The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

(Second update, there will be another update in the evening.)

The trio arrived at the side of the mountain, hundreds of steps away from the pass, and the bows and arrows on the pass shot down like raindrops. Although the distance was still far, the arrows only landed [-] steps ahead, but the meaning of the rain of arrows was natural. It's not intended to kill, but to warn them not to get close.

Su Jin became more firm in his judgment. The bandits were a little nervous. There was no need for the three of them to be so flustered. Since they had such a reaction, it showed that their hearts were empty, and it was possible that the bandit leader gave an order to They guard against death and are always on the lookout.

Ma Han scolded: "Zhi Niang's gangster, he is as courageous as a mouse. He shoots arrows at such a distance and throws him nainai."

Su Jin smiled and said, "Haven't you heard of the term bandits? After all, they are bandits, and they are morally unacceptable, so I'm naturally afraid of them."

Wang Chao said: "My lord, what should I do?"

Su Jin said: "Call out and explain why you are here."

Wang Chao promised to push forward immediately, and shouted loudly towards the mountain with his handcuffs like trumpets: "Listen, bandits on the mountain, Mr. Su Jinsu, the special envoy of grain affairs of the Song Dynasty, is here to pay a visit. You don't want to shoot arrows, go and report back!" Your village master, we are not hostile!"

After shouting a few times, the arrows gradually stopped, and a gangster also shouted: "What kind of envoy, my village master is busy drinking and eating meat, and has no time to deal with you dog officials."

Wang Chao shouted loudly: "I advise you to report back to your village master. This matter is related to the safety of your cottage and the village master. If you don't report it, you can't afford it."

There was silence on the mountain for a while, and the man shouted again: "Don't scare me here, our cottage is very good, what do you want from me?"

Wang Chao yelled angrily, and was about to shout again, Su Jin smiled and said: "It's done, haven't you seen someone running down the mountain ridge and running up the mountain? They were there to deliver letters. What do these little people do?"

The three got off their horses and sat on the mound of dirt to wait. About half an hour later, they saw several figures descending from the mountain in the distance. They were all dressed differently from ordinary bandits. It seemed that the village owners came down to check in person.

Sure enough, those people came to the pass, and one of them shouted loudly: "Who is this? They stationed troops at the foot of Bagong Mountain, and they fought and didn't fight, but they came to bother you. What's the reason?"

Su Jin stepped forward and said: "I have ordered Su Jin, the food envoy, to come to worship Guizhai, and I want to discuss some important matters with the owner of Guizhai."

When the gangsters on the mountain heard Ma Han yelling and cursing, they immediately yelled and cursed loudly, and foul language was flying all over the sky for a while, making a lot of noise.

Su Jin said with a sullen face: "Ma Han, if you talk too much, go back. What are you talking about? From now on, you two don't say a word. If it ruins my big business, can you take it?"

Ma Han was so shocked that he quickly shut up. The young master can be called a brother and brother when he is kind, but when it comes to doing serious things, no one will give him face. It's fragmented, so it's no wonder the young master scolded himself.

Su Jin stepped forward, clasped his hands together, and said loudly, "This envoy is Su Jin. I don't know what to teach you."

On the mountain pass, Qiu Dabao was startled, and hurriedly asked, "A small official from Sujinsu in Luzhou?"

Su Jin was also taken aback. Could it be that he still has acquaintances in the bandit den? His social relationship is not that complicated. When did he have acquaintances and become a bandit?

The two people were startled, a lot of people on the mountain and down the mountain stared at each other, the bandits thought to themselves: Could it be that the second head of the family also has friends who are officials?This is so strange, it is said that the second master was the little leader of the bandits in Luzhou Dashu Mountain more than ten years ago. Who makes sense?

Shen Yaozu looked at Qiu Dabao coldly and said, "Second leader, what's going on?"

Qiu Dabao hurriedly said: "It's a long story. This Su Jin is the son of a Luzhou merchant. When I was in Luzhou Chamber of Commerce with the boss Hei Qi, this Su Xiaoguan was the thorn in the side of the Chamber of Commerce. , It’s really blushing to say it, we played so many tricks openly and secretly, but in the end we were escaped by this kid, and in the end, the boss of Hei Qi was killed by that bastard Tang Jiyuan, and the younger brother came to you I told you all of this at the time; it’s just that Su Xiaoguan later heard that he had gone to Yingtian Academy to study, how he changed his identity into a special envoy, so people can’t figure it out.”

