The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

In the government office, the interrogation is continuing.Fastest novel update

Following Su Jin's order, the two witnesses were brought into the interrogation room. Guo Pinchao's mouth was swollen from the beating, and he was waiting for the slapstick, but when he saw the two, he suddenly deflated like a discouraged ball down.

One of these two men was Ma Kui, the captain of the soldiers on duty at the North City Gate that evening, and the other was Lu Butou, the leader of the miscellaneous army that was put together in the yamen to change his guard, and he was the one who ordered Lu Butou that day. It was Ma Kui who handed over the duty of night duty at the city gate.

Su Jin asked: "Ma Dutou, on the evening of the 29th of last month, who did you hand over the soldiers you led after the change of guard?"

Ma Kui said: "Reporting to my lord, it is Lu Butou."

Su Jin asked: "Who is Catcher Lu, can you recognize him?"

Ma Kui cupped his hands and said: "My lord, Lu Butou is very acquainted with the humble officer, and they can be regarded as friends on weekdays, how could he not recognize him?"

Su Jin said: "Can it be in the hall?"

Ma Kui pointed at Lu Butou and said, "That's him."

Su Jin nodded, motioned him to stand aside, then turned to ask Butou Lu, "Are you Butou Lu?"

Lu Catcher clasped his fists and said, "Your subordinate, Lu Mang, takes the post of Chief Catcher of the Yamen in Yangzhou Prefecture."

Su Jin said: "Did you hear what Ma Dutou said just now? Are you the Butou Lu he said?"

Lu Mang said: "It's the lower official. On that day, the lower official handed over the city defense matters to Ma Dutou. At that time, the humble official led 33 arresters and [-] yamen servants from each department, totaling more than [-] people."

Su Jin said: "Who gave you the order? Is this person in the hall?"

Without hesitation, Lu Mang pointed at Guo Pinchao who was sitting slumped on the ground, and said, "It was Mr. Guo Pinchao, the general judge of the Yangzhou government at that time, and this is the person."

Su Jin slapped the table and shouted: "Lu Mang, you are so brave, since you are on duty at the north gate at night, why did you lead the team to evacuate before the handover the next day?"

Lu Mang hurriedly said: "Your Excellency calm down, there is a reason for the incident."

Su Jin said: "Tell me, if you hide half a sentence, your end will be worrisome."

Lu Mang hurriedly said: "My lord, how dare you be perfunctory when you're on an official business. You did lead the team to leave that night, but you only withdrew from the north gate after receiving the order for defense."

Su Jin said: "Do you mean that you were transferred to defense shortly after taking over the defense?"

Lu Mang said: "Just as your lord said, less than two hours after receiving the defense, about two o'clock, Lord Guo sent his personal attendant to send an order, saying that the soldiers at the south gate were too tired, and they wanted the officials to lead the team to change to the south gate. The guard at the gate, I asked him what to do in the north city? The attendant said that the soldiers are coming, so there is no need to worry, and then urged me to leave the north gate and go to the south gate."

Su Jin said: "Nonsense, you just leave the guard without authorization when a follower sends a message?"

Lu Mang said: "Your Excellency doesn't know something, but with Mr. Guo's order in hand, the lower officials will naturally obey their orders."

Su Jin said: "Where is the warrant?"

Lu Mang reached out his arms and took out a piece of paper, handed it up, and said: "At that time, the attendant wanted to return the warrant, but the officer was careful, after all, it wasn't Mr. Guo himself, and the warrant in hand can also prove that we are waiting for you." It’s not that I left my post without permission, so I didn’t give it to him; later, Mr. Guo sent people to ask for it many times, but I had to lie and claim that the warrant was lost, and Mr. Guo reprimanded the officer before giving up.”

Su Jin took the warrant, glanced at it, laughed and said, "That's right, you've done a good job, you deserve to be the chief arrester, and you're very careful."

Lu Mang cupped his hands and said, "My lord's praise, it's a matter of duty."

Su Jin nodded and said: "Stay aside." Lu Mang bowed and stepped back, Su Jin shook the paper, smiled and said to Guo Pinchao: "Guo Tongjuan, this mouth is not wronged, look, There are all the witnesses and material evidence, you are clearly going to arrange for the defense, why do you say you are going to patrol? Is this lie interesting?"

Guo Pinchao remained silent, blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, and his face was burning with pain.

"Master Guo, here comes the next question. Telling a lie means twenty slaps. I don't know how to count. Twenty slaps may count as forty slaps. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

Guo Pinchao's face turned red, and suddenly he whispered: "Master Special Envoy, can I take a moment to speak? I want to have a few words with you alone."

Su Jindao: "Everything must be told to others. Although this is not the hall of the government office, and there is no plaque hanging high in the mirror, the place where the case is tried is the court. If you have something to say, it's okay to say it."

Guo Pinchao said: "This matter is for the safety of your lord and the family, and for your lord to think twice."

