The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Ouyang Xiu stared at Su Jin for a while, and suddenly burst out laughing, tapping his knuckles on the table lightly, making a 'da da da' sound, Su Jin smiled and said nothing, just tilted his head to look at him, the two Everyone doesn't speak, and they are trying to guess each other's thoughts.Fastest novel update

Ouyang Xiu finally couldn't bear to break the silence, and said: "Special Envoy Su, maybe you haven't realized the seriousness of the matter. If it were you, I would be worried, but you still have the mood to talk to me. Just kidding."

"The lower official is not joking." Su Jin said solemnly: "The lower official is indeed seeking Lord Zhongcheng's opinion. I will answer whatever you want me to answer."

Ouyang Xiu sneered and said: "Joke, tell the truth how you do it. If you do it, you do it. If you don't do it, you don't do it. I only want the facts, but I say whatever I want you to say. This is Did you fall into a trap in Raben?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "So that's the case. I thought Mr. Zhong Cheng knew the truth of the matter long ago, but he didn't report it to the court in secret. It seems that the lower officials are thinking too much. What else can I say?"

Ouyang Xiu said: "How did I ever know the truth of the matter? Will I come to ask you after knowing the truth?"

Su Jin got up and walked to Ouyang Xiu, refilled the tea for Ouyang Xiu in person, bent down and whispered in his ear: "Master Zhongcheng, have you forgotten what I said? There are many friends among the lower officials in Yangzhou City; during my visit to Tianchang , who was interrogated by your lord? What was said? What evidence was obtained? The lower officials know it all. It's not that the lower officials want to know, but even if I don't want to know, someone insists on telling me, and they have good intentions I really can't do anything about it; so I know exactly what the offended officials told my lord; I just wondered, since your lord has evidence, why didn't you take me to Beijing to question me, or immediately reported it to the court? Isn't there another meaning?"

Ouyang Xiu slapped the table and shouted: "Bold! Do I still need to explain to you what I do? Are you only saying these things are true? Don't talk about gossip."

Su Jin sighed and said, "The truth is exactly as you understand it."

Ouyang Xiu took a breath and asked, "Are you really good at distributing military rations?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "I did this alone. The prefect of Song was forced by me to board the pirate ship. The officials forged his official documents, stamped his seal, and opened warehouses under his name. He is indeed innocent."

Ouyang Xiu originally thought that Su Jin would deny it, and he was even ready to produce evidence to force Su Jin to submit. If necessary, Song Xiang and the officials in custody would be brought up by him to confront Su Jin, but he did not expect Su Jin to agree , and took all the blame for the matter on himself.

"There is also Lu Cangsi Gou Dasheng, who was also forced to commit the crime by me with the emperor's gold medal. He is not very responsible for this matter, and the blame is all on me; it is not easy to be an official in the same dynasty until today, so you can take it if you want Take me, it's best not to embarrass them." Su Jin simply let go of Gou Dasheng, sticking to the end.

Ouyang Xiu admired Su Jin's courage and character. In comparison, Song Xiang was far behind. He just said a word, and Song Xiang bluntly told all Su Jin's actions, and all the dirty things The water was splashed on Su Jin, wondering what Song Xiang would think if he heard Su Jin's words.

"Special Envoy Su, I know that you have some abilities, and I know a thing or two about your details. It is the dream of all people in the world to be summoned by the emperor and entrusted with important tasks as a commoner; and your ability to handle affairs also proves that the emperor Master He Sansi's vision is not wrong..."

"My lord's praise, it's just luck." Su Jin was still humble.

"But how can you act so boldly? Do you know what a crime it is to tamper with military rations? How much do you know about the laws of the court? Tasting military rations without authorization is the same as mobilizing troops without authorization. You actually dare to do it, I really don’t know if you are really shrewd or fake shrewd.”

Su Jin cupped his hands and said, "Lord Zhongcheng, you are not talented in being an official, but you also know that this is a serious crime."

"Knowing that you still do it?" Ouyang Xiu was furious: "Even if you make up for it afterwards? It's like... like..."

Ouyang Xiu couldn't think of a suitable metaphor for a while, Su Jin helped him continue, "It's like sleeping with someone else's wife, then washing it and sending it back..."

Ouyang Xiu suddenly wanted to laugh. Although this metaphor is vulgar, it is very vivid: "You are very clear in your heart. It is an indisputable fact that the military rations have been diverted. Even though you make up the military rations afterwards, so what? Can it change the fact that you have diverted the military rations? "

Su Jin lowered his head and said, "No!"

