The Second Volume of Water Margin

  Zeng Kui understood that Da Yuan and the monk were ruthless, throwing the woman out to block his line of sight and take advantage of the situation. But Zeng Kui was not one to be trifled with either, having killed many people today, his hand aching from wielding his knife. He had entered the temple and already claimed the most lives under his blade. So when faced with the powder-headed monk's pale face and shrill cries in mid-air, Zeng Kui did not flinch or retreat in the slightest. Instead, he flipped his wrist, and the steel knife's blade shot up at an angle!

  As the powder head let out a miserable cry, the steel knife had already opened her abdomen. Zeng Kui's left fist hit the powder head's chest, and with the force of the charge plus this punch, he actually knocked the powder head back!

  "Tsk, tsk, what a waste." The seven or eight soldiers from Zengtou City who were standing at the entrance watching the commotion all had regretful expressions: "It was a good piece of meat, even if it was beaten to death it would have been fine, but now its belly is sliced open, how can you still play with it?"

  The big monk saw the powder head in mid-air change from a shout to a scream, and then flew towards him. Knowing that his abacus had fallen through, he could only withdraw his footwork to the side. The powder head fell to the ground with a "pa" sound, opened its hands and compared them with the big monk twice, and fresh blood spurted from its mouth, already unable to survive.

  Dah Yuan didn't even look, and with a wave of his knife across his chest, he said: "Zeng Kui! You really are ruthless and cruel. You don't seem like a merchant at all; you've become a tyrant! Remember that the sea of blood is boundless, but turning back is a shore!

  Zeng Kui looked at the fresh blood dripping from the knife and calmly shook it off: "Dayuan! You're really ruthless, you killed these two little monks too! A monk who doesn't look like a monk, you've become a butcher! You should also understand the principle of putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha on the spot!"

  "Fart!" Da Yuan and the monk deliberately cursed, "You Zeng family are all female Jurchen spies, do you think I don't know? Today the monk can't escape, might as well kill one to make up for it, killing two is better than having a scapegoat!"

  Zeng Kui's face turned solemn, and he coldly sneered: "You monks know a lot, but today you're staring death in the face. No matter how much more you know, you won't be leaving this room."

  "Listen up, you all! Zeng Kui has already confessed to being a spy for the Northern Song. But you are all subjects of my Great Song Dynasty. If you turn your guns around, unite against external enemies, and capture this scoundrel Zeng Kui to take him to Lingzhou, even the greatest crimes can be pardoned, and the government will reward you!"

  "Haha! You're a funny monk, telling such amusing stories!" Zeng Kui Le said: "You people of the Song Dynasty, as long as you have benefits, you don't care who the master is. These few brothers just killed someone, and two of them even played with some unknown girl in Peach Forest. Do you think that with just a few fart words, you can move them?"

  "Brothers, there are still dozens of girls waiting for you!" Zeng Kui slung the steel knife over his shoulder: "And a whole lot of copper coins!"

  As soon as Zeng Kui said these few words, seven or eight soldiers at the gate immediately expressed their firm support for him.

  "Exactly! Exactly!"

  "Following Fourth Master will get you rich and women to play with!"

  "You bald donkey, why haven't you thrown away your knife? Stick out your neck and let me chop it off to use as a urinal!"

  The big monk looked at these authentic Song Dynasty civilians, and unexpectedly used this kind of rhetoric. He originally wanted to use his silver tongue to stir up internal strife and take the opportunity to slip away, but he didn't expect to be dismissed by Zeng Kui with just a few words. He could only let out a loud roar, swing his knife in his hand, and stab at Zeng Kui to distract him!

  Zeng Kui sneered and swung his steel knife, dissolving the big round monk's move. He shouted: "Someone come! Take down this bald donkey for me!"

  Soldiers rushed in at the door, seven or eight clubs and wooden swords came over in a chaotic manner. The big monk saw that it was not good, his right hand holding the knife to continuously block, his left hand clenched into a fist, knocking down two of them, but two or three wooden swords were already placed on his neck, he could only let out a long sigh, drop the knife, close his eyes and wait for death.

  Zeng Kui ordered the soldiers to bind Da Yuan and the monk with hemp ropes, making them look like a bundle of rice. He waved his hand for the soldiers to leave, then stepped forward, kicked Da Yuan and the monk to the ground, and trampled on their fat faces, asking: "You bald donkeys are not spies from the government, how did you know the secrets of my Zeng family?"

  "What! The Zengtou City has sent a team to occupy the Fahua Temple?" Ximen Qing was shocked after hearing what Drumming Up Ants said, "What about the others? Why did only you run out?"

  Time hid and dodged, bypassing the troops of Zengtou City, looking for Ximen Qing and Wu Song. This time, he saw about a hundred people behind the two men, overjoyed and surprised. He immediately told them what had happened: "They have sealed off the courtyard, just waiting for the right moment when the bandits in Zengtou City won't notice. The two brothers brought their troops back, just in time to go and rescue us. There are about 400-500 people from Zengtou City, with two mounted warriors!"

  Ximen Qing let out a slight sigh of relief, while Wu Song on the side heard this and his eyebrows stood on end in anger, shouting: "You dare to be so presumptuous, you little brat from Zeng's family! Where is Liu Da?"

  "Yes!" Liu Renzhong hastily responded with a "yes", and stepped forward to listen to the order: "What are the two leaders' instructions?"

