Magical Water Margin: They all call me brother

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After listening to all the conditions offered by Master Zhang, Liu Hong just chuckled coldly a few times, turned to look at Master Zhang, and said eight words.

"Zhao'an, Zhao'an, Zhao'an is so peaceful!"

"Wait, Third Master, why are you saying such harsh things? I'm genuinely concerned for you!"

Master Zhang panicked and tried to bribe him again.

"If you agree, I'm willing to give you five hundred taels of silver as Pan Jinlian's dowry! After all, I raised her, so I'm practically her father. I... I can grant you both the surname Zhang!"

“Master Zhang, you are so powerful that you have bribed the entire county government and have hundreds of thugs in your mansion. If I go back with Pan Jinlian to become your servant, wouldn’t our lives be in your hands?”

Liu Hong sneered.

"Whether it's framing someone, secretly poisoning them, or fabricating charges against them, I, a powerless commoner, would probably die without even knowing how I died if I followed the rules set by you high and mighty landlords!"

Master Zhang was speechless for a moment. How could this fool see things so clearly? I easily persuaded that burly man Zhang Ming. But this person in front of me was extremely difficult to deal with.

Pan Jinlian suddenly realized that her husband was indeed clever, easily pointing out the key to the problem. She hated Zhang Yuanwai even more for trying to deceive the two of them, so she waved her fox tail and whipped Zhang Yuanwai a few more times, making him cry out.

“Master Zhang, remember our agreement! As long as you help me open the gates of Qinghe County and help me escape to a place thirty miles away, I will release you. I swear, I will not harm a single hair on your head.”

Looking at the city gate that was so close at hand, Liu Hong made one last threat to Master Zhang.

"But if you dare to try anything clever, I'll kill you first, then fight the soldiers to the death! Better to die a glorious death than live a shameful life! Besides, it's questionable whether these trashy convicts can even defeat me!"

Looking at Liu Hong's fierce face, Master Zhang was immediately stunned. Now that he was being held hostage and his life was in someone else's hands, he couldn't say anything and had no choice but to obediently admit defeat.

Forget it, let's not try anything funny. My life is too precious to trade one life for one with a reckless thief like this!

As long as I obediently send him out of the county, I can still live. At worst, I can demand an exorbitant ransom. I refuse to believe I can't overwhelm him with money.

At this moment, the ten Song soldiers guarding the south gate of Qinghe County also sensed something was wrong. Although the Song Dynasty did not enforce a curfew, the county gates still had to be closed at night.

The recent killing of a constable and a garrison soldier by bandits has put the entire Qinghe County on edge. The county magistrate personally ordered the county town to be sealed off, and posted notices and portraits of the criminals to be captured.

At this critical moment, a carriage suddenly burst through the city gates late at night? There was even a faint smell of blood in the air.

“Stop! Stop!!!”

Ten Song soldiers simultaneously raised their wooden crossbows, nervously aiming at the horses pulling the cart, ready to fire a barrage of shots and snipe them.

"Driver! Stop or I'll shoot an arrow! What's that in the carriage? It smells like blood?!"

"Stop immediately and get checked!"

"The magistrate has ordered a ten-day lockdown! No one is allowed to leave the city!!!"

Seeing that the Song army had set up their crossbow formation, the coachman was so frightened that he almost lost his mind and immediately slowed down.

Liu Hong gave Zhang Yuanwai a look and tightened his grip on the hilt of his broadsword.

"Ugh."

Under Liu Hong's death threat, Zhang Yuanwai reluctantly lifted the curtain and revealed his face to Song Jun.

"Open the door quickly! I have urgent business to attend to outside the city! Once I'm done, brothers, come to my house for a drink!"

Upon seeing that the carriage contained Master Zhang, the dozen or so Song soldiers hurriedly put away their crossbows, fearing that they might injure him. Several Song soldiers, with great foresight, even opened the gate.

All the talk about the smell of blood, the strangeness, and the ten-day city lockdown was nothing in front of Zhang Yuanwai. These Song soldiers didn't even bother to inspect the carriages. They lined up on both sides, bowed politely, and escorted the carriages out of the city.

