The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Passed through three similar checkpoints in succession, each of which was heavily guarded and fortified. Su Jin's heart tightened every time he passed through a checkpoint. According to the layout of Bagong Mountain, there would be 5 people, not to mention more than [-]. What can I do?Su Jin has no idea whether the trick of bluffing and scaring people that he has thought up so hard will work.

The owner of the great village, Shen Yaozu, seemed to be playing hide-and-seek with them. Chen Laosi at the first checkpoint said he was at the second checkpoint, and the person at the second checkpoint said he was at the third checkpoint. With his figure, Qiu Dabao looked at Su Jin apologetically, Su Jin was smiling and chatting happily, as if he was not unhappy because of this incident.

"Special Envoy Su, the Juyi Hall is in front of you. The head of the family must be afraid that it would be inappropriate to receive the envoy on the way, so he must meet you in the cottage hall."

Su Jin said with a smile: "The guest can do as he pleases. I don't care about these things. It happens to be able to appreciate the majestic momentum and myriad scenery of Guizhai along the way. I also like it very much."

While speaking, the mountain road rises suddenly, turns around, and the top of the mountain is in sight; the lush green pine forest sea on both sides, the wind blows through the pine waves, like strong waves hitting the cliff, and like the sound of thousands of troops shouting; logging in the forest clears the way, Just like the furrows and passages cut out in the wheat field, in this forest sea, the bandits cut dozens of forest passages ingeniously, winding like a labyrinth.

These passages are like a huge spider web, covering the entire mountain. Su Jinhui's eyes are like a torch, and he finds clues in a sea of ​​pines. Every two passages cross, there must be a tall pine and cypress. There is a small fortress platform hidden, which can be used as a watch tower and an arrow shooting tower.

Su Jin suddenly understood the meaning of Pan Jiang's words that there is no other way to enter except for a frontal breakthrough. No matter what direction you attack from, you will fall into the scope of this spider-like reconnaissance net when you reach the main peak within.

Previously, Su Jin wondered why the bandits would cut down trails in the forest and destroy the natural barrier. Now he understands that no matter how dense the forest is, it will provide opportunities for small groups of troops to pass through the forest and touch the cottage. Once the passage is opened, it is absolutely impossible to touch the old den of the bandits. As soon as you enter the dense forest, you will be under heavy surveillance. Maybe you can escape a few hidden watchtowers by luck, but if you want to avoid all of them, it is impossible. possible.

Su Jin was secretly startled, is this still a bandit?Well-organized, defensive measures are in place, and resourceful. In contrast, how can the loosely disciplined Great Songxiang Army be an opponent? The joint suppression of bandits in the past few months is said to have invaded the mountains. When they arrived here, Su Jin would not believe them even if he killed them. It's a nonsense, just relying on the Xiang army from Luzhou and Shouzhou to attack the first checkpoint is already a sky-high skill, passing three checkpoints in a row and attacking the cottage is simply a dream.

Su Jin had to re-evaluate the strength of the bandits. It is said that there were as many as a thousand bandits, but after the encirclement and suppression, the number dropped to four to five hundred. Su Jin expressed doubts about this statement. Under such circumstances, officers and soldiers can kill Lose half of the opponent?Absolutely impossible.

According to a preliminary visual inspection, there are already 500 bandits at the pass at the foot of the mountain and the three checkpoints at the top of the mountain. What's more, the location of Dazhai must be heavily guarded. A rough estimate is that there are at least [-] bandits. The rumors of bandits are all lies.

Suddenly, Su Jin understood the real reason why Luzhou and Shouzhou were unwilling to send troops to help. They must have suffered a lot from the previous suppression of bandits. As for the extermination of four or five hundred bandits, It must be a trick to conceal and deceive the court to claim the reward, but in fact they didn't hurt the bandits at all.

It is precisely because of this that they have learned how powerful the bandits are, and they invited them to help suppress the bandits, which hit their sore spot. To put it bluntly, there is a festival, even if there is no festival, Zhu Shiyong will never come to this quagmire again kick.

"Password!" Dozens of minions poured out from both sides of the forest avenue, drawing their knives to face each other, and at the same time there were many groans from the tops of the trees on both sides, bowing their bows and setting arrows at the crowd.

"Presumptuous! Don't you know who I am?" Qiu Dabao was extremely annoyed at the behavior of the bandits today. He walked up and down the cottage on weekdays, and no one dared to stop him from asking for passwords. Today, everyone must Someone came to intercept him, which made him very embarrassed.

"The second master's forgiveness is personally confessed by the first master, including himself. Everyone must answer the password before they can pass. Please don't embarrass the brothers."

