The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

When Su Jin returned to his residence, he felt a lot more relaxed in comparison. At the very least, he ruled out Song Xiang's suspicion. As long as Song Xiang stood with him, this matter would be possible.

With the control of the Xiang soldiers in hand, they are not afraid of them making trouble. The most lacking thing right now is evidence. Su Jin wanted to immediately lead his troops to seal up the two proven granaries in Happy Valley and Liuzhier Hutong in Dongcheng, but suddenly Suddenly, Su Jin was a little undecided again.

A few days ago, I sent people to investigate with great fanfare, and even used the servants in the yamen. After knowing the methods of Feng Huhu, Su Jin instinctively felt a little uneasy.

Would Feng Jingyao, who was able to devote himself to weaving such a large net, easily let himself find out the location of the granary where millions of grains were stored?This is obviously illogical; and once he leads his troops to seal it up, if nothing can be found out, Feng Huo will not hesitate to use the officials under his control to attack him. It will be passive and lose the initiative.

The best situation is that even if the granary is fake, I can make Feng Huo think it is real, but I don’t touch him, so Feng Huo will think that he has scruples, maybe this is a way to confuse Feng Huo; When he finds out where the real granary is, he can be caught off guard.

The purpose of Su Jin's first trip to Beikou Sanli this morning is to confirm that the racecourse and Liuzhier Hutong are hiding places, and according to the imperial edict, households that store grain after the deadline can choose to pay three hundred yuan per stone. Wen sold grain to officials at a low price; Su Jin wanted to coax and scare Feng Huo into submission, and agreed voluntarily; If he can't find out, Feng Huo will take the opportunity to bite back, saying that he was wronged, and he has no evidence in hand, so he will obviously be extremely passive.

But at this time, it is not the top priority to inquire about the granary. The top priority is to get the so-called evidence of rape and violence against women from good families written by the officials. If the evidence falls into my own hands, these officials are all It is a pawn, and it will be of great use at that time, but it is extremely difficult to obtain these evidences.

Su Jin was thinking of a solution, Wang Chao Mahan came in noisy from outside, Su Jin came back in the morning, changed his clothes and went out, the two didn't check for a while and didn't notice, it was Su Jin who deliberately avoided them, It is always so conspicuous to carry these two goods, with big arms, round waist, chest and belly folded, it is really hard for him to hide.

The two searched everywhere, almost searched all over Yangzhou City, but did not find Su Jin, and finally remembered to go to the Yuelai Inn, but Su Jin left early; after lunch at the Yuelai Inn, the two hurriedly Back, the two complained to each other along the way, one said that the other's eyesight was not good, and he lost his son under his nose, and the other scolded the other's brain, that he didn't think of Yuelai Inn immediately after losing it.

"Your brain is only good enough to pull carts and carry goods like that Chengnan Wu Erlang. You foodie, you won't be exhausted from doing these rough jobs." Wang Chao scolded.

"Hello...your eyes are also blinded by the big fish and meat. I just went to pee, and you lost the young master; your tricks are so useless, why don't you go to the street to make a fool of yourself?" Go to the blind fortune teller, but you won’t starve to death.” Ma Han refused to give in.

Su Jin watched the two enter the door with a wry smile. When they saw Su Jin, they quickly shut up and approached with a smile, "Master, you don't say anything when you go out. It's dangerous to go out alone."

Su Jin said angrily: "Is the master made of paper? Was it so easy to be calculated?"

Wang Chao smiled and said: "That's not true, but we have set a rule in the capital, no matter where I go, there must be at least two personal guards by my side, the young master's slipping like this has made us brothers very anxious. "

Ma Han stared wide-eyed and nodded again and again: "Well, yes, our brothers have searched for more than half of the city."

Su Jin sneered and said, "Brothers now? You were scolding each other just now, and now you're wearing another pair of pants?"

Ma Han said with a smile: "That's right, the two brothers have no overnight feud."

Wang Chao rolled his eyes at him and said: "Look at what you can get, what kind of words are you talking about, it means that there is no overnight feud between husband and wife."

Ma Han said angrily: "As long as you are capable, don't I know?"

Seeing the flames of war broke out again, Su Jin hurriedly shouted: "Shut up, I want to think about something, and if you make any noise, I will all go back to Luzhou."

The two quickly shut up, glanced blankly at each other and remained silent.

