The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The mountain leopard Qiu Dabao set off immediately and rode a fast horse to Luzhou overnight. Fortunately, the new moon reflected the snow light, so the horse stumbled and galloped all night. When the rooster crowed, he arrived at Wangjiatun in the north of Luzhou city.

Qiu Dabao tied the horse in the small woods outside the village, broke open the cake he brought and soaked it in ice water for the horse to eat by itself, tidied up his clothes, wiped some mud on his face, and went out of the woods Quietly touch into the village.

A small courtyard at the east end of the village was quite tidy. Qiu Dabao crossed the gap in the fence with ease, came to the door, opened the door three times, and tiptoed into the west house.

The charcoal fire in the house is still warm, and there is a little sweet fragrance in the warmth. Qiu Dabao took a deep breath and touched the bed. The tentacles were a warm and soft body. Ji Ling woke up startled and opened his mouth to breathe.

Qiu Dabao hurriedly took a step forward to cover her mouth, leaned into her ear and said: "My dear lady, it's me, your husband is here."

The woman stopped struggling, and looked at Qiu Dabao with wide eyes. Using the dim light to discern carefully, Qiu Dabao hurriedly wiped off the dirt on his face with his sleeves, and the woman recognized him, and threw herself into Qiu Dabao with a groan. In Dabao's arms, he waved his small fist and smashed Qiu Dabao repeatedly.

Qiu Dabao hugged her tightly, leaned forward and gave a long kiss mouth to mouth, hurriedly took off his clothes and went to bed, before he had time to talk to the woman, he took off her clothes and hugged her close to the flesh, feeling angry Lifting her lower body with a pestle, the woman let out an ah, chuckled lightly and said, "This is how many days you've been hungry, you look like a dead ghost, that's what happened when you came here."

While vigorously moving the woman's tender waist, Qiu Dabao panted and said, "I miss you so much, little boy, I'm going to poke a hole in you little bastard right now."

The woman groaned and closed her eyes without saying a word, allowing Qiu Dabao to fight wildly, but tightly hugging Qiu Dabao's neck with a pair of snow-white plump arms; The two hugged each other and gasped.

The woman reached out and took a handkerchief beside the bed to help Qiu Dabao wipe off the hot sweat on his face, and said angrily, "I haven't come to see my family for so many days, my family doesn't know what to do every day."

Qiu Dabao held the double pills on her chest and kneaded them, and said with a smile, "Isn't this here? How are you doing these days? But someone bullied you."

The woman said: "I'm a widow, so it's inevitable that there will be some tricksters making up their minds, but you are asking lightly."

Qiu Dabao got up and said viciously: "Whoever is so short-sighted and dares to touch my woman, I will chop him up."

The woman hurriedly stopped and said: "What are you shouting for? I sent them all away, and my old lady is not a vegetarian; I have a hard life, my husband died early, and with an enemy like you, I ran to the mountains to become the owner of the village, and I lived and died. It's really boring to stay here alone every day without taking my servant's family to the cottage."

Qiu Dabao said: "A woman's opinion, do you think that the cottage is really a long-term place? The imperial court is not busy here, once it is free, can this cottage really be held? From now on, I must give You are my retreat, and if I take you to the mountain, if the officers and soldiers attack you in the future, wouldn’t it be a mistake? You stay here for me obediently, and you brought The gold and silver treasures are well hidden, and when I have free time, I will come to look for you in a different form, and you and I will fly away together and be a pair of mandarin ducks, amphibious and double-flying, isn't it beautiful?"

The woman's face turned red, and she spat: "What are you talking about, you will know these words sometime, you must have learned them from some kiln sister."

Qiu Dabao hurriedly said: "The conscience of heaven and earth, I don't like to see the dirty bodies of Sister Yao. My little lady is so fresh and lovely. If I go to the brothel again, am I still a person?"

The woman said softly: "This is like a human saying."

Qiu Dabao got up and found the heavy cloth bag from his clothes, weighed it and handed it to the woman, saying: "Keep it well, this is our future escape route."

