In the Mid-Autumn Festival of 1112, Gu Haotian spent a dreamlike and comfortable night.

And Song Jiang, who is far away in Cangzhou, has also "harvested" a lot on this Mid-Autumn Festival night, at least he is very proud.

After committing suicide to Yan Poxi, Song Jiang hurriedly fled from Yuncheng County under the care of Zhu Tong, and came to the village of Chai Jin in Cangzhou, Hebei Province a few days ago.

Chai Jin didn't know much about Song Jiang, but he often heard of the name of "Timely Rain", so he received him warmly. Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the two drank and admired the moon and talked about the heroes of the world. During this period, Chai Jin greatly admired Jingdong's jade-faced Meng Weigu Haotian, saying that he was young, but he had the style of Meng Weijun, and the heroes of the world were attached to him irreverently, and he was a figure like Lin Chong, the head of the 100,000 forbidden army in Tokyo, and he was also willing to be driven by it.

However, the speaker has no intention of listening, but Song Jiang heard it as if he had obtained a treasure, when he was in the county office, he saw the documents of the imperial court, saying that the murderer of the forbidden army Lin Chong killed people and fled, and was arrested in various places, but he didn't expect it to be in the village of the ancient family boy in Jingdong. It is not an exaggeration to say that this kid has a bitter hatred with him, since he appeared in Yuncheng County, his good reputation of "timely rain" has been destroyed in his hands step by step, until this Tang Niu'er incident, he has been rumored to be a selfish villain, and now Yuncheng County may not be able to go back. It's good now, that kid actually secretly hid the important criminals of the court, isn't this a labor for him? If it is done properly, maybe the charges on the body can be washed away.

At that time, Song Jiang was overjoyed, but he pretended to be confused and asked Chai Jin where he knew about it. Chai Jin did not doubt him, so he made it clear what happened to Gu Haotian and Lin Chong in his village a few months ago.

About ten days, Song Jiang left the Chai family and returned to Jingdong with satisfaction after finding enough news, he wanted to go to Qingfeng Village in Qingzhou to find his friend Hua Rong, to understand the situation of his lawsuit, and at the same time to find an opportunity to prove the authenticity of this news. The kid of the Gu family is extremely treacherous, and if there is no conclusive evidence, it may be difficult to make him submit. So he went all the way south, and after two days of rest in the apprentice Kong Ming and Kong Liang's Kongjiazhuang, he set off again, and within a day, he arrived at the ground in Yunzhou.

In the evening of this day, Song Jiang rushed to a town on the edge of Jishui, and after inquiring at the wharf, he found that there were no boats crossing the river that night. At that time, he turned back to a tavern on the edge of the dock, ordered a few small raises at random, ordered a pot of wine, and sat down to eat and drink slowly.

"Huh! Isn't this Song Oshiji? ”

Coincidentally, when Song Jiang's glass of wine had not yet been drunk, someone on the side of the sudden hearing called him. When he boarded, he was startled, thinking that he had met someone from the official mansion, so he hurriedly looked at it and recognized it as Master Wang of Yanggu County, who was a friend of the same person.

"Master, where? But they happened to meet here, and drank two cups together. ”

Song Jiang hurriedly stood up, and after sweeping around behind him, he did see that he was alone, so he was a little relieved.

"Oshiji doesn't need to worry, it's just a lowly sister, how can he hide the reputation of Shi Yu. When I saw the official document in the Yazhong on the next day, I was also very surprised, how could Yuncheng County be a prostitute, but it was difficult for the priest. ”

This Master Wang seems to have read the documents for the arrest of Song Jiang, but he obviously can't figure it out that Yuncheng County severely punished the priest of Ben Ya for a "cheating" concubine.

But Song Jiang saw that he was like a bosom friend, he took two steps forward and knelt on the ground, and said gratefully:

"Xiao Ke is humiliated by this, and everyone in the world is blind, but the master is the only one who dares to speak up, which is really inscribed."

"There's nothing wrong with Oshiji, but it's just a matter of saying a few words."

Let's say that the two sang and smelled the same, and even told a murder incident in a high-sounding manner, and then ate and drank happily together.

