Chu Yi raised his glass and nodded slightly, and He Tao couldn't help but show a little joy on his face when he saw this.

As a figure who does not have any strong backers in the local area, He Tao naturally will not miss all opportunities to seize opportunities.

In He Tao's eyes, Chu Yi is obviously an excellent backer.

Who doesn't know that the Son of Heaven relies on Chu Yi, and even became an independent institution outside the Imperial City Division, and the actions of the East Factory in the past few years have also confirmed the importance that the Son of Heaven attaches to the East Factory.

If he missed this opportunity, He Tao felt that he might never have such an opportunity again, so even if he knew that his actions like this were likely to provoke the contempt of some people, He Tao didn't care, as long as he could be recognized by Chu Yi, what did it matter to him what other people's opinions mattered.

He Tao's attitude almost didn't say it directly, if Chu Yi couldn't see it, then he would really have been in the officialdom for so many years.

Chu Yi, a small person like He Tao, naturally didn't take it to heart, but Chu Yi didn't mean to reject He Tao.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Chu Yi looked at Shi Wenbin and said: "Shizhi County, this governor was ordered by the Son of Heaven to supervise the robbery of Shengchengang, and the place where the crime occurred is at the boundary of Yuncheng County, I don't know if there are any clues in Shizhi County?" ”

Even if it is through the news channel of Dongchang, he has already grasped certain clues, but the procedures that should be taken still have to be done, and Chu Yi also wants to see if Shi Wenbin is a vain person.

Shi Wenbin had obviously been prepared for a long time, after all, he had already received the news that Chu Yi came from Bianliang City to investigate the robbery of Shengchengang, if Chu Yi didn't ask about it, Shi Wenbin would feel strange.

Seeing Shi Wenbin put down the teacup in his hand, he looked at Chu Yi with a straight expression and said: "The admiral inquired, Shi Mou also happened to have some information, but this case has always been the responsibility of the envoy He Tao He sent by the Jeju government, Shi Mou only knows one or two of them, as for the details, why don't you ask the envoy He to explain it to the admiral in detail." ”

He Tao's eyes lit up, obviously he didn't expect Shi Wenbin to give him such an opportunity to show his face, you must know that although he is in charge of this case, but the progress of the case is clear to Shi Wenbin, what he knows, Shi Wenbin also knows.

But Shi Wenbin didn't mean to show in front of Chu Yi, but gave him the opportunity, which made He Tao can't help but show a little gratitude in his eyes when he looked at Shi Wenbin.

Chu Yi glanced at Shi Wenbin and smiled: "Since this is the case, then ask Envoy He to tell Chu Mou what clues there are." ”

Taking a step forward, He Tao saluted respectfully, and then brought the clues that the government had one by one, especially when Bai Sheng was mentioned, He Tao's face was filled with a little joy, after all, catching Bai Sheng meant that the case had progressed, as for finding out his accomplices, it was nothing more than a matter of time before they were found.

Chu Yi said with a smile: "Shi Zhixian, He Envoy, I don't know what kind of accomplice Bai Sheng is in your opinion?" ”

Glancing at each other, Shi Wenbin took a deep breath and said: "Bai Shengsu is familiar with Chao Gai Chao Baozheng of Dongxi Village, and the relationship between the two is very good. ”

He Tao looked at Chu Yi and said: "The subordinates are ninety percent sure that the Shengchengang was robbed by Chao Gai and the same group, and they only need to give their subordinates a few more days, and the subordinates are sure enough to pry Bai Sheng's mouth open, and they will definitely be able to get Bai Sheng's confession." ”

Yang Zhi, who was standing beside Chu Yi, said with disdain: "I'm afraid that by that time, that Chao Gai has already fled." ”

Although it is not clear about Yang Zhi's identity, just looking at Yang Zhi's dress, coupled with standing beside Chu Yi, even a fool can see that Yang Zhi is definitely Chu Yi's confidant.

Being able to be relied on by Chu Yi like this, and looking at Yang Zhi's appearance, some legends about Chu Yi flashed in his mind, He Tao's eyes lit up, obviously guessing Yang Zhi's identity.