Su Jin knew in his heart that this was the mysterious head of the family who was putting on a show with himself. He was in the middle of checkpoints, and he was so disciplined.

Qiu Dabao suppressed his anger and said, "Go to the sky!"

"The auspicious star hangs high!" The other party replied, "Second leader please, brother has offended."

Qiu Dabao snorted through his nose, spit, and went up the mountain with his head held high; Su Jin saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, it seemed that the life of the second head of the 'Drilling Mountain Leopard' was not comfortable. In the cottage, he is afraid that he can't even be the master of one point.

After about an incense stick of time, no one came to question me on the way, and it seemed peaceful, but Su Jin vaguely felt that there were many pairs of eyes watching him in the woods around him, like the eyes of a hungry wolf in the dark night, which made people feel uncomfortable. I feel like a thorn in the middle, and I feel uncomfortable all over.

The tall cottage gate is right in front of you. To Su Jin's surprise, a chasm about ten feet wide was dug out in front of the gate, similar to a moat outside the city, except that there is no water in the gully, only thousands of The bamboo thorns and wooden thorns with tens of thousands of pointed upwards look horrifying.

"Master Su, the Special Envoy of Grain Affairs at the foot of the mountain, came to see the head of the family, and put down the suspension bridge." Qiu Dabao shouted loudly.

Dozens of heads appeared above the gate of the village, and one of them shouted loudly: "The head of the family has an order, and the suspension bridge will not be released today. If the bird officials want to see the head of the house, they have to find a way to enter the village."

"Bastard, what is this? The two countries are at war, and the envoys are still treated with courtesy. If they let people go up the mountain, why not let them enter the village? Put down the drawbridge, and I will go in and tell the head of the family."

Qiu Dabao was completely angry. This Shen Yaozu didn't take himself seriously. He ordered himself to lead people up the mountain, but he put on a show everywhere to make himself unable to stand down in front of his old friend. He could see the deep love in the eyes of Su Jin and others. Deep disdain, you fucking want to put on a show, but come to hurt Lao Tzu's face, it's really not a fucking thing.

"Second master, what you said is wrong. Who dare not listen to the words of the chief master? From the beginning to the end, the order of the chief master is the imperial decree of my cottage. I am sorry that I cannot follow the words of other cats and dogs."

"Cao your mother's Diao Mazi, you wait for grandpa, I know you don't feel bad that I took the position of the second village master, but you can't go against me everywhere, don't be complacent, provoke me, you I'm afraid I don't have a good life."

"Stop talking about those useless things. What's wrong with your mountain leopard? When you came to the cottage, you were as dingy as a mountain mouse. Don't be in a hurry with grandpa. If you have something to say, go talk to the boss. I just Acting according to orders, could it be that you have a rebellious bone in the back of your head, or can you not respect the orders of the master?"

"Cao, your sister...!"

Qiu Dabao jumped angrily, and Su Jin grabbed him and said, "Second leader, why bother to get angry with these villains, isn't it just a suspension bridge? If I can't get through this, do I dare to come to this tiger's den?"

Su Jin turned to Ma Han and said, "Ma Han, I'll leave it to you!"

Ma Han cupped his hands and said, "Master, just look at it."

After speaking, he stepped forward, stared at the suspension bridge for a while, and Wang Chao laughed at him, "Can you do it, can you let your brother come, can you come down the suspension bridge just by staring?"

Ma Han said angrily, "I'm just looking for a loophole, you know nothing."

Chao Chao taunted: "Have you found it? Hurry up and don't delay."

Su Jin smiled wryly and shook his head. These two guys like to fight when they are playing tricks, but Su Jin doesn't think there is any harm in this. There is no harm in this, competition promotes progress.

"Please lend me a pair of bows and arrows!" Ma Han clasped his hands and said to Qiu Dabao.

Qiu Dabao signaled a minion behind him to hand the bow and arrow to Ma Han, and at the same time asked suspiciously: "Hero, what are you using the bow and arrow for? Are you trying to break the chains of the suspension bridge? That's an iron chain, I'm afraid it won't work. "

"Hey, it's not an iron chain, how can I show my skills, let me tell you little bandits to open your eyes today."

Qiu Dabao rolled his eyes, it was very embarrassing to be scolded as a little bandit in front of his face, but he was not easy to get angry.

Su Jin shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and do it."

Ma Han agreed, took the bow and arrow, stretched out his hand and pulled out a feather arrow from the quiver, bent the bow and set the arrow to pull up the bowstring vigorously, everyone stared at the suspension bridge ahead with breathless breath, waiting for a miracle to happen, and then heard a violent "pop" ring……

There was no trace of the expected Feather Arrow, but there was Ma Han's violent cry: "Oh my mother, my mouth!"