The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Seeing that Su Jin was silent, Liu Silang thought he had a plan, shook his head and said: "It's still the same sentence, catch the thief and take the stolen goods, and catch the thief and take the double; you said that the property was stolen by the shopkeeper and the buddy of the tea shed, but have you ever kissed him?" See? Or did you take it with your own hands?"

Ma Han stared and said: "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear my son-in-law say that someone hiding in the mezzanine stole it? If you caught it with your own hands, why waste your saliva here."

Liu Silang shouted: "Who are you? How dare you insult me? I think your skin is itchy. I said earlier that this interlayer is for keeping out the cold, but why are you so confused? Besides, even if there are thieves hiding In the mezzanine, since you found out, why didn’t you chase after the thief, and instead beat and quarreled here? He was doing business honestly, but you were wronged by you, I think you are deliberately disrupting the order of the temple fair.”

Ma Han jumped his feet angrily, and cursed: "You bastard actually bit back, and grandpa deliberately made trouble, what are you going to do?"

Su Jin frowned, and Ma Han was so angry that he was fooled by Liu Silang when he said such words; sure enough, he heard Liu Silang say: "Okay, you said this, since you have confessed If you intend to disturb the order, I will not spare you, come here, lock up this group of people, and they will be heard at the Yamen later."

All the yamen servants shouted and untied several iron chains from their waists, shaking and rattling, rushing forward to grab people.

Su Jin shouted: "Stop!"

Liu Silang scolded: "Are you a ball? Take it!"

Su Jin shouted: "Who dares?"

The yamen servants were taken aback for a moment, forced by Su Jin's aura, stopped and looked at Liu Silang, listening to his instructions.

Liu Silang reached out and pulled out the plain knife from his waist, and said with a sneer, "Is this to resist arrest? There are so many unruly people in the poor mountains and rivers, and today is really an eye-opener; brothers, if you take these, if you dare to resist arrest, what are you doing?" Say hello to me, don't be afraid to see red on the first day of the new year..."

The yamen servants got the order, and the voice of Cang Langlang was loud, and they all drew out their simple knives, holding the knife in one hand and the chain in the other, waving wildly, bowing and approaching.

Of course Su Jin wasn't afraid of these guys, even two or three of Wang Chao Ma Han and Yan Fu's companions could knock them all down;

"Since this official wants to arrest me, how dare I resist the arrest when I wait for the grassroots? I just have a few words to say in the first place. If you still insist on arresting me after you finish speaking, I will listen to you. I can't wait." Say nothing."

Liu Silang said: "I have always convinced people with virtue. It's not like you haven't heard that your companions have disturbed the order of the temple fair. I won't be wronged if I take you; but I will also give you a chance to speak, so that you don't feel dissatisfied." , ri later said that the government is not."

Su Jin suppressed his anger, cupped his hands and said, "So I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak."

Liu Silang snorted and said, "No need, speak quickly."

Su Jin smiled and said, "May I ask why the officials came here?"

Liu Silang stared and said, "What are you pretending to be? Some people say that there has been a theft here. When you came here, you grabbed the shopkeeper of the tea shop and said that he stole your property. That's why we came here."

Su Jin said: "Then you don't go to take the thief now, but you turn to me because of my companion's furious remarks, what's the reason?"

Liu Silang said: "It's easy for you to say it. I've heard him say that he is here to disturb the order. Can you get away with just an outrageous slip of the tongue?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "What you said is also reasonable; but there is a cause and effect sequence, even if I have disturbed the law and order, there is a reason for the incident. You should first help me recover the property and catch the thief, and then punish us for disturbing the law and order. , is this the truth?"

Liu Silang rolled his eyes and said: "Since you are disturbing the law and order, the theft may not be true, it is just your excuse."

Su Jin laughed loudly and said, "Idiot, is there any necessary connection between the two? Your logic can also be used as an official to decide the case, which is ridiculous to the death of the world."

Liu Silang said angrily: "If you continue to utter foul language, I will show you a good look regardless of the public's eyes. You look like a son of a son, and it doesn't matter if you have your pants stripped in front of everyone."

All the yamen servants burst into laughter, and glanced at Su Jin's lower body with malicious intent.

Ma Han scolded: "Cao, your mother, what kind of nonsense are you talking, did you eat feces in your mouth?"

Su Jin waved his hand at Ma Han, stepped forward slowly, and suddenly stretched out his hand quickly twice, two big pot stickers covered Liu Silang's face, Liu Silang turned around with his head covered, hurriedly shouted: "Take this guy How dare you hit someone!"

