At Jiangzhou Prefectural Government Office, Sun Tuzheng was explaining to Cai Jiu why he came suddenly in a hurry: "I heard that someone wrote anti-poetry in the Xunyang Tower, so I came to wait for orders. I dare to ask the prefect if he knows the anti-poem. Do you know the exact identity of the thief?"
Cai Jiu looked gloomy. With such a traitor appearing under his rule, it would be a big mistake for someone to spread the matter to the capital, especially when the matter was reported by Yuan Wang. He couldn't do it even more. He took it lightly. Who knows if this guy wants to take the opportunity to regain the initiative.
It is said that after admitting defeat to Cai Jiu last time, Yuan Wang behaved quite low-key and well-behaved. Not only did he hand over all the power in his hands, but he also reported to the prefect for instructions whenever anything happened. This really made Cai Jiu feel bad, and also I think my previous decision was good. But now, when another problem occurs in the city, Governor Cai feels uneasy again. After all, they and their backers are all rivals.
But in front of Yuan Wang, Cai Jiu would not express his doubts. He just said with a cold face: "Those trashes have never brought anyone here until now. They only said that they are from Shandong named Song Jiang... By the way, Qianli Aren't you from Yuncheng County, Shandong Province? Do you know the origin of Song Jiang?"
Sun Tu cooperated with a hint of surprise on his face: "Song Jiang? Of course the lower officials know him. He was once the police officer of Yuncheng County, and was later sent to Jiangzhou because of the murder of a concubine. , is currently being detained in the prison camp. Because the lower official had some friendship with him before and received favors from him, he also took care of him before." These things on the surface cannot be concealed. Sun Tu told the truth directly.
Sure enough, both Cai Jiu and Yuan Wang changed their expressions when they heard this, and the former even said anxiously: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Since Song Jiang had objections, you should have reported it to me earlier. !”
"Yes, Sun Tuanlian, this is your fault." Yuan Wang also quickly added: "Could it be that you want to protect Song Jiang because of your close relationship with him?" It was precisely because of Sun Tu's appearance that he fell. In such an unbearable situation, of course he would give the other party some eye drops once he had the opportunity.
Sun Tu hurriedly argued: "Prefect Mingjian, I have always been loyal to the court, how could I collude with the traitors! I never knew that Song Jiang would be so bold... I just found out from his words and deeds His mood was confused due to the sudden change in his circumstances, and he might have become mad. So could it be that he wrote those anti-poems while he was ill?"
Cai Jiu was stunned when he heard this. This was a good statement. Even if it was far-fetched, it sounded much better than reporting the matter to the court truthfully. But before he could speak, Yuan Wang quickly retorted: "Sun Tuanlian, it's hard to win people's trust in your words. These two anti-poems are not only fluent in words and sentences, but also have smooth rhymes. How could a madman write them?" ? Do you really want to protect him when you speak like this?"
"I don't dare, I'm just guessing. What the real situation is depends on bringing people here." Sun Tu shook his head quickly, and said as if to express his position: "Prefect, why don't you let me take the people here?" Bring Song Jiang for questioning and see how he explains."
"That's not necessary. I believe that the person below should have found out his identity and brought him over from the prison camp. It's only a thousand miles away. This person is in the prison camp under your jurisdiction. You
The relationship between the two is not light. From now on, we must ensure that we are incarcerated properly and we can no longer let some prisoners with ulterior motives go out at will. "Cai Jiu reminded him seriously, and Sun Tu quickly clasped his fists and said yes again.
Just as they were talking, someone came outside the door to report that Song Jiang, the prisoner, had been brought, but there was a trace of hesitation on his face. Seeing this in Sun Tu's eyes, he quickly asked: "What, what's wrong with the prisoner?" Really? Why haven’t you brought him in for questioning?”
"The prisoner Song Jiang seemed to be insane. His whole body was covered in feces and urine and was extremely dirty... Even though we had washed him with water when he came in, the smell was still overwhelming. We really didn't dare to bring him in to see the prefect. "The subordinate replied with a look of disgust and embarrassment.
"Are you really crazy?" Sun Tu actually knew in his heart that Song Jiang would pretend to be crazy to protect himself, so he mentioned it before, but now he still looked surprised: "He was fine when I saw him years ago. Yeah, how come you’re like this in less than half a month?”
"According to Dean Dai there, Song Jiang did suddenly become ill after the New Year. He was just fine a few days ago, but in the past two or three days, he suddenly became like this. He didn't even stop urinating... "
"Prefect, why don't you go out and see this person? I believe that if he is pretending, he will not be able to escape my eyes." Yuan Wang said and glanced at Sun Tu deliberately.
Sun Tu responded calmly and nodded: "What Yuan Zhoutui said is true. We cannot conclude that he is really crazy because of this. It is better to go see him."
In this case, even though Cai Jiu was a little reluctant, he still nodded in agreement, but refused to take people to the lobby or the second hall. He was only allowed to take Song Jiang to the open courtyard in front for interrogation.
