The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Wang Chao, Ma Han and others had already raised their arms to meet them, and the four big foodies together with Yan Fu accompanied eight or nine big men to move forward.welcome to read

Su Jin shouted: "Take them down."

A group of thugs rushed over like wolves and tigers, stretched their arms and legs, and in the blink of an eye, like eagles catching chickens, they locked the three of them firmly and twisted them in front of Su Jin.

The shopkeeper resisted the big iron-like hand on his neck, tilted his head and shouted hysterically: "Where did the strongman come from? He smashed up the shop in broad daylight and killed people. The strongman killed people!"

When he roared hysterically, people from outside looked over their heads one after another. Liu San and the two fellows became more energetic and screamed more miserably; The government servants who patrol to maintain order report the letter.

Su Jin let Liu San struggle and shout, reached out and grabbed his hair and dragged him to the position where Xiao Sui'er was sitting just now. When he got to the curtain, he stretched out his hand on the curtain and pulled it inward, only to see that the black curtain was actually exposed. A seam of size.

Su Jin stuffed his head into the junction of the curtains, and cursed: "Tell me, what is this?"

Everyone gathered around to watch, and then suddenly realized that the curtains surrounding the side of the tea shed turned out to be two layers, and there was a two-foot-wide passage between the outer layer and the inner layer, and the curtain could not be seen from the outside or inside. There is actually a sandwich in between.

When Xiao Sui'er was sitting near the curtain drinking tea just now, the thief hiding in the mezzanine quietly reached out, cut off the purse with a sharp weapon, and then escaped silently from the mezzanine.

And the black curtain on the inner side is dense and opaque. Several cracks have been cut on the curtain long ago, but because it is all black, it is impossible to detect the existence of cracks.

"Good thief, this tea shed was opened to attract people to drink tea, and then the people in the mezzanine stretched out their hands to steal money. No wonder the location of the tea shed is so good and the price is so cheap, but it is to lure others to come in and steal money and things."

Wang Chaofei, who understood, kicked Liu San's ass and cursed angrily.

Su Jin dragged Liu San's head out of the aisle, and Sang fell to the ground. He sneered and said, "How do you explain it now? After building a tea shed, why keep this aisle? If I'm not wrong, there is also a mezzanine in the north." , You are racking your brains, you are clever, but it is a pity that you use it in the wrong place."

Ma Han quickly ran to the north to check. Sure enough, it was also a double-layer curtain with a sandwich in the middle.

Liu San could no longer deny it, and collapsed on the ground panting.

Yan Biyun smiled and said: "Su Daqing really has some skills to see through the mystery at a glance."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Miss praise, but when I first entered the shed, I noticed a detail. This tea shed planted a porch pillar out of thin air in the middle of the surrounding cloth curtains, which is a bit strange. I took a look at the door, and found that the pillars protruded two feet, and the curtain wrapped on it seemed to have a big belly; what's even more strange is that people's tea sheds use green cloth or simple and elegant coarse cloth as curtains. It’s good, black cloth is used as curtains for Chinese New Year, if it weren’t for the dozens of red lanterns dotted at the entrance of the shed, it would be a spiritual shed.”

Everyone called it unlucky, and they felt a little weird at first, but after being broken by Su Jin, they suddenly realized that it was the black cloth curtain that made people feel uncomfortable; It also made this strange tea shed a little festive.

In fact, for this group of people, it doesn't matter if there are few customers, as long as people come, they don't expect to sell tea to make money.

"Senior officer, please forgive me this time, the little ones were confused for a while and thought of some crooked ideas. Don't worry, the money you lost will be returned in full. Pity me. I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old daughter." Boy, if you report to the police, it doesn't matter if you take me and go to jail, then the mother and the child will starve to death."

Su Jin smiled and scolded: "The excuse is too old-fashioned. If you want to ask for forgiveness, you should think of some new excuses. With your methods and minds, it should not be difficult to think of some new excuses."

Liu San kowtowed his head like pounding garlic and said, "Don't be a big official to entertain a villain. It's really forced by life, and I have no choice but to do it. I will never dare again in the future."

Su Jin frowned and pondered, Yan Biyun said softly: "Could it be that you want to let them go? It seems that these people are used to stealing. This method of stealing behind the wall is not new. There are also black shops in the capital. Passengers are drunk behind the guests move bricks in the middle of the wall to steal money and goods; this method evolved from that method."

Su Jin smiled and said: "So there was this kind of stealing method long ago, I thought it was their original creation; it's okay to let them go, and I don't bother to be serious with these sneaky people; but I wonder why they have the ability to get it. There is such a good location and such a big place to build a tea shed; is there a reason for that?"

