"Brother Zhang San! Are you okay?"
Zhang Fei, who had not yet recovered from his shock, felt his eyes suddenly light up. He subconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes, then looked over and saw Ma Xiaoyi tilting his head and looking at him with wide eyes. When he was about to ask, he suddenly heard a "mmm" sound. He looked back and raised his hand with difficulty, saying, "Quick... Go and help Li Si."
After saying that, he fell to the ground, gasping for breath.
Ma Xiaoyi immediately ran over and untied Li Si.
Li Si broke free from the ropes and saw Zhang Fei still on the ground, unable to recover. He immediately ran over, helped Zhang Fei up, and asked nervously, "Third brother, are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" Zhang Fei shook his head, and seeing that Li Si also had a bruised face, he asked, "Are you okay?"
Li Si touched his face lightly and immediately grimaced in pain, but he said, "I have thick skin, so this is nothing."
Zhang Fei pressed his aching abdomen with one hand, frowned, and asked angrily: "Who are they?"
Li Si shook his head in bewilderment and said, "I don't know either. More than an hour ago, four masked men suddenly broke in and grabbed me. They asked me where I was, and I said I didn't know, so they beat me up."
Ma Xiaoyi suddenly jumped forward and said, "Third brother, do you think that this person was someone that Chen Yuteng hired?"
Zhang Fei frowned and suddenly looked at Ma Xiaoyi: "Why are you here?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "I came here specifically to see you, Third Brother."
Zhang Fei asked curiously, "Why are you looking for me?"
"Oh, it's my brother..."
"pony!"
Suddenly, someone shouted outside the door.
Zhang Fei looked up and saw a young man who was slightly older than Ma Xiaoyi, dressed in a red robe, riding a tall horse and galloping to the door. He pulled the reins and the horse kicked its front hooves in the air. How heroic it looked.
There were three or five idle men following behind him, but each of them looked as tired as a dog.
"Brother, have you caught up with those thieves?" Ma Xiaoyi asked anxiously.
The young man got off his horse, threw back his whip, shook his head and sighed, "Those thieves ran too fast, they disappeared in a flash."
Ma Xiaoyi said incredulously: "Brother, you couldn't catch up even on horseback?"
The young man was a little embarrassed. "I just ran too fast. Taozi and the others couldn't catch up with me. I was almost surrounded by them. Fortunately, my brother is an excellent rider and ran back. By the time Taozi and the others caught up, they had already disappeared."
Ma Xiaoyi said disdainfully: "Brother always says that one can beat three."
The young man said depressedly: "There are exactly four of them, and I don't have any weapons with me."
"... ... ?"
Zhang Fei had been watching the two of them, thinking, it didn't seem like they were behind this, could it really be Chen Yuteng? Or his uncle Wang Sinong
The young man saw that Ma Xiaoyi still looked at him with contempt and felt a little embarrassed. He suddenly turned to look at Zhang Fei, and after taking a look, he said to Ma Xiaoyi, "Is he the Zhang San you mentioned?"
Ma Xiaoyi nodded.
The young man whispered, "Look at how weak he is. Can he do it?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Brother, this lawsuit relies on talking, not fighting. If fighting can help you, then do we still need to find helpers?"
The young man nodded and said, "That's true."
Ma Xiaoyi said to Zhang Fei again: "Third brother, this is my brother, Cao Dongdong."
Zhang Fei endured the pain and bowed, saying, "I am Zhang San, meeting Master Cao."
Cao Dongdong waved his hand and said casually: "Just call me Yanei."
"Yes, Yanei." Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "What do you want from me?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Brother came to see you this time...!"
“Ahem!”
Cao Dongdong suddenly coughed a few times, interrupting Ma Xiaoyi, and said to Zhang Fei: "Let's talk inside, let's talk inside."
Zhang Fei also came to his senses and said hurriedly, "Li Si, please invite Yanei and the pony to sit in the hut."
"Yes, it is."
It was also the first time that Li Si had dealt with a person of Yanei's level. He felt a little nervous and said, "Yanei, Xiao Ma, please come in."
Cao Dongdong glanced at the front hall, scratched his nose and said, "Let's talk in the back room, let's talk in the back room."
Zhang Fei looked at this mysterious fellow and was very curious. He nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to the back room and talk."
"Walk!"
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi were really not shy. They led their lackeys and walked to the backyard in a swaggering manner, as if they were at home.
"Third brother, I'll go boil some water for you to apply."
Li Si saw Zhang Fei holding his stomach all the time, so he said.
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "You should apply it on yourself too."
"Why!"
Just as Li Si was about to boil water, Zhang Fei suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute."
Li Si came over again and asked, "What else do you want me to do, Third Brother?"
Zhang Fei thought for a while and said, "Don't rush to apply it. I need to think about this matter again. Let's first find out what their purpose is in coming here."
Li Si was curious, as the two things were not contradictory. But he did not ask any more questions.
After arriving at the back room and sitting down, Zhang Fei endured the pain all over his body and sat down, and asked again: "I wonder what you, the noble lord, have come to do for me?"
