A richly decorated boat with many small doors on both sides of the hull (the Imperial Court Bureau's boat) sailed quickly south in the surging river, and together with several centipede speedboats behind it, it turned from the Bianqu Canal to Yingshui and then through Rushui, and then flowed through the Dongting Lake along the canal system connecting the rivers and then through the Rushui branch, and soon could resist the final destination of the trip, Hangzhou, the important capital of the south of the Yangtze River.

Bianjing Xiao Mansion, together with Song Zhenniang, Qiong Ying's mother and daughter, and their families were all instructed by Xiao Tang, and the other henchmen and stewards had begun to sneak out of Tokyo Bianliang step by step. And Xiao Tang went south to Hangzhou according to Zhao Ji's imperial decree, in addition to Yan Qing, Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui, Shi Xiu, Shi Qian, Le He and other henchmen, there are also 1,000 of the most fierce and warlike cronies and soldiers, each of whom is also equipped with a strong armor blade.

However, if you want to rob the prison and rescue Wu Song to escape, and meet a large number of officials and soldiers from the Jiangnan regions gathered in Hangzhou, I am afraid that it is still far from enough.

And the two mountains of Qingzhou have also been ordered by Xiao Tang, gathering Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Sun An, Shi Jin, Yang Zhi, Zhu Jing, Chai Jin, Shan Shiqi, Deng Fei, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Sun Xin, Gu sister-in-law, Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang, a total of 15 leaders, and then dispatched nearly 1,000 of the most elite soldiers in the village to go down the mountain in batches and march down the mountain one by one, to the boundary of Dengzhou and take the sea road south to Baiyun Mountain Dazhai on Liangzhejiang Road, and wait for Xiao Tang's order to act together to save people. Among them, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong and other brothers are naturally fierce generals who are brave and unstoppable, and Sun Xingu's sister-in-law and Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang are used to inquiring about the sound and mixing into the rivers and lakes of the city, and there is a little whirlwind Chai Jin has a wide range of knowledge in the rivers and lakes, and his mind is flexible, and he has his own strengths such as extraordinary conversation, Xiao Tang is also willing to teach him to be in charge of receiving guests from all over the world in the village to preside over exchanges and negotiations with foreign forces.

After all, Xiao Tang knew that Chai Jin was not only because of the people in the rivers and lakes, but also because of his reputation in the green forest for a while, which was even comparable to Song Jiang, and he even had the means to fool and sell abductions, and he could change to the straight line in the Imperial City of Bianjing. The most important thing is that according to the rules in the original book, when the Liangshan Army crusaded against Fang La, Chai evolved his name Ke Yin, and after he and Yan Qing sneaked into Jiangnan to go undercover, Fang La and even the capable people under his command not only did not have the slightest suspicion, but often summoned Chai Jin to discuss important military matters, judging from the marriage that Fang La gave Chai Jin to ...... The attitude of the Namanichaean master towards Chai Jin should also be extremely close to him.

On the Jiangnan side, there are two cottage green forest soldiers and horses available in Baiyun Mountain under the command of Pang Wanchun and Wuyi Mountain under the command of Shi Bao, but considering the attention of the government and the opposition, now all of them are focused on whether Xiao Tang can really put down the murderer to commit Wu Song, if it is really only necessary to escalate the war with the officials and troops gathered in Hangzhou, the external forces of the Jiangnan Manichaeism can naturally be used.

"Brother, I'm almost at the port, and there is already a guard of honor waiting on the shore."

Hearing Yan Qing enter the rudder of the ship, Xiao Tang slowly bowed his head, and immediately got up and walked to the deck, and immediately after leaving the hatch, he saw the ships on the canal returning and sailing like a forest. There are thousands of boats coming and going around, and the officials and soldiers under Jiangnan Road, who came to greet each other on the shore, are also crowded, rubbing shoulders and squatting, but Xiao Tang also knows very well that he is still a member of the imperial court, and those local officials and ministers must treat themselves politely, but I am afraid that many of them have been instructed by Cai Jing and are about to coldly monitor what else he can make in Hangzhou.

Thinking of this, Xiao Tang sneered, and after the boat docked, he and a group of brothers rushed to the shore, and one of the honor guards who came to greet him walked out first, and came to smile and arched his hand: "Xiao Xianggong has worked hard all the way, and Zhu Mian, the general leader of the Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau, and the officials of the Yajun Department of Hangzhou, Xiu, Yue, and Mu Prefectures greet you, and we have set up a banquet in the city to receive the wind and wash the dust." ”

Xiao Tang's eyes suddenly froze when he heard this, and he saw that the general leader of the Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau in front of him was about forty or fifty years old, tall and upright, but his eyebrows were full of cunning, and although this person said politely, his expression and demeanor were not very modest to Xiao Tang, and even his eyes seemed to show a very playful look.

