Chapter 48: Qin Cheng Meets Again

  But in the largest wine house in the city, Qin Shubao was drinking and having a great time with his friends. Just as they were enjoying themselves, someone came in to report that two more people had come to wish him a happy birthday. Upon hearing this, Qin Shubao excused himself from the table and headed outside.

  "Jun Da, why did you say we came to celebrate his birthday?" Cheng Yaojin asked Yu Jun Da beside him.

  "Big brother, you should know that Qin Shubao knows people from all over the country. Let's get to know him and it will be helpful for us." Yu Jun explained in detail.

  "Both of you, Qin Shubao thanks you for coming to congratulate my mother, but I don't know who both of you are?" When You Junda and Cheng Yaojin were talking, Qin Shubao had already come over to see the two of them, however he felt as if he had never seen the two before, so he asked.

  "Shu Bao? Is it really Shu Bao?" Cheng Yaojin suddenly shouted.

  "Who are you?" Qin Shubao asked again, these two people seemed to have no impression.

  "Does Sanban Axe still remember? I am Chiyuejin!" Chiyuejin said excitedly.

  "Is that you, Chao Jin? I didn't expect to see you again after all these years. How's your aunt?" As soon as he heard Chao Jin's explanation, Qin Shubao immediately remembered.

  Originally, Qin Shubao and his mother had once fled to the home of Cheng Yaojin for a period of time, where one of the Qin family's housekeepers taught Cheng Yaojin how to wield an axe. However, because Cheng Yaojin was not very good at learning, he only mastered three moves with the axe. As a result, the two families formed a close relationship. One day, when the two children were out on the street, they saw a military officer harassing a girl and went forward to defend her. In the ensuing fight, the officer was killed by Cheng Yaojin's axe. The two families then scattered and fled in different directions, never expecting to meet again like this.

  "Yes! In his younger years, he was hot-headed and accidentally killed someone, but if it happened again, Old Cheng would still do the same thing."

  "Haha, let's not talk about that for now. Come on in and I'll introduce you to some friends." Qin Shubao said with a smile, as he was truly delighted to see his childhood friend again, especially since they had been through thick and thin together.

  "Big brother is indeed big brother, and it turns out he was childhood friends with Shandong's Qin Shubao." Yu Jun Da said admiringly from the side.

  "That's not it, and don't you dare look down on me, Old Cheng!" Cheng Yaojin immediately puffed up with pride.

  "Everyone, I'd like to introduce you to a brother of mine from my childhood." Qin Yubao walked in and shouted to the crowd, then told them about what had happened between the two since they were young. When everyone heard that they had been so chivalrous and righteous since childhood, they all praised them greatly. But Cheng Yaojin was also a rough and straightforward person, and as he drank with the others, he wanted to show off his own heroic deeds, so he told them about how he had robbed the imperial carriage, which immediately caused an uproar among the crowd.

  "Is it really you who is behind the theft of the golden armor?" Qin Shubao asked in puzzlement. The imperial court had issued a stern order to thoroughly investigate this matter in Shandong, and if they couldn't find out who was responsible by the deadline, the officials in Shandong would be in trouble. When those above are concerned, those below cannot relax.

  "This thing has blown up so big, you don't hide and actually dare to show your face, I really admire." Xu Ji said.

  "Ah ha! It's you, this scoundrel. If you hadn't deceived me into thinking I had a great fortune, I would have gone to do it. Today, I won't chop you up." Cheng Yaojin took one look and suddenly became furious.

  "Come on, I'm not afraid of you." Xujing said as he picked up the sword by his side. He usually wore a Taoist robe for convenience when traveling, and although his martial arts skills were not very good, he did know some moves. So overall, Xujing was like Zhou Yu, a literary general, or simply put, a versatile talent in both literature and martial arts.

  "Alright, Chao Jin. It's no use arguing now." Qin Shu Bao said, and then Chao Jin didn't say a word. When they were young, the two of them would often compete with each other, but Chao Jin always lost, so Qin Shu Bao became the older brother, and Chao Jin had some fear towards him.

  "Now that I'm in charge of investigating cases in Shandong, and this bandit is actually you, Chao Jin, it's impossible for me to continue being a detective." Qin Shu Bao sighed, originally having the identity of a detective could bring benefits to many people.

  "Report, Master Qin!" A lookout who was outside suddenly ran in and shouted.

  "What's going on?" Qin Shubao asked.

  "There are many officers and soldiers gathering towards our side, seemingly to capture the two bandits who stole the imperial stick, Cheng Yaojin and You Junda." The lookout reported in detail.

