The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Feng Huhu offered three sticks of incense, but this time he did not wait for the Buddha's inspiration, he bowed three times and said: "Buddha, my disciple understands that the so-called inspiration is false. Master wants to take this opportunity to ask The disciple said all the words that were suppressed in his heart. Perhaps the disciple suppressed it too deeply, so all these past events rolled in his mind. The more he didn't want them to appear, the more they wanted to disturb the disciple's state of mind; Poison! My disciples also feel that after speaking out, their hearts are open, and it may be unknown whether they have miraculous achievements. Welcome to reading"

Su Jin urged in his heart: Come on, come on, hurry up, don't dawdle, I don't know if the old monk mixed the incense with the incense, if he is fascinated at this moment, then all previous efforts will be wasted, while he is awake, speak quickly .

As if responding to Su Jin's cry from the bottom of his heart, Feng Huo slowly sat on the futon and said slowly: "The past ten years in Yangzhou are the ten years when the disciple feels that he is getting old; since the disciple was expelled from the teacher at the age of 17, I wandered outside for nearly ten years, and spent the rest of my time in Yangzhou City; I think that when the disciples first came to Yangzhou, they brought more than 20 brothers from Longhumen and carried more than 100 lives here. , When I first came to Yangzhou, I hid in the inn all day long and did not dare to show my face. Every time there was a disturbance, everyone was terrified. Those days were really uncomfortable."

"After getting used to it gradually, I found that the government did not arrest me in the whole Song Dynasty. It must be that the local officials in Zizhou and Qianzhou were afraid that the matter would make a big mess and lose face, so maybe they let it go. That's why I dared to go to Yangzhou. Walking around in the street, seeing that the belongings brought by him are getting less and less day by day, the disciple thought about it, he had to find a way out, but he was not familiar with the place, and he didn’t have a helper to do business, so the gang of brothers he brought would know nothing about murder and arson. , so the disciple thought hard, and decided to open a house in Yangzhou North Street to teach apprentices, and at the same time take up some bodyguard business, which can also make use of everyone's strengths; so the disciple bought a house in Hengshun Hutong, Yangzhou North Street, and officially hung it up. The brand of Dragon and Tiger Gate is everywhere to recruit disciples and solicit business."

"Things are not as smooth as I thought. In a few months, there are only a few small businesses. The other martial arts clubs in Yangzhou are full of customers. I understand that my name has not been made. Yangzhou merchants I don’t trust the disciple’s means at all, and the people of Yangzhou don’t know the disciple’s ability, so the disciple decided to choose a pavilion according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, so as to create a breeze for our Dragon and Tiger Gate.”

"I picked thirteen martial arts bodyguards in a row in a month, killed several people and injured five or six people, but because I signed the life and death certificate first, they couldn't do anything about me; it wasn't because I didn't want to spare them, but they didn't want to be spared. Without them, their Escort and Martial Arts Hall will still be open, which is not good for the disciple's Longhumen to gain a foothold here, and the disciple can only use ruthless hands to show his prestige; There is an endless stream of people who come to invite escorts, and from then on, this disciple has established a foothold in Yangzhou."

"The previous painful lesson told my disciples that it is not enough to have ability, but also to have a backer. Whether it is the government or the famous people on the streets of Yangzhou, you must make friends with them, so that you can talk. As for repeating the same mistakes in the Guang'an Mansion, so the disciples paid more attention to inquire, and by chance, they got to know the richest man in Nancheng, Blind Third Master."

"The blind third master came to Yangzhou earlier than me, and he was also an outsider. My disciple figured that he must have committed something, so he came to Yangzhou; the blind third master runs all the docks by the river and canal outside the city. His brothers once advised his disciple to secretly give him a vote, but the disciple has already passed the time when he is jealous when he sees money. If he wants to make money, he must cooperate with these rich people. He has money, we have fists, less It’s the same, after all, it won’t last long.”

"So the disciple deliberately got close to the blind third master, and proposed cooperation at the right time. Unexpectedly, the blind third master readily agreed. Afterwards, the disciple learned that the blind third master seemed to be a little bit aware of the disciple's relationship with him. The origins of the subordinates, I am afraid that if we are unhappy, it will lead to unreasonable disasters. The disciple understands his state of mind. Compared with him, Mr. Tang in Chengdu Mansion is far behind; being rich is good, but who dares to say that being rich is not speeding up? Where's the death talisman for him to die? The blind third master wants to live and enjoy wealth, so he chose to cooperate with me."

"In fact, my disciple didn't treat him badly. He gave me capital, and my disciple reciprocated. At the entrance of the eight major cities in the city, and in the bustling places of more than a dozen main streets, my disciple relied on means and fists to get the best shops and doors one by one. I took half of it into his hands and took out half of it to run the business together with him. In the past seven or eight years, he and I have both made a lot of money, and it can be said that the disciple has no debt to the blind third master."

After a pause, Feng Huhu said again: "The third master Blind is quite obedient. Seeing that his income is almost the same, the disciple's prestige in the city has already surpassed him, so he proposed to return all the property in the city to me. The disciple knows that sooner or later there will be such a For a day, I didn't refuse. My disciple still appreciates this person's judgment of the situation. I have never turned against him. Until now, my disciple still regards him as a good friend. I, Feng Jingyao, have never made friends , but he is one, and probably the only one.”

