Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

The day after Huang Wenbing left, Cai Jiuzhi was promoted to the hall, and he called Kong Zilai, who was in charge of the case, to pay: "Hurry up and fold the copy, and glue the confession of Song Jiang and Dai Zong together; Teach Cao to go to the city to beheaded in the future! Since ancient times, "those who seek rebellion will never wait for the time." Behead Song Jiang and Dai Zong to avoid future troubles."

Huang Kongmu, who was in charge of the case, had a close relationship with Dai Zong on weekdays. He was also a good brother who had blackmailed prisoners together, visited Goulan, and stayed in Guanyin Nunnery.At this time, because Dai Zong committed a serious crime of treason, he couldn't save him, and could only cry for him.

Huang Kongmu's mind changed, and he wanted to delay Dai Zong for a few days, so he reported to the magistrate: "Tomorrow is a national death day, and the day after tomorrow is the Mid-Yuan Festival on July [-]th. Neither can be punished; the day after the day is also the state's fate; It will not be implemented until five days later."

After Cai Jiuzhifu listened, according to Huang Kongmu's words, he would execute Song Jiang and Dai Zong until the sixth day.He didn't know that it was the delay of these few days that allowed Liangshan heroes to rush to Jiangzhou in time to rescue Song Jiang and Dai Zong.

Ximenqing naturally knew the key to this, but his original purpose was to use Song Jiang to lure the thieves from Liangshan and Jiangzhou to rob the law field, so he didn't have the intention of pointing out the yellow hole to the magistrate Cai Jiu.

Ximenqing just asked Lu Xiaoyi and Shi Yong to continue to monitor Song Jiang and Dai Zong in the prison, but he didn't expect to find something.

After Dai Zong was imprisoned in death row, Huang Kongmu sent someone to secretly inform Dai Zong of the execution.Then Dai Zong was unwilling to be killed like this, and decided to wait for an opportunity to escape.

After thinking about it, Dai Zong came up with another way. He told the jailer in the prison who guarded him that he had a heartache and had to burn two pieces of magic talisman under the clothes to recover.He asked the prisoner in the prison to do him a favor, and went to his room in the Guanyin Nunnery to fetch two talismans drawn on yellow paper. The rest of the money in the room was used to reward the prisoner.

Dai Zong, as a member of the Jiangzhou Academy of Sciences, was also the boss of these prisoners. The prisoner listened to Dai Zong's begging and fully agreed.Dai Zong was overjoyed, and sat in the cell with his eyes closed, thinking about how to escape.

Dai Zong asked the jailer to help him get it. Of course it wasn't a magical charm to cure heartache, but a armored horse for him to perform magic and Taoism.At this time, Dai Zong didn't know that Wu Yong had discovered that there was a problem with his strategy, and Liangshan heroes would come to rob the court.He just wanted to tie the armored horse in advance on the day of execution, and when he was taken to the execution ground to remove the shackles, he immediately cast a spell and escaped.

At this moment, Dai Zong didn't care about Brother Song Gongming anymore, he just wanted to escape his own life.It's not that Dai Zong doesn't talk about loyalty in the world. First, there are only two armored horses left in his room, and there is not much to share with Song Jiang. Second, he is now imprisoned in a different cell with Song Jiang, and there is no way to tie armor for Song Jiang. horse.

It's a pity that my younger brother Li Kui drowned in the river, otherwise, if he was there, he would still have a chance to rob the prison and rescue the two of us.Hey~ Life and death are at stake, Brother Gongming, you can only ask for blessings!

Dai Zong was planning as he wished, but he didn't know that the prisoner beside him had been bought by Lu Xiaoyi and the others long ago.The prisoner got out of the cell and told Dai Zong's words to Lu Xiaoyi and Shi Yong who were guarding the tea house outside the prison.

Shi Yong sneered and said: "That dog thief still doesn't give up! What he wants to take must be the armored horse that brother Ximen said. It is said that the dog thief has some supernatural skills in cultivation, and he thinks he is waiting for an opportunity to escape!"

Lu Xiaoyi giggled and said: "Little brother, I used to deal with those monks, Taoists and witches, so I know how to destroy the talisman and make it ineffective. Hehehe~ I will go to the Guanyin Temple to get the armored horse talisman for Dai Zong's dog thief. .”

