When Sun Tu escorted Cai Jiu back to Jiangzhou, it was already late at night. But even though half a day has passed since the previous incident, all the scars left by those heroes of Liangshan can still be seen everywhere in the city, there are still large groups of blood stains on the streets, many buildings near the main streets and city gates are still smoking, and the defenders of the city are still cruising around with torches to ensure that there are no more thieves at night......

Seeing this scene, Sun Tu's heart suddenly moved, and he seemed to have a different emotion: "Are my previous opinions and decisions really correct?" Is it really okay to pay such a huge price just for them to save Song Jiang? ”

After learning that the Taishou finally returned safely, a group of subordinate officials who had been staying in the yamen were not at ease hurriedly greeted him, and the first was the capital supervisor Lin Henian, as soon as he saw Cai Jiu who was helped down from the car, he hurriedly nodded on one knee and made a big salute: "I have seen the Taishou in my humble position, and I am guilty of my guilt, because I was careless for a while, I almost injured the Taishou ...... those thieves."

The others also all hula and gathered around, asking about Cai Jiu's situation. In fact, there is nothing to worry about for these people who have been staying in the state government today, and no matter what happens, they can't be held accountable for anything, they just do this to curry favor with Taishou and plan for their future.

If there was no reminder from Sun Tu, Cai Jiu would definitely have ordered someone to take Lin Henian down and ask him for the crime as soon as he saw him, but now, he just smiled at him: "It's okay for Lin Dujian and his colleagues to worry, this official is just suffering from some cold and fright, and it will be fine after a few days of rest." Lin Dujian Although you have made a small mistake this time, you are also meritorious in leading troops against the enemy, how can this official blame you? In the past two days, the security in my Jiangzhou City will be entrusted to you. ”

"Xiaguan...... The lower officials must do their best to make my Jiangzhou settle down, and the Taishou can only rest assured. Lin Henian couldn't believe his ears, he didn't dare to go out of the city to save Cai Jiu before, in addition to being afraid that those people in Liangshan would be unfavorable to him, he also had some scruples that he would be severely punished after seeing himself, why is it a completely different appearance now? But of course, this was the best result for him, and in his excitement, he hurriedly swore an oath, and the worry in his heart finally dissipated.

"In two days, the Japanese official will discuss the aftermath with you and others, and now that I am sleepy, I will go back to rest first, and you can discuss anything with Sun Tuanlian." Cai Jiu was frightened one after another and soaked in the river for a long time, and had already reached his limit, and after a little command, he got back into the car with the support of several cronies, and went back to the mansion not far away to rest.

And after sending him away, everyone's eyes fell on Sun Tu, who didn't say anything, especially Lin Henian, who looked at this young man who should have been his subordinate, and his eyes were full of gratitude. He knew very well that Taishou was willing to let himself go today, and I am afraid that Sun Tu made a big effort in the middle.

Sun Tu also took a step forward: "Since Taishou has such an order, then the lower officials can only be arrogant, and I hope you can report all the current situation in the city to me, so that we can come up with various ways to appease the people as soon as possible." ”

While speaking, several people came to a hall that had been lit with a lot of lights and candles, and after they sat down, some officials truthfully told the situation in the city that they had mastered.

"Today's troubles have resulted in more than 70 people being killed in the streets, 47 soldiers have been killed in the line of duty, and as many as 120 people have been injured."

Hearing this series of figures, Sun Tu's brows quickly furrowed: "How can there be so many casualties?" At that time, there were not too many of them in the court of law, how could the officers and soldiers have suffered nearly 200 casualties? ”

Lin Henian sighed ashamedly: "This is because those thieves are really fierce and killed the soldiers by surprise, and secondly, because the brothers below have some concerns, so they can't let go of their hands and feet for fear of hurting the innocent people on the side, so those thieves find the right opportunity." Moreover, not only the court field, but also the area around the north gate, and some other officials and soldiers where the key points are located have also been attacked by thieves, and they have set fire to and killed people, and the officers and soldiers really can't resist it, so the casualties are particularly serious......

When Sun Tu heard this, his expression darkened a little. Although he knew that this accident would cause a lot of damage to Jiangzhou, he did not expect that the damage would be so great, and the number of dead and wounded soldiers and civilians alone amounted to 200.

"Speaking of arson, they have caused particularly serious damage to the city of our state, and several streets and alleys in the city have been set on fire by them, and more than 30 people have lost their lives because of this. Many shops and houses were also set on fire and completely burned down, and if the officers and soldiers had not rushed to the rescue in time, they were afraid that those fires would have burned out one piece, and the damage would have been even greater. The figure just obtained is that I am afraid that no less than 30 houses and shops will be burned, and the loss should be more than 100,000 yuan. Another state official said with a sad face.

