Chapter 127: Capturing Cao Lihong Alive

It's an adult. The convener loaded hundreds of boxes by hand, and he quickly led the people out, and the cluster happened to be halfway between Lin'an and the Xianghe River, and the distance was less than half.

There are still eight or nine thousand people in the cluster, and eating is a big problem for Song Ci, but fortunately, Wen Cheng Wenwu and others brought some grain and grass, otherwise they would not be able to take it.

The Jin people have been killed twice, Song Ci knows that they are very likely to be aware of it, but there should be no problem in a short time, but it is okay, they have nearly 10,000 people, even if they go south to investigate this matter, they will not pose a threat to themselves.

When night falls, clusters of corpses are everywhere, for those who have been fighting for a long time, there is nothing terrible, and the most terrible thing in the Great Song Dynasty is the human heart.

A few more days passed, and at this moment, Song Ci pinched his fingers while calculating that the imperial court's food delivery team was about to come, and he might be halfway through the road at this moment.

At present, everything is in place, only the east wind is owed.

A few more days passed, and the brigade of the imperial court finally arrived at this moment, and there was a lot of black pressure in the distance.

The sound of carriages and the sound of chattering spread far and wide, and spread through the forest, and I didn't know how far I could go.

There are thousands of people being transported, Song Ci saw a sedan chair among the many carriages, this person may be the mastermind this time, no matter who it is, he will be captured today, and he will be sent to the Xuande Palace, so that the emperor will personally punish him.

These people were getting faster and faster, and soon came to Song Ci's side, and then the team stopped, among them, there was a group of people who sent each other before, and at this moment, they knelt down one after another and said, "My subordinates knock to see Lord Song."

Song Ci instructed them to get up, and then said, "This soldier, how much silver do you bring with you?"

He said truthfully: "Back to Da Rao, there are 36 million taels of silver, and more than 3 million catties of grain, please take a look."

Hearing this shocking number, Song Ci felt very uncomfortable, his own people didn't have to eat and drink, and they had to give it to the Jin people, which was really a big rebellion, a big rebellion.

A group of soldiers in the rear are also angry, they are scolding, and some people are even angry, this is the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, let's see, what have they done.

Inside the tent, a familiar voice soon came, and then Lord Cao of the Ministry of Rites opened the curtain and walked out, shouting angrily: "Bold, who are you talking to?"

Song Ci just looked at him, and in the soil on the other side, someone took Master Cao down and pressed him on the Lin, smashing his head and bleeding and his face was swollen.

"Presumptuous, you are really the opposite, do you know that this official is the second grade, you dare to...

Youyang: "Corrupt official, you'd better raise your head and see who the adult standing in front of you is?"

Song Ci walked over slowly, Cao Darao was about to use force, and Wen Cheng shouted angrily in the rear: "If you want to live, it's better to throw your weapon on the ground, otherwise you will not be spared."

Bang dang.

Many big knives were thrown in front of Lin, and more than half of them chose to retreat, obviously not daring to go to Lord Cao to ask for a law, only to blame Song Ci for having too many people on their side, and they had no chance of winning.

Lord Cao raised his head, and when he saw that it was Song Ci, he was furious, and cursed: "Bold Song Ci, you have a fifth-grade official position, and you dare to attack a second-grade official position of this official?"

Song Ci had a cold face, "Lord Cao, it's just you and me at this moment, don't you know what is going on?" Okay, don't hide it, according to your crime, a hundred times is not too much to cut you. ”

Cao Lihong was afraid and angry, he glared at the leader of the team, and roared: "Bastard, you dare to betray your own official, today, you will definitely not escape death, come on, cut him down for me!"

The rear was silent, no one acted at all, and Song Ci, who had already learned all this, sneered: "Lord Cao, it's already this time, and you still want to teach your subordinates a lesson, do you think you still have this chance?"

Cao Lihong was unwilling, he tried every means to clear his name, there was no future, even his life was difficult to protect today.

He struggled and said: "Wow, you Song Ci even dared to rob the imperial court's military salary, this was transported to the border, you Song Ci is really bold, do you know that this is a capital crime?"

"Capital offense? Master Cao, don't you laugh at it, okay? Now tens of thousands of people on Song's side can testify against me, but what about you? Who can speak for you? What a joke, a big joke.

He didn't dare to speak, and his face was gloomy, trying to excuse himself.

Song Ci turned to look at Wen Cheng, "Wen Cheng, you immediately take a thousand people to the Criminal Department to find the director of the department, Lord Lu You, if something like this happens, as his boss, it is necessary for Song to inform him."

"Okay sir, I'll go."

Song Ci looked at Cao Lihong again, and the anger on his face still didn't disappear, "Lord Cao, how much grain and how much silver have you transported to the Jin people over the years?"

