Chapter 65: The First Meeting with Song Jiang
He Tao didn't care about going home, so he received the prefect's official document, and then took two Yu Hou and a group of officials from Liangzhong's Shufu to Yuncheng County by boat.
Fortunately, you can rest on the boat, otherwise the iron man will be exhausted.
On the first day, Bai Sheng was arrested overnight, and on the second day, Bai Sheng was tortured for half a day, and finally said that the arrester already knew that it was Chao Gai, and the deceitful Bai Sheng admitted that it was Chao Gai who was the leader, and then He Tao and others rushed to Yuncheng County, rested overnight in the outer city, and entered the city on the morning of the third day, and was delayed by Song Jiang for a day, and only then did he know that Chao Gai and others had escaped in the evening. He Tao and others rushed back to Jeju and arrived in the city in the afternoon of the fourth day.
When He Tao and the others arrived in Yuncheng County, the city gate had already been closed, and the group had to rest in the inn outside the city again.
Early in the morning of the fifth day, He Tao and a group of officials entered the city, but this time they were familiar with the road and came to the county office.
Shi Wenbin had just been promoted to the morning office, and when he heard that He Tao was coming again, he hurriedly asked people to come in.
He Tao voted the official document in the hall and said: "The officials in the Taishi Mansion go to the yamen every day to ask for news, and the prince is also sleepless day and night. ”
Shi Wenbin was also shocked when he saw the prefect's documents, the Jeju prefect was still going to Shamon Island, and he was afraid that he couldn't escape, so he hurriedly asked people to invite Song Jiang.
In Song Jiangjin's hall, he saw the salute and said, "What do you command?" ”
Shi Wenbin said: "A few days ago, He observed that you were invited to vote for the official document, but you delayed for a long time? ”
Song Jiang hurriedly said: "The day before yesterday, the villain was a little tired after distributing a morning's affairs, so please observe and wait, and the villain will go home to rest for a while." I didn't want to be told some housework by a relative in the village again, so I delayed it a little. ”
Shi Wenbin didn't doubt Song Jiang very much, and he didn't interrogate again, and said, "You don't know anything, how can the matter of the Birth Gang be delayed?" Now that it's okay, the prefect and the prime minister will drop Chao Gai and the others on you, if you can't visit them in the morning after tomorrow, you will have to be assassinated with He Guan and the Far Evil Junzhou. I and the prefect are afraid that they can't afford to be guilty. ”
Song Jiang didn't expect things to fall on him, and glanced at He Tao on the side, knowing that this person must have trapped him.
However, if the prefect wants to take him, he can't shirk it, so he can only say: "Chao Gai and others entered Shuibo, most of them voted for Liangshan, we asked people to go to the area of Lijia Daokou to inquire, when there is news." ”
He Tao said: "I also guess that Chao Gai and the others are probably going to Liangshan to join the gang, but we are not familiar with the road, so we asked Song Aisi to lead people there for a walk." We got the news earlier, and we had a good relationship. ”
Song Jiang could only nod and said, "Okay, then I'll go to the Li family crossing to inquire in person." ”
Shi Wenbin said: "There are many strong people in Liangshan there, so be careful." ”
Song Jiang said with a smile: "Don't worry, the people of Liangshan make that trick to confuse the people, and it will not hurt the people in the past." The villain walked there, and the news came back. ”
He Tao, the envoy of the Sandu Arrest, naturally knew Liangshan's style, but he didn't dare to take risks, and he was happy to see that Song Jiang was willing to go, so he arched his hand and said: "Then we will wait here for Song Jisi Jiayin." ”
Song Jiang arched his hand and said: "A few days ago, I delayed some hours before I let Chao Gai and the others escape, Song Jiang must have visited their traces, otherwise when it comes to observation, Song Jiang will die and cannot be redeemed." ”
He Tao also complained about Song Jiang in his heart, and when he saw Song Jiang talking and doing things like this, he had a smile on his face and said, "There is a labor detention division." ”
Song Jiang came out of the county office, changed his official uniform, and led the horse out of the county seat.
After Shi Jin established a village in Liangshan, he had never been to Liangshan, but he had also visited twice a few years ago, and he knew the path.
