Martial Arts Crossover: My Wife is the Top Scholar

Chapter 235 Murong Invites Him, Arranges Five Hundred Axemen...

"The traitor has come forward on his own!"

Wang Zhaoxing brandished his gun to block Feng Quan's path.

Feng Quan said sternly, "Brother, I never expected you to have such a clever plan. I'm completely doomed this time!"

Shen Rong roared, "Shut up! You have no right to call me elder brother. The blood feud of forty-three brothers will be settled today! Feng Quan, you're going to die!"

Feng Quan roared to the sky, "Why is it that there are always people who want to block my way? Back then, some people stopped me from getting rich, now some people are stopping me from getting promoted, and even now, I want to be a wealthy man, but you still want to stop me!"

Wang Zhaoxing cursed, "Feng Quan! You betrayed your brothers for 100,000 taels of silver, how can you sleep at night? When you close your eyes, do you see your brothers?"

Feng Quan sneered: "I slept soundly. Back then, when I was captured by the Liao people, they gave me two choices: either betray you and receive a reward of 100,000 taels of silver, or be torn to pieces. I don't want to die young."

"Have you no shame?!"

"What's more important than life, shame or honor!"

"Feng Quan, you have done a favor for Yaksha, so it's inconvenient for Yaksha to deal with you. We have no friendship, only a blood feud that has lasted for twenty-five years. Let's make our move!"

Wang Zhaoxing gestured.

Shen Rong threw the Yaksha mask over.

Wang Zhaoxing put on the Yaksha mask.

It may seem like taking off one's pants to fart, a pointless and unnecessary act, but in the rules of the underworld, it actually represents a shared act of revenge.

This is the kind of revenge that people in the martial arts world approve of.

Feng Quan took out the mask of impermanence from his pocket, slowly put it on his face, and then threw a punch at Wang Zhaoxing.

In martial arts, the longer the distance, the stronger the skill.

Long weapons have a natural advantage over short weapons, let alone when dealing with unarmed enemies. When Feng Quan didn't dare to spar with Youlang and Yasha and took the initiative to admit defeat, no one had any doubts about it. It was because Feng Quan was good at hand-to-hand combat and would have a hard time dealing with long spears and broadswords.

Swordsmen and knivesmen also pursue length.

Why condense blade and sword energy? Why have flying knives and swords? It's to increase attack range!
Maintaining distance ensures at least one thing: you may not be able to defeat the enemy, but the enemy cannot reach you, and if you fall into danger, you can escape first.

In a martial arts contest, victory truly hinges on the slightest advantage.

Those who have fought their way through the battlefield understand this deeply. Wang Zhaoxing swung his spear at Feng Quan's throat, worried that Feng Quan, who was wearing inner armor, might use the wound to close the distance and directly stab at his throat and face.

Feng Quan snorted coldly, turned sideways, and charged towards Wang Zhaoxing, his heavy punch aimed straight at the center. Feng Quan was a Shaolin disciple, and his punches and kicks were powerful and sweeping.

In fact, Feng Quanhui was skilled in using weapons.

The most suitable weapon for Feng Quan is a heavy hammer, because Feng Quan's mastery of the ultimate skill is... the Great Vajra Pestle!
Having landed a successful blow, Feng Quan launched a series of attacks, his fists raging like a storm, his blood and qi flowing like a dragon, striking with unstoppable force. Wang Zhaoxing was stunned and forced to retreat repeatedly.

One step back, one step back.

In a duel to determine the winner, the worst thing you can do is retreat.

Retreating and waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out is the minority.

Drowning and fleeing for one's life are common occurrences.

Feng Quanjin moved with lightning speed and force, his heavy punches and kicks raining down like a storm, giving Wang Zhaoxing no time to guide his energy back to its source, leaving him only able to passively endure the beating.

"boom!"

Feng Quan punched Wang Zhaoxing in the chest.

Wang Zhaoxing parried with his spear, but was knocked back seven or eight steps by Feng Quan. He managed to steady himself by bracing himself with the butt of his spear, and a look of horror flashed in his eyes.

"You...your martial arts..."

"The clues you've heard are correct. The most powerful weapon of the Dragon Knights is not the spear of the Ghost Wolf, nor the sword of the Yaksha, but me, Impermanence!"

