Zhao Ji listened to Luo Jian's words, and couldn't help but snort coldly, although the current Hedong bandits are not as powerful as Wang Ze of Beizhou and Zhang Di of Zhaozhou, and the scale of the thief army is not enough to dominate and openly confront the government, but now they can also invade important places in several states, and kill the military commanders and generals. Although the local military department deliberately concealed the responsibility of the unfavorable Jing bandits, there were three or four military states under the rule of Hedong Road, and of course the paper could not contain the fire.

It's just that now the bandits in Hedong are not big or small, and Tong Guan, who is best invited to fight, is now spending all his energy on using troops against the Xia State, where does he have the heart to pay attention to the rebel bandits who are making rebellion in other state capitals? There were no self-recommended generals in the DPRK and the central government, because Zhao Ji learned that the official army in Hedong was not in good hands, and the local military department intended to conceal the news of the crime, so he only issued an edict to the Privy Council to thoroughly investigate the chaotic stupid worms of the military departments of the states in Hedong, but the matter of sending troops by the imperial court to recruit the bandits in Hedong was delayed.

Now that Luo Jian has brought up the old matter, Zhao Jixin said that he authorized Xiao Tang to select and train the new army in Hedong, and took advantage of the situation to Jingping to run rampant in the Weisheng Army, Longde Mansion, Jinzhou and other places, which is also killing two birds with one stone. Zhao Ji made up his mind, so he said to Xiao Tang: "I know that Xiao Aiqing has worked hard for the country, and she has done her best, as long as she is worried about me." Even so, Xiao Aiqing was crowned Juelu and still agreed on a reward, and there were stubborn thieves in Hedong who created great evil, gathered murderers and evil parties to rob the warehouse, if he didn't execute it early, he would develop a thief in the future, and it would be even more difficult to subdue it.

However, most of the military divisions of Hedong Road are untalented and greedy ministers, who accept the court's lordship in vain, but they are bad for national affairs! I took office as Xiao Aiqing's general to transfer troops, on the one hand, to suppress the thieves, and on the other hand, to absorb the displaced people who were affected by floods, droughts and bandits...... And this Qing family is called Luo Jian, a martial arts scholar? I will let Qing's family be the staff officer of the march, and when Xiao Aiqing is acting in Hedong, I will listen to you in front of the tent. On the day of Feijie's meritorious service, the official will be rewarded and the high relocation will be appointed. ”

Xiao Tang and Luo Jian heard the words and hurriedly thanked the official family Longen, and after the business was agreed, when Zhao Ji rolled up the curtain and retreated, Xiao Tang walked in front of Luo Jian, and arched his hand and said: "Thanks to Luo Wuyu's words, Xiao will remember it." ”

After hearing this, Luo Jian immediately saluted back respectfully to Xiao Tang and said: "Xiao Jieshuai doesn't need to be polite, since you and I are both courtiers and military attachés who eat the imperial court, we should cooperate with each other and focus on national affairs, not to mention ......"

Luo Jian went to Gao Yu's side with a gloomy face, and said to Xiao Tang: "What's more, most of the generals in the former division of the Bianjing Palace are iron-blooded men in vain, and they are mostly intimidated by the obscenity of the second year of high school in the Yuanshe, but Xiao Jieshuai is not afraid of *** and goes to confront the stubborn Gao family father and son... Xia Guan admired it tightly, and he had always had the heart to visit Xiao Jieshuai, but he had no way out. ”

When Xiao Tang was about to be humble, Zheng Juzhong, a courtier who had retreated from the court, had slowly paced to him and Luo Jian's side, Xiao Tang saluted Zheng Juzhong at the same time, but saw Zheng Juzhong not only bowing his head slightly, but then he and Luo Jian's eyes were exchanged, both of them nodded lightly, although they did not speak, there seemed to be a deep meaning in their eyes.

Xiao Tang was slightly stunned, and at this time he finally realized something......

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After retiring from the dynasty, Xiao Tang exchanged greetings with the civil and military officials who congratulated him, and then returned to his mansion, and he was canonized as the signing of the Privy Council, the envoy of the Xin'an Army and the founding marquis of Henghai County, and Zhao Ji had also allowed him to assign officials to Hedong to select and train the new army and other matters to Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Yan Qing and others in the palace.