"Where is Oshishi going?" After three rounds of drinking, Master Wang asked.

"I want to go to Qingzhou to visit an old friend, where is the master going?"

"If you don't mention it, I will forget that you are from Yuncheng, and now I just want to inquire about you, and I will go back again."

"Is it possible that Master wants to go to Yuncheng? But why is it for business? ”

"It's not a business trip, but I want to investigate a private matter, I heard that there is a Liangshan in the water near Yuncheng County, I don't know who owns this mountain recently."

That Song Jiang was originally surprised when he heard that he was going to Yuncheng, and then when he heard that he was going to visit Liangshan, his heart jumped suddenly, and then he thought of what Chai Jinzhuang had seen and heard, so he asked tentatively:

"Is there anything in your county that has anything to do with Liangshan?"

A few days ago, there were two major cases in my county, a murderer was robbed at noon that day, and the family of the county seat Ximen Qing was looted that night, when a murderer killed the Ximen official, he claimed to be a good man in Liangshan, and happened to be secretly listened to by a small guy. The county magistrate asked many people, and there was a beam of mountains in your county, so he came to inquire with me, and I met Oshiji halfway, but I was lucky. ”

Liangshan was built as a manor by Gu Haotian, and has done a lot of great things in recent years. He immediately thought of where Lin Chong and the others went, and now he thought about where he could be silent except for that isolated island in the water, and immediately his heartbeat was a little faster, and he hurriedly asked:

"What is the name of the murderer?"

"Originally, it was from Qinghe County, and his name was Wu Song."

Song Jiang was relieved when he heard this, he had already discovered the relationship between Wu Song and Gu Haotian when he entered the village, and there was no objection to the fact that the kid of the Gu family did the robber thing in the name of benevolence and righteousness, and what he owed was nothing more than an opportunity to find out, and the person in front of him could take advantage of it. Thinking of the boy's evil deeds to himself, and now that he finally had the handle in his hand, he laughed out loud, so he added fuel and vinegar and said:

"There is a Liangshan in the water pool, but it is the manor of the jade-faced Meng Wei ancient officials who are famous in Jingdong, but I often hear people say that there is dirt and dirt there, and there are many lawbreakers gathered, even the court drunkens are not small, and it is not strange that the people investigated by the master are there."

"Jade Noodles Meng taste! This person is also quite famous in Shilin, how can he do something like this? ”

That Master Wang also knew Gu Haotian's name, so he couldn't believe it.

"Master doesn't know, if there are too many people who sell their fame and reputation today, it is this little official, Jeju Autumn Season has a big dispute over whether to take or not, it is said that he entered Beijing at the beginning of the year to participate in the Spring Festival, but he did not even dare to enter the examination room, and there are even rumors that he was driven out of the capital because he offended the imperial court's Gao Taiwei."

This Song Jiang is worthy of a shrewd person, from Lin Chong's appearance, he immediately thought about the person he offended, and deduced that Gu Haotian would not get along with Gao Yu, and finally guessed that it was not far from ten.

And Master Wang is also like a treasure when he hears it, if this Liangshan is related to the arrest of Gao Taiwei, then the county master of his family is afraid to report a clue, so that it is a great contribution, then why worry about the law field being robbed. At that time, he asked:

"How could this little official be involved with Captain Gao?"

"I heard from the Cangzhou Chai Daguan that there was a court criminal named Lin Chong in his village, who was the one who was arrested by the Taiwei."

Song Jiang sold Chai Jin without any burden, and Master Wang still had doubts when he heard that it was Chai Jin who said it.

It is said that when the two of them were enthusiastically designing Liangshan, a Taoist priest at the side table was frightened, and he hurriedly left the store after the two left. I saw him leave the town, and he flew south by all means, and disappeared into the darkness in a short time.

Who do you say this Taoist priest is, it turned out to be Ma Ling, because of his outstanding land skills, when he left Liangshan a few days ago, he went by land alone, preparing to take the first step to drink Ma Chuan to report the news. This night was a coincidence, and he was also dining in this restaurant, and he happened to hear this frightening conversation, and he was frightened when he landed, and immediately turned around and rushed back to Liangshan.

