Originally, Dai Zong sent the news earlier today and invited a group of brothers who were closely related to Song Jiang to gather together to discuss how to solve this problem. But in the afternoon, someone from the state government brought a letter to him asking him to go see the prefect and tell him that he had important matters to give. So he had no choice but to leave these people at Sun Tu's residence while he left full of questions.
Everyone was originally worried that Dai Zong would be implicated because of Song Jiang, and he might never come back. In the end, he came back in just over an hour. Although his face was more solemn than before, he finally made everyone feel relieved. Of course, their expressions did not get much better.
"Brother, what exactly does Cai Jiu want to do with you?" Seeing him entering the room, Li Kui took the lead and asked anxiously.
But Dai Zong did not answer this question in a hurry. Instead, he looked at the friends with different expressions present with some worry: "You... what's going on? Why do you all look so worried?"
Before Li Kui and the others could say anything, Sun Tu had already taken the lead and said: "There are a few brothers who wanted to go to prison to rescue Brother Song at all costs, but I stopped them, so they are very dissatisfied with me."
"Hmph, you never considered us and brother Gongming as brothers, you just thought about your own future!" Li Kui now felt a little more confident with Dai Zong by his side, so he darkened his face and muttered in a low voice.
When Dai Zong heard this, his face suddenly darkened: "Tieniu must not be rude! This decision of Tuanlian is absolutely correct. I have inquired about it. Since yesterday, many soldiers from the Xiang army and the state government have been transferred." We have gone to the prison and are guarding it, just waiting for someone to come to rob the prison and rescue the people. If we go there rashly, we will definitely play into their hands."
"Are you serious?" Even Zhang Shun's expression changed: "Then the government has already been prepared?"
"Yes, after all, brother Gongming has a good reputation. As long as they inquire carefully, they will know the existence of us people." Dai Zong nodded solemnly and said: "So Sun Tuanlian stopped you for your own good, but you can't blame him."
After a pause, he continued: "And based on the information I have now, brother Gongming will be safe at least for a short time, because Cai Jiu has decided to ask the court and his father Cai Jing for instructions first before deciding how to deal with brother Gongming. .”
"Ah... can't he, the governor of Jiangzhou, still make the decision? Is this statement credible?" Zhang Shun asked again, frowning.
"Of course it's true, because it was me who was sent to Tokyo to deliver the letter." Dai Zong pointed at himself and said, "The documents and family letters written by him are still here with me." As he spoke, he pulled out of his arms. Two letters were taken out, one was an official document and the other was an ordinary letter.
Now everyone was even more stunned. Mu Hong said in surprise: "Why did he ask Brother Dai to send this letter? Could it be that they want to test you?"
"That's not true. It's just because I, Dai Zong, have a bandit number called the Divine Traveling Taibao. They know that I can deliver these letters faster than an ordinary horse. It only takes less than two or three days to get to and from Tokyo." Dai Zong smiled and replied. road.
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned. It was more than a thousand miles from Jiangzhou to Tokyo. It would take more than four or five days to go back and forth even on a fast horse. They didn't expect that Dai Zong could shorten the time by nearly half with his legs. What kind of ability is this? . However, everyone could see that this was Dai Zong's ability to eat, so no one came to investigate further. They just looked at him with a little more respect.
In fact, this is also due to the fact that the Song Dynasty is now short of horses.
As a matter of fact, although there are horses here in Jiangzhou, the quantity and quality are not satisfactory. They are enough for general correspondence, but for express deliveries that need to be sent to the court as soon as possible like this time, we have to think of other ways. Dai Zong, who possesses special skills, naturally became Cai Jiu's first choice.
After marveling for a while, Li Jun suddenly frowned again: "As a result, we have less and less time to save Brother Gongming. Maybe when you come back, Dean Dai, they will attack Brother Gongming." Let’s start…”
These words immediately reminded everyone present, even Dai Zong's expression changed: "This... what should I do?" He didn't want it to be the result of him killing Song Jiang.
"I have an idea, but it requires you, Dean Dai, to take some risks." Sun Tu suddenly said.
"You said, Tuan Lian, as long as I can save my brother, I'm not afraid of taking any big risks." Dai Zong expressed his position hurriedly.
"Brother Song has mentioned to you before that the only ones who can save him now are the Liangshan brothers. Why don't you take this opportunity to go to Tokyo instead of going to them to ask for advice?" Sun Tu glanced at everyone and said his own Countermeasures: "As long as they are willing to take action, they will have enough manpower to rescue Brother Song."
"Well... but my duty is to deliver the message to Tokyo. If I transfer to Shandong, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time, and it will make Cai Jiu and the others suspicious. That would be the opposite of a defeat." Dai Zong immediately raised his concerns. , and everyone else nodded in agreement.
