The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Of course, Long Zhen didn't have wings, and he couldn't escape from Yangzhou City; he didn't plan to leave Xiaoshiqiao's house at first, if he didn't get a news that shocked him suddenly, he still planned to stay like this forever In Xiaoshiqiao's house, let's see what Su Jin will do with him?

He expected that Su Jin would never dare to do anything out of line with him, because his identity was there, not to mention that Su Jin was a special envoy for food affairs, even if he was a stable official, anyone who wanted to move him would have to weigh it. ) free fastest update

Everyone knows that the imperial guards are the emperor's personal guards in name, not to mention that they are backed by the Privy Council; Du Yan is not easy to mess with, he is working with Su Jin in name, but in fact he is helping Du Yan. Beating a dog also depends on the owner, it is impossible for Su Jin not to understand this.

The days of Xiaoshiqiao's captivity were quite nourishing, and his freedom was not restricted. Not only could he do whatever he wanted, even if he escaped from the city, Shen Dezhang would not stop him. Shen Dezhang even hinted at the dragon Really, he can decide when to return to Beijing at any time.

However, Long Zhen would not just run away like this. If he just ran back to the stables like this, he would give Su Jin a handle; it is indeed wrong to lose food, but it will never be out of control, and there are very good reasons to defend himself , it was night after the snow, the enemy was outnumbered, the retreat at that time was called a strategic retreat; but now if you escape, the nature is different, the special envoy and the soldiers of the horse army are all in Yangzhou, and you just run like this Going back to the stables is the authentic absconding in fear of crime, and you can tell at a glance which is more important.

And another reason why he stayed and didn't leave was that he wanted to monitor Su Jin's whereabouts secretly. It was best to catch Su Jin's inappropriateness and collect evidence for future counterattacks; The young man must have made a mistake. For such a big matter as food affairs, even the old fried dough sticks in the court would miss the other, not to mention this Su Jin.

Long Zhen dressed up in disguise and wandered around the city all day long, hoping to find some useful news for him; however, if the news didn't come, he was so scared that he almost peed his pants.

That day, Shen Dezhang was drinking and chatting with him, and when the wine was hot, the topic could not help but talk about Su Jin, the grain envoy; The situation in the city has actually eased down, and I admire him a little bit.

Unexpectedly, after laughing out loud, Shen Dezhang didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but he revealed a shocking secret half-covered.

"What do you think Su Jin can do so well? Before the food from Luzhou arrived, where did he get the food to help the people?" Shen Dezhang said with a suppressed voice.

"What? Didn't he collect food from merchants?"

"Commander Long, you're so naive, how can there be a famine if the merchants have food?" Shen Dezhang shook his head and smiled.

"Could it be the grain in the official warehouse? But these are nothing. In a famine year, there is nothing wrong with moving the official warehouse. He is the special envoy for grain affairs and has this right."

"Hahaha." Shen Dezhang laughed loudly: "There is food in the official warehouse, doesn't the prefect of Song know how to provide relief? Why did Yangzhou City become so chaotic?"

Long Zhen was stunned and said: "Then where did he get the food? Could it be that he can do magic tricks?"

Shen Dezhang smiled mysteriously: "Brother, I can't tell you, and you don't need to ask. It's not good to know."

Long Zhen was startled and said, "Could it be military rations?"

Shen Dezhang said: "I didn't say that, you guessed it yourself, it has nothing to do with me..."

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After the banquet was over that day, Long Zhen was really scared. Long Zhen had no time to think about Shen Dezhang's unknown purpose for revealing this news to himself. What Long Zhen was worried about was whether Su Jin had really moved the army rations. Got it? But Shen Dezhang would never make a joke about such a thing. Although he hesitated on the surface and didn't say it clearly, with that kind of meaning, even a fool would know that he actually answered in the affirmative.

Long Zhen's scalp was numb, Su Jin even dared to touch the army rations, this is a daring and unruly lunatic, how can such a person expect him to be afraid of his own identity; he still thinks that he has a talisman, and in front of the lunatic, even if he is himself It's useless to hold a gold medal for avoiding death.

Running back to the stables quickly is not only about your own safety, but you must report the use of rations as soon as possible. Returning to the stables with such explosive news will not be considered as absconding in fear of crime, but a great achievement.

So on the evening of the eighth day of the lunar new year, he made some exciting arrangements and gave money to a few guards, asking them to go out on their own and come back to serve them tomorrow morning. If he succeeds once, if he fails once, he will have no chance in the future; although he had sneaked a look at the gate of the city a few days ago, the interrogation at the gate of the city was not strict, but just to be cautious, he reluctantly shaved off his beard. He took flour to paint his face white and tender, stole a set of women's clothes from a nearby farmhouse to dry, and dressed up as a woman.

