As soon as Cai Jiu's traces were discovered, Sun Tu and the others immediately rushed forward, and helped him untie and take off the restraints on his body, and said with self-reproach in his mouth: "The rescue of the lower officials is late and makes Taishou suffer, please forgive Taishou." ”

At this time, Cai Taishou can still see a little bit of his previous elegance and handsomeness, even if he is embarrassed, it is not enough to describe his current state. The soldier's jacket that he changed into in a panic before was half wet with blisters and half soaked in the mud by the river, yellow and black, and his head was covered with mud, especially the black and yellow on his face, and there were tears on his head, and even his crotch was wet, which was not the river water, but the result of unconscious incontinence under fear before.

At this time, he was picked up from the ground and slapped and comforted, Cai Jiu couldn't recover for a while, and he was still trembling unconsciously, and his eyes were full of horror. How can he, who has never been wronged at all, be able to withstand today's fright, he has long been gone, and most of his life has been scared away.

Seeing him like this, Sun Tu felt a dilemma in his heart. It's the middle of winter in the first lunar month, and it's the coldest, so you can't change his clothes in this wilderness, right? Also, how to bring Taishou back to the city now is also a problem, if you go back like this, the people will see Taishou like this, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles.

After thinking about it for a while, he already had an idea: "Come on, first go to the side to get some dry firewood to light the fire, and then go back to a few people from the city to find a few cars and sedan chairs to send Taishou back to the city." ”

These subordinates were only slightly stunned, and immediately agreed to move separately. And just when a few of them were rushing back, they saw a group of men and horses in the rear escorting a carriage coming quickly, and when they approached, they recognized that they were Jiangzhou officers and soldiers, apparently the people in the government took into account the problem of the return trip after knowing that Taishou had been robbed, so they sent someone to send the carriage over.

At that moment, Sun Tu did not hesitate, and hurriedly supported Cai Jiu, who was weak, with several other people, and sent him to the car with force. Although the carriage looked like nothing on the surface, it had already been prepared inside, not only covered with soft blankets and bedding, but also a few stoves, and even some potions to ward off the cold.

Seeing this, Sun Tu simply got into the car with Cai Jiu, instructed his subordinates to escort the carriage slowly, and then personally took off the already soaked clothes for him, and then changed him into the simple cotton clothes prepared in the car, and finally took the decoction and carefully fed the other party to drink.

It wasn't until his body warmed up again, and there was a decoction entrance, looking at the trustworthy Sun Tu in front of him looking at him with concerned eyes, Cai Jiu finally returned to his soul, and exhaled a breath of turbidity faintly, and then his body shook violently like a sifting chaff, and his originally numb face was now full of panic, and the two rows of teeth in his mouth kept colliding, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Sun Tu was also shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him: "Don't be afraid, you are safe, there are lower officials, and there are dozens of elites outside to protect the car, no one can hurt you anymore......"

He didn't know that this was Cai Jiu feeling a burst of fear, because just after being taken on the boat before, there were a few reckless guys who showed their knives and wanted to kill him, at that time, those bright sharp knives were only an inch away from his throat, and he also heard someone shouting: "This guy is not a good official at first glance, my brother might as well let me kill him, so as to eliminate a harm for the people of Jiangzhou!" ”

As soon as he heard this, he saw several rough men surrounding him with bad intentions, Cai Jiu was even more frightened, and just wanted to open his mouth to beg for mercy, he was hit the head, and then he completely lost consciousness.

When he woke up, he felt that his body was cold, and his eyes were even darker, so that he even thought that he had been killed by those thieves, and his heart was really lost. So even if he was rescued by Sun Tu and them later, Cai Jiu had always been in a daze, and it was only at this time that he eased up slightly.

It wasn't until he was comforted by Sun Tu for a long time that Cai Jiu finally had some reaction, and looked at him with a little weakness in his eyes: "Sun Tuanlian, thanks to you...... Otherwise, even if the official was not killed by them, he would have frozen to death by the Xunyang River. ”

"If you want to say that, the lower official is ashamed. I failed to take down the thieves, and I also caused you to be taken by the thieves, and it is really sinful for you to be humiliated and escaped by them. Although Sun Tu was slightly relieved when he heard this, he still said with self-reproach in his mouth.

This sentence also made Cai Jiu suddenly wake up, yes, now that the two traitors of Song Jiang Daizong were robbed by the Liangshan thieves, I am afraid that the matter has already spread all over the city, and even people outside the state city have already known about it, so how can it be good?

