Chapter 71: Song Jiang Walks to Qingfeng Village at Night
After receiving Liu Gao's order, those soldiers immediately packed up their weapons and headed in that direction, waiting in ambush at the five-mile intersection. Sure enough, within an hour, they saw a group of buildings on the dark official road. The black shadow came in his direction. The leading soldiers looked at each other, tightened the weapons in their hands, clenched their teeth slightly, and stared at the movement over there with more than twenty pairs of eyes. , when the black shadow came closer, the leading military man waved his hand and secretly signaled to the military man ambushing on the opposite side of the official road, and then waited for the black shadow to come into the road.
A loud shout of "Ah!" was heard, and twenty officers and soldiers suddenly rushed out from both sides, startling the people who were hurriedly walking on the road.
"Get it," the leading officers and soldiers also rushed forward. Seeing that the man's short stature was somewhat similar to the Zhang San whom he had captured earlier, he must have captured the right person, so he shouted loudly and rushed forward. , stretched out his arm, trying to catch "Zhang San"'s arm.
However, he didn't expect that "Zhang San" had bad eyesight and rushed up from both sides. He was not willing to be captured like this, so he turned around, so that the leading officers and soldiers only caught the corner of the simple knife on the man's waist, and suddenly With a tug, the knife was pulled off.
This "Zhang San" was actually Song Jiang. He and Hua Rong agreed, so they packed their bags and left Qingfeng Village overnight, but they didn't want these people to jump out and block their way halfway.
Song Jiang dodged the man who rushed forward first. He kept his feet on the ground and saw that the twenty or so people were about to close up and rush forward in the blink of an eye. Song Jiang did not dare to hesitate at that moment. He knew that life and death depended on this thought. , while rushing forward, he raised his fist and punched the faces of the oncoming officers, knocking them to the ground. Without paying much attention, he immediately flew over and dodged to avoid the swing of another officer and soldier. The blade came over and grabbed the man's wrist holding the knife, and then punched the man sideways, hitting the officer and soldier's arm sorely, and the sword instantly fell from his hand.
Song Jiang wanted to raise his feet to kick, but he didn't expect that the officers and soldiers on both sides had already swung their spears and stabbed him. Song Jiang knew his ability in his heart. If he relied on his fists, he would definitely die here, and this knife would do nothing to him. For Song Jiang, it couldn't be more important. Song Jiang, who wanted to kill him first, was so strong that he neglected to defend. When the two spears came, Song Jiang was in a hurry, and Song Jiang took over. With the knife in his hand, he bent forward and dodged the two spears. However, the two officers and soldiers were not slow to react. They immediately stopped in the middle of the stab and slashed down. The two spears intersected. It hit Song Jiang on the back. Song Jiang already had stick sores on his body, and the pain was a bit weak. Now that he was hit like this again, he couldn't help but cry out in pain. He quickly swung the knife to chop, but Duan Bingren How could anyone use a spear? This sword wiped everything away, and seven or eight officers and soldiers came up from behind, holding spears in their hands. The way out around Song Jiang was blocked. Song Jiang refused to give up, and continued to wave. The knife cut off the spears, but at this moment, an officer and soldier suddenly rushed up with a simple knife, flew and stepped on the "grid" made of those spears, trampling Song Jiang under his feet, and the blade of the knife deflected and stopped on Song Jiang's neck.
Song Jiang felt a chill on his neck, and was startled. He secretly said "die" and let go of his hand. When the knife fell to the ground, the leading officer and soldier shouted: "Tie him up," and immediately some officers and soldiers pulled him away. The rope came up and tied Song Jiang tightly. The leading officers and soldiers came up and slapped Song Jiang hard on the back of the head twice, shouting: "I'm going to f**k you to get se, drag him away," and then kicked Song Jiang. Song Jiang was kicked down on the waist, and he seemed to be still angry. He was still cursing, and ordered his men to drag Song Jiang down and drag him away arrogantly.
At about the second watch, those soldiers arrived with Song Jiang tied up and reported to Liu Zhizhai. When Liu Zhizhai saw it, he was overjoyed and said, "It's just as I expected. He will be imprisoned with me in the backyard. Don't worry." Teach a man to know,"
"Here," the soldier said, "Your Excellency, you have a clever plan. I'll go and do it right away." After that, he escorted Song Jiang to the backyard.
Liu Zhizhai was so happy that he wrote a petition all night and sent two confidants to Qingzhou Mansion to report the matter at night.
At dawn the next day, Hua Rong only said that Song Jiang had gone to Qingfeng Mountain. He relaxed and sat at home, thinking secretly: "I'll see what happens to him."
But I didn't expect that on this day, Liu Gao did not take any action, closed the door, and acted as if he didn't know. The chief and deputy Zhizhai suddenly stopped fighting, as if the matter had calmed down, but as everyone knows, There is a storm secretly brewing here.
Let us also say that the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture was about to be promoted to the throne. The prefect's surname was Murong, and his double name was Yanda. He was the brother of Concubine Murong, Emperor Huizong. Relying on his sister's power, he ran rampant in Qingzhou, harming good people, bullying his colleagues, and doing everything. That day, when I was about to go back to the Yamen to have breakfast, I saw the officials on my left and right came to Liu Zhizhai to apply for a petition and report the thief's case on official business.
