If Shi Wenbin had some doubts about whether it was Song Jiang who tipped off Chao Gai, after all, Shi Wenbin did not completely believe Yang Zhi's words.
But when he heard what Lei Heng and Zhu Tong said, Shi Wenbin completely believed Yang Zhi's words.
If it was not Song Jiang who went to report the news, then who informed Chao Gai in advance of the dispatch of the officers and soldiers.
If they had not received the news in advance and were prepared, then how could Chao Gai and his group have been prepared in advance.
Originally, the officers and soldiers could have caught Chao Gai and his group off guard, but in the end, they themselves were caught off guard.
"Song Jiang, it's in vain that I usually think so highly of you. I never thought that you would be so confused about priorities and that you would be able to do such things as colluding with thieves."
Lei Heng and Zhu Deng, who were kneeling there, couldn't help but froze when they heard Shi Wenbin's words. They looked at Shi Wenbin in shock, obviously not understanding what Shi Wenbin meant.
What does the reaction of Chao Gai and his group have to do with Song Jiang?
After all, Lei Heng, Zhu Dian and the others were close friends with Song Jiang. Now that they heard what their county magistrate said, no matter how slow they reacted, they realized that Song Jiang was probably going to be in trouble.
Lei Heng immediately said: "County Lord, what does this...does this have to do with Song Yasi?"
Shi Wenbin glanced at Lei Heng and Zhu Tong indifferently. Shi Wenbin knew that the two of them were close friends with Song Jiang, so he did not feel strange about Lei Heng's reaction. Instead, he looked at the two of them solemnly and said: "Lei Heng, Zhu Ding."
At the same time, I know that you and Song Jiang are on good terms, but personal friendship is a personal relationship, but personal friendship and official affairs cannot be confused. Song Jiang informed Chao Gai and his party this time, resulting in the defeat of the army. Song Jiang is really lawless and absurd.
, it’s really ridiculous.”
Swallowing, Lei Heng and Zhu Tong looked at each other. They knew that Song Jiang could definitely do something like tipping off Chao Gai, especially looking at Shi Wenbin's furious look, Lei Heng had the courage to say
: "County Lord, is there any misunderstanding? It may not be that Song Yasi leaked the news..."
With a bang, Shi Wenbin slapped his hand on the table, glared at the two of them and said, "Do you mean to say that I have wrongly accused Song Jiang?"
While talking, Shi Wenbin shouted: "You two are going to capture Song Jiang to our county. I would like to ask him whether the friendship with the thief is more important, or the court's laws."
However, Song Jiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chao Gai and his men repelling the officers and soldiers. Without disturbing others, Song Jiang said goodbye to Chao Gai and returned to the county town at night.
Normally, the city gates would not be opened after nightfall, but there was no one in Song Jiang. In Yuncheng County, it could be said that from the county magistrate to the foot soldiers, there was no one that Song Jiang could not get to know.
As a city guard, Song Jiang was very familiar with him. When the city guard saw Song Jiang, Song Jiang didn't say anything. He quietly opened the city gate and let Song Jiang into the city.
Song Jiang, who returned to the city, learned from the city defender that several waves of defeated troops had retreated into the city, including Lei Heng, Zhu Dian and others. Song Jiang felt much more at ease.
He ran all the way to his residence, but from a distance he saw that his residence was surrounded by a large group of government servants.
Seeing the group of government officials surrounding his residence, Song Jiang's expression changed and his heart skipped a beat. He immediately ducked into a corner and looked at his residence from a distance.
By the light of the fire, Song Jiang vaguely saw a few familiar figures, including Lei Heng and Zhu Ding.
All I could hear was Lei Heng said loudly: "Everyone, please cheer up for me. The county magistrate has ordered that Song Jiang, the prisoner, colluded with the bandits and be arrested and brought to justice."
A group of detectives were alerted and surrounded Song Jiang's residence. Lei Heng and Zhu Ding shouted outside the door for a long time before looking at each other.
Zhu Tong stepped forward and kicked the door violently. He knocked the door down on the spot and shouted: "Everyone, follow me in and search. We must catch Song Jiang."
Not to mention that Song Jiang was not at his residence, even if he was at his residence, according to the actions of Zhu Tong, Lei Heng and the others, they would have been alarmed and fled away. How could they be waiting to be caught?
Needless to say, Lei Heng and Zhu Tong did not know whether Song Jiang was at home, so they deliberately used that method to warn Song Jiang.
After a search, Song Jiang's residence was searched from top to bottom. Looking at the dozen letters found from Song Jiang's study, Lei Heng and Zhu Dian couldn't help but frowned.
These letters were sent by Song Jiang to Chao Gai and Chai Jin, who were well-known people in the world. If Chao Gai had not robbed the birthday card, then these letters would be nothing, but now Chao Gai has become the imperial court.
If these letters fall into the hands of the government, they will be the most obvious evidence that Song Jiang colluded with the bandits.
Lei Heng could only be heard saying in a low voice: "Brother Song Jiang is really too careless. Once these letters fall into the hands of the county magistrate..."
