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

Chapter 673 Deng Yuanjue: This useless Liu Adou! [3 more]

Although the current Archbishop is Fang La, he is already old.

The future of the Southern Kingdom all depends on the Crown Prince.

Pang Wanchun was actually very disappointed when he saw Fang Tianding's performance.

Several years later, the pretty boy crying while hugging Liu Gao's thighs is the Holy Duke of the South.

Can his small arms carry the weight of the South?
No, now is not the time to think about this.

Pang Wanchun immediately clasped his fists towards Deng Yuanjue:
"I will gather some men to hunt down the assassin. Please ask the Imperial Master to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and return to the pass first!"

"Don't worry, it's all up to me!"

Deng Yuanjue reached out to help Fang Tianding up, but he couldn't...

Amitabha!
Deng Yuanjue didn't even want to help him:
This is Liu Adou, who is hopeless!

"It's okay, brother, get up."

Liu Gao knew that Fang Tianding was too frightened.

Judging from his situation, this should be his first time, no wonder he reacted so strongly.

So Liu Gao helped Fang Tianding up with both hands, and advised him as he helped him up:

"The assassin has escaped. It's alright."

Fang Tianding then timidly helped Liu Gao up, but he refused to let go of Liu Gao's hand.

Pang Wanchun said he was going to search for the assassin but he hadn't left yet because he wanted to see Fang Tianding get up with his own eyes before leaving.

As a result, Fang Tianding did get up, but he hung on Liu Gao like a koala.

Pang Wanchun shook his head in disappointment and was about to leave when Liu Gao called him back.

Liu Gao suddenly remembered something: "Brother Pang, please stay!"

Pang Wanchun turned around and looked at Liu Gao: "Brother Liu, what's the matter?"

"Brother Pang, look."

Liu Gao, with Fang Tianding hanging on his body, pointed at the corpse of the masked Southern Army soldier:
“This is the leader of the assassins.

"He's masked. I suspect he's someone you know."

"Hi?"

As the ground was littered with corpses of Southern soldiers, Pang Wanchun did not look carefully, and he would not have noticed if Liu Gao had not reminded him.

This is a crucial clue!

[Pang Wanchun's favorability +1000! ]

[Congratulations to the host and Pang Wanchun for becoming “friends of righteousness”! ]

"Thank you, Brother Liu, for the reminder!"

Pang Wanchun bowed to Liu Gao in gratitude, then quickly squatted down and tore off the mask.

"hiss--"

After seeing the face of the masked Southern Army soldier clearly, Pang Wanchun, Deng Yuanjue, and Fang Tianding couldn't help but gasp:
"It's actually him?"

Liu Gao asked curiously: "Who is this person?"

"Shh-"

Pang Wanchun quickly signaled to Liu Gao, and then quickly put the mask back on the masked Southern Army soldier:

"Let's go back and talk!"

Because the identity of the masked Southern Army soldier was too shocking, Pang Wanchun had no intention of capturing the assassin.

And there is no need to capture the assassin anymore, with this masked Southern Army soldier we will know who is behind this.

So Pang Wanchun had the masked Southern Army carried back to the pass and drove out all the outsiders.

There were only six people in the room: Fang Tianding, Deng Yuanjue, Pang Wanchun, Pang Qiuxia, Liu Gao and Wu Song.

Oh, and there’s also the masked Confederate soldier lying on the ground.

Fang Tianding couldn't hold back any longer.

After returning to Guanshang, he finally temporarily recovered from the psychological trauma of being assassinated.

After Pang Wanchun closed the door, Fang Tianding hurriedly tore off his mask:

"hiss--"

Even though they had already hissed once just now, they couldn't help but hiss when they saw the masked Southern Army's face again.

Liu Gao and Wu Song looked at each other:
It seems that the identity of this masked Southern Army soldier is not ordinary...

"Brother, if it's inconvenient..." Liu Gao patted Fang Tianding on the shoulder and pretended to leave:
“We just avoided it.”

"Brother, don't!"

Fang Tianding hurriedly grabbed Liu Gao again.

To put it bluntly, the person he trusts the most now is Liu Gao.

Because among so many people present, the only one who saved him when his life was in danger was Liu Gao.

Originally, he thought these generals could be trusted, but after seeing the face of the masked Southern Army...

No one dared to believe Fang Tianding for the time being.

He no longer knew who was his friend and who was his enemy.

Seeing that Fang Tianding trusted Liu Gao so much, Pang Wanchun did not shy away from Liu Gao and directly told the truth:
"Brother Liu, to be honest, this masked guy is General Zhen Cheng, one of the Eight Great Cavalrymen of the Southern Kingdom!"

"Oh?"

Liu Gao had never met Zhen Cheng, but he knew his name.

The Eight Great Knights of the South are quite famous.

Zhen Cheng's martial arts skills are also good. In the original novel, he fought with Sun Li for thirty rounds without a clear winner...

Wait!
This is not the point!
The point is... aren't the Eight Cavalrymen of the Southern Kingdom subordinates of your younger brother, the Third Prince Fang Mao?
Thinking that Liu Gao didn't know, Pang Wanchun continued to introduce:

"The eight cavalrymen are all under the command of the three kings!"

"brute!"

Deng Yuanjue, the Precious Light Tathagata, was so angry that he smashed the table with his Zen stick:
"He is your uncle!"

"Uncle San..."

Fang Tianding's eyes turned red:
"We are uncle and nephew. When I was a child, he held me in his arms when he went out to play...

"Why would he send someone to kill me..."

"What's an uncle and nephew?"

Pang Wanchun sneered:
"There have been cases where brothers have killed each other in order to fight for the throne!"

Fang Tianding wiped away his tears and sat down on the chair dejectedly:

"I see!
"Uncle San was defeated and lost Suzhou!

"He must feel that he has lost the advantage in competing with me for the throne!
"So, you are so cruel that you want to get rid of me!"

Although Deng Yuanjue, Pang Wanchun, Fang Tianding and the others seemed to have restored the truth...

But Liu Gao felt something was wrong:

“If that’s the case, why doesn’t he just send all strangers?
"Has he ever thought that if the assassination attempt on my brother fails, Zhen Cheng's identity will be exposed and he will be implicated?"

Pang Wanchun shook his head:
"This Zhen Cheng has the courage of ten thousand men!
"If Brother Liu hadn't been there at the time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would have...

"Ahem!
“They are our own people, it’s too easy for them to evacuate!

"Brother Liu, thank you so much!"

After saying this, Pang Wanchun bowed to Liu Gao again.

The value of Liu Gao saving Fang Tianding is still increasing!
[Pang Wanchun's favorability +1000! ]

[Congratulations to the host and Pang Wanchun for becoming “inseparable friends”! ]

"You are Welcome."

Liu Gao helped Pang Wanchun up with both hands:
"The prince is my brother. I can't just stand by and watch him get into trouble."

Fang Tianding looked at Liu Gao with gratitude.

Originally, he made friends with Liu Gao for the sake of profit.

But now that Liu Gao had saved his life, the brotherhood between him and Liu Gao was sublimated.

Even if Liu Gao and Pang Qiuxia were together, Fang Tianding didn't find it so difficult to accept.

After all, the good stuff doesn’t go to outsiders…

Everyone thought there was nothing wrong with what Pang Wanchun said.

Liu Gao thought about it and agreed.

In that situation, if I hadn't been there, Fang Tianding would have been dead.

And since Zhen Cheng had a way to sneak in with so many assassins, he must have a way to leave safely.

So the assassination of Fang Tianding doesn’t seem to be that complicated...right?

(End of this chapter)