The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 430

Hearing the news that the emperor would summon him tomorrow, Song Jiang was overjoyed, only to feel that after all the years of wasting and suffering, the day will finally be cleared.

So, before Chen Chen the next day, Song Jiang dressed neatly and stood outside Xuande Gate early to wait for the call.

During this period, a group of civil and military officials who came to the court came one after another.Seeing such a maverick Song Jiang, it was inevitable to point and point, and Cai Jing and his group looked at Song Jiang and sneered again and again.

Don't look at Song Jiang's self-esteem, but in the end, he is just a county official and has never seen much of the world. Facing such a situation, he feels like a pain in the back.

It wasn't until Su Yuanjing arrived not long after that Song Jiang's predicament was relieved a little, and he couldn't help reminding, "Why are you wearing a military uniform? Didn't the officials of the Ministry of Rites teach you the etiquette in advance?"

Song Jiang was taken aback when he heard the words, and then replied honestly, "Yesterday, only the angel passed the edict, and no officials from the Ministry of Rites were seen."

Su Yuanjing only thought about it for a while, and then he understood who wrote it.Therefore, he reminded in a low voice, "I have heard that there is some misunderstanding between you and Prime Minister Cai. In my opinion, it is better to resolve it as soon as possible, so as to avoid unnecessary twists and turns when we serve as officials in the same court in the future."

Song Jiang heard Su Yuanjing's words, how could he not know that he was cheated by Cai Jing, he couldn't help but secretly complained, and explained in his mouth,

"En Xiangrong, when I was in Jiangzhou in the past, all the brothers went out of prison to save Song Jiang, and they had no choice but to make a big fuss in the execution ground, but the villain asked again and again after the incident, and no one killed the prefect Cai Jiu.

Furthermore, after breaking down the Daming Mansion, the villain also treated Mr. Liang very courteously, and never hurt him. Who would have thought that his whole family would be killed the next day.The villain can swear to the sky, this matter was definitely not done by my brothers! "

Liang Zhongshu carefully looked at Song Jiang's expression, and seeing that he really didn't look like he was telling a lie, he couldn't help wondering, "Since you said that, who did it?"

Song Jiang said with a wry smile, "The villain is also confused about the matter of Cai Jiuzhi's prefect, but the murder of Mr. Liang Zhongshu's family is probably instigated by Liang Shan Muxu."

"Do you have solid evidence?"

Song Jiang hastily told about the fact that he wanted to lure Lu Junyi to go up the mountain, and then added, "Then Lu Junyi is now under Mu Xu's command. After investigating this matter, we can find out that Song Jiang never said a single word of falsehood. This is a clear lesson from your kindness!"

After hearing this, Su Yuanjing was a little disappointed and said, "This is just your personal guess, and I'm afraid it won't be enough to convince Prime Minister Cai."

Song Jiang was in a hurry, ignoring other people's eyes, and said, "I would also like to ask Enxiang to recommend it. The villain is willing to explain the misunderstanding to Caixiang himself."

Su Yuanjing waved his hand to signal Song Jiang to get up, and said, "I can recommend you, but if Cai Xiangyuan doesn't want to believe you, I can't do anything. You can ask for more blessings!"

Song Jiang wanted to say something more, but when he saw the officials of the leaking court leaving Xuande Gate, he began to nod, so he could only take back the rest of his words, and prepared to wait until the end of the face saint, and no matter how much it cost, he had to find a way to get Cai Jing's understanding.

It is said that in Zhao Ji's subconscious mind, Song Jiang must be a powerful man who can run horses in his arms to cause such a big disturbance in Shandong.

Who would have thought that people would be disappointed at first sight, this fellow was actually a black, short and fat man, even wearing armor could not conceal the fact that his appearance was not good.

As a senior face control, Zhao Ji's first impression of Song Jiang can be said to be extremely bad.

Therefore, after the visit to the Songjiang ceremony, Zhao Ji said in a neutral manner, "I am very relieved that you will return from the lost way. In the future, you must strictly abide by the laws of the country and do not cause trouble again."

Song Jiang kowtowed and cried, "I am a humble official who violated the criminal law by mistake and was exiled to Jiangzhou. He was immoral after drinking and spoke wildly. When Cao abandoned the city, all the brothers tried their best to save each other. They had nowhere to go and had to flee to the mountains. , lingering. Now that the government has bestowed the grace of heaven and pardoned the death penalty, I should repay the king's kindness with all my heart!"

Zhao Ji reluctantly nodded, and said, "Since this is the case, then I will give Qing and others a dispatch so that you can contribute to the country. Gao Aiqing, you are the Taiwei of the Palace Commander's Mansion, so it is up to you to tell me how to arrange it." Song Aiqing and others?"

Gao Qiu, who had a tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers, heard the words, and immediately went out to play and said, "Report to the officials, and Fangla in the south of the Yangtze River is now in trouble. It's time to employ people. Why don't you transfer Erlongshan's troops to work under the tent of Tong Shumi. "

A faint smile appeared on Zhao Ji's face, and he said to Song Jiang, "Qing and others have to resign and trek along the road. When Fang La's traitors are wiped out and they return in triumph, I will definitely use them again."

