Shi Jin summarized the important things that happened along the way and said: "They will rest in the mountains for a day and come back tomorrow."
Song Jiang smiled and said: "That's very good. If it's true as Sun Li said, it would be very good."
Shi Jin said: "Brother, don't worry. With my brothers here, I can still watch all the brothers get angry."
Song Jiang laughed loudly and said: "Yes, yes, my virtuous brother is here, what do I have to worry about?" After saying this, Song Jiang ordered the people around him: "Come, hurry up and set up a banquet, I want to meet my virtuous brother. "
After hearing this, Song Jiang's left and right people clasped their hands in fists and hurried away.
Not long after, a banquet was held in the large tent of the Chinese army. Song Jiang repeatedly encouraged people to drink, and Shi Jin accepted the invitations one after another. Everyone was in a lively mood, changing cups and cups, and the malaise that had been a result of repeated defeats in recent days was swept away. And Guang, after eating for more than an hour, Song Jiang also chatted with Shi Jin for more than an hour, telling the story and situation of the battle at Zhujiazhuang. Especially when Yang Xiong mentioned that he first surrendered to Li Zhuang for help, Shi Jin Jin was very surprised. When Song Jiang saw Shi Jin's eyes, he showed a look of pity for his talent. He knew that Shi Jin had the intention of recruiting Li Ying to surrender, so he told them how they brought rich gifts to Li Manor, but were rejected by Li Ying. Song Jiang slightly polished one thing and deliberately made Shi Jin think that Li Ying was very rude and could not recruit him to surrender. He could only attack and kill him. After Shi Jin heard this, although he heard the implication of Song Jiang's words, he immediately Pretending to be uninterested, he started talking to them all about Hujiazhuang.
Speaking of this, Song Jiang became interested and described how he divided his troops into two groups that day, how he personally led the men and horses to attack Houzhuang, how he captured Hu Erniang, etc., but as for the final defeat, it was all blamed on Thunderbolt Fire Qin. Ming said that he disobeyed the general's orders and was obsessed with fighting, so he fell into the enemy's trap. Not only was he captured alive, but he also trapped everyone in the enemy's camp.
After hearing this, Shi Jin shook his head slightly. Song Jiang thought it was Shi Jin who was also complaining for him, and he was secretly happy. At this time, Shi Jin picked up the cup and said apologetically: "Brother, I can't bear the power of alcohol. I still need to take advantage of the convenience of walking, so this cup is my right to make amends.”
Song Jiang also raised his glass and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, my dear brother, do what you want."
Shi Jin drank all the wine in the glass, then left the table. When he passed by Kui Er, he secretly glanced at him. Kui Er understood that shortly after Shi Jin left, he also came out quietly. Shi Jin took a group of people with him. Thousands and five hundred people were stationed on the east side of the camp. Kui Er quickly returned to the camp. Shi Jin was waiting in the camp. As soon as he saw Shi Jin, he ordered: "Qui Er, hurry up and go to the city." Well, I stole the seal of the prefect of this state and came back quickly. I'll be waiting for you in the woods twenty miles away in front of the East Village. Go and come back quickly."
Kui Er waited for the order, checked the equipment immediately, and then rode a fast horse. After walking for about half an hour, Shi Jin's messenger secretly said to Lin Chong, telling him to stabilize Song Jiang. He waited for others and returned in an hour. At that moment, Shi Jin took twenty or thirty people and quickly and quietly walked out of his Dongying camp and ran straight to the woods twenty miles away in front of the East Village. Everyone lay on the ground and waited. , after half an hour, a sharp cuckoo call was suddenly heard in the forest. As soon as Shi Jin heard this, he put his fingers together to make a whistle, and blew it near his mouth, and the cuckoo call was also heard. stand up.
There was a call from one side and a response from the other. Not long after, Kui Er's jumping shadow appeared in everyone's eyes. Kui Er arrived at Shi Jin's side, panting heavily, and took out a large seal from the baggage behind his back. , Shi Jin was very happy when he saw it, and patted Kui Er on the shoulder. Although he didn't say anything, the praise was all in it. At this time, Shi Jin gave an order, and the brothers who came with him immediately sent Shi Jin away. I unpacked their bags and changed their clothes in the woods.
At this time, Shi Jin also took out an order paper from his arms, took the large seal that Kui Er had received, dipped it in purple-red ink paste, and deeply printed it on the lower right corner of the order paper.
"It's done," Shi Jin looked at the order in his hand and smiled. He turned around and saw that fifteen of the people accompanying him were already dressed. They were all dressed as officers and had simple knives on their waists. , carrying a water and fire stick.
Shi Jin handed the order to a wise man and whispered a few words in the man's ear, saying: "You must do as I say."
The man clasped his hands in his fists, muttered a sigh, and quickly led the fifteen men to the East Village.
Kui Er watched and asked Shi Jin: "Brother, are you going to kidnap Li Ying in the name of the government?"
Shi Jin knew that Kui Er already knew what this was about, and asked stupidly like this on purpose. He smiled, glanced at Kui Er, and said, "You know what you are asking, you are getting smarter and smarter."
