Chapter 620: Brother Qiu got an arrow in his knee
After reading the document, Cui Jing and Chen Taiwei looked at each other even more. The situation was too incredible, and they didn't know what to say for a while.
Du Jia sneered in his heart, Song Jiang, do you think you can make a fortune after running down the mountain and letting Gao Qiu go? I will let you know how powerful I am.
Thinking of this, he said again: "If Doctor Cui doesn't believe it, you can go back to the court to ask. At that time, Grand Marshal Gao Qiu was afraid that we would not trust him, so he asked us to send an important person to directly lead him to meet the emperor and tell us the story of the battle. The one we sent was Brother Song Jiang and Song, one of the chief leaders of the village. This is an important person in our village. I believe both of them have heard of it, right?"
Taiwei Chen nodded to Cui Jing and whispered a few words. The last time he came to recruit him was Song Jiang, and if Song Jiang had not tried his best to stop him, he would have returned to the capital alive. Cui Jing believed him when he heard this, and bowed: "Thank you, Du Ling and all the heroes, I just regret that we didn't know about this matter this time, so we only brought some gold medals, inside and outside, imperial wine, satin and some official silver, which combined was only worth more than 100,000 yuan. I hope you can accept the remaining money. We should send someone to deliver it after we go back."
The generals on Liangshan were very happy when they heard this. This was equivalent to having obtained more than 100,000 yuan of wealth in vain. It seemed that there were more behind it. It was just relying on Du Jia's words, and this eloquence was also vague. Cui Jing and Chen Taiwei were in a good mood. This time they completed the task smoothly and could hand in the work well when they returned. Naturally, the rewards above were indispensable, so both sides were very happy.
Du Jia's plan was a little more. His statement was equivalent to turning Song Jiang's shocking achievements of "taking the risk of releasing Gao Qiu" into an ordinary thing of "Liangshan asked him to accompany him down the mountain". For the court, he was just an envoy sent by Du Jia, and his position would be very embarrassing. This knife could be said to be stabbing him in a critical position.
Therefore, Du Jia was also very happy and asked everyone present to receive the imperial wine brought by Cui Jing and the others on the spot, including Cui Jing and Taiwei Chen. Then everyone ate and ate together, and finally parted in joy.
After getting up the next day, Du Jia asked to give a plate of gold and silver to Cui Jing. The followers also gave rewards of all sizes, and everyone was even more happy. Then Cui Jing and Chen Taiwei and others rushed straight to the capital.
Speaking of which, Gao Qiu, Song Jiang and others finally returned to the capital. Gao Qiu didn't even bother to go back to his mansion. Cai Jing was shocked when he saw him and hurriedly asked about the reason. Brother Qiu told him everything he had done during this period. This time he made a big mistake and was about to ask Cai Jing for his mercy, so he did not dare to hide it at all.
After hearing this, Cai Jing pondered silently. After a while, he said: "I didn't expect that the Liangshan bandits had developed a climate, and even the Palace Commander could not match. This matter has spread, I am afraid it can't be hidden from your Majesty. This is how you go back to the mansion to rest. When you meet the emperor tomorrow, you will only say that you will be brave enough to kill the enemy and then be captured by a trick. Then you will run back bravely. Lord Privy Councilor and I will plead for you. Your Majesty is a person who values friendship and has sent Cui Jing and others to Liangshan to ask you for your return. I believe that I will not be deeply blamed this time."
Only then did Gao Qiu realize that Emperor Huizong had sent someone to ask for him, but with his shameless personality, he cried sadly. It was extremely rare. He said goodbye to Cai Jing and brought Song Jiang back to his mansion. His family was naturally overjoyed when they saw him returning safely. He set up a banquet to wash away his dust and found many monks and Taoists to pray for blessings and recite scriptures without mentioning them.
The next morning, Gao Qiu finished sorting and went to the court to face the king. Emperor Huizong was overjoyed when he saw him. Then Gao Qiu admired him and said it as Cai Jing taught him. As expected, Huizong just scolded him a few words and gently exposed the crime of the tens of thousands of casualties and dozens of generals, which made all the civil and military officials feel resentful and envious.
Then Huizong specially announced that Song Jiang came to see him. Song Jiang was frightened at this time. He knelt down as soon as he stepped over the steps of the hall. His butt was sticking out for a long time. He kowtowed three times in a row before saying, "Sinner Song Jiang, long live the audience with His Majesty, long live long live his visit to His Majesty,"
Huizong had a good impression of Song Jiang because he saved his favorite minister, so he comforted him a few words and asked him what the situation is in Liangshan now and what he wants in the future. Could it be that he also wants to learn from Tian Hu, Wang Qing and others to be kings everywhere?
Song Jiang secretly hated Du Jia's ruthlessness. This time he fled, he lost all the subordinates he had summoned and the foundation he laid. He could be said to have returned to the liberation overnight. Now he put all his hopes on Gao Qiu and the court. He heard this and hurriedly kowtowed again and said what Liangshan had done in the past few years.
Since Du Jia's actions were not notified at all in the later period, he was not very clear about many of the subsequent exhibitions. What he knew was that the four temples in Qingzhou and Langya County belonged to Liangshan completely. In addition, Dongting Lake seemed to be under Du Jia's command.
This is actually only about half of Liangshan's real strength, but it has shocked all officials and Huizong. Finally, Song Jiang cried: "This group of stubborn bandits are determined to oppose the court, especially Du Jia is even more ambitious. Although the criminals have tried their best to dissuade them and ask them to serve the court, there is no way for them to do anything alone. I hope that your Majesty will fight them soon. You must not let them continue to develop, otherwise it will be a big problem."
When Huizong heard this, he hurriedly asked all officials to discuss countermeasures, and everyone looked at each other. The benefits involved were too great, so they could not come up with ideas for a while. In addition, a small number of people with close ties with Liangshan, such as the Wang family in Langya, Zuo Yude from Xia Pi in Xuzhou, Zhang Song from Pengcheng, etc., who had a lot of relationships, had even more complicated positions, so everyone argued for a long time but had no good solutions.
At this moment, someone suddenly reported outside that the imperial envoy Cui Jing and Chen Taiwei and the others who had sent out had returned. Huizong hurriedly announced that they had come in. As soon as he entered the palace, Cui Jing said happily: "For your Majesty, I am fortunate to be a blessing from your Majesty. I have reached an agreement with the people of Liangshan. In the future, I can avoid using weapons and waste money, grain and troops. I didn't expect that Taiwei Gao had already returned first. It's really gratifying."
Gao Qiu was stunned: "Agreement, what agreement? Also, why not use weapons? We are discussing how to wipe out this group of bandits. Cui Jing, what are you talking about?"
Chapter completed!