073 What Is a Good Man?

Gao Feng and Zhang Shuye invited Wu Song to sit down in the magistrate's mansion in Yizhou City at night. They sat down in order of priority and ordered the maids to offer tea. Gao Feng liked to flatter him, clapped his hands and asked the singer to perform songs and dances, and string and bamboo music played. Everyone was drinking and enjoying the dance. Wu Song had been the Imperial Master of the Song Dynasty for four years, and now he had developed the temperament of a man of higher rank, less reckless. His behavior was dignified, and his singing and dancing were quite pleasing to the eye.

Gao Feng leaned over and said with a flattering smile: "Sir, which singer have you fallen in love with? I will send you to the room..." Gao Lian secretly kicked him, and then Gao Feng woke up and glanced at Wu Song's side. The Gongshu gave him a beautiful look and stopped talking. After the dance, Wu Song waved his hand and asked the singers to disperse, saying, "Has the prefecture prepared a sand table?"

Although Gao Feng was used to flattering people, he was good at running the army. He ordered the sergeants to bring a sand table and place it in the center of the hall. Everyone came forward to look at it, but it was a topographic map of Yizhou, which was extremely detailed.

"My subordinate has some knowledge of magic and used the art of flying to see all over Yizhou, so he made this sand table."

Wu Song shook his head and said: "The battlefield is not here, but in Qingzhou!"

"There is no topographic map of Qingzhou here. Could it be that..."

"I got news from Yinmen. When thieves Chen and Song saw that I had conquered Liangshanshuibo, they sent their troops eastward to Qingzhou. I am afraid they have already captured Qingyun Mountain." Gongshu Yanran waved his hand and asked the sergeant to carry him off the sand table. Said: "The terrain of Qingzhou is Qingyun Mountain in the middle, Laoshan Mountain in the southeast, Ai Mountain below, Wulian Mountain in the southwest, Yishan Mountain in the west, and Linglong Mountain Yunmen Mountain in the north. This area is all mountainous, and there is not much broad terrain. Moreover, the waterway is impassable and the building and boat cannot pass by.”

Zhang Shuye thought: "If they can't retreat, the opponent has a favorable terrain. I'm afraid it will take ten times the force to get rid of these rebels."

Wu Song smiled and said: "It's a simple matter. These rebels are bent on upholding justice for heaven and want to break into the capital and destroy me, a martial thief. As long as we stand still, Chen Xizhen and Song Jiang will inevitably lose their patience and take the initiative to attack and move closer to the capital." When the time comes, King Qin will come to the capital and force His Majesty to kill me."

Zhang Shuye perked up and said: "So their attack direction can only be to bypass Liangshanshuibo. Bypass Yizhou, attack Jinan, and then march to the capital from Jinan!" At this point, he frowned again, Said: "No, the Yellow River passes through Jinan. If the Chen thieves attack Jinan, they will also encounter the imperial master's large ships..."

Gao Feng said: "If we go south, it's a sea route. The Chen thieves and the Song thieves don't have big ships and can't go to the sea."

Gongshu Yanran frowned. She planned for Wu Song in the capital to lure out the Liangshan bandits, and then attack Liangshan from the Yellow River. When Song Jiang, Chen Xizhen and others came back for reinforcements, they fired with cannons and pacified Liangshan in one fell swoop.

This plan is based on intention and unintentional calculation. Originally, the harvest should have been greater, but unfortunately only the troops of Yan Shude and Liu Yongxi returned to rescue Liangshan. Obviously, the plan was discovered. And judging from the ruins of Zengtou City, there must be a master in Liangshan who is proficient in mechanism skills. I want to build a big ship and put it into the sea. Not simple yet?

"Is he from the Mo family?"

Wu Song said with a smile: "Gao Feng, you immediately send people to hurry up. Rush to the capital to report the good news, saying that they have captured Liangshan, killed 20,000 enemies, and the grassroots bandits are running to the southeast. The Holy Emperor will definitely grant us a seal..."

Gongshu Yanran whispered: "We didn't kill so many people, only two thousand at most, and there were many prisoners..."

Wu Song glared at her and said, "I'm a traitor, what's the big deal about falsely reporting ten times my performance?" Gongshu Yanran stuck out his tongue, but Wu Song said again: "Cai Jing will definitely not see me accomplishing this great feat, thinking that Liangshan is weak. Weak and vulnerable, we will definitely come to take the credit. In this way, Cai Jing and his team can lead the snake out of the cave and let the Chen thief and Song thief step out of Qingyun Mountain. Cai Jing will definitely be more honest after being defeated. We can also continue to attack those grass bandits and kill them all. Take the credit for yourself!”

