Magical Water Margin: They all call me brother

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At this moment, Gao Qiu, who had been involved in the streets since childhood and understood people's hearts, realized that he could not resolve the conflict between Lin Chong and Gao Yanei. Lin Chong, this useful weapon, could no longer be of one mind with him.

It's just a weapon. If it doesn't work well, just throw it away and get a new one. Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged instructors are plentiful.

Fu An, the lackey, harbored deep hatred for Lin Chong, while Lu Qian was also in great pain. He had already offended his sister to death. Even if he was released from prison and went to work at the Grand Commandant's mansion in the future, his sister would probably tear him to pieces.

There's no way out. Things have gotten this bad. It's either her or me in the Grand Commandant's mansion!

Moreover, now it seems that only Lin Chong and his wife can cure the young master's impotence.

The two conspired together and devised another wicked plan! After these people reported the plan to the Grand Commandant, Gao Qiu coldly retorted with a single sentence, placing himself on a moral high ground. He shifted all the blame for the sins and darkness onto his servants, absolving himself of any responsibility.

"I'm willing to do anything to save my son."

In an instant, a vast web of conspiracy was laid down for the third time on Lin Chong and his wife.

On this day, Lin Chong had just finished teaching martial arts to the Kaifeng Imperial Guards and was walking home when he suddenly saw someone sticking a blade of grass into a knife, clearly selling the knife.

Lin Chong, who was obsessed with martial arts, was immediately attracted. As soon as she drew the sword, she gasped. This thing was a fine sword! The moment the frost blade was drawn, the century-old locust tree next to the street trembled without wind. The surface of the blade was not covered with ordinary snowflake patterns, but with frost-covered star marks formed by the shards of the Big Dipper.

When sunlight streamed across the blade's spine, the entire knife emitted a clear, startled cry, like a bird taking flight from its roost.

Lin Chong ran his fingers across the three-finger-wide blade, and the crimson blood droplets were sucked away by the edge before they could fall. Suddenly, the eyes of the white tiger engraved at the hilt of the blade moved, and the entire blade came to life, trembling and humming like a tiger roaring in the mountains! The entire street turned to look in astonishment.

[White Tiger Blade]: +5 accuracy, 6~13 physical damage.

(Divine Might): All friendly units within 30 meters are invigorated by this blade. Accuracy +3, Damage +3, Defense +3.

(Tiger's Fury): All enemy troops within 30 meters are terrified by this blade. Accuracy -3, Damage -3, Defense -3.

"A fine knife! A fine knife! I want it!!!"

Lin Chong excitedly led the knife seller home. The seller wanted three thousand strings of cash, which was three thousand taels of silver, but Lin Chong didn't even flinch when he took out the money to buy the knife.

"What a fine sword! It's worth more than 3,000 strings of cash, let alone 3,000! I've really struck gold this time. Grand Commandant Gao has a treasured sword in his mansion, but he's reluctant to let anyone see it. I've tried to borrow it several times, but he still won't show it to me. Today I've bought this fine sword, and I'll slowly test my skills against him."

That night, Lin Chong kept staring at the knife all night long, even sleeping with it in his arms. His wife was speechless. The next day, before dawn, he lit a candle and carefully examined the knife by its light, his eyes glued to it.

After a while, two gatekeepers were heard calling out from the entrance.

"Instructor Lin! The Grand Commandant has decreed that you buy a fine knife and bring it to be compared with others. The Grand Commandant is waiting for you at his residence!"

Chapter 99: The Six Doors Gather at the White Tiger Hall

"Who's the busybody with such a gossipy mouth? I haven't even warmed this knife yet."

Lin Chong scolded him, but a smile appeared on his cold and beautiful face. He couldn't wait to have a contest with the Grand Commandant to see whose sword was better.

The two constables urged Lin Chong to get dressed, grab his knife, and follow them. Lin Chong's attention had been focused on the knife, but he only glanced at the constables casually on the way, finding them unfamiliar, and asked them curiously.

“I have served in the Grand Commandant’s office for many years, why would I not recognize you two?”

"Instructor, we are new recruits who just started our job yesterday. We have long admired your name and hope you will take good care of us in the future. I heard that you like Fanlou Restaurant on South Street. I wonder if we could have the honor of inviting you for a drink tonight?"

The two officials exchanged a glance and immediately began to flatter Lin Chong, showering him with compliments that made him feel very comfortable, and he readily agreed.

The three chatted and laughed as they arrived at the mansion. Upon entering the hall, Lin Chong stopped and looked around in confusion, but Gao Taiwei was nowhere to be seen.

"The Grand Commandant is waiting for you in the back hall."