"Grain? What grain? As for the silver, it is even more impossible, Song Ci, you are so bold, this is for Zhu Zhi'an, the main general of the front-line anti-gold resistance, do you know what crime you have committed? Cao promised, as long as you let me go and take the initiative to leave, after all, I am an official of the same dynasty and a colleague, and this official will never embarrass you, how about it?"

When he heard this, Song Ci laughed three times, which was very harsh and sarcastic.

"I, Lord Cao, Song was a criminal officer before, do you think this kind of thing can be hidden from my eyes? Song told you that your matter has been completely exposed, do you think it's still useful to quibble?"

The people on Cao Lihong's side are also angry at the moment, they have come to exercise food and silver more than once to give gold people, what is going on, everyone is clear.

Song Ci looked at the other side and shouted: "Fellow soldiers, if you are willing to follow Song, and at the same time are willing to testify against this Cao Lihong, what you did before, Song will never pursue you?"

Soon someone answered, and then more people picked up their weapons and walked to Song Ci's side, and they had completely chosen to join.

Cao Lihong, who watched this scene, was very annoyed, he knew that it was over, everything was over, unless Tang and Wu in the court tried to protect themselves, otherwise the death penalty would definitely not escape.

"Lord Song Ci Song, it is true that you have been guilty of getting something before going down to Cao, but at this moment, can you promise Cao something?"

Song Ci didn't need to think about it to know what it was, so he immediately refused, "Lord Cao, you don't need it, Song knows what you want, I won't agree at this moment."

Cao Lihong was unwilling, and the fear on his face became more and more, more and more.

"Lord Song, Cao is not thinking about anything, but, as long as you are willing to let Cao have a certain way of life, today's matter is not for anyone, so how about all this silver, grain and grass are given to Lord Song?"

Song Ci chuckled and turned to look at the jungle, "Lord Cao is really laughing, Song was going to transport these silver back to the barracks, how could you give it?" Song is leaving, it's better than Jin Ren leaving. ”

"At the same time, after Song took it, he could still support his brothers and his family, but you, but you gave it to the Jinren, but they also intensified their efforts and used their own money to support them, you are really bold, Lord Cao."

"You... You really don't want to think about it anymore?"

Song Ci said: "What else is there to think about?" Lord Cao, it's too late, it's too late, if you do such a thing, you think the people of the Great Song Dynasty will let you go!"

The last sentence almost roared out of Song Ci's mouth, he had never been so angry, even when he had investigated corrupt officials before.

Song Ci is really very distressed, you can just be corrupt, but Cao Lihong's approach is a traitorous act.

Cao Lihong regretted it very much, he only had one last thought at the moment, that is, whether Tang and Wu could protect themselves, otherwise, it would be over.

In the distance, Jin Rao's team came over again, and they saw a large group of men and horses on the shore, but everyone was not afraid, because it was normal for such a situation to have happened before.

So everyone went ashore, and just as they were about to come to carry the grain and grass, Song Ci gave an order, "Wenwu, leave one leader, and kill the rest." ”

"Yes!"

Soon the screams spread, and they couldn't imagine how this damn Han dared to resist? They're so daring. Aren't you afraid that the Great Liao Kingdom will attack the Great Song Dynasty?

Hundreds of people were quickly killed on the spot, leaving only a man in a golden robe trembling.

"Wenwu, take a good look at this person, this is the person we are going to bring to the Xuande Palace, how can we spare him at this moment?"

"Yes, my lord."

When Cao Lihong saw this scene, he was completely at a loss, he regretted it at the moment, he knew that this was the case, he should have killed Song Ci in the first place, and saved so many things.

A few days later, Wen Cheng came with Lu You and others at this moment, and when he saw such a scene, he was very angry.

When Cao Lihong saw it, he was even more stunned, so frightened that he almost fainted.

Song Ci went forward and said: "Lord Lu, you are here, this Cao Lihong gave the military salary and food given by the emperor to the Jin people, I don't know what you think about this matter?"

Lu You said: "Nephew Song Xian, this person has done such a bad thing, how can we spare him?" Fortunately, Song Xian's nephew actually captured him, and there is conclusive evidence, which is really happy!"

Song Ci said: "Lord Lu, Song was lucky to catch them, if it weren't for the report of his subordinates, I'm afraid they would have already transported tens of millions of taels of silver to the Jin people, Song suggested that he immediately raid his house and confiscate all his silver."

Lu You didn't have an opinion, but said: It's a big deal that Lu will take you into Lin'an Miansheng when the time comes, this person is now in a catastrophe, but Song Xian's nephew, this silver, Lu hopes that you can transport it to the military camp, otherwise how can your people and horses be fed?"

Song Ci actually had this meaning, so he said: "Wencheng, you take half of the people to transport all the silver, grain and grass back, and at the same time, Wenwu, you take people with Song to copy Cao Lihong's house, and when he hides the silver obtained from corruption, he will bring all the money back to the barracks."