Yan Biyun smiled and said: "You were stimulated in Yangzhou. Now wherever you go, you think there is a conspiracy in everything. If this continues, I will be suspicious of you every day."

Su Jin laughed and said: "Forget it, tell them to spit out the money and things they stole, and then let them go."

Yan Biyun smiled, and didn't want to cause trouble, so he kept silent.

Su Jin turned around and was about to make it clear to Liu San that if he wanted him to spit out the stolen money, he would not pursue it anymore. At this moment, he heard a noise outside the tea shed, and someone shouted: "Damn it, who the heck is it?" Don’t have anything to do, come here to disrupt order and beat people randomly? Aren’t you afraid of being punished by the yamen?”

As soon as the words fell, seven or eight yamen servants dressed in soap clothes came in menacingly at the door. The leader was wearing a blue official robe, but no matter how you looked at it, it didn't fit well. Wrinkled and bulging, as if picked up in a dunghill.

However, this person's demeanor was very arrogant, he walked in with his nose upturned, like a big blue grasshopper.

Yan Biyun and Xiao Xianer whispered at the same time: "It's him..."

Su Jin whispered: "Who is it?"

Yan Biyun said: "That day you beat Zhu Yanei and took him to the prison. This person is the head of the government prison. I remember that his surname is Liu. Why did he wear an official robe and upper body? Did he get promoted?"

Su Jin suddenly remembered the situation that day, and seemed to have seen this person in prison, no wonder his face looked familiar.

"Who is here with the audacity to beat the people in broad daylight with the intention of committing murder?"

The former Liu Silang and Liu Laotou have long been Wuxia Amon. Because he helped Zhu Shiyong solve the Wukor Angkor, Zhu Shiyong fulfilled his promise and promoted him to the government office to become the deputy warehouse secretary of Changping from the ninth rank. An ordinary cell boss who was promoted to the official class, although he was just a low-level official, was enough to make Liu Silang proud.

Liu Silang obviously didn't recognize Su Jinlai. In the past half a year, Su Jin has grown a lot taller, and the youthful and childish look on his face has also faded a lot. In addition, Su Jin was dressed in an embarrassing attire with half of his sleeves hanging down in the prison. Wearing brocade clothes and wearing golden hairpins, her temperament is quite different.

"My lord, you came just in time. I'm waiting here to drink tea. The shopkeeper originally set up a black tea shop here and secretly stole our property. Now he has confessed. Now that your lord and the servants have come, The three criminals will be handed over to the adults for handling."

"Black tea shed? Stealing?" Liu Silang came forward with a frown, looked at Liu San who was slumped on the ground and asked, "You open a black tea shed to steal from guests?"

Liu San jumped up from the ground like a spring, and shouted: "My lord, I am wronged. The villain is selling tea and snacks here in a serious manner. This group of people came to drink tea and then said that they lost their belongings. I have to ask the villain for theoretical compensation, the villain never dared to steal their property, they saw that the blackmail was not enough, so they smashed and smashed in my small shop, sir, look, this tea shop is in a mess, the villain pointed at the tea shop It's all over this time."

Liu Silang turned his head to look at Su Jin, and shouted, "Is he telling the truth?"

Su Jin rolled his eyes angrily, forced himself to suppress his emotions, pointed to the interlayer of the curtain and said to Liu Silang: "Please look, my lord, this is the evidence. They left the interlayer for people to hide in it, and they will attack when people are not prepared. Stealing is extremely tricky."

Liu Silang blinked and looked at it for a long time and said, "Is this the mezzanine where the thieves are hidden?"

Su Jin said: "Of course, look at the cracks in the curtain, the people inside reached out to steal from the cracks."

Liu Silang groaned, and a yamen servant behind him suddenly said, "Where is this interlayer? Obviously, the shopkeeper of the tea shop added an extra layer of curtains to avoid the cold weather."

Another yamen servant echoed: "Yes, yes, if the wind is heavy and the snow is heavy, you can add hay to it as a wall to block the wind and snow. This is not a mezzanine for hiding thieves. It's really whimsical. Who would use this stupid way to steal things."

Liu Silang raised his eyebrows, and said to Su Jin: "This official, did you hear that? This is not the so-called interlayer that hides thieves as you imagined, but serves as a protection against wind and cold. You may be mistaken."

Su Jin was clear-eyed, Liu San changed his words when he saw Liu Silang, and the yamen servants also helped Liu San speak, these people must be involved.