The two officials quickly explained, then went behind the screen to the back hall, but the Grand Commandant was nowhere to be seen. Lin Chong stopped again. The two officials spoke again.

"The Grand Commandant is waiting for you inside. Tell us to bring the instructor in."

Lin Chong had no suspicions. After passing through two or three more gates, he arrived at a place surrounded by green railings. The two men then led Lin Chong to the hall.

"Instructor, please wait here for a moment while I go in to report to the Grand Commandant."

Lin Chong nodded, stood in front of the eaves with his knife, and the two of them went inside.

After a short while, he still hadn't come out. Lin Chong became suspicious and peeked through the curtain. He saw four blue characters on the lintel above the eaves that read "White Tiger Hall".

Lin Chong was startled, and cold sweat immediately broke out on his back. This White Tiger Hall was where the Grand Commandant discussed important military matters; unauthorized entry was a serious crime, let alone entering with a knife!

Oh no! I've been tricked! My junior brother's prediction from a few days ago has come true!

Lin Chong was about to turn around when he heard the sound of boots and footsteps, and someone entered from outside. When Lin Chong looked, he saw that it was none other than Grand Commandant Gao.

Upon seeing this, Lin Chong stepped forward and bowed with his sword, only to be met with a barrage of angry curses from Gao Qiu!

"Lin Chong! How dare you trespass into the White Tiger Hall! Do you know the law? You're carrying a knife; are you here to assassinate me? Seven days ago, you killed many of my servants; three days ago, you falsely accused my son of being imprisoned; and now you've come to assassinate me with a knife?! What is your crime?!"

Lin Chong was completely stunned at this moment, and hurriedly bowed and reported.

"My lord! Just now, two clerks summoned Lin Chong to compare swords."

"Nonsense! What kind of official dares to enter my residence! Guards, seize this scoundrel!"

Gao Qiu roared and smashed the wine cup in his hand. In an instant, a hundred strong men rushed out from both sides of the White Tiger Hall. All of them were wearing infantry armor that represented the pinnacle of Northern Song Dynasty armor technology. Only their eyes were exposed outside the steel. They had crossbows at their waists and halberds in their hands. They were majestic and imposing, like a hundred giant pagodas.

Lin Chong glanced at the group and saw that they were all high-ranking Imperial Guards, all of them were experts of level 6 or above, and there was even a level 9 Imperial Guard captain.

Not only that, but the one leading the charge was a female constable wearing black stockings and a tight-fitting bodysuit that perfectly accentuated her figure!

Within the Six Doors, there is a level 9 Iverson assassin specializing in destructive explosives.

The Six Doors was a very special judicial institution formed by Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, who selected people with special talents from the Shatuo military group. Therefore, its name is somewhat foreign.

Iverson is an assassin in the Six Doors who is extremely skilled in arcane cleansing, gunpowder bombardment, and extermination-style strikes. Their appearance often represents a massacre on the scale of annihilation, and it is common for an entire street to be razed to the ground.

"Gentlemen! Lin Chong has been wronged!"

Lin Chong was filled with grief and indignation, her cold and beautiful face etched with grievance.

Or should I surrender? Even if I am captured alive now, Gao Qiu will not dare to kill me. He will definitely send me to Kaifeng Prefecture, where I can receive a fair and just trial. After I come out, I will still be the respected and worshipped instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards.

However, if I were to draw my sword now and fight the Imperial Guards in the White Tiger Hall, I would truly be in deep trouble, unable to clear my name no matter what! I would become a criminal like my junior brother!

In that moment of weakness, the events of the past three days suddenly flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern.

Gao Yanei, Fu An, and Lu Qian were sent to Kaifeng Prefecture, but were released after only an hour, leaving Gao Yanei and his junior brother Liu Hong dumbfounded. In Kaifeng Prefecture, where Bao Zheng was no longer a paragon of justice, could they truly expect justice?

If I were thrown into prison right now, with no one to protect my wife, wouldn't that damned Gao Yanei really succeed?!

Three days ago, my junior brother kept telling me to be careful about the future, and even entrusted me with a personal item, saying that a place corresponding to a celestial star would be a turning point in my destiny, and this item could help me reverse my future. Could it be this place? Right now? If I make the wrong choice, will my family really be destroyed?!

"Good sister! How can you chicken out at a time like this, when your life is at stake? Is the title of instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards more important than your whole family?!"

At this moment, the demon in Lin Chong's heart also roared in anger.

"You've seen what kind of person Gao Qiu is! He personally got Gao Yanei out of Kaifeng Prefecture! He's been in cahoots with Kaifeng Prefecture for a long time!"

