Sun Tu and Sun Dujian are really heroes in the Qingzhou realm, which are like thunder and make people feel awe from the bottom of their hearts. Even if he has been away from here for more than a year, even if he has already sacrificed his life for the country in the eyes of everyone, this name alone can still deter everyone, especially those who have done evil, and when they hear his name, they are even more shocked.

Several officials who had already knelt on the ground and begged for mercy were already trembling at this moment, raising their eyes and peeking at the young man in front of them, the more they looked, the more they realized that he was so similar to the Sun Dujian in their memory, and they shouted uncontrollably: "Sun, Sun, Sun...... Sun Dujian spared his life, and I had to do it out of desperation...... "They really felt frightened, and they even thought that Sun Tu had manifested his spirit because he cared about the local people.

Seeing their terrifying expressions after seeing a ghost, Sun Tu was angry and funny, is he really that terrible? I knew that it had this effect, and I could just show my identity directly, so why bother fighting with them? However, his face was still solemn: "You waited for the tiger to act and harm the people, and you didn't know that there was anything wrong until now, isn't it too late?" ”

"I ...... I'm really forced to do it, if we don't do this, I'm afraid that it will be us and our families who will be put into the army to fight against the Liangshan bandits. I also beg Sun Dujian to spare your life! These people were really frightened, and while they were talking, they kept kowtowing vigorously, and in just a few clicks, blood was already visible on their foreheads.

Zhong Yi also stepped forward at this time and knelt down with them: "Sun Dujian, what we said is not a lie, it is really forced by the situation, so we have to act according to the above meaning." And we also gave them a chance, as long as they saw the opportunity quickly and escaped from Qingzhou, they still had a chance to get away with it. ”

Sun Tu agreed, he listened to the conversation between the two sides just now, and they did give the old man who sold tea some grace time, but it was too unrealistic to let an old man in his sixties flee from his hometown. But it was precisely because they had this kind thought that he didn't really be ruthless to these people, otherwise these people would have been on the spot.

After pondering for a while, Sun Tucai waved his hand and said, "Let's get up and talk back...... As he spoke, he looked at the other tea guests who were also trembling, and smiled: "You don't have to be too afraid, my Sun Tu is still a living person, not dead as rumored outside." ”

"Ah......" Everyone was stunned again, but the doubts in their hearts were not relieved, but they just looked him up and down uneasily. Sun Tu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Didn't you say that ghosts don't have shadows?" What do you see under my feet? Also, have any of you ever seen a ghost come out under the sun at noon? ”

These few words finally convinced everyone, especially after seeing the clear shadow under Sun Tu's feet, those people breathed a long sigh of relief. But immediately, several people quickly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Sun Tu, and said with grievances: "Sun Dujian, you can be regarded as back...... We've had a hard time since you left...... No one in Qingzhou is thinking about all the good ...... when you were the capital prisoner," two of them even shed tears when they were emotional.

Sun Tu hurriedly stretched out his hand to help people up one by one, and apologized in his mouth: "It was this official who betrayed your trust in me, and at that time, because the imperial court had important affairs entrusted to me to do, so I would go through the years." But fortunately, I'm back again, don't worry, as long as I come back, our Qingzhou can go back to the past, no, it can be better than the past! ”

Naturally, those people were greatly encouraged and applauded. But Zhong Yi was puzzled: "Metropolitan Eunuch, now that Qingzhou has a new prefect and a military and horse eunuch, can you really restore everything to the old view?" ”

Hearing this, Sun Tu's eyes suddenly flashed, patted him on the shoulder, pulled him up, and said, "It seems that you were also from the government before, which is different from those people." That being the case, then you can tell me about some of the changes in the state during this time. ”

Zhong Yi hesitated slightly, but in the end he told everything he knew about the cause and effect according to Sun Tu's request: "The villain was indeed on an errand in the government before, and he had seen the eunuch a few times at close range, so he recognized you." It's just that your change is a bit too big, and we all think you're dead in battle, so we don't think about it...... In fact, a few months after you left Qingzhou last year, nothing has changed, and under the governance of the Huang Governor's Mansion, my Qingzhou is even more prosperous.

"But I didn't expect that in July and August, there was suddenly news that you had died in a battle outside the capital. At that time, we all didn't believe it, and you were a god-like person in our hearts, how could you be harmed by people? But as a result, two months later, the imperial court suddenly sent the new Qingzhou soldiers and horses and the new Gaozhi Governor, and the villain was shocked to realize that the statement might be true. ”

Under this person's narration, Sun Tu knew how many changes had happened in Qingzhou in the next six months - the prefect Gao Xiang and the capital supervisor He Mo were still restrained when they first arrived in Qingzhou, and they didn't dare to make any moves. However, after two months of contact and understanding, they found that Huang Wenbing, Lin Chong and others did not have the courage to be enemies of themselves, and the backers behind them also gave orders at that time, so a storm that changed the original situation in Qingzhou was born.

