Water Margin: From a White-Robed Scholar to Donning the Yellow Robe

It is not yet midnight.

Luan Tingyu's maid, Yulan, went out alone, carrying a wooden tray with two bottles of medicine on it, and walked gracefully towards the inner courtyard of the Zhu family.

Her and Luan Tingyu's house was right next to the Zhu family's inner courtyard. After walking a few steps, they arrived at Zhu Long's courtyard.

It was already late, and Zhu Chaofeng had already returned to his room to sleep, while the maidservants who served Zhu Long were dozing off.

Upon seeing Yulan approaching, the two servants at the gate asked, "Miss Yulan, what brings you here so late?"

Yulan smiled faintly and said, "Instructor Luan ordered me to deliver his specially made medicine for his injuries."

The two servants looked on with suspicion: "Why isn't Instructor Luan here?"

Yulan said, "Tonight, Instructor Luan is patrolling the manor. Delivering medicine is a minor matter, but patrolling is a major one. How can we let the small matter cause us to lose the big one? If the Liangshan bandits manage to sneak in, Instructor Luan cannot bear that responsibility."

The two guards exchanged a glance and had no choice but to let her in.

After all, Yulan was Luan Tingyu's personal maid, and she could enter and leave the inner quarters of the Zhu Family Manor at any time.

Yulan entered the room, and Zhu Long lay on the bed, fast asleep.

The pain of having his genitals cut off by Zhang Cheng was unbearable for an ordinary man, not to mention the psychological pain that surpassed the physical pain.

Zhu Long was already a lecherous and lustful man, and now that his genitals had been destroyed, he was filled with extreme resentment. So he spent his days in a daze, cursing people, and only managed to sleep soundly at night.

Seeing that Zhu Long was fast asleep, Yulan gently put down the medicine and slowly approached the bedside.

When Yulan looked at Zhu Long, her eyes practically spitting fire, especially when she saw that his genitals were tightly bandaged, which made her even more excited.

When she was captured and brought up the mountain, she was almost raped by Zhu Long. Fortunately, Zhu Chaofeng saw that she was beautiful and thought of using her to win over Luan Tingyu, which stopped Zhu Long.

If it weren't for the three Zhu brothers, she wouldn't have ended up like this.

Thinking of her tragic fate, she couldn't help but shed tears.

She drew the dagger hidden in her sleeve, gritted her teeth, and lunged forward.

The dagger was about to strike when a hand suddenly grabbed his wrist.

It was Zhu Long. He smiled sinisterly and said, "You vile woman, how dare you kill me! If I hadn't been in pain and hadn't fallen asleep, wouldn't you have been the one to harm me?"

Yulan was startled and tried to exert force, but she only had rudimentary skills and was unable to move even though Zhu Long was injured.

Zhu Long shouted, "Guards!"

Two servants at the gate rushed in, and upon seeing the scene, they were terrified, sweating profusely. They immediately grabbed Yulan.

Yulan, a weak woman, was no match for the two guards and was kicked in the knees, forcing her to kneel on the ground.

"You scoundrel, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!" Yulan gritted her teeth, but was slapped across the face by a servant. She saw stars and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

Zhu Long angrily said, "I shouldn't have kept you alive in the first place. Now you've become a threat, daring to hurt me."

He looked at the two guards and said, "Since I am injured and cannot move, you two can have some fun in front of me."

The two servants were overjoyed. They grabbed Yulan and threw her onto the table, laughing as they began to strip her clothes off.

Zhu Long laughed loudly, "Luan Tingyu is useless; he can't even subdue you. You two, put in some effort and let me see what you're capable of."

The two farmhands, who had never encountered such a good thing, were immediately overcome with hunger and thirst. They began to tear off Yulan's clothes while simultaneously taking off their own.

Yulan was shocked, angry, and anxious, but she couldn't break free. In desperation, she tried to commit suicide.

Suddenly, a loud noise was heard, as if the ground itself was shaking.

Yulan was overjoyed and shouted, "The heroes of Liangshan have broken in! Your Zhu Family Village is finished! Hahahaha!"

Her laughter was ferocious, as if she were insane.

