Sure enough, Du Jia and they had only stayed for a day, and Bai Sheng sent someone to quietly send the news, saying that the prefect of Zhao had secretly sent someone to contact them, saying that he had expressed great indignation at their rampant behavior, and he asked Liang Shan to return his wife and father-in-law's family to Zhao immediately, otherwise he would bear the consequences.

At this time, Lin Chong, who was in charge over there, naturally asked the two sides to exchange hostages first, and then fight or make peace, and then it was not too late to deal with it, and the people sent by the Zhao prefect naturally refused, saying that Du Ping and they were important criminals of the imperial court, how could they be released in private?

But the person who came also secretly hinted at Lin Chong and them, saying that their boss already knew about Du Ping and his wife, and it would definitely not work to let them go, but he could guarantee their lives, and he also hoped that the people of Liangshan would not hurt his wife's family.

In fact, at this time, Governor Zhao was also shocked and angry, he had already received the news that the county seat of Tangshan County was broken by Liangshan, the money and food preparations were swept away, and the magistrate also committed suicide, coupled with the matter of his wife's family, which made him anxious, he didn't expect this group of Liangshan thieves to be so bold and do such a wanton thing, which caught him off guard.

To be honest, this Zhao Governor regretted it a little, and wanted to accept Du Jia's conditions and shook hands with Liang Shan, and he had already borne the remaining charges of lax and ineffective defense in Tangshan County, if there was another mistake in Yanping Mansion, then his officialdom career would end early - this was even more sad than killing him.

It's just that now he has a Wei Jizhong by his side, and there is a huge Cai family behind him, which makes him have a headache, he knows that this person is ruthless and has a lot of fame, even his own family will probably sacrifice without hesitation, not to mention that it is not his own family at all?

So he didn't dare to talk to Wei Jizhong about this matter at all, but secretly sent his henchmen to reach a certain agreement with Liang Shan, neither side would harm the hostages, and Liangshan's people would not come to attack Yanping Mansion, until Wei Jizhong or the people above were impatient to wait and wanted to send Du Ping and his wife to Qingzhou or other places - Zhao Governor's Mansion would pass on the specific information, and then Liangshan's people would intercept the prisoner car, and finally put Zhao Governor's wife and father-in-law back, so that everyone would not interfere with the river water in the future.

After hearing the news, Wu Yong and Du Jia were satisfied, this was exactly what they expected before, now at least the safety of Du Ping and his wife did not have to worry, all they had to do was to go to Pei Xuan and see if there was a way to rescue them in advance.

After the mood relaxed, Du Jia called Xiao Er over and asked him to make the store's signature good wine and food on the table, as long as he tasted it, and there was no need to save money for them.

Watching Shi Jin take out a silver ingot weighing five taels from his bag and throw it on the table without care, Xiao Er's heart couldn't help but feel ecstasy, thinking that he had met a young master from a wealthy family who ran out to play, and hurriedly took the silver and went with a smile, and then heard him shouting loudly behind him, obviously urging the vegetables.

Then Xiao Er first put out a few plates of cold dishes, a plate of boiled lotus root slices, a plate of sweet and sour jellyfish shreds, a plate of cucumbers, a small pot of drunken shrimp, and a pot of daughter red.

Xiao Er diligently put down a jade cup in front of the three of them, and then poured a full cup for each of them, and said with a smile: "A few guest officers use it slowly, the villain has already said hello to the back, and the hot dish will be served in an instant." ”

Shi Jinxian took it and tasted it and said with a smile: "This wine is good, at least it has been more than twenty years, Jia Shao, Mr. Wu, you can also drink a few glasses." ”

Du Jia picked up the cup and said with a smile: "This time things went smoothly thanks to the help of the brothers, I will toast the two of you." ”

The three of them talked and laughed while eating vegetables, if they were to change Liu Tang and Li Kui and others, they would definitely think that this vegetable and vegetarian wine would not be enjoyable, but they were all people with some knowledge, especially Shi Jin, he was also a young owner before, and he spent a lot of money, and he didn't eat less good things, so he naturally knew how to appreciate it, the lotus root slices and cucumbers were obviously freshly picked, and there was a fragrance in the mouth, and it was rare that the drunken shrimp and jellyfish silk did not have the slightest pickled taste, you must know that this place is hundreds of miles away from the seaside, Even fast horses have to run for half a day.