First, Hormo began to install his cronies in the barracks under various pretexts, and slowly gathered the power in the army into his own hands through suppression and co-optation. During this period, Lin Chong and the others actually had a lot of opportunities to stop everything, but the shortcomings of his weak character were undoubtedly exposed at this time, which eventually led to the rapid expansion of the opponent's power and the complete control of the entire Qingzhou army. By the time Lin Chong and the others wanted to fight back after Wu Song Luda and the others returned, it was already too late.

The final result was that Wu Song, Luda, Tang Feng and others who were completely loyal to Sun Tu and wanted to keep the power in the army for him were arrested and imprisoned by Hormer under various pretexts, and are now still imprisoned in the prison. It is said that they have even reported to the imperial court that they will all be beheaded after this autumn on charges of conspiracy! As for Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Qi Desheng and others, although they have not been convicted, they have also been deprived of almost all military power, and they have already been idle and scattered, and they can't afford to make any more waves.

And after Hommer seized the military power in the city, Gao Xiang, the prefect, also made a decisive attack, and in one fell swoop took down Huang Wenbing, who had no support, and punished him for a very simple crime, that is, corruption. Poor Huang Wenbing has been conscientious and conscientious since he arrived in Qingzhou with Sun Tu, and he has no selfish intentions, but in the end he was accused of corruption and dereliction of duty, and then he was thrown into prison, and there is no news of the next step.

As a result, the military and political power of Qingzhou fell into the hands of these two people, and they finally showed their natural fangs and began to wantonly embezzle the little family wealth that Sun Tu had accumulated with great difficulty, so that most of the food in the original official warehouse and military warehouse disappeared, and the situation of the Qingzhou army was also very bad, and there were many deserters.

Soon after, the imperial court ordered the Qingzhou army to join in the battle to pacify the Liangshan bandits. As a result, the Qingzhou Army, which could easily defeat the Liangshan Army on the frontal battlefield, lost its fighting spirit this time, and suffered heavy casualties after several battles. Hormo also determined that this was caused by the unwillingness of the generals in the army, so he killed several of the original officers, so that the vitality of the Qingzhou army was injured again and again, and it was no longer the same as before.

At this time, with various internal and external factors entangled together, the Qingzhou Army, which was originally built by Sun Tu with seven or eight thousand people, was left with less than two thousand people, and the number was still decreasing. Seeing that the imperial court was about to send people to urge the war again, and to inspect this elite army that had given hope to many people before, in order to give an explanation to the officials who came, He Mo and Gao Xiang teamed up to come up with the method of catching strong men, and forced those people who had no money and food to join the army to fill up their numbers under the condition of increasing taxes and miscellaneous taxes. As for whether they will be forced to go to war in the end, and what the outcome will be, it is not in the consideration of these two officials.

After listening to this story, Rao is Sun Tu boasted that he could make Mount Tai collapse in front of him without changing his color, and his eyes were full of anger at this time, and his right hand pressed on the handle of the knife was even more bruised, and the monstrous killing intent was completely uncontrollable: "Okay, good wow!" They really don't feel sorry for the cubs who sell Yetian, and they have completely defeated this little bit of family wealth that I have worked so hard to create in just a few months! Didn't they think that when Lao Tzu came back, they would let them vomit everything they had eaten? ”

Zhong Yi looked at Sun Tu with a bitter face and some concern: "Sun Dujian, now Qingzhou is already in the hands of these people, even if you come back, I am afraid it will be difficult to change anything." Even the barracks are now in the hands of their cronies, will you be able to take them back? ”

These words immediately won the unanimous agreement of the others: "Yes, Sun Dujian, now you are just alone, even if you go back, I am afraid that you will be harmed by them, and then there will really be no hope at all." In my humble opinion, you should hurry up and go to Bianjing to find someone in the court to administer justice for you. ”

Sun Tu sneered when he heard this, if those people in the court really knew how to help themselves, how could they make Qingzhou become like this? Even Tong Guan, who has always been close to him, is afraid that he is also an accomplice of those people in this matter - since Wu Songluda had returned to the Great Song Dynasty as early as July and August, why did he wait until October, when He Mo had already mastered the military power before letting them return? If it weren't for Tong Guan's move behind his back, Sun Tu would have lost his head to the other party.

But he didn't lose confidence because of such a situation, I saw Sun Tu smile suddenly, Huo Di got up and said, "Even if they have the power of the army? This is Qingzhou, which is my Sun Tu's territory. Don't say that it's these two little-known guys, even if Cai Jingtong is here, don't want to pick up a bargain here from Lao Tzu. I'm going to go into the city and smash all those chickens and dogs for everyone to see! ”

After speaking, the person had come to the war horse, one of them had already gotten on the horse's back, and with a whip, the horse had galloped towards Qingzhou City.

On May 27, the second year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, Sun Tu returned to Qingzhou!

He's back!