The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin looked at Feng Huhu coldly, and when his laughter stopped, he said lightly, "I hope you can still laugh."

Feng Huhu said proudly: "I'm old and not talented. In the city of Yangzhou, the officials, the prominent and respectable people will give the old a little face, so that the adults are new to Yangzhou on business. If some things are not clear, the old will not blame you. It's just that You led the cavalry to run amok at my private house, if the old man hadn't come in time, you would have killed almost everyone, it seems ill-advised to act like this."

Su Jin laughed and said: "Admonishment before, your subordinates just treat it as a joke, even if you are hacked to death, you will die in vain. I know that you, Feng Huhu, are good at Yangzhou City, but I am from the capital. Yours One set doesn't work in front of me at all. This envoy is here to handle errands. Whoever blocks my way is deliberately against me. This envoy will not be polite to him. I hope Master Feng will make it easier for you. Okay, hello everyone, save yourself from turning your face when the time comes, smashing someone's signboard, and smearing someone's face, that's not beautiful."

Feng Huhu sneered and said, "I don't care about you running your imperial errand, but I don't care about you running into my private house to make trouble."

Su Jin said: "I'm afraid you can't control it. I know that you, Feng Huhu, are the ambassador, but I, Su Jin and Ma Jun brothers, don't care about your troubles. Brothers, immediately search all the houses in this alley thoroughly. If there is any suspicious item Suspicious people will be brought back for review, as the saying goes, if anyone resists, they will be killed."

The horse army was backed by Su Jin, coupled with the large number of people, they were naturally united, agreed in unison, and urged the horses to rush into the alley.

Feng Laohu's expression changed, he put the iron ball in his arms into his arms, stretched out his claw-like hands against the heads of the two horses passing by him, the two horses couldn't get in at once, they scratched the ground with their hooves, and let the soldiers How to whip a horse's buttocks, just can't beat Feng Huhu's palm.

Su Jin's face was ashen, and he stretched out his hand and slowly pulled out the saber at his waist, saying: "It turns out that Master Feng really planned to have a fight with this envoy. This envoy knows that you are a great envoy, but I don't believe in this evil, so I don't believe it." My 150 forbidden troops can't enter your alley."

Hundreds of big men in the alley saw that the momentum was not right, and they picked up guys and surrounded them one after another. The horsemen also raised their bows and arrows. itself.

Feng Huhu's face changed suddenly, he closed his hands and cupped his fists suddenly, and laughed loudly: "What is this for? You are an official and I am a citizen. How can ordinary people challenge the government? Isn't this asking for trouble? If you want to search, you will let me You search, but the old man is talking in his head, if you can't find the bandit leader you mentioned, so what?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "If you can't find it, you won't find it. If you can find it in one search, wouldn't we become famous headhunters? If we can't find it today, let's search tomorrow. If we can't find it tomorrow, we will search again." Come again, and come every day if you can’t find it in the future, in short, when the bandit chieftain is caught, we will stop searching.”

The muscles on Feng Huo's face twitched, and he held back his anger and said: "It turns out that the special envoy is deliberately entertaining the old man, but I don't know why the old man offended the old man, so he just wants to make it difficult for the old man."

Su Jin laughed and said: "You really don't know? Don't you know what this envoy is here to do in Yangzhou? Well, you pretend to be foolish, I'll do my errand, it seems that the two of us can't urinate in the same pot, But this envoy puts the words here for you, if I don’t satisfy me for a day, this envoy will not let you live in peace for a day, don’t think that you, Feng Huhu, are the most capable in the world, and what you do is not impeccable.”

The veins on Feng Huhu's face were bulging, and he was on the verge of breaking out. He had been in Yangzhou for half his life, and he had never been teased like this. The Yangzhou prefecture came down from the nerdy magistrate Song Xiang, dozens of officials, big and small, From fifth-rank state officials to low-rank and low-level government officials, whoever sees him should not call him "Master Feng", but this little hairless little food envoy in front of him is talking loudly in front of him. However, he didn't pay attention to him, the tiger of Yangzhou, and Feng Huo's proud self-esteem was trampled on like never before.

In a split second, he was about to give an order to order his subordinates to immediately break the bones of this group of imperial guards who did not know the heights and depths of the capital. He knew that his strength was more than enough to deal with these 150 horse troops, and there were more than a hundred horsemen in the alley There are more than 200 people in the room waiting for his order, and they flock to him.

But decades of experience told him that it is not a good way to force him, so what if he taught this group of domineering guys a lesson?Going to war with officers and soldiers is an act of violence. His pursuit is not to be the king of the mountain, but only for profit. To make a lot of money and enjoy the glory and respect that others cannot enjoy is his ultimate goal. I am happy, but in a blink of an eye, everything I have worked hard for decades will be wiped out.

