In the early morning of the next day, at the south gate of Shouzhang County, in the open space of the vegetable market, there was a party in the middle that was assaulted last night to build a wooden platform about one meter high.

In front of the high platform, more than 1,000 yellow turban soldiers were neatly lined up in more than 20 columns under the leadership of the leopard head Lin Chong and Xu Ning Yang Zhi, all looking ahead, motionless. On the lower left side of the high platform, there are several stools, on which sit dozens of elderly villagers and wealthy people in Shouzhang County, their faces are either angry or frightened or their faces are sinking like water. Around the high platform, there are hundreds of people from Shouzhang County, far or near, sparse or dense, with ragged clothes or two trembling or sad faces, how did they come here, let alone care about him. We just looked at the high platform, several civil and military men stood majestically, clustered around a hero. This heroic man is dressed in a navy blue Confucian shirt, with a scarf on his head, a flower-colored cloak on his back, a three-foot sword hanging on his waist, a short beard, and a resolute face.

Song Shijiang saw that everything that should have come came, he adjusted his mood, took a step forward, and stood at the front of the high platform. I saw him smiling, swaying in all directions, and then said in a loud voice: "Father Shouzhang, this is polite." I don't know if you can recognize Song? ”

The people around them shook their heads slightly; The old man and Haoqiang also shook their heads or were noncommittal.

Song Shijiang continued to smile and arched his hand and said: "Song is a native of Songjiazhuang in Dong County, and he married the daughter of the Wang family in the north of the county of Shouzhang County. Husband and wife are one, Shou Zhang's father is the father of a certain Song Jiang. Panicked all night, Song Jiang made a difference here, and was polite. ”

The people bowed their heads and whispered, and some of them dared to ask, "Mo Sha is the king of the royal family in the north of the city?"

Song Jiang arched his hand and said, "Exactly!"

The people turned their heads to each other, and they all whispered: "It's the Wang family who died tragically that month ago, alas, the sky is pitiful to see ......", "It was ransacked by the Yellow Turban Army, and it was said that the Wang family gathered people to rebel against ......", "So I am still Song Jiang's cousin-in-law." The chatter is getting louder and louder.

Song Jiang's face was solemn, and he said sadly: "Yes, fathers and elders, pity my father-in-law's family, dozens of members of the family died tragically in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. When Song heard about it that day, he swore in front of his wife that he would attack Shouzhang, kill the remnants of the Yellow Turban, pacify the thieves, and get revenge. Then Song scattered the family property and invited the world's heroes, loyal and righteous brothers, obtained Shouzhang yesterday, killed the yellow turban thief Tao Sheng, disturbed the fathers and elders, and took responsibility. ”

Everyone was settled, and all their spirits relaxed slightly, and the chestnut demeanor disappeared a little. It's just that they all think of the official greed and thieves in recent years, the war is short, and the prosperous Shouzhang family is not five out of ten, who is not a family is ruined, his wife is separated, and who is not a family has no surplus food, and he is crying to be fed, all of them are sad. Even the old white-haired villagers and the powerful people in fancy clothes at the bottom left of the high platform had sad faces, and some even sobbed, they were just relatively wealthy, not wealthy families, and they were even more oppressed and plundered. Some people even began to stare at the Yellow Turban soldiers with hatred, but they didn't dare to move.

Song Jiang waved his hand, and behind him, Wu Yonghua Rong spread out a large flag about Yu Xing Huang, and the flag was written with four big red characters of "Protecting the Territory and Ensuring the People". Song Jiang pointed to the four big characters and said in a deep voice: "Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are dogs." Song Jiang is not talented, but he has a grand wish: to protect the territory and the people. A certain ambition begins with Shouzhang. I want this Shouzhang to no longer have a lot of military disasters and family breakdowns, and I want this Shouzhang Min'an County Tai'an to live and work happily. If the evil official arrives, a certain Shouzhang blocks it; If the thieves come, a certain Shou Zhang will be punished. "The words are unequivocal and categorical.

The people were in an uproar, and then wept bitterly, crying bitterly for the grief they had suppressed for several years, and crying bitterly for Song Jiang's loud ambition. The good ones have been looking forward to such a life for many years, and they can have such emperors, officials, heroes and immortals to help them, and they are even numb. How have they, who are regarded as ants, ever heard a man say this to them, "If a man does this to them, even if it is to draw cakes?" How low are the requirements of the people in Cangtou, as long as they can live and live comfortably, the people wept bitterly, and even some knelt down and kowtowed.

Song Jiang continued: "A certain asset is not much, but if I live long and the people have no food to live, please go to the county government and sell a copy of the money and grain for later." Specifically, you can see the notice posted this morning, and you can look for this Wu Yongwu master next to me. Of course, there is no more, you and I need to work together to survive in the troubled times...... Survive. ”

When the people heard this, they wept even more, and more knelt down and kowtowed. Wu Yonggongsun Sheng looked at each other and nodded: "Shou Zhang Ding." Jade Qilin Lu Junyi also nodded secretly, and said in his heart: "I am not as good as Song Jiang in this matter. ”