Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 731 - 730: Help Others to The End
By the time they arrived at the scene, they saw the wedding procession and the family members from Gao Laozhuang in an argument, neither side willing to back down, but it was clear that the wedding party had the upper hand.
Tian Peng and Chen Gong rode up on their horses and inquired, "What’s happening here? Isn’t this a wedding procession? Why are you arguing right at the doorstep?"
The leader of the wedding party looked at Tian Peng and was immediately intimidated by his robust and commanding presence, his own confidence faltering significantly. "Who are you, and what business is it of yours what happens in our wedding procession?" he challenged.
"Since I’ve witnessed this, it is my business," Tian Peng replied. "If the family is unwilling to give away their daughter, and you still insist on taking her, isn’t that tantamount to kidnapping?"
"What concern is it of yours? If the authorities don’t care, why should you? Do you think you’re more important than the officials?" the leader retorted with false bravado, "Since it’s none of your affair, be on your way, and mind your own business. Whether or not they marry off their daughter is none of your concern; she’s not marrying you!"
"How can you say that? Have you ever heard of ’seeing injustice on the road and drawing your sword to help’?" Tian Peng said with a grin.
Inside, Miss Gao had already been dragged into the bridal sedan chair, while the servants of the Village Chief tried to stop them from taking her away. The wedding party, equipped with martial skills and towering statures, each looked capable of taking on two or three men single-handedly.
In contrast, the servants from Gao Laozhuang were mere laborers and were utterly outmatched.
The head of the procession, seeing that they had seized the person in question, was delighted and turned to leave.
But Tian Peng was not about to let them go so easily. He reached out and pressed down on the leader’s shoulder, "This matter isn’t settled yet, and you think you can just leave? It’s not that simple."
"You must be tired of living," said the leader, and although he spoke tough, he didn’t dare make a move himself. He gestured to the bearers of the bridal sedan to move forward.
Tian Peng and Chen Gong exchanged glances, and in the blink of an eye, they had brought down the wedding party who had come to snatch the bride.
How could these people, who relied solely on their brute strength and intimidation, compare with those who had truly experienced battle?
It goes without saying for Tian Peng, and even Chen Gong hadn’t realized how he acted so quickly. When he looked up again, the men from the wedding party were already lying on the ground.
"They’re hardly worthy to serve as practice for me," Tian Peng laughed. "If you’re only capable of this, you shouldn’t leave home to embarrass yourself. Why not stay at home instead of making a spectacle of yourselves?"
The leader was quick to recognize the situation and immediately knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.
"Brother, please have mercy on me. I’m just a paid hand; please don’t stoop to my level. The real mastermind is still at home waiting for Miss Cuilan to arrive. Take your grievances to him, please don’t come after me," he pleaded.
"I won’t settle accounts with you," Tian Peng said, kicking the man a good distance away. "Go, take your people and your things and get lost. Go as far as you can, and don’t let me see you here again."
"Yes, yes, thank you for sparing our lives," said the leader, still kneeling as he beckoned to the others. "No need to lie there anymore; let’s hurry and go, let’s hurry and go."
The group scrambled up from the ground, carrying the bridal sedan chair as they left.
After they had gone, an elderly person immediately grabbed Tian Peng’s hand, "Hero, thank you, hero. If not for you, my daughter might have truly been married off to that villain today."
"It’s nothing, ’seeing injustice on the road and drawing my sword to help’. Now that they’ve gone, we’ll be on our way too," Tian Peng replied, glancing at the sky, as it would soon be curfew time.
"Hero, please wait," the Elder Village Chief quickly called out to Tian Peng. "Although that scoundrel has left for now, who can say they won’t come back? Please, I implore you, carry your good deed through to the end and stay with us for a few more days." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
Tian Peng thought it over and felt there was truth to that. If they left now, the bullies would surely return.
By the time they arrived, if I’m not around, these people will retaliate even more viciously.
Therefore, I might as well help them to the end since I’ve already intervened.
"Alright then, my brother and I will stay here for a few days until the matter is settled," Tian Peng said.
The Elder Village Chief was overjoyed, eagerly leading Tian Peng and Chen Gong into the house, "I can’t thank you enough, heroes. I must show my gratitude properly. Please, come inside. I have prepared fine wine and dishes to treat you well."
Miss Gao, Gao Cuilan, rescued earlier, followed behind. She gazed at Tian Peng’s figure with a warm feeling rising in her heart— she had thought she would end up with that tyrant.
Never did she expect to be rescued at the last moment; this hero, tall and majestic, truly deserved the title of a hero.
That evening, inside the Village Chief’s home at Gao Laozhuang, everyone began celebrating their narrow escape from death.
"Hero, come, I toast to you," said the Elder Village Chief, raising his cup to Tian Peng.
"Ah, it’s nothing, not worth mentioning," Tian Peng waved it off. "My brother and I just happened to pass by and encountered this situation, that’s all."
"I should also thank you," the Elder Village Chief continued, still holding his cup. "My precious daughter has hardly ever left the house; we’ve always protected her very well. It’s just that, now that she’s of age, we were planning to arrange a marriage for her. And then, in a moment of negligence, she caught the eye of that villain.
"He insisted on marrying our Cuilan and even colluded with the officials, who wouldn’t intervene in our affair. We thought Cuilan would just be taken away, but never expected we would meet heroes like you."
"This lack of action from the government really makes one angry," Tian Peng, who deeply detested such things, was especially bothered by this, having experienced it himself shortly after descending to the mortal world.
"Exactly, we’re lucky to have met the two heroes, or else we really wouldn’t have made it," the Elder Village Chief said, tears welling up in his eyes. "Anyway, you heroes have resolved this issue for us, so I must drink to you."
"Well, come on then," Tian Peng said, raising his glass to toast with the Elder Village Chief.
After the meal, the Elder Village Chief had the servants tidy up two guest rooms for Tian Peng to stay until the matter was completely resolved.
Tian Peng himself had only planned to stay for a few days. Now with a place to stay and someone to take care of him, it seemed quite pleasant.
As the Elder Village Chief had initially mentioned, the tyrant, after one failure, was not about to give up. He returned the next morning with even more men.
This time, more numerous than before, they charged through the front gate in the morning, intent on searching for Gao Cuilan inside the house.
Tian Peng, who had been cultivating inside his room, was interrupted by the urgent knocking of a servant.
"Hero, hero, please come out quickly, that tyrant is back! He has already broken in and is trying to find our Miss. Please come out and help," the servant pleaded.
"Don’t panic, I’ll be right there," Tian Peng immediately said as he put on his boots and headed out. At that moment, Chen Gong was also called out by a servant, waiting for him to come out.
The two men emerged and, following the servant’s directions, arrived at the front courtyard.
In the front courtyard, the household servants all lined up, trying to block the tyrant’s men, but they were all slim and frail, how could they withstand such brawny men.