"If he were to take you right now, dear sister, we'd both be dead! You insist on waiting until your whole family is killed by Gao Qiu before you'll draw your sword? Damn it, even Allen Iverson is coming to get you—wait, someone's charging at us from behind!!!"

Lin Chong also saw the person behind her. She originally wanted to surrender and let the other party tackle her, but her junior brother's words stirred her heartstrings like a nightmare.

Despite her sister's repeated forbearance and concessions, did Gao Yanei become more restrained? No! On the contrary, he became even more outrageous!

If your sister is weak a third time, then it won't just be your sister who suffers, but your entire family and relatives.

"Click——"

The trembling sound of the White Tiger Blade being drawn from its sheath merged with the sound of the string of reason in Lin Chong's heart snapping. Just as the head of the Imperial Guard rushed behind Lin Chong, a flash of cold light appeared, and the only protective flaw in this set of infantry armor—the eye hole in the iron helmet—was violently smashed into the three-foot-long blade!

In an instant, the crisp sound of skull shattering echoed from within the Iron Armor of the Floating Pagoda. Thick blood, mixed with fragments of the eye's lens, gushed out from the gaps in the steel armor! It drew a seven-foot-long blood rainbow in the morning light.

Lin Chong didn't even turn around. With a single slash behind his back, he instantly killed a man, causing the towering figure to kneel down with a thud. The masked man's armor struck the bluestone floor tiles, and crimson sparks and vermilion blood splattered together, indistinguishable from each other.

"Good sister! Shall we make our move?! Now? Right here?!"

Seeing that Lin Chong had actually drawn his knife, the demon, excited, let out a terrified scream!

"Kill them all!"

Lin Chong's beautiful eyes were as cold as ice. Without hesitation, she summoned the demon. The massive body of the six-phase snow leopard descended upon the White Tiger Hall like a nightmare, letting out a deafening roar!

Even if I don't have the eighteen-foot spear and only have a short sword, as long as I ride the Chaotic Silver Beast and launch a mounted charge, what can a hundred Imperial Guards plus Iverson's assassin do to me?!

“Kill her!!!”

But at that moment, Grand Commandant Gao roared, and the air twisted into abnormal ripples of spiritual energy. The summoned Chaotic Silver Beast let out an angry roar and was sucked back into the void rift. The entire demon was instantly banished back into the void, and he was alone again.

Lin Chong frowned and noticed another assassin, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit that perfectly accentuated her curves, appearing to his left. The assassin exuded an unusually awkward and uncomfortable dim aura.

The assassin from within the Six Doors, a special spirit capable of countering and expelling demons—Quusali.

Lin Chong frowned, and before he could react, one steel arrow after another was fired at him with incredible speed and force! Lin Chong quickly dodged, and when he looked up, he saw a girl wearing tight black stockings and with an exceptionally hot figure kneeling on the roof of the White Tiger Hall.

Vindica, an assassin specializing in long-range sniping within the Six Doors.

Lin Chong had just landed and dodged a volley of arrows when he was shocked to find his wife suddenly appearing before him! Her cold, beautiful face was filled with astonishment; she didn't know what had happened, or why her wife was in the White Tiger Hall!

The next second, Lin Niangzi actually used a joint lock technique to hit Lin Chong's right wrist hard, knocking away her White Tiger Saber. And right in front of Lin Chong, she transformed into a fourth girl wearing tight black stockings and kicked the White Tiger Saber away!

Callidus, an assassin specializing in disguise within the Six Doors.

At that moment, the fifth and sixth girls, dressed in tight black stockings, also came into Lin Chong's view. One of them suddenly spewed out a cloud of poison, covering her entire body.

The sixth one stood beside Gao Qiu, overseeing the overall situation with an expressionless face, like a cold, calculating machine.

Wennam, an assassin within the Six Doors specializing in disguise and deadly poison.

Vanus is the central brain within the Six Doors, specializing in information gathering and action coordination.

Their graceful figures, their black bodysuits, and their swift movements revealed them to be the cream of the crop among assassins. Each possessed extraordinary abilities, unique skills, and astonishing fighting spirit and patience. Their status within the Six Doors was akin to that of Lin Chong, the instructor of the Imperial Guards!

Gao Qiu was smug and self-satisfied, a sly smile spreading across his face.

Even if you, Lin Chong, are invincible, how could you possibly defeat six top assassins from the Six Doors and a hundred Imperial Guards responsible for protecting the Grand Commandant's mansion when you have no armor, no weapons, and no demonic mount?!

To save my son from impotence, I would do anything, even tie up your wife and send her to his bed, let alone tie you up and send you to his bed!