Song Jiang didn't even think about it, so he bowed, "If you dare to disobey your orders, you must do your best to be loyal, and you will die!"

Seeing that Song Jiang was still sensible, Zhao Ji was finally satisfied, and said, "Your loyalty is commendable, I will wait and see. Now I will give you the post of Baoyi Lang, a royal horse, and a pair of armor. Then I will reward your soldiers, Each person has ten copper coins and a bottle of royal wine, and I will do it for you!"

After all, he told Gao Qiu to handle this matter together.

Song Jiang and Gao Qiu received the decree at the same time, but their thoughts were completely different.

At this time, Song Jiang felt a sense of exhilaration. Although Bao Yilang was only a nine-rank position, the official position system of the Song Dynasty was extremely complicated, with officials, positions, and dispatches.

Official is a false title used to determine salary and official position, post is a special title for scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty, and dispatch is the actual post.

Therefore, it can be said that with the position of Bao Yilang, Song Jiang has stepped into the ranks of officials since then, and he is no longer the low-level country official of the past, and his identity is fundamentally different from before.

At this time, Gao Qiu had another thought in his heart, and the guy thought to himself, "This Song Jiang offended Cai Xiang, and he has a grudge against me for killing his brother. Now he has to think of a way to give him a good job." No lesson!"

Thinking about it, Gao Qiu's eyes suddenly brightened, and an idea popped up in his heart.

Let's talk about after the court, Song Jiang returned to the camp with his official uniform and royal horse in high spirits. Wu Yong and others quickly surrounded him and asked about the details of the face saint in unison.

When Song Jiang gave an overview of the situation, Li Kui was the first to yell, "The Zhao family is too stingy, and they only allowed my brother to be a nine-rank sesame official, which is too contemptuous!"

Song Jiang turned pale in shock, and hurriedly yelled to stop, "Beasts, shut up! How can you make such a rebellious statement?"

Li Kui argued dissatisfiedly, "Where am I wrong? He is clearly a ninth-rank official, not as good as the magistrate of the county!"

Seeing that Song Jiang's eyes were red with anger and his body was trembling constantly, Wu Yong quickly relieved Song Jiang, "Don't talk nonsense, Tie Niu, Bao Yilang is just a position, not a dispatch, so it can't be counted like this.

And let's take a step back, we were pardoned, we have no merits, and being able to give my brother a ninth-rank official is already a long favor from the official family.

Besides, you didn't listen to what my brother said!The official granted permission for me to go out with Tong Shumi in order to give us the opportunity to make contributions. With our brother's ability, are we afraid that there will be no high-ranking officials in the future? "

Wu Yong said this not only to Li Kui, but also to Qin Ming and Huang Xin. After all, before they fell into the grass, which of Qin Ming and others had no higher official position than this?If they are made to feel resentful, things will be difficult in the future.

Sure enough, upon hearing Wu Yong's words, Qin Ming's complexion immediately improved, and he followed Wu Yong to persuade Li Kui.

A group of people were talking to themselves, when they heard that the emperor sent someone to deliver a reward, Song Jiang hurriedly borrowed the slope to go down the donkey road, "For the official's kindness, I have rewarded all brothers with ten coins and a bottle of royal wine. Come with me to meet them."

When everyone came to the gate of the camp, they saw a small official standing there with his nostrils upturned, leading several carriages.Song Jiang put on a smiling face, went up to greet him, and said from a distance, "It's hard work and work, Song Jiang is so polite!"

The little official smiled and said, "Don't dare, I am ordered by the Taiwei to come here to give you a reward, and send someone to hand over quickly, so that I can go back and return."

Seeing this man's arrogant attitude, Song Jiang didn't take it seriously, he just winked at Dai Zong, Dai Zong understood, and immediately led someone to take over.

Unexpectedly, this counted, Dai Zong immediately realized something was wrong.Just because according to what Song Jiang said, there should be at least more than [-] copper coins here, and more than [-] bottles of imperial wine, but no matter how you look at it, it seems that half of it is missing.

Dai Zong had been in the officialdom before, so he didn't know the reason why little ghosts are difficult to deal with, so he made up his mind quietly at the moment, and planned to tell Song Jiang to know after the fact, so that he would suffer a boring loss and forget it.

Who would have thought that the little boss accidentally revealed the matter, which caused an uproar at the scene, and Li Kui took advantage of the evil fire just now, went up to grab the little official and beat him, cursing in his mouth,

"You greedy thieves, you dare to embezzle even the rewards from the emperor!"

How could the little official break free from Li Kui's grasp? Naturally, he received a few punches. In the blink of an eye, his lips and teeth were broken, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.

