After Song Jiang and Hua Rong chatted for a few more words, they went down the mountain to move their old father. Before leaving, they solemnly knelt down to worship Empress Jiutian Xuannv.
When the two of them went down the mountain, Zheng Tianshou had already killed all the local soldiers at the foot of the mountain.
The group of people then returned to Songjiazhuang. The local soldiers from Yuncheng County were chasing after them, which had already awakened the people in Songjiazhuang. Some brave people came to the Songjiazhuang to see if the Song family had been captured.
The Song family was originally a big family in the village, and usually people in the village would not dare to come to the door. However, now the Song family is in trouble, and the people in the village come to watch the fun.
But when Hua Rong and Zheng Tianshou led Liangshan soldiers and horses to find him, the people in the village were frightened and fled in panic.
When Song Jiang, Hua Rong and others returned to the village, they saw the lights brightly lit and Song Qingzheng directing his men to clean up the belongings.
With the village in such chaos, Song Jiang also knew that the grandpa must have woken up, so he couldn't help but asked with a guilty conscience: "Where is father?"
Song Qing pointed to the lobby in front and said, "My father is sitting inside. When I went to ask my father for instructions to clean up the belongings, my father just nodded and said nothing. After thinking about it, I still feel a little confused, so my brother will go and persuade my father."
Song Jiang nodded and said: "Then I'll go and persuade Dad. You have people to pick up the valuables quickly. We will go to Liangshan overnight to avoid being arrested by officers and soldiers again."
After Song Qing heard this, he hurriedly went to urge his servants in person.
When Song Jiang arrived in the lobby, he saw Mrs. Song sitting in the lobby and looking around. She quickly knelt down and said, "My child is unfilial and does arrogant things, which frightens my father."
Old lady Song said: "Get up. After you committed a crime in Jiangzhou, I knew you would definitely come to take us to Liangshan with you. Yuncheng County sent local soldiers again. As long as the court documents arrive, we will arrest you." Arrest our whole family for questioning. Although I am old, I don't want to sit still and wait for death, so I can only fall into the grass with you. Fortunately, Liangshan has strong soldiers and horses, and the court will recruit you sooner or later. Chao Gai has a good relationship with you, and you can persuade Chao Gai. Recruitment is a blessing in disguise, but it¡¯s hard to leave this old house suddenly.¡±
Song Jiang was also full of confidence now and said with a smile: "Don't worry, father. When my son becomes a marquis and becomes a prime minister, he will definitely rebuild the old house for future generations to pass on."
Song Taigong shook his head and said: "As long as you can be a county magistrate, you can be regarded as a glorious ancestor."
Song Jiang comforted Song Taigong in the hall. After the house was tidied up, he got a soft sedan to carry the old Taigong, and the group came to Liangshan.
When everyone arrived at the entrance of Lijia Road, Zhu Gui fired his arrows to summon navy ships to take everyone across.
Looking at the golden beach, Song Jiang was also very excited. With the story of the Book of Heaven, he believed that in the near future, the entire Liangshan Mountain would be in the palm of his hand, and this 800-mile water park would also become his back garden.
"Open the water gate"
When the gatekeepers of the water village saw their ships approaching, they shouted and worked together to open the water gate.
As soon as the water gate opened, Hua Rong said: "Brother, King Chao Tianwang led all the leaders of the village to greet him at the golden beach."
Song Jiang was not as good as Hua Rong in his eyes. When the ship passed the water gate and entered the water village, he saw Chao Gai and others greeting him on the golden beach, and he couldn't help but frown.
If it were when he went to Jiangzhou, it would be reasonable for Chao Gai to put up such a formation. But now all the leaders in the mountain don't want to see him. Even if Chao Gai remembered his old friendship and came to greet Old Madam Song, he should have only brought a few confidants with him. Wouldn't he have summoned all the leaders to welcome him so solemnly?
Song Jiang frowned and thought for a while, the only reason worthy of such a welcome was that he had let them know that he had obtained the Book of Heaven. No matter what others thought, Song Jiang always felt that he had obtained the Book of Heaven since he had that idea.