Lei Heng looked around, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Letter? What letter? Why didn't I see it?"
After being stunned for a moment, Zhu Tong came to his senses. With a splash of his hand, he saw the dozens of letters falling into the brazier and instantly turning into balls of fire. In just a blink of an eye, these letters were enough to give Song Jiang something to say.
The unspeakable letter turned into ashes.
All I heard was Lei Heng said loudly: "Search carefully for me. Don't leave Song Jiang."
Song Jiang, who was hiding outside, could vaguely hear Lei Heng's voice. At this time, Song Jiang had understood, and he was afraid that the news that he had gone out of the city to inform Chao Gai had spread.
Song Jiang is not a fool. There is no airtight wall in this world. The time when he left the city was really a coincidence. If it had been at any other time, it would have been fine. But it happened that Chu Yi and his party left the city in the evening when they arrived at Yuncheng.
It is not obvious that he went out of the city to inform Chao Gai.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Song Jiang calmed down and thought about it, and he felt that he was suspicious.
Now just looking at the postures of Lei Heng, Zhu Dian and the others, if Song Jiang hadn't understood that his tip-off to Chao Gai had been exposed, Song Jiang would have served as an escort for so many years in vain.
Taking a deep breath, Song Jiang turned around and left. Judging from the previous reaction of the city gate official, Lei Heng, Zhu Dian and others were ordered to arrest him. It should be an order just issued by the county magistrate. The news has not spread yet. Otherwise, he would enter
The city may have been captured in an instant.
At the city gate, the city gate official looked at Song Jiang who was leaving and returning, and couldn't help showing some doubts. However, Song Jiang said to the city gate official with a smile on his face: "I'd like to trouble you to open the city gate for Song again."
Already."
The city gate officer ordered people to open the city gate for Song Jiang and said, "Didn't Yasi just come back? Why are you leaving the city again?"
Song Jiang said: "Song suddenly remembered that there is one more thing to do, but it is troublesome for brothers."
The city gate officer smiled and said: "The officer is too polite. If it weren't for the officer, I might have lost my position as the city gate officer."
Song Jiang left the city, but did not go to Dongxi Village. In Song Jiang's view, if he went to Dongxi Village, then Chao Gai and others would definitely ask him to go with them to Shuibo Liangshan Luocao as a bandit.
But to be honest, Song Jiang was absolutely unwilling to take that step unless it was a last resort.
Even though several of the great military governors were all thieves, Song Jiang knew very well that the situation of those few in the court was actually quite embarrassing. But if he had a choice, Song Jiang would never want to be stained with being a thief.
In the middle of the night, Song Jiang stumbled all the way and returned to Songjia Village in a state of embarrassment.
On the surface, Song Jiang has separated from the father-son relationship with Song Taigong, but that is just a deliberate method used by Song Jiang because he has friends with people in the world and is afraid that one day his father will be implicated.
When a servant of the Song family opened the door and saw Song Jiang looking embarrassed, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, and quickly welcomed Song Jiang into the village.
Song Taigong learned that his eldest son had returned and hurriedly came to see him.
Seeing Song Jiang's embarrassed appearance, Song Taigong couldn't help but said in surprise: "My son, why are you like this?"
Song Jiang saluted Song Taigong and said, "Father, please forgive me for being unfilial!"
After saying this, Song Jiang told Song Taigong that his tip-off to Chao Gai was discovered and the county magistrate ordered his arrest.
Song Taigong's expression changed drastically. Even though he had been mentally prepared for a long time, Song Taigong still couldn't accept it when he learned that his son had turned from a dignified court official to a wanted criminal.
"Confused, my son is confused!"
Song Taigong was so angry that he stamped on the ground with his crutch.
Song Qing comforted Song Taigong and looked at Song Jiang with concern: "Brother, what are you going to do next? According to what you said, it's better to go away like Chao Gai and his group, at least you don't have to worry about being caught by the government.
go."
Song Qing's intention was to let Song Jiang put safety first, even if the grass fell temporarily, it would be no big deal.
But Song Jiang shook his head, looked at Song Taigong and Song Qing and said: "Father, brother Qing, there is no need to worry. I will go to Chai Daguan's place to take shelter. If I can get Chai Daguan's help, I may not be able to help."
Can clear away the charges."
When Song Taigong heard this, he nodded repeatedly and said: "This is the best, this is the best. My son must beg the official Chai. If the official Chai is willing to help you, there is hope that you can clear your name."
Lei Heng and Zhu Dian searched Song Jiang's residence but could not find any trace of Song Jiang. They secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Shi Wenbin was not surprised when he learned that Song Jiang's whereabouts had not been found. After all, in Shi Wenbin's view, if Song Jiang really decided to inform Chao Gai, then Song Jiang must be prepared and would never be caught so easily.
arrive.
The arrest documents for Song Jiang were issued the next day, and at the same time Shi Wenbin came to Chu Yi's residence.
Looking at Chu Yi sitting there, Shi Wenbin could not be as calm as before this time.
Such a big thing happened under his rule, and he was already under great pressure. However, Song Jiang, a yamen superintendent, actually colluded with the thieves and tipped off the thieves. This suddenly put Shi Wenbin on the hot seat.