All the yamen servants reacted and swung their knives and rushed forward. When Su Jin waved his hand, Wang Chao, Ma Han and others couldn't bear it any longer.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Silang pointed at Su Jin's nose and retreated while cursing; it was a pity that the entrance of the tea shed had already been blocked by Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, and just as he retreated to the entrance of the shed, he was kicked by Zhao Hu Come in.

Su Jin grabbed Liu Silang's neck, stared at him and said, "Idiot! Did I scold you wrongly, my lord? As a government servant, you are responsible for patrolling and maintaining the temple fair. If there is a theft here, you When you come here, you decide that the story of the theft is fake without saying a word, and you don’t even do the simplest inquiries and checks. What is it not to be an idiot? Even if this mezzanine is not deliberately reserved by Liu San for theft, you wait to hear After hearing the report, you should first follow the traces and trace the culprit's escape, how did you know that the theft was false?"

Liu Silang quibbled and said: "One yard is equal to one yard. I will check whether you have been stolen, but you said that it was stolen by the shopkeeper and the clerk, but you couldn't come up with evidence, so you injured the shopkeeper and smashed it." The tables and chairs are broken, and now you are rewarding the gentleman, I have seen this with my own eyes, you are in big trouble."

Su Jin said: "Just now the shopkeeper himself admitted that he was with the thieves, and he retracted his confession as soon as you came. Don't you feel strange about this? As for the matter of hurting you, it was because of your rude words. Do you know who I am? People, dare to gossip and disrespect the young master?"

Liu Silang gritted his teeth and said: "Who are you? We men are not frightened; besides, according to what you said, what I see in my eyes is that you are suspected of blackmailing the shopkeeper of the tea shop, and your partner confessed it himself. It is all in front of your eyes, no matter how much you quibble, it will be useless."

Su Jin lost her patience, and said coldly: "So you are going to have trouble with me?"

Liu Silang said: "The law is merciless. I don't want to experience bad luck on the first day of the new year, but who told me that I was paid by the imperial court? Naturally, I have to bear a responsibility for the people of Luzhou; you let me go out as soon as possible." , so as to strive for leniency, otherwise..."

Su Jin said: "It's so righteous, so I don't have anything to say; anyway, it's not the first time I've been in Yangzhou prison, so it's no big deal."

Liu Silang sneered and said: "Sure enough, he is a habitual offender, and I don't know how many people have been wronged. You missed this time. In my eyes, any tricks that are indiscriminate will be invisible."

Su Jin nodded, and suddenly leaned in front of Liu Silang and whispered softly: "Liu Laotou, have you spent all the 100 taels of silver recovered from above? Is it comfortable to spend?"

Surprised, Liu Silang stared at Su Jin for a long time, then suddenly pointed at Su Jin's face and said, "You...you are...?"

Su Jin chuckled and said, "Your lord forgets a lot, look who is that over there?"

Liu Silang looked in the direction of Su Jin's finger, and suddenly saw the maid who was holding the silver tray that day. Just now she was hiding behind the crowd, but he didn't see her; We got to know each other. At that time, Yan Biyun was covered with a veil and only showed his eyes, so the impression was naturally not very deep.

"Could it be that you...you are... special envoy... Su special envoy..." Liu Silang was incoherent in shock, and suddenly he remembered something, this Su Jin was no longer a commoner, but a royal Although the special envoy for grain affairs who was appointed did not know the rank of the official position, but the word imperial order was added to the head, no matter how high the rank of the official, he could not afford to offend him.

Liu Silang scolded himself why he didn't recognize Su Jin. He felt familiar from the beginning. He thought that Luzhou City was too small, and almost everyone on the street looked familiar, so he didn't really think about it; Su Jin and Liu Silang were immediately filled with sorrow, wishing he could give himself a big blow.

"It's me, but you don't have to treat me as an envoy. We are what you think are villains who extorted people's money. You took us to jail."

"This... how dare you, I don't know Mount Tai, so please forgive me."

"The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. How dare you dare? Now that you have confirmed it and said that you have witnessed the evidence, why don't you take people out? Do you want to break the law?"

"Your Excellency has blindfolded your eyes with lard, and your intestines with lard, so please forgive me; please don't entertain me, so please move, and I will serve wine to apologize."

Su Jin said coldly: "Put wine! Do you still want to drink?"

Liu Silang hurriedly said: "It's not that the lower officials want to drink, but it's to apologize for their sins, and it's also a New Year's greