The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Everyone heard the noise and hurriedly poked their heads to see what happened, but they saw their young master sitting with his hands crossed, and the young master opposite was teary-eyed, and didn't know what happened for a while, and they all dared not go forward in a daze.high-speed update

Xiao Sui'er came from behind with a plate of dried fruit, she was dumbfounded when she entered the living room, and hurriedly asked, "Master, what's the matter?"

Su Jin looked at Xiao Sui'er and said, "Sui'er, do you still remember Brother Lu and Brother Cheng from Yingtianyuan who I swore with?"

Xiao Sui'er said: "Remember, the two young masters are very good-natured, and the maidservant even talked to them."

Su Jin said: "They went..."

"Go? Where did you go?" Xiao Sui'er didn't realize it for a moment.

"Miss Sui'er, the two eldest brothers have passed away." Wei Songhe said, sniffling.

Xiao Sui'er was dumbfounded for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses, after all, she was not very familiar with these two people, and hearing the news of the death was not as sad as Su Jin and Wei Songhe, so she hurriedly put the fruit plate on the table, Asked: "Why did you go so well? The two young masters are only in their 20s. Could it be that they are seriously ill?"

Su Jin remembered that he hadn't asked what the cause of death was, and hurriedly asked, "Yeah, why did you go so well?"

Wei Songhe gritted his teeth and said, "My dear brother, do you still remember that Director Qin?"

Su Jin said: "Is that Qin Fei under King Teng?"

"It's this traitor who lost the lives of the two elder brothers in his hands."

Su Jin was stunned and said: "How could it be? Master Bao went to Yingtian Mansion to be the prefect. He should start to cut off Zhao Zongdan's party feathers. Under such circumstances, how could Qin Fei kill his two elder brothers?"

Wei Songhe said: "It happened very suddenly. Since you went to Beijing, I have been studying in the academy with peace of mind. I heard that the Academy will be upgraded to the Imperial Academy next year, so Chief Qi Shan keeps admonishing us to work hard and strive for the next year. In the autumn and spring examinations of each year, some students can enter the top three, because it is said that one of the conditions set by the emperor for promotion to the Imperial College is that someone must be among the top three in the palace examination before approval."

Su Jin nodded and said: "But there is something to be said. That day when Mr. Fu Bi went to the court to announce the decree, I was by the side. That's what he said."

Wei Songhe said: "That's right, so we all want to win honor for the academy, we don't even play Cuju, and we all work hard; but in Yingtian City, after the arrival of Mr. Bao, the weather has changed drastically; Master Bao first set out to investigate the case, and later heard that the case was found in Prince Teng's mansion. There was evidence that Qin Fei, the steward of the palace, led people to do the case. When Master Bao took Qin Fei to bring Qin Fei to justice, he didn't know How did the wind leak, this fellow fled without a trace; asked King Teng, King Teng only said that Qin Fei hadn't shown up at the palace for several days, and he was also looking for him."

Su Jin scolded angrily: "King Teng must have ordered Qin Fei to kill Tang Jie, but he pushed it all out. How could Mr. Bao believe him?"

Wei Songhe said: "Master Bao certainly doesn't believe it, but if he can't catch Qin Fei, he can't move Zhao Zongdan, so he ordered the whole city to capture Qin Fei with shadows."

Su Jin said: "Then how to catch it?"

Wei Songhe said: "Master Bao ordered the whole city to be under martial law after he found out about Yingtian Mansion, so Master Bao believed that Qin Fei must have not escaped. After searching like this for two or three days, he couldn't find him. Master Bao will not be able to get it for a while. That guy, so he ordered people to search slowly, and he and the German army deployed generals to leave the city with two thousand Yingtianfu forbidden troops. I don't know where they went, but I heard the gossip According to rumors, it was said that they were going to wipe out several cottages."

Su Jin nodded and said: "That's true. Zhao Zongdan has raised thousands of private soldiers outside, and they all turned into bandits and hid in the cottage. Mr. Bao must be afraid of chaos for a long time, so cut off Zhao Zongdan's foreign aid first."

Wei Songhe said: "That's how it is. After Mr. Bao left, the defense of the city was handed over to the yamen general judge. The city's yamen inspectors and some German troops who stayed behind added up to only 2000 people. Although it is still strictly prohibited. Yes, but the search for Qin Fei was not so strong, mainly due to lack of manpower; not long after, chaos broke out in the city."

Su Jin was startled and said, "What happened?"

