Chapter 244
Originally, Dai Zong sent the news earlier today and invited a group of brothers close to Song Jiang to gather together, and planned to discuss with everyone how to solve the current problem. But in the afternoon, a person from the state yamen brought a letter to him to see the prefect and said that there were important things to give him instructions, so he could only leave these people at Suntu's residence, and he left with him with full of questions.
Everyone was worried that Dai Zong would be implicated by Song Jiang, and maybe he would never go back. As a result, he came back in just over an hour. Although his face became more solemn than when he went there, it finally made everyone feel relieved. Of course, their expressions did not improve much.
"Brother, what do Cai Jiu wants to do to find you?" Seeing him enter the house, Li Kui asked anxiously.
But Dai Zong did not rush to answer this question, but looked at the friends present with some concern: "What's wrong with you... why do you all seem to be worried?"
Without waiting for Li Kui and others to speak, Sun Tu said first: "There are a few brothers who want to go to prison to rescue Brother Song at all costs, but I stopped him, so they are so dissatisfied with me."
"Hmph, you have never regarded us and Brother Gongming as brothers, but just focused on your future!" Li Kui had Dai Zong beside him and had some confidence, so he turned black and muttered in a low voice.
When Dai Zong heard this, his face suddenly darkened: "Iron Niu must not be rude! The decision of the group training is very correct. I have inquired about it. Since yesterday, many soldiers from the wing army and the state yamen have been transferred to the prison to guard the prison, just waiting for someone to rob the prison and save people. If we go rashly, we will definitely hit their minds."
"Be serious?" Even Zhang Shun changed his face: "Then the government has prepared a long time ago?"
"Yes, after all, Brother Gongming has a reputation. As long as they inquire carefully, they will know the existence of us." Dai Zong nodded solemnly and said, "So Sun Tuanlian is also stopping you for your own good. You can't blame him."
After pausing, he said again: "And as far as I know now, Brother Gongming is safe at least for a short time, because Cai Jiu has decided to ask the court and his father Cai Jing first before deciding how to deal with Brother Gongming."
"Ah... Can't he, the prefect of Jiangzhou, make decisions? Is this statement credible?" Zhang Shun asked with a frown again.
"Of course it's true, because it was me who was sent to Tokyo to deliver the letters." Dai Zong pointed at himself and said, "The documents and letters he wrote in his own hand are still here." As he spoke, he took out two letters from his arms, one was official documents and the other was ordinary letters.
Everyone was even more stunned. Mu Hong said in surprise: "Why did he ask Brother Dai to send you this letter? Could it be that they want to test you?"
"That's not, just because I, Dai Zong, have a bandit name of the Shenxing Taibao. They know that I send these letters faster than usual, and it takes less than two or three days to come and go to Tokyo City." Dai Zong smiled and replied.
Everyone couldn't help but be amazed. It's more than a thousand miles from Jiangzhou to Tokyo. It takes more than four or five days to fight back and forth. I didn't expect that Dai Zong could shorten nearly half of his time with his legs. What a skill. However, everyone could see that this was Dai Zong's ability to eat, so no one came to do a deeper study, but there was a little more respect in his eyes when he looked at him.
In fact, this is due to the reality that the Song Dynasty is short of horses. Although there are horses in Jiangzhou, they are not satisfactory in terms of quantity or quality. The general documentary exchanges are enough, but like this time, the urgent delivery that needs to be sent to the court as soon as possible has to be thought of. Dai Zong, who possesses extraordinary skills, naturally became the first candidate that Cai Jiu thought of.
After a while of amazement, Li Jun suddenly frowned again: "In this way, we will have less time to save Brother Gongming. Maybe when you come back, you will attack Brother Gongming..."
This immediately reminded everyone present, and even Dai Zong's face changed: "What...what should I do?" He didn't want to really appear to kill Song Jiang.
"I have an idea, but I need Dean Dai, you take some risks." Sun Tu suddenly said.
"Teaming, you said, as long as you can save your brother, I will not be afraid of any risk you take." Dai Zong hurriedly expressed his opinion.
"Brother Song had told you before that the only brothers in Liangshan who can save others are the ones in Liangshan. Why don't you take this opportunity to go to Tokyo and find them some advice?" Sun Tu glanced at everyone and said his countermeasures: "As long as they are willing to take action, there will be enough people to rescue Brother Song."
"This...but my responsibility is to send a letter to Tokyo. If I transfer to Shandong, I'm afraid it will take too long to get too long, and Cai Jiu and the others will be suspicious, which will make them backfire." Dai Zong immediately raised his own concerns, and everyone else nodded deeply.