  "What? How is this possible? How could our identities have been discovered?" Cheng Yaojin asked in surprise.

  "Don't be impatient, now we need to think of a way. Now the army is surrounded, only by handing you two over or fighting your way out." Qin Shubao said. "I and Biting Gold brothers, even if we won't hand him over, but some brothers don't want to fight their way out, can leave first."

  "I agree to go out and fight back." A person walked out and said, it turned out to be Xu Ji.

  "Ox-nose, you'd better have a conscience, or else I won't play with you." said Cheng Yaojin.

  "Qin brothers are among the crowd, who has ever been a coward? Now everyone is sitting here as brothers, and we must rebel together." Another person stood up and said, Qin Shubao took a look and found it was Shan Xiongxin.

  "That's right, Brother Qin is being polite." everyone shouted in unison.

  "It's actually Uncle Bao's fault." Qin Uncle Bao said with a fist bump.

  "Report, the big army has surrounded the wine building, and there is a bald man shouting 'Rob the imperial staff' who is in the wine building." Another scout came to report.

  "What? That bald man didn't die after all? I should have given him another blow." Chong Yujian said angrily. It turned out that the bald man was also one of the escorts of the imperial sedan chair, and when Chong Yujian and his men ambushed them, he pretended to be dead and escaped, and also learned the names of the two men. He then came to Shandong to report, and after a long time, finally surrounded the soldiers and horses, planning to capture them all at once.

  "Now with soldiers and horses surrounding us, we can only fight our way out. But I don't know how Mother and Rong'er are doing?" Qin Shubao said worriedly.

  "Alas! They can follow me, they must also know where my mother is. Now they've harmed my mother. I, old Cheng, will go out and fight them to the death." After saying that, he picked up his axe and was about to rush outside, but was held back by You Junda and Qin Shubao.

  "Hmm..." A sudden cold hum rose in everyone's ears, "Now you know your mother, when the emperor was hijacked at that time, why didn't you think of your mother?" Everyone heard the sound but did not see anyone, so they all became vigilant.

  Qin Shubao heard the voice and felt it was somewhat familiar, suddenly remembering that it was Li Jiancheng's voice. Seeing Li Jiancheng being so secretive, he knew Li Jiancheng had ideas, so he didn't rashly come out to expose him.

  "Who is it?" Zhang Fei shouted loudly.

  "I'm here!" Suddenly, Cheng Yaojin heard a voice behind him. "Are you human or ghost?" Seeing someone appear silently behind him, Cheng Yaojin was startled. It's worth noting that he was very afraid of the turtle monster!

  "If I were a ghost, could you still stand there?" Upon hearing this, Cheng Yaojin also thought it made sense and foolishly smiled for a while without saying anything.

  "I don't know..." Qin Shu Bao was about to ask a question when he was interrupted, "My surname is Li and my name is Fan." Upon hearing Li Jian Cheng introduce himself this way, Qin Shu Bao knew that he didn't want to reveal his true identity, so he also didn't say much. "As for the two of your paternal aunts, I've already sent people to escort them away, so you don't need to worry about that either. Now it's just a matter of how you will leave the city."

  "In that case, why don't we just fight our way out?" someone in the crowd shouted. There were about a hundred people present, all of whom were skilled in martial arts, so they weren't too afraid of those soldiers. However, Li Jiancheng thought that if they charged out like this, only about fifty people would survive, but he didn't think of changing his mind - how could one grow without experiencing wind and rain? Only those who remained strong in the midst of wind and rain were truly elite.

  "Now there is only this one way, all the brothers will be divided into four parts, then rush out from the four gates, and finally gather at the small yellow hill outside the west gate. I don't know if you have any opinions?" Qin Shubao said.

  "No!" everyone shouted loudly.

  "Well then, let's get ready and set off together!" Qin Uncle Treasure said as he walked to Li Jian Cheng's side, seemingly wanting to ask something.

  "Your mother and Li's daughter are not related! After we rush out, I'll take you there, but for now it can't be said, with so many people here, it's hard to guarantee that someone won't slip up and get caught, if they speak, I'm afraid your aunt and Li's daughter will be in danger." Li Jiancheng slowly explained to Qin Shubao.

  "Li Gongzi thought it through thoroughly." Knowing that Li Jiancheng was doing it for his own good, Qin Shubao didn't say much either. He then walked to the side and prepared to leave, next would be a fierce battle, one careless move and it would be a life lost in the Yellow Springs, but he couldn't afford to be careless.