Therefore, in addition to the level of the chef and the location of the store, the quality of a dish is also very particular, the same sea bass, in the production area of Songjiang Prefecture is just an ordinary dish, but to appear in Tokyo Bianliang that is a precious thing, so these cold dishes do not look very special, but the ingredients are very unusual.

Shi Jin is just that, but Du Jia is secretly frightened, he has been in this world for a long time, and the lives of the ordinary people he sees are very difficult, most of them can only live on coarse grains, but the life of the dignitaries and nobles in this city is so luxurious, that 'riding the red dust concubine smiles, no one knows that it is a lychee', it is also the treatment of Yang Guifei, and this ordinary Yanping Mansion can have such a rare thing in a medium rice village, it can be seen that the series of expenses used on the people who use money do not know how much.

This is just a Yanping Mansion, but what about Qingzhou and Tokyo Bianliang? I am afraid that the cost is not ten times, a hundred times, no wonder with such a strong economic strength and scientific and technological level of the Great Song Dynasty, it was wantonly bullied by the barbarians from all over the world, although there is a reason for the imperial court to curb the generals, but this serious inequality between the rich and the poor is also an important reason behind it.

Du Jia looked at Wu Yong, and it happened that Wu Yong also looked at him - obviously Wu Yong also thought of this, the two of them looked at each other, nodded and didn't say much, but Du Jia was more concerned about the safety of the country and the nation at this time, and Wu Yong thought that the darker the court, the higher the probability of their rebellion would be, and he was secretly happy.

Shi Jin didn't know what the two old brains were thinking, just diligently persuaded them to drink, these days they were fighting in addition to hurrying, and it was easy to stay in the store and anxiously waiting for news.

The power of the silver is really fascinating, they haven't finished drinking a pot of wine, and the shopkeeper has already brought up a plate of braised mutton, a plate of chestnut roast chicken, a plate of crystal shrimp, a plate of roast goose, and a pot of yam pork rib soup, which happens to be four cold, four hot, eight dishes and one soup, and then a new pot of wine was added, and at this time, the rest of the table in the store did not even have a plate of hot dishes, which shows that they were made for them first.

Many people have anger on their faces, but seeing Du Jia's luxurious clothes, Wu Yong's temperament is outstanding, and Shi Jin's face is full of heroism, they all think that they are the children of a wealthy family, and they are even more arrogant before, so they can only be angry in their stomachs, and secretly scolded them for a few words, and no one dared to really come over to find fault.

Seeing this scene, Du Jia sighed secretly, it seems that this common man has been oppressed for a long time, and he does not dare to provoke the people in the government at all, how can such a detached court last long? It seems that he really wants to do a good job, not only for himself but to save the tragic fate of the Water Margin heroes, but also to save the people of this era, and now it seems that this is indeed a meaningful thing.

Thinking of this, some of the troubles and hesitations in Du Jia's heart were swept away, to be honest, in the past few days, he swept away the two places of Zhaozhuang and Tangshan County with an order, and hundreds of people were killed, which made him a little depressed - after all, this is not a game but a living human life, but as the lord of a mountain, he must not show the slightest hesitation and embarrassment, otherwise the military spirit below will definitely be chaotic.

But now he completely understands that what he did is not wrong at all, he is not a god, it is impossible to cure this country that is already terminally ill and surrounded by strong enemies without shedding a drop of blood, some small killings and destruction are just to save more places and people, after figuring it out, he immediately began to eat and drink without hesitation.