Kui Er smiled and stood aside, waiting respectfully.
【East Village·Lijiazhuang】
In addition, it was unexpected that Pu Tiandiao Li Ying was involved in this dispute. He did not know that Qian Qian was from Lulin at this time, let alone Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu who came into the village that day. They all wanted to flee to Liangshan, so they wrote letters to important people in the Zhu family only because they were very close to each other and couldn't discredit Du Xing.
The letter clearly stated that three of Du Xing's friends came to Dulong Mountain to visit their friends, but he didn't want to cause such trouble on the way. The other two were all at Lijiazhuang, and they were all honored guests of the Li family. He hoped that the Zhu family would Return the person to make it fun for friends to gather together.
When Zhu Chaofeng read this letter, he had already found the letterheads of Shi Jin and Chao Gai from Shi Qian's body. He knew that these three people were not ordinary bandits. With their ability to kill, he knew that they must not be generals. The partial general, otherwise, must be Shi Jin's confidant and have a certain status in the Green Forest Army, otherwise he would not be sent to deliver such an important letter.
However, Qian had been arrested at this time, and the two culprits were still lurking in Lijiazhuang. One of them turned out to be Du Xing's benefactor. Zhu Chaofeng thought of this, looked at the letter in his hand, and thought, since Li Ying Those who were willing to write this letter must have been kept in the dark by those people and did not know that he was a bandit. Du Xing was ugly and had a close relationship with the green forest bandit. He must not be a good person. I am afraid that Li Ying I don't know, I've been tricked by them.
Zhu Chaofeng thought about it and came up with a plan. He went to the back hall and asked someone to secretly send a message to his son Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao understood what his father said and broke into the hall from outside. Zhu Chaofeng pretended to be a man. Zhu Biao seemed to want to let him go, but he refused to let him go and coaxed the envoy out again and again.
Zhu Chaofeng wanted to send someone to deliver a letter to Li Ying, telling him that Li Ying was in danger. However, after the letter was written, Zhu Chaofeng hesitated again. Now that Du Xing is Li Ying's chief steward, the letter is coming If it goes, it must go through his hands. How can this make Zhu Chaofeng very embarrassed if he doesn't care? After all, the three villages have made a life-and-death vow and are of one mind. Whether he could save him or not, Zhu Chaofeng thought about it and finally came up with an idea. At this time, Du Xing happened to come to the door.
Zhu Chaofeng immediately called his three sons in. After he understood the matter, he gave instructions one by one on how to use them. The three sons remembered it in their hearts, so they came out and tore up Li Ying's letter deliberately and rudely. He smashed Du Xing into pieces and beat him out of Zhujiazhuang. At that time, Zhu Biao saw Du Xing riding away in embarrassment and angrily. Suddenly, he thought that Du Xing was a domestic thief, so instead of letting him go, Zhu Biao If I hadn't killed him right away, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble. With this in mind, I didn't care about wearing clothes, so I chased him out with a spear. I didn't expect that Du Xing escaped on horseback, and he was going very fast. He was about to catch up to Lijiazhuang. After going up there, he returned in despair.
Afterwards, as Zhu Chaofeng expected, Li Ying, who was kept in the dark, actually led his troops to fight. Zhu Biao deliberately provoked Li Ying. When it was time to send troops, Zhu Biao deliberately fought and retreated, leading Li Ying to the woods. During the meeting, he reported the matter truthfully, fearing that Li Ying would not believe it, so he deliberately showed Li Ying the letter written by Shi Jin to Chao Gai. When Li Ying saw it, he was convinced and broke out in a cold sweat. Biao took the opportunity to say: "When my father found out, he was very worried about the safety of Master Li, so he had no choice but to come up with this method. The thieves are all here now, and if we go out together and catch them all,"
After hearing this, Li Ying was about to nod when something suddenly occurred to him, and he quickly turned his head and said: "No, no, if Du Xing and them are really together, there is absolutely no way they can fight. You also know that Du Xing is helping me take care of everything now." Zhuangzi, these villagers obey him very much. If they take advantage of this, I will be alone. My family members are still in Zhuangzi, and their safety is uncertain."
After Zhu Biao heard this, he felt a little embarrassed and said, "That's right. In this case, what should we do?"
Li Ying thought for a while and said: "There is only one way now. Since we can't do anything to them, let their people go and let them go quickly."
"Absolutely not. You have read this letter. Shi Jin has now captured Chang'an. The purpose of coming here is to ask Chao Gai to take the Liangshan bandits to Chang'an and accomplish a great event together. When the time comes, Liangshan will send troops to fight. It will definitely harm the three villages. At that time, none of us will be able to escape today's revenge." Speaking of this, Zhu Biao said: "If it is Liangshan and he attacks on the road, we will also be investigated by the government. That is It is a great crime to destroy the nine tribes,"
Zhu Biao's words frightened Li Ying so much that half of his face turned pale. He didn't know how to respond at the moment.