Gu Haotian got the news from Ma Ling in the evening of this day, and after being shocked by Chu Yi, he faced it calmly. In fact, he had been prepared for the arrival of this moment, and he had a premonition after the incident of the birth gang, and when Song Jiang fled, he felt that this person would be the fuse of the confrontation between Liangshan and the imperial court, and sure enough, this Song Saburo sent him the expected "surprise". However, he did not panic, but had a faint expectation, Liang Shan had been waiting for this moment for several years, since it could not be avoided, let it come!

That night, Gu Haotian convened a meeting of the commanders of all the battalions in the manor overnight.

The sudden emergency meeting made the participants talk a lot, and then everyone saw Gu Haotian, Wen Huanzhang and others sitting solemnly, and then everyone tasted the unusual of tonight's meeting.

Sure enough, the first words Gu Haotian said caused a strong shock in the venue.

"Brothers! The contradiction between Liangshan and the imperial court will emerge from the dark to the light from today, and it won't be long before our manor may have to face the imperial court's investigation, or even purge it. ”

"Huh! What's going on, how can you say that confrontation is confrontation? ”

"I'm afraid of a bird, my lord has been training for two years, and I've been waiting for this moment."

"The petty officials just have to give orders, you point there, and we will fight there, otherwise we will simply enter the city of Tokyo, let the petty officials be the emperor, and we will also get an official."

……

When the people present heard Gu Haotian's words, they immediately made a fuss, but none of them showed a look of timidity or fear.

The Heart of the Army is available! Gu Haotian was very satisfied after reading it. In fact, the people currently gathered in Liangshan, except for a few people, are not high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, but the imperial court, and these people really have no respect for this corrupt dynasty.

At that moment, Gu Haotian told everyone the information that Ma Ling had gotten, and then said:

"With the usual style of our manor, sooner or later it will be intolerable to the court, it is nothing more than a matter of time. As you said, brother, our heroes in Liangshan are not afraid of things, but we can't be too careless, from today onwards, Liangshan Manor will enter a state of combat readiness and be ready to deal with possible attacks at any time. Next, I would like to ask Mr. Wen Huanzhang to announce the order of the manor management office! ”

"Just now, I carefully looked at the expressions of everyone sitting here, but I didn't find a single nervous, is it possible that you think that the imperial court is vulnerable!"

Wen Huanzhang's joke of slow conditioning immediately caused the audience to laugh.

"However, the two armies are facing each other, and they are not worried about victory before they are defeated, and no matter how unbearable the court is, he is also a behemoth thousands of times larger than our manor, and he still occupies the name of righteousness, so we must not take it lightly. I now announce the order on behalf of the estate administration. ”

Speaking of this, Wen Huanzhang's tone suddenly became serious, and everyone knew the severity, and instantly held their breath and sat upright.

"1. From now on, all battalions of the escort unit will step up their training and strictly enforce military discipline. 2. The Civil Affairs Department and the Military Administration Department are responsible for preaching to all the people and team members in the manor, so as to make them understand that the happy life of the manor is not easy to come by, and work together to meet the enemy. 3. The Intelligence Department should pay close attention to intelligence collection and focus on intelligence work in Tokyo, Jeju, Yanggu, and Yunseong. Fourth, speed up the recruitment of soldiers, Du Qian, director of the logistics department, Jiang Jing, deputy director of the finance department, and Fei Bao battalion commander of the fourth battalion of sailors, each bring their men to go north to Hebei tomorrow with Ma Lingdao to assist Gongsun Dao's long march. Fifth, the targets on the bright side of various places outside Liangshan, such as Gujiazhuang, Shilixiang and other unrelated personnel, must be withdrawn to the manor. Sixth, the Department of Commerce stepped up the procurement of grain and grass. 7. The northbound horse-selling caravan immediately set off to purchase war horses and recruit personnel. 8. The Ordnance Department should work overtime to increase production. ……”

With Wen Huanzhang's orders issued one by one, everyone felt a strong atmosphere of imminent battle, but they all remembered their respective tasks.

That night, the camps of Liangshan were brightly lit, and although the war had not yet come, the war machine in Liangshan had already begun to operate at this moment.