Bake it.
"Admiral Chu, Shi apologized to the admiral. If it weren't for Shi's lax discipline that caused that bastard Song Jiang to tip off the news, Chao Gai and his gang might have been executed by now!"
Chu Yi just looked at Shi Wenbin calmly.
Shi Wenbin took a deep breath, cupped his hands towards Chu Yi and said, "Shi has issued a document to arrest Song Jiang, and mobilized people from all over to arrest Chao Gai and his party."
Chu Yi then slowly spoke: "Shizhi County is exaggerating. It was Song Jiang who colluded with the bandits, not Shizhi County. Shizhi County was just deceived by villains. As the saying goes, knowing your mistakes can make a lot of improvements."
Normally, with Shi Wenbin's aloofness, if a eunuch said this, he would definitely stand up and wave his sleeves and leave on the spot. However, Shi Wenbin, who was in a loss of words, could only sit here with a forced smile.
After a cup of tea, Lei Heng came to see Shi Wenbin dressed neatly.
When he saw Shi Wenbin, Lei Heng said to Shi Wenbin: "Your Majesty, the troops and horses are all ready. We are just waiting for your order."
Shi Wenbin stood up, looked at Chu Yi and said, "Admiral Chu would like to go to Dongxi Village at the same time and capture Chao Gai and his gang."
Chu Yi didn't expect that Shi Wenbin would be so courageous. He just smiled slightly, stood up and said, "The county magistrate Shi is so courageous. Since the county magistrate invited me, Chu refused!"
Soon I saw a group of people leaving Yuncheng County.
This group of people was so dark that it numbered hundreds of people. However, these people looked quite chaotic. Judging by the clothes they were wearing, they even included police officers from the county government.
However, Shi Wenbin tried his best and gathered all the troops that could be mobilized in order to capture Song Jiang, Chao Gai and their group.
On the official road to Yuncheng County, a group of people was slowly coming. If anyone in the world saw these people, they would definitely be very surprised.
This group of people is surprisingly the You brothers, Xue Muhua, the Beggar Gang and others who came from Juxian Village.
Through the Beggar Clan's news channel, Xue Muhua, You brothers and others learned that Chu Yi was coming to Yuncheng County. Naturally, they rushed to the Yuncheng County seat.
But it was Chu Yi who arrived in Yuncheng County first. There was almost a day's journey between the two sides. It could be said that they were one behind the other.
As most of the troops passed the victory, Hua Rong and others suddenly frowned, because they only felt the earth shaking slightly, as if there were fast horses rushing towards them.
Hua Rong and Yang Zhi looked at each other and saw Hua Rong clamping down on his horse and rushing out. Soon Hua Rong saw a dark mass of people and horses in front of them, rushing towards Yuncheng County.
With just one glance, Hua Rong realized that these people were not ordinary people, especially a few of them who made Hua Rong feel a great threat.
Realizing that these people might have come from the wrong place, Hua Rong turned around and left. The You brothers, Xue Muhua and Qiao Feng, who were leading the group, obviously also noticed the outstanding figure of Hua Rong.
Hua Rong observed them from a distance for a while, then turned around and left. Even a fool could see that something was wrong.
The You brothers wanted to send someone to stop Hua Rong, but neither Qiao Feng nor Xue Muhua opened their mouths. They were wise enough not to speak.
Watching Hua Rong turn the horse's head, Xue Muhua took a deep breath and looked at Qiao Feng and said: "Qiao Gang Leader, there seems to be something wrong with this person. Do you want to take him down..."
Qiao Feng glanced at Hua Rong, with some admiration in his eyes. Hearing this, he shook his head slightly and said: "This person is quite popular. I'm afraid he is not an ordinary person. If he takes action rashly, it might cause us trouble."
, Moreover, this person’s reaction is really normal. Along the way, there have been more than one wave of people who stayed away from us in formations like ours.”
As Qiao Feng said, they really scared a lot of people along the way. After all, there is a mix of people in these rivers and lakes. With so many people gathered together, at first glance, it really looks like
They are a group of wandering bandits, bandits and the like. Anyone who sees them will be afraid of them.
Hua Rong returned on horseback and said to Chu Yi with a somewhat solemn expression: "Admiral, there is a group of people coming ahead. These people are not simple. I'm afraid... I'm afraid the people who come are not good!
"
Chu Yi raised his brows and looked at Hua Rong's solemn look, then his eyes fell on Shi Wenbin beside him.
Shi Wenbin immediately said: "This is within the territory of Yuncheng County. The county wants to see who is coming?"
As the parent official of Yuncheng County, Shi Wenbin can be said to be like a local snake in Yuncheng County. Even if a dragon comes, he has to coil it up.
While they were talking, the distance between the two parties gradually became closer, and they could vaguely see each other facing each other.
"Shh!"
With a shout, the two sides stopped and faced each other from a distance. When Xue Muhua, the You brothers and others saw Chu Yi, their eyes lit up and they almost shouted: "Look, everyone, that is the Chu thief. Everyone
