The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The lecture was over, Yan Shu left the hall surrounded by the crowd, all the students left the "Zhizhi Hall" and dispersed happily, Su Jin and others walked out with the flow of people and stood under the shade of a tree to rest.

Xia Silin said: "Didn't that maid of yours say that you asked for leave today? Why did you come here again?"

Su Jin said: "It's a pity that people don't come here to give lectures, so it's a pity that I came here after thinking about it." As he spoke, he shook his thigh.

Xia Silin said: "Why are you jumping around like a monkey?"

Su Jin said: "Although you are light and light, your legs are numb after sitting on my legs for an hour, and you can move around to disperse the blood."

Xia Silin blushed, and then remembered that half of her buttocks were sitting next to his thighs for the whole afternoon, and she didn't feel any embarrassment. Even Su Jin unconsciously used her hands to copy her waist from time to time, and she didn't feel flustered at this moment. Su Jinyi said that Xia Silin couldn't hold back anymore, and hurriedly said that he prevaricated.

The two chatted for a while. There was no class in the afternoon, so they walked out side by side, but saw a man dressed as a servant running quickly and shouting: "Which one is Mr. Su Jin?"

Su Jin stopped and turned around and said, "I'm going to tell you what orders this elder brother has."

The man cupped his hands and said, "Don't dare to pass a letter on behalf of others, a young master will know when he sees the letter."

After finishing speaking, he took out the letter from his sleeves and Bong Su Jin took the letter with both hands. Just looking at the style of the envelope, he was already dumbfounded. It was an envelope sewn with white silk. The kind of envelope Yan Biyun used when he wrote his unfeeling letter.

Seeing Su Jin standing still in a daze, Xia Silin said suspiciously: "Brother Su's letter, what can you tell by looking at the envelope?"

Su Jin calmly opened the seal with trembling fingers, sprinkled golden plain paper, and a burst of fragrance Su Jin opened the letter. Although Xia Silin knew that it was wrong to peek at other people's private letters, he couldn't help but peeked over and only saw a vague sentence: "The head of the moon willow tree." After dusk." Suddenly, an inexplicable thought rose in my heart, and my mood suddenly turned bad.

Su Jin quickly read the letter paper, bowed his head and thought for a while without saying a word, Xia Silin couldn't help but said: "Which lady's letter paper is not going quickly?"

Su Jin snorted and said, "It's indeed an old friend, but I can't face her."

Xia Silin said sourly: "Everyone has an appointment with you, why don't you hurry up and make people wait?"

Su Jin said: "How do you know?"

Xia Silin blushed and said, "Your credit is so low. I accidentally caught a glimpse of it. It wasn't intentional."

Su Jin hissed and said: "It's time to go, we have to finish it anyway... Besides, I want to see her too."

Xia Silin was heartbroken and said: "Brother Su, I'll go back first." After saying that, he turned around and left.

Su Jin said behind him: "Please tell my family members not to wait for me at night, I don't know when I will go back."

Xia Silin suppressed his sadness and didn't dare to turn his head, he just said: "I know, go." He walked away quickly and tears fell down his face unconsciously.

Su Jin felt that Xia Silin was a bit strange, but at this moment he had no time to think about it. The short four-line poem had already made him feel so excited that he couldn't even think about Xia Silin's emotions carefully by himself.

"The head of the moon willow tree made an appointment with mulberry flowers in the southeast corner of the blue lake after dusk." There are only a few lines in the letter.

Su Jin smiled wryly and shook his head. He wanted to meet, but he was also thinking about riddles. My daughter’s thoughts are really hard to figure out. Fortunately, the location is not difficult to guess. Bihu is naturally this Dongcheng Lake. No doubt, the southeast corner is near this academy. Since I didn’t see Yan Biyun when I came here. Whether the driver is on the island in the middle of the lake in this academy, you only need to look for it along the lake.

So I packed up my mood and left the academy for a stroll along the lakeshore. The green willows line the lakeside, the grass grows and the warblers fly. The wind filters the summer heat from the forest and only brings me a feeling of refreshment. Stacks shine brightly.

After walking for a while, I heard the sound of a horse yelling in front of me. Su Jin hurriedly walked a few steps through a dense tree, and suddenly saw a wide open space beside the lake. A few tall mulberry trees supported a green shade. Under the tree, a purple-red car Where is the carriage parked? In front of the carriage, a delicate purple figure is standing facing the wind, looking at the mighty blue waves, motionless.

Su Jin's heartbeat intensified, the corners of his mouth became dry, he opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, and wanted to take a step forward, but his legs were as heavy as iron and lead.

That purple figure was Yan Biyun. For a moment, Yan Biyun slowly turned around as if he had sensed something. When their eyes met, they stood still like stones.