Now that he is safe, he naturally cares more about what the consequences of this incident will be, as long as he thinks about it carefully, Cai Jiu becomes more and more uneasy - it is already a big crime for a traitor like Song Jiang to write anti-poems in public to escape from his rule, plus those Liangshan thieves are killing in the city to disrupt the whole city in order to save him, once this matter spreads, it will inevitably become an excuse for many people to attack him, and even his father Cai Jing, and then the situation of his family will be quite bad.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Cai Jiu's heart became, and soon a dense layer of fine sweat had grown on his forehead, and he could only murmur in a low voice: "This ...... How good is that? Then, he set his eyes on Sun Tu's face, wanting him to come up with a countermeasure.

Sun Tu's face was also entangled and dazed at this time: "This change is too sudden, in fact, it is reasonable for us to have no precautions." Moreover, the reason why those thieves were able to succeed this time was because there were people who cooperated with them inside and out, if Yuan Wang hadn't colluded with them early on, why would he be like this......

This sentence immediately woke up Cai Jiu, and he hurriedly nodded: "Yes, in the final analysis, the fault of today's Jiangzhou rebellion is on Yuan Wang." If it weren't for his collusion with the thieves, how could they have such a clear arrangement, not only arson everywhere in the city to attract the officers and soldiers to disperse their troops, but also bold enough to hijack their own officials...... and that Lin Henian, the official suspected that he also had Yuan Wang's instructions to let the thief get out calmly, and almost killed the official......" As soon as he said it, he felt more and more that the sin was only on these two people, and his tone was already full of resentment: "After the official returns to the city, he will order them to be taken down, and convict them of a felony of colluding with thieves and trying to misbehave!" ”

"It's too guarded to ......," Sun Tu hurriedly dissuaded when he saw this.

"Huh? What do you mean by that? Cai Jiu frowned when he heard this, he finally found someone to scapego, why did Sun Tu want to help them speak?

"Taishou, Xia Guan believes that Yuan Wang must have colluded with the Liangshan thief Kou earlier, so there is no doubt about his crime, but Lin Dujian may not be his accomplice. After all, he had done his best in today's battle, but the situation on the court was changeable at that time, so he couldn't take the thief to protect Taishou in time. Sun Tu glanced at the other party as he spoke, and when he saw Cai Jiu's disapproving face, he could only say a more critical point: "Moreover, if you want to blame Yuan Wang for all the charges this time, you must also have him testify, otherwise I am afraid that the testimony of you and me will not convince the imperial court." ”

Cai Jiu was stunned again, and then he understood. Indeed, whether it is himself, Sun Tu or Yuan Wang, there is already a contradiction, and at this time, the persuasiveness of putting all the charges on his head is a little insufficient, especially since there are high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China like Liang Shicheng behind him, and things are even more difficult to do. But once there was Lin Henian, the capital eunuch who stood with Yuan Wang, to testify, everything was completely different.

After pondering for a moment, he finally nodded: "Okay, then according to what you said, this official spared Lin Henian this time, and only investigated Yuan Wang's crimes." ”

"Too wise. Xia Guan thought that since he had been charged with colluding with the water bandits before, it was reasonable to collude with the Liangshan bandits again this time. We already have human and material evidence, as long as it is reported to the imperial court, the emperor and Taishi Cai will definitely give me justice to the officials and people of Jiangzhou! Sun Tu was sure in his heart, and said with a smile.

At this point, Sun Tu and Cai Jiu have not yet returned to Jiangzhou, and they have already decided to throw Yuan Wang, the pusher, as the scapegoat for the chaos in the city. And once these charges are really implemented, what awaits him will not only be disgraced and resigned, but also his life, and even the lives of his family. After all, colluding with thieves is already a major crime of rebellion.

At the same time, in the prison in Jiangzhou City, Yuan Wang had also heard people mention the various changes that had happened in the city before, which made his face turn pale.

Because he has been in charge of the state prison for many years, Yuan Wang still has a certain prestige among ordinary jailers even if he is now in prison, and they will report to him as soon as there is anything outside. At this time, a few people gloated a little about the robbery of the law field, the chaos in Jiangzhou, the capture of Cai Jiu, and the escape of the thief, and thus let the thief escape, and finally said: "Tuiguan, now that Taishou is in trouble, it is a good time for you to take the opportunity to get out of prison and regain power, the little ones are here to congratulate you first." ”

After being stunned for a long time, Yuan Wang suddenly laughed, and his face was crazy: "Hehe...... If this is the case, I am afraid that the doom of this official is coming. This time, no matter whether Taishou can come back safely or not, in order to find a scapegoat, I, Yuan Wang, am the most suitable person...... This time, no matter how much I tried to argue, they would not accept it again, and maybe it would not be long before they would let me die in this prison and give me a theory of suicide in fear of sin. One wrong step and one wrong step, in the final analysis, it's because I underestimated Sun Tu's scheming and ability......"