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

Chapter 3: Taking the Prodigal Yanqing to Open His Eyes

What a loyal and righteous Yan Xiaoyi is!
Cai Fu was familiar with "Water Margin" and knew that although the heroes of Liangshan claimed to be "doing justice for the heavens", few of them were loyal.

The least loyal person is Song Jiang, who is known as the most loyal "Timely Rain".

Yan Qing was born in a humble family and was just a servant of Lu Junyi, but he was the most loyal one.

In the original novel, Lu Junyi returned to Daming Mansion, and Yan Qing told him that Li Gu had colluded with Jia to frame him.

Not only did Lu Junyi not believe it, he also suspected that Yan Qing was the first to complain, so he kicked Yan Qing to the ground.

Lu Junyi was eventually framed by Li Gu and Jia Shi, and the only one who remained loyal to him was Yan Qing...

Lu Junyi is like a blind man, unable to tell the good guys from the bad guys. It’s such a waste of Yan Qing!
"Good man!"

Cai Fu couldn't help but praise Yan Qing:
"Xiao Yi, since that's the case, I won't hide it from you.

“Actually, I knew Mr. Lu was wrongly accused, and out of loyalty, I wanted to save his life.

"Besides, he is your master and has deep feelings for you. Based on our friendship, I must save him!"

"Oh……"

Cai Fu's words surprised and delighted Yan Qing. You know, Lu Junyi was labeled a traitor by Liang Zhongshu!

If Cai Fu saved Lu Junyi, he would also be blamed for colluding with the rebels. How righteous he was!

It would be fine if Cai Fu had nothing, but Cai Fu was the jailer of two courts and was paid by the government!

Yan Qing didn't know what to say. He once again prostrated himself before Cai Fu and swore with tears streaming down his face:
"Thank goodness, Brother Jieji came forward to save my master. Xiaoyi is willing to go through fire and water for Brother Jieji, without hesitation!"

"We are all chickens...we are all brothers, why do we have to do this?"

Cai Fu helped Yan Qing up and patted his thin but strong little arms:
"But before I save Mr. Lu, I'll take you to open your eyes first."

What are you opening your eyes for?

Yan Qing followed Cai Fu's request, disguised himself as a jailer, painted his face black, and followed Cai Fu.

The two men walked out of the prison and turned across the bridge. A tea master stopped Cai Fu and bowed respectfully:
"Jiejie, there is a guest upstairs in my teahouse, waiting to speak to you."

Cai Fu went upstairs and took a look at the man. He had greasy hair and powdered face, and his two big eyes were rolling around cunningly.

It was Lu Junyi's steward Li Gu, the adulterer who framed Lu Junyi and put him in jail.

Yan Qing wanted to eat Li Gu alive, but Cai Fu had warned him in advance, so he could only remain silent.

Cai Fu asked Li Gu with a forced smile, "What advice do you have for me, Boss?"

Li Gu hesitated to speak and looked at Yan Qing.

Yan Qing lowered his head and bent his waist, as if he was Cai Fu's follower.

In fact, he knew Yan Qing, but firstly, Yan Qing was dressed up as a jailer, with his head bent and his face painted black. Secondly, he didn't think of Yan Qing, so he didn't recognize Yan Qing.

He only thought that Yan Qing was a small jailer under Cai Fu, and hoped that Cai Fu could get rid of Yan Qing because he wanted to do something shameful.

Cai Fu chuckled and said, "He is my close friend.

"If the supervisor has anything to say, feel free to say it."

Since Cai Fu said so, Li Gu no longer hesitated to mention Yan Qing, and hinted wildly:
"Evil men never conceal their secrets, and fair women never deceive their friends. All the villains' affairs are known to the higher-ups. Tonight, I want to be the first to do so.

"I am not very filial, so here are fifty taels of gold and garlic sticks to give to the governor.

"Officials in the hall, I will take care of it myself..."

