Su Jin had no choice but to follow Qiu Dabao to the small house behind the Juyi Hall, the two small stone houses are located in the northwest corner, which seem to be clean, but in fact they are under the surveillance of the bandits on the wall, and they need to pass through the small aisle by the Juyi Hall to enter and exit the house, and seven or eight bandits have already been arranged to stand guard on the aisle, which is actually equivalent to putting Su Jin and others under house arrest.

Qiu Dabao said slightly apologetically: "Envoy Su, the cottage is shabby, you can only make do with it, the big boss will naturally call you back at night, you can rest with peace of mind, don't just walk around, the wall is full of dark whistle crossbowmen, if you accidentally hurt you, it will not be good." ”

Su Jin frowned and said: "The second master, I will say it in my head, if the owner of your village does not reply to me at night, I can't wait, it's a big deal to take my two brothers down the mountain, kill one is enough, kill two to earn one." ”

Qiu Dabao said: "Special Envoy Su, don't think like this, the big boss does things for others...... It's still measured, but his temper is the kind that eats soft rather than hard, and you don't need to be so aggressive when you speak. ”

Su Jin nodded and said: "The second master is a reasonable person, you might as well tell the second master, this time you have really gone too far, even dare to rob the imperial grain, this time the court is determined to exterminate you, the court issued an iron order, regardless of casualties, regardless of losses, vowed to exterminate you and others." ”

Qiu Dabao said: "I'm afraid it's not so easy to destroy my Bagong Mountain. ”

Su Jin said: "This is the truth, but do the second masters really think that Bagong Mountain is unbreakable?" This cottage is really strong, but you are overconfident, it is good to rely on the terrain to fight, but in the end it is about strength, a cottage of hundreds of people, even if it is a person like me who does not understand military affairs, it will definitely be able to take it. ”

Qiu Dabao said: "Special envoy Su takes it for granted, if anyone can take down my cottage, can our heroes of Bagong Mountain still stand here for many years?" ”

Su Jin shook his head and said: "That's because you haven't attracted the attention of the imperial court, the war between the Northwest and the Western Xia Army is the focus of the imperial court, such as the diseases of people, scabies is insignificant, and the serious disease is always treated first." ”

Qiu Dabao was silent, and Su Jin said softly: "Say something to you again, lest you think I'm bragging, do you know what the biggest drawback of this cottage is?" ”

Qiu Dabao said: "The terrain of my cottage is majestic and dangerous, the checkpoints are majestic, and there is a tendency for a husband to be closed, and I don't think there are any drawbacks." ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "The second master is self-confidence, but in my opinion, there are flaws everywhere, and the officers and soldiers under the mountain have already dealt with it, and it can be broken with just one word, and it is - fire!" ”

Qiu Dabao was taken aback, and then laughed and said: "Joke, when the snow is all over the mountain, and you can't even find a piece of dry firewood in the mountain, why worry about fire attack?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Don't argue, if you pour fire oil, even water can burn, not to mention some pine wood with plenty of oil, but fire oil is precious, and most of it is used on the northwest front, so you haven't used this plan in these encirclements and suppressions; But this time is different, once the imperial court has made up its mind, everything can be done, I might as well tell you, nearly 500 barrels of fire oil have been gathered under the mountain, just dip a cotton ball and poke it on the tip of the arrow and shoot it into the woods, what do you guess the result will be? ”

Qiu Dabao's heart was half cold, the fire attack is indeed the weakness of the cottage, the big boss has also mentioned this matter several times, every month will order people to weed and cut trees at the foot of the mountain, to make a fire clearance, but the manpower on the mountain is limited, and there is not much place to clean up, the other party really uses rockets to burn the forest, there is absolutely no way, can only hope that the fire spreads when the wet wood and rest.

However, it is very unlikely that the fire will rest on its own, as long as there are a few big trees burning, the surrounding trees will naturally be dried and ignited, if there are no rescue measures, it will inevitably cause a fire, once the fire spreads to the foot of the main peak of the cottage, it will be uncontrollable, because the terrain is steep, the mountain fire is just burning upward, and the whole mountain will become a big torch.

