Volume 1 The Wind Rises and the End of Qingping Chapter 14 The Man Who Breaks the Game (I)
When Sun Tu walked out of the county office, he was immediately stopped by Chao Gai, who came out one step earlier, and the latter even hugged his fists at him and thanked him: "San Lang, this time I really owe it to you to help, otherwise my whole family will suffer." "Just think about the miserable situation of the Ji family in the hall just now, he was afraid for a while.
Sun Tu hurriedly replied humbly: "Bao Zheng's words are serious, the so-called clean ones are self-purifying, and they are just doing their best." And if it weren't for the strength of the people around Baozheng, the case would not have been completely reversed. β
Chao Gai just smiled when he heard this, knowing what the other party was referring to. Earlier, after he was convinced that he was framed by Jijiazhuang and the people of Hutouzhai, he immediately adopted Sun Tu's suggestion and fought back - taking advantage of the darkness at that time, he sent a Zhuang Ke who was good at sneaking in the dark to secretly put the entire set of jade wine vessels back into Ji Yang's mansion - only then did Lei Heng lead people to search for key physical evidence in Jijiazhuang, so that Liu Zhixian could confirm that the murderer who robbed Shengchengang was Ji Yang and others.
But even so, Chao Gai was still quite grateful to Sun Tu, and said: "San Lang saved me from danger this time, and I remember Chao Gai in my heart. Whatever your problems are in the future, I will do my best to help. β
"Then I'm here to thank you for your protection." Sun Tu smiled again, and wanted to leave with Chao Gai. But at this moment, Song Jiang walked out quickly with a solemn face, and saw Chao Gai hesitate slightly, before he said: "Baozheng, please stay, I have a word to tell." β
"I wonder what the priest commands?" Chao Gai stopped when he heard this, and after seeing Song Jiang's face, his heart was also tight, and he faintly felt a trace of something wrong. It was Sun Tu, who also subconsciously stayed, frowning slightly, I don't know what went wrong.
After coming to the two of them, and using his eyes to let a few errand officers not far away retreat, Song Jiang lowered his voice and said, "Just now, County Yin came up with a way to solve the current case. β
"Solve the case?" Sun Tu repeated this statement with some playfulness, as if he had guessed something. And Song Jiang glanced at him and said: "Yes, you should also know that the Hutou Village on the Xishan Gang outside the city is not easy to deal with, and it is impossible to defeat the township soldiers in this county alone." And the county governor refused to ask the Jeju government for help, so he ......"
"So isn't the county Yin going to send someone to arrest the relevant people?" Chao Gai also understood, and hurriedly asked, "But in this case, how can those robbed birth gangs be taken back?" β
"County Yin means to use money to ransom the thieves in Hutou Village."
"What?" Hearing this, Sun Tu's faces changed in unison, and they both showed expressions of disbelief. They really didn't expect that the government would actually make a decision to compromise with the bandits, is this still prestigious?
Song Jiang smiled bitterly: "This is Liu Yuan's idea for the county Yin, which just solves the urgent need in front of him, so he immediately agreed to it." Moreover, Liu Yuan also proposed that Ji Jiazhuang alone would not be able to take out 100,000 yuan of silver, so ......" As he spoke, he glanced at Chao Gai again.
Chao Gai immediately understood the meaning of his words, and his eyelids jumped: "He actually hit me with his idea?" How unreasonable! β
"Baozheng, please listen to what I have to say. This matter is indeed unreasonable, but now the county Yin has nothing else to think of, so he can only attack you. If you refuse to agree to this, I am afraid that you will take advantage of Liu Yuan's heart, and he will inevitably take the opportunity to let the county Yin plant the charge of complicity with the thieves on you. After all, there were still claims against you earlier. Song Jiang persuaded bitterly: "So Baozheng can only wronged you this time." β
After Sun Tu listened to these words, he couldn't help but almost laugh out loud, this black-and-white reversal was too much beyond his imagination. That Liu Zhixian really dared to think and dare to say, for his own interests, he completely ignored the life and death of the people under his rule, but in the face of bandits, he was so shrunk, such a person can actually become a county order, and I don't know how many foolish officials like him are in the Great Song Dynasty.
