It was almost noon when everyone arrived in Jieyang Town. After driving a long way and fighting for a while, they were all hungry.
When they came south, they were on guard for fear of alarming Jiangzhou, so the large group did not dare to show up in Jieyang Town.
Now that Jiangzhou had already been stirred up, and the soldiers and horses were defeated by them and returned, they had no scruples, and more than a hundred people went directly into Jieyang Town.
The people in the town suddenly saw so many people entering the town with swords and guns, and they were so frightened that they closed their doors and fled.
Mu Hong hurriedly shouted: "I didn't stop Mu Hong. We passed by here and left with some food and wine. We won't harm anyone."
When the people in the town heard Mu Hong's voice, the bolder ones looked at the crowd through the windows.
However, a few idle men took the initiative to come over and say hello to Mu Hong.
Amid the concerns of the people in the town, everyone dispersed into several restaurants, drank and dined, and then left the town and headed north.
The people in the town waited until everyone had gone away, then they ran out one after another and ran to the hotel to inquire about Mu Hong.
When they learned that the few idle men who came to serve had received many rewards, they couldn't help but be secretly envious.
However, soon after the news of the robbery in Jiangzhou Prison came, the people in Jieyang Town knew why Mu Hong and others came.
After leaving Jieyang Town, everyone took the small road again, passing through the prefecture and the prefecture, and returned to Liangshan in ten days.
When they arrived outside the berth, Chao Gai had already led his leaders to greet him.
In the Juyi Hall above, everyone was seated. Chao Gai said: "Song Gong Ming's wise brother is so famous in Jingdong that he invites him to be the leader of the village. The position will be decided later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Kui jumped up and said, "Brother, wait, he can't be the leader."
Lu Zhishen also said: "He really can't do it."
Although Song Jiang also wanted to be the leader, seeing the opposition from everyone, he was also afraid that they would reveal his bad stories, so he hurriedly said: "Song Jiang can't be a leader in martial arts, so how can he be the leader of a copycat village? Please ask my brother to stop this."
Chao Gai frowned and said: "Although the wise brother of Duke Ming of Song Dynasty is not very good in martial arts, he has devoted his life to righteousness and wealth, rescued people from danger and helped the poor. He can be considered a hero. How come he can't be the leader of my cottage?"
Chao Gai said and looked at Lu Zhishen, but Lu Zhishen was unwilling to say anything bad about him.
Li Kui saw Chao Gai looking at him and said: "Song Jiang is eating shit in Jiangzhou. If he becomes the leader, I'm afraid it will ruin Liangshan's reputation. Anyway, I don't want to be the leader with him."
When Chao Gai heard this, his face turned cold and he scolded: "Tieniu can't talk nonsense."
Song Jiang's face turned red and he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.
But Li Kui shouted: "I'm not talking nonsense. All the brothers who went to Jiangzhou know it. If I let him be the leader, I will go down the mountain."
When Chao Gai heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at Chao Yong behind him.
Chao Yong saw everyone in the hall looking at him and couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "Uncle Song also had no choice but to blame the dog official Huang Wenbing for being too vicious."
When Chao Gai heard that Song Jiang had actually done such a scandal, he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.
All the leaders looked at Song Jiang with disdain.
No matter how thick-skinned Song Jiang was, he couldn't stand still anymore. He cupped his fists and said: "Song Jiang was obsessed with it and did such an ugly thing. He came down the mountain to avoid tarnishing the reputation of Liangshan hero."
After saying that, he stood there with a look of shame.
Chao Gai sighed and said: "Brother Xian of Song Dynasty, wait a minute. Although the world is big now, there is no room for you. Why don't you go to the back mountain to live temporarily? You are not afraid of being arrested by the court. I will send someone to give you the necessities of life."
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Song Jiang turned over and prostrated on the ground with a face of shame, saying: "The King of Heaven is righteous, if he is ordered, Song Jiang will go through fire and water without hesitation."