All the way to the horse, around noon, came to the Li family crossing.
From afar, I saw a cloth curtain in front of a hotel, with four big characters "Liangshan Hotel" on it, which was very eye-catching.
What blatant!
But in this world, no public dares to come here to get people.
Song Jiang sighed in his heart and turned his horse to the Liangshan Hotel.
There are not many customers today, a bartender was looking in front of the store, and when he saw Song Jiang riding a horse slowly over, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Guest officer, do you want to rest?" There are shochu, flower chicken, and all kinds of stir-fried dishes. ”
Song Jiang turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand: "Little Song Jiang, I want to see Leader Zhang Qing if I have something, please ask the eldest brother to lead the way." ”
The bartender looked at Song Jiang and said, "Could it be that the good man is the timely rain Song Jiang?" ”
Song Jiang nodded and said, "It's Song Sanlang." ”
The bartender heard that the black dwarf man in front of him was the well-known Song Jiang, and hurriedly said: "The villain is clumsy, he doesn't know the face of the righteous man, and he is disrespectful." ”
As he spoke, he called someone to lead Song Jiang's horse, and he led Song Jiang into the hotel.
Zhang Qingzheng and Sun Erniang were eating wine in the back, and saw the bartender lead a short black man in, put down the wine cup in his hand, got up and asked, "This brother is also here to join the gang?" ”
The bartender hurriedly said: "This righteous man is Song Jiang in time, and he said that he had something to see Leader Zhang." ”
Zhang Qing heard that it was Song Jiang, and hurriedly said: "Zhang Qing has heard the name of Brother Song Gongming, but he didn't have a chance to see it. Today's meeting is enough to take advantage of the wish of life. ”
Sun Erniang also dropped the dishes and chopsticks and got up to salute.
Song Jiang heard that the person in front of him was Zhang Qing, and the other one must be the dominatrix Sun Erniang, and said with a smile: "Leader Zhang and his wife are recruiting talents at the Li family crossing, distributing countless money and food, and the two who can see it are Song Jiang's luck." ”
Zhang Qing was also very happy when he heard Song Jiang say this, and said with a smile: "It's all Brother Shi Jin who is in charge, and the brothers in the cottage are making efforts, so that we husband and wife can do these things." ”
This is not modesty, if it weren't for Shi Jin taking them, they were still opening a black shop in Mengzhou, even if they had some reputation in the rivers and lakes, and it was by no means a good reputation.
How can you get praise from a famous person like Song Jiang.
Song Jiang saw that Zhang Qing was so respectful of Shi Jin, and he also wanted to see Shi Jin even more.
Look at what kind of person did such a thing, and let this good man bow down to his orders.
"The head of the history is famous, and I am also like thunder, but there are many things in the county, so I don't have a chance to meet."
Zhang Qing said with a smile: "Yesterday, Chao Baozheng and others talked about Brother Gongming's righteousness, and Brother Shi Jin and the leaders of the cottage also said that they had no chance to meet. I don't want Brother Gongming to come today, if everyone knows, they will be happy. If Brother Gongming is fine, how about we go up the mountain to eat and drink together? ”
Song Jiang heard that Chao Gai and the others had indeed come to Liangshan, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Boss Zhang, I came this time to find out the news of Chao Gai's brother." I wonder if he's still on the mountain? ”
Zhang Qing nodded and said, "Brother Chao Gai has already joined the gang, and now they are all cottage leaders. ”
Song Jiang arched his hand and said: "In this way, please also ask Tou Zhang to take Song Jiang up the mountain, and ask to see Leader Shi and Brother Chao Gai and others." ”
"It's easy, so we'll go up the mountain."
At that moment, Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang invited Song Jiang to take a small boat in the back, and then came to the water.
In Dazhai, Shi Jin was having dinner with the leaders, and he heard the report from the minions, and Song Jiang went up the mountain to pay a visit, so he could only lead everyone down the mountain to usher in it.
Shi Jin was a little skeptical that it would be more appropriate for him to live in the Golden Beach Water Village.
