Although Old Wang was a worker, he was clearly full of wisdom. He smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Stop fooling around, I still have a lot of work to do..." Just then, he heard what I said next and asked in surprise, "What, you mean water?"
Our hearts skipped a beat.
Old Wang involuntarily sat down, glanced at Fang Zhenjiang, and whispered, "What you're saying isn't true, is it?"
We asked together, "What?"
Old Wang rubbed his hands and said, "Speaking of drinking water, I just remembered a little accident. Zhenjiang, don't be impatient when I tell you."
Fang Zhenjiang also found it strange and said, "Speak quickly, I'm not in a hurry."
Old Wang said, "It was a hot day that day. Do you remember when we used someone else's cup to drink water after we moved the new furniture into the living room?"
Fang Zhenjiang scratched his head and said, "It seems there is such a thing."
Old Wang said, "That day we were so thirsty that we took someone else's cup to drink water when no one was in the house. Those cups were all covered with glass covers. There were three of us in the house at the time..."
Fang Zhenjiang said, "That's right, aren't there still the rest of you? How come you're all alright?"
Old Wang said, "Listen to me—we saw that the cup hadn't been used for a long time, so we rinsed it with water and poured it into another cup. We were just about to throw it away when you came in..."
Fang Zhenjiang stared in disbelief and said, "I gave it to him to drink?"
Old Wang still can't help but laugh when he thinks about it now, saying, "That's right, you just barged in and drank it before we could even say anything!"
Wu Yong and I exchanged a glance and said in unison, "It's him!"
Chapter Ninety-Two: Fate, Wonderful Beyond Words
Now things are becoming clearer. That medicine works faster when dissolved in water, and you need a cup of water to drink it. It seems Wang Yin and Li Tianrun drank that cup of water together. With my rival's wealth and power, it shouldn't be difficult to gather them together. Then we performed a ritual like some cults drinking holy water and worshipping holy fire, and then they came after me to fight.
Because they weren't careful enough, the cups they used were left there until Fang Zhenjiang drank the water they used to rinse the cups...
Because it was just some water used for rinsing, the medicine wasn't potent enough, so Fang Zhenjiang only acquired Wu Song's kung fu skills and didn't remember his true origins.
Wu Yong asked Old Wang, "Can you still find that place?"
Old Wang stammered, "What...what are you going to do?"
I said, "Claim compensation! If someone drinks so much their kidneys atrophy, don't you have to pay?"
Old Wang grabbed Fang Zhenjiang's hand, his face full of guilt, and said, "Brother, I'm really sorry. You're so young... How about I let you adopt your nephew as your son?"
Fang Zhenjiang laughed and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense, it's not true."
Wu Yong said, "Brother, can you take us there?"
Old Wang could only nod helplessly.
I asked Wu Yong in a low voice, "Shouldn't we make some arrangements first?"
Wu Yong said, "Delay will only lead to more complications. Let's wait and see what happens when we arrive."
Xiang Yu nodded repeatedly, praising, "Military Advisor Wu is very much to my liking. If I had had your advice back then, who knows who would have won the world?"
Wu Yong wondered what it would be like if he could fight against Zhang Liang and Han Xin, and couldn't help but feel a sense of longing.
By the time I hired the car back, the sun was already high in the sky. The higher-ups had promised to provide our school with four large buses as school buses, but the school isn't built yet, and besides, no one knows how to drive. I suddenly realized that maybe we should add a driving class in the future; there are more people who can drive than who can't ride horses these days.
I drove the van, with Lao Wang leading the way. Lao Wang kept asking questions, clearly afraid of getting involved. He was a worldly-wise and experienced man; of course, he could tell that we weren't there for a meal.
I visited Chun Kong Mountain once, and it was in the villa complex there that I met Jin Shaoyan's grandmother. Then, as if by some strange twist of fate, I crossed paths with Jin Shaoyan again, and ultimately, Jin Shaoyan returned. The connections between people are truly subtle.
We drove away from the Jin family villa on a side road, and after driving for more than ten miles, Old Wang put his head out of the window and said, "We're here, this is the place!"
Are you sure?
"I'm sure. Most people wouldn't carve a white tiger on their door. Should I knock on their door? They might remember me."
I nodded to Wu Yong, who knew we had arrived. He opened the car door and got out, saying to the heroes who were getting out of the two cars, "In units of cars, the people in the first car rush in and take control of the situation, and the people in the second car set up a perimeter. Don't let anyone escape from inside—Shi Qian, go open the door."
Before Wu Yong could finish speaking, Shi Qian had already leaped onto the wall and disappeared inside. The group of heroes looked eager to join in. Old Wang, seeing this, almost cried. He grabbed Fang Zhenjiang tightly and said, "Zhenjiang, what are your friends doing?"
Fang Zhenjiang patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "It's alright, they're just bandits..."
I think what he really meant was something like "even thieves have their code of honor." Upon hearing this, Old Wang plopped down on the ground, muttering, "It's over, it's over, I'm an accomplice..."
Just then, the gate creaked open, accompanied by shouts and curses from inside. Li Tianrun and Wang Yin came rushing towards them, while Pang Wanchun hurriedly bent down to grab his bow. The heroes, no longer caring about one-on-one combat, swarmed forward. Wang Yin dodged Li Kui's punch, forced Ruan Xiaoer back with a flying kick, and then Lin Chong and Dong Ping joined the fray. With these two masters attacking together, Wang Yin was thrown into disarray. Zhang Qing struck him first, forcing him back several steps, before the surrounding heroes pinned him to the ground.
Li Tianrun was attacked from the front by Yang Zhi, Ruan Xiaowu, Li Yun and others. Caught off guard, he was knocked unconscious by Zhang Shun, who had leisurely circled around to the back and was still limping – this guy had finally gotten his revenge.
The most threatening one was undoubtedly Pang Wanchun. Hua Rong had been watching coldly as he picked up his bow. The moment Pang Wanchun took the bow, he caught sight of Hua Rong and fired an arrow with a "whoosh." Hua Rong calmly plucked the bowstring twice. The first arrow collided with the incoming arrow and fell to the ground together. The second arrow went straight for Pang Wanchun. Although Pang Wanchun's hands were quick, he was no match for the arrow's speed. With a "crack," his bow was shot in two. At this moment, the superiority of the fast arrow over the rapid-fire arrow was finally revealed.
I didn't stop the heroes this time, firstly because I knew they would know their limits in this situation, and secondly—I was too eager to meet this long-time adversary who had always opposed me.
Holding a gleaming brick, I charged into the villa first, running up and down the stairs without encountering any resistance: apart from Pang Wanchun and his men, there wasn't a single person there! Xiang Yu followed closely behind me—if he hadn't been there, I wouldn't have dared to venture in alone. He glanced around and suddenly shouted, "There they are!"
I followed his gaze and saw a small, blue pill shaped like an olive glowing faintly on the living room table…
I shouted, "Where is everyone?"
Xiang Yu snatched the pill and held it in his hand, exclaiming joyfully, "Who is it? I came here only for this!"
At this moment, the heroes rushed in. Wu Yong looked at the empty hall and said to Hua Rong, "Let the brothers outside come in and search together." Hua Rong shot a signal arrow out the window, and soon the heroes who had been lying in ambush outside the villa, along with the first group of men who rushed in, brought in Wang Yin and the others, who had already been subdued. Lu Junyi was about to order a search when Wu Yong suddenly sighed and said, "No need to search, they've already escaped." As he spoke, he placed a piece of paper on the table in front of us.
I took it and looked at it; it said: