Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

Zhao Yuan suppressed a laugh: "Did you hear me clearly? Is it my brother who's torturing people in broad daylight?"

Liu Guang remained silent with a dark expression. Liu Huiniang quietly tugged at her father's sleeve and whispered words of advice.

"Father, since it's a misunderstanding, let's go..."

Liu Guang suddenly waved his hand and said angrily, "Hmph, even if the matter of this dark-skinned man is a misunderstanding, this fellow just slandered the government and has no respect for the court. In my opinion, he is either a rebel from somewhere or a bandit from some mountain!"

Caught off guard, Liu Huiniang was knocked to the ground by him.

Meanwhile, Ruan Xiaoqi, Shi Xiu, and the others were all glaring angrily at Liu Guang.

Liu Guang glared fearlessly at the crowd, ignoring his daughter lying on the ground beside him.

Liu Huiniang felt wronged, and "093's" eyes were already a little red.

The girl struggled to hold back her tears while trying to stand up.

Just then, a hand suddenly reached out in front of him.

Liu Huiniang looked up in surprise and saw that Zhao Yuan had walked up to her side at some point.

"Are you okay?"

Zhao Yuan's face was full of kindness and concern.

He had hoped to use this opportunity to improve his chances of winning the girl's favor.

Unexpectedly, Liu Huiniang stared at him blankly, then suddenly raised her eyebrows and angrily said, "You lecherous scoundrel!"

Huh? What happened to the promised affection level?

Zhao Yuan was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening.

This is the Northern Song Dynasty. Although the Cheng-Zhu school of Neo-Confucianism did not yet exist and the social atmosphere was relatively open, the principle of men and women not touching each other was still upheld.

Sure enough, Liu Guang, who was standing to the side, flew into a rage when he saw Zhao Yuan reach out to pull his daughter.

Without a second thought, he swung his broadsword at Zhao Yuan!

"Father! No..."

Liu Huiniang exclaimed in surprise.

The man in front of us is indeed despicable, but if we kill him, our family will only be ordinary people now, and my father will have to pay with his life.

The young girl worried that her elderly father might go to jail.

Zhao Yuan, however, remained completely unfazed.

In terms of martial arts skills, Liu Guang was only of average ability.

Although he made many contributions in the story of "The Suppression of Bandits", he either crushed weaker opponents or stole credits, and did not have any outstanding achievements.

The reason I was able to fight Zhang Shun for more than ten rounds without a clear winner was simply because Zhang Shun's skills were all in the water.

Now, facing Zhao Yuan,

Before Liu Guang could strike with his broadsword, Zhao Yuan instinctively kicked out, striking Liu Guang directly in the chest and sending him flying.

"Pfft!"

With the river right behind Liu Guang, Zhao Yuan kicked him, sending him flying into the water!

"father!"

Liu Huiniang glared at Zhao Yuan resentfully, then rushed to the dock to check on her father.

Fortunately, Liu Guang could swim a little. After falling into the water, he managed to swim towards the dock with some difficulty.

"this......"

Zhao Yuan looked helpless. He didn't regret kicking, after all, the knife had already come at him, so retaliating wouldn't have been excessive.

However, he had a bit of a headache. He had originally planned to gain Liu Huiniang's favor so that he could trick this clever girl into joining Liangshan.

Instead of increasing goodwill, it has only fueled hatred!

Just then, Wang Dingliu on the passenger ship suddenly shouted, "Brother, a large group of government officials are coming!"

Zhao Yuan looked up and saw that there were indeed twenty or thirty officials rushing towards the dock with great momentum.

"what happened?"

"Brother, it was all done by that corrupt former official!"

Zhang Shun reported, "He saw us hang Li Kui and immediately reported it to the authorities!"

"Brother, there are... We absolutely cannot let the officials search the ship!" Red-bearded Dragon Fei Bao reminded him in a low voice.

"Never mind, everyone get on the ship! Let's set off immediately!"

Previously, in order to find traces of the Liu family, Zhao Yuan and Hu Sanniang had called everyone back to the town, and now they could leave together.

Everyone else had already boarded the ship, but Zhao Yuan was still standing on the dock, looking at Liu Huiniang with a hesitation.

Given how things have turned out, we can't just abduct a woman, can we?

"Brother, hurry up!"

Hu Sanniang on the boat urged them on.

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to find another opportunity later!

Zhao Yuan sighed inwardly, turned around, and leaped onto the passenger ship.

at this time,

Government officials and constables have already stormed the docks.

Meanwhile, the three passenger boats chartered by Zhao Yuan and his group had already left the shore and headed upstream.

With his daughter's help, Liu Guang had already climbed onto the dock.

He was somewhat surprised to see the arriving officials.

All those things I said earlier about reporting to the government were lies, just to scare those two thieves. How come the constables actually came?

Although somewhat puzzled, upon seeing these officials,

Liu Guang was overjoyed and hurriedly called out, "Officers, hurry and chase after those boats! The people on board are undoubtedly bandits!"

He shouted several times, but the constables just stood there, sneering.

Liu Guangzheng was somewhat confused, but Liu Huiniang, who was standing nearby, had already noticed.

Among the officials were several dressed in civilian clothes, who were the same scoundrels who had extorted money from the carriages on the street earlier!

"father......"

Liu Huiniang quickly explained the situation in a low voice, and Liu Guang was immediately dumbfounded.

So these officials were here to cause me trouble?

"Tsk tsk, this young lady is indeed quite beautiful!"

Among the arriving officials, the leading infantry captain sized Liu Huiniang up and down, swallowed hard, and grinned in an extremely lewd manner.

"Since you guys didn't lie this time, I'll avenge you for the injustice you suffered today!"

After saying this, the head constable ordered Liu Guang and his daughter to be arrested.

A group of officials rushed forward, and Liu Guang quickly drew his sword to protect his daughter.

Although he possessed some skill, he was utterly blindly loyal to the Song court.

Although he had already lost his official position due to the machinations of the 2.0 villains, and was now being bullied by government officials, he still refused to kill them.

These constables were no match for Liu Guang in terms of martial arts.

But seeing that he was timid and hesitant, not daring to actually fight, he...

The constables grew increasingly emboldened, and soon two of them had firmly grasped Liu Guang's long sword.

The others rushed forward and tied Liu Guang up.

"Hehe, little beauty, don't be afraid, come here quickly!"

The constable walked slowly toward Liu Huiniang with a lewd grin on his face.

Seeing her father arrested, the girl naturally understood what fate awaited her if she fell into the hands of these officials.

Her face was pale as she backed away step by step, forgetting that the Sishui River was right behind her.

There was a "plop" sound.

Liu Huiniang fell into the rushing river!

Chapter 182 Heavenly Killer Li Kui

"Brother, something seems off?"

Hu Sanniang stood on the deck, gazing at the dock.

"Those soldiers don't seem to be coming for us?"

"Strange, wasn't it that person who reported it to the authorities? Why are the constables arresting him instead?" Zhang Shun was also puzzled.

While the people on the ship were puzzled,

Then they saw Liu Guang being bound by the officials, while his daughter Liu Huiniang was forced to fall into the river!

Upon seeing this, Zhao Yuan jumped into the water without thinking and swam towards Liu Huiniang.

"elder brother!"

Wang Dingliu and Zhang Shun quickly prepared to go into the water to help.

Ruan Xiaoqi laughed and said, "It's alright. Brother's swimming skills are no less than ours. Dealing with this mere Sishui River is no problem at all."

The two were skeptical, but looked into the water.

Sure enough, Zhao Yuan nimbly parted the river water like a fish and swam forward.

All the brothers marveled at Zhao Yuan's swimming skills, but Hu Sanniang remained calm and coldly snorted.

"Cough cough,"

Shi Xiu quickly coughed and said, "Brother Zhang Shun, Brother Xiao Liu, I'll have to trouble you two to help the boatman row the boat to my side. The rest of you brothers, keep an eye on the dock. If those officials take out crossbows, you can remind me to be careful!"

In the swift current, Zhao Yuan had already swum to Liu Huiniang's side.

The girl couldn't swim; after falling into the water, she just thrashed about wildly.

Just as she was about to sink, she suddenly felt someone wrap their arms around her slender waist.

At this critical moment, Liu Huiniang forgot about the proper separation between men and women and directly raised her hand to tightly hug the other person's neck.

Zhao Yuan was so tightly choked by her that he could hardly breathe.

Fortunately, Zhang Shun and Wang Dingliu had already rowed the passenger boat over at that moment.

The group quickly pulled Zhao Yuan and Liu Huiniang onto the boat.

Zhao Yuan was unharmed, but Liu Huiniang had fainted.

Mrs. An, who was standing nearby, quickly took her pulse.

"It's nothing. The girl is just frail. She was frightened after falling into the water and swallowed some river water, which is why she fainted. Let her rest for a while, and she'll be fine."

"I escorted her to the cabin,"

Hu Sanniang reached out and snatched Liu Huiniang from Zhao Yuan's arms, carrying her into the cabin.

At the dock on the riverbank,

The officers were shouting loudly, telling the passenger ship to dock.

Liu Guang's face was ashen; he was caught in a dilemma.

They were worried that if the passenger ship returned, their daughter would fall into the hands of these constables.

They were also worried that the passenger ship would sail away and their daughter would be taken away by the thieves.

On this deck, Zhao Yuan was also racking his brains about how to deal with Liu Huiniang.

He wanted to bring this intelligent young woman to Liangshan, but only if she was willing.

If we ignore the matter and simply take Liu Huiniang back up the mountain, what difference is there between that and abducting a woman?