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Chapter 11 Good Evening, Prefect

Lei Heng was as hospitable as yesterday, and he had already prepared food and wine to entertain Chao Qing and Zhu Dian.

If you don't eat for nothing, Chao Qing thought to himself, so he ate the delicious food while listening to what Lei Hengda heard.

"To tell you the truth, I ran all day yesterday, almost all the way up and down the government office, and only then did I find out about this news!" Lei Heng said in a tone as if asking for credit.

Zhu Ting said: "Just speak quickly, don't procrastinate!"

Lei Heng just said where Song Jiang was held in the prison, and also said that he had bribed the jailer and arranged for one of his own people to take care of Song Jiang inside.

"Then how does He Taiping plan to deal with this matter?" Chao Qing asked.

"Prefect He has already written a document and sent it to Tokyo to report to the imperial court. At the same time, he also wrote a letter to Cai Jing. He is trying to use Brother Gongming to gain access to Cai Jing's big backer. The messenger just left two days ago, regardless of the imperial court. How should I deal with it, at least until the court order comes, Brother Gongming's life should be safe."

Zhu Ting thought about it in his mind, starting from Jeju to Bianliang, Tokyo, it took at least half a month to go back and forth.

Chao Qing said: "Nevertheless, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, we will do it in two days."

"Is Chao Tianwang going to jail?" Lei Heng asked hastily, for fear of missing any important information.

"Exactly."

Lei Heng said in a difficult tone: "I'm afraid that Prefect He is heavily guarded, and it's difficult to attack in a hurry. I heard that four to five hundred people have been laid in ambush inside and outside the prison, waiting for you to come."

Chao Qing waved his hand, expressing that he didn't mind, and said: "Then He Taiping would not have expected that my whole group from Liangshan would go down the mountain, only four to five hundred people, nothing to worry about."

Lei Heng said: "In that case, I, Lei Heng, would also like to help King Chao Tian."

He took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Chao Qing.

"This is the architectural blueprint of the Jeju Prison. I have also marked the ambushes of Prefect He on it one by one. When you do something, you can catch them by surprise first, cut off these ambushes, and then go to rescue people."

Chao Qing looked overjoyed, and said: "General Lei has a heart, and with this map, saving people is easy. General Lei is one of his own, and I will confess to you. We will be jailed at midnight today. Midnight Some people would set fires everywhere in the city to disturb He Taiping. When everyone went to fight the fire, my father would personally lead more than a thousand brothers to attack the prison and rescue my uncle.

Once you succeed, immediately retreat to Xingchengmen in the north.The guard of the Xingcheng Gate has been bribed by us, so it will be unimpeded at that time.And we ambushed 3000 people outside Xingcheng Gate as a backup, just in case. "

Lei Heng carefully wrote down the robbery plan that Chao Qing said.

"In this case, I will go to Xingchengmen to be on duty at midnight today, so I can take care of me."

Chao Qing said gratefully to Lei Heng: "General Lei, if you can save my uncle this time, General Lei will take the lead."

Lei Heng said with a smile: "I am life-and-death friends with Chao Tianwang and Brother Gongming, even if I don't serve as an official, I will save him."

So the three chatted and drank happily, and they ate until noon before Chao Qing and Zhu Dian left Lei Heng's house.

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At sunset, the guard Yuan Zhong came to Xingchengmen to pick up the city defense and was ready to be on duty at night.He is in a good mood, he has been lucky these few days, he has won several days in a row in the casino, and he has already won hundreds of taels of silver, and he will continue to work hard tomorrow.

He was happily thinking about continuing to gamble tomorrow, when he saw Lei Heng rushing over with a team of men and horses in a murderous spirit.Yuan Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Why did Vice General Lei come to me when you have time?"

"Okay, Yuan Zhong, colluding with Liangshan bandits, are you going to be a rebel?"

Yuan Zhong looked blank: "What Liangshan bandits, I've never seen them before!" His tone was a little panicked.

"I'm so courageous, I dare to quibble!"

With Lei Heng's order, Yuan Zhong was captured from left to right.

"From now on this place will be taken over by Ben."

At the same time, at the prefect's home, He Taiping was drinking with his confidant Gao Jian in the West Wing.

Gao Jian said flatteringly: "It's still the eunuch's clever move, just using Lei Heng as a chess piece, he can capture the Liangshan bandits in one fell swoop."

He Taiping said: "If you want someone to do things for you, you must either cut off his retreat and let him only follow you; or let him know that following you can get the greatest benefit. Everyone has weaknesses, as long as you follow the other person's weaknesses If you attack fiercely, you can naturally take it down easily. Lei Heng is just too greedy for profit."

Gao Jian said: "It is precisely because of this that Lei Heng can be used by us."

"The Liangshan bandits claim to be the most loyal, and now I will use this loyalty to lure them into my game."

"This is really murderous, and the prefect is amazing!" Gao Jian was very good at cheering.