Chao Gai's breathing became short, his face turned even redder, and his hands clenched into fists: "They are so wronged and framed, do you really dare not resist when Chao Gai?" β
It's just that this anger was extinguished soon after, and he Chao Gai had a great career as a local protector, and he didn't dare to do anything against the government before committing a major incident. However, Sun Tu could guess that this incident must have deeply affected Chao Gai's perception of the government, so that he would do more daring things in the future.
"Baozheng, in my humble opinion, it is better to take a step back this time. You can still get 20,000 or 30,000 yuan of money, if it's not enough, I can also help out 10,000 yuan, otherwise it will only make things worse, and let Liu Yuan's trick succeed. Song Jiang continued to persuade.
Seeing that he said this, Chao Gai's attitude was no longer as tough and resistant as before, but he was still indignant: "I really don't want to be calculated like this!" San Lang, how can you endure such evil spirits? β
"If you want to change it, I'm afraid you won't be able to come up with so much money." Sun Tu shook his head and said, "And as far as I know, in fact, this matter is not without countermeasures. β
"What else can be done?" Chao Gai hurriedly asked, even Song Jiang also looked over. Sun Tu Zhengse said: "Actually, it is not difficult to crack this situation, as long as the matter is publicized, so that the people of Yuncheng County, and even people from other places, know what happened in the hall just now, and know that the Shengchenggang was robbed by the thieves of Hutou Village, and the county Yin and Liu Yuan naturally dare not take this account anymore." β
This is indeed the only way to break the situation - once everyone knows that it was the people from Hutou Village who hijacked the Shengchengang, then Liu Zhixian wanted to give an explanation to the boss and simply return those belongings It was naturally far from enough, and he had to wipe out this group of bandits. In this way, Chao Gai naturally doesn't have to come up with tens of thousands of dollars for nothing.
But then Song Jiang raised an extremely serious question: "In this way, I will completely offend the county Yin." I'm afraid that the situation of Baozheng will be difficult at that time! β
Yes, as the so-called broken county order, when the local officials really want to deal with the people under their rule, no matter what background this person has, how much property can only be mermaid meat. This is exactly what Chao Gai is worried about, as long as the matter is publicized, even if it is not his own doing, Liu County Ling will definitely put the account on his head.
And this time, Sun Tu had nothing to say, so he could only sigh and stop talking. Looking at it now, it seems that Chao Gai can only break the fortune and eliminate the disaster, and suffer this big loss.
After a while, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go raise money in the next two days......" Just as he was halfway through his words, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves like a dense drum beat on the long street ahead, and dozens of knights galloped like a whirlwind, startling pedestrians and vendors on the long street to dodge and shout.
The three of them were surprised at the scene, especially Song Jiang, who showed a puzzled expression. Because he is very aware of the current situation of the lack of horses in the Great Song Dynasty, only the north and northwest borders have a large number of war horses, and there are only about 100 horses in Jeju Prefecture in Shandong. But now there are no less than fifty majestic war horses, which has never happened in Yuncheng County.
Soon, the horse team had rushed to the county office, and then as soon as the leading man pulled the reins, the galloping horse suddenly raised its front hooves high after a long neigh, stopping the momentum. When his feet landed, the dozens of horsemen who followed behind also stopped, and everyone looked at the three people in front of them condescendingly, and someone asked, "Is this the Yuncheng County Ya?" β
"Exactly, Xiao Ke is the county charge of Song Jiang, I don't know how many are ......" Song Jiang hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
"It turned out to be the famous Timely Rain Song Gongming, but it was disrespectful." As soon as the man at the head heard this, he quickly flipped off the horse, hugged his fists and said, "My name is Suo Chao, and I am from the Daimyo's Mansion." This time, I was ordered by Liang Xianggong to recover the robbed Shengchengang and arrest the thief! β
Hearing that he reported to his home, Song Jiang's face changed even more, he didn't expect the news to be transmitted back to the Daimyo's Mansion so quickly, and Liang Zhongshu actually sent his generals to come, this time the matter was tricky.
It's Sun Tu, his heart suddenly moved, just now he was still struggling with not knowing how to deal with the problem, and now the person who broke the game has arrived?
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