The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin and the others quickly walked through the deserted streets and alleys, returned to the residence, and locked the door.

Wang Chao, who held back all the way, couldn't wait to ask: "My lord, your method is really clever. Sure enough, this guy is soft or hard, and you really guessed it right."

Su Jin covered his hands on the teacup, and said with a smile: "It's just a combination of soft and hard, he still refuses to give in to soft."

Ma Han leaned forward and said, "Yes, that's right, it's the most joyful to feed him the poison with one hand at the end, so that this guy won't dare to play tricks behind his back, otherwise the young master won't give him the antidote and let his intestines go through his stomach." Rotten to death."

Su Jin chuckled and said, "The poison of the fart is just the jelly beans sold on the street, the flour wrapped in sugar, and the brown sugar juice poured outside."

Chao Mahan's eyeballs flicked around on the ground. He was playing an empty city trick. It turned out that what he had fed was just a penny and a handful of jelly beans on the street.

"But, didn't you say that there are some side effects? Are there any side effects after eating jelly beans? Are you revealing?"

Su Jin said: "Go, ask everything, I can't tell you about this, lest you go out and harm people."

Chao Ma Han rolled his eyes, what does it mean to hurt people everywhere, just ask, if you don't say it, you don't say it, and you still have to say this kind of thing.

The two of them washed their feet and face, went to bed and went to sleep, Su Jin also washed and went to bed to rest, thinking: Master walked out of the door, if you say it, you will lose your value, jelly beans are good, but they are made with a few of your own. The Lieyang Huichun pills have been tainted all afternoon, didn't you see that when the master took them out, they were wrapped in tin foil?If they were not all wearing masks, I'm afraid I wouldn't even dare to take them out.

I also thought that the blind third master might be so busy at this moment that he would not stop if he didn't toss around in the middle of the night. He secretly laughed in his heart, thought wildly for a while, and fell asleep unconsciously.

Early the next morning, Su Jin and Dynasty Ma Han went to Ximen Yuelai Inn to see off the old shopkeeper. The old shopkeeper warned Su Jin to be very careful. He asked him to bring a lot of food back to Luzhou to distribute, and asked him to bring a letter to Mrs. Wang, saying that he would return to Luzhou for a reunion before the year.

Su Jin originally wanted Zhang Long to take care of him, but the old shopkeeper knew that Su Jin needed manpower to handle affairs, and said that the banditry was gone, so he insisted on letting Zhang Long stay with Su Jin; At noon, I watched the old shopkeeper take Yang Xiaosi and others out of the city.

Su Jin turned around and was about to talk to Yan Biyun and others about what happened last night when he suddenly saw people on the street turning their backs on their horses and a troop of cavalry galloping towards them, led by Zhao Dutou, the horse army.

Zhao Dutou saw Su Jin quickly get off his horse and shouted, "Oh, my lord, please teach me how to find it. I'm so anxious."

Su Jin asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"It's a quarrel, it's a quarrel." Zhao Du said in a hesitant voice.

"What's going on?"

Zhao Du stretched his neck and panted for a few breaths, and said, "The prefect of Song, Yang Bei, is looking for you everywhere, saying that the soldiers are making a fuss. Prefect Song is in such a hurry, waiting for you in the lobby."

Su Jin was startled, and thought to himself: The prefect of Song Dynasty is too pusty. It must be that the temporary replacement of Pan Jiang and Pan Shiyi's command duties by others has not been done well, and there has been a commotion.

Su Jin had no time to inquire, so he hurriedly pulled a horse onto it, and galloped back to the mansion with Zhao Dutou and others. He suddenly ran to the Xiangbing camp to investigate the military pay, and finally found out that the two Commanders Pan had corrupted the soldiers' wages in Mexico. He just announced the suspension of the two in public, and promoted the two small capitals to take over as temporary commanders. What do you think? , Pan Jiang desperately fought with us to take down Bagong Mountain, it's nothing if there is no reward, and he treats people like this. This deduction of military pay is more common in the army than eating, dressing, shitting and farting. What is Song Zhifu making such a fuss about? ?”

Su Jin was depressed, Song Xiang really had no other way to do it, and he clearly told him to act in a low-key manner, and it was a good way to use military pay to talk about things, but wouldn't it be a shame to announce it in public, and it's fine to say it quietly in private, but also Explain clearly to Pan Jiang and Pan Shiyi that this was required by the writing from above, and he had to put on a show. After the limelight passed, the official would be reinstated, and all the responsibilities would be passed on to the top. Such a big leak.

"What's the situation now?"

"Don't mention it, the two commanders tied themselves up, and brought six or seven good friends Dutou and a group of side soldiers who had a good relationship on weekdays to kneel in the lobby and asked the prefect of Song to question them. If you commit a crime, you cannot suspend your duties, but you must act according to the law, and it will be a mess.”

Su Jin scolded: "Damn it, they're all a bunch of stupid bastards, they're stupider than pigs to do one thing like this."

Zhao Dutou quickly shut up, the scolding was suspected of scolding even himself, so he must not answer it, so as not to get angry.

