The dynasty led the Weidu leader and more than a hundred Yangzhou soldiers along the official road to meet the grain transport team. At dawn, they ran into a large group of people rushing towards Yangzhou in Tianchang territory.
Long Zhen was very clear-minded. After losing the food, he immediately wanted to report it. If there was a slight delay, it would inevitably arouse Su Jin's suspicion. So after he escaped from Liangyuan Town, he immediately sent someone to Luzhou to report the news.
At the same time, he led a large group of troops to Yangzhou to report the news.
Long Zhen was also very worried. The bandits robbed the food, but the group did not offer any resistance at all. If this matter reached Su Jin's ears, the smart boy would definitely think of something, so Long Zhen made a show and did a full set
, ordered the soldiers to pretend to have thrown away their armor, and wrapped a few decorated soldiers tightly in white cloth, pretending to be invincible in battle.
In fact, there was no need to disguise at all. This group of people had been running around all night. Their faces were pale and their clothes were skewed. They looked like soldiers who had fled on the battlefield. When Wang Chao saw Long Zhen's men and horses, his heart suddenly went cold.
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"Good morning, Commander Long. In the lower dynasty, Special Envoy Su is personally escorting you. This is the head of the Yangzhou Guard. We have been ordered to pick up your grain truck. What's wrong with you? Where is the grain?"
"Why are you here just now, hey!" Long Zhen was heartbroken, with a look of frustration on his face.
"What's wrong? It couldn't be that something happened." Wei Dutou asked with a frown.
Zhao Duce immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "You still ask? There is such a big bandit trouble here, and you didn't inform us in advance. All the food was stolen by the bandits last night. We were unable to fight and had to retreat. You
Look, we have lost three brothers and injured more than a dozen. This matter must be brought to Special Envoy Su for comment."
Both Wang Chao and Wei were stunned for a moment, and had no time to care about the strong arguments of this group of people. For this plan, they had to report to Su Jin immediately. It was pitiful that the three adults and the common people in Yangzhou were still waiting for the five million yuan.
Shi Liang went to save lives, but now he fell into the hands of bandits. Isn't that the same as walking into a tiger's mouth, with no way out?
As the guardian of the hospital, Wang Chao could not say much, so he had to borrow a horse and rush back to report the news to Su Jin. Long Zhen ignored the dissuasion of the soldiers and went with Wang Chao. Long Zhen knew that shirking responsibility was shirking responsibility, and food was lost on him.
It is always hard to shirk the blame. While shirking responsibility, you must have a correct attitude so as not to arouse Su Jin's greater anger.
The two men worked hard, and finally arrived back to Yangzhou City at noon. The two men did not even dismount at the city gate, but rushed straight into the city, galloping along the clean, tidy and slightly bustling streets, scaring the common people into hiding.
Su Jinzheng, Song Xiang and Gou Dasheng were serving porridge in the porridge shed in front of the government office. Seeing people's joy when receiving the porridge and rice, the three of them felt very happy.
The winter sun was shining warmly, the porridge pot was bubbling, the aroma lingered in her nose, and the people's thanks and blessings could be heard in her ears. Su Jin felt a little carried away.
The horses' hooves trampled the quiet atmosphere to pieces. Su Jin saw two horses galloping on the street at the east end of the square. The horses' hooves splashed mud and water, making it difficult for the people to escape. The people on the horses were Wang Chao and Long Zhen. Seeing that
It was only when the dynasty arrived. After seeing Long Zhen, Su Jin was immediately overjoyed. The food had finally arrived.
"Who are those two? Why are they so rampant? Let's go and have a look." Song Xiang said dissatisfied.
Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "Prefect Song, it's a good thing, a great thing. The food has arrived. Look at the man in armor behind him. That is Long Zhen, the deputy commander of the imperial guard Sima Jun. He was sent by the emperor to assist me on errands. Yes, I ordered them to escort the food here, and when I saw Long Zhen, what is this if the food has arrived?"
Song Xiang and Gou Dasheng were overjoyed. They clapped their hands and said, "Okay, okay, we've finally arrived. Thank you, God, for your love."
Su Jin said proudly: "How is it? I keep my word? Look at the way you acted a few days ago, you want to tear me apart."
Song Xiang said: "Stop talking, why are you exposing old scars? They are coming, we should go and greet them."
Su Jin chuckled and went up to him first. Wang Chao and Long Zhen got off their horses as soon as they got off the horse. Chao Chao had sharp eyes and saw Su Jin and others at a glance. He hurriedly pulled Long Zhen towards this side. Su Jin came all the way. He laughed and said: "Commander Long, this trip has been hard. The road is not easy to walk. As soon as the snow comes, I know that you will have a hard time this trip."
Long Zhen stepped forward to salute, not daring to look at Su Jin and saying nothing.
Su Jin patted the muddy water on his body and said, "How far is the food? You must be afraid that I will rush to report the news first."
Long Zhen looked ugly and remained silent; Su Jin felt something was wrong and said, "Speak, are you too tired to breathe?"
