However, it was said that Hu Taigong, Hu Cheng, Hu Sanniang and others were all bound by Jing Zhong under the instruction of Ximenqing, and when they were taken to Yanggu County, although several other stewards of Hujiazhuang were also captured by the officials and soldiers. But in the end, Jing Zhong's subordinates are still the identity of the official army, and they can't capture all the tenants in the whole village, let alone slaughter the village in broad daylight. And a few other Hu Cheng's confidants saw that the young master was arrested, and they counted each other, and they also knew that although Xiao Tang and his Hu family now have some friendships, and they are characters who can speak in the official face, they don't know where he is now, and they can't quench their thirst far from water.

And although the Hu family was convicted of being a secret bandit, a discerning person saw that the Ximen Xianggong had other plans, and he was driven to come not because the Hu family was really guilty, but because he coveted the ancestral property accumulated by Hu Sanniang and the Hu family.

Therefore, these Hu Cheng's own henchmen agreed to go directly to find the soldiers and horses of the three mountains who were about to move eastward, and Liangshanbo didn't talk about it for the time being, but they also knew that it was the Qingzhou Liangshan who sent the leader Han Xuan to teach Liangshanbo to release his own young lady. Although they are not as detailed as Hu Cheng knows the details, these Hu Cheng's henchmen also know that the heroes of the two mountains in Qingzhou act in benevolence and righteousness first, although in the past, the identities of each other's big families and strongmen were different and inconvenient to have too much contact, but now they have also become the only reliance on whether they can save Hu Taigong, Hu Cheng and others.

As for the crime of secretly collaborating with bandits, now it is the senior official of the Jingdong Road Criminal Prison Department who is blatantly going to the village to frame the Hu family, and falsely accusing the Hu family of colluding with the Green Forest bandits. And the current situation is also the same, to be able to rescue Hu Taigong's family, he can really only rely on those green forest soldiers and horses.

These few confidants rushed down to Dulonggang, all the way to the east, only to find the soldiers and horses of the three mountains of the green forest, and ran out of thirty or forty miles. Suddenly, I heard the sound of gongs and drums at the mouth of the mountain pass in front of me, and saw three or five hundred soldiers flashing out of the side of the hillside, each with a military weapon in hand, and first surrounded a strongman leader, shouting: "What are you doing, guys? The army of the three mountains of the green forest is here, but anyone who has some eyesight must also avoid it, just look at the collision here, and it is a fine work sent by the group of birds in Zhujiazhuang? Kids, take this guy down first and then ask questions! ”

Seeing this, the few henchmen who were galloping immediately rolled their saddles and dismounted, and one of the leaders shouted: "Heroes! But I don't know if it's the soldiers and horses of Shuibo Liangshan, or the righteous soldiers of the two mountains of Qingzhou? ”

The strongman leader who led his troops to spy on this sentry saw that he urged him to step forward and said, "It's a monster! I am Yang Chun, the white flower snake under the command of the Panlong Battalion of Erlong Mountain, you are exploring the way of our soldiers and horses, but what are you doing? ”

The man was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said: "The villain is the helper of the young master of Hujiazhuang, the previous time the good man of Guizhai helped each other, the villain was entrusted by the young master, and also took the gift to Erlongshan to thank the great grace, so he knew the two leaders of Zhang San and Li Si, and saw Master Lu, Ou Peng, Ma Lin, Cao Zheng and other leaders in Guizhai, and never dared to deceive!" ”

The soldiers and horses of the three mountains marched westward, Yang Chun led some soldiers and horses to do sentry and guard here, according to Xiao Tang's orders, but all the past merchants must not be violated, and now the western boundary of Dongping Mansion is not very peaceful, presumably most of the merchants will also take a detour to avoid the disaster of the army, and those who encounter strange deeds can be taken down, and then interrogated. And Yang Chun heard that this person bluntly said that he was from Hujiazhuang, and said that he had seen Zhang San, Li Si, Cao Zheng and other brothers in the village, and Lu Zhishen, Ou Peng, Ma Lin and others are also in the army now, so they are not afraid of him as a fraud.

The look of vigilance on Yang Chun's face faded a little, and he said: "My two mountain heroes are going to attack the group of birds gathered in Zhujiazhuang, although they are all in the Dulonggang territory, but they will not offend your Hujiazhuang." It's just that we are the identity of the heroes of the green forest, and you innocent families have to be questioned by the government if they have more dealings with us, and now is the time to use soldiers, why did you come to Hujiazhuang to find me and the soldiers and horses of the two mountains? ”

Hu Cheng's own person showed a bitter smile on his face after hearing this, and said: "Leader Yang, it is a few dog officers who led the officers and soldiers to our village and framed our village for secret bandits... The crime of secretly dealing with the heroes of the green forest, the prince Hu, the young master, and the young lady were also taken by them, and listening to the meaning of the dog official, it was not that my Hu family had presented a gift to the heroes of Guizhai to thank him, but to be unfavorable to my young lady, and then seek my Hujiazhuang money and grain and family property! The villain and a few others had no idea, so they had to report to the heroes of the two mountains again with a shy face, and asked Leader Yang to introduce them on their behalf and teach the villain to meet the owner of your village! ”

Yang Chun couldn't be lazy when he said that he knew about it, he also knew that the Hu family was just a big family that didn't want to have more rights and wrongs, and he had received the favor of Xiao Tang's official face and the double identity in the green forest, and he was an old friend with his brother, and he was not the opponent of the cottage, so he immediately whispered to a leader next to him: "You are guarding here, I will take a few of them to see Brother Shi Jin first, and then quickly go to the Chinese military to report to Brother Xiao Tang to know!" ”..........