"What's even more ridiculous is that you are still going on like a dog, forging the military ration seals of the Privy Council and the Third Division to cover it up, not only can't cover it up, but you have added a crime of forgery to yourself, it's really ridiculous."

"My lord, this is superfluous, not called a dog's tail."

"Who is talking to you! An ignorant person, who made such a big mistake and still pretended to be nothing."

"My lord, please calm down. Anyway, it is already a major crime against the Nine Clans. It doesn't matter if there is one more crime or one less. If that's the case, my lord took me." Su Jin sighed.

"I wanted to take you. I was here to investigate your coercion and recruiting bandits. The commander of Huainan Road, Wang Qinian, and others participated in the case of your greedy exploits and reckless advances regardless of the lives and deaths of soldiers. You must be in a hurry to run an errand, and you are not familiar with the court's laws, so it is understandable that you made some mistakes. I ordered my official to do my best to protect you during the investigation; you can see how kind the emperor treats you, but what about you? Do you think you are worthy of the emperor's care for such a stupid thing to live up to the emperor's kindness?"

"I'm not human!" Su Jin looked very sad, and seemed too regretful.

"I won't tell you any more. This matter is too important. Even if the food affairs are urgent, I have to deport you to Beijing. Don't blame me; for you I highly appreciate his ability, but what is public is what is private, what is private is what is private, and I will never compromise half a step in the law of the country, so I have to offend you today." Ouyang Xiu said with a livid face.

Su Jin sighed: "I, Su Jin, did my own crimes, so naturally I don't blame others. I just feel sorry for the emperor and Lord Sansi, for fear that this matter will affect the reputation of Lord Sansi."

Ouyang Xiu looked at Su Jin coldly and said, "Don't you want to remind me of this matter. You committed such a serious crime and still expect Lord Sansi to speak for you? You should save yourself."

Su Jin said with a sad face: "It seems that the subordinate is doomed, and no one will save me."

Ouyang Xiu also felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. He originally wanted to sell Lord Sansi a favor, but the people he recommended naturally had a great influence on him. Letting Su Jin go by himself would be tantamount to helping Yan Shu in the aspect dispute. To help, but I didn't expect Su Jin to do such a thing, I really couldn't help him cover it up.

However, with the tact and sophistication of Mr. Sansi, he will immediately settle the relationship with Su Jin and handle it properly; it seems that before he escorts Su Jin to Beijing, he needs to send someone to Beijing to report to Yan Shu immediately, so that he can be prepared and appear in front of the emperor earlier. Clear up the relationship with Su Jin, or make some foreshadowing in advance, so as to avoid the emperor suddenly blaming him.

After thinking about the details, Ouyang Xiu looked at Su Jin and said, "Special Envoy Su, since this is the case, I have nothing to do; in order to save the envoy's face, I won't order anyone to put you in shackles and shackles. Go on the road with me in a friendly manner, and leave Yangzhou City to go to Beijing with dignity, this is the best thing I can do for you."

Su Jin cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, my lord, but I still have a request. I wonder if Lord Zhongcheng can agree to it?"

Ouyang Xiu said: "As long as it doesn't break the law, it doesn't matter."

Su Jin said: "Of course I won't embarrass you, I just want to say goodbye to my family."

Ouyang Xiu sighed: "Why don't you understand, you are the crime of exterminating the nine clans, once you are convicted, your family members will be implicated, no one can escape the punishment, they will all be escorted to Beijing, why say goodbye? "

Su Jin shook his head and said: "This person is just my confidante, not my family. It's upstairs at the back. I just say goodbye to her, and say a few words."

Ouyang Xiu sighed: "In the end, you are a romantic and passionate person. If you didn't make a big mistake, according to your talent and ability, everyone in the literary world will not know if you will become the backbone of the court in the future. What a pity...! You go to see her, but you can't see her." Don't think about how to escape, there are my people everywhere."

Su Jin said: "My lord, you don't need to worry. I'll ask her to come out and say a few words in front of your lord."

Ouyang Xiu hurriedly said: "Since you are a female family member, you don't have to face me. I believe you will not do stupid things."

Su Jin said: "It doesn't matter. Speaking of which, this girl and the lord have met several times. They have met each other before. Why should I avoid it now?"

Ouyang Xiu was stunned and said, "Your confidante knows this official?"

Su Jin smiled slightly, clapped his palms and said loudly toward the curtain of the back door of the lobby: "Miss Yan, please come out to see Lord Ouyang."

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