After leaving the city, Liu Hong spent another hour learning how to drive a carriage. Then, as agreed, he released the coachman and, with Pan Jinlian, Wu Dalang, and the captive Zhang Yuanwai, fled for their lives, covering thirty miles in one night, finally escaping Qinghe County.

"Third Master, Third Master! If you don't want to be my instructor, then don't be. I've paid you, opened the door for you, and even escorted you thirty miles. Now, shouldn't you let me go?"

After being beaten black and blue by Pan Jinlian, Master Zhang pitifully pleaded for his life.

"You promised! You wouldn't take my life! If Third Master doesn't have enough money, we can choose a time and place, and I'll write a letter so my family can offer you a large sum of gold and silver! Five hundred taels, no, a thousand taels!"

"No need. I said I won't kill you, so I won't. Let's go."

Liu Hong waved his hand, thinking, "Who knows how many tricks Master Zhang might use to send messages and money, and how many times he might trick me? It's better to avoid trouble."

He then handed the broadsword to Pan Jinlian and turned away.

"Husband! How can you really let him go?"

Pan Jinlian panicked. She had thought her husband was lying to keep Zhang Yuanwai in line and trick him into opening the city gate, but it turned out to be true! You really want to let this person go?

Liu Hong glanced speechlessly at Pan Jinlian, snatched the broadsword from her hand, and placed it heavily back in her grasp.

"Why are you giving me a knife? I'm telling my husband that we absolutely cannot let this old scoundrel escape! Letting him go back will cause endless trouble. I want to kill him with my own hands! To avenge him!"

Pan Jinlian said anxiously, her two fox tails swaying wildly from side to side.

Liu Hong sighed, pointed to the broadsword, and then pointed to Master Zhang.

"My husband keeps pointing and pointing..."

At this moment, even the most foolish person would realize that her husband said he couldn't kill her, but he didn't say he couldn't kill her.

He's so bad, but I love him so much.

Pan Jinlian's excited eyes flashed with a ferocious light like a wild beast. She picked up her broadsword and slashed at Zhang Yuanwai's fat body! Blood splattered everywhere, and fat flowed out. Even though the blood splattered on her clothes, this usually clean little fox did not show any resistance.

"Ah!!! Third Master! Didn't you say you'd let me go? How can you go back on your word?!"

Master Zhang clutched the knife wound in his chest, his voice trembling with pain, before being slashed again by Pan Jinlian!

If Liu Hong's only problem was his technique, then Pan Jinlian's problem was that she was hitting the wrong spots. The broadsword was too heavy for her, making it difficult to control. Even though she was aiming for the head, she kept missing and hitting the body instead.

"Help! Jinlian! Jinlian! For the sake of how well I've treated you in the past... Ah!"

"I was wrong! I apologize! Ah!!!"

"Stop cutting! Stop cutting! Just spare my life, grandma! I'll give you anything you want!"

Master Zhang let out a pitiful wail, but all he got in return was Pan Jinlian swinging her knife in even greater rage!

"You slave, when I was in Qinghe County, didn't I beg for mercy like you? Didn't I back down like you? Did you let me go then? No!!! So why should I let you go?!"

Pan Jinlian roared, and with each shout she slashed, the blade struck Zhang Yuanwai's obese body, causing him to writhe in blood, scream in agony, and struggle desperately.

But no matter what you say or do, all you get in return is another swing of the knife!

After an unknown amount of time, Pan Jinlian hacked Zhang Yuanwai into a bloody pulp, yet she continued to roar tirelessly, swing her knife, and hack at Zhang Yuanwai's gradually turning corpse into mincemeat, as if venting all the resentment, grievances, and unwillingness that had accumulated over sixteen years!

Blood splattered all over her graceful and sexy body. Pan Jinlian stopped, panting, only when she was exhausted from hacking away. Her sexy body collapsed limply into Liu Hong's arms.

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Chapter Fifteen: Golden Lotus's Greed by the Zhang River

After killing Master Zhang, Liu Hong searched through the body parts and, in addition to the intelligence turban he had just obtained, also found a large gold ring, a gold necklace, a jade bracelet, and a jade belt. Upon inspection, they were all white quality, expensive, and luxurious, but not magical items.