Shen Yaozu vaguely remembered that a few months ago, Qiu Dabao did say such a thing when he defected to him, but he didn't mention this Su Jin. It seems that this Su Jin is not a simple person.

"It's Su Jin from Luzhou. May I ask which friend on the mountain knows me well?" Su Jin's voice from the mountain came through.

Shen Yaozu pulled Qiu Dabao aside, and quietly asked: "What the hell is this Su Jin here for? Do you know?"

Qiu Dabao vaguely felt that Shen Yaozu was suspicious of himself, and hurriedly said: "Brother, I don't know about this, I know Su Jin, but this Su Jin doesn't know me, I didn't even fight him face to face when I was in Luzhou. How do you know what he came for?"

Shen Yaozu felt that he had lost his composure, and quickly put on a smile and said: "Yes, you are not acquaintances, just acquaintances, and you really don't know his purpose. I am too impatient for my brother, and I really don't know where he came from. I was a little flustered."

Qiu Dabao hurriedly said: "Brother, his name is the special envoy of grain affairs appointed by the imperial court, that is to say, it is related to grain, maybe the batch of grain we intercepted belongs to him."

"Need food? Is he dreaming?" Shen Yaozu scolded.

"Brother, I think it's better to let him come up and listen to what he has to say; do you think the three of them can turn the world upside down if they entered my stronghold with bare hands? Besides, so many officers and soldiers suddenly came down the mountain, they went up Shan, if we have to, we can take a few hostages on hand, judging from this kid's tone, he is an official appointed by the imperial court, so I'm afraid it has some weight."

Shen Yaozu's eyes rolled around, erratic, yin and yang said strangely: "Let them come up?"

Qiu Dabao knew that he couldn't talk too much, Shen Yaozu already had some doubts about himself, and if he insisted on letting Su Jin go up the mountain, he was afraid that the suspicious Shen Yaozu would turn his back on him in the blink of an eye, thinking that he really had something to do with Su Jin .

"The older brother decides on his own, the younger brother only follows the elder brother's lead."

Shen Yaozu frowned and thought hard, suddenly he laughed loudly and said: "Let him up, let him up, brother, I haven't had any fun for a long time, and I just happened to have fun with this grain envoy, you are right, what can he do? Hua Hua, if you don't allow it, it will appear that I, the hero of Bagong Mountain, are timid and afraid of getting into trouble."

Shen Yaozu waved his hand and said: "Come on, open the pass and let them come up."

The soldiers hurriedly opened the two log gates several feet wide at the pass, and shouted: "My village master has an order, you can go up the mountain later, but you are not allowed to carry weapons."

Su Jin was overjoyed, raised his hands high and said, "I don't bring any weapons, so don't worry."

Immediately, he motioned to Dynasty Mahan to do the same as himself, raising his hands high so that the bandits could see clearly, and walked slowly towards the pass.

The moment they approached the wooden gate of the pass, forty or fifty bandit minions poured out from inside, immediately surrounded Su Jin and the others, pointed at the three of them in a circle with the tips of knives and guns, and someone shouted: "Search."

Three or four minions rushed forward and searched Su Jin and others up and down. When a gangster touched a hard object in Su Jin's arms, he asked suspiciously: "What is this?"

Su Jin smiled and said, "Anyway, it's not a sword, it's a brand."

Then I stretched out my hand and took it out, Su Jin sneered and said: "I'm not scaring you, if you dare to take out this brand today, I don't need to do it, your village master will just tear you into pieces, this brand Except for your village master, whoever looks at it will die."

Then I spat: "What kind of bird stuff, I just don't believe it."

Su Jin smiled and said nothing, that guy was ruthless, but when his hand touched the uneven pattern on the sign, he just squeezed it twice, but he didn't dare to take the sign out after all.

Su Jin laughed softly: "He who understands current affairs is a brilliant man, brother, you have a bright future."

After the three were searched, a group of minions yelled and escorted the three into the pass. As the wooden gate of the pass was slowly closed, the hearts of Li Chongyan, Biyun and others who were closely watching all this in the officers and soldiers camp were suspended. .

Rou Niang couldn't bear it anymore, she let out a cry and cried.