Wu Facheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Prison Zhou is Wu's great benefactor, how can Wu not go out to greet him?" ”

"Great benefactor?" Zhou Ping couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "Where does this start?" ”

"I don't know anything about the detention." Wu Facheng climbed back onto the stretcher with difficulty, and while leading Zhou Ping into the house, he explained: "The case of this birthday gang falls on the lower officials, as long as Song Jiang is not returned to the case, the lower officials will not be able to drag themselves, and the prime minister will be beaten with twenty canes every fifteen days." If it weren't for the imprisonment, the lower officials would have been punished again in ten days! ”

Zhou Ping couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he thought that his group of foreigners had come to be the prisoner officials, like the local officials would have a very serious resistance, and prepared a lot of rhetoric in his stomach before coming, but he didn't expect it to be so easy. Looking at Wu Facheng's miserable appearance lying on the stretcher, it must not be pretended, it seems that the history books say that the military attache of the Song Dynasty had a low status is true, and this is also a military attache of seven or eight grades, just because he couldn't take down the thief party, he was stripped off his pants and pressed on the court to eat a killing stick, which is also miserable.

Zhou Ping came to the hall and placed an Arhat bed in the first place, Wu Facheng lay on it, and said with a wry smile: "If you are imprisoned, forgiveness, the lower official was beaten on his back and his flesh and blood was blurred, and it hurt when he touched it, so he waited for the official!" ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Zhou Ping smiled: "Since this is the case, I will not be polite, Zhou Mou is not here for anything else this time, but for the matter of Song [***] Kou." Brother Wu has been handling this case for a long time, and he must know a lot, but I don't know what to teach me? ”

Wu Facheng also seemed to know Zhou Ping's intentions, and he said in a low voice after a little silence: "The origin of this Song Jiang must have put a lot of effort into it before he came to prison, and a certain family will not have to bother much." Now the ins and outs of this case are already clear, and the difficulty is to bring that guy to justice. Presumably, the prisoners have also heard about the affairs of this gang in the state capital, and the lower officials think that there are three reasons why Song Jiang's gang is difficult to control: first: this gang is entrenched in the Liangshan Bo, which has a vast area, shallow water in the berth, and there are many harbors. Small boats do not carry many troops, and they are easy to be defeated by thieves; There are six or seven counties around Liangshanbo, which are not under the jurisdiction of each other, this guy or out of Huaibei, or on Hebei, he takes a big boat to advance and retreat like the wind, the thieves all live in the boat without the pain of trekking, although the officers and soldiers are numerous, but they cannot be prevented. Occasionally, when they meet, they are also strong and weak, and they will collapse at the first touch, and after a long time, the officers and soldiers will be frightened, and they will be even more unbearable. Third, Song Jiang had a strong helper by his side, named Yang Wu, who was good at using troops, was restrained in advancing and retreating, and was resourceful. ”

"Yang Wu?" Hearing this, Zhou Ping couldn't help but be stunned, secretly thinking that this name was so familiar, but it seemed that he had heard it from somewhere, he recalled for a while, and asked, "I don't know who this Yang Wu is?" But Song Jiang's old friend? ”

"It's not Song Jiang's old friend, I learned from the captured thief that this Yang Wu was originally a prisoner sent to Shamen Island, and Song Jiang was also sent to Shamen Island because of a lawsuit for accidental homicide, so the two got acquainted with the rebel who killed the official together. This man has a dwarf brother who doesn't leave him for a moment. ”

"It was him! It's really not a rivalry! Hearing Wu Facheng say this, Zhou Ping immediately remembered that the thief he shot and injured when he was in Anyang was not named Yang Wu? Isn't there a dwarf named Yang Shun'er who was taken down together? No wonder I heard this name so familiar.

"Brother Wu, I don't know what good plan you have?"

"Don't dare to be a good policy, otherwise I wouldn't have to eat so many spines for nothing!" Wu Facheng does not shirk, otherwise if these people don't succeed, maybe the governor of Zhizhou will invite himself to eat a spine cane: "It's a bit foolish, first: you can't use a large army to suppress, Liangshanbo is vast, and there are countless ports, if you use a large army to suppress, the thieves will definitely be broken into pieces and hide everywhere, how can you get it?" The army consumed a great deal of food and straw, and it could not last long, and at most it would not be able to take the thieves for two or three months, and then they would disperse, but they would harass the people and force the good people to follow the thieves; Second, the act must be secret, then Song Jiang was originally the secretary of Yuncheng County, he has been on an errand for many years, and he knows the habits of the government very well. ”

"Thank you, Brother Wu, for the mention!" Hearing this, Zhou Ping's opinion of Wu Facheng also changed, he thought that this person was just an incompetent person, but he didn't expect that after talking about this seat, he found that he was quite knowledgeable, and he must have had a lot of restraint to be unable to take down Song Jiang. Thinking of this, Zhou Ping got up and saluted: "Since this is the case, then I will retire first, Brother Wu and recuperate!" ”

"Wait!" Wu Facheng got up from the Luohan bed with difficulty: "There is a big family in Benzhou, surnamed Zhang Jiahe, whose ancestors have made a lot of military merits and attacked the title, but they are the local fish teeth, and they also do some grocery business in the north and south. He Zhuangzi was twenty miles outside the west gate of the state city, and when he asked, he knew that if the prisoner wanted to capture Song Jiang, it was best to go to this person's mansion for a while, it should be of some use! ”

"Thank you, Brother Wu!" Zhou Ping silently read the man's name twice and memorized it firmly. Obviously, Wu Facheng said that Zhang Jiahe is a pivotal figure in Jeju black and white, whether it is fish teeth and groceries in the north and south, it is not a business done by ordinary people, not to mention those heroes who are in distress, to put it bluntly, they should all be wanted criminals on the run, in ancient times, there were not so many crimes as now, generally speaking, there are human lives on the body, and there are officials like this, and ordinary officials really have nothing to do with them.

Zhou Ping left the yamen of the Metropolitan Inspection Department and returned to his residence, Xue Liangchen had also returned, and when he saw Zhou Ping, he sighed and shook his head: "I thought it was a forbidden army, but I haven't seen a staff for many years, and I didn't expect it to look like this." ”

"Lang Jun don't be in a hurry, speak slowly!" Zhou Ping hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

Xue Liangchen sighed and explained, it turned out that this Jeju was one of the most developed cities on the Jingxi Road, and there were about six commanders of the forbidden army stationed there, and there were about 3,000 horses and infantry, and 600 horses. However, Xue Liangchen went over this morning and took a look, and after a rough calculation, it was only more than 2,000 years to die, which is not enough, and there are many old and weak forbidden troops in the camp, and the drumming and gathering troops are not in a row, and the armor and weapons are also damaged. asked the commanders of each battalion to select elite martial arts, and five of the ten people who came up did not have a single arrow on target, and they only used a soft bow of seven buckets. Speaking of this, Xue Liangchen couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "I only know now why Song Jiang can run rampant in Heshuo with only two or three hundred people, with such soldiers, don't say that they want to capture thieves, I'm afraid that they can't even defend the city." ”

Zhou Ping was not surprised, after all, he had already read in the history books about the tragic situation of the Song army facing the Jin army in Jingkang, and he had already been mentally prepared. said with a smile: "Lang Jun is not in a hurry, there are only two or three hundred thieves, and the backbone of them who can fight is only a hundred at most." There are more than 20 people with us this time, and it is not possible to select 200 more from the army? If you really can't do it, you will give a heavy reward to the people, are you afraid that you won't be able to recruit warriors? However, armor and ordnance should be well chosen. ”

"Not bad!" Xue Liangchen nodded and asked, "Ah Ping, how did you gain this time?" ”

"It's a lot of gains!" Zhou Ping smiled and retold the previous conversation with Wu Facheng, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I went here in the morning, and I will prepare four-color gifts, so how about visiting that Zhang Dahu?" ”

"I want to go with the prisoners!"

The next afternoon, Zhou Ping and Xue Liangchen brought four-color gifts, went out of the city to Zhang Jiahe Village, and after sending the post, the door opened in just a moment, and a young man who was nearly thirty years old walked out, slightly fat, wearing a green robe, and sang a fat song to Xue and Erren with a smile: "When you hear the magpie calling, there will be nobles coming!" But I didn't expect it to be two captains. Come in, don't come here yet! ”

As he spoke, two handsome little guys stiffened up, lightly patted the snow on the robes of the two of them, and handed over two more bags, Zhou Ping took it inexplicably and found that the warmth was abnormal, it turned out to be two hearths, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: "This Jiahe good life will enjoy." ”

This Zhang Jiahe led the way in front, but his mouth kept talking about greetings, all the way up the pavilion and water pavilion, pretty maids and handsome servants, where it looked like a little bit of Wu Facheng's mouth ruled the black and white mansion, but like a very well-maintained family brother. Just as he was sighing, the group had arrived in front of a fine house, Zhang Jiahe arched his hand and smiled: "Xiao Ke prepared a little water and wine, and invited the two captains to appreciate their faces!" ”

Xue Liangchen hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Lang Jun, I came to bother today to ask for a few things-"

"Presumably for that Song Jiang!" Zhang Jiahe's slightly blessed face showed a sly smile: "It's easy to talk at the wine table, the two of you are invited!" ”

The three of them sat down, and Zhang Jiahe told some funny jokes while letting the waiting maid warm the wine and serve the food, but he just didn't mention Song Jiang's affairs. Xue Liangchen thought of the three-month deadline in his heart, and became more and more impatient, so he reached out and drank all the wine in the cup, and arched his hand: "Lang Jun, please forgive me for being rude, but the governor of Zhizhou has already set a deadline, and I am limited to wait for three months to take down Song [***] Kou, otherwise I will be dealt with by military law." ”

"You want to take that Song Jiang!" Zhang Jiahe smiled slightly, made a gesture, and the maid who was waiting on the side retreated, and the smile on his face gradually faded: "Two captains, listen to my Zhang Mou's words, this Song Jiang matter is not easy to do, let's just do it!" ”

Zhang Jiahe's attitude suddenly changed, Xue Liangchen's face changed slightly, and he was about to refute, but Zhou Ping on the side stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "Why did Lang Jun say this, please teach me!" ”

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