Besides that, there's the jade pendant used for communication. It only has the function of sending warnings and is somewhere between a magical item and an ordinary object. It's also white.

Seeing that no one was around, the two threw Zhang's rotting corpse deep in the woods to destroy the evidence. They then went to the banks of the Zhang River to wash off the bloodstains on their bodies.

Frosty fingertips dipped into the cold current, and the bloodstains on her dress transformed into thousands of vermilion fish, drifting downstream. Her graceful fox tail swished through the water, and the solidified rouge on its tip scattered into countless wispy strands of hair, fluttering in the wind.

After Liu Hong thoroughly washed away the bloodstains on his body, he turned back to look at Pan Jinlian and was captivated. Pan Jinlian, who had removed her outer skirt, was bathing in the moonlight like a lotus emerging from the water. Her wet white inner garment clung tightly to her graceful and delicate body, unable to conceal patches of her snow-white flesh or block out alluring glimpses of her spring. The water droplets on her fair skin shimmered with a captivating luster under the moonlight.

A drop of water fell from the tip of her hair, tracing a path down her alluring face, and into the depths of her loosely draped bodice, stretched taut by her two large breasts, sending a shiver down her spine.

"My lord, I'm cold."

Pan Jinlian trembled as she emerged from the shallow water and fell into Liu Hong's arms, trembling uncontrollably, unsure whether it was from the cold in her body or the chill in her heart.

Her previous anger and ferocity stemmed from her deep-seated hatred for Master Zhang, but after she actually killed him, she was bewildered to find herself with nowhere to turn.

The world is vast, but where is my home?

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here. It's okay."

In Pan Jinlian's most helpless moment, Liu Hong gently embraced her beautiful body, trying to warm the family and comrades he had gained after transmigrating with his own body heat.

Pan Jinlian was captivated, clinging tightly to her husband's hot and warm body, desperately seeking her last sense of security—"I have nothing left but you, my husband. From now on, wherever you are, that will be my home."

Under the moonlight, by the riverbank, two lonely souls embraced, using the sky as their blanket and the earth as their bed, seeking warmth and solace in each other.

Their necks intertwined like mandarin ducks playing in the water, their pink lips pressed together like phoenixes in full bloom. Her skirt rose high, revealing a wisp of white mist between her beautiful legs. Her inner garment was pulled down, revealing two full moons beneath her fragrant shoulders.

Her hairpin cascaded down her back, her long, smooth hair, flowing like a waterfall, spread out messily on both sides of the reeds, like a piece of snow-white silk fluttering and falling.

Her clothes grew looser, revealing a beautiful body, like something out of a painting, lying ambiguously on the grass, resembling two intertwined white snakes.

Upon first tasting the forbidden fruit, Pan Jinlian felt a sharp pain in her lower body. She gently pushed her lover away, and her voice trembled as she was slightly startled and blushed.

But after the initial shock subsided, joy, pleasure, ecstasy, satisfaction, fulfillment, and boundless happiness erupted between Pan Jinlian's legs! Her slender waist swayed wildly, her jade breasts trembled, and a trickle of fluid gushed from her dew-covered peony.

The Yin-Yang Bagua Taoist robes covering the two of them for warmth rippled and swayed in the moonlight, creating alluring waves of apricot yellow.

"My...my husband is so amazing, you're driving me crazy! Faster, faster!"

Pan Jinlian's eyes turned into ambiguous hearts, yearning for more, while Liu Hong launched wave after wave of frenzied advances. They swore eternal love, her left hand teasing her pink lips, revealing a thousand allurements, shy and bashful, while her right hand kneaded her breasts, displaying a myriad of seductive charms. Her sweet, melodious voice never left Liu Hong's ears, her saliva staining Jinlian's delicate body. Her eyes were hazy with intoxication, and fine sweat trickled down her fragrant face. Her breasts swayed, and dewdrops flowed into her peony-like heart.

At first, the little fox kept asking for more, wanting to fill the emptiness in its heart with endless pleasure.

After being played with for the fourth time until she was completely exhausted, Pan Jinlian couldn't take it anymore. It was so full that it was overflowing, and she pitifully began to beg for mercy.