Gao Feng secretly wiped his cold sweat and said with an apologetic smile: "The Imperial Master is good at planning, good at planning!" He was of Gao Qiu's lineage. Seeing that Wu Song was powerful, Gao Qiu secretly joined forces with Cai Jing to overthrow Wu Song. Now he listened to Wu Song's advice. Planning, I felt that if I joined forces with Cai Jing, I was afraid that my future would be unsafe, and I thought to myself: "It's better to write a letter with my cousin and seek refuge with Wu Song."

After Wu Song finished the arrangements, he went back to his house to rest. Miss Gongshu also followed. Wu Song took out the book Zhuang Hanmo threw to him. The two of them read it over and looked at each other.

"Old man Zhuang, how dare you lie to me!" Wu Song was so angry that he threw the book on the ground and stepped on it. The book did not talk about how to break the Eight Meridians to Become a God, but how to plant the Eight Meridians to Become a God. Local law!

Gongshu Yanran's face turned pale, and she held on to the table to prevent her from falling. She forced a smile and said, "Don't be angry. I'm not going to die soon. I still have a younger brother at home. After the incident here, I will go home and urge him to get married as soon as possible." . The Gongshu family cannot be eliminated from my hands.”

Wu Song hurriedly supported her and let her rest on the bed, saying: "There is no end to the road, so you can rest assured that you will not have to worry about everything. I have also read some military books over the years. Defeating Old Thief Chen should be a piece of cake." When you come to Qinzhou, I will accompany you." He picked up the book again and said, "I have two pupils, maybe I can use this book to deduce the method of breaking the Eight Meridians of God. Woolen cloth."

Gongshu Yanran nodded and meekly retracted into the bed. Wu Song covered her with the quilt and said with a smile: "You go to sleep first, and I will ask Master Li to come and accompany you." After that, he walked out of the room.

Gongshu Yanran waited for him to leave the house, and could no longer bear it. She coughed a few times and hurriedly took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth. When she let go, she saw a pool of blood on the handkerchief. Gongshu Yanran was stunned for a moment, and quietly threw the handkerchief under the bed, staring at the curtains with wide eyes, thinking about something in her heart.

Wu Song stood outside the door and did not walk far. He had sharp hearing and had heard the sound of the girl coughing up blood in the room. He could not help but clench his fists tightly, and did not notice that his nails pierced into the flesh.

He had already ordered Shi Xi's wife to go to Qinzhou to inquire. Shi Xi's wife reported that Gongshu Yanran had a younger brother named Gongshu Pan, but he was a fool. The only one in Gongshu's family who was proficient in mechanical arts was Gongshu Yanran.

"Every time she said that she made so many mechanical beasts to leave them to her younger brother, I knew she was lying to me..."

At this time, a maid passed by. After looking at Wu Song twice, he smiled and said, "General, you are such a man, why are you crying? Did a relative die on the battlefield?"

"Bullshit!" Wu Song wiped away his tears and laughed and scolded, "I won a great victory, I am laughing!"

The maid stuck out her tongue and turned away. Wu Song called her. He asked her to ask Li Shishi to come over and talk to Gongshu Yanran, but he changed into casual clothes and walked out of the house. When he came to the streets of Yizhou City, he saw soldiers bustling around, carrying stones and arrows to the city walls, and preparing for the war.

On the streets and alleys, some people were chatting about this major battle. Although Chen Xizhen, Song Jiang and others were under the banner of acting on behalf of heaven, their reputation among the people was not very good. What Wu Song heard was that they were all scolding these thieves. Instead, they praised themselves, the thief.

But if you think about it carefully, you will understand that the so-called robbing the rich to help the poor is acting on behalf of heaven. Who should be robbed of the rich and who should be helped to the poor?

Aren't the people who robbed the land the common people, and they helped their own poverty? As for "acting justice on behalf of heaven", it's even more of a joke. The emperor is the Son of Heaven. He represents heaven. Wu Song is the emperor's national teacher, the spokesperson of heaven, how can he act on behalf of heaven?

"I ask myself, although I have flattered Huizong and killed people over the years, I have never done anything against my will! The court allocates two million strings of money to Tianji Pavilion every year, and only a small part of it is used to improve the magic power of sorcerers. Most of it is used to manufacture weapons and defend the country."

Just thinking about it, I saw Lu Junyi, Yan Qing and others tying Li Kui and pushing and shoving into the city. Li Kui had a smelly sock stuffed in his mouth. I don't know who took it off, and the smell made him roll his eyes. Lu Da followed behind, saying, "How can this be done? Let him go. I am his sworn brother. I will persuade him..."

Wu Song came to him, and several people bowed and saluted, saying, "It is inconvenient to kneel down in armor." Li Kui did not salute, but stared at him with his two bull eyes, which seemed to be able to spit fire.

"There are no such rules!" Wu Song waved his hand and pointed at Li Kui, saying, "What's going on?"