In the lobby of the yamen, there were 30 people kneeling like straw men, each of them bared half of their shoulders, and tied some firewood to their bodies. Song Xiang in the hall was so earnest that he didn't know what he was talking about. Pan Jiang and others below just didn't know what to say. Get up, stick your neck and yell.

Su Jin got off his horse by the dismounting stone at the gate of the yamen, and rushed into the lobby of the yamen. I'm going to hug Su Jin and cry bitterly.

Su Jin rolled his eyes at him, changed his smile and said loudly: "What is this for? Commander Pan, you are shirtless in the cold weather, what kind of kung fu are you practicing?"

As soon as Pan Jiang saw Su Jin, he became more energetic, and hurriedly said: "Master Special Envoy, please comment, we will do our best to exterminate the bandits and maintain the safety of the place. Go to check our military pay, you know the rules in the army best, even if we don’t want it, the soldiers will forcefully leave some money to honor us, how could it be so unreasonable, and we stopped our duties when we talked; So serious, being greedy for the army's salary is a major matter, so I will deal with it according to the major event, I am here with the brothers who have received the salary to plead guilty; please deal with it according to the law, the magistrate, if you want to beat or kill, you will be fined."

Su Jin laughed and said: "It turns out that this is the matter, this is asking for guilt; what is the big deal for me, my brothers have nothing to say, get up first, put on clothes, and warm your body; otherwise, you will have a lot of snot and tears." Forget it, those who know are fine, those who don’t know, brothers at that time were reluctant to part with this official position and shed tears.”

Pan Jiang stiffened his neck and said, "If you don't give an explanation, you won't get up."

Su Jin said: "It's natural to have an opinion. How decent is this appearance? If you are making trouble now, if the court's favor arrives in a few days, it will make people laugh to death."

Hearing that there was something in the words, Pan Jiang hesitated and said, "Is the court's favor?"

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "Close the door of the lobby, and boil a few pots of hot tea to warm up the two conductors and the brothers. Anyone who has nothing to do, please retreat first. Anyone who is watching and talking nonsense at the door will be hit with a big stick."

The yamen servants hurriedly followed suit, and Su Jin commanded the yamen servants in a more dignified manner than Song Xiang. Song Xiang, the authentic magistrate, was left alone and stood there awkwardly.

The yamen lobby was closed and hot tea was served. Su Jin stretched out his hand and randomly swipe the gavel-wood pen and ink tokens on the magistrate's big case in the lobby, and pulled them all into a bamboo basket. Looking at the dumbfounded yamen servants, he said: "Look!" What? Put down the big case and put it on, go out to the restaurant to order some food and drink, it's almost noon, don't you want to eat?"

"This... Special Envoy Su, are you going to drink and eat food in the lobby? Are you using the big bench in this mansion?" Song Xiang couldn't bear it anymore, and came up to ask.

"Well, what's the matter, magistrate, what's wrong? I'm going to invite Commander Pan and others to dinner here. The lobby is bright and bright, and drinking under the mirror hanging high on the plaque will have a special taste."

Song Xiang winked, Su Jin pretended not to know, Pan Jiang, Pan Shiyi and the others were delighted to see that they had come to practice Song Xiang today, but they didn't expect the envoy to follow him to practice together, so let's not mention the joy in their hearts; He vaguely felt that Special Envoy Su and them were comrades-in-arms in the trenches, and Su Jin would feel embarrassed when he invited them to get up again.

The food and wine were cooked and set up quickly. Besides cold dishes of various colors, there were two steaming big hot pots. The big table of the magistrate's yamen was suitable for trial. There were more than 20 people sitting on all sides, and it was a little rich. .

Su Jin half pulled and half pulled Song Xiang, who was full of displeasure, to the main seat and sat down, stretched out his hand to slap the mud seal off the wine jar, ordered people to fill everyone's wine bowls, and said with a smile: "Drinking in the lobby, but For the first time in my life, this feeling is different; the plaque hanging high in the mirror is the eyes of the Holy Majesty, we are talking and doing things under the eyes of the Holy Majesty, I will explain today's affairs to you after drinking this bowl of wine, I just Explain it again, but I can guarantee that there will never be half a lie under the eyes of the Holy One, so you have to believe it if you believe it, or believe it if you don’t believe it, understand?"

When Pan Jiang and the others heard Su Jin say that the plaque was the eyes of the Holy Majesty, they immediately felt uncomfortable. When they made a fuss at first, they didn't expect that this place represented the majesty of the imperial court, but the majestic magistrate's hall where there was no fuss. The number of people sentenced to death may be fifty or sixty if not one hundred, which can be described as an ominous place; at this moment, after Su Jin said it, I felt anxious and started beating a small drum.

In front of Song Zhifu, he didn't realize what happened, why did the special envoy feel that this matter was a bit too much when he came?

On the other side, Su Jin had already picked up the wine bowl and said with a smile: "After finishing this bowl, let's talk about it later."

Panjiang and Pan Shiyi looked at each other, and their hearts were broken. Anyway, today is already a mess, and it's useless to be afraid. It's better not to think about anything. The two of them picked up the wine bowl and drank all the wine.