I saw He Tao saying to Yang Zhi: "Yang Tizhi is reasonable, He Mou did not expect it, which made Yang Tizhi smile." ”

While speaking, He Tao bowed to Chu Yi and said, "Lord Admiral is above, and his subordinates are willing to immediately bring people to Dongxi Village to arrest the suspect Chao Gai." ”

Chu Yi looked at Shi Wenbin and said, "What does Shi Zhi County think?" ”

Shi Wenbin said: "The lower officials obey the angel's orders and fully assist the angel in supervising the case." ”

Tapping lightly on the table, Chu Yi said to Yang Zhi on the side: "Yang Zhi, you will take someone on a journey to assist He Zhi in handling the case, and you must arrest Chao Gai." ”

When Yang Zhi heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately received the order, and He Tao was also happy, and said to Yang Zhi with a little humility: "Yang Tizhi, please give me more advice." ”

Soon a group of men and horses were assembled, numbering in the hundreds.

Chao Gai's name is also a well-known figure in Yuncheng County, who doesn't know that Chao Gai's subordinates have hundreds of Zhuang Ding, and Chao Gai's bravery is famous, as Chao Gai's old acquaintance, He Tao attaches great importance to Chao Gai, and is stunned that it is within his own authority, and he has gathered hundreds of soldiers and horses as much as possible.

Yang Zhi was obviously very unimpressed with He Tao's solemn matter, after all, Yang Zhi was in Beijing, and he had never heard of Chao Gai's name, and in Yang Zhi's opinion, Chao Gai was just a thief leader, not a character at all.

To be honest, if it weren't for Chu Yi's name, Yang Zhi wouldn't have had much interest in going to arrest Chao Gai.

It seems that it is enough for a person like Chao Gai to be arrested by He Tao, but since Chu Yi has been named, Yang Zhi naturally wants to go on a journey.

With torches, a team of people and horses under the leadership of He Tao and Yang Zhi went out of the city gate and went straight to Dongxi Village.

He Tao has also come down to investigate the robbery of Shengchengang for a while, and even targeted Chao Gai, in this case, if He Tao doesn't even know where Dongxi Village is, it is obviously impossible.

Among the team, Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, as the leaders of the infantry and horsemen in the county, naturally went with the team.

In the crowd, Zhu Tong and Lei Heng said in a low voice: "Chao Gai has a good relationship with Brother Song Jiang, but I never thought that it was a thief who robbed the Birth Gang, alarmed the imperial court, and even sent Chu Yi, a fierce god, to come down, it seems that Chao Gai is really in calamity this time!" ”

Lei Heng sighed lightly and said, "If Brother Song Jiang knows, I don't know how sad to be." ”

Zhu Tong just said: "If you want me to say, Brother Song Jiang's close contacts with those people in the rivers and lakes is not a good thing in itself, if Brother Song Jiang can realize the true face of these people in the rivers and lakes through Chao Gai's affairs, it is not bad." ”

Lei Heng nodded and said: "Brother is not bad, after this time, you and my brother want to persuade Brother Song Jiang, it is best to keep a certain distance from those people in the rivers and lakes in the future, this time it is Chao Gai, fortunately my brother is not implicated, otherwise, wouldn't it be wronged!" ”

It is only a dozen miles from Dongxi Village to the county seat, but the official road is in disrepair, and the team of people and horses can't get up quickly.

The villages they passed along the way were alarmed, and many people could not help but close their doors in fright when they saw the brigade of officers and soldiers holding torches passing by, for fear of getting into trouble.

In Chao Gai Zhuangzi in Dongxi Village, except for Bai Sheng, who was arrested by the government, everyone involved in the Shengchengang case is here.

At this time, everyone obviously had a unified idea, that is, to choose a place to fall into the grass, but several people had a dispute over where to fall into the grass.

According to Wu Yong's idea, that is, choose a cottage nearby, and then take the other party's cottage and become independent.