Feng Huo knew very well that once he fought with the officers and soldiers, he would immediately become a bereaved dog. The officials who met and called him brothers would not hesitate to draw a line with him, and even turned around and spared no effort to kill him. not for anything else, just because no one will help him confront the court head-on.

The more Feng Huo thought about it, the more he understood, and the anger on his face gradually dissipated, replaced by a friendly smile.

"What did Special Envoy Su say? This old man is just enjoying a full meal under the favor of the imperial court. How can he have any skills? Special Envoy Su came to our place, and he immediately got off one by one and stood on the street. If you speak on the Internet, if you know that you are busy with official business, you will say that I, Feng Jingyao, have lost my manners, if you don’t know, please make your Excellency move so that we can take a step to talk."

Su Jin laughed and said, "Take a step to talk? What's there to say?"

Feng Huhu said: "The brothers under my command are ignorant, and offended the special envoys and military lords, so drink a cup of tea to relieve the fire."

Su Jin achieved his goal, but he pretended to hesitate. The purpose of making a big fuss was to lure Feng Huo out, and then had a showdown with him. As long as Feng Huo was willing to hand over the food, Su Jin would naturally not want to offend this The local snake in Yangzhou, after all, he still has a lot of things to do, so it's not a problem to keep entangled here.

Thinking of this, Su Jinyue got off his horse and said, "That's fine, Mr. Feng is a famous person, so we have to save face. Respect is worse than obedience."

Feng Huhu chuckled and said, "This way please."

Su Jin said loudly: "You guys will be outside later, this envoy will come as soon as I have a few words with Master Feng."

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the alley with his head held high, Wang Chao Mahan quickly followed, Zhao Dutou also hurriedly got off his horse and followed Su Jin, but was blocked by Su Jin's eyes; all of them followed, once they were all taken by others, even Without a leader, wouldn't it be a bunch of headless flies.

Feng Jingyao stretched out his hand to beckon one of his subordinates, and whispered a few words in his ear, and then led Su Jin to the alley.

Out of the corner of Su Jin's eyes, he scanned the houses on both sides, and faintly saw figures in the houses, even with the glint of knives, and was secretly surprised; Feng Huo was well prepared, and thought it was those people in the alley The subordinates didn't expect that there were still people ambushing in the house. If there was a real fight, he and the 150 horsemen would suffer a big loss.

The alley is not a wilderness. Ma Jun rides his horse to show off his power on the street. Once the fight starts, among other things, this is not a wide alley. It is the limit for nine horses to charge in parallel. As long as someone casually walks into the middle of the road Throw away a few broken tables and cupboards, and the cavalry will stop cooking immediately.

After walking more than a hundred steps, Feng Huo stood still, stretched out his hand with a smile on his face, and said, "My lord, please turn right. This small building is where the old man drinks tea and listens to music on weekdays. It's quiet after cleaning up. We're right here. Is it okay for adults to see it?"

Su Jin turned around and looked, a small two-story building stood on the side of the street, with a small courtyard in the front, a small building in the back, carved railings and painted buildings, red walls and blue tiles, not only is it quiet as Feng Huo said, it is simply a small palace .

"Master Feng knows how to enjoy it. It seems that money is better."

"My lord praised me, how can such a rural place compare to the high-rise buildings my lord is used to, but it's more than enough than the top."

"This envoy is ignorant, but I haven't seen any rural place with such a grand style."

Feng Huhu smiled, led Su Jin into the small courtyard, and walked along the path to the building.

Su Jin wandered around, and couldn't help but secretly clicked his tongue. Although it was mid-winter, the flower beds in the courtyard were full of unknown flowers. What was even more amazing was that Su Jin actually saw a small pond with clear blue waves inside, and it was so hot With steaming heat.

"This is...?" Su Jin pointed to the small pond.

Feng Huo looked at Su Jin with disdain like a country bumpkin, and said with a smile: "The old man bought this private property just for this spring. The spring gushing out from the ground is hot. Although Yangzhou City is very cold in winter, This place is not protected from wind and frost erosion, and the old man can enjoy the fun of curing diseases and strengthening bones when he spends his time soaking in this place."

Su Jin praised in his heart, this old thing actually knows how to enjoy it so much, earning a lot of money, soaking in hot springs, and would not trade it for a god.

"The old man asked Yangzhou Tixue to name this place 'Tsinghua Pool', what do you think?" Feng Laohu was very satisfied with Su Jin's reaction, and lost no time in shaking off his social connections.