The two servants turned to look at Zhu Long, unsure of what to do.

Zhu Long gritted his teeth and said, "The Liangshan bandits can't break in, and besides, Sanlang and Luan Tingyu are guarding the area. What are you afraid of?"

The two servants were about to continue what they hadn't finished when they suddenly felt a pain in their necks and then saw their heads separate from their bodies.

Blood splattered, covering Yulan in blood.

Her eyes widened, only to see a burly man standing in front of her, holding a steel knife, like a god descending to earth.

He looked at Yulan and said in a deep voice, "I am Wu Song, the tiger slayer of Liangshan, here to save you."

Upon hearing the words "Liangshan," Yulan burst into tears. To her, Liangshan was now her savior.

Wu Song strode forward, and Zhu Long tried to struggle, but because he was already injured, Wu Song cut off his right hand with a single stroke before he could fight back.

Zhu Long screamed in pain, and Wu Song kicked him off the bed, stomped on him, and raised his knife to chop him down.

But then Yulan called out, "Hero... wait a moment!"

Wu Song stopped wielding his sword and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yulan stepped forward and said, "Could you let me kill him with my own hands?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Wu Song handed over the knife in his hand.

Looking at the despairing Zhu Long, Yu Lan laughed bitterly, "Zhu Long, so this is what you've come to? When you killed my father and brothers, when you slaughtered my family, did you ever think about how they felt?"

She gripped the knife with both hands, and with a swift movement, slashed it across Zhu Long's neck.

Zhu Long immediately fell silent.

But this strike failed to decapitate Zhu Long. Wu Song took the knife and with a swift stroke, Zhu Long's head fell to the ground. He then picked up Zhu Long's head, tied it to his waist, and said, "Stay close to me, we'll fight our way out."

Without waiting for Yulan's reply, Wusong grabbed her and ran out.

Chaos had already broken out outside. As soon as Qin Ming and his men fired the first cannon shot in their attack on the city, Wu Song and his men began their operation.

Before long, the people were in chaos, and fires broke out in many places in the city. Since the fires were all made of flammable materials, they quickly spread.

Wu Song and Zhang Cheng protected Yulan and slaughtered everyone in the Zhu Family Village. Anyone standing in Wu Song's sight was immediately cut down by his knife.

He didn't use any unnecessary moves when he attacked; no one could block his second strike.

In just a short while, he had led Zhang Cheng and Yulan out of the inner courtyard.

Meanwhile, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu had already captured Zhu Chaofeng and were about to fight their way out.

Chaos broke out in the city. Most of the villagers went to guard the city gates, while the rest came to the Zhu family's residence to protect them. Little did they know that Zhu Chaofeng had already been captured.

Shi Xiu also wielded a knife, and when he swung it, it was incredibly fierce. He moved with the knife as if his life depended on it, and none of the village servants dared to block its edge.

Wu Song showed no mercy under his blade, and more than twenty people had already died by his hand.

Wu Song and Shi Xiu met up, and Wu Song praised, "Excellent swordsmanship!"

Shi Xiu also praised, "Brother's swordsmanship is truly excellent."

The two exchanged polite words, but their hands didn't stop moving. They cleared a path and fought their way from inside the house to the gate.

Meanwhile, Shi Qian had already rescued Hu Cheng from the prison in Zhu Family Village. Hu Cheng was furious about being captured, and now that Liangshan had invaded, he disregarded the alliance with Zhu Family Village, grabbed weapons, and started fighting. He then joined up with Wu Song and the others.

Their divine might was unmatched, and the guards retreated in disarray.

The group led Zhu Chaofeng and Yulan out of the house, and Shi Qian turned back and set it on fire.

Wu Song took the lead and had just stepped out of the gate when a sudden gust of wind came, and he immediately swung his knife to block it.

With a loud "clang," sparks flew, and a small flying hammer was deflected to the side.

Looking from the direction from which the flying hammer came, he saw dozens of farmhands rushing towards him in the distance, the leader of whom was none other than Luan Tingyu.

Holding an iron rod, he ran swiftly, shouting, "Who goes there?"