"So what? With your high level of martial arts and your patient nature, you betrayed your brothers-in-arms and struggled for more than 20 years, only to get a lowly eighth-rank official position."

Wang Zhaoxing looked at Feng Quan with disdain: "If you had distinguished yourself on the battlefield, the Dragon Cavalry might have been incorporated into the Dragon Guard clan, or at the very least, you could have become a fifth-rank imperial bodyguard. You ruined your future with your own hands."

This is not nonsense.

The four secret agents of the Dragon Guard Manor, Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow, each possess a waist badge indicating they are a fifth-rank imperial bodyguard.

This is not a nominal position; it represents real power and influence.

The members of the Baolong clan, whether they are congratulating someone on getting rich or representing the twelve zodiac animals, are all imperial bodyguards with swords.

Hit people without slapping their faces, and curse people without revealing shortcomings.

Feng Quan has spent his entire life pursuing fame and fortune, but due to various reasons, he used his seemingly clever mind to choose the most crooked path, and now he has gained nothing.

"Ghost Wolf, I'll kill you!"

Feng Quan roared and charged toward Wang Zhaoxing.

Shen Rong was bound by loyalty and couldn't easily take action, but he couldn't just stand by and watch Wang Zhaoxing be killed. Feng Quan had to eliminate Wang Zhaoxing as quickly as possible. Once Shen Rong decided to make a move, with two against one, their strengths and weaknesses complementing each other, no matter how many tricks Feng Quan had up his sleeve, he would surely die.

Feng Quan's left hand moved unpredictably, sometimes in a fist, sometimes in a palm, while his right hand was like a heavy hammer, charging and striking fiercely. His legs followed in a series of flying kicks, creating countless afterimages.

Punches, palm strikes, finger snaps, claw strikes, knee strikes, elbow strikes, foot strikes, whip kicks—every part of his hands and feet is a deadly weapon, and the offensive never stops.

Wang Zhaoxing retreated several steps to a large rock by the roadside. With a light flick of his heel, a long spear flew into the air, and he caught it with his left hand.

Overlord's Twin Pistols!

When traveling in the world, safety comes first.

No one will ever fully reveal their true abilities.

At least, the three most skilled members of the Dragon Cavalry Imperial Guard all had hidden abilities: Shen Rong had hidden a throwing knife, Feng Quan had hidden a large Vajra pestle, and Wang Zhaoxing had hidden the Overlord Twin Spears.

With two guns in hand, they were locked in a cross-shaped lock.

Feng Quan could no longer break through the double gun blockade, nor could he close the distance. His powerful punches and kicks were completely blocked by the double guns, and the situation was completely reversed.

"Deceiving the emperor is the first crime!"

"Greed for money and forgetting righteousness is the second crime!"

"To fail to rescue someone in distress is the third crime!"

"To abandon righteousness and seek survival is the fourth crime!"

"Treason and defection to the enemy is the fifth crime!"

"Traitor, you'd better give me your life!"

Wang Zhaoxing was enraged, and the hatred of twenty-five years erupted like a volcanic eruption. He locked Feng Quan's hands and feet with his two guns and kicked Feng Quan in the chest.

"boom!"

Feng Quan was kicked three zhang away.

Feng Quan roared, "Yes! Absolutely right! You are all heroes, and I am a coward, a traitor! I'll kill you, you hero!"

The two charged at each other, fighting for their lives.

Wang Zhaoxing thrust his left pistol at Feng Quan's throat, but Feng Quan dodged to the side. The two bodies crossed, and Wang Zhaoxing thrust his right pistol at Feng Quan's waist. Feng Quan grabbed the gun barrel and punched Wang Zhaoxing in the back with his left fist. This move was purely an exchange of injury for injury, without any fancy tricks or tricks.

As the saying goes, an inch longer, an inch stronger.

Even with a short rifle for infantry combat, even with Wang Zhaoxing holding the middle of the shaft, it was still longer than his arm.

The spear pierced Feng Quan's lower back first, causing Feng Quan's strength to decrease. His fist, aimed at Wang Zhaoxing's back, became weak and powerless. Wang Zhaoxing recalled the scene of the Dragon Cavalry being ambushed and the cries of his brothers before they died from the volley of arrows. His anger turned into strength, and he suddenly spun his right hand, thrusting the spear forward in a spiral.

"Pfft!"

