Chapter 227 Wu Song is imprisoned
Zhu Tong was ordered to arrest Song Jiang, but as expected, there was no result. But Gu Haotian didn't care about this, after the petition, Yuncheng County no longer had a place for Song Jiang, but his own prestige reached a new height.
At this moment, Gu Haotian was sitting in Shilixiang's room, discussing with Gu Tao a piece of information obtained the day before yesterday.
"What you said about Brother Wu Song being killed and imprisoned in Yanggu County is true."
Gu Haotian rushed to Shilixiang at noon in order to verify the news, but he didn't want to be delayed by Tang Niu'er's matter for a while.
"But when the wine merchant in Yanggu County brought the news, he said that when the commander of the martial arts returned to his hometown, he passed through Jingyanggang, killed a big worm, and became a famous local tiger hero, and he didn't expect to meet his brother because of this, and later found out that his sister-in-law had an affair with the wealthy businessman Ximen Qing at the brother's house, and killed the woman in a rage, but he was imprisoned after a lawsuit."
"Is the brother of the Wu Song brothers, and that Ximenqing dead or alive?"
"I didn't ask about his brother's life and death, but I heard that Ximen Qing was still making money in the yamen to frame Brother Wu Song, and he must be alive."
This thing is really messy, Gu Haotian thought that Pan Jinlian followed him, and there was no section on Wu Song killing his sister-in-law, but it still happened, but it was a little paradoxical with the original trajectory, Wuda didn't seem to be dead, and Ximenqing was definitely still alive.
Wu Song must have had an accident, and Gu Haotian has already determined the authenticity of this information. And it is foreseeable that Wu Song's situation is even more dangerous now, one is that he did not become the governor like the original trajectory, and he has no popularity in the county government. Second, Ximenqing is still alive, and he will inevitably be bad outside. For the sake of today's plan, only to rush over and rescue him as soon as possible, otherwise the night will be long and dreamy.
So, Gu Haotian and his entourage rushed back to Liangshan Manor that night. Early the next morning, Gu Haotian, Xu Guanzhong, Lu Zhishen, Bian Shen, Ma Xian, Teng Ji, Shi Qian, Yang Zaixing and others set off with the personal guard battalion, 100 spearmen, and 100 horizontal sword soldiers.
The distance from Liangshan Manor to Yanggu County is not too far, and everyone will arrive in a few days, Gu Haotian asked the team to rest outside the city, and he and Xu Guanzhong, Bian Shen, and Shi Qian advanced into the city.
Yanggu City is not too big, and the martial arts family has been too eye-catching recently, and after a little inquiry, I found Wu Dalang's residence, but the door was closed, and it was completely unpopular, and it was inconvenient for a few people to enter abruptly, so they found a teahouse to sit in the opposite door.
The teahouse was opened by a middle-aged woman with thin lips and slanted eyes, who seemed to be a snob. Gu Haotian waited for his tea, threw a piece of silver with her, and asked:
"Shopkeeper, I heard that the martial artist in front of me had a strange incident recently, but I am also very curious, so you can tell me to hear it, if it is interesting, then the silver does not need to be found, and it should be rewarded."
When the woman heard this, her eyes became a line of joy, and she immediately spoke:
"A few guest officers asked the right person, and no one knows the matter of the martial arts family better than my princess, but I don't know which one to listen to."
Gu Haotian listened to this woman's reply, but was taken aback, this princess is the one who is willing to come to match Pan Jinlian and Ximenqing, and can't help but look at her again, it really doesn't look like a decent woman, secretly thinking that she is still alive now, didn't she do that dirty thing this time, so he said:
"Whatever you have, if you know, tell them all."
"This martial artist just moved from Qinghe County at the beginning of the year, and it is strange to say, that Wu Dalang is a very ugly character, and he actually married a flower-like lady, and the old body later became acquainted with the lady before he knew, it turned out that her surname was Sun, and she was the maid of the local big family Zhang Yuanwai, and was maliciously assigned to Dalang by the main mother......"
