baskets!"

"Li Zhaoting, I'll fight you to the death!"

"Next time you fight someone, recall the anger you felt tonight, treat the enemy as yourself, and use that anger to drive your Overlord Spear Technique, but don't get completely consumed by rage."

"I don't need your guidance."

"The guidance is complete~~"

"Li Zhaoting is bullying us!"

Miss Wang pulled out her last weapon.

Li Zhaoting ran faster than a rabbit.

Hungry Tiger Hill is an internal affair of the镖局 (bodyguard agency).

Let Wang Zhaoxing and Deng Dinghou discuss it!
Why isn't Miss Wang included?
Her mind was filled with Li Zhaoting.

There was no spare mental energy to manage the affairs of the escort agency.

The following morning, news came from Qixia Town that Magistrate Lou, in cooperation with the Lianying Escort Agency, had decisively defeated Ehugang. Gui Dongjing was unfortunately killed in battle, and the entire Ehugang army was wiped out.

The Azure Dragon Society's plan failed.

Assassination may instill fear, a chill running from your heels to the top of your head, but so what? If you feel cold, then huddle together for warmth!
The more assassinations were launched, the more fear the people in the escort agency felt, and the more they tried to unite. Under the threat of the Green Dragon Society, those minor disputes over interests were resolved in the shortest possible time.

The joint security escort agency was established.

Not only was it established, but it was also larger in scale than Deng Dinghou had anticipated. The joint escort agency was mainly composed of Changqing Escort Agency, Zhenyuan Escort Agency, Zhenwei Escort Agency, Weiqun Escort Agency, and Dawang Escort Agency, combined with dozens of smaller escort agencies to form an escort agency alliance, where everyone did business together.

In addition, the largest escort agency in Guanzhong was the Chang'an Escort Agency. Seeing that the joint escort agency business was thriving, Sima Chaoqun had his eye on it.

Three months later, the alliance of the three security escort agencies was established.

Roughly equivalent to SF Express, Yunda Express, and Yuantong Express!
The leader of the Green Dragon Society overturned dozens of tables.

My subordinates are becoming increasingly incompetent!

The Green Dragon Society has been having a harder time these past two years!
……

Reciprocity.

Li Zhaoting helped the Lianying Escort Agency break through Hungry Tiger Hill and search for the Green Dragon Society's undercover agents. Deng Dinghou mobilized his forces and quickly compiled detailed intelligence on the Sunflower Sect.

The founder of the Sunflower School was named Sunflower Ancestor, and had nothing to do with the Sunflower Manual. At least, Sunflower Ancestor was not a eunuch, and the Sunflower School has never had eunuchs.

About eighteen years ago, the Sunflower Patriarch was killed by Guo Bujing, and the Sunflower Sect gradually declined. Without a leader, all affairs were managed by the four elders.

The four elders each possessed different skills.

Elder Dong, formerly the chief advisor of the Six Doors, was a sharp-eyed detective. With just a blink of his eye, he could tell how many melon seeds were in the fruit plate. His divine eyes were like lightning, piercing straight to people's hearts.

Elder Xi, born into the Duan family of Dali, is proficient in the One-Finger Divine Skill. No matter how rough the wall is, he can smooth it out with a single stroke of his finger, leaving not a single burr. He is an expert at painting walls.

Elder Nan, a disciple of the 36th branch of the Southern Shaolin Temple, is known as the Swift as Thunder. He can retrieve copper coins from a pot of oil without getting his hands dirty, and his movements are as swift as the wind and as powerful as thunder.

Elder Bei, who does not know martial arts, is a distant relative of the other three elders. He is the most insidious and vicious, and is in charge of the Sunflower Sect's punishment hall. He is hated by everyone in the sect.

The Sunflower Sect, symbolized by a smiling sunflower, is a top-tier underworld organization in the martial arts world, with four to five hundred members and having trained several heroes.

The legendary thief Bai Zhantang, the god of thieves Ji Wuming, the ruthless Ji Wubing, and even Gongsun Wulong are all disciples of the Sunflower Sect. The Sunflower Sect has kept a low profile in recent years, but back then it was a super-powerful force in the underworld.

Countless people want to join the Sunflower School.

For no other reason than to receive guidance from Gongsun Wulong, a top expert, so that no one would dare to join the Sunflower Sect, because Gongsun Wulong is a madman, unpredictable and completely unfathomable.

One second he was cheerfully telling a story, like an old man walking his bird or playing chess on the street; the next second, he said something that enraged Gongsun Wulong, who pinned him down with a single finger and tortured him for three days and three nights. What did he say?
unimportant!
Today's words enraged Gongsun Wulong, but if he said the same thing tomorrow, he might not care at all, or he might be very happy. No one can find the pattern.

It could be that the soup was too salty, the noodles were too mushy, or that someone was praising his handsome beard, his vigorous old age, or calling him a gangster hero—it could just be a harmless joke.

Gongsun Wulong wrote a poem, a jumbled mess of rhymes, and you said, "Old man, your doggerel is quite good! It's both popular and catchy."

Gongsun Wulong thought, "A doggerel? When did I ever write doggerel? What are you talking about? Are you insulting me? Kid! You're going to die!"

You can't negotiate with a madman.

Gongsun Wulong did not accept any explanation.

He liked to seal the enemy's acupoints and torture them for days and nights, watching them scream in agony until they were no longer human, before finally killing them with a single finger.

Begging, cursing, bribing—none of it worked!

What's most terrifying is that, whether it's murder, arson, wiping out entire families, or torture, Gongsun Wulong always wears a smile, as if he's not killing people but preparing ingredients.