The spear pierced through Feng Quan's body.

Feng Quan let out a wail and collapsed to the ground.

"Traitors deserve to die!" Wang Zhaoxing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "Brothers of the Dragon Cavalry, you can rest in peace now!"

"Ghost Wolf, you've been hiding your true strength for a long time!"

Shen Rong thought he had hidden a throwing knife and that his actual combat strength was the best among the Dragon Cavalry, but he didn't expect Wang Zhaoxing to be even better at hiding it. Shen Rong was still the eternal second place.

Wang Zhaoxing sighed, "When you're out in the martial world, the most important thing is not to let others know your hand. If I had revealed my dual pistols, I would have been killed by the enemy long ago."

"The battlefield is even more dangerous than the martial arts world."

"My dual pistols have a weakness. They are not for charging into battle, but for dueling in the martial arts world. I am more used to using a single pistol. Using dual pistols really takes up a lot of energy."

Having avenged their great grudge, the two let go of their resentment.

One was a prefect, and the other was a bodyguard; their social standing was vastly different. If it weren't for their camaraderie, there would have been significant obstacles to either becoming apprentices or getting married.

The prefect's daughter marrying a bodyguard can be seen as a way of showing love and letting his daughter choose her own path, but Shen Rong's reputation among scholars will inevitably plummet.

I don't have that problem now.

Men have four ironclad bonds, and together they've carried guns.

The two were comrades-in-arms who fought their way out of piles of corpses on the battlefield, back to back. Not to mention that the Dragon Cavalry Imperial Guard only had the two of them left, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them brothers.

If they were twenty years younger, they would have already chopped off chicken heads, burned yellow paper, become sworn brothers, and arranged a marriage between their childhood friends.

Looking at his two old comrades-in-arms under the setting sun, Li Zhaoting asked untimely, "What great things did my father do back then? He never tells me these things. The Azure Dragon leader I met a few days ago was Chu Xiangyu. I learned some secrets from him. Seniors, could you tell me about what happened back then? Perhaps we can find some clues."

"Suspicious points? What suspicious points?"

"Back then, the entire army was ambushed and wiped out. How could a mere Feng Quan have such great abilities?"

"The Dragon Cavalry Imperial Guard is a special operations team that mainly carries out missions such as espionage, assassination, and burning of supplies. They don't know much about the specifics. Since you want to know, my dear nephew, I will tell you everything I know."

……

There's no need for Li Zhaoting to worry about investigating traitors.

Write all the clues into a detailed case file and send it to Zhuge Zhengwo, asking the Four Great Constables to investigate the case.

Li Zhaoting secluded himself at home, and half a month passed without him realizing it. On this day, Li Zhaoting received an invitation from Murong Fu to attend a banquet in Suzhou.

"Why did Murong Bo of Gusu invite me to a banquet? Could it be that I robbed Murong Bo of all his wealth and drove him mad, so he has decided to fight me to the death?"

Li Zhaoting held Lan Fenghuang in his arms, caressing her delicate ankles, and carefully examined the envelope, hoping to glean Murong Fu's thoughts from between the lines.

Lan Fenghuang said coquettishly, "Li Lang, whatever Murong's purpose in Gusu is, we'll find out once we go and see for ourselves. Murong Fu can't beat you, and he can't poison me. Even if they ambush five hundred axemen, we can still fight our way out."

"Five hundred axemen? The Murong family of Gusu would be lucky to gather fifty! Whose screen could hide five hundred axemen? That would be the Haotian Banner."

"I read it in a book, something about Murong Fu smashing a cup as a signal, and five hundred axemen rushing out to chop up anyone who disobeyed into mincemeat and throw them out to feed the dogs..."

"Watch less of those inappropriate things."

"I can't be bothered to look at anything serious! All that classical Chinese stuff, Confucius' sayings, and poetry, it's so boring!"

Lan Fenghuang playfully wiggled her jade-like feet, her pink, shell-like toes slightly splayed, and gently brushed against Li Zhaoting's palm: "Li Lang, I've been cooped up at home for so long, will you take me to Suzhou?"

"You really want to go?"

"I'm going crazy with excitement! I'm not as good at fighting as my sister, but I definitely won't hold you back, so take me with you!"

Is this how you ask for a favor?

Li Zhaoting's lips curled up slightly.

