Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 475: Shi Jin: Can flowers bloom on trees? [Update 2]

"Forget about your three brothers!"

Lu Zhishen made no secret of his disdain for the Shaohua Mountain trio of Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun:
"We in Erlong Mountain cannot tolerate such unjust people!"

"elder brother!"

Shi Jin couldn't believe his ears:

"Brother, you have never met my three brothers, why are you slandering them like this?"

This is because Lu Zhishen just saved him, otherwise Shi Jin, an honest man, would have been angry with him.

"slander?"

Lu Zhishen glared at him:
"When have I ever slandered anyone?"

"My three brothers and I have a life-long friendship!"

Shi Jin blushed:

“They are not unrighteous people!”

"Since they are such close friends, why don't they come to save you?"

Lu Zhishen glared at Shi Jin angrily:

"They are in Huazhou, and I am in Qingzhou!

"They are in Shaohua Mountain, and I am in Erlong Mountain!

"Tell me, why is it that I am the one who came to rescue you?

"Why didn't they come to rescue you?"

"Because...because..."

Shi Jin thought for a long time and found that what Lu Zhishen said made sense. He was speechless...

Then Shi Jin wilted, like an eggplant hit by frost.

Liu Gao came out to smooth things over at the right time:
"Brother Shi Jin, it's good that you are loyal, but you have to keep your eyes open.

"Some people are not worthy of your true love."

Shi Jin lowered his head and said nothing.

In fact, he felt that what Lu Zhishen and Liu Gao said made sense, but he was unwilling to believe that he had misjudged them.

After all, he had paid so much for Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun, and he went from being the owner of Shijiazhuang to a bandit...

The sunk costs are too high!
It's like a man has given so much to a woman, love, house, car, betrothal gift...

After finally marrying her, even if someone told him that she had cheated on him after marriage, he was unwilling to believe it...

It’s not that the man is blind, but the sunk costs are too high and he cannot accept the consequences of losing everything.

Shi Jin lost his home, his ancestral property, and his innocence for Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun...

Tell him now that Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun are all unjust people, and that everything he lost was lost in vain...

How could an honest man like Shi Jin accept this?
Even highly educated men in the 21st century cannot accept it, let alone Shi Jin, an illiterate man from the Song Dynasty?
Shi Jin remained silent, so Liu Gao and Lu Zhishen could not continue speaking either.

The scene became very dull for a while.

Only the pale and bloodless He Taishou was still looking in the direction where the government troops were retreating, muttering to himself:
"Come back...you guys come back..."

No one paid any attention to him and the group continued on their way.

Soon, Liu Gao and his men arrived at the location of the fire.

Shi Jin stuck his head out of the car window and was surprised to find that there were not as many people as he had imagined.

Each of the minions held two torches high in both hands.

Shi Jin was shocked and couldn't help asking:

"Brother, hold the torch in both hands...

"If the government troops come to attack us, how can we fight them?"

Lu Zhishen said proudly:
“This is Big Brother’s clever idea, called ‘Flowers on the Trees’!
"Look, the government troops don't even dare to chase us!"

“Can flowers still bloom on trees?”

Shi Jin felt like his brain wasn't enough.

What made him depressed was that Lu Zhishen, who had a similar brain as him, actually acted accustomed to this high-end and classy strategy!

Brother, you have changed. You were not like this before. You used to be just like me, always falling for tricks...

What on earth did Lu Zhishen go through to cause such a drastic change?

Shi Jin is unknown.

He had just had an argument with Lu Zhishen, and he didn't want to question Lu Zhishen like a fool.

So he continued to move forward. As he approached the minions holding two torches in their hands, Shi Jin took a closer look and his face was filled with joy:

"So it's you guys?"

Shi Jin, who had just wilted like an eggplant hit by frost, suddenly stood up:
"Brothers, look!

"These men with torches are all our children from Shaohua Mountain!
"My three brothers are here!"

Lu Zhishen and Liu Gao looked at each other and smiled, saying:

"Call them and see if they respond."

Wait!
Something doesn't seem right!
Shi Jin looked at Lu Zhishen and then at Liu Gao. He didn't know why he always felt that these two brothers were holding back!
Liu Gao would be fine, but Lu Zhishen is an even more honest man than him. How could he also learn to be bad?
To be on the safe side, Shi Jin decided to ask the minions first:

"Which leader brought you here?"

Little minions: "The big leader brought us here!"

"Who?"

Shi Jin was stunned:

Am I not the chief?
What do you mean, I brought you here to save myself?
"Shh-"

The minions all looked at Lu Zhishen, and Shi Jin turned back with a confused look on his face.

Lu Zhishen: (ω)
Shi Jin: Σ(｀д′*ノ)ノ

"elder brother!"

Shi Jin was completely confused:

"What happened?
"Where are my three brothers?"

"The thing is, I came to Shaohua Mountain to look for you, blah blah blah..."

Lu Zhishen told Shi Jin the whole story:
"They were caught on camera by what I said, and they got angry and attacked me. I fought back, blah blah blah...

"Zhu Wu has already escaped alone..."

"Will not!"

Shi Jin was in a mess in the wind:

“They wouldn’t do this to me!

"They must have their own difficulties!"

Lu Zhishen wanted to say something but was stopped by Liu Gao.

Liu Gao knew that Shi Jin had actually believed Lu Zhishen's words, but he just couldn't accept it for a while.

So just give Shi Jin some space and time, and let him digest it himself...

Shi Jin turned into an old eggplant hit by frost, completely wilted.

It was not until they returned to Shaohua Mountain that Yu Jiaozhi and Wang Yi, father and daughter, met and cried, and Shi Jin woke up.

"Pfft!"

Wang Yi bowed down before Shi Jin with tears of gratitude:

"Thank you for saving me, I have nothing to repay you for—

"I can only promise my daughter to my benefactor!"

"No!"

Shi Jin hastily refused.

He saved Wang Yi and Yu Jiaozhi out of chivalry!
If I take Yu Jiaozhi, wouldn't that be like asking for repayment for a favor?
When others talk about it, they will also laugh at his impure motives for saving people...

However, what he didn't expect was that Yu Jiaozhi said no in unison with him!
No, what do you mean?

It was nothing for Shi Jin to reject Yu Jiaozhi, but when Yu Jiaozhi rejected him, Shi Jin felt a little dissatisfied:

What? You think I'm ugly?
Yu Jiaozhi glanced at Lu Zhishen who was bandaging the wounds on his hands and said with tears in her eyes:

"Dad, my daughter wants to become a nun!"

"what?"

Wang Yi was stunned: "Daughter, why?"

Seeing that Lu Zhishen was only talking and laughing with Liu Gao, and didn't even look at her, Yu Jiaozhi burst into tears:
"Dad, after this incident, I have seen through the mundane world!

"I don't want to get married, I just want to be accompanied by a green lamp and an ancient Buddha..."

"You beast! It's all because of you!"

Wang Yi burst into tears immediately, rushed forward, grabbed Governor He and started punching him!
He Taishou was unable to fight back, and Wang Yi grabbed him by the collar and beat him until his face was swollen and black and blue...

(End of this chapter)