Chao Gai walked up to him, helped Song Jiang up and said, "You and I have known each other for many years, why do you need to be like this? My dear brother, I will go live in the back mountain temporarily. I will ask people to send more gold and silver, so that I can be happy in the rest of my life."
Song Jiang nodded helplessly and said, "Thank you, brother, for your kindness."
Chao Gai appeased Song Jiang and held a banquet to celebrate.
However, the leaders of Liangshan obviously did not want to have anything to do with Song Jiang. As soon as the banquet started, some leaders resigned one after another.
Song Jiang also felt embarrassed, so he asked to leave on the grounds that he was tired from the journey.
When Chao Gai saw this, he had no choice but to break up the banquet in disappointment.
Chao Yong was also able to return to his yard early to see his wife and concubines.
Although everyone rushed all the way, the round trip took more than twenty days.
A breakup is better than a wedding, not to mention that Sanniang still has a little life in her belly. Chao Yong naturally slept in Hu Sanniang's room that night. Although there was no passion, there was warmth.
The next day, when Chao Yong was going out for a walk with Hu Sanniang, he saw Sun Erniang walking from a distance, but she looked a little haggard and her eyes were red and swollen.
Walking up to them, Sun Erniang cupped her fists and greeted the two of them, then said to Chao Yong: "Brother Yong, my husband and I want to transfer to the hotel outside Shuibo to inquire about the news. Please ask Brother Yong for instructions on behalf of King Chao Tianwang and me."
When Chao Yong heard this, he wondered: "Er Niang, you are so skilled in martial arts, wouldn't it be a secret act to find out the news?"
Sun Erniang shook her head and said: "My husband and I are from a hotel background, so it is our duty to welcome and send guests to the village."
Chao Yong saw that Sun Erniang seemed to have made up her mind to leave, and he didn't know why. He immediately said anxiously: "When we went to Jiangzhou, didn't you still say that you would lead troops to fight on the battlefield? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Hu Sanniang saw Sun Erniang's embarrassed look and said, "Is it because Brother Zhang Qing wants to go to the hotel?"
Seeing that Hu Sanniang had guessed it, Sun Erniang nodded and said, "Well, he became a centurion and had to lead troops for drills every day. He was not used to it, so he wanted to go to the hotel outside."
When Chao Yong heard this, he blurted out: "Then let him go, and you can still be your deputy general."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chao Yong noticed that Sun Erniang and Hu Sanniang were looking at him strangely.
Chao Yong was stunned for a moment, then he immediately reacted and hurriedly said: "You are working as a lieutenant in the mountain, and he is working as a hotel outside the park. He can come up to the mountain in his spare time, and you can also go down the mountain in your spare time. Isn't this great?"
Sun Erniang rolled her eyes at Chao Yong and said: "When you marry and obey your husband, there is no truth in what you said."
Chao Yong also realized that he seemed to have some ideas that were too avant-garde. Hearing this, he had to say: "Er Niang, have you thought about it?"
Sun Erniang hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, please help Brother Yong."
Chao Yong thought for a while and said: "The hotel in the north is General Shi Shi Yong. I'll ask dad to transfer you there and transfer Shi Yong back."
Sun Erniang cupped her fists and said, "Thank you so much, Brother Yong. When Brother Yong has nothing to do, he comes to us for a drink more often."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Definitely."
Sun Erniang didn't seem to be very interested, so she said a few words and then left.
Although Chao Yong was a little afraid of Sun Erniang's cruel methods towards men, he was still a little reluctant to see Sun Erniang staying away from his sight like this.
Hu Sanniang seemed to feel something strange about Chao Yong, and said: "Is the official reluctant to leave Er Niang?"
When Chao Yong heard this, he hurriedly said: "How could that be? I just saw that Er Niang was very good at martial arts, so I thought it was a waste of time for her to go to the hotel."
Seeing Chao Yong's nervous look, Hu Sanniang couldn't help but become more convinced of her judgment and said with a smile: "It turns out that the official likes Er Niang like this."
When Chao Yong saw that Hu Sanniang didn't look jealous at all, he shook his head and was speechless.