Su Jin suddenly understood what he was going to say, laughed and said: "Are you going to make a deal with me, as long as I let you go, you will not mention in front of the Shangguan that I and Mr. What? Oh yes, and it's military rations; now it's really fun, no matter what kind of cat or dog is going to use this to blackmail me, are you trying to scare me?"

Guo Pinchao didn't expect Su Jin to point it out so readily, he was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Since the envoy made it clear, I won't go around in circles anymore, I know everything about you, if you make me anxious, I will definitely reveal it all .”

Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "The prisoner bites back. It's strange if someone believes it; besides, the military rations are purely nonsense. I'm afraid of you. If you don't believe me, I will force you to go to the warehouse tomorrow to see if the military rations are in order. The code is in the warehouse, and it is still covered with the seal of the third division, but we have not moved."

Guo Pinchao sneered: "Who doesn't know that you covered up the position afterwards and forged the seal of the third division. Do you think that everything will be fine? The people above are not fools."

Su Jin laughed and said: "I don't care about the people above, and I don't need you to worry about it. If you want to make a deal with me, that's out of the question."

As he spoke, he leaned closer to his ear and said, "Actually, I moved the military rations, but I still have an excuse. After I keep telling you, no one will believe your words; if the higher authorities really investigate, I will say that I and the magistrate deliberately designed to lure you." Take the bait, of course the military rations are not moved, only my private rations are moved, the purpose is to convey a message through your mouth, so that you think you have a handle on me, so as to take the opportunity to win me and my lord; Then he showed his feet and was finally wiped out by us, what do you think of this reason?"

Guo Pinchao was trembling with anger, but he also knew that if Su Jin really said that, maybe the higher-ups would turn a blind eye and let him go; Flicking it back and forth, I held it firmly, but in the end I found that the tail was slippery, and the other party just pulled it hard and let it go.

"Okay, I've said it all. There are still more than a dozen complaints from the common people here. If you don't explain all of them, your mouth will become a pig's head after this night, and I have more interesting things waiting for you." You, see the wooden barrel over there? It’s full of croton soup. After punching your mouth, please drink some soup to nourish your body. After drinking the soup, I will order someone to bring you a cork. Firmly block your samsara, leaving only one mouth in your whole body, I'm curious, if people can't excrete, will it overflow from the mouth?"

There was an evil smile on Su Jin's handsome face, not only Guo Pinchao, but also everyone around him was dumbfounded; Mr. Special Envoy is too vicious, people say that torture is nothing but scalding or other physical pain, this My lord is completely unconventional, actually boiled the croton soup, and then refused to excrete. This is ten thousand times more painful than being whipped hundreds of times. It really deserves the word "dirty".

But Song Xiang was not surprised. On the stage of the public trial yesterday, Su Jin ordered someone to grab Feng Jingyao's hand and poke him. Then he took the opportunity to say that he used the black wind to hurt someone, and then cut off Feng Jingyao's hand without hesitation. The situation where fingers were used for drawing and marking is vivid, and Song Xiang is not surprised that this kid still has many ideas for torturing people, nor is it surprising that there are things he dare not do.

Guo Pinchao felt weak for a while, he suddenly felt that he was simply too stupid, the person in front of him was a real tiger, even more vicious and cunning than Feng Jingyao, at least Feng Jingyao played his cards according to the routine, the most vicious method was just to chop people up Killing something, but this person can make you live or die, and destroy people psychologically.

"How is it? Do you want to try?" Su Jin smiled.

"I... recruited." Guo Pinchao didn't have the confidence to fight against this person any longer. For now, he could only make a full confession and explain everything he had done. In short, he couldn't escape death.

Su Jin clapped his hands and said: "Refreshing, it should have been like this a long time ago; come here! Untie Master Guo, watch the seat, and bring pen and ink; Master Guo is refreshing, and I can't be rude, so I won't ask, let him write it himself, and explain to the city first." The matter of the door, and then explain the headless unsolved cases in the city."

The yamen servant hurriedly brought the brush and ink, Su Jin rolled up his sleeves and rubbed the ink himself, and at the same time leaned over to Guo Pinchao's ear and said, "It's the same sentence, I missed one thing, I still have to greet you for the things prepared for you, and wait for a while." The soup will become icy cold, and it will be even more uncomfortable to drink, so you have to be careful."

Guo Pinchao muttered and cursed: "You are a devil."

Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "The sage Lei Feng said: Treat the enemy as ruthlessly as the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves! I am following the sage's words."

Everyone thought about it and didn't know who the saint Lei Feng was.

Taking advantage of Guo Pinchao's self-confession, Song Xiang secretly pulled Su Jin out of the house and asked, "Where did your people's complaints come from? Why didn't the government see the complaints? Otherwise, how could we let him go so easily?"

Su Jin smiled and said, "Where is the complaint? It's just dozens of blank papers."

Song Xiang pointed at Su Jin and was speechless, Su Jin smiled and said, "What? Did I do something wrong?"

Song Xiang sighed and lowered his head, "You are right, it is... the government is wrong."

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