The magistrate read Liu Gao's document and was deeply surprised. He paused for a while and then said: "Hua Rong is the son of a meritorious official. How can he connect with the powerful bandits in Qingfeng Mountain? At present, bandits are making trouble in Huazhou. In order to have the potential to start a prairie fire, the entire Song Dynasty now attaches great importance to the bandit who occupies the mountain as the king. If there is some involvement in it, the criminal is really a big deal, and we need to carefully explore the truth behind it." So, he immediately summoned the commander of the army and horses of this state to come to the hall and distributed the money to him.
Qingzhou's Military and Horse Supervisor, whose surname is Huang and whose given name is Xin, is known as the "Three Mountains Controller" because of his strong martial arts skills and his power in Qingzhou.
There are three evil mountains under the control of Qingzhou: the first is Qingfeng Mountain, the second is Erlong Mountain, and the third is Taohua Mountain. These three places are haunted by strongmen and grass bandits, but Huang Xin boasts that he will capture all three mountains. The soldiers and horses were therefore called "Zhen Sanshan". Huang Xin, the commander of the army and horses, went to the hall to receive the prefect's words, came out and ordered five hundred strong soldiers, put on their armor, and immediately held the mourning sword. He went down to Qingfeng Village overnight and dismounted in front of Liugao Village.
Liu Zhizhai came out to follow him, and invited him to the back hall. After the ceremony, he arranged for wine and food to be served, and rewarded the sergeants. At the same time, he escorted Song Jiang from the back and showed Huang Xin. Liu Gao said: "The supervisor has seen it, and this is what it is." The leader of Qingfeng Mountain’s bandits has now been brought for interrogation.”
Huang Xindao: "There's no need to ask about this. Let's get together in a prison car overnight and put this guy in it. I'll escort him up to find out more."
At that moment, Liu Gao sent someone to do it. He put red silk on Song Jiang's head and put a paper flag with the words: "Qingfeng Mountain Bandit Chief Yuncheng Tiger Zhang San". Song Jiang saw that the incident was getting bigger and bigger, but I was afraid that someone would find out my true identity and take Yan Poxi's case into account, so I didn't dare to tell the difference, so I had to let them arrange it.
Huang Xin saw that Song Jiang had been detained in the prison car. Before leaving, he casually asked Liu Gao: "You caught this three-hour, and Hua Rong doesn't know either."
After Liu Gao heard this, he looked at Huang Xin and smiled proudly and said: "The little official came at night and robbed this guy and hid him quietly at home. Hua Rong just thought he had escaped back to the mountain and was sitting at home proudly. How could he know This matter,"
Huang Xin nodded and said: "Well done, since it is like this, it will be much easier. Tomorrow morning, you can arrange a banquet in the public hall of Dazhaili, and secretly teach everyone to ambush the thirty or fifty people." A swordsman was ready. I personally went to Hua Rong's house to invite him. I just lied to him and said: "Prefect Murong heard that you are not getting along with your civil and military affairs, so he sent me to buy wine and advise him." If you try to trick me into going to the public hall, you just look at me throwing a candle as a signal, so you grab it and we go to the state together. You see, how does this plan go?"
Liu Gao felt extremely happy when he heard this. He clapped his thigh and cheered: "My lord, it's still wise, but this plan is like 'the old man catches something and catches it with his hands', a clever plan, a wonderful plan."
That night Liu Gao and Huang Xin made a plan. At dawn the next day, he went to the tents on the left and right of Dazhai to ambush the sergeants in advance. There was a banquet of wine and food in the hall. Before and after breakfast, Huang Xin got on his horse and took only three taels with him. A servant staggered to the front of Huarong Village.
The soldier guarding the door of Hua Rong saw it and hurried in to report: "Sir, there is a group of people outside, claiming to be Qingzhou Military Superintendent Huang Xin."
Hua Rong was stunned for a moment and asked, "Huang Xin, what is he doing now?"
The military man replied: "I only heard the report from Dejiao that 'Huang Dujian came to investigate',"
After Hua Rong heard this, although he didn't quite understand, he still had to come out to greet him. Huang Xin got off his horse, and Hua Rong asked him to go to the hall to say the ceremony, and then asked: "Master, the governor, we can't welcome the Dragon King under the temple. I don't know what business is coming." this,"
Huang Xin smiled slightly and said: "I was called by the magistrate, saying that there is a feud between the civil and military officials in Qingfeng Village, but I don't know the reason. The magistrate is afraid that the two of you will ruin the official business due to their personal affairs. Banditry is rampant at the moment. It is necessary for the two civil and military forces to complement each other in order to consider the overall plan of Qingfeng Village. Therefore, Huang is specially sent here to make peace with you two. The banquet has been arranged in the Dazhai Hall, so please mount your horse and go with us. ,"
Hua Rong smiled and said: "How dare Hua Rong bully Liu Gao? He is also a Zhengzhi villager, but he always wants to find Hua Rong's fault. Hua Rong has no choice. He didn't want to alert the prefect, so he will supervise Lincao village if he can. ,How will the flower glory be repaid?"
After hearing this, Huang Xin tilted his body three points, leaned into Hua Rong's ear, and whispered: "The magistrate only wants one person. If the gangsters in this place are forced to fight each other, and there are some weapons, he is a civil servant, and he is very useful. At this time, I have to rely on you to protect the peace of this village through life and death. If you only follow me, I will definitely not let you suffer from his cruelty again."
After hearing this, Hua Rong felt happy and said with a smile: "Thank you very much for your love. Hua Rong will definitely live up to your great trust." Huang Xin nodded and invited Hua Rong to go out and mount the horse with him.