Wang Chao stamped his feet on the side and said: "Master, you still ask him, they lost the food."
This sentence was like a sap hitting the heads of Su Jin, Song Xiang and others. Su Jin felt dizzy and almost fell down.
"What did you say? Say it again!"
"My lord, I met the Bagong Mountain bandits on the way. The bandits attacked at night and stole all the food..." Chao Chao said, wiping away tears.
"Bandits... food... robbed..." Su Jin murmured to himself, with a sweet feeling in his chest and stomach. He quickly forced himself to swallow the mouthful of blood that was about to spurt out. He stared at Long Zhen and said, "Say, I want you to tell me yourself."
Long Zhen knelt down and kowtowed: "It's a humble job and incompetent. The food... was indeed robbed by the Bagong Mountain bandits."
Su Jin's body was swaying, his face was as pale as paper, and he shouted sternly: "Bandits? You are an army of two hundred horses, and you just lost the food to a few small bandits?"
Long Zhen said: "Your Majesty, we are no match for our strength. It is also at night, and the war horses cannot show their fighting power. In addition, there are many bandits. Three of our brothers died and more than a dozen were injured. We really can't give the order." Retreating."
Su Jin pointed his finger at Long Zhen's nose and said: "It's good that one of you can't fight with all your strength. If three people die, you can say that you are invincible. You gave half a million stones of food to the bandits. You are really capable and capable."
Long Zhen raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. I do have responsibility for this humble duty; but our Imperial Guards, Ma Jun, are here to assist you on your errands, not specifically to help you escort food." , In addition, there are bandits on the Huainan Road, and you didn't tell me in advance. Can you blame this for being humble? The troops I led were all imperial guards in the capital. I don't know how to explain the death of people. Do we have to fight with the bandits just for these grains? Are you going to fight to the death? All the two hundred horsemen have been killed by the bandits. How can I explain to Privy Du when I go back?"
Su Jinfei kicked Long Zhen in the face and cursed angrily: "You'd better think about how to explain to me first, come here, take this dereliction of duty thing from me, put him in jail and wait until I come back to deal with it."
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Long Zhen wiped the blood from his mouth and said coldly: "Special Envoy Su, this commander is not under your jurisdiction. I am only on temporary secondment. It is not your turn to accuse me of crimes. I will accept this kick. If I come back again
If you have two legs, you will not be polite if you hold a humble position."
Su Jin was so angry that he laughed, pointed at Long Zhen and said: "I have decided to deal with you today. I don't care if you are Privy Secretary Du or something else. If you follow me on errands, you have to abide by my rules. Let me catch him in the Dynasty."
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Wang Chao had long been dissatisfied with Long Zhen. After hearing Su Jin's words, he reached out and grabbed Long Zhen's collar. Long Zhen roared angrily and was about to draw his sword. Wang Chao hit his forehead with a headbutt, knocking Long Zhen straight away.
Feeling dizzy, he then reached out and cut Long Zhen's arms behind his back, and tied them tightly.
Su Jin said: "Tie him to the lamppost. No one is allowed to let him go without my order. I can only let him go when I get the food back."
Long Zhen cursed loudly and his words were filthy. Su Jin stepped forward and slapped Long Zhen for more than thirty times, knocking out all the teeth on both sides of Long Zhen. Only then did Long Zhen stop cursing. A good man will not suffer the consequences.
, if he argued forcefully at this time, Su Jin would probably kill him.
Song Xiang and Gou Dasheng were confused. They no longer knew what to do. Their originally warm hearts felt like biting ice water had been poured into them, and they were so cold that they ached.
"What should we do? What should we do?" Song Xiang murmured to himself.
"Su Jin, you have made us suffer so much, what should we do now?" Gou Dasheng regretted that he had taken this path of loving the people. Only then did he understand why everyone wanted to be a weak official. It turned out that even being an official loved by the people would not end well.
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Su Jin walked up to the two of them without saying a word, lifted up his robe and knelt down in the tunnel: "Two adults, Su Jin made poor arrangements, and I am here to apologize to you."
Song Xiang stamped his feet and said, "What's the use of apologizing to us? Food, food."
Su Jin said: "Two adults, I will go and get the food back. If I can't get it back, I will go to the capital to take the blame myself. I swear to God that I will never implicate you two adults."
Song Xiang sighed: "That's not what we are worried about. What we are worried about is that chaos will break out in the city again. Our life and death have already been decided. But since we have been convicted, we cannot solve Yangzhou's difficulties. We are unwilling to do so."
Su Jin said: "The food in the warehouse can barely last for ten days. Within ten days, I will take the food back. Please don't leak the news to prevent people from being upset. My only request is that you please keep Yangzhou."
The current situation of the city must not be disrupted. Wait for me ten days and there will be divisions."
Song Xiang shook his head and said: "How are you going to get the food back? The bandits are fierce. It is said that the soldiers of the two houses can't do anything. What can you do?"
Su Jin gritted his teeth and said: "At this time, even the dragon's pool and the tiger's den have to be braved." dd