Wei Songhe said: "One night, there was a Song Butou in the yamen who was patrolling the streets and alleys in the south of the city with more than 30 policemen. So he took someone to check quietly, and found that a house in that alley was densely packed with people, all of whom were holding swords, and seemed to be preparing to make trouble; Catcher Song saw with his own eyes that Qin Fei was among them, and how many people were there? I know everyone who looks like a leader, but they are the ruffians from the previous four cities."

Su Jin took a breath and said, "No, these people must be taking advantage of the lack of defense in the city to rush out of the city."

Wei Songhe said: "That's right, Catcher Song rushed out to report the news, but when he arrived at the alley, he was blocked by another group of people who rushed to the alley. After two fights, all the policemen were killed. It can be considered that Song Butou was good at it, he was the only one who desperately fought a bloody road to escape, and before he ran to the government office to report, dozens of houses in the city were already on fire, and there were about two to three hundred unidentified people Fires were set everywhere in the city, and there was a sudden chaos."

Su Jin scolded: "Good thief, needless to say, Zhao Zongdan must have gathered all his forces in the city to rush out of the city to rebel."

Wei Songhe said: "Song Catch the head to report the letter in time. Although the four cities were on fire, the thieves gathered in the south city. From this, it was judged that they wanted to flee to the south, so the general judge directly mobilized his troops to rush to the south city. Mind the chaos elsewhere."

Su Jin clapped his hands and said, "That's right, this decision is correct. The fire everywhere is to disturb people's eyes and ears, and Nancheng is the main direction of attack."

Wei Songhe said: "Yes, they are attacking the south city. When the large group of troops arrived, more than half of the two hundred defenders at the head of the south city had been killed or injured. It was occupied at the moment of arrival; the rioters dared not fight when they saw the arrival of the brigade of officers and soldiers, they all rushed out from the south gate and fled along the official road; the general judge led people to chase after him, and at the same time ordered people to send a signal to Yingtianyuan to be stationed The [-] soldiers in the group knew about it and signaled them to block it head-on."

Su Jin was shocked and said: "How can twenty soldiers block it? Isn't this sending you to death?"

Wei Songhe said: "Who says it's not? The courtyard was already alarmed when the city was full of flames and shouts of killing. At that time, we all stood watching from a high place. When the signal was raised, the guards and imperial troops of the courtyard set off in a whole team. At this time, everyone's bloody Everyone got up, and everyone knew something about the city, so we judged that there must be thieves fleeing outside the city, so someone shouted, and everyone took sticks and branches and rushed out behind the imperial army."

Su Jin stomped his feet and said: "Nonsense, nonsense, they are all students who have no power to restrain chickens, how can they fight against tigers and wolves? They let those people escape, and they are afraid that they will not be able to get them in the future? At this time, the gate of the courtyard should be closed. Take strict precautions."

Wei Songhe said with shame on his face: "It would be great if you were there at that time, but it's a pity that everyone's blood was boiling, and I also grabbed a stick and rushed out after my brain became hot."

Su Jin shook his head again and again, and asked, "Where's brother Jiefu? He rushed out too?"

"Brother Jiefu was the first one to yell. After his yell, everyone followed him to stop him."

Su Jin's face turned blue with anger: "Brother Jiefu is really confused. He knows some martial arts himself, so it's okay to help. It's a sin to bring these students who are usually weak to die."

Wei Songhe said: "Brother Jiefu can't be blamed at that time. If he doesn't make a sound, someone will make a sound. They are all young people, so it is hard to guarantee that they will not be impulsive."

Su Jin shook his head and said slowly: "Of course you don't need to tell me the result. Brother Lu and Brother Cheng must have died there..."

Wei Songhe nodded in tears and said: "Seventeen students in the courtyard died and more than 17 were injured. Brother Lu and Brother Cheng were among the victims."

Su Jin felt sad, and said softly: "Did those bandits ever stop them?"

Wei Songhe said: "There is nothing missing, Qin Fei is here, and Teng Wang Zhao Zongdan in disguise."

Su Jin slammed his fist on the table and said: "Thief, you should be cut to death; although the two righteous brothers behaved unwisely, it is really not worth dying for this matter; but it is still worth the death." gone."

Wei Songhe nodded and said: "Master Bao asked the imperial court to honor the deceased classmate as a 'righteous man', and the rewards are also very generous. Brother Jiefu and brother Wu Hengxin and I personally escorted the coffins back to their hometown for burial; brother Lu's family was poor, When we went, his 60-year-old mother didn't know what was going on, and I couldn't tell him..."

When Su Jin heard this, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and burst into tears.