At this time, Sun Tu couldn't say that there would be a way to help him solve this problem in Liangshan. He just said: "There are many capable people in the world. I think with the skills of those people in Liangshan, maybe we can find a way to get the best of both worlds." There is no other way. Besides, there is really no better way now than relying on them to take action. We alone are simply not enough to break into the prison and save people."
After some weighing, Dai Zong finally gritted his teeth and said: "Then I will listen to Tuanlian and go to Liangshan for help instead of Tokyo. There is not much time, so I will set off right away."
"One more thing, you have to remind King Chao Tianwang and others that this matter is of great importance. They must be more careful and don't reveal any flaws in a hurry. It is best to make more preparations to be sure." Sun Tu saw that he wanted to Let’s go, I still subconsciously reminded him. He really couldn't make the problem too obvious, so he could only try to remind him.
Although Dai Zong didn't understand why Sun Tu had such concerns, he still responded with clasped fists, and then took Li Kui and whispered a few words, asking him to be patient, obey Sun Tu's wishes, etc., and then left. .
After leaving Sun Tu, Dai Zong still couldn't move faster, because today was the beginning of the Lantern Festival. The streets were brightly lit and there was a constant flow of people. Every time he took a step forward, he had to be squeezed. It was very difficult. After squeezing out of the crowded market, he was already covered in stinky sweat.
Fortunately, after leaving Jiangzhou City, the road ahead suddenly became clearer, and there were almost no other people on the official road at night. Dai Zong immediately took out two armored horses covered with talismans from his trousers and put them on his legs. Then his legs flexed and bounced, and the person flew up like a cannonball, and suddenly he was gone. He jumped all the way, and finally galloped along the official road with both legs without moving. His speed was indeed better than that of an ordinary horse. This was his own secret method, and it was also the nickname of his magical Taibao. origin.
After Dai Zong left, the others stopped staying and made excuses to leave. they and
Sun Tu had already developed a rift and had a deep opinion of him, so naturally he would not have any interactions with him again.
The last one to leave was Zhang Shun. He looked back at Sun Tu with a complicated expression, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed. Between Sun Tu and Song Jiang, Zhang Shun was naturally more inclined to follow Song Jiang. After all, he had never thought of submitting to the government.
After they all dispersed, Yang Zhicai said with some worry: "Sanlang, your words and deeds just now are a bit too much, but you have offended all these people. Even if Song Jiang can be rescued safely this time, these people They may not accept your affection. And if something goes wrong in the process, I'm afraid they will blame you even more... "
Ruda also nodded with deep understanding: "Yes, Saburo, this is very different from your past behavior. Even if you don't want to help them, there is no need to fall out like this..."
"Of course I don't want to be enemies with them, but their attitude just now was indeed too bad. I, Sun Tu, don't owe them anything. It's not wrong to just stand by and watch Song Jiang." Sun Tu said with a serious face: "Now I think I understand, we have been separated from them for a long time. If they only talk about loyalty and only want to get together and form a gang, it will not be of any benefit to the Song Dynasty. It is just because Song Jiang had a grudge with me before that I don’t want to see him. I ended up being unjustly killed, so I came to help. But after this time, I have planned to completely draw a clear line with them. It’s okay to break off the relationship today, so that we won’t have any problems when we become enemies in the future. What are you worried about?"
"But..." Yang Zhi wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Sun Tu with a wave of his hand: "I know what you want to say, I just want a clear conscience. This time is my last effort to save Song Jiang and save him from trouble, but we are still Officers and soldiers, and they may become bandits."
Yang Zhi and Lu Da looked at each other. They seemed to understand Sun Tu's intention of doing this, but at the same time they couldn't see through his true intentions, so they could only sigh and call it a day.
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"You said that Dai Zong went to see Sun Tu first after leaving the Yamen? And there were some people with unknown origins there?" After hearing the report, Yuan Wang showed a sneer on his face: "Sure enough, As I expected, the relationship between Sun Tu and Song Jiang is very unusual, and he will definitely try his best to save people this time."
Even though Yuan Wang has given up all his power to Governor Cai, in fact he still has quite a lot of power secretly. After all, he has been working hard to manage Jiangzhou for many years, and the Bai organization is still dead.
The subordinate asked hurriedly: "Those guys are still being watched by us, do we need to take them down?"
After thinking for a while, Yuan Wang shook his head: "Don't worry, we can't deal with Sun Tu now that they have no evidence. I want to see what tricks they will play to save Song Jiang. As long as you are careful, I'm not afraid that they will reveal their flaws at the critical moment, then I can catch them all and convict them together with Sun Tu to vent my hatred!" At this time, the most hateful person in his heart was Sun Tu, the team leader.
"I understand the humble position. I will tell them to stand still and just stare at them in the dark."
"Well, go ahead." Yuan Wang waved his hand with satisfaction, and the man quickly exited the room, leaving him alone in the room, letting the flickering candlelight illuminate his face in an unpredictable way.
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This is the fourth update today, try to update again tonight. . . . . .