On the surface, this incident seems to be just for Chao Gai, but it has nothing to do with Sun Tu, and he does not need to pay. He has helped Chao Gai a lot before, so naturally he does not need to risk offending Liu Zhixian at this time. And out. But only Sun Tu himself knew that there was a deeper hidden danger hidden behind it - Liu Yuan.
Once Liu Yuan escapes from this robbery and recovers, he may not be able to do anything against Song Jiang and Chao Gai, but it will be easy to attack Sun Tu and Yu Dayong. This is the tragedy of the little man. Once he offends someone with more power and influence than himself, he is like a pawn who has crossed the river and cannot turn back. Moreover, Sun Tu still clearly remembered the cold look Liu Yuan suddenly looked at him during the previous trial. He had already been regarded as a thorn in the other side's side.
Therefore, Liu Yuan must not be allowed to escape easily from this robbery. Knowing this, Sun Tu immediately stood up, clasped his fists at Suo Chao who was talking to Song Jiang and said: "I have long admired the name of General Suo, you have come this time." It's just the right time, we are in a dilemma over the fact that our birth date has been robbed!"
"Huh?" Suo Chao looked at the young man in front of him with some doubts. Seeing that he was just dressed as an ordinary person, but he was standing side by side with Song Jiang, he really couldn't guess his identity, so he said casually: "Your Excellency, I heard that Pass me?"
"General Suo is the most trustworthy and beloved general under Mr. Liang. He is brave and fearless in battle, and he is also known as a vanguard. How could I not know this?" Sun Tu said hurriedly based on his understanding of the characters in Water Margin.
Without the latter sentence, Suo Chao would have just thought that Sun Tu was just flattering him. It was obvious that the other party even called out his nickname in the military. A look of surprise appeared on his face, but he said: "That's just because my colleagues think highly of me." That's all, it's an exaggeration. May I ask, Your Excellency? What's so difficult about the birthday case you just mentioned?" The latter sentence seemed particularly solemn, because it was precisely for this reason that he came.
Liang Taishu was naturally furious when he learned that the birthday card he had worked so hard to send to Tokyo to celebrate his father-in-law's birthday had been kidnapped by thieves. He immediately ordered Suo Chao, his most capable general, to lead fifty-three pro-army iron guards to Yuncheng where the accident occurred. County, naturally in order to put more pressure on local officials.
"I'm Sun Tu." Sun Tu did not reveal his identity as an ordinary citizen, and immediately changed the subject to the robbery: "In fact, under the investigation of Liu County Yin, Song Yasi and others in this county, the identity of the real murderer in this case was revealed. It has been found that they are a group of strongmen from Hutou Village on the west hill more than ten miles west of the city. It is only because that group of strongmen is powerful and the county soldiers are not good at attacking mountains that they have not been able to take away the robbed people. Get the birthday card back."
"Is this happening?" When Suo Chao heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and then he turned his attention to Song Jiang, wanting to hear his explanation. Song Jiang was a little confused at first, but later he understood Sun Tu's intention of doing this. After thinking for a while, he could only nod: "What Sanlang said is true, the humble post and the county governor are also worried about this."
"Hmph, please take me to see your county magistrate. I have a few questions to ask him!" Suo Chao showed annoyance on his face and immediately walked to the Yamen. When Sun Tu saw it, he felt certain in his heart. Knowing that the matter was done, he made Suo Chao's anger rise with just a few words.
Suo Chao, the vanguard, and Qin Ming, the thunderbolt, are the most irritable among the leaders in Liangshan. Now it seems that what is written in the book is indeed good. He only raised his head and already provoked Suo Chao to go directly to Liu Zhixian to cause trouble. In this case, he could no longer use the method given by Liu Yuan.
Just as Suo Chao crossed the high threshold and walked in, several officials hurriedly greeted him. The first one was the local magistrate Liu Yaochen, followed by the county captain Shi Wenbin. The conversation in front of the door had already been passed on. After learning that the visitor was sent by Liang Zhongshu, Liu Zhixian naturally did not dare to neglect him. He saluted from a distance: "General, thank you for your hard work coming from afar. Please come quickly." Let’s serve tea and talk.”
But Suo Chao didn't sell his account at all. He came to him in just a few steps, stared at County Magistrate Liu arrogantly and said, "Yuncheng County, do you know your guilt?"