Subsequently, some people reported that because of the turmoil, some petty gangsters in the city also took the opportunity to make trouble, and more than 10 vicious cases of smashing, looting, stealing and other things also appeared in half a day, and if the officials and soldiers had not come forward in time to suppress them, I am afraid that the situation would have been even worse. But even so, Jiangzhou City, which was originally prosperous and peaceful, has become a pot of porridge today, and the people are already in panic, and more people will inevitably come to Yamen to report the case tomorrow......

One thing after another kept reporting to Sun Tu, making his face more and more ugly, and he regretted it even more in his heart. I thought it was just to save a friend, but in the end, it led to hundreds of casualties, and the entire Jiangzhou City fell into chaos.

At this moment, he finally regretted it. If he had known that those innocent people would have to pay such a huge price to rescue Song Jiang, he would never have joined forces with Chao Gai and the others because of his temporary preferences. From this point of view, the so-called heroes of Liangshan are just the beautification of some people, in the final analysis, they are just a group of thieves who take killing, looting and destruction as their main means and purposes, and in their eyes, the life and death of the people are nothing at all.

It's a pity that it's too late, and he has to bury the matter so that no one knows that he is also one of the culprits of the upheaval.

After a while, Sun Tucai asked with a dark face: "Except for those who hijacked Taishou and escaped from the city before, have any of their accomplices been caught?" "If anyone is caught, he will never show mercy again.

Lin Henian's face turned red again when he heard this: "We are incompetent, although we did kill a few thieves, but we couldn't really capture even one thief." Moreover, the leaders of those thieves had already fled after setting fire to and injuring people early in the morning, and there was no chance for us to suppress the bandits at all.

"In addition, as some soldiers said, many of the people who robbed the Dharma field this time were from my Jiangzhou City, one was Li Kui in the state government prison, the other was Zhang Shun, the fishmonger leader in the city, and several others had seen them haunt the Xunyang River...... Just now I had sent someone to their residence to fetch people, but it turned out to be empty, not only had they already left, but even their families had disappeared, and I am afraid that they had fled with those Liangshan thieves. ”

Sun Tu was not too surprised by this, after all, since those people had already decided to rescue Song Jiang, they would naturally solve their worries first. The only thing to be thankful for is that he and Zhang Shun and others are meeting in secret, and they should not be found out.

And in order to make his position clear, Sun Tu said with a serious expression: "Even so, we should continue to send people around the city to search for clues related to these thieves inside and outside the city, maybe there are still people hiding somewhere, this time we must not let them escape again." Since the four gates are closed tonight, starting tomorrow, we should send additional people to inquire about the people who enter and leave the city gates, and we must not let some people pass through the gates in confusion. ”

Lin Henian nodded approvingly: "I will let my soldiers and horses handle this carefully, and there will be no further troubles." ”

"There are also those people who have been implicated, our yamen can't abandon them, and we should send someone to visit tomorrow to offer condolences, even if it is good to take some money out. For those whose homes have been burned down and who have been left homeless, we should properly resettle them and help them rebuild their homes as soon as possible. At this time, Sun Tu had the intention to make up for his mistakes, and even the things that should not have been decided by himself to appease the people also picked up the idea.

Fortunately, because the civil officials in this state were accustomed to obeying Cai Jiu or Yuan Wang's orders, they were not there now, and Cai Taishou had orders before, so they also recognized Sun Tu's arrangements and said yes.

In this way, Sun Tu said all the ways he could think of to deal with the aftermath, and told him again, until after the third watch, everyone dispersed with tired faces.

By the time Sun Tu also staggered out of the gate of the state government, the surroundings had completely fallen into silence, and only three familiar figures were still waiting for him outside, it was Luda, Yang Zhi and Tang Feng. This made Sun Tu's heart warm, and he greeted him with a smile on his face: "I didn't expect you to come over to see me." ”

"Is Saburo (group training) okay? Those guys shouldn't have hurt you, right? Several people asked almost in unison.

Sun Tu shook his head: "Naturally, I was not injured, but the people in this city suffered a ......" and then lowered his voice: "I didn't know how naïve I was until now, it turned out that I was not the same path as those people." I am a soldier, but they are thieves, and if I have to be friends with them, I will only harm others and myself......"

At this moment, Sun Tu has already had an epiphany, and he has already made a new decision, he will no longer be emotional in the future, and he will no longer affect his judgment of the current era because of the established cognitions before he crossed over.

Stories are just stories after all, and what I'm facing now is a real person......