Women's moral education in ancient times was really successful. It could erase most of women's jealous nature. The few women who were not allowed to take concubines because of jealousy have left their names in history. This shows that jealous women in ancient times were really good.
rare.
Perhaps it has something to do with the environment at that time. Well-to-do families had wives and concubines in groups. Growing up in such an environment, it was natural for them to think that this was how things should be.
However, Chao Yong was not interested in discussing this issue with Sanniang, so he changed the subject and said, "Okay, let's go for a walk in the back mountain."
Seeing Chao Yong's embarrassed look, Hu Sanniang said no more.
When the two were taking a leisurely walk in the back mountain, they saw Song Jiang coming from a distance.
Chao Yong looked at Song Jiang, who looked haggard, and couldn't help but feel a sense of compassion.
Although Song Jiang was not good at literature or martial arts, he was still an ambitious man, and he had quite a reputation in the world. If he had not assassinated Cai Jiu himself, and Huang Wenbing, a vicious villain, had suddenly been promoted, I am afraid that Song Jiang would still have fallen into disgrace.
road.
Even if Liangshan Song Jiang cannot make the decision, with his reputation, he can start a new business elsewhere. I believe that with his methods, he can always recruit some reckless people. As long as he defeats the court officers and soldiers a few times, he can force the court to recruit people and realize his wish to become an official.
However, due to Huang Wenbing's teasing, Song Jiang's reputation was now so bad that it was no longer possible for heroes in the world to make friends with him, which effectively ended his career in the world.
Seeing Song Jiang approaching, Chao Yong raised his hands and said, "Where is Uncle Song going?"
Song Jiang clasped his fists in return and said, "Thanks to brother Yong for saving me, Xiao Ke escaped from Jiangzhou with his life. But last night, he suddenly thought of his father and couldn't sleep. We robbed the prison in broad daylight in Jiangzhou and killed many people."
Officers and soldiers can no longer hide it. Jiangzhou will report to the capital sooner or later. At that time, the court will surely arrive in Yuncheng County to hunt down the family members and search for the culprits. Song Jiang was deeply afraid that his father would be frightened and his life would be in danger, so he wanted to go down the mountain to move his father up the mountain. Every day
Be filial every day to repay your father's kindness in raising you, and to stop worrying about you."
Chao Yong saw that Song Jiang called him Brother Yong very naturally, and the already relaxed vigilance in his heart quietly increased. Song Jiang's success in Water Margin was not only due to his reputation in the world, but also because of his thick blackness.
When Song Jiang was in Jiangzhou before, he always called him his nephew, but today he suddenly changed. It seems that after yesterday's incident at the Juyi Hall, he found that his biggest reliance, his reputation in the world, was completely gone, so he had to find another way.
, so I immediately changed.
If ordinary people suddenly changed their former nephew to brother, they would probably be a little embarrassed, but Song Jiang's call was very natural, as if it should be like this, so Chao Yong couldn't help but be wary.
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Keep yourself alive and die, the way of the Son of Man. Third Uncle Song has been thinking about it very much. However, I am afraid that the imperial court has already reached Yuncheng County. If Third Uncle Song goes there rashly, he is afraid that the sheep will fall into the tiger's mouth. You might as well ask my father to mobilize some troops."
Ma, I will go with you."
Hearing this, Song Jiang felt ashamed and said: "Song Jiang doesn't want to be seen by others now, so he doesn't dare to trouble everyone. I'm familiar with the terrain in the village, so I just sneaked into the village quietly and moved my father up the mountain with my brother Song Qing. Ruoduo
When we go with the troops, I'm afraid it will alarm the countryside, and Songjiazhuang is adjacent to Yuncheng County, provoking officers and soldiers to pursue us, which is not beautiful."
When Chao Yong heard what Song Jiang said, he also took out a badge from his body and said: "Since Uncle Song said this, my nephew hopes that you will come back to the mountain as soon as possible. Third Uncle Song will be able to go down the mountain with my token."
"Moor." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Piaotian Literature to be a registered member to recommend this work. Your support is my biggest motivation.)