But Gongsun Sheng suggested going away, because several nearby cottages could not enter Gongsun Sheng's eyes.

Song Jiang sat in it, looking a little embarrassed, Chao Gai coughed lightly, stopped the dispute between Gongsun Sheng and Wu Yong, looked at Song Jiang and said: "Brother Song Jiang, you have been in the public gate for a long time, and your knowledge is definitely not ordinary, I don't know what Brother Song Jiang suggests?" ”

Song Jiang was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Song Jiang is only a shallow learner, but he can't compare to Mr. Wu and Gongsun Daochang's knowledge, so Baozheng is not joking." ”

Wu Yong stroked his beard and said: "Brother Song Jiang, there are no outsiders here, if my brother has anything to say, just say it bluntly." ”

Looking at the crowd, Song Jiang pondered for a while before he spoke: "Since this is the case, then Song Jiang will speak in vain." ”

Saying that, Song Jiang pointed to a simple map in front of several people, and nodded on the map: "According to Song Jiang's opinion, if you want to fall into the grass, this place is the best." ”

Several people couldn't help but light up when they saw what Song Jiang was pointing at, and Chao Gai even said: "Eight hundred miles of water and Liangshan!" Wonderful, really wonderful, if you can stand on this basis, you are really not afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the officials and soldiers. ”

Eight hundred miles of water Bo Liangshan, it can be said that anyone who knows a little bit knows here, if you really want to talk about it, this place is not a good place for people with great ambitions, but for a group of people who have no lofty ambitions and only seek stability, eight hundred miles of water is the best barrier, unless it is too noisy, otherwise, the imperial court is too lazy to send troops and horses to encircle and suppress.

Wu Yong frowned and said, "This eight hundred miles of Shuibo Liangshan is indeed a good place, but if I remember correctly, this place seems to have been occupied by a group of thieves." ”

Song Jiang nodded and said: "Yes, this person Song also knows, this person is called Wang Lun, but he is the first talent to fall, occupying Liangshanbo, there are several leaders under him, but there is no person who can handle it, if Brother Chao Gai goes here, I think that the leader of the king will definitely meet him." ”

Gongsun Sheng couldn't help but shake his head secretly when he heard this. Song Jiang said simply, if they really went to Liangshanbo, Wang Lun was afraid that he would not be as welcoming as Song Jiang said.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside Zhuangzi, and I saw several Zhuang Ding stumbling in, and when I saw Chao Gai from a distance, he said: "Baozheng, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good, there is a large group of officers and soldiers coming to Zhuangzi." ”

Song Jiang stood up suddenly, and said with a little surprise on his face: "It's not good, it must be that the government has sent someone to arrest your brothers." How good is this, how good is this! ”

However, Chao Gai's face only showed a hint of surprise, and then he calmed down, and said to Song Jiang who looked flustered: "Brother Song Jiangxian, don't panic, it's just a group of officers and soldiers, and I don't care about it as a brother." ”

While speaking, Chao Gai said to the Ruan brothers, Gongsun Sheng, Liu Tang, and Wu Yong: "A few people are willing to go with me to meet the officials and soldiers for a while." ”

Looking at Chao Gai's bold appearance of Yi Gai Yuntian, Ruan Xiaoqi shouted loudly: "I'm afraid that he is a bird, but he is just a group of officers and soldiers, wait for me to cut them all down and feed them to the fish!" ”

Originally, there were hundreds of Zhuang Ding in Chaogai Village, and the so-called catastrophe came to fly separately, even with Chaogai's righteousness, they could not resist the deterrence of the officials and soldiers.

Zhuang Ding, who originally had hundreds of people, soon escaped, and there were less than 30 people left, which can be said to be seven or eight out of ten.

However, Zhuang Ding, who could choose to stay at this time, was obviously a fighter who was not afraid of death, and these people followed Chao Gai, the Ruan brothers and others out of Zhuangzi, and suddenly saw a fire dragon approaching in the distance.

"Light a bonfire!"

The raging flames burned, and Chao Gai lit a bonfire in front of Zhuangzi, which naturally alarmed He Tao and others who were rushing to Zhuangzi.