Everyone saw each other in the middle of the mountain, and Song Jiang looked at Shi Jin's character, in addition to sighing to himself, he also liked it tightly in his heart.
Shi Jin also looked at this Hei Saburo, thirty years old, six feet tall, and an ordinary man seven feet, Song Jiang is indeed a black short man.
However, if you look closely at Song Jiang's appearance, he is not bad, with red phoenix eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, big earlobe beads, square lips, broad forehead and flat top, quite a bit of blessing.
Everyone greeted each other slightly, and Shi Jin invited Song Jiang to go up the mountain and eat wine at the back.
Shi Jin and Zhu Wu invited Song Jiang to sit down, and called Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Liu Tang, Yang Lin, Zou Yuan, and Zou Run to accompany them.
The seven Chao Gai thanked Song Jiang for saving his life, and after eating a few cups, Chao Gai asked: "The Yamen has always had a lot of things, how did the virtuous brother come here today?" ”
Song Jiang said: "I won't hide it from you, the younger brother is here, first, to see if Brother Chao Gai and others have found a place to stay, and secondly, to take care of their own business." Now that he sees that the seven brothers of Chao Gai are all in Liangshan, the younger brother is also at ease. ”
In the Water Margin, I didn't see any lawsuit on Song Jiang.
Shi Jin asked a little curiously, "What business happened to Brother Gongming?" ”
Song Jiang smiled bitterly: "Previously, I dragged Jeju Sandu to arrest the envoy He Tao and the county's soldiers and horses, and let the seven brothers of Chao Gai escape. Presumably He Tao blamed me for delaying the hour and said it to the Jeju prefect. Now the Jeju prefect has put the matter of visiting the traces of Chao Gai's brother and seven people on me, if the next morning is not able to visit the traces of my brother and others, he will stab me and He Tao together. ”
When Chao Gai heard this, he immediately shouted: "We must not have a lawsuit because we hurt our virtuous brother." ”
Liu Tang shouted: "Brother Gongming came to the cottage to be a leader, and he was not afraid of the government coming to take it." ”
Song Jiang said helplessly: "It's not that Song Jiang doesn't want to be with the brothers, it's just that the old father in the family is still there, if he knows, I'm afraid there will be a good one." At that time, Song Jiang was no longer a son of man, so he would rather be a stab than dare to come here to be happy. ”
Gongsun Sheng is also a person who has an old mother at home, and when he heard Song Jiang say this, he praised: "No wonder the rivers and lakes all spread filial piety and Hei Saburo, and it really deserves its reputation." ”
Song Jiang hurriedly said: "It's all friends in the rivers and lakes who carry love, and Song Jiang is really exaggerated." When it is such a heroic hero as the leaders of Liangshan, it is the righteous man of the world. ”
So it turned out that Chao Gai and others in the Water Margin fled to Shijie Village to find the three heroes of the Ruan family, and after He Tao interrogated the news, he directly led the troops to Shijie Village to arrest Chao Gai, and did not track down the leakage of news.
Shi Jin said with a smile: "It's been awarded, Brother Gongming's filial piety, who hasn't heard of it." It is not difficult for Jeju to fall on his brother, and when Brother Gongming went back, he said that Chao Baozheng and others had joined the gang in Yangsan. My cottage soldiers are strong and strong, and I have so many brothers, so I am not afraid of the Jeju officers and soldiers. ”
Song Jiang said: "Da Lang is righteous, but if the Jeju officers and soldiers are attracted to attack, when the cottage brother is injured, the younger brother will not be at ease." ”
Shi Jin waved his hand and said: "The officers and soldiers of Jeju have long been scared by us, and if he dares to come, he will only send some armor." It just so happened that there were many horses and horses added to the cottage, and the armor was a little insufficient. Moreover, Chao Baozheng and several people have dedicated half of their birthdays, and in a few days, the cottage will also help the poor at the Li family crossing, and this matter cannot be concealed from Jeju as a public. Brother Gongming, but it doesn't hurt to say it's okay. ”
Song Jiang smiled bitterly at this time: "In this way, Song Jiang betrayed his brother." ”
Chao Gai said with a smile: "If the virtuous brother betrays the brother, then there is no righteous person in this world." ”