But when Song Jiang thought about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong. He only told Hua Rong about the Book of Heaven.
In order to make this matter more credible, Song Jiang will naturally not say that he has obtained the Book of Heaven in person. Instead, if others know about it accidentally, it will be easier for others to believe it.
Could it be that some great hero came to vote, so Chao Gaicai led everyone to welcome him here?
As soon as the boat docked, Song Jiang quickly jumped onto the beach, came to everyone, clasped his fists and said, "I wonder who the leaders are waiting for here?"
Hearing this, everyone couldn¡¯t help but look at Chao Yong.
Chao Yong smiled and said: "I summoned all the leaders to come and specially invite three volumes of books?"
Hearing this, Song Jiang¡¯s expression changed drastically, and he stammered: ¡°Brother Yong, what book are you waiting for?¡±
Chao Yong looked at Song Jiang¡¯s reaction and confirmed his suspicion. He smiled and said, ¡°Did Uncle Song go to Xuannv Temple?¡±
Song Jiang couldn¡¯t help but feel bad when he heard about Xuannv Temple.
But although Hua Rong was the only one chasing Zhao Neng up the mountain last night, his troops stayed at the intersection at the bottom of the mountain to surround and kill the Yuncheng County soldiers.There were many people talking, but the fact that he went to Xuannv Temple could not be hidden from everyone, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "I was chased by Yuncheng County soldiers earlier, and I was in a panic. I did go to Xuannv Temple." ¡±
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Last night, the Nine Heavens Xuannv Empress entrusted me with a dream and asked Third Uncle Song to bring me three volumes of books to help me fight on the battlefield. I think Third Uncle Song should have gotten those three volumes."
Song Jiang now puts all his hopes for a comeback on the three volumes of books. When he heard that Chao Yong wanted to take away his three volumes of books, he immediately retorted: "The three volumes of heavenly books were given to me by Empress Jiutian Xuannv. How could they be made for me?" Did I bring it to you?¡±
Chao Yong didn¡¯t expect that Song Jiang actually produced three volumes of the Heavenly Book. He just didn¡¯t know if he had prepared it himself or if he really got it from the Xuannv Temple.
The Xuannv Temple in Huandao Village is very popular in Yuncheng County. Chao Yong also knew about the existence of the Xuannv Temple, but he always felt that Song Jiang was pretending to be a ghost and that the Three Books of Heaven did not exist at all, so he never went to the Xuannv Temple.
But after Song Jiang came down from the mountain, Chao Yong learned from Shi Qian that Yuncheng County had already sent local soldiers to ambush Songjiazhuang, and Song Jiang would probably be in trouble.
Song Jiang went down the mountain with Chao Yong's token. Chao Yong was also afraid that Chao Gai would blame him if something happened to Song Jiang. In addition, Song Jiang was rescued by Liangshan people after all, and if he was easily captured by the Yuncheng County soldiers, it would inevitably damage Liangshan's reputation.
And because when Chao Yong learned that there was an ambush in Songjiazhuang, Song Jiang had been down the mountain for a long time, and Chao Yong was afraid that by the time Liangshan troops went to rescue him, Song Jiang would have been captured by Yuncheng native soldiers. Therefore, Hua Rong and Zheng Tianshou were specially asked to lead troops down the mountain to rescue Song Jiang. First, they had a close relationship with Song Jiang, so they would have to work hard when they left. Second, if they arrived late and Song Jiang had been captured, then he could Avoid suspicion, lest others say that he deliberately sent people to delay time and harmed Song Jiang.
In Chao Yong¡¯s view, Song Jiang is already a tiger without claws and teeth, and naturally he does not want to bear the reputation of being harmful to others.
After Hua Rong came down the mountain, Chao Yong remembered again the story about Song Jiang getting the Book of Heaven in Water Margin.
Now that Song Jiang¡¯s reputation has been completely ruined, he is a person who is unwilling to be ordinary, and he might forge some heavenly book.
