Liver in Water Margin, outlaw madman

Lin Chong walked all the way home from the vegetable garden.

People kept greeting us along the way.

"Where did the coach go?"

"Hey coach, long time no see! Why aren't you out having fun?"

Lin Chong forced a smile and responded to each question. These days, which he used to consider ordinary, might soon be gone forever.

He gazed greedily at the bustling scene of Tokyo.

Street vendors, merchants, restaurants and shops, and acrobats near the bridge.

He grew up in Tokyo and diligently practiced martial arts under his father's guidance. At a young age, he joined the Imperial Guard and became an instructor within a few years.

Everyone in the neighborhood praises Lin Chong.

But this kind of life came to an abrupt end.

Lin Chong arrived home without realizing it, as if he were a walking corpse. He saw that his wife had already packed a small package.

"Wife, what are you doing?"

Lin Niangzi stepped forward and took the spear from Lin Chong's hand. Her hand, which was tightly gripped by Lin Chong, was already soaked with sweat.

"My lord, shall we go? How about leaving Tokyo?" Lady Lin said gently, "A woman should follow her husband wherever he goes."

Lin Chong was taken aback and said with some surprise, "You knew all along?"

Lin Niangzi lowered her voice, took Lin Chong's arm, and leaned gently against him: "I've lived with you for many years, how could I not know you? With your abilities, we can make a living anywhere."

"My wife, it's too late," Lin Chong said with a long sigh.

"When I first saw Coach Wang Jin leave Tokyo, I was puzzled and even looked down on him. I thought he couldn't handle setbacks or endure hardship!"

"Now I understand how wise and decisive Instructor Wang Jin was!"

Lin Chong found his youthful ignorance laughable.

When something happens to someone else, it's just a story, and you can't truly empathize with it.

Only when it happens to you can you truly feel the helplessness and pain.

"Why? Let's just leave. What can he do to us?" Lin Niangzi was puzzled. Although she was gentle and virtuous, she was still a woman who had been confined to her home for a long time and did not understand the darkness of society.

Lin Chong gently embraced Lin Niangzi and whispered, "Gao Qiu will. He won't let this go."

He dared not tell Lin Niangzi about his plan to kill Gao Qiu; the fewer people who knew about such a thing, the better. He could only comfort her by saying, "Don't worry, my lady, it's not the last resort before we have to run away."

"However, for your safety, you, Jin'er, and your father-in-law should go to the countryside for a while, change your environment, and relax," Lin Chong said with a forced smile and a soft laugh.

Seeing Lin Chong's state, Madam Lin felt a pang of pain in her heart: "My lord, please don't do anything foolish!?"

They're husband and wife, spending every day together.

You can fool outsiders, but how can you fool your spouse?

"Don't worry, my wife, don't you know what I'm capable of?" Lin Chong puffed out his chest and said defiantly, "I'll go and fetch Lord Taishan right now."

He wasn't sure when Gao Qiu would make his move, but he was sure his previous preparations were correct.

Logically speaking, transferring him to the armory would be simple; a single transfer order would suffice.

At his level, he might not even need a transfer order; a single word would suffice.

However, to frame me under the pretext of inventory checks, I must first hand over the reins properly and take full control of the situation.

It will take time; otherwise, if something is lost right after I arrive, it would be too obvious to frame someone.

Lin Chong thought to himself, everything is proceeding according to normal officialdom logic.

As he walked and pondered, Lin Chong soon arrived at Instructor Zhang's house.

Instructor Zhang had heard about it these past few days, and even if Lin Chong didn't come, he would still come to visit: "My dear son-in-law, what's going on? I've heard some rumors lately, but I don't know if they're true?"

"My lord, it's true. Gao Qiu and Gao Kan are despicable men who are trying to frame Lin Chong."

Lin Chong then recounted the events in detail.

After hearing this, Instructor Zhang felt a chill run down his spine and immediately said, "Oh dear, what should we do? What should we do? Why don't you go to the Western Army? I know someone there."

He only had one daughter, and what kind of reputation did Gao Yanei have?

Every woman in the capital who caught his eye was raped. Afterwards, the victims did file lawsuits against the Kaifeng Prefecture, but none of them succeeded.

Instead, they ended up with their families destroyed.

At first, there were some unscrupulous people who even tried to use their wives and daughters to curry favor with the Gao family.

Haha, in the end, they all lost everything, and their beautiful dream came to nothing!

"Father-in-law, it hasn't come to that yet. I'd like you and your wife to go to the countryside outside the city for a while. Surely Gao Yanei won't go to the countryside to hide for a while?" Lin Chong said slowly.

Coach Zhang is getting old, and having had his daughter late in life, he prefers to stay put rather than go far away.

As the saying goes, it's hard to leave one's homeland.

If it weren't for the pressure of survival, how many people would be willing to leave their hometowns?

As the saying goes,

The prosperous clan stayed in their ancestral home, while the poor wandered far and wide!

"Alright, if we can't afford to offend them, can't we at least avoid them? If we can't stay in the city, we'll go to the countryside." Instructor Zhang didn't hesitate. Anyway, he was all alone and could leave with his daughter at any time.

After the two made their decision, Instructor Zhang quickly packed up his valuables and took them with him.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, Lin Chong guessed that the city gates had already opened.

He led his family to the gate of Suanzao and into the vegetable garden.

He dares not leave his post at will and must go back to work, for fear that Gao Qiu will find a pretext to use against him.

"Brother Zhang Shan, please send someone to escort him." Lin Chong clasped his hands and bowed. Now, the only people he could trust were Zhang Shan and Lu Zhishen.

Although Zhang Shan's martial arts skills were average, his strategic thinking and decisiveness had won Lin Chong's complete respect.

Just as we are all ordinary people, when we see those people online who dare to stand up for justice and kill corrupt officials, who wouldn't praise them as heroes?

"Yes, Brother Lin, don't worry, I'll arrange for two brothers to guard it." Zhang Shan knew that this was Lin Chong's way of showing his trust and his pledge of loyalty.

It seems that Lin Chong has made up his mind.

Time and again, he crossed Lin Chong's bottom line, and finally angered the honest man.

Lin Chong then took out two hundred taels of silver from his pocket and handed it over: "Use this silver to treat the brothers to drinks."

"No need, there's no need for you to spend money, brother," Zhang Shan said politely. He hadn't expected Lin Chong to be so generous. As expected of a seasoned veteran in the capital, he could easily earn more than he could by racking his brains.

Lin Chong shoved the money into Zhang Shan's hand: "We're brothers, so there's no room for negotiation. If we really want to get things done, keeping the money is useless; it'll just benefit others for nothing."

He still had some money at home, but he couldn't spend it all at once.

What if?

Even if I can stay in Tokyo, I still need to eat and drink.

At the same time, he handed Zhang Shan a bow: "Brother, this is a magpie-painted bow, which I used in my younger days. It's perfect for you now."

Zhang Shan did not hesitate this time; a good bow was indeed what he needed most.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony with Brother Lin."

Zhang Shan took the silver and bow, then arranged for someone to follow him as they headed towards the countryside.

Lin Chong rushed to the Imperial Guard camp, and as soon as he entered, he noticed that everyone was looking at him strangely.

Their eyes held sympathy, incomprehension, a sense of shared sorrow, and even schadenfreude.

"Instructor Lin, why has your position changed?"

Just then, Lin Chong heard an acquaintance whisper to him.