Although he had already realized that he would alarm Chao Gai, he didn't expect Chao Gai's reaction to be so fast, and the most important thing was that Chao Gai not only did not escape, but took the initiative to stay.

When he got closer, He Tao only saw a piece of black pressure in front of him by the light of the fire, and the person at the head was Chao Gai, who was known as the King of Tota.

Several people on Chao Gai's side were all extraordinary people, and He Tao couldn't help frowning when he saw it.

On the contrary, Yang Zhi's gaze swept over the Ruan brothers and Chao Gai, especially Chao Gai, who was extremely tall.

Chao Gai was extremely powerful, dedicated to practicing the family exercises, and even in order not to distract himself, he didn't even marry his wife, relying on such hard practice, Chao Gai's cultivation can be said to be very strong, and he is only a little short of entering the realm of the supreme grandmaster.

It was precisely because he sensed the momentum that Chao Gai had invisibly revealed that Yang Zhi stared at Chao Gai and the others.

He Tao took a step forward, pointed the spear in his hand at Chao Gai and said: "Chao Gai, your incident has happened, if you know each other, you will be arrested, and there may be a way to live." ”

Chao Gai couldn't help laughing when he heard this, the sound shook like thunder, and a big tree in front of Zhuangzi also slammed, and the officials and soldiers were even more stunned, as if they didn't expect Chao Gai to be such a person.

"Whew!"

Seeing that the morale of the officers and soldiers was completely taken away by Chao Gai, if Chao Gai was allowed to continue like this, I was afraid that the officers and troops would have been defeated before they could make a move.

I heard Yang Zhi break off, and that reprimand sounded like the explosion of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder brought back to the senses of a group of officials and soldiers who had lost their souls.

When he took the first step to meet Chao Gai's eyes, Yang Zhi's momentum soared into the sky and competed with Chao Gai.

Chao Gai looked at Yang Zhi in surprise, he didn't expect that there were still people in the official army who could compete with him, so he naturally glanced at Yang Zhi more, and then heard Chao Gai say: "What do you call Your Excellency?" ”

I saw Yang Zhi pointing at Chao Gai and said: "Chao Gai, listen, the person who arrested you is Yang Zhi of Tianbo Mansion!" ”

The prestige of the Yang family in Tianbo Mansion can be said to be known all over the world, and suddenly heard the origin of Yang Zhi's self-explosion, Chao Gai said with a straight expression: "I never thought that it was a descendant of the loyal Yang family, if Your Excellency falls into the hands of Chao Gai, you will definitely save your life!" ”

Yang Zhi was immediately furious when he heard this: "What an arrogant thief, he even dares to say such a wild word." Eat me. ”

I saw Yang Zhi slashing at Chao Gai with a knife, and Chao Gai also looked solemn, relying on Fang Cai's momentum competition, the difference in momentum between the two cultivators was not too big, but if you really want to talk about it, Chao Gai is still slightly stronger.

Yang Zhi was furious by Chao Gai's stimulation, but Chao Gai seemed calm and calm, and pulled out an iron rod weighing dozens of catties and hit Yang Zhi.

With a buzz, the big knife and the iron rod clashed together, only a roar sounded, and the roar resounded all around, and it also woke up the people on both sides at once.

He Tao saw that Yang Zhi was already fighting with Chao Gai, and immediately shouted: "Everyone will kill the thief for me, and the reward for the head of a thief is fifty yuan!" ”

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and when He Tao's words fell, he saw that those officers and soldiers were like being beaten with chicken blood, and they rushed forward with a bang.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers rushed up at once, and Chao Gai's side, the Ruan brothers, Liu Tang and even Gongsun Sheng also took out their weapons and killed them in the crowd.

Although the Ruan brothers are said to be fierce warriors on the water, they are very brave when they are on land, and there is almost no enemy in the places they pass. In addition, Liu Tang and Gongsun Sheng entered the crowd, and when the gap in numbers was so large, they were stunned to suppress the momentum of the officials and troops.