Su Jin saw the mist rising from Yan Biyun's black eyes, her body was trembling a little, her delicate body seemed to be unbearable from the strong summer wind, she was almost about to be blown down by the wind, and she couldn't hold back the surging emotion in her heart, and hurried forward Before Yan Biyun fell down, he opened his arms and took her into his arms.

Yan Biyun almost lost all strength in his body, leaning on Su Jin's arms, his small hands tightly grasping Su Jin's shoulders, his eyes never leaving Su Jin's face, tears streaming down his face in a daze; With a cold look, he reached out and picked her up and walked towards the carriage.

There was no one in the carriage, and Xiao Xianer and the driver who were driving the carriage had long since disappeared. Su Jin carried Yan Biyun into the carriage, put her on her knees, hugged Yan Biyun's face with her palms, and said softly, "Sister Yan, you can get rid of it." gone."

Yan Biyun finally regained his ability to speak and cried out, "You are so cruel." His fingers gripped Su Jin's shoulder tightly and the pain felt like bone marrow.

Su Jin felt guilty and deeply remorseful for the careless actions that day. Until now, he didn't know how much Yan Biyun loved him. It wasn't until now that he finally understood how much he loved the woman in his arms. At this moment, any words of explanation are superfluous, Su Jin He moved his lower lip to catch the tearful cherry lips and kissed painfully.

Yan Biyun hooked Su Jin's head and neck, sticking out her tongue, which was rare, and responded enthusiastically to the kiss until the two were almost suffocated, and then reluctantly left.

Panting, Yan Biyun beat Su Jin's shoulder and said angrily, "Take your hands away, when did you learn to be so bad?"

Su Jin awkwardly pulled out the hand that had penetrated into Yan Biyun's shirt and kneaded Xuefeng and said with a smile: "I can't help it, I can't help it."

Yan Biyun gave him a blank look, he got up and straightened his clothes, sat down and said: "I'm afraid that if you say something insincere, you will turn your face and be ruthless in a blink of an eye."

Su Jin scratched his head and said: "Forgive me, I was confused for a while, and I did something stupid just because you suddenly wanted to leave and I lost my position."

Yan Biyun sighed: "I know you want to break my heart, yes my heart was broken into several petals by you."

Su Jin took Yan Biyun's hand and said: "Sister Yan, when you love someone to the extreme, you will unconsciously fall into a state of insanity, and people will not be very bright. I was not very smart at that time, so... "

Yan Biyun put his hand on Su Jin's lips and said, "A man must calm down and restrain your thoughts. I know that I can feel it even if you don't tell me."

Su Jin said with a smile: "Sister Yan is clever and thorough, and Su Jin is willing to bow down."

Yan Biyun chuckled and said: "Now you understand it? I had no choice but to end this fate because of it, but the pain of lovesickness is really hard to resist, and I'm afraid I won't be able to break free in this lifetime."

Su Jin said: "Have all the problems been solved now? Did the Pang family agree to terminate the engagement?"

Yan Biyun frowned and said: "No, but my uncle knows about this matter. He has promised to try his best to ask that huge man to break the engagement, but it is still unknown whether he will succeed. Uncle is willing to go all out this time, so everyone in the world will know about it. You and I are afraid that if people in the Song Dynasty talk about it, my uncle will also be blamed."

Su Jin said: "So what if everyone in the world knows about it? Aren't we doing something shady in secret? It's normal for men and women to please each other. What's more, this kind of marriage contract is something that hurts people. I don't know how many women have been hurt."

Yan Biyun said: "Although this is the case, if everyone thinks it is wrong, how can you go your own way?"

In the past, Su Jin might have said: "Who cares about other people's words if you want to go your own way." But at this time, Su Jin has understood a lot of the rules of this era.

Seeing that Su Jin was silent, Yan Biyun touched his face gently with his hand: "Your Majesty, don't feel wronged that I belong to the king in this life, but I have to go through some twists and turns and let my uncle do it first. Maybe it will make a difference."

Su Jin sighed and said, "That's the only way to go. I don't want to wait until you are 50 or [-] to be with you."

Yan Biyun smiled and said: "You need to speak quickly, but it can't be that you have to wait until after your imperial examination to avoid delaying your imperial examination. Before that, we can only avoid people's eyes and ears. Do you know that my uncle once told me How many pairs of eyes are staring at me, the Yan family, wishing to find something to play with Uncle; Mr. Lang must be considerate."

In just 20 days, Su Jin seemed to be a different person. At this moment, he didn't feel any resentment about this matter. He knew that these were the facts. The helplessness in reality can't be solved by losing your temper. You have to take it step by step and never get caught. Ever since Zhu Shiyong in Luzhou framed him, Su Jin already had a certain understanding of the cruelty of the officialdom; what Yan Biyun said seemed to be a long-term plan.