This guy is relying on Huashigang to fly Huang Tengda, and he is arrogant in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is one of the "six thieves" in the late Northern Song Dynasty with Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Li Bangyan and other traitorous officials!

Xiao Tang scolded secretly in his heart, and the traitorous official Zhu Mian laughed in front of him, and he hugged his fists slightly, but said with a cold expression: "I came by order, but I didn't want to teach Su Xianggong to come to greet me, and I was very frightened when I arrived." ”

Zhu Mian also smiled when he saw this, and said: "Xiao Xianggong is a close minister of the official family, and now that he has arrived at the border of Suzhou and Hangzhou, Zhu has come to greet him from now. What's more, I heard that Xiao Xianggong came by order this time, without favoritism, and in the name of righteousness, Zhu felt admiration, even if there was no imperial court decree and Cai Gongxiang's message, Zhu Mou admired Xiao Xianggong's name, and he had to come to watch the righteous act of killing relatives. ”

As soon as Zhu Mian said this, Shi Xiu and the others behind Xiao Tang suddenly turned gloomy, and Xiao Tang looked behind Zhu Mian with cold eyes, but saw that there were also dozens of entourages wearing brocade clothes and gold belts behind him, and all of them looked unkind.

It seems that this dog thief has already been instructed by Cai Jing, and knows that I have made bad friends with several powerful traitors in the court, so he does not care about my identity in the court at all, and wants to help Cai Jing act...... Xiao Tang sneered in his heart, but he also knew very well that Zhu Mian, a local snake who had been powerful and powerful in the Jiangnan realm for more than ten years, could not be easily eliminated by assassination methods like ordinary local traitors and bullies.

After all, Zhu Mian and his son Zhu Chongba knotted to Cai Jing, the minister of power who had been relegated to Hangzhou, and the next year Cai Jing returned to Beijing after the edict was returned, and Tong Guan and their purpose were two favors to pretend to be military merits into the military, and then Zhu Mian because of the tribute ministry and won Zhao Ji's favored official position to move to Hezhou Defense Envoy, with the expansion of the scale of Huashigang, this Zhu Mian is also the largest official in the Jiangnan region to control the private armed forces, just with the guards amounting to thousands of people, the southeast border of the Zhulu military state officials will be mostly from Zhu Mian's disciples, all by his command, Running and obeying orders, Zhu Mian, who was known as Zhu Mian in Jiangnan in the same season, was in charge of the "small court in the southeast", and his arrogance was indeed the most suitable person for Cai Jing to send to monitor and restrain himself in the Jiangnan territory.

Although he had already had murderous intent in his heart, Xiao Tang knew that at least for now, he couldn't slap this dog thief to death, but just said in an indifferent tone: "Since General Zhu knows why the imperial court sent me here, before the execution, he has to bother General Zhu to guide the official to prison, and Xiao always has to personally look at the prisoners who are executed. ”

Zhu Mian immediately laughed twice when he heard this, and said: "Xiao Xianggong's words are wrong, the murderer Wu Song committed the great crime of assassinating the court officials and many lives, and since the court has issued a judgment and punished it as a countercrime, there is no need to follow the system of imprisonment according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty." What's more, Xiao Xianggong has a deep old relationship with the anti-thief murderer, and the imperial court sent him to prison to avoid the suspicion of fornication between Xiao Xianggong and the murderer on death row? Zhu didn't hide it, and Prime Minister Cai also had an edict on his side, telling Zhu to see what wrong things Xiao Xianggong did because of his old feelings..... is also all for Xiao Xianggong's innocent reputation. ”

Xiao Tang's face sank when he heard this, and he said in a calm tone: "Even if the condemned prisoner does not need to be inspected according to the prison examination, since the imperial court only sent me to supervise the death penalty, before the execution, where is it against the laws of the Song Dynasty?" Or is it that Commander Zhu is just following someone's orders and is going to stop me? ”

"Xiao Xianggong wants to meet with his old friends, and wait for the fifth day of the next month, isn't it natural to see it?"

Zhu Mian was not at all deterred by Xiao Tang's gradually revealing evil spirit, and laughed coldly: "If Xiao Xiang said it publicly, Zhu would only be offended. Since Prime Minister Cai had an edict, together with all the relatives who came with Xiao Xianggong, before the internal death row prisoner Wu Song was punished, Zhu said that he couldn't see it, so he must not be able to see it. ”