He Taiping is also full of ambitions. Liangshan banditry has been raging in Shandong for several years. How many officials tried to eradicate it but failed, and how many officials lost their black hats because of Liangshan.

Now these grassroots bandits are finally going to be wiped out by myself, which is a great achievement. When the time comes, I will report to the court and work again, and maybe I can be transferred to the capital as an official.

This is all thanks to Chao Gai. In order to save Song Jiang, he dragged all Liangshan people down the mountain and away from his lair. Isn't this a death.

At this time Gao Jian said again: "I just don't understand, why didn't we arrest Chao Gai and the others when they were robbing the prison, but waited until they arrived at Xingchengmen before launching the general attack?"

He Taiping explained: "This time, it is because only a part of Liangshan's troops are attacking the prison, so we have to wait until the Xingchengmen Liangshan troops gather to launch the general attack, so that we can complete the battle. If we attack the prison and arrest After Chao Gai is captured, the rest of the bandits will disperse upon hearing the wind, wouldn't it be troublesome if we try to arrest them again?"

"Secondly, because the prison camp has been in disrepair for a long time, it is not suitable for ambush troops, but Xingchengmen is very suitable."

Gao Jian expressed his admiration: "Your Excellency is still thoughtful. When Chao Gai and his gang came to Xingchengmen, they would never have thought that what awaited them was not the gate of escape, but the gate of death where they were buried. My city is full of elites. Ambush and this, to deal with a group of grassroots, is naturally a no-brainer, I don't think there will be a good news until dawn."

The two of them just drank wine and ate side dishes, preparing to receive the good news that Liangshan Chao Gai had been captured.After a while, a crescent moon has risen.

At this time, two servants came over with fresh vegetables.

He Taiping suddenly became angry and said: "Who told you to come here? Didn't I say that I want to discuss matters with Brother Gao, and no one is allowed to come and disturb without my order."

The young servant was neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "One person asked us to bring food to the prefect."

"who is it?"

Gao Jian suddenly said vigilantly: "Which manager are you under, why don't I seem to have seen you in the mansion?"

He Taiping lives extravagantly, there are many servants in his family, and he doesn't take care of the housework, so he doesn't recognize many of the servants in the family. It is Gao Jian who is careful, and often goes in and out of the mansion, and finds something suspicious.

The young servant said: "It is Liangshan hero who asked us to say hello to you!"

Before he could say a word, there was a fierce light in his eyes, and he already had a short knife in his hand, he rushed to He Taiping's side with one stride, grabbed him like a chicken, the knife was already on the ground on He Taiping's neck.

Another servant restrained Gao Jian at the same speed.

He Taiping really has a bit of courage, and he can still maintain his composure in such a situation.

"Are you from Mount Liang? How courageous you are, you managed to evade my guards and break into my house."

This young servant is Chao Qing, and the other is Hua Rong.

Chao Qing said: "I, a Liangshan hero, have always acted boldly. Good evening, Lord Prefect, it's so boring for two people to drink, why don't we come and have a drink with you?"

He Taiping and Gao Jian are under the control of others at this time, and they are very anxious, but they can't think of a way out for a while, so they can only be manipulated by others.

Chao Qing and Hua Rong tied them up, and then sat at the table and began to eat and drink.

"If you dare to speak loudly for help, I will cut off your heads first. Let's see if it's my knife or your reinforcements!" Hua Rong threatened.

"Master He really knows how to enjoy life, this wine is much better than the one on Mount Liang." Chao Qing said contemptuously to He Taiping with the victor's attitude.

He Taiping's mind turned quickly, and he had already figured everything out: "So you deliberately passed on wrong information to us through Lei Hengxiang?"

Chao Qing smiled and said: "Why, the prefect Xu He used Lei Heng to lure us into the bait, but didn't allow us to use Lei Heng to fight against the general?"

He Taiping sighed, and said: "I underestimated you. I regarded you as a group of robbers who only know how to rob houses. But I don't even think about it. Liangshan can develop so much momentum in just a few years. How can the leader be a group of brainless people."

For the first time, he felt that Liang Shan was not so easy to deal with.

"I'm very curious, how did you find out that Lei Heng has joined me?" He Taiping was a little puzzled.

"I didn't see it, it was just a guess. But now that you've said it, I know." Chao Qing playfully repeated He Taiping and blinked.

Chao Qing took a sip of wine and continued: "I think that Lei Heng is a person who is closely related to Chao Gai and Song Jiang on Liangshan Mountain. With the talent of Governor He, we can definitely guess that we will come to Lei Heng to inquire about information, and you will also I will definitely do Lei Heng's work well in advance and make him a bait to catch us. It's just that you didn't expect that Lei Heng is also my bait for you."

"Now your city's elite are all in Xingchengmen, and the city's defenses are empty, which is convenient for us to do things. I really have to thank you, Lord Prefect." Hua Rong also said.

"It's just that the guard of Xingchengmen was implicated. You probably have taken him down by now on the charge of banditry. This person is really wronged. I hope that Governor He will not make things difficult for him afterwards."

(End of this chapter)