Su Jin said slowly: "How do you know where Feng Huo put the confessions written by the officials?"

Wang Chao blinked his eyes for a long time before saying, "I'm afraid only Feng Huo knows about this."

Ma Han sneered: "Nonsense, why don't you ask Feng Laohu 'Hey, tell me, where did you put the evidence?'?"

Wang Chao was about to refute, when suddenly Su Jin slapped his thigh and said: "That's right, Feng Huo is so smart, he will definitely not tell others where he hides his things, I'm afraid he is the only one who knows, otherwise there will be more people who know, The officials don’t want to do it, otherwise the officials will be desperate to report him, and I’m afraid he has to ask himself about this matter.”

Ma Han asked in astonishment: "How do you ask? Feng Huhu's skill, the three of us are not his opponents, and three more may not be able to beat him. Besides, his whereabouts are uncertain. Even if we know that he is hiding in the three miles of Beikou There is no way to take him; unless you send a large army to encircle him."

Su Jin spat and said: "How to encircle and suppress them? They are not bandits, so what reason do we have to encircle and suppress them? What happened in the morning is out of the cabinet. If we do it again, I'm afraid it won't make a fuss. Hundred disciples, what do we have in hand? The one hundred and fifteen cavalry are just tigers yawning and yawning, and they look scary. Don't count on them."

Wang Chao said: "He's hiding in the north entrance three miles away, we can't do anything about it, we can only wait for him to slip away and maybe we will have a chance."

Su Jin pondered: "Not only will he slip away, but if he is unprepared, he needs to find out the rules of his life. How can he find someone who knows him well and ask him to know."

Wang Chao whispered: "Don't you have a list in your hand? Quietly find an official to threaten him with this matter. Since they are so familiar, they should be rewarded."

Su Jin shook his head and said: "The idea is correct, but we can't do this; first of all, we have no evidence, and Feng Huo is holding their big hand, they will never tell the truth, and we can't just threaten For them, this is equivalent to holding an imaginary knife against a person's neck and threatening to kill him. Do you think he can be afraid? Moreover, these officials may not know Feng Laohu's life rules. The relationship with her is a secret underground relationship, and it is impossible to appear so familiar on the surface."

Ma Han said: "Then grab someone next to him and ask him, it will be all right."

Su Jin shook his head and said: "No, it might make him wake up, it's better if this person is not his subordinate, but also familiar with him, knows some details of his life, and won't alarm Feng Huhu if he asks him. "

Chao Mahan stared at him with big eyes and thought, "Where is such a person?"

Su Jin narrowed his eyes and paced back and forth, then suddenly tilted his head and asked, "You mentioned Wu Erlang just now? The man from Nancheng?"

Wang Chao said: "That's right, we went to his house with Mr. Song that night, and Mr. Song even beat Mr. Song up."

Su Jin's eyes lit up and he said: "I remember Wu Erlang said that if I want to buy black market rice, I can go to the Sanli Hutong in Beikou and report someone's name." Su Jin frowned and thought hard. stand up.

"It's called Blind Third Master, and it's Wu Erlang's boss." Ma Han said.

"Yes, it's the blind third master." Su Jinxi said.

"My lord is going to break into the bandit's lair alone again?" Wang Chao said in shock, "It won't work this time, then Feng Huo knows you."

Su Jin was stunned and said, "When am I going to go to the north entrance alone? Are you crazy?"

"Then why do you bring up the issue of the Blind Third Master? Don't you want to pretend to buy rice to claim the name of the Blind Third Master?"

Su Jin sighed and said, "With your IQ, it's hard for me to explain to you."

Ma Han laughed loudly, looked proudly at him and said in embarrassment: "You are deflated? You are still pretending to be smart. It is obvious that the young master is going to find this blind third master to find out Feng Huhu's whereabouts. You don't even know about such a simple matter." .”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Ma Han is right this time. Then tell me why I chose this blind third master?"

Ma Han held his head high and said, "Because the blind third master is blind, blind people can't see our faces clearly, so it's not easy for us to be exposed, so it doesn't matter if we can't ask, the blind third master doesn't know who we are."

Su Jin laughed loudly, Ma Han said: "What, I was right."

Su Jin pointed at his nose and said with a smile: "Your IQ has no lower limit, you two are in the same boat."