"I'm the official..." Liu Yaochen didn't know how to deal with it for a moment. In fact, logically speaking, in the Song Dynasty, which valued civility over military affairs, even if he was only a small county magistrate of the eighth or ninth grade, his status would not be lower than that of Suo Chao, an ordinary military attache. However, the situation was different when the other party was Liang Taishu who stayed in Daming Prefecture, and there was a great master named Cai Taishi behind him, not to mention someone Liu Zhixian dared to offend. So after a struggle, he could only give in: "I know the official is here." The crime is due to the negligence of the lower officials, which led to the robbery of the birth plan."
Suo Chao snorted: "That's all. But since you have found out that the birthday card was robbed by thieves, why don't you lead troops to suppress the bandits? No matter how powerful the bandits in Hutou Village are, how can they still do it? Are you a match for my majestic heavenly soldiers?"
Magistrate Liu, who Zheng Wei only said yes, almost jumped up when he heard this. How come this military attache already knew the inside story of the robbery just after arriving in the county? Who gave the secret to this? But Suo Chao didn't give him a chance to think about it at all. He took another step forward and looked down at Liu Zhixian, who was a head shorter than him: "Liu Zhixian, if you, Yuncheng County, can't do anything, I will send troops to Jeju Prefecture." , if even the soldiers and horses of Jezhou Prefecture can't do anything to that group of thieves, I can still ask for troops from Daming Prefecture, or even Kaifeng Prefecture. Just give me a guarantee, can you take down this group of thieves? "
Suo Chao was indeed a hot-tempered person, and he threw the issue directly in Liu Zhixian's face, leaving him with no room for maneuver. Just asking for reinforcements from the Jeju government already made him very worried, let alone bringing the matter to the court, which would completely ruin his future. This made Liu Zhixian subconsciously shout: "No... I mean no need. In fact, this county still has a way to capture the Hutou Village, capture Du Hu and other prisoners, and take back the birthday card!" Even if it is again at this time! Difficult, he could only deal with the matter first.
"Is this true?" Suo Chao didn't believe it.
At this time, Song Jiang stepped forward and said: "General Suo, please don't worry. I will do my best to assist the county magistrate in arresting the gang of thieves as soon as possible. Moreover, there are not General Suo and a group of border thieves in our county now." Are you elite? With you here, why worry about not being able to capture a small mountain stronghold?"
Song Jiang's face still had to be sold, and Suo Chao softened his expression: "It would be best if it could be so natural. Magistrate Liu, I leave this matter to you. We must capture the Hutou Village within three days. "
When Liu Zhixian heard this, he was even more bitter. He had been here for six years and still couldn't do anything about the Hutou stronghold, but this guy was going to break through the stronghold within three days with just one mouthful. How could this be possible? But at this time, he didn't dare to argue with him anymore, so he could only accept it vaguely, hoping to discuss it with him later.
Seeing this, Song Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "General Suo must be in great difficulty when he comes from Daming Mansion. I ask you to rest in the post for one night today. It won't be too late to send out troops to defeat the thieves tomorrow."
"Yes, yes, Song Yasi, I will leave this matter to you. You must let General Suo and the others rest." Liu Yaochen also saw the difference in Suo Chao's attitude towards Song Jiang, so he followed suit and returned the favor. His subordinate winked. Song Jiang hurriedly agreed, and then invited Suo Chao and the others to go to the Guanyi nearby.
Only then did Liu Zhixian feel relieved. Suo Chao had put too much pressure on him. But he only breathed out half of his breath, and he choked again, because now he was in trouble again. The strategy that was finally decided before was completely destroyed by Suo Chao's arrival in the blink of an eye. Now it seemed that the only way left was to attack Hutou Village. But is Hutou Village so easy to attack
Just when Liu Zhixian was feeling deeply embarrassed, Liu Yuan, with a dark face on his face, also came over. With such a commotion, all his plans would be ruined, and I'm afraid it would still be difficult for him to escape. Just now, while Liu Zhixian was taking advantage of the time to deal with the request, he called the officer guarding the door to inquire in detail. Only then did he find out that it was the young man named Sun Tu who ruined his good deeds, which made him hateful.
However, at this time, he did not intend to take action himself, but thought of killing someone with a borrowed knife, so he came to Liu Yaochen's side and whispered what Sun Tu said to Suo Chao outside the county office. This made Liu Zhixian's face turn pale and he gritted his teeth. He said: "What a bold and unruly man! He actually dares to talk nonsense like this. You should have him taken down by me and thrown into prison!"
"No, county magistrate. Since Sun Tu can strike up a conversation with Suo Chao, he will naturally remember him in his heart. Taking him down at this time will only cause more trouble." Liu Yuan quickly dissuaded him.
"What should we do?"
"I thought I could do this..." Liu Yuan stepped forward and told him his plan, which made Liu Yaochen nod his head repeatedly.