Lan Fenghuang opened the jewelry box next to her, took out two anklets inlaid with silver bells, and put them on her feet.

A short while later, a bell rang out from the room.

The best way to persuade someone is to sleep with them.

……

Suzhou.

In the height of summer, the weather is scorching hot, making it unsuitable for outdoor activities. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious power called "true qi" that can protect people from both heat and cold.

Li Zhaoting silently circulated his true energy, focusing on the Yin-attribute Longevity Technique, and his entire body was filled with a cool aura.

It is said that some of the most beautiful women recorded in historical books had skin as smooth as cream and as white as jade, and were cool in summer and warm in winter. It is unknown whether they were martial arts masters or had extraordinary talents.

This legend was most widespread during the Three Kingdoms period.

There's no need to elaborate on Mr. Cao's hobbies.

Besides Zhen Ji and Guo Nüwang, Cao Pi's harem also included four favored concubines who were skilled in makeup, knitting, dancing, and hairstyling. Their good fortune with women even surpassed that of Cao Cao.

The Eastern Wu region boasted stunning beauties such as Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Bu Lianshi, and Zhang Xuan, as well as graceful dancers with hunched backs.

In the early period, Liu Bei had two wives, Gan and Mi. Later, in addition to Sun Shangxiang, he also had Wu Xian. Among them, Lady Gan was as white as jade. It is said that someone gave Liu Bei a white jade beauty. Liu Bei often compared the jade beauty with Lady Gan. Lady Gan felt it was inappropriate and took the initiative to seal the jade beauty away, advising Liu Bei to stay away from beautiful women.

If we include all the female characters mentioned only in fragments of historical records, the beauties of the Three Kingdoms period are truly captivating.

A certain thriving card game set in the Three Kingdoms period has gone so far as to first create spouses for all the famous characters, and then create daughters for them.

As Li Zhaoting walked through the streets of Suzhou, listening to the soft Wu dialect around him, he couldn't help but let his mind wander. Lan Fenghuang looked at Li Zhaoting's expression and guessed what he was thinking. She couldn't help but urge him, "Li Lang, which girl have you taken a fancy to? I'll help you propose marriage."

Li Zhaoting hurriedly said, "Phoenix, stop fooling around. Are you going to propose marriage or to wipe out an entire family?"

Lan Fenghuang frowned slightly: "Does Li Lang think I am a jealous woman who cannot tolerate others? I wish I had more sisters in the family to continue the Li family line."

"Really?"

"Hmph! You fell for my tricks so easily. Li Lang is indeed unreliable and needs me to keep him under my personal control."

Blue Phoenix let out a heavy snort.

Jiang Yuyan held her breath and tried to minimize her presence.

She was the one in charge of disciplining Li Zhaoting.

However, having accepted hush money from Li Zhaoting, he completed the mission in a chaotic manner, which was discovered by his wife. Currently, he is not trusted by his wife and dares not say a word.

Eating was boring.

It's more fun to eat and chat at the same time.

Li Zhaoting picked out some interesting anecdotes about beautiful women and told them stories to the two women, making them laugh heartily.

After the meal, the three of them went to Yanziwu.

Abi had been waiting at the pier for a long time.

Abi is a typical Jiangnan woman, speaking in a soft Wu dialect, singing a lotus-picking song: "The lotus fragrance stretches across ten acres of pond, the young girl is too engrossed in playing to pick lotus. In the evening, she plays on the water's edge by the boat, laughing as she takes off her red skirt to wrap the ducks..."

Li Zhaoting handed over the invitation.

"Miss Abi, please show me the way."

"Please aboard, distinguished guests."

"Thank you, young lady."

The three boarded the boat, and Abi pushed off with a bamboo pole, gently pushing the boat downwards, and it sailed away into the distance.

Li Zhaoting naturally wouldn't let Abi row the boat. He beckoned Abi into the cabin and asked her to guide the way, channeling his inner energy through the deck to direct the water flow and propel the boat.

This is a technique taught by Zhang Sanfeng.

A simple application of the concept of "harmony between man and nature".

Zhang Sanfeng used this method to sail the Blackwater Giant Ship from the Three Gorges to the Tianying Sect's dock. Li Zhaoting couldn't sail the Blackwater Giant Ship, but he had no problem pushing the small boat.

(End of this chapter)