Most of the underworld geniuses who joined the Sunflower Sect back then were tortured to death by Gongsun Wulong. The more they thought they were incredibly smart and could grasp Gongsun Wulong's thoughts, the more tragic their deaths became. The remaining people scattered in all directions.

Gongsun Wulong followed and ran away.

Nobody knows where this thing is hiding.

The Sunflower Faction's leaders were on the verge of tears.

They need Gongsun Wulong to keep things under control.

They must bear the consequences of Gongsun Wulong's actions.

There is no such thing as getting all the benefits without suffering any losses in this world.

If so, it means you're not far from suffering a loss!
The more you try to gain an advantage, the greater the loss you will suffer. Sooner or later, you will have to pay back tenfold or a hundredfold for the advantages you gained.

Especially the cheap price of Gongsun Wulong.

Gongsun Wulong hates it most when others take advantage of him.

Even if it's just a verbal favor.

……

"Dong dong!"

A dark shadow knocked on Li Zhaoting's window.

Li Zhaoting opened his eyes: "Who?"

"Special Envoy of the Six Doors"

A middle-aged woman's voice came from outside the window.

"The door is open, please come in."

"Young Master Li doesn't lock the door at night?"

Do you think anyone would dare to assassinate me?

"What if there really is?"

"They'll hit the bell."

Before he could finish speaking, the bell rang.

Li Zhaoting did not close the door, but he tied a black line to a blind spot behind the door, with several black bells attached to the line. The bells would be hit when the door was opened.

"Young Master Li is truly thoughtful!"

"It's useless. If I were an assassin, I definitely wouldn't rush into the room to kill someone. Instead, I would shoot them with a hidden weapon through the window or door, and run away immediately after firing. I would never look into the room again, and I would never stay for even a moment longer. I would finish everything in the blink of an eye!"

"Famous assassins in the martial arts world all use swords. There are no records of those who use hidden weapons or mechanisms."

"The fact that even the Six Doors couldn't find a trace of them means that these assassins are the most secretive and have the highest level of security. Those famous assassins either have to clear their names early or get killed. Most of them don't live past forty."

"Young Master Li's insight is truly remarkable; I admire it!"

The special envoy of the Six Doors was none other than the Thief Saint's hook within the Six Doors, and also his mother.

—Bai Cuiping!

Bai Cuiping wanted to train Bai Zhantang to become a constable, and taught him all constable skills.

Unexpectedly, due to being too busy with work, Bai Zhantang was slightly neglected in some aspects and was fooled by Ji Wuming's brothers, becoming a master thief for no reason.

The character “圣” should not be used indiscriminately.

From a purely textual perspective, the title "Saint of Thieves" is dozens of times more prestigious than "Master Thief" or "King of Thieves," and it also carries dozens of times more blame.

Of course, people from the martial arts world have low levels of education.

They didn't think of gods or immortals; it was just a nickname given to them by the slang of the martial arts world. Because of this unfortunate nickname, Bai Cuiping braved wind and rain to settle things for her son.

Bai Zhantang had never committed any major crimes. The biggest theft he ever committed was the theft of 100 taels of silver, of which he immediately donated 80 taels. The only victim was Guo Furong.

But the nickname is awesome!
The Six Doors can grant the Master Thief a pardon and cooperate with the King of Thieves. To completely clear the "Saint of Thieves'" identity, a series of extraordinary achievements are needed.

In the original storyline, Bai Zhantang defeated a series of masters, including Meili Budazhe, Jin and Yin Erlao, Shangguan Yundun, and Gongsun Wulong, before he could obtain a pardon. This does not include the merits that Bai Cuiping has accumulated over the years.

Putting everything else aside, how did the Sunflower School perish?
The four elders are playing mahjong?

You're kidding me!

It's clearly a pincer attack from both inside and outside, with the attack blossoming in the center.

Zhu Wushuang was able to escape the Sunflower Sect mostly because of Bai Cuiping's help. How should I describe it?
Senior and junior brothers, a match made in heaven.

Perhaps in Bai Cuiping's eyes, the gentle and virtuous Zhu Wushuang is her daughter-in-law. This is just speculation. Only Bai Cuiping herself knows what she really thinks.

Li Zhaoting didn't want to deal with all these complicated details.

Li Zhaoting only cares about three things.

—Eliminate the Sunflower Movement as soon as possible!

—Received Guo Bujing's reward!
—Go to Sword Forging City to have a divine weapon custom-made!
"When shall we do it?"

"The sooner the better, Officer Bai. How much preparation has the Six Doors made for the Sunflower Sect? How many constables have arrived? If I rush in and kill the four elders, how long will it take you to completely wipe out the Sunflower Sect?"

"Please give me three days, Young Master Li."

"can!"

"Young Master Li, when you make your move, could you please only target those in charge? Most of the lower-level disciples of the Sunflower Sect are kidnapped civilians who do menial work!"

"Hiss~~ The Sunflower Sect is plundering the people on a large scale, isn't the imperial court doing anything about it? Why has it been delayed for so many years?"

“Young Master Li, the world has only been at peace for a few years! The Six Doors doesn’t have that much power. If Young Master Li had been born ten years earlier and led the Six Doors constables to fight, the Sunflower Sect and the Money Gang wouldn’t have been able to stir up any trouble.”

What kind of business does the Sunflower School mainly engage in?

"Robbery on the highway."

"wrong."

"What's wrong?"

“Robbery is not a gang’s business. Gangs have their own rules. If the Sunflower Sect’s main business is robbery, it should be called Sunflower Village. The Sunflower Sect has other businesses.”

(End of this chapter)