Zhu Biao paused for a moment and said: "We can't stay here for long, lest they become suspicious. If other methods are not feasible, then Master Li will have to compromise. We will fight each other out, and I will shoot you in the end. At that time , you led the troops and I killed them. In this way, since you have fulfilled your "heart" for them, they can't take away the bandits. You can stabilize them. As long as you arrange your family members, I will arrange for people to come and pick you up. Let's go to the village to settle accounts with them,"
"There is no other way, we have to do this," Li Ying gritted his teeth and agreed, and the two of them fought again, and later staged a scene where Zhu Biao injured Li Ying with an arrow.
Li Ying was injured and was killed by Zhu Biao and others. As expected, he deceived everyone. In fact, Li Ying's injury from the arrow was very minor. He could be cured after applying some golden sore medicine and resting for five or six days. At this point, Li Ying returned. Shi Xiu was also very indifferent to Yang Xiong. He locked himself in the backyard on the grounds that he was injured by an arrow and was inconvenienced. In fact, he arranged for his trusted followers to be wary of Du Xing and others. But unexpectedly, That night, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiubi both said goodbye and left. This made Li Ying a little unbelievable, and he was even more happy. Now thinking about Du Xing's performance over the years, he was satisfied with everything and used it smoothly, and he felt that he had made a mistake. Du Xing, despite this, Li Ying should be more cautious about Du Xing.
Later, when he heard that Liangshan sent people to attack Zhujiazhuang, he prevented Li Ying from secretly communicating with Zhujiazhuang and planned to lead troops to support him.
On this day, Li Ying recovered from his arrow wound after several days of nursing, but he still stayed behind closed doors in the village, secretly sending people to exchange news with Zhujiazhuang. He was half surprised to hear that Zhujiazhuang had defeated Song Jiang. , at this time, the banker rushed in in a panic and reported: "A local policeman led more than ten officers to the bank, saying that he wanted to ask about Zhujiazhuang."
When Li Ying heard this, he immediately remembered what Zhu Chaofeng had said the day before yesterday that the government did not dare to send troops, but they could use the government's help to arrest Du Xing, so that Li Zhuang could be firmly in the hands of Li Ying alone. It seemed that the people from the government were here, but I didn’t know what kind of accusation Zhu Chao was going to report and what charges the government was going to make. Thinking about it, he hurriedly asked Du Xing to open the village gate, put down the suspension bridge, and Everyone from the government welcomed him into the village.
Li Ying put a piece of white silk on his injured arm, came out to greet him, and invited him into the front hall of the village.
The man got off his horse, came to the hall, and sat in the middle. He claimed to be the newly appointed head of the capital, and came on the order of the prefect. Sitting beside him was a Kongmu, and below him sat an admiral. There were several Yuhou, and the servants were divided into two rows at the foot of the stairs.
Li Ying bowed down below and stood in front of the hall.
Na Dutou asked: "Do you know what happened to Zhujiazhuang?"
Li Ying was startled by Nadu, and immediately replied: "The villain was shot by Zhu Biao and injured his left arm. He has always closed the door and dared not go out. I don't know what the villain's crime is." ,"
Na Dutou shouted loudly and said: "Nonsense, Zhujiazhuang now has a lawsuit accusing you of colluding with Liangshanbo gangsters, luring the powerful bandits and soldiers to beat him in the village. The day before yesterday, you received pommel, horse, sheep, wine, colorful satin and gold from Songjiang, the Liangshan bandit." Silver, how can you survive?"
When Li Ying heard this, his heart started to beat loudly. He thought to himself that maybe this was all planned by Zhujiazhuang, and he wanted to hide it from everyone's eyes to catch Du Xing. He felt relieved at that moment. He said: "The villain is a person who knows the law. How dare you accept his things, let alone connect with the Liangshan gangsters?"
Du slammed his head on the table and shouted: "You are about to die, and you still dare to talk nonsense. You and I will tie you to the mansion. The magistrate will deal with him." After that, he ordered Zuo and Zuo: "Catch him. Take him to the state." The admirals on both sides came up immediately and bound Li Ying mercilessly.
When Li Ying saw that these people were strong, the officer cut off his hands, swung the water and fire stick from left to right, and struck Li Ying in the knee. Li Ying immediately knelt on the ground, and one of the officers stepped on Li Ying's knees. On Ying's back, the rope was tied tightly. The more Li Ying looked at this formation, the more wrong it became. He thought to himself that this was clearly not what Zhujiazhuang had agreed upon. How could he be so rude? This was clearly taking advantage of the situation. Li Ying thought of this. , the fire in his heart rose, and he wanted to struggle, but he couldn't help it, and he was tightly held and taken out by four policemen on the left and right.
Na Dutou was surrounded by people and got on his horse. He asked again: "Who is Du Xing, the supervisor?"
Du Xing came up at this time and said: "That's the villain,"
Dutou sneered and said, "Your name is also on the certificate. I took him with me and locked him up." The officers arrested the man and walked non-stop along the road to the mansion. They could not go more than twenty miles. , when we arrived at the edge of a forest, we suddenly saw a group of people rushing out of the forest and blocking the way.
The leading man shouted: "The elite of the Green Forest Army are here,"