Chapter 100: Leopard Head's Bloodstained White Tiger Hall (Bonus Chapter for 2000 Monthly Tickets!)

"You treacherous scoundrel! You villain! You traitor! You rebel!!!"

Lin Chong's face, which was as cold and beautiful as ancient ice, was now melting, disintegrating, and twisting into a raging, furious storm in the face of immense rage!

And the demonic intent in her heart soared to the sky! Her entire soul was quickly infected by the demon, and the chaotic energy of the subspace tore apart the ridiculous constraints of her scarlet official robe, shattered the shackles and suppression of the 800,000 Imperial Guard instructors, and even the mountain called family on her shoulders was burning fiercely in the soaring demonic energy!

"I will capture you alive! I will eat your flesh! I will sleep on your skin! You think you are safe with just six assassins from the Six Doors and a hundred Imperial Guards?!"

"Instructor Lin, you are indeed formidable. In a one-on-one fight, none of us can match you."

The assassin Iverson, skilled in demolition and bombing, spoke in a somber tone. In his left hand he held a jade ruyi for casting spells, and in his right hand he held a small crossbow, but the arrowhead was wrapped with a firecracker. This was clearly another technological route of firearms in the Northern Song Dynasty: loading explosive black powder onto the arrowhead, lighting the fuse, and then launching it as a rocket.

"However, your demon messenger is currently restrained, the Imperial Guards are not wearing their golden armor, and you are not carrying your spears. Do you think you can fight all 106 of us with your bare hands? That's just wishful thinking!"

Before he finished speaking, the jade ruyi in Iverson's left hand drew three terrifying fire streaks in the air. Three crimson fireballs with azure cores spun rapidly through the air, each core compressed with hundreds of ring-shaped fire patterns, like miniature solar prominences falling from the sky!

The moment the first fireball touched the ground, the ground within a ten-meter radius churned violently like boiling lake water. Amidst the visible shockwave ripples, crimson flames transformed into an inverted volcano that shot into the sky! Tearing the clouds apart with spiderweb-like scorch marks, the three solar prominence fireballs actually blasted out three mushroom-shaped fiery clouds!

Not only that, but hundreds and thousands of fiery sparks, trailing thick trails of flame, burst forth from every corner of the fiery mushroom cloud amidst the deafening explosions, like gushing springs or volcanic eruptions. After thousands of sparks hit the ground, they instantly formed secondary, continuous small explosions of fiery flames!

Before the smoke of battle could fully settle, Lin Chong's elegant figure had already transformed into a whirlwind of wind and swirling snow, suddenly charging towards Iverson. The instant her toes lightly touched the lava pool, a triple nuclear explosion was unfolding behind her in a spiderweb pattern! But her graceful figure moved like a dragon in flight, and the scorching waves of fire carried by the explosive shockwaves couldn't even touch the hem of her clothes!

In the blink of an eye, Lin Chong emerged unscathed from the towering flames and charged towards Iverson like a nightmare!

The assassin remained calm and instantly raised his crossbow, pressed it against Lin Chong's face, and fired a flying arrow at point-blank range, but it still missed!

Lin Chong's agility and speed were astonishing. He suddenly turned outwards, and the flying rocket grazed past his temple, turning into a deafening black powder explosion behind him. The towering flames completely covered Iverson's shadow.

Iverson remained calm, took a half step back, threw away his crossbow, and drew a meter-long sword. Even if this instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards was strong, she was unarmed, while I was armed.

There's a huge gap between being unarmed and wielding weapons.

Lin Chong remained silent, then stretched out his right hand and used the personal item his junior brother had given him: a scale, a jet-black scale, a jet-black reverse scale of the Dragon King of Jidu!

Liu Hong had been exploring ways to use his demonic power. He discovered that as long as he agreed, the scales could also be given to people he trusted.

In an instant, the ink surged, shadows swept across, and the tiny, fingernail-sized Ji Du Reverse Scale transformed into a ten-foot-long spear entwined with countless shadows! Lin Chong wielded it with incredible skill! The frenzied shadows spread out like ocean waves, like shadows covering the sky, an angry dragon swallowing the sun!

"not good!"

The assassin, Iverson, was so frightened by Lin Chong wielding his eighteen-foot spear that he wet himself. Before he could react, he felt a pain in his waist and a lightness in his upper body.

She looked down and realized that she had been cleaved in two at the waist by Lin Chong's sweeping attack without even noticing! The speed of his attack was so fast that it exceeded the limits of her dynamic vision! She couldn't even see the afterimage!

Her slender, sexy lower body knelt in a pool of blood, while her beautiful upper body was sent flying, tracing a bloody, deathly arc through the air, her internal organs and intestines scattered all over the ground.