"My lord, my lord, my body is about to fall apart, and my brain feels like it's on fire. Please...please have mercy on me. I will serve you again tomorrow."

"Didn't you just ask for more? What, is that not enough now?"

Liu Hong gradually slowed down, but still did not stop.

"It's...it's all because my husband is so skilled down there, he actually ruined me."

Pan Jinlian's ambiguous moans and pleas for mercy satisfied Liu Hong. At this moment, she reached her fifth climax, pouring a warm stream onto Liu Hong's long spear, triggering a new burst of energy. Another stream of Bodhi liquid poured into the two petals of her red lotus. Pan Jinlian screamed, her fox eyes rolled back, her fragrant tongue darted out, and she fainted.

After a day of work, a night of murder, and another wild encounter, Pan Jinlian's sexy and graceful body collapsed to the ground like water, motionless.

Liu Hong was completely exhausted. He wiped his body, changed into spare clothes, gathered up the cleaned blood-stained clothes, and carried Pan Jinlian back to the carriage. Liu Hong then drove two miles further away from the place where the body was dumped, and only dared to rest when dawn broke.

Although Wu Dalang had a leg broken, he rested all night and was full of energy, so he took on the task of standing guard to protect his younger brother and sister-in-law.

Exhausted, Liu Hong woke up to find that it was still daylight. He had slept for twelve hours straight after being extremely tired.

Soon after, Pan Jinlian also yawned and slowly woke up.

Wu Dalang, who had been on guard for twelve hours straight, finally breathed a sigh of relief and fell asleep as soon as he saw the two of them wake up.

At this moment, an even bigger problem was placed before Liu Hong.

Where should we go now?

Qinghe County has definitely started issuing arrest warrants for me. There's no going back. In a few days, I'll be a wanted criminal throughout the entire Song Dynasty. In this vast world, is there anywhere else for me to go?

If it were an ordinary person, they might have already given up hope, and might have even agreed to Master Zhang's suggestion a day ago—you clear my name, and I'll become your servant.

But Liu Hong wasn't afraid; he knew he still had several options.

Or perhaps we should go to Liangshan Marsh in Shandong and become outlaws? I wonder if Wang Lun has already started organizing Liangshan yet.

Or, should I go to Cangzhou on the Bohai Sea border and seek refuge with Chai Jin, the Little Whirlwind? I do have some abilities, after all.

If all else fails, I might as well go to a border region like Weizhou and become a border soldier.

"My second sister, Wu Song, said before she left that she was going to join the famous 'Little Whirlwind' Chai Jin. We can go there to find her."

But before that, we have to go to Damingfu in Beijing.

Wu Dalang, who had been standing guard all day, was so sleepy that he could barely keep his eyes open. He waved his hand and said...

"Wherever we go, we need plenty of food, horse feed, and we also need to sell our gold and silver jewelry to raise money for our journey."

“Ordinary small villages can’t buy and sell these things. We have to go to the vicinity of big cities to buy all the necessities and then travel a long way. The nearest place is Beijing Daming Prefecture, one of the four capitals of the Song Dynasty. It is very prosperous and can sell everything.”

"This idea is good, but we're all wanted by the authorities. How can we possibly get into Daming Prefecture?"

Liu Hong was somewhat worried.

“In big cities like this, there should be black markets nearby. There are some near Qinghe, and there should be even more in Daming Prefecture. My second sister and I have dealt with these people before. Moreover, Daming Prefecture is the transportation hub of Hebei. No matter where you go, you have to pass through here.”

Wu Dalang was so sleepy he almost fell asleep.

"That's fine then, brother, you rest first, I'll keep going."

Liu Hong identified the road and began to travel. The carriage could travel about sixty li a day, but the two horses consumed a lot of fodder during the journey. In order to prevent them from losing weight, they had to be fed extra soybeans.

When he fled Zhang's mansion, he had already taken thirty catties of hay, but he didn't expect the horses to finish it all in one meal! They still looked like they hadn't had enough, making Liu Hong's hands tremble as he fed the horses. Could they eat so much?

With no other option, Liu Hong followed the main road to the nearest tavern to buy fodder, which finally fed the two starving horses.