The woman opened the purse, her eyes were full of yellow and white things, she opened her small mouth in surprise, Qiu Dabao laughed and said: "Little boy, now you know why I have to suffer in that cottage without a business. The money is like running water, and when we have saved enough furniture, we will go far away together."

The woman nodded in agreement, Qiu Dabao touched the woman's smooth skin, couldn't help but push the woman down and scored twice, the two embraced and rested for a long time, seeing the voices of people outside gradually rising, the sounds of cocks crowing and dogs barking could not stop, Qiu Dabao Dabaofang remembered that he had something important to do.

"Go to the city today and help me find out the news, find out if there is any change in the defenders in the city, and find out if there is a large batch of food delivered yesterday."

The woman was startled and said, "Are you going to rob again...?"

Qiu Dabao stared and said: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, go and come back quickly, I'll sleep here, you just lock the door."

The woman hurriedly got up and dressed, baked two pieces of bread, took a cup of tea, put it gently beside the bed and said, "Eat before going to bed, I'm afraid I'll be exhausted all night."

Qiu Dabao stretched out his hand to pinch her doughy face and said, "I, Qiu Dabao, finally have a lucky moment, and there is someone who loves me so much."

The woman smiled, locked the door and left, carrying a bamboo basket to follow the market crowd to Luzhou Mansion.

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In the government office of Yangzhou, Song Xiang, the magistrate, woke up from a slumber, feeling light-headed and drowsy. When he saw that the sky turned out to be a red sun rising from the east, he felt a little confused.

He vaguely remembered that Special Envoy Su came to apologize and apologize yesterday, and he passed out after drinking two more drinks. Could it be that he was drunk from yesterday afternoon to this morning?

Song Xiang was confused, and while washing, he asked the waiter, "Why have I been asleep for such a long time? Why didn't you ask the master to get up?"

The young man said: "The envoy Su and the young master ordered that the master is tired and drowsy after drunk, and strictly ordered me not to disturb him."

Song Xiang snorted and asked, "Is there anyone here to ask to see me?"

The boy said: "That's too much. What are Master Lu Cangsi and Master Yangzhou Cangsi? They are all heads, and there are Tongzhi, Shiye and others."

Song Xiang asked in surprise, "Then why didn't you wake me up?"

The servant whispered: "Young master has been guarding here. When people came, they would say that the master is unwell and cannot see guests while he is asleep. What can I do?"

Song Xiang was even more surprised: "Song Quan is here to block the drive? Why is that, is there anything happening in the city?"

The little servant said happily: "That's true. Speaking of it, I have to thank the master. If the master didn't order to open a warehouse for relief, my family wouldn't be able to receive eight liters of white rice. Thank you, master."

The boy bowed and bowed, Song Xiang was stunned and said, "Wait, why open a warehouse to release food for relief? Make it clear."

The little servant blinked and said: "Master has issued an official document, ordering Special Envoy Su to go to Baoyang Lake Guancang to open a warehouse to help the people. Yesterday and afternoon, every household was allocated food, and everyone praised the master for loving the people like a son, it is the blue sky!" Where is the master?"

With a sound of "bang dang", Song Xiang's copper basin for washing his face fell to the ground, and the hot water spilled all over the floor. Call me Su Jin, and that unworthy rebellious son..."

The little servant was so frightened that he had never seen the master like this before. He escaped scrambling and came to the outside room, but he saw seven or eight people sitting in the outside room, Special Envoy Su and Young Master Song Quan, and Master Lu Cang Sigou who came to see him yesterday were all in sight.

Su Jin saw at a glance that the young servant who ran out was frightened, and knew that the magistrate had woken up, so he stepped forward with a smile and said, "Brother, is the magistrate awake?"

The little servant stammered: "I'm awake... I'm awake, and I'm furious. I want you to go and invite you and Young Master."

Su Jin laughed and said: "You go in and report back, and say that we have been waiting outside for a long time, and we have something to report to him."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a sound of footsteps. Before Song Xiang arrived, the voice came first, and a roar that became sharp because of anger came out: "Su Jin, the rebellious son Song Quan, you are so bold that you have already caused a catastrophe. , old man... this old man is going to take you to Beijing to plead guilty!"