When Gu Haotian heard this, he immediately remembered the vicious woman, and he couldn't imagine that without Pan Jinlian, this incident would still happen, and it seemed that the martial arts family would not be able to escape this catastrophe.
"That lady of the Sun family is such a beautiful person, how can she be impatient to accompany the three-inch short Piding of Wuda every day, and after a long time in Yanggu, she got along with the Ximen official, Wuda had no choice but to be a live turtle, and I don't know. Unexpectedly, a few days ago, a hero who fought tigers suddenly appeared, and it was actually the Erlang of the martial arts, and what should not be done was that he bumped into the good things of the Sun family and the big officials. The great official of Simon fled by his skills, and a woman of the Sun family escaped, and was cut into two pieces. It's good now, a good family, all because of Wu Er's brainless knife, the dead are dead, the prisoners are charged, and the lives are scattered. ”
That Wang Po talked about the calamity, and the words were all Wu Song's, but the Sun family and Ximen Qing were reasonable and compliant.
Gu Haotian didn't say anything about her, and at this time, he saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy coming to the door of the martial arts house opposite, and then the door of the martial arts family opened, and a short, black and thin man came out.
"Ahh That is Wu Dalang. Wang Po stood aside and said disdainfully.
"And that boy again?" Gu Haotian asked.
"It's all the sins done by this brother Yun who has suffered a thousand knives, otherwise Wu Er would not have bumped into the Sun family's affairs, and now it is still a good family."
The princess seemed to hate this young man named Brother Yun very much, and her words were extremely vicious.
Gu Haotian knew that this young man was one of Wu Dalang's few friends, and he was an extremely shrewd child. At that moment, a few people settled the tea money and went to the opposite door. Let's say that Wuda and Brother Yun were talking, when they suddenly saw four strangers coming in, thinking that they were some villains, and immediately became vigilant.
"It's Wu Erlang's brother, called Gu Haotian, I heard that Erlang had a lawsuit a few days ago, I don't know what I really think, I came here, but it's a martial artist in person."
Gu Haotian saw the nervous appearance of the two, so he opened his mouth and said slowly.
"You said it's a small official in Jingdong Liangshan!"
Wu Dalang saw that his eyes were like copper bells, and his figure seemed to be a few points taller.
"It's down there!"
"Erlang is saved!"
When Nawu Dalang saw that the other party recognized it, he cried with joy and knelt on the ground.
Gu Haotian leaned over and helped Wu Da up, this is Brother Yun found a few stools, everyone sat down, then Wu Da was in a little calm, and said:
"When Erlang was taken away by the yamen that day, he specially instructed me to go to Liangshan in Jingdong to find the ancient petty official, but I was relieved that Erlang was in prison alone, and Fang was discussing with Brother Hun and asked him to go to Liangshan, but I didn't expect the petty official to arrive in person, but he also saved my Erlang no matter what!"
Wu Dalang said that he was about to get up and kneel again, Gu Haotian held him down with one hand, and asked:
"What is Erlang's situation now?"
"The whole Yamen was given money by the officials of the West Gate, and I couldn't go to see each other, but now I don't know the situation."
Gu Haotian saw that what he said was pitiful, and thought about it, with a character like Wuda, he was the opponent of Ximenqing in this county office, and it seemed that he had to let Shi Qian go to explore it at night.
So everyone comforted Wu Da, and then said goodbye and left, but Gu Haotian called that Brother Yun and gave him ten taels of silver, and asked him to inquire about Ximenqing's whereabouts, Brother Yun was immediately overjoyed, but said:
"The changes in Da Lang's family are all caused by Wang Po's old biting insects, that is, she instigated the Sun family to hook up with Ximen Qing and commit adultery, and led Erlang to kill people."
Gu Haotian said when he saw it, and he knew in his heart that Wang Poguo was not a good thing, but now that the time was not right, he would leave her for two days.
