The official hall of Qingfeng Village, headed by Ximenqing, also sat Qin Ming, Huang Xin and Liu Gao in turn, each with a smile on their faces, and frequently toasted to Ximenqing sitting on the main seat.

Today's noon battle wiped out nearly 200 bandits in Qingfeng Mountain, and even burned the thieves' nest in Qingfeng Mountain to the ground. The three Qin Ming present not only had meritorious service in suppressing thieves, but also had a relationship with Ximenqing, a newly promoted official fortunate minister, and they were in a happy mood.

In the side hall, Zhizhai Liu Gao also specially instructed another seat to entertain Ximenqing's subordinates, but a black-faced short and fat man was full of sadness, and the cups, plates, dishes and chopsticks in front of him had not even moved. Bian Xiang and the others, who were at the same table, also seemed to have the intention of avoiding this person, and each looked for someone they knew to drink and have fun.

At this point, Song Jiang was still confused, and he couldn't understand how the things he planned would be exposed.

Song Jiang once served as the charge director of Yuncheng County, although he was only a small official with no grade, but he was also a member of the yamen, and he was also quite familiar with the affairs of officialdom. It is precisely because of this insight that when he heard that Ximenqing, the deputy envoy of Shandong Logistics Institute, was going to Dengzhou to take office, Song Jiang immediately realized that this was an opportunity for his family to turn over.

This Shandong Logistics Institute is the same as the Jiangnan Yingfeng Bureau, all of which help the officials to go to various places to search for people's fat and people's ointment, not the Son of Heaven, how can he be in charge of such practices. This Ximen Qing saw that Feihuang Tengda was just around the corner, but it was the best step for his own family.

After some careful consideration, Song Jiang first instructed Hua Rong to warn, and then instigated Yan Shun and the three to go down the mountain to rob people. If it is successful, you can start from it and put it down the mountain privately. If it is unsuccessful, Hua Rong will also get a merit, and then through Hua Rong's recommendation, he will climb up to this Ximen official.

It's a pity that this kind of plan has deviated from the moment Hua Rong was arrested. After that, Ximen Qing made Hua Rong's henchmen contact Song Jiang and forced him to cooperate with the outside to completely exterminate the thieves in Qingfeng Mountain. Originally, according to Song Jiang's plan, Qingfeng Mountain Yanshun and the three minions were all abandoned sons who were destined to end, but in this way, the initiative of the whole thing was held by Ximen Qing, but his Song Jiang's weight and merits were reduced a lot, and now it seems that "Xiao Li Guang" Hua Rong has also been put in.

In the end, how did Ximen Qing find out about the relationship between himself and Hua Rong?

This plan failed, this point is the most important, Song Jiang is puzzled by this matter.

The contact between his own family and Hua Rong is through confidants, and only the three leaders of Yan Shun and the two personal minions know the truth on Qingfeng Mountain, and Yan Qing's side is even hiding his own relatives. Moreover, the two met five or six years ago, and there was no correspondence during this time, so outsiders had no way of knowing what the relationship between the two was.

Song Jiang is very worried here, among the people at the table, Shi Xiu Jiaoting and the two have heard of Song Jiang's name of "timely rain" for a long time, but now after all, they are not a gangster in the green forest, and they can get a background sooner or later by Ximenqing's side.

Even, in the eyes of these two, Ximenqing didn't seem to be very kind to Song Jiang, although he had merit, he only said a few words of relief when he first met, and he didn't mention half a word to take him under his command. This point is obviously different from the three of Shi Xiu Jiao Ting and Ye Chun in the Daimyo Mansion.

It is precisely because of this that this group of Ximenqing's subordinates inevitably have some estrangement about this "newcomer", although they saw that his face was full of sorrow, but no one came up to talk. After all, this green forest and officialdom are two completely different environments, and the rules to be followed are also different.

In fact, when Ximen Qing contacted Song Jiang, he had already made arrangements for him in the future, and sent someone to Yuncheng County to eliminate his arrest notice, and Yan Po regretted the lawsuit. With Ximenqing's current status, how dare he disobey the order of Yuncheng County, and the defendant Yan Pozi is just a woman in the market, explain the benefits and disadvantages, and let the Song family make up some money, she can still go to the sky. In short, in the end, it was just a situation of "the people don't sue the officials and don't hold the officials accountable".

Of course, Ximenqing will not say that Song Jiang is by his side, although this person is quite capable, but he is too ambitious, and wants to control such a thick-faced and black-hearted guy who is accustomed to playing with people's hearts, Ximenqing asked himself if he was so capable. Since he can't control it, then he will be restrained, Song Jiang is obsessed with officialdom, so put it in this big Song officialdom and simmer slowly. With Song Jiang's background, if you want to get out in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, which pays attention to seniority, I am afraid that you don't have to think about it for ten years or eight years.

Just at the banquet, Ximenqing mentioned a sentence to Liu Gao, the governor of Qingfeng Village, and asked this Song Jiang to be any scribe in his village, and then use his exploits to suppress bandits to give him the rank of a little martial artist in Gao Yu, and hook him as an "official fan", so as to prevent him from taking the old road of "killing people and setting fire to be recruited" in "Water Margin".

With such a placement, Ximen Qing believes that even if this Song Jiang can figure out people's hearts, no matter how thick-skinned he is, it will be difficult for him to take the position in a short period of time. Slow-fire simmering frogs, soft knives to kill, can always make this black guy willing to obey without knowing it.

For Song Jiang, Ximen Qing can not take it to heart, but he still attaches great importance to the "Little Li Guang" Hua Rong who was locked up in the prison of Qingfeng Village. Although his personality is a little unruly, he is good at archery, whether it is in the battle formation, or a personal guard, he is a rare talent, if he really lost his life because of the crime of "banditry", it is a pity.

Ximenqing's side has not yet made up his mind, but Song Jiang's side has already taken action.

After the banquet, Song Jiang left the side hall alone, but did not go back to his residence to rest, but went to the small courtyard where Hua Rong and his family lived in peace.

That Hua Rong was locked in a prison to be convicted, but the family members were not implicated, and they could move freely in the stockade. When Song Jiang arrived, the old and small people of Hua Rong's family were panicked, and everyone was at a loss, not knowing how to deal with the crisis in front of them.

"Da Lang's safety, only in the deputy envoy's word, if you want to get out of trouble, but you have to wronged the little sister!"

It was Hua Fei, the little sister of the Hua family, who came out to greet Song Jiang, she was the one who went to visit Hua Rong just now, and she also learned about the relationship between Song Jiang and Hua Rong from her brother, so she was very grateful to Song Jiang for coming to the door at this moment.

"My brother is in prison, only women and children are left in the family, Brother Song is the elder brother's righteous brother, but there is a way to help the Hua family survive this catastrophe, and the younger sister will not complain even if she dies!"