Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 21 I only heard that a big thief had risen up in Liangshan Marsh

It was already late at night, but the streets were bustling again. Countless people came out with lights on to watch.

Yamen runners came and went, and the place was crowded with soldiers.

Corpses were carried out of Su Wu's home one by one.

There was already a lot of discussion on the street, but no one dared to speak loudly and only whispered.

"I never expected that they would come to my house and kill me like this."

"Alas... Su Dutou was in danger tonight. I'm afraid it will be difficult in the future. He really offended someone he shouldn't have offended."

"Do you know who is behind this?"

"Who doesn't know? You don't know? Humph! Who else could it be?"

"Alas... Su Dutou is really a good man. I just hope that Su Dutou can get through this disaster safely..."

"It's easy to dodge an open attack, but it's hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. If it doesn't work this time, I'm afraid there will definitely be a next time."

Just then, a carriage was seen approaching slowly from the far side of the street, and someone shouted, "Here comes the magistrate."

The magistrate had really arrived and was getting off the car.

Su Wu also came out to greet him: "Sir, why did you have to come here in person in the middle of the night?"

"I have been in Yanggu County for several months, and such a major case has happened. If I don't come in person, how will the people view it?"

Meng Yi walked in while talking.

The bodies were carried to the yamen, and runners were washing the ground in the courtyard.

Meng Yi went straight into the main hall and sat down, also looking at Su Wu covered in blood: "It seems that you have both good courage and good martial arts."

"It was just luck." Su Wu replied.

"There's no need to be polite between you and me. I think you know who it is?" Meng Yi asked.

Su Wu nodded: "No need to guess."

"Then how are you going to deal with it?" Meng Yi asked again.

Su Wu thought about it for a while, then looked at Meng Yi, and suddenly said: "Killing people is not enough. If they want to kill me, I will kill them too."

After saying this, Su Wu just waited for Meng Yi's reaction.

"Alas... some people are easy to kill, while some are difficult or inconvenient to kill, and it causes a lot of trouble after killing them." Meng Yi said it bluntly.

Those who are easy to kill include Ximen Qing, but Yun Liwan is not easy to kill. If a court army general is assassinated, it will inevitably cause a huge reaction.

Not to mention anything else, Dong Ping would probably have to come in person to supervise the solving of the case.

The feud between Su Wu and Yun Liwan is not difficult to investigate. By then, Su Wu will definitely be in trouble.

But Su Wu said: "No matter what, we can't let others slaughter us. Today's incident is a fluke. If it happens next time, I'm afraid I will be beheaded."

"I heard that one escaped?" Meng Yi asked.

"A big man escaped." Su Wu nodded.

"There will be a city-wide search tonight. Tomorrow, you will go on a mission to Dongping Prefecture. Let's see what happens with your luck." Meng Yi gave an idea but did not really participate in it.

"Thank you sir."

Meng Yi got up and left. The fact that he came to see it in person showed that he attached great importance to it.

It was midnight when the house was finally cleaned up. Su Wu was not afraid of the dead house, so he went to sleep as usual, though he also took a shower first.

At the residence of the military officer Yun Liwan, the situation was also very anxious. Ximen Qing had already rushed over anxiously and asked, "Is it really not successful to join the military officer?"

Yun Liwan also cursed: "On weekdays, you always say that you are highly skilled in martial arts and superb skills, and you kill everyone in the martial arts world, but when it comes to real use, you can't even defeat a small county head..."

Ximen Qing was shocked: "General, this shouldn't be the case. Yu Baosi is nearly 10 feet tall and has a waist circumference of several men. How could he not be able to defeat Su Wu?"

"Humph!" Yun Liwan shook his head and said, "If I hadn't gone out of the city with him privately, he would have been taken away by those yamen runners by now."

Ximen Qing only then really believed that Yu Baosi had failed, and was even more shocked. He just asked: "Join the army, then...what should I do?"

Yun Liwan looked at Ximen Qing and saw that he was really a little flustered, so he shouted, "Why are you so flustered?"

Ximen Qing quickly explained: "I'm not panicking, it's just... Now the whole Yanggu County knows about our feud with Su Wu. If Su Wu was dead, it would be fine, and others wouldn't be able to say anything. Now that he's not dead, I'm afraid he..."

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that he will kill you?" Yun Liwan asked.

Ximen Qing swallowed his saliva. He really didn't expect that Su Wu was such a vicious person. Now that it has come to this, he has to find a way to resolve this matter.

Then he said, "Join the army, can you find more powerful men?"

"Where can we find someone more powerful?" Yun Liwan also asked. He was a lieutenant general in the imperial court, not a wandering man. He knew Yu Baosi because of the business that Yu Baosi did.

He really couldn't recognize those other truly vicious bandits in the martial arts world.

Ximen Qing knew that his only option now was to find another strong man. He had to go all the way to the end, so his mind was racing.

Then he said slowly: "Recently, I heard that... a big thief appeared in Liangshan Marsh in Yuncheng..."

Yanggu is actually very close to Yuncheng. Even though the road is winding, it is only about a hundred miles away, so it can be considered a neighboring prefecture or county. Yuncheng has been very lively recently.

Someone robbed Liang Zhongshu's birthday gift of 100,000 yuan again. The case caused a lot of sensation in the surrounding area. The thieves were found out, but they escaped and went to Liangshan Marsh. It was also heard that there was a fight on Liangshan and the owner had changed.

Later, I heard that Song Jiang, the famous timely rain in Yuncheng, suddenly fled after committing a murder...

Yun Liwan only asked: "Do you know them?"

Ximen Qing waved his hands repeatedly: "How dare I recognize such a wanted criminal of the imperial court..."

"Then what did you say?" Yun Liwan said unhappily.

"or……"

"Just say what you want to say!" Yun Liwan's temper was already very bad. After the failure tonight, he felt like sitting on pins and needles, with a thorn in his back and a fishbone stuck in his throat.

"How about I go and give it a try?" Ximen Qing had no choice but to think of this as the only solution.

Yun Liwan sat up straight suddenly, frowned and thought: "Okay, you can go, but just act on your own, don't say I'm behind you, as for the money, as long as the matter is done, I will allow you to pay any amount of money."

Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to do it at all costs.

Ximen Qing smacked his lips and nodded: "As you wish."

"There are many yamen runners on the street now. If we open the city gates and let you leave the city in the middle of the night, I'm afraid people will see you. So you should go early in the morning and find the person who came. Go and come back quickly to avoid any more trouble at night."

Yun Liwan really couldn't sleep well. That Su Wu was even more vicious than the famous gangster Yu Baosi. He was really afraid that such a man would not care about it, and he was even more afraid of what might happen.

Ximen Qing also went out and was about to go home, but suddenly he thought about it and decided not to go home.

Why?

What if Su Wu got angry and came to seek revenge? Su Wu thought about these things with his knees and knew that Ximen Qing was one of the enemies.

Where are you going in the middle of the night if you don’t go home?
Suddenly I remembered a few words from someone and went there.

(End of this chapter)