Su Jin saw that the words had an effect, and continued to nag in the ear of Qiu Dabao, who was covered with frost: "I went up the mountain this time to be ordered to recruit the people of Bagong Mountain, because I don't want to see this kind of tragic situation of human beings, even if it is a fire attack, the casualties on both sides will inevitably be heavy, but the final result will inevitably be that there is no grass and trees left on Bagong Mountain." ”

General Qiu Dabao was suspicious: "Since the imperial court has made up its mind to exterminate us and is completely sure, why did it agree to ask you to come to recruit peace?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "You don't understand this, this year is the year of the great drought, the imperial court's various taxes and finances are very tight, the war in the northwest is unresolved, no one wants to spend a lot of time at this time, the war is not to say that it is fought, the war is to spend a lot of money, people eat horses and chew, the pensions of soldiers who died in battle, and the rewards of meritorious generals are all a large amount, and ordinary years are naturally nothing, like this year, it is a big burden." ”

Qiu Dabao thought about Su Jin's words carefully, but he still didn't believe Su Jin's words.

"And there is another important reason, the 500,000 stone grain you robbed, that is the life-saving food of the people of Yangzhou, the emperor ordered me to raise it from the merchants of Luzhou and transport it to Yangzhou Mansion, just to calm the turmoil caused by the lack of food in Yangzhou; It's okay if you robbed anything else, now that the Great Song Dynasty is short of food everywhere, you just stretched out your hand at this time, how can the emperor not be annoyed? But I am afraid that you will burn the 500,000 stone grain in anger, and there will be nowhere to raise food to alleviate the trouble in Yangzhou for a while, so I proposed that the strategy of recruiting peace is a way to meet the emperor's wishes, one is to avoid large-scale casualties, to relieve the bandits in Bagong Mountain, and to save the 500,000 stone grain. ”

Qiu Dabao began to waver, the eyes of the cottage had already understood the situation in the nearby state capital, and the lack of food was no longer a secret, what Su Jin said was completely consistent with what he had learned, which showed that Su Jin did not lie to him, this batch of grain was so large that they robbed it. The robbery was also terrifying, but because the temptation was too great, he took the risk, but he didn't expect to stab the sore spot of the court.

"The second master, these words should have been made clear to the big boss of your family, but I think this person is not what you said about eating soft and not hard, but soft and hard not eating, I heard before I went up the mountain that this person killed the general judge in Bozhou Mansion up and down eighteen, in his eyes is naturally the enemy of the court, absolutely I don't believe that the court will let him go, he wants to fight to the death, but the tired second master and a group of brothers followed to die, hey!"

Qiu Dabao said angrily: "Special Envoy Su, are you dividing my brotherhood?" When I was downtrodden in Luzhou, the Chamber of Commerce and the prefect arrested me everywhere, if it wasn't for the big boss to take me in, I would have been in a different place, what do you mean by this? ”

Su Jin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the second master, let's just talk in private, no matter how we say it, we are all people from Luzhou, after all, there is a friendship with fellow villagers, although we have different positions in Luzhou, but there is no personal grudge between you and me, until now I am still searching for evidence of the Chamber of Commerce and others, the death of Hei Qi and others must have been done by them, no matter whether this trick is successful or not, I, Su Jin, can survive to go down the mountain, and I will definitely still cooperate with Lord Bao to investigate this matter and give you an explanation." ”

Qiu Dabao sat down dejectedly, rubbed his forehead and said: "Then there is no need to investigate, Hei Qi and others were indeed killed by Tang Jiyuan, and I almost drank poisoned wine that night, but fortunately, I passed by the kitchen when I went to the toilet, and saw the Zhu family officials drugged the wine, so I pretended to be dead, and then they ordered someone to pull the bodies of me and Hei Qi and other brothers to the backyard and bury them. The wall escapes, these dog thieves who cross the river and tear down the bridge, one day I will break their bodies into ten thousand pieces. ”

Su Jin only listened to his brief description, and then he was already standing with cold hair on his body, and the scene of Tang Jiyuan's poisoning of Hei Qi and others was as vivid as he remembered, and he couldn't help but clench his palms, and a layer of cold sweat broke out.

"If this is the case, if the second leader can testify, I will bring Tang Jiyuan to justice."

Qiu Dabao shook his head and said, "How can I testify?" Ten years ago, I should have been beheaded, and then Tang Jiyuan didn't know what means he used to rescue me and a few others, and since then he has been incognito to help him do some things, if I go out to testify, wouldn't I kill myself? ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "It's very simple, after Zhao'an, everything will be solved, the court will not blame the past, and will also grant official positions, then you don't have to live in hiding, from now on be an upright person, and you can take revenge, why not?" ”

Qiu Dabao's body shook, and he immediately recovered and said: "Don't laugh, I can't be the master of this matter, or wait for the big boss to talk to you and let him make a decision, he has been bothering for a long time, so I will leave, a few people have a good rest, and they have their own teaching at night." ”

Su Jin got up and said, "The second master walks slowly, let's find a chance to talk again." ”

Qiu Dabao seemed to be a little flustered, turned around and left quickly.