Yan Qing laughed, "After the battle of Zhujiazhuang, he found a Liangshan captive who knew him, so he became suspicious and asked secretly, and found out that he had fallen into a trap. Because he killed Chen Daozi's sorcerer, he couldn't go back to Song Jiang, so he suddenly jumped up and swung two big axes to chop people, almost hurting Commander Hu Yan."

Wu Song hurriedly asked, "Is Hu Yanzhuo injured?"

"No." Lu Junyi laughed, "Fortunately, Xiao Yi saw the opportunity quickly and knocked him down with one punch, so no disaster happened!"

Wu Song also laughed, "Since Commander Hu Yan was not injured, why don't you untie Tie Niu quickly?"

Lin Chong said, "I'm afraid this guy will suddenly hurt people!"

"Who of you can he beat?" The few people had no choice but to untie Li Kui. Li Kui pulled the smelly socks out of his mouth, threw them to Lu Da, and snorted at him. Lu Da smiled awkwardly, and Li Kui asked, "Where are my axes?" Lu Da held his two large axes and looked at Wu Song. Wu Song nodded, and Lu Da had to return the axes to him. Li Kui got an axe in his hand, and his courage suddenly grew. He looked at Wu Song's neck, thinking that he couldn't beat him even with an axe, and his courage was lost again. He said: "Wu thief, stretch your head over here, let me chop it with two axes!"

Wu Song shook his head and smiled: "What a child!"

Seeing that he ignored him, Li Kui walked away with two big axes, and turned back and said: "If you don't kill me, I'll leave!"

Wu Song waved his hand and said: "No!" Li Kui hesitated, turned around again, and said: "You don't shoot cold arrows in my back?"

Wu Song shook his head and said: "No!"

"Nonsense!" Li Kui shook his big head like a wave drum, and said: "You are a Wu thief, you like to shoot cold arrows in the back the most, that's what Brother Song Gongming said, many heroes died under your cold arrows!"

Wu Song was angry and amused, and said: "Why should I shoot cold arrows? I am the national teacher of the whole world, second only to one person and above ten thousand people. I point my hand and thousands of troops will obey my orders. Wherever I point, masts and oars will be destroyed. Wherever the army arrives, bandits will surrender! Who else is worthy of my cold arrow? The reason why I don't kill you is that you are already a dead man, and I don't bother to kill you! "

Li Kui widened his eyes and shouted: "Brother Song Gongming will not kill me!"

Wu Song sneered: "Song Jiang has to kill you! Now Chen Daozi is the first chair, and Song Jiang is the second chair. Chen Xi really has the final say in the entire bandit gang. Song Jiang wants to keep his position. If he doesn't kill you, he will not be able to convince the crowd!"

Li Kui was furious, holding two axes, looking like he was going to kill someone, and said with a ferocious face: "I have sworn brotherhood with him, kowtowed to him, and saved his life! One life for one life, so will he still kill me?"

Wu Song shook his head and said: "You can write a letter and send it to Qingyun Mountain, saying that you were deceived by the martial bandits. Now you have found your way back and are willing to return to Qingyun Mountain. If Song Jiang replies, he will ask you to go back as soon as possible and will not care about you. The crime is to use your head to convince the public that I want to kill you! If you go back, you will definitely die! If I advise you not to go back, I still have the kindness of brother and I will not kill you."

"Write, just write!" Li Kui threw down the axe, was stunned again, scratched his head and said: "I can't read, you write." Suddenly he realized: "What you wrote is definitely not a good thing, I can't let you write!" After looking at Ruda, he still believed in his sworn brother and said, "Brother, you can't lie to me this time!"

Wu Song ordered people to bring pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and Li Kui dictated. Ruda wrote on the spot. Li Kui carefully held the piece of paper and let it dry in the air. He also called in a dozen people to ask, and they all read exactly the same, so he felt relieved.

Wu Song ordered a soldier to seal the envelope and send it to Qingyun Mountain. Then he took Li Kui's arm and said with a smile: "You and Brother Lu are in a relationship? Brother Lu is my brother, and you are my brother!" "

Li Kui snorted, raised his nose to the sky, and ignored him. Wu Song laughed and pulled him forcefully, wandering around the streets and alleys, listening to the old men and women chatting, all of them scolding Song Jiang and Chen Xizhen for rebelling and causing harm to the people.

After hearing this, Li Kui's face became more and more gloomy, and he felt depressed. Wu Song said: "Robbing the rich and giving to the poor to do justice for heaven? That's bullshit!"

Li Kui's face became more gloomy, and Wu Song said with a smile: "Brother Tieniu, do you still have my mother at home? A manly man who was born to be a hero, makes his wife a shadow, and leaves my mother alone at home, what kind of a hero is that?"

Li Kui was silent, Wu Song let go of his hand and went away with a smile. He saw Tieniu squatting on the side of the road, listening to the old man and old lady talking, nodding from time to time.