When Sun Tu walked out of the county government office, he was immediately stopped by Chao Gai, who had come out a step earlier. The latter even clasped his fists and raised his hands to thank him and said, "Sanlang, it's really a blessing that you helped me this time, otherwise My whole family is going to be in trouble." Just thinking about the tragic situation of the Ji family in the hall just now, he was frightened for a while.
Sun Tu hurriedly returned the courtesy humbly: "Bao Zheng's words are serious. As the saying goes, those who are clean will self-clean. I am just doing my best. And if it weren't for the people around Bao Zheng, I wouldn't be able to completely turn this case around."
Chao Gai just smiled when he heard this, knowing what the other party was referring to. Earlier, after he was convinced that he had been framed by people from Jijiazhuang and Hutou Village, he immediately adopted Sun Tu's suggestion and fought back - taking advantage of the darkness at that time, he sent a banker who was good at sneaking in the dark to take down the whole set. The jade wine vessel was secretly put back into Ji Yang's mansion - only then did Lei Heng and his men be able to search for key evidence in Jijiazhuang, allowing Liu Zhixian to confirm that the culprits who robbed the birthday card were Ji Yang and others.
But even so, Chao Gai was still very grateful to Sun Tu and said: "Sanlang saved me from danger this time, and I, Chao Gai, will remember it in my heart. No matter what difficulties you have in the future, I will definitely help you with all my strength."
"Then I'd like to thank you for being honest." Sun Tu smiled again and wanted to leave with Chao Gai. But at this moment, Song Jiang walked out quickly with a solemn face. Seeing Chao Gai's slight hesitation, he said, "Bao Zheng, please stay. I have something to tell you."
"I wonder what the commander has ordered?" Chao Gai stopped when he heard this. After seeing Song Jiang's face, his heart tightened, and he felt something was wrong. Even Sun Tu subconsciously stayed and frowned slightly, wondering what went wrong.
After arriving in front of the two men and using his eyes to make several officers not far away retreat, Song Jiang lowered his voice and said, "Just now, the county Yin came up with a way to solve the current case."
"Solve the case?" Sun Tu repeated this statement playfully, as if he had guessed something. Song Jiang glanced at him and said: "Yes, you should also know that Hutou Village on the west hill outside the city is difficult to deal with. The county soldiers alone cannot defeat it. And the county Yin And he refused to ask for help from the Jeju government, so..."
"So the county magistrate doesn't plan to send people to arrest the relevant criminals?" Chao Gai also understood and asked hurriedly: "But in this case, how can we get back those robbed birthday cards?"
"The county Yin means to use money to redeem the thieves in Hutou Village."
"What?" Sun Tu and Sun Tu's faces changed when they heard this, and they both showed expressions of disbelief. They really didn't expect that the government would actually make the decision to compromise with the bandits. Does this still have prestige
Song Jiang smiled bitterly: "This was Liu Yuan's idea for the county magistrate, and it just solved the urgent need at hand, so he immediately agreed. Moreover, Liu Yuan also pointed out that Jijiazhuang alone could not provide one hundred thousand yuan. It's money, so..." As he said that, he looked at Chao Gai again.
Chao Gai immediately understood the meaning of his words and his eyelids twitched: "He actually has his mind set on me? It's really unreasonable!"
"Baozheng, please listen to what I have to say. This matter is indeed unreasonable, but now the county magistrate has no other choice, so he can only attack you. If you refuse to agree to this matter, I'm afraid you will take advantage of it." If Liu Yuan is moved, he will definitely take the opportunity to let the county magistrate pin the charge of conspiracy with the thieves on you. After all, there were arguments against you earlier." Song Jiang persuaded earnestly: "So Baozheng will do this this time. I can only wrong you."
After listening to these words, Sun Tu couldn't help but laugh out loud. This way of confusing black and white was beyond his imagination. That magistrate Liu really dares to think and say that for his own benefit, he completely disregards the life and death of the people under his rule, but he is so cowardly when facing bandits. Such a person can actually become a county magistrate. There were many confused officials like him in the Song Dynasty.