Moreover, he deliberately lit candles in the house. From the perspective of outsiders, the people in this house have always been there.

I have to say that it is necessary for Long Zhen to be careful. Su Jin has actually sent people to watch Long Zhen all the time, and his every move is also under Su Jin's control. , the few Xiang soldiers who were watching would not be dragged away by Pan Jiang, and Long Zhen would have no chance to escape.

The little lady Long Zhen came to the gate of the city twisting her buttocks, intending to let Ghun out of the city; but he was dumbfounded. non-stop.

Depressed, Long Zhen hid in the shadows not far from the city gate and watched for a long time. He saw with his own eyes several people outside the city who delayed their time and shouted to leave the city, but they were slapped by the soldiers guarding the city. I ran back cursing, and then I gave up; this is a curfew, which means you can't go out alone at night. It seems that something big happened in the city.

Long Zhen ran around the four cities in the southeast, north and west, all four cities were like this, and he couldn't leave the city tonight; Long Zhen decided to return to Xiaoshiqiao's house for the time being, and he couldn't just wander around outside like this overnight. But when he was about to pee his pants again, he saw with his own eyes Su Jin and his companion named Ma Han coming out of the yard where he lived. Needless to say, Su Jin came here to mention himself, so he couldn't stay here any longer.

After watching Su Jin and Ma Han ride away on horseback, Long Zhen became at a loss. This time he could neither escape nor return to Xiaoshiqiao. Where did Shen Dezhang go to ask what happened.

Tossing around and coming to the intersection of Dongmen Street, as soon as his head appeared, Long Zhen's bottom was wet again. Hundreds of officers and soldiers on Dongmen Street were crowded and clamoring, escorting a dozen dejected people and walking towards him; Long Zhen saw it at a glance. Shen Dezhang, who was walking in the middle, had disheveled hair and blood on his mouth, as if he had been beaten up, surrounded by soldiers in boxer uniforms, obviously Shen Dezhang was captured.

Long Zhen's first feeling was: Su Jin, a lunatic, wanted to kill people and silence him. In order to cover up the military rations, all those who knew about it were taken down. Of course, he was one of them. Otherwise, why would Su Jin go to Xiaoshiqiao to find him? What about myself? I'm afraid it's Shen Dezhang who slipped his tongue.

Long Zhen gritted his teeth with hatred, and cursed secretly: He deserved to escape into the darkness quickly.

Long really knows his situation. As long as he shows his head at this time, he will have no chance of survival. He can only hide to look for opportunities. At night, the northern city is full of flames, and the shouts of killing are like thunder. He has no time to pay attention to it. Now hide himself. It's serious to be serious, but I don't have the time to watch any excitement.

Long Zhen walked through the streets and alleys, heading for the remote place in the southeast corner, and the screams and killings in the northwest corner were loud, so it's better to stay away from where the more lively it is.

God is pitiful, Long really made the right choice, the further to the southeast, the rarer the houses are, they are all shabby huts, obviously living in some poor people; but Long really knows, Su Jin knows that he is running away, What followed was a large-scale search and arrest in the whole city. At this moment, it is absolutely impossible to contact anyone. According to my experience as an officer, as long as there are people, the officers and soldiers will turn upside down, so even if it is a lonely small cottage There, Long Zhen would never consider hiding there; this is the experience of anti-reconnaissance, Long Zhen is glad that he has been a soldier for so many years, and finally he was able to use this experience to escape his life.

One foot deep and one shallow foot came to a small soil slope with sparse forests. Long Zhen's eyes lit up. This is an excellent place to hide. His eyes are full of large and small tombs. In the night wind, his eyes are full of spirit papers. The banners and brushes rattled, but Long Zhen didn't care at all, this was the treasured land of geomantic omen for his survival.

Like a ghost, Long Zhen walked back and forth between the steamed bun-like earthen graves several times, and finally selected an old grave. Looking at the small trees and withered grass on the grave, he knew that the person in the tomb had been dead for decades. Bone, fearing that nothing would fall down, Long Zhen pulled out his dagger and dug behind the tombstone to the door of the tomb without much effort.

Moving away the bluestone blocking the tomb door, while waiting for the turbid air in the tomb to be blown away by the wind, Long Zhen did not forget to bow to the tombstone a few times and prayed: "If Long is not desperate, he will not come to disturb you. Your Majesty, Your Majesty has knowledge under the spring, please don’t blame me, as long as I get through this catastrophe, Long Mou will definitely come to help you rebuild the tomb, and I will also visit your descendants and give you a lot of money. Let’s squeeze a little Squeeze, squeeze."

There were bursts of noise in the distance, Long Zhen turned his head and looked, the flow of torches in the city seemed to be a manhunt all over the city, Long Zhen no longer hesitated, twisted his body, and retracted into the tomb like a groundhog middle.