The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The cell was dark and dark, and I don't know how long it took. After eating two or three meals, it must have been a day. Su Jin was very anxious.

Judging from what Chen Laogen said last night, Zhu Shiyong probably played tricks on the grain transportation, and sent a large amount of grain transportation to Suzhou through an official post for no reason, which is unreasonable in itself. The matter of transporting grain has nothing to do with the Suzhou Yamen. Why did Zhu Shiyong send a letter to Suzhou?

Moreover, it was mentioned in the letter that the grain was transported to Suzhou, which is even more strange. The messenger was ordered to go down Bagong Mountain, but told the messenger that the bandits in Bagong Mountain had died down and that the place was very safe. This was obviously misleading Mr. Chen. Root, the intention is probably not because the letter is urgent, but to let the messenger be caught by the bandits on purpose.

50 shi of grain, such a large piece of fat, how can the bandits let it go, if Zhu Shiyong is said to be a trick to lure soldiers, it can be explained, but he did not secretly deploy troops to protect the grain team, but let the bandits They robbed the food. There can only be one explanation for these situations. Zhu Shiyong deliberately let the bandits rob the food.

But it is not difficult to judge who he is going to deal with?In the eyes of Zhu Shiyong and the chamber of commerce, becoming a special envoy for grain affairs by themselves was a threat to them. They messed up their errands and suffered a lot in the messy city of Yangzhou. In the end, they were punished and dismissed by the court. This was their goal.

If they knew that they had opened warehouses and released military rations ahead of time, they would probably want to do so even more. It would cost their own lives, not just punishment and dismissal; even if their original intention was to ruin their jobs, but from the consequences From the looks of it, this is killing him, Su Jin is more eager to get out than ever, he wants to settle the score with these scumbags.

Now that the witness Chen Laogen is there, as long as he finds the undocumented letter in the cottage, it will be enough to send Zhu Shiyong into the [-]th hell and never recover. But the question is, how can I get out now that I am trapped in a cage Woolen cloth?

Su Jin thinks hard, and now the only breakthrough is Qiu Dabao, the second leader. Judging from various performances, Qiu Dabao and Shen Yaozu are not in harmony. Some kind of ability and influence of Qiu Dabao made Shen Yaozu feel that he could use it, which made him give him a false name; what Diao Mazi said to Qiu Dabao in the Juyi Hall last night actually missed the truth, Qiu Dabao Can't be unaware of this.

Moreover, Su Jin believes that even if Qiu Dabao can't agree with each other, Qiu Dabao will never betray himself to Shen Yaozu, which will not help his situation much, so relatively speaking, the safety of instigating rebellion is still guaranteed Yes, it will not be executed immediately, and the situation is no worse than maintaining the status quo.

Su Jin made up his mind that he couldn't wait any longer, but after a day, there was no sign of the second head of the house, and the food for the three meals was not bad, with vegetables and meat, and the bandit jailer even threw in a quilt for the three of them. Much more comfortable.

From the cursing words of Qi Lao Si, Su Jin could hear that Qiu Dabao ordered them to do so, which showed that Qiu Dabao was secretly paying attention to them.

Not long after the third meal, Su Jin finally heard the voice he wanted to hear. The wooden door of the cell was pushed open, and someone came in with the sound of footsteps; Dabao walked in carrying a crock of wine and a deer leg, and there was no one behind him.

Qi Lao Si and the others rushed up to greet him and said, "The second master is here, come as soon as he comes, why do you still bring wine?"

"The second master is being polite. He always thinks about us brothers and knows that we are suffering."

"Yes, yes, the benevolence and righteousness of the second leader is much better than some people."

Qiu Dabao laughed and said: "If you eat well, you can talk well. You three guys are getting more and more out of touch with your words. You can't talk nonsense about some things."

"Yes, yes, what the second master said was, who... Ma Laosan, set up a pot, boil the soup, and pray that Lao Si will wash and peel the roe deer legs, and let's make supper."

Qi Lao Si quit, and said with a wry mouth: "Hey, I said Huang Fatty, you assigned me and Lao San to do a decent job, and we did all the work. What are you doing?"

Fatty Huang snorted and said, "You motherfuckers are fussy, don't I just talk to the Second Master?"

"Are you the only one with your mouth open? I can't talk with the second leader?"

"It's just you? Your big yellow teeth don't have to faint the second-in-charge Xun. After eating meat, you have to make a bowl of meat by yourself. Don't stir it in the pot with your chopsticks. I'm disgusting. "

"Fuck your sister, are you so hurtful?"