Cao Dongdong showed hesitation, then turned his head and asked Ma Xiaoyi in a low voice: "Xiao Ma, can this man really be trusted?"
"Don't worry, brother. Brother Zhang San is always willing to help those in need when he sees injustice. He is very loyal and can be absolutely trusted." Ma Xiaoyi said, patting his chest.
Zhang Fei was deeply moved after hearing this. This kid has a bright future!
Cao Dongdong looked at Ma Xiaoyi with suspicion.
Zhang Fei took the initiative to speak: "Yanei, are you here to sue me?"
Cao Dongdong asked in surprise: "How do you know?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because apart from this matter, I can't help Yanei with anything else."
Cao Dongdong nodded and said, "That's true."
Zhang Fei added: "If it is a lawsuit, please rest assured, Yanei, we can sign a confidentiality agreement first to ensure that I will not disclose any information."
Cao Dongdong waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary. You dare not say more. It's just...!" He glanced at Zhang Fei, "What methods do you have?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I have many tricks, but I don't know what Yanei has done wrong yet, so I dare not make any rash judgments."
Ma Xiaoyi cried out, "Brother, why are you acting like a woman? What are you afraid of? My brother Zhang San is very good at litigation. He can even win contract lawsuits. What's your case? It's nothing."
Cao Dongdong said angrily: "What do you know? If this matter cannot be handled well, then I will be finished."
Boss Ma Xiaoyi was unhappy and said excitedly: "Brother, will I harm you? This time you trust me, Brother Zhang San will definitely be able to help you."
"Okay, okay, okay! I believe you!" Cao Dongdong was also a little annoyed by Ma Xiaoyi's noise, and said, "You go ahead."
Ma Xiaoyi was stunned and said, "Brother, why don't you say anything?"
Cao Dongdong scratched his cheek: "Just you say it."
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Zhang Fei again. The more he looked at him, the less reliable he seemed.
"Okay, let me tell you." Ma Xiaoyi said excitedly: "Brother Zhang San, this is what happened. A few days ago, my brother slept with the wife of a military instructor, and the result was..."
Cao Dongdong interrupted him immediately, "Don't talk nonsense, he was only half asleep, if he really slept, then I wouldn't be wronged."
Zhang Fei didn't know what kind of magic medicine he smelled, but he felt refreshed and no longer felt any pain. He asked anxiously, "What do you mean you slept halfway?"
Cao Dongdong said with an annoyed look: "I was just about to take off my clothes."
Is this called sleeping halfway? This is clearly doing nothing! Zhang Fei suddenly felt pain again, "Understood. Xiao Ma, you continue."
"Hey!" Ma Xiaoyi said again, "I was just halfway through my sleep when I was discovered by the coach. Now the coach is threatening my brother to give him a promotion. If you don't give him a promotion, he will go to Kaifeng Prefecture to sue my brother."
Cao Dongdong said indignantly: "If he had slept, that would be fine, but the key is that I haven't slept yet, what right does he have to threaten me?"
Are all the yamen officials of the same character? Zhang Fei gossiped, "Isn't the coach's name Lin Chong?"
However, he only knew one yanei in his life, named Gao Yanei.
Cao Dongdong shook his head and said, "Not really, but his last name is also Lin, and his name is Lin Fei. Do you know him?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Ma Xiaoyi interrupted, "Brother Zhang San, I think this is a trap."
If the other party was not Yanei, Zhang Fei would also feel that this was a trap, and asked: "Where did you get this from?"
Ma Xiaoyi immediately told Zhang Fei the reason.
It turned out that Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi had been fond of stick dancing since childhood, and had a good relationship with many coaches in the army. The day before yesterday, Cao Dongdong, Lin Fei and a guard named Wu made an appointment to go hunting together. The three of them caught some prey and went to Lin Fei's house for dinner.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone was drunk.
It was just so perfect. Madam Lin, who was serving beside them, was as beautiful as a flower. According to Cao Dongdong himself, Madam Lin flirted with him during the meal, which aroused his lust. While Lin Fei and the guard were drunk, he hugged them, rolled into the bed and left.
Just as they were about to do something, Lin Fei and the guard barged in. Mrs. Lin immediately cried and said that Cao Dongdong wanted to rape her. Lin Fei grabbed Cao Dongdong and wanted to report him to the authorities, but fortunately the guard stopped him. Under the mediation of the guard, the three reached an agreement that Cao Dongdong would help Lin Fei get promoted and then let him go.
How can it be reversed from Water Margin? Zhang Fei was a little unconvinced and asked, "Excuse me, Yanei, you can help him get promoted, so why are you afraid of his threats?"
Cao Dongdong said: "How could I be afraid of a little instructor like him? But if my aunt and my cousin knew about this, they would definitely kill me."
Not afraid of father, but afraid of aunt? Afraid of aunt? That's rare! Zhang Fei asked: "Isn't it the aunt of the yanei?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "My brother's aunt is the current Empress Dowager."
Zhang Fei stopped breathing immediately, "Then... the aunt of the yamen...?"
"The current queen mother."