"It's a big deal for the animals to ruin me!" Song Jiang was shocked when he saw this situation, and hurriedly ordered someone to stop Li Kui, slapped him a few times when he went up, and forced Li Kui to apologize to the other party.

That little official was sent by Gao Qiu to make trouble, how could he give up so easily, pointing at Song Jiang's nose and scolding,
"You thieves who can't stop killing, how dare you beat up your boss! See if I don't sue you, so that you thieves can't afford to go around."

Hearing what the little official said, there was a bandit on the left and a bandit on the right, which caused all the heroes present to stare angrily.

Song Jiang tried his best to stop the chaos on the scene. He bowed to the little official to apologize, and gave the little official a big gift, so the little official went away cursing.

After he left, Wu Yong came to Song Jiang's side, frowned and said, "Brother, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult, we have to think of a way to deal with it in advance."

Song Jiang said in frustration with a bitter face, "Today Taiwei Su once said that because of Cai Jiuzhifu and Liang Zhongshu, Cai is extremely hostile to us, and now he has offended Gao Taiwei, what should we do!"

Wu Yong first asked Dai Zong to dismiss the crowd, and then said in a low voice, "For the present plan, we can only send someone to find Su Taiwei, and ask him to come forward to mediate for us. Then find a man who looks like Tieniu, and hand over his head. Go out, abandon the car and save Shuai.

If not, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others will take this opportunity to slander us at the official house, and make my brother's years of hard work come to naught. "

Song Jiang was already in a state of confusion at the moment, after hearing Wu Yong's idea, he immediately acted on it.When Wu Yong was sent to ask Su Yuanjing for help that night, he also ordered Dai Zong to take a freshly baked dummy head and a box of gold, silver and jewels to make amends to Gao Qiu.

The two returned separately in the early morning of the next day, and Song Jiang learned from them that Wu Yong had persuaded Su Yuanjing to intercede for them at the official's house by virtue of Wu Yong's penetrating tongue.And Dai Zong also said that Gao Qiu accepted the head and generous gifts, and promised to expose the matter.

Song Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this matter would stop here.Unexpectedly, on the third day, he realized that he was too naive.

It turned out that it was the day when Song Jiang and his gang had just left camp and were going to Tong Guan's tent to listen to orders. On that day, Gao Qi's servants came on horseback and threw the head at Song Jiang's feet in front of the soldiers of Erlong Mountain. Mouth sneered,

"Song Gongming, I hope you wake up in time, so I will wait this time. As for the apology head, the Taiwei showed mercy and ordered me to return it to you, so that the thief can be buried with a whole body."

After finishing speaking, the little official didn't care about Song Jiang's pale face, so he beat the horse and walked away.

Faced with such a murder, Song Jiang sat on the horse for a while, only to feel the distrustful eyes behind him, like sharp swords attacking him, piercing his whole body with chills, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

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In the wilderness not far from Taiyuan in Hedong, a brigade of cavalry escorted dozens of carriages, with the banner of Liangshan in front of them, forming a long dragon and slowly moving forward. It was the family members of Liangshanbo who moved to Hedong.

On the carriage in front, Li Shishi and his daughters watched the scenery outside the window from time to time, chattering non-stop.

Hu Sanniang, with a heroic face, complained, "I came all the way from Shandong, first by boat, and then by carriage. When will it be?"

"Sanniang, please calm down. Didn't you listen to what Brother Wu Song said? Taiyuan is right in front of you. Why are you so anxious? Or is it that someone is impatient after not seeing officials for a long time!"

Being teased by Hua Baoyan so much, how could Hu Sanniang agree, she immediately rushed over, pressed her under her body, and said while scratching,

"It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin. I don't know a good heart! I had good intentions and intended to take you to ride a horse, but you actually turned around and made fun of me. Let's see how I deal with you!"

"Haha... My sister knows I was wrong, please spare my life!"

"Just don't forgive me. If I don't give you a big blow today, how do you know that my aunt is not easy to mess with!"

Hua Baoyan couldn't break free, so she had to ask Li Shishi and Zhao Yuannu for help, "Sister Li, sister Zhao, help me!"

Smiling and watching the two fight for a while, Li Shishi said, "Okay, Sanniang, stop quickly! Be careful when you see the officials, Baoyan will report you to him."

Hua Baoyan, who had finally escaped, tidied up the messed up dress, and said coquettishly, "Why is Sister Li messing around with Sanniang, Sister Zhao, come and judge!"

Zhao Yuannu smiled and said nothing, but Hu Sanniang said, "You are the one who complained first, obviously you were the first to start."

While a few people were bickering, they heard cheers from outside, and then a guard came to the window to report, "Four ladies, the village master has come to welcome you!"

"Ah, really?"

"The officials are here!"

"It's all your fault, you messed up other people's clothes, how will you see the officials in a while!"...

The girls were in a hurry for a while, and when they saw that there was nothing wrong, they put their heads out of the window to look, but saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and a troop of cavalry galloping forward, the leading general in brocade clothes was either Mu Xu or Who.

(End of this chapter)