Chao Gai's breathing became rapid, his face turned red, and his hands clenched his fists: "They have framed me so unjustly, do you really think that I, Chao Gai, dare not resist?"
However, this anger was extinguished soon after it arose. As a local Baozheng family with a great career, Chao Gai did not dare to do anything against the government before committing a major crime. However, Sun Tu could guess that this incident must have deeply affected Chao Gai's perception of the government, which would make him do more bold things in the future.
"Bao Zheng, in my humble opinion, it's better to give in now. You can still get 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. If it's not enough, I can help with 10,000 yuan. Otherwise, it will only make things worse. Instead, Liu Yuan's evil plan was allowed to succeed." Song Jiang continued to persuade.
Seeing that he had said this, Chao Gai's attitude was no longer as strong and resistant as before, but he still said angrily: "I am really not willing to be plotted like this! Sanlang, how can you tolerate such evil?"
"If it were me, I'm afraid I definitely wouldn't be able to come up with so much money." Sun Tu shook his head and said, "And as far as I know, there are actually no countermeasures to this matter."
"Is there any other way?" Chao Gai asked quickly, and even Song Jiang looked over. Sun Tu said seriously: "Actually, it is not difficult to break this situation. We just need to publicize the matter so that the people of Yuncheng County and even people from other places know what happened in the hall just now and that the birthday plan was controlled by Hutou Village. He was robbed by thieves, so the county Yin and Liu Yuan naturally did not dare to deal with it again."
This is indeed the only way to break the situation - once everyone knows that it was the people from Hutou Village who robbed the birthday card, then if Liu Zhixian wants to give an explanation to his superiors, it will naturally not be enough to just return the property; he must also This group of thieves and bandits must be wiped out. In this way, Chao Gai naturally no longer has to spend tens of thousands of money for this purpose.
But then Song Jiang raised an extremely serious question: "In this case, the county official will be completely offended. I'm afraid Baozheng's situation will be difficult by then!"
Yes, as the saying goes, when local officials really want to deal with the people under their rule, no matter what background they have or how much property they have, they can only be exploited by others. This is what Chao Gai is worried about. As soon as the matter is publicized, even if he did not do it, County Magistrate Liu will definitely put the account on his head.
But this time Sun Tu was speechless and could only sigh and stop talking. Looking at it now, it seems that Chao Gai had no choice but to spend money to eliminate disasters and suffer this big loss.
After a while, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go raise money in the next two days..." Just as he was mid-sentence, a drum-like sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the long street in front of him, and soon there was Dozens of knights came galloping in like a whirlwind, startling the pedestrians and vendors on the long street to dodge and scream in surprise.
The three of them were all surprised when they saw this scene, especially Song Jiang, who showed a puzzled expression. Because he was very aware of the current shortage of horses in the Song Dynasty. Only the north and northwest borders had a large number of war horses. Shandong Province and even Jeju Prefecture only had a hundred horses stationed there. But what came galloping now was no less than fifty majestic war horses. This was something that had never happened before in Yuncheng County.
Soon, the horse team rushed to the county government office. Then, after the leading man pulled the reins, the galloping horses suddenly raised their front hooves high with a long neigh, stopping their momentum. When his feet landed on the ground, the dozens of riders following him also stopped. Everyone looked down at the three people in front of them. Someone asked: "Is this the Yuncheng County government office?"
"Exactly, Xiao Ken is Song Jiang, the county's superintendent. I don't know who they are..." Song Jiang quickly stepped forward and asked.
"It turns out it's the famous Shi Yu Song Gong Ming, but I'm disrespectful." Upon hearing this, the leading man quickly fell off his horse, clasped his fists and said, "My name is Suo Chao, and I come from Daming Mansion. This time I am honored. Mr. Liang ordered us to recover the robbed birthday card and capture the thief!"
When he heard that he announced his family name, Song Jiang's expression changed even more. He didn't expect that the news would spread back to Daming Mansion so quickly. Liang Zhongshu actually sent his generals here. This time things were going to be tricky.
Sun Tu, on the other hand, suddenly felt something in his heart. Just now he was struggling with how to deal with the problem. Now isn't the person who can break the situation here
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