After Chao Yong came to earth under the guise of the stars, he discovered that many soldiers in Liangshan fanatically believed in him. If Song Jiang really comes up with the Book of Heaven, he might cause trouble in Liangshan again.
After Chao Yong thought about it, he summoned the leaders and said that the Nine Heavens Xuannv Empress had entrusted him with a dream last night and gave him three books to help him fight on the battlefield. He asked everyone to come down the mountain to greet him.
If Song Jiang did not bring back the "Book of Heaven", Chao Yong could have said that Song Jiang was disrespectful to Jiutian Xuannv, so Jiutian Xuannv didn't give the book to him. He could go down the mountain to get it himself, and then just find three books to fill in the dream. No one knew what the "Book of Heaven" looked like anyway.
When Li Kui heard that Song Jiang actually dared to say that the Heavenly Book was for him, he couldn't help but rush out and said: "You are so shameless, how could the Nine Heavens Xuannv Empress give the Heavenly Book to a shit-eater like you? Don't want Brother Lai Yong's Heavenly Book. , otherwise Li Kui will not be able to recognize you."
At this time, Hua Rong also just remembered that there was a rumor in Liangshan that Chao Yong descended from the stars and that the Nine Heavens Xuannv Empress would entrust him with dreams. First, he didn't believe it and didn't take it to heart. Second, he was worried about Song Jiang's life and death. After seeing him alive, he was inevitably a little excited, so he forgot about the legend of Jiutian Xuannv and Chao Yong.
Song Jiang had just gone up the mountain, and he didn¡¯t know that Chao Yong had already taken the name of Jiutian Xuannv.
Seeing Li Kui's ferocious look, Song Jiang couldn't help but take two steps back in fright, but he was unwilling to let go of the "Heavenly Book" that could make him stand up. He thought for a while and said: "Brother Yong, you said that the Heavenly Book is the Nine Heavens Xuannv Empress." "Given to you, what do you think is written in the heavenly book?"
When Wu Song heard this, he couldn't help but said: "Brother Yong has not seen the Heavenly Book yet, how can he know what is written in it?"
"What Brother Wu Song said is that if you, a black man, don't come up with the Book of Heaven, you will kill me first."
Hua Rong saw Li Kui raising his ax and was about to strike at Song Jiang. He quickly stepped forward to protect Song Jiang.
Chao Yong did not expect that Hua Rong was still so loyal to Song Jiang, and did not want Li Kui and Hua Rong to get into trouble. He quickly grabbed Li Kui and said, "Uncle Song, if I am right, the book will be given to me? Right?"
Song Jiang couldn't help but be shocked after hearing this, but looking at the looks of Li Kui and others, he knew that there was no way to be kind today, and he was the only one who had read the Heavenly Book, not even Hua Rong, and Chao Yong had no chance of knowing.
"What a shame that Chao Yong actually used the name of Jiutian Xuannv to cause trouble first. It seems that he has a big plan. Since ancient times, he has been pretending to be a god, and it could be for the purpose of treason. Although he also wanted to forge the Heavenly Book, it was to seize the position of the Lord of Liangshan and to act on his own initiative in the future.
Chao Yong is so aggressive, so why not join his army and expose his pretense of pretending to be the Nine Heavens Xuannv Empress?It can damage the prestige of Chao and his son in Liangshan. As a person who has truly obtained the Heavenly Book, it will be easier to win over people's hearts when the time comes.
Thinking of this, Song Jiang looked at Chao Yong and said: "If you are wrong, it means that the Nine Heavens Xuannv Empress has never entrusted you with a dream. Brother Yong, you have to think about whether you want to take this gamble."
Some people in Liangshan who did not believe in ghosts and gods originally thought that Chao Yong had colluded with Song Jiang to forge the Heavenly Book. However, seeing that the two refused to give in to each other, it seemed that this was not the case.
Chao Yong saw that everyone was looking at him and knew that the matter had come to this and he could no longer retreat. He immediately smiled and said: "Of course." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member of Piaotian Literature and recommend it. This work and your support are my greatest motivation).