In addition to being ordered to assist Luo Jian, his martial arts scholar, and Xiao Tang's plan to report to the Privy Council to summon Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and other official generals, Xiao Tang also planned to take Wang Jin, who was good at practicing military martial arts, and Niu Gao, who had already achieved success in archery and horse warfare, to Hedong together. In the previous mansion, Yan Qing, Xu Guanzhong and other brothers had already sent an envoy to Liao with Xiao Tang, but this time it was Xiao Jiasui who took the initiative to ask Ying to help Xiao Tang as a staff member.

And Xiao Tang still has to wait for a brother who went to Hedong with him, and that person is Xiao Li Guanghuarong, who has repeatedly performed miraculous feats when he was conquering Zhao Di in Hebei and pacifying the southwest road of Beijing. As a divine arrow general who assists Xiao Tang in the official face, since Xiao Tang also has the task of pacifying the bandits in Hedong during this trip to Hedong, Hua Rong, who commands the eighteen horsemen, will definitely be able to make a fortune again with his bow and arrow skills. At the same time, Xiao Tang could also personally meet Pang Wanchun, who was going to Bianjing with Hua Rong before leaving, and poured out his heart in person, so that he could teach Xiao Yangyouji, who was also good at killing enemies with bows and arrows, to be sincere.

It's just that after another period of time, before Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun arrived in Bianliang, Tokyo, Xiao Tang received a document from Hebei, and the little whirlwind Chai Jin in Cangzhou said that after Song Jiang lived in his mansion for a while, he was going to go to Kongjiazhuang under Baihu Mountain in Qingzhou to visit his two disciples Kong Ming and Kong Liang, but he received a letter from his brother Song Qingtuo. The letter said that Song Jiang's father, Song Taigong, died of illness, and now he is at home for funeral, waiting for Song Jiang to go to the funeral and move the funeral.

Song Jiang cried when he heard the news of his father's death, and immediately decided to rush back to Yuncheng County, Jeju to mourn and guard his filial piety. And this news was also mentioned after Chai Jin came into contact with the Xiao family, and now it has been a while since Song Jiang left Chai Jin Zhuangyuan and rushed back to Jeju.

After Xiao Tang learned the news, he thought in his heart: It seems that Song Jiang's fate trajectory is still the same as before, and his father Song Taigong is just cheating to death, and that Song Jiang is still going to be sent to the army......

It is said that Song Jiang rushed back to his hometown overnight, and when he returned to the courtyard of Songjiazhuang, he saw that Song Taigong was still alive, but he only taught Song Qing to write a letter saying that he was dead, and Song Jiang returned quickly. It is also because Song Taigong is worried that his San Lang has a lot of dealings with the green forest grass, and he is a murderer on the run, for fear that Song Jiang will be picked up for a while, so he will fall into the grass and become a strongman.

And Song Taigong heard that the imperial court issued a pardon, except for those who committed ten major crimes, they can all be punished by one degree, and Song Jiang's personal relationship should only be convicted of a crime in vain, and he will not be sentenced to death.

However, Zhao Neng and Zhao De, two Zhongxin staff in Yuncheng County, heard that Song Jiang, a fugitive who had fled for his life, and returned to his hometown, so he took more than 100 officials to Songjiazhuang to arrest Song Jiang.

Fortunately, Yan Po's mother, Yan Po, died soon after Song Jiang fled, and there was no bitter master in this murder case, and Yan Poxi's concubine Zhang San knew that Song Jiang knew a lot about black and white, and because he was afraid of making more enemies, he didn't dare to entangle him anymore after he got Song Jiang. It is indeed because Song Jiang used to fight in Yuncheng County for righteousness and squandering money, and when the people of Manxian County heard that Song Jiang was taken into custody, they were willing to go to the county government for him to ask for mercy and talk about Song Jiang's benefits on weekdays. In addition, Shi Wenbin, the magistrate of the county, also intended to make a light case to put Song ***, so he quickly set the verdict and made it into a copy:

Song Jiang, the Yazhu Division of Yuncheng County, took Yan Po as a concubine, because of his bad character, and he was drunk and quarreled for a while, causing Yan Po to be killed by Song Jiang by mistake. Although the criminal Song Jiang was on the run for a while, he then had a sense of repentance and surrendered on his own (Zhao Neng and Zhao De both received the benefits of Song Taigong, so they were willing to say that Song Jiang surrendered himself, not was arrested and captured), investigated the previous situation, and was willing to confess. In addition, the court's pardon had become a commutation, so Song Jiang was sentenced to 20 canes and stabbed in Jiangzhou Prison.