It's the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, which is the first day of the three-day Lantern Festival in all states and counties across the country.
Even with yesterday's turmoil, there were still countless merchants and wealthy families taking out the various lanterns they had prepared and setting them up early this morning. After dusk, the various lanterns shone brightly on the streets of Jiangzhou City, attracting almost everyone. People all over the city went to watch it, and it was a lively celebration.
Of course, there are exceptions to this. At this time, there was a circle of people sitting in the main room of Sun Tu's home. They were all frowning, and they were not in the mood to celebrate the festival at all.
Although Cai Jiu did not pursue Sun Tu for the crime of deception after Song Jiang couldn't bear the punishment yesterday and honestly confessed that he was just pretending to be crazy, his situation is still a bit delicate, so it is difficult to defend Song Jiang next and can only watch. He was taken away and thrown into the state prison, and now Song Jiang was no longer under his care.
Then in less than half a day, Dai Zong passed the news that Song Jiang was imprisoned by the government for writing anti-poems to some friends and brothers who were close to him outside the city, so that all those who should be spending the New Year at home in peace hurriedly After running back, among them were the familiar brothers Zhang Shun and Zhang Heng, as well as the brothers Mu Hong and Mu Chun who had never met before. Li Kui, who had been playing money in the casino during the New Year, was the last one to learn the news. Sun Tu had just arrived, but he was the most eager one.
In a somewhat depressing atmosphere, Li Kui was the first to come to Sun Tu and shouted: "Sun Tu, aren't you in charge of the prison camp? Why did someone take brother Gongming away! How are you? You are loyal and only care about yourself and don't care about the life or death of brother Gongming. I, Li Kui, have misjudged you!" In desperation, he even changed his name to Sun Tu, and his attitude was extremely bad.
This made Lu Da, Yang Zhi and Tang Feng very angry. They were about to defend themselves, but were interrupted by Sun Tu with a wave of his hand: "Tieniu is just concerned about Brother Song's safety, so you don't need to take it too seriously. "
"That's right, Brother Tieniu, don't blame Brother Sun. Although he is in charge of the prison camp, after all, he is only a subordinate of Cai Jiu. It is impossible to disobey his boss's order to protect Brother Gongming." Zhang Shun also hurriedly said. Helped to speak. Seeing him speak, several other people also spoke in agreement to comfort Li Kui.
But Li Kui is a bastard. He always only obeys Dai Zong and respects Song Jiang. He doesn't take the rest of the people seriously. At this time, he just stared at Sun Tu with a pair of bull's eyes: "You That's nice to say. Since you are Brother Gongming's brother, you should help him get out of trouble. I have already made up my mind. I will go to the prison to rescue Brother Gongming. If you really still regard us as brothers, let's go together Go ahead and use your strength!" He stood up and wanted to leave.
The other people were stunned, and then the Mu brothers also stood up: "Yes, our brothers also admire brother Gongming's character very much. This time he committed something, we can't just ignore it, we will follow Tieniu. Let’s go rescue him together.”
"Me too..." Zhang Heng was influenced by them and quickly stood up to follow, but was pulled back by Zhang Shun and Li Jun at the same time. It was obvious that these two people were more thoughtful than the others. Sun Tu's face was livid, and he immediately shouted: "What crazy talk are you all talking about? Are you really planning to rebel? Is it because you are dissatisfied?"
Only Brother Song is too lonely in the prison. Do you want more people to go in and accompany him? "
"Drink... I knew you would stop him. It seems that Sun Tuanlian is indeed an official of the imperial court, and he is not on the same page as our brothers." Mu Hong was the first to react, looking over with suspicion. Li Kui's reaction was even more intense. He immediately turned his face after hearing this: "I said you have a big problem. Now you are refusing to save your brother. Maybe you are the one who caused Gongming's brother to be arrested by the government. Otherwise, he would be here." How could a good person in the prison camp be imprisoned in the state prison prison!" As he said that, he turned around and fiercely rushed towards Sun Tu.
Sun Tu's face became even more ugly. He really didn't expect that these people he regarded as friends would treat him like this at this time, and they didn't think about himself at all. They only thought about how to save Song Jiang. Sun Tu was a court official and had family members in the city. How could he take risks to save people and be accused of being a traitor
And Li Kui doesn't give you a chance to reason at all. If something doesn't go your way, he'll take action. Seeing the opponent charging at him ferociously, he clenched his fists with both hands and tried to fight back. Unexpectedly, Luda on the side moved faster than him. He stepped in front of him, shouted low, and punched him. A fist the size of a bowl hit Li Kui's fist.
"Bang..." With just one punch, Li Kui's forward momentum was stopped, and then his body was driven backwards with great force. If Mu Chun hadn't blocked him from behind, I'm afraid he would have been hit by this. The punch hit the wall. However, Li Kui, who was frustrated, did not retreat but advanced. He roared again and shouted: "I knew you were uneasy and had good intentions. I will kill you first and then save my brother!" Before he finished speaking, he was like a crazy tiger again. At the same time, he swiped his hand on his waist, already holding a short knife in his hand, and quickly thrust it towards Ruda.