After saying this, Lu Xiaoyi and the prisoner left the tea house and walked towards the Town God's Temple.

……

Outside Jieyang Town, in Mu's Village, Mu Hong and Li Jun were sitting in a room discussing the matter of Songjiang in Jiangzhou.

Mu Hong asked Li Jun: "Brother, on this trip to Xiaogu Mountain, can you find Brother Zhang Heng?"

Li Jun frowned and said: "Brother, I missed this trip again, and I don't know where that brother Zhang Heng has gone. Ever since the news came from Jiangzhou that Brother Zhang Shun and the 'Black Whirlwind' Li Kui died in a fire, there has been no I have seen Zhang Heng, this matter is quite strange, but I can't investigate it in detail for a while."

Mu Hong said: "That 'Black Whirlwind' Li Kui is the younger brother of 'Shenxing Taibao' Dai Zong. Could it be that the disappearance of brother Zhang Heng is related to that Dai Zong?"

Li Jun said: "At this time, it is useless to speculate for no reason. We will talk about it after the Jiangzhou incident."

Mu Hongdao: "Brother, brother, I have already inquired clearly. Brother Song Jiang and that Dai Zong are scheduled to be killed at noon tomorrow. According to the morality of the world, we should go to save brother Song Jiang. But without brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, you and I It’s inevitable that some people are weak, and I’m afraid that they won’t be able to resist the enemy and lose their own lives. But if they don’t go to rescue Brother Song Jiang, I’m afraid that the heroes in the rivers and lakes will find out, and we will be ridiculed as a hero in Jieyang. Brother, How do you think Zensheng is good?"

When Li Jun saw Mu Hong asking, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Brother Mu Hong, I have a plan!"

Chapter 239

Mu Hong knew that Li Jun, the "Dragon of the River", had always had a city in his chest and had ideas, so he asked, "Brother, what's the trick?"

Li Jun replied: "Song Jiang and I are just acquainted with Jieyang heroes for the first time, but we have the grace to save lives with the heroes on Mount Liang. If Song Jiang is rescued by robbing the court, then the heroes of Liangshan should rush ahead of you and me! Song Jiang was killed Kill, the heroes in the world should laugh at those heroes in Liangshanbo, Shandong!"

Mu Hong heard the words and asked: "Brother, could it be that we are just watching here?"

Li Jun smiled and said: "No, I will set off together to rescue Song Jiang tomorrow. It's just that I don't need to rush into the city, I just drive a few boats on the Xunyang River. After three quarters in the afternoon, Look at the movement in the city of Jiangzhou. If the Liangshan heroes rob the execution ground and escape from Jiangzhou, I will go forward to support them and rescue them across the river, so that the heroes of Song Jiang and Liangshan owe me a favor. If Liangshan The hero did not come to Jiangzhou, we just need to feign a shot outside the city, yell a few times and immediately evacuate, and it will also appear to the outside world that you and I are brothers."

Mu Hong smiled and said, "Brother still has an idea! I'll listen to my brother tomorrow!"

"Let's go, gather the brothers together and make all preparations." Li Jun said as he walked out of the secret room with Mu Hong.

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Lu Xiaoyi went to Guanyin Nunnery to take Dai Zong's armored horse talisman paper, and after quietly tampering with it, he handed it to the jailer, asking him to take it back to the death row and hand it over to Dai Zong.

After the jailer left, Lu Xiaoyi returned to the teahouse with a smirk on his face, and said to Shi Yong, "Hehehe~ brother, tomorrow we two will take a good look at how that guy Dai Zong behaves ugly!"

Shi Yong said: "Brother Ximen asked us two to watch Song Jiang's execution tomorrow at [-]:[-] noon. After confirming that Song Jiang was rescued, we immediately rushed back to the Wuwei Army to report to him."

"Since Brother Ximen has figured out that the bandits on Mount Liang are coming to rob the execution ground, why don't you let Brother Jiang Zhong and Brother Jiao Ting come to this Jiangzhou together, and surround and kill Liangshan heroes in this Jiangzhou city? But you still want us Walking hard, you will be defeated by an army of inaction." Lu Xiaoyi said puzzledly after drinking a cup of tea.