At this time, Sun Tu couldn't say that there would be a way to help him solve this problem. He just said, "There are so many talented people in the world. I think with the skills of those people in Liangshan, I might be able to find a way to have the best of both worlds. Moreover, there is really no better way to rely on them to take action. We alone are not enough to break into the prison to save people."
After weighing the pros and cons, Dai Zong finally bit his teeth: "Then I will listen to the group training you, and I will not go to Tokyo but to Liangshan for help. There is not much time, so I will set off now."
"There is another point that you have to remind King Chao and others that it is of great importance. Be sure to keep a little more careful and not reveal any flaws in a hurry. It is best to be more prepared just in case of failure." Seeing that he was about to leave, Sun Tu subconsciously reminded him. He really couldn't tell the problem too clearly, so he could only try his best to remind him.
Although Dai Zong didn't understand why Sun Tu had such concerns, he still clasped his fists and responded. Then he pulled Li Kui and whispered a few words, making him patiently, obey Sun Tu's wishes, etc., and then left.
After leaving Sun Tu, Dai Zong still couldn't get up, because today was the beginning of the Lantern Festival. The streets were full of bright lights and crowds. Every step forward would take a while, and he was already sweating.
Fortunately, the road ahead suddenly became clear after leaving Jiangzhou City, and almost no one was seen on the official road at night. Dai Zong immediately took out two armored horses painted with talismans from his bags and stuck them on his legs. Then his legs bent and shot, and the person flew up like a cannonball, jumping out a long distance. Finally, his legs ran along the official road without any hesitation. The speed was indeed better than that of ordinary horses. This was his own secret technique and the origin of his nickname of Shenxing Taibao.
After Dai Zong left, the others stopped staying and left with excuses. They had already had a rift with Sun Tu and had a deeper opinion of him, so naturally they would not have any intersection with him anymore.
The last one to leave was Zhang Shun. He looked back at Sun Tu with a complicated expression, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he turned into a sigh. Between Sun Tu and Song Jiang, Zhang Shun naturally preferred to follow Song Jiang, after all, he never thought of surrendering to the government.
After they all dispersed, Yang Zhicai said with some concern: "Sanlang, your words and deeds just now are a bit too much, but this has offended all these people. Even if Song Jiang can be rescued safely this time, these people may not be able to accept your feelings. And if there is any problem in the middle, I am afraid they will blame you even more..."
Lu Da nodded deeply: "Yes, Saburo, this is very different from your previous behavior. Even if you don't want to help them, you don't have to turn against you like this..."
"Of course I don't want to be enemies with them, but their attitude just now was really too bad. I, Sun Tu, don't owe them anything, and it's not wrong to stand by and watch Song Jiang." Sun Tu said with a heavy expression: "Now I have figured it out. We have become two people with them. If they are just loyal and just want to gather together, it will be of no benefit to the Song world. It's just because Song Jiang had kindness with me before that I didn't want to see him end up being wronged and killed, so I helped him. But after this time, I have planned to completely draw a line with them. It's better that I'm going to separate my relationship today, and we won't have any concerns when we really become an opponent in the future."
"But..." Yang Zhi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Sun Tu's wave: "I know what you want to say, I just want to have a clear conscience. This time, I will try my best to protect Song Jiang from the trouble, but we are still officers and soldiers, and they may become bandits."
Yang Zhi and Lu Da looked at each other. They seemed to understand what Sun Tu intended to do, but at the same time they could not see through his true intentions, so they could only sigh and finish the matter.
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"You said that Dai Zong went to see Sun Tu first after leaving the yamen? And there were some unknown guys in Sun Tu's place?" After hearing the report, Yuan Wang showed a sneer on his face: "It's true that Sun Tu has a very different relationship with Song Jiang. This time he will definitely find ways to save people."
Although Yuan Wang had given up all his power to Prefect Cai, in fact he still had a considerable force in secret. After all, he had been working hard in Jiangzhou for many years, and the white organization would not be dead.
The subordinate asked hurriedly: "Those guys are still being stared at by us, do you need to take them down?"
After pondering for a moment, Yuan Wang shook his head: "No hurry, now I can't deal with Sun Tu without any evidence. I want to see what tricks they will use to save Song Jiang. As long as I am careful, I don't have to worry about them showing off at the critical moment. Then I can catch them all in one go, and convict Sun Tu and vent my hatred!" At this time, the most hateful thing in his heart was Sun Tu's group training.
"I understand that I will keep them from moving and only stare at them in the dark."
"Well, go." Yuan Wang waved his hand with satisfaction, and the man quickly left the room, leaving him alone in the room, letting the swaying candlelight make his face turn light and dark, unpredictable.
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Chapter completed!