  "Charge ahead!" Wu Song shouted: "Get all your gear ready! Let me see just how capable you are at fighting!"

  Liu Renzhong accepted the order with a stern face and shouted: "Full speed ahead! Whoever falls behind will get no pay!"

  Ximen Qing pointed with his whip towards the front: "This time, it's double the deal! Kill one of the bandits and you'll get an additional five guan as a reward!"

  "Alright!" With that, the team was full of energy, shouldering their clubs and broadswords, and took off in a sprint: "Let's go kill some people! We'll get rich!"

  Liu Renzhong also had an excited look on his face, stroking the nearly rusty wooden knife: "Kill one for five cents! Today grandpa is going to have a thrilling kill!"

  Ximen Qing and Wu Song galloped forward on horseback, whipping their horses to go faster. Shi Xiu laughed loudly as he jumped onto the back of Ximen Qing's horse, standing steadily behind the saddle. This was a trick that Shi Xiu had thought up over the past few days, which saved energy and avoided the discomfort of being jostled about.

  Liu Renzhong saw that Shi Qian was as agile as a flea, moving up and down with the horse's movements, but he was very steady, and couldn't help but cheer!

  On the drum, the flea moved with great fanfare, and after receiving applause, his whole body suddenly felt several ounces lighter. On horseback, he even performed a few more movements, causing the soldiers following behind to shout "good" repeatedly.

  "Xue'er! Liu Niang! You both wait for me!" Ximen Qing silently prayed in his heart: "All the gods and Buddhas in heaven, as long as they are effective, come down to earth to protect these two, as long as they are safe, from now on I Ximen Qing, no, I Wang Tianxing, will worship every temple I see, and burn incense for every Bodhisattva!"

  Jin Qian Bao took his iron hammer and stood against the wall, listening to the movements outside. If someone jumped over the wall, Tang Long would not hesitate to strike them down with one blow, making their heads bloom!

  On the other side, Xiaotianqing also boldly took an iron shield and learned from Jin Qianbao's Tonglong, sticking to the wall and standing still, so even if someone peeked out, they wouldn't be able to see them.

  Pan Jinlian, Xue'er brought Juizi and other young servants, quietly hiding in the innermost room, using tables and chairs to block the door tightly, looking at each other one by one, not daring to make a sound.

  Outside the courtyard, it's already a scene of wailing and shouting, with soldiers cursing and chasing after guests; there are also the dull sounds of blades entering flesh, accompanied by various miserable cries; some soldiers grabbed young and beautiful ladies-in-waiting, tore off their clothes and mounted them, making strange cries.

  Tang Long listened with his hair standing on end, outside was like a battlefield, this courtyard was already the last pure land of Fahua Temple. Jin Qian Baozi instinctively tightened his grip on the iron hammer: "Even if we risk our lives, we can't let those thieves into this courtyard!"

  All of this, the rogue Yan Qing, who was hiding on the rooftop, saw it all clearly. The evil deeds of Zeng Tou Shi made Yan Qing grit his teeth in anger. His crossbow had taken aim at him countless times, and his hand had been placed on the trigger countless times, but in the end, he still pulled back.

  "Must hold on!" Yan Qing secretly warned himself: "You only have three small arrows in your hand, one arrow for each person, but there are at least thirty or fifty people outside who are committing crimes. Moreover, once the arrow is shot, it will most likely expose this courtyard. You, Yan Qing, can escape safely, but what about the people in the courtyard? What about the two mistresses? How can you explain to the master?"

  Yan Qing gritted his teeth, took aim at the young man who seemed to be the leader, and when all else failed, Yan Qing would shoot him dead, perhaps causing the soldiers to fall into chaos.

  Zeng Sheng didn't realize that he was being stared at by Yan Qing, who could take his life with just a hook of his finger. Zeng Sheng felt that this was the most enjoyable day since he was born, without Shi Wenguang Su Ding making him practice martial arts, or his father Zeng Tuo nagging him, there was only killing! Killing! And more killing!

  Zeng Sheng felt that in his own heart, there was a beast roaring to burst out. As two, five, ten people died under his knife, the beast made Zeng Sheng's whole body hot-blooded: "I am the wolf of Da Jin Guo, these are the fat sheep of Song Guo, let me slaughter them!"

  Zeng Sheng let out a strange cry, his steel knife flashing in the light as it rose and fell. The "fat sheep" who had been kneeling on the ground begging for mercy suddenly had its head severed, sending Zeng Sheng into a state of extreme excitement. Even his ** goods were swelling up, causing him to feel uncomfortable!

  "Get out of my way, all of you!" Zeng Sheng kicked one foot high and sent the soldier who had just raped a woman from a nearby household flying. He yelled at the other two soldiers who were holding him down, "Let go of me, I've got this one!"

  The soldier was kicked inexplicably, just about to scold someone, turned his head and saw it was Zeng Sheng, hurriedly pulled up his pants and rolled to one side. After all, there were many women, why bother competing with the fifth young master?

  Zeng Sheng violently thrust his steel knife into the ground, pulled down his pants, and the woman's body struggled and rolled around. In his eyes, she seemed like a skinned fat sheep, white and fluffy, which made Zeng Sheng even more excited. Amidst the woman's mournful cries, Zeng Sheng ferociously pounced on her!

  "Today, I'm gonna have a blast!"