And now the soldiers and horses of the three mountains have temporarily settled down in the village, Xiao Tang and some brothers have also gathered in the handsome tent, and their faces are also very solemn, thinking that not long ago, there were also people from Xiao Jiaji who secretly spread the news, saying that Liang Shijie, the minister who stayed behind in the Daimyo Mansion, wanted to raise the army of several states in Hebei, and even sent people to Xiao Jiaji, and ordered the townsmen in the market town to also allocate soldiers and horses, and participate in the war of Chen Xizhen, Zhu Yongqing and others to gather soldiers and horses to eliminate the Sanshan Dazhai on Jingdong Road.

Now the generals in the left-behind division of the Daimyo Mansion, Guan Sheng, Suo Chao, Xuanzan, and Hao Siwen have fought side by side with him many times, and they can all be regarded as his old subordinates, Xiao Tang also knows that he is acting on the two fronts of the officialdom and the green forest, and sooner or later he is very likely to meet some of these comrades-in-arms who do not know what he is planning in his heart. And Liang Shijie, the left-behind minister of the Daimyo Mansion, is also his old boss, although this person is greedy, but his appearance is not ugly, and he is not the kind of brutal and unscrupulous official who exploits and oppresses the people under his rule, after all, there is no official rebellion yet, if it is not a last resort, Xiao Tang will try to avoid a head-on conflict with Liang Shijie.

But now that they are gradually separating from each other, Xiao Tang can also see from Lu Junyi's lawsuit and murder case that Liang Zhongshu's methods of greedy ink and wealth have begun to be a little inferior. Although they took what they needed from each other back then, and lived in harmony for several years in the left-behind division of the Daimyo's Mansion, in the final analysis, they were not all the way after all.

What made Xiao Tang feel that the situation was a little grim in his heart was that he also knew very well that Liang Shijie's decision must have come from the instructions of Cai Jing, the minister of power behind him.

In fact, Xiao Tang was also very surprised by Cai Jing's participation in the conquest and suppression of local green forest soldiers and horses, this old treacherous and cunning minister actually focused on the party and political struggles in the court, and did not care at all about the war such as the elimination of bandits in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty. In the original book, Cai Jing and Liang Shanbo first married Liang Zi because Liang Shijie and his own birthday gang were robbed, after learning about this, he immediately sent people to Jeju Mansion to land Mansion Yin, and ordered to arrest this gang of thieves immediately, but the government sent two groups of soldiers and horses were defeated, and there was no follow-up.

Cai Jing's other head-on conflict with the Liangshan army in the book was because Liangshan sent troops to rescue Lu Junyi, Shi Xiu and others, and the famous city under the control of his son-in-law was invaded by thieves, so he sent Guan Sheng and others to encircle and suppress Liangshan, but what happened later? Cai Jing "saw that Guan Sheng was lowered, and before the Son of Heaven, he didn't dare to mention it." It's just advocating Zhao'an, and everyone has nothing to do. Therefore, he sent books and Liang Zhongshu a lot, taught and left Lu Junyi and Shi Xiu alive, so that they could be scaffolding......

And Cai Jing's concubine Cai Jiu was going to kill Song Jiang but was robbed, and his protégé He Taishou also Huazhou died in the hands of Liangshan Army, and Liang Zi was getting deeper and deeper between each other, but Cai Jing also came up with an idea behind his back when Gao Yu, Tong Guan and others were ruthless to level Liangshan, and after Liangshan accepted Zhao'an, Cai Jing never took the initiative to murder Liangshan and his gang. And in addition to Cai Jing being brutally scolded by Wu Xueyu Luo Jian in front of the official family when he was fighting against the other four great kings, but when Fan Gaoyu, Tong Guan, Yang Jian and others were taken out by Zhao Ji to reprimand and scold, it seemed that Cai Jing, who was involved in the pickling of those traitorous ministers, but did not participate in the whole thing, could always stay out of the matter, whether it was the defeat of Liangshan who was killed, or the infamy of the culprit who secretly murdered Song Jiang and others, it could not be counted on his head.

Xiao Tang knew that this was Cai Jing's old ghost, and compared to his real ambition, it was also his own share to be entangled with some characters from the green forest and grass robbers, and with Cai Jing's status in the court, he also disdained to use some military exploits to conquer bandits and suppress bandits to ask for rewards from the officials. But if Cai Jing instructed Liang Shijie to send heavy troops to recruit the soldiers and horses of the Green Forest this time, what would his real purpose be?

The Daimyo's Mansion Left-behind Division... Xiao Jiaji's hometown brave... Coupled with his connection with some of the leaders of the soldiers and horses in the two mountains of Qingzhou...... Xiao Tang cleared his mind and then thought about it, and finally realized a possibility: Cai Jing's actions, Mo Mo is going to target me?