This time Sun Tu couldn't bear it anymore. He suddenly stood up and faced him. His left leg was suddenly raised high and whipped out like a long whip. He just hit Li Kui's right hand holding the knife, causing his wrist to loosen and the knife was gone. Landed in response. At the same time, Sun Tu's body did not stop, and he quickly came to the opponent. When he was stunned by the pain, his right hand reached out like lightning, and strangled Li Kui's thick neck, and with a force The closing of the room made it difficult for him to breathe, and his dark face quickly turned red. Then without stopping, he led Li Kui straight to the wall and slammed him against the wall.
This series of movements was as fast as a rabbit rising and a falcon falling. In the blink of an eye, Li Kui, who had been shouting just now, became a poor man in his hands who could have his neck broken at any time. Several other people were dumbfounded, and the Mu brothers were even more shocked. They pulled out their daggers and seemed to be desperate, but were held down by Lu Da and Yang Zhi, unable to help. Can't even move. But Li Jun and the Zhang brothers didn't know how to react at this time. Their friendship with Sun Tu was also quite deep, so they couldn't just fall out with each other now, right
Over there, Sun Tu was grabbing Li Kui's throat, lifting him and pressing him against the wall. After letting him struggle for a while, he loosened his grip and threw the bastard to the ground. Then he stared down at the guy who was breathing heavily and said, "Don't be so presumptuous just because you are simple-minded. You want to hurt my brother Sun Tu. You are not qualified!"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions on the faces of several people present were all changed.
After a slight change, they had already heard that in Sun Tu's heart, perhaps only Yang Zhi and Lu Da were his close brothers, and the others were not ranked at all. Or perhaps, even Song Jiang and Sun Tu never really took him seriously.
"Also, let me just say once that I have never had any ill intentions towards Brother Song, but I am an official of the imperial court and I have family here. It is impossible for you to want me to risk endless troubles to save Song Jiang, and it is also impossible. It's unrealistic. I'm afraid the state prison prison has already been arranged, just waiting for you to plunge in." Sun Tu glanced at these guys who only valued loyalty but had no brains with a gloomy face and said: "But this doesn't mean It doesn't mean that I have harmful intentions for you. If Song Jiang was really harmed by me, just based on your words and deeds just now, I can kill you all. You really treat yourself as a person. In the eyes of me, Sun Tu, you are just a bunch of reckless people. That’s all!”
Just now, when Sun Tu explained to them in a nice voice and calmed down their emotions, both the Mu brothers and Li Kui were very disapproving and even refuted him repeatedly. But now, when he suddenly turned against him and showed his martial arts far beyond these people, they didn't dare to say anything anymore and just lowered their heads and listened.
Seeing their performance, Sun Tu became more and more disdainful. Originally, he had a good impression of the heroes in Liangshan, and felt that the people there were true heroes who were brave and resourceful. But after this contact, he finally saw that there was actually a mixed bag here, and more than half of the people could hardly be called heroes. At least the reckless Li Kui and the Mu brothers who were arrogant at first and respectful at the back were not worthy of being called heroes.
"You don't even think about it. Now that Song Jiang is regarded as a traitor by the prefect, how can the prison where he is imprisoned be as lax as before? Although our soldiers have not moved, I am afraid that there are already hundreds or even more soldiers in the prison. Guard, unless all of you are masters who can defeat thousands of people, there is no way you can rescue him from prison. Moreover, Song Jiang was severely tortured before and it was difficult to even walk. Even if you can really rescue people from prison, It is extremely difficult to take him safely away from Jiangzhou. Don't you think about it, why did Dean Dai tell you to only come to see me and wait here instead of letting you rush into the prison to save people at all costs? It's because of him I know that there is no chance of saving people like this, and I have to think about it in the long term." Sun Tu said after suppressing the anger in his heart for a while.
Seeing that several people were finally convinced by his words, Sun Tu hummed again: "And I will put it here. Although I am friends with Song Jiang, it is impossible for me to abandon my family and career for him. Once If you dare to influence me in order to save him, then I have no choice but to strike first and solve your troubles first. Now you all stay calm and wait for Dean Dai to come back before making a decision." These guys have to fight hard with them. As for their opinions of him, it is not something Sun Tu can care about at this time.
Several people had been completely suppressed by Sun Tu, and no one dared to behave abnormally. Even Li Kui sat back honestly after standing up. However, the atmosphere in the hall seemed a bit strange, and everyone just glanced at each other. But no one spoke anymore.
After all, Sun Tu's words were beyond their expectations, and even Lu Da and Yang Zhi couldn't accept them.
At this moment, there was the promised knock on the door, and it was Dai Zong who rushed over.