Su Jin thought, the Blind Third Master does have some skills. Judging from Feng Huhu's experience, he must be a very suspicious and bloodthirsty person. The Blind Third Master can judge the situation and make enough money to escape, which shows that this person is cunning enough; The bird, the higher it stands, the more people it becomes a target for. The blind third master retreated, it must be said that he had the intention of protecting himself wisely.

"The disciple learned from the previous lessons, and when he entered Yangzhou City, he tried his best to establish good relations with the officials in the city. Later, he was introduced by the Blind Third Master, and he also got to know many important officials of the state government. He is a greedy and lustful person, and my disciples do what he likes, and made a lot of friends; but later, the disciples found that doing so would not work at all in major matters."

"The disciple saw with his own eyes that Zhou Dong's family in Yangzhou Silk Village accidentally killed people and was signed and arrested by the criminal department of the government government. The money and silver that this Zhou Dadong's family donated every year was no less than ten thousand guan, which was to show filial piety to these officials; It’s just that clinging to these people doesn’t work, if you want them to be obedient, there is only one way, and that is to completely control them, turn them into disciples’ dogs, and tell them to bite whoever they want.”

Su Jin knew that the key point was coming, and he must not be distracted by this matter, otherwise, if he accidentally missed the key word, it would be related to the hiding place of the evidence.

Feng Jingyao continued: "I know these people's likes and weaknesses, so I searched everywhere for women with excellent sex skills, and once... I also sent people to remote mountain villages hundreds of miles away to search for girls to take with them. Going back to Yangzhou for captive training is to prepare for a day when it will be useful."

"Speaking of which, after arriving in Yangzhou, the disciple met a woman he liked, but she was also in the world, that is, Mi Huaniang, the leading female officer of the Lichun Courtyard. The disciple could get along with her quite well, so I replaced her. Redeem your body and bring it with you; Buddha, please don’t laugh at me, my disciple. My disciple feels that Mi Huaniang is a little... a bit like my mother. No matter what she says or does, she even misses the voice of talking and laughing when she walks; maybe this is the disciple’s obsession. her reason."

Su Jin thought: Is this the Oedipus complex?Or is it because Feng Huo has been lonely for a long time and misses him so much?

I only heard Feng Jingyao said: "I entrusted these girls to her for training, and she also lived up to my entrustment. These girls have all grown up in a few years and are very good at sex, so I sent these girls The women were adopted as righteous daughters, and when the officials were entertained, they were deliberately ordered to show their faces, which immediately attracted the covetousness of the gang of perverts, so the disciples set up a trap, and let them fall into the trap willingly."

"It's very simple to say. When they were happy with these women, the disciples went up to catch the rapes. They took these women as righteous women as evidence and wanted to sue them for raping women from good families. In order to keep Wu Even with such a simple method, in a few years, almost all the officials in the Yangzhou government have been controlled by the disciple, and the disciple has become the Supreme Emperor in Yangzhou City; what kind of official documents of the court , What kind of edict policy, I know what the magistrate knows, and I also know what the magistrate doesn’t know, every plant, every tree, every move in Yangzhou city cannot escape my eyes and ears.”

Feng Huhu laughed triumphantly, and continued: "It's ridiculous that some of those people still try to get back the evidence that restrained them. Several of my secret rooms are often invaded by people, but are the hundreds of people under me just for nothing? None of the people who came to steal could succeed. After catching them, they tortured the instigator out of their mouths. The rest of the matter hardly needs to be done by the disciples. I just need to disclose this matter to other officials, and they will naturally punish that person Life is better than death; disciples understand their mentality too well, everyone should be a chess piece; they will not blame the chess player, but only blame one or two chess pieces that jumped out of the chessboard. What they can't tolerate; that's what's sad about these people, and biting each other when they're dogs is also what's wonderful. Hehe, hehe."

Su Jin was in a hurry, listening to Feng Huhu's nonsense, but not telling where the evidence was, was really heartbroken.

Feng Huhu stopped laughing and murmured: "This group of idiots, even if they invite peerless experts to find all my secret rooms, what else can they find except some gold and silver? Keep these things by your side? As long as I have these things for a day, I, Feng Jingyao, can live in peace for a day. If I ask them to look for them, if they can't find them for a day, they can only be dogs obediently, hahaha."

Su Jin listened for half an hour, and finally heard what he wanted to hear, but it was still vague and unclear, and the specific hiding place was still unknown. He unconsciously clenched the edge of the hole with his hand, and suddenly heard a 'click' Su Jinyi grabbed the loose mud tire on the edge of the hole.

This slight sound was like a thunderclap in this quiet room, which startled Su Jin in the belly of the Buddha statue and Feng Huhudou on the futon in front of the Buddha statue.

Su Jin secretly said: "Not good!"

Before he had time to react, he heard the sound of footsteps, Feng Jingyao got up abruptly, put his hand into his bosom to hold two iron marbles, and walked towards the side of the Buddha statue step by step.