When the three people passed by, they saw a strange scene. There was a big bamboo basket in the courtyard. A soaked man wearing only single clothes was sitting in the basket, gesticulating and shouting. The soldiers around him were just standing around. The basket guards tried to prevent him from escaping, but they made no move to stop him. Moreover, many people even covered their noses with their hands, all looking disgusted.
When he got closer, Sun Tu could smell a disgusting stench coming from an endless stream, and he could clearly hear what Song Jiang was shouting: "I am the son-in-law of the Jade Emperor and the son of the Supreme Lord. , I came to the world by their orders, and I will soon be crowned king and emperor. How dare you and other ordinary people do this to me? I can call the thunder from the nine heavens to kill you, why don’t you kowtow and surrender quickly... "
This Song Jiang was really willing to go out of his way. In order to escape his crime and survive, he not only did not avoid dirty things such as feces and urine, he even said such crazy things like a madman. Looking at his expression of crying, laughing, and swaying like crazy, if I hadn't known better, I would have thought he was a lunatic.
Cai Jiu, for example, frowned deeply after seeing such a thing, and covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves: "Why don't you wash him clean? How dare you bring such a pickled thing?" Come to me!" As he said that, he held back his nausea and looked at Song Jiang carefully: "This person looks really crazy. No wonder he is so bold and dares to write such a treasonous thing in public. Come back to poetry."
Upon seeing this, Sun Tu immediately agreed: "Yes, I think he is just a man who got mad due to sudden changes. I'm afraid those anti-poems are not from his original intention. And a thief prisoner
That's all, what kind of threat can he pose to our country, the Song Dynasty? As long as he continues to be locked up in the prison camp and allowed to fend for himself. "
Just when Cai Jiu was about to be moved by Sun Tu's words, Yuan Wang, who had been staring at Song Jiang, spoke up: "Wait a minute, no matter how I look at him, he looks like he is pretending to be crazy." With that, he stepped forward to stop. shouted: "Song Jiang, do you think you can deceive the government like this? Since you dare to write anti-poetry in Xunyang Tower, you should know what the consequences will be! It's too late to pretend to be crazy now!"
But Song Jiang in the basket turned a deaf ear to his words and kept shouting those crazy things to himself without even glancing in his direction. Seeing this, Sun Tu said again: "Yuan Zhoutui, even if someone really wants to get away with pretending to be crazy, he won't pee and urinate with him, and he won't show any flaws in front of us, right?"
"It's hard to say. After all, this is a major crime of beheading or even genocide." Yuan Wang refused to accept this explanation and immediately shouted: "Come here, drag Song Jiang out and beat him hard. I The official wants to see how long he can go crazy. If he is really a lunatic, he must not be afraid of pain."
The official opened his mouth, but the prefect had no intention of stopping him. The officers of the state government did not dare to neglect him, so they could only endure the nausea and forcefully pulled Song Jiang out, who was still smelling bad. After pressing him to the ground, he picked up the stick and beat him hard. Beat up.
After only a few blows, Song Jiang let out a burst of screams, but he still shouted loudly: "I am the son-in-law of the Jade Emperor. How dare you do this to me? Tomorrow... tomorrow a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers will come down to kill you." Kill them all, leaving no one alive..." But after saying this crazy thing for a while, it was replaced by screams. After all, he is not a true hero who despises life and death and is not afraid of pain. He has never suffered so much before.
In the courtyard, the sound of slapping sticks on flesh could be heard endlessly, and Song Jiang's screams gradually became quieter and turned into screams. But Sun Tu was powerless at this time and could only helplessly watch Song Jiang being tortured, hoping that he would grit his teeth and persevere.
But Yuan Wang refused to let Song Jiang go so easily. After punching Cai Jiu, he stepped forward without avoiding the stench, walked around Song Jiang who was twisting his body to be tortured and said: "Song Jiang, what do you still want to do now? Are you pretending to be stupid again? I tell you, if you do this again, I can directly order someone to beat you to death like this. Think about it for yourself. If you plead guilty, you will only receive the punishment of that knife, which is not as good as being beaten to death. It’s much more comfortable to kill with a stick.”
Song Jiang's patience had reached its limit at this time. Hearing such threats again, he became even more panicked. Only then did he realize that his previous plan was indeed a bit too simple. It was impossible to delay Chao Gai and the others by just pretending to be crazy. Rescue yourself.
"I'll give you one last chance. Either die here or be punished after being convicted!" Yuan Wang's words struck him like a talisman, causing Song Jiang to shout loudly after a sudden scream. : "I... I was pretending to be crazy... I wrote those two anti-poems because I was drunk for a while. But I have never really had any anti-original intentions. Please be aware of this..."
Well, as soon as these words came out, the illusion that he had worked so hard to put on completely disappeared, which made Sun Tu speechless for a while. Song Jiang is really not a hero!
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