Beast!
Yan Qing's face turned green.

In fact, when he met Li Gu, he had already guessed what Li Gu wanted to do.

But after hearing Li Gu's words in person, Yan Qing still couldn't help but get furious:

This guy is so ruthless!
You must know that when Li Gu was desperate and almost froze to death in the snow, it was Lu Junyi who saved his life.

Seeing that he was diligent, able to write and calculate, Lu Junyi promoted him to be the housekeeper and entrusted him with the management of the family business. However, he committed adultery with Lu Junyi's wife Jia, framed Lu Junyi and imprisoned him, and took over Lu Junyi's family property...

He even wanted to use Lu Junyi's gold to buy Lu Junyi's life!
Is this guy even human?

Yan Qing's eyes were cold, his teeth were almost broken, his fists were clenched so tightly that his nails were embedded in his flesh!
Cai Fu glanced at Yan Qing, and seeing how patient he was, his opinion of Yan Qing increased a bit.

Retracting his gaze, Cai Fu sneered:
"Don't you see the words 'It is easy to abuse the common people, but it is hard to deceive God' engraved on the stone in the main hall?
"Are you afraid that I won't know about your shady dealings?

"You have also taken his property and murdered his wife. Now you have given me fifty ounces of gold to kill him.

"If the Chief Justice is removed from office, I won't be able to handle this kind of lawsuit!"

Li Gu's two big eyes rolled around:
"But the level is too low, so I'll add another fifty taels."

Cai Fu sneered and slashed at Li Gu just like in the original novel:

"Li Gu, you cut off the cat's tail and mix it with the cat's food.

"A Mr. Lu who is so famous in Beijing is only worth one hundred taels of gold?

"If you want me to knock him down, I'm not trying to trick you, just give me five hundred taels of gold!"

Li Gu said quickly: "The gold is here, we will give it all to the governor, as long as we can accomplish the task tonight."

This guy actually carried five hundred taels of gold with him, and after he finished speaking, he handed the five hundred taels of gold over with both hands.

Cai Fu couldn't help but sigh that the original Cai Fu was very calculating and had accurately calculated the psychological price that Li Gu could afford.

He also lamented that Li Gu was both ungrateful and cruel.

Even though Liang Zhongshu had already decided to execute Lu Junyi, Li Gu was still willing to pay an extra 500 taels of gold just to ensure Lu Junyi's early death and reincarnation.

Cai Fu sneered, handed the package containing five hundred taels of gold to Yan Qing, stood up and said:
"Come tomorrow morning to carry the body."

Li Gu smiled happily: "Thank you for your help!"

After leaving the teahouse and walking to a deserted place, Yan Qing gritted his teeth and said to Cai Fu:

"Thank you, brother Jieji. I've finally opened my eyes today!"

"We're just getting started!"

Cai Fu laughed and said, "The best is yet to come!"

Yan Qing was stunned: Are there any other masters?

But who could it be?
Even though Yan Qing had a very clever mind, he couldn't guess which kind of immortal it was.

Cai Fu brought Yan Qing back home, but as soon as he entered the door, he saw a man lifting the reed curtain and coming in.

The man called out, "Cai Jieji, please meet me."

Cai Fu took a look at the man and saw that he was very handsome and was wearing brocade clothes and jade belt.

The man came in, looked at Cai Fu and bowed.

Cai Fu asked, "What's your name, sir? What do you want to say?"

The man said, "Can we talk inside?"

Cai Fu invited them into a discussion room and had them sit down.

The man also hesitated to speak and looked at Yan Qing.

Cai Fu smiled as usual: "He is my close friend.

"If you have anything to say, please feel free to speak."

After hearing this, the man stopped acting and said directly:

"Don't be surprised, my superiors. I am from Henghai County, Cangzhou. My surname is Chai and my name is Jin. I am a direct descendant of the Great Zhou Emperor. My nickname is 'Little Tornado'..."

(End of this chapter)