Shi Yong shook his head and said: "Brother Xiaoyi, we two should stop guessing here. When did brother Ximen's calculation fail? I just need to act according to brother Ximen's share. Last time in Qingzhou, we followed Brother Ximen to kill a few times, but it is a pity that Brother Xiaoyi did not go with you. This time, I believe Brother Ximen can lead us to kill those evil thieves. Brother Xiaoyi, this time Don't be so scared."

Hearing this, Lu Xiaoyi rolled up his sleeves, revealing the flower embroidery on his arm, and said to Shi Yong, "I, Lu Xiaoyi, a 'flower arm', is also a tough guy, why have I ever been afraid of fighting? Brother, why don't we play together?"

Shi Yong became interested when he heard it, and put his head next to Lu Xiaoyi's head, discussing the betting agreement with him.

Both of these guys used to make a living by killing cattle and gambling, and they really have the same gambling spirit as before.

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At this time, the Liangshan heroes led by Chao Gai also rushed to Jiangzhou from a long distance.They hid their weapons and dispersed into the city, only waiting to go to the execution ground tomorrow to save people.

In the Wuwei Army, Ximen Qing is in the best restaurant, having a drink with Minister Zhijun.Brothers Huang Wenye and Huang Wenbing also drank and had fun together at the banquet.And at this banquet, there is also a big man with a red face and beard. This big man is Wang Zhi, the military commander of the Imperial Army in the Wuwei Army.Wang Jin's ancestral home was Kaifeng, Henan, and he was a soldier. He was a fierce general who fought his way up from the bottom.

Ximen Qing invited both Zhijun and Bingma Dujian of the Wuwei Army, and also let the Huang family brothers accompany him. Naturally, he wanted to get acquainted with them and lay the foundation for using troops to destroy the thieves tomorrow.

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For the sake of Song Jiang and Dai Zong, various forces began to appear on the stage one after another, and they wanted to compete with each other inside and outside Jiangzhou City.Soon, the day passed.When the red sun rose from the east again and shone on the Xunyang River, the day when the rebels Song Jiang and Dai Zong asked to be killed finally came.

Early in the morning, Cai Jiuzhifu first sent someone to the crossroads to clean up the execution ground.After the meal, soldiers and executioners with swords and sticks were ordered. There were about [-] people waiting in front of the prison gate.At the time of the card, the prison officer reported to the magistrate and came to be the supervisor and execution officer himself.

Huang Kongmu had no choice but to present the criminal card to the hall, and when the hall sentenced him to two "cut" characters, he pasted up the reed mat.Although the many jailers in Jiangzhou Prefecture had a good time with Dai Zong and Song Jiang, they didn't make sense to save him, and everyone only complained for him.

The jailer had pushed Song Jiang in front and Dai Zong in the back, and pushed them out of the prison door.Song Jiang and Dai Zong looked at each other, each silent.

Ever since he knew that Wu Yong's strategy had been seen through and that Dai Zong was also arrested, Song Jiang fell from full of hope to the abyss of despair.Seeing Dai Zong dragged down by him at this moment, Song Jiang had nothing to say, and could only drop his feet.

When Dai Zong saw him, he didn't speak, he just lowered his head and sighed, afraid that Song Jiang and the others would find the two armored horses tied in his trouser legs.

Hearing that the rebels were going to be killed at the crossroads, the people from the Jiangzhou government were really overwhelmed, there were more than 2000 people.

The jailer escorted them to the execution ground, asked Song Jiang to face south and face north, and turned Dai Zong to face north and south.

Everyone looked up at the guilty card, which read:

"There is a prisoner in Jiangzhou Prefecture, Song Jiang, who recited anti-poetry, falsely fabricated false rumors, and linked up with Liangshanpo's powerful bandits, collaborating in rebellion, and will be executed.

One prisoner, Dai Zong, secretly handed over private letters to Song Jiang, colluding with the Liangshanpo gangsters, conspiring to rebel, and will be executed by law.

The supervisor and execution officer, Cai, the prefect of Jiangzhou Prefecture. "

Not long after, the prefect Cai Jiu also came to the court, reined in his horse, and waited for the time report.

In Jiangzhou City, Chao Gai and others also disguised themselves as various people and sneaked into the intersection, waiting for the opportunity to save people.

Outside Jiangzhou City, Li Jun and others drove three boats to the Xunyang River in the north of Jiangzhou City. They did not dock, so they sent a small boat to let a few minions go to the city to inquire about news.