That night, Shi Qian stole into the county government to investigate, Gu Haotian and others waited in the inn until the second half of the night, waiting for him to come back, but said, the cell was very tightly guarded, thinking that it was because of the silver from the Xiangxi Menqing, he only quietly glanced through the cracks in the tile, and the Wu brothers were in heavy flail, which was very bad. Later, he was unwilling, and stole into the county master's residence, but he listened to him discuss with the master, saying that the case of the Wu brothers was full of human and material evidence, and he confessed, so there was no need to report it to the imperial court, and he was scheduled to be beheaded on August 5.
August 5th! Isn't it two days away? Everyone couldn't help but be anxious when they heard this, and there was no time for everyone to try to rescue them. At this time, I saw Xu Guanzhong say:
"For today's plan, there is only a robbery of the law field, the prison is strict, it is impossible to rob the prison, and this county is so anxious, it must have taken a lot of bribes from Ximenqing, and I will not say that other means will be used improperly, I am afraid it will be too late."
"Then I ask Brother Shiqian to visit Ximenqing's house tomorrow, Brother Wu here, I will do what Mr. Xu said, I will think about it carefully, and then arrange to act when I go out of the city tomorrow to meet with everyone."
That night, Gu Haotian discussed with Xu Guanzhong and others until the early hours of the morning, and after a short nap, it was already dawn, and several people went out of the city to meet with Lu Zhishen, Ma Xian, Teng Ji and others, and set up a plan to rob people on the court. Everyone went their separate ways, Gu Haotian and Xu Guanzhong still returned to the inn in the city, only to see that Brother Yun was already guarding the inn.
"Lang Jun asked the little one to wait, I waited at the head of the door of the Ximen Qing early in the morning, and the little one didn't come out until the middle of the time, and the little one followed him all the way to see him enter the lion building at the intersection of the street to drink." Brother Yun saw Gu Haotian and his entourage coming in, and hurriedly came over to report.
"But with whom are you drinking?" Gu Haotian asked.
"The little one saw that there were Xia County Lieutenant, Zhou Dutou, and a Master Wang, and the rest didn't know."
"You still go and watch that Ximenqing, and come back to me in the evening, and you will have your own reward."
Brother Yun got the order and went happily, but Gu Haotian turned back to Xu Guanzhong and said:
"Mr. Xu, now it seems that this Ximen official has made a lot of efforts this time, and it seems that the yamen has one mind with him, but I don't know how many troops there are in Yanggu County, if I don't know at all, I will be passive the day after tomorrow."
"Petty officials can rest assured in this matter, Yanggu is a small county, and there is no garrison, at most fifty or seventy soldiers and archers, as long as we calculate the retreat, there will be no problem."
Xu Guanzhong knew this very well, and Gu Haotian was no longer worried when he heard it, so he went to the roads around the execution ground and between the city gates to explore them, and secretly wrote down the key points everywhere, and then returned to the inn.
That night, Shi Qian went to Ximenqing's house again, and came back and said that it was a pity to let go of the wealth of that family. Gu Haotian read "The Golden Vase Plum" in later generations and knew that Ximenqing's family was unusually wealthy, and today he let Shi Qian investigate, and he also had some meaning in his heart, but to save Wu Song to rob the law field, he couldn't afford to take care of this, and when he heard what Shi Qian said, he couldn't help but feel a little pity.
Xu Guanzhong saw Gu Haotian's thoughts, so he asked with a smile: "The little official is worried about the wealth of the Ximen family?" ”
Gu Haotian did not evade, and said bluntly: "The manor may turn against the imperial court when it will be, and the market at the entrance of the Li family is the time to use money, if such ill-gotten gains can be obtained, the more the better." ”
"If the petty officials are really concerned, it's not impossible, but I have a plan here, although there are some risks, but the chance of success is very great, so I think it's worth a try."
Xu Guanzhong said that he came up with a plan, Gu Haotian and the others also felt that it was feasible after hearing it, and after a few people discussed it, they set a plan for the Ximen officials to destroy the family.