Qiu Dabao laughed loudly and said: "The three of you are living treasures, my mother didn't exhaust me all day today, the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain are making noise all the time, and I don't dare to really attack the mountain. After staying at the foot of the mountain for a day, all the bones in my body fell apart."

Fatty Huang apologized and said with a smile: "That's right, the dog officers and soldiers have nothing to do, so they will mess around. If it weren't for the orders of the big boss, our brothers in the village rushed down and let them take care of everything."

Qiu Dabao said: "You can brag well. There are [-] officers and soldiers under the mountain. You have eight heads and you are not enough to be chopped off. The officers and soldiers seem to be serious now. Brothers from the mountain came to report last night, and the number has increased again." Many officers and soldiers."

Fatty Huang said worriedly: "If it goes on like this, can we keep our cottage?"

Qiu Dabao sighed: "If I'm drunk today, I can't think so much. Otherwise, why should I come to drink with you tonight? It's just my mother's annoyance."

Qi Lao Si was busy while he said: "The second master actually doesn't have to worry. As far as our cottage, let alone [-], [-] officers and soldiers are also free. If you climb up these three checkpoints, if you don't use dead people as cliffs, you won't be able to do it at all." We won’t be able to get up; we’ve brought in hundreds of thousands of shi of grain, which can’t be eaten by humans and rats for a few years. Don’t worry, the boss is smarter than anyone else. gone."

Qiu Dabao smiled and said: "It's true, the boss is here, so you don't have to worry about anything, let's relax, drink, eat meat and sleep."

The three bandits nodded in agreement. Qiu Dabao glanced unintentionally into the fence where Su Jin and others were imprisoned, and said casually, "The prisoners are all safe and sound."

Fatty Huang said: "Don't worry, the second master, this is an iron cage, no matter how powerful they are, they can't escape. It is said that the three of us brothers only have finished, but no one has escaped."

Qiu Dabao nodded and said: "Then I don't worry, joking is just joking, don't make mistakes, especially those three officials, the big boss will never forgive me if I lose a hair, and I will never forgive you either."

Fatty Huang smiled and said, "Don't worry, not to mention hair, even a bird feather is indispensable."

The earthen pot was put on the stove, and the water in it would boil and boil after a while. The three jailers were used to cheating, and even prepared the ingredients properly. They washed the deer legs in the basin and stuffed them into large In the crock, sprinkle with salt and stew.

The four of them sat and chatted, and the topic was always inseparable from women. After a while, the smell of meat in the crock filled the cell. Ma Han, who was lying in the haystack, felt like a cat scratching his heart, and couldn't help but fan his nose to smell it. , but he no longer dared to be as shy as he was last night. The young master was already angry, and Ma Han didn't dare to play any more tricks.

The pot of rotten meat boiled, Qiu Dabao and the three bandits ate the meat while drinking, slurping their mouths and chewing with relish, after a while, the two pots of spirits and the pot of meat were all down, and the four of them were drunk and smoked.Fatty Huang belched and said with his tongue out: "It's really... great, the meat of the yellow roe deer's leg is really... really fucking delicious, but brother... I really can't hold it in my stomach, I'm so sleepy, brother go first Squint for a while."

Qiu Dabao waved his hand and said, "Go... go, I too... I'm full too, and I'm going back to sleep too."

The three of them staggered up and saw each other off, Qiu Dabao waved his hands and said, "No...no, rest early."

After saying that, they turned around and staggered towards the outside. Seeing Qiu Dabao leave the cell, the three of them closed the wooden door tightly and crawled onto the bed one by one dizzy. After a while, they snored everywhere and slept like dead pigs.

Su Jin watched all this secretly. He watched with his own eyes that Qiu Dabao spit out a bone to the side every time he took a sip of wine, and spit out most of the wine in his mouth. He knew that Qiu Dabao must have intentions. Wouldn't it be better for him to take the initiative to speak.

After the three jailers fell asleep, Su Jin sat up instead, and Wang Chao said softly, "My lord, sleep."

Su Jin said softly: "You immediately lie down and pretend to be asleep. I don't tell you to never get up. Don't ruin my big business."

Chao Mahan was confused, and at this moment, the wooden door outside the cell slammed softly, and Su Jin hurriedly pushed Chao Mahan down, and Qiu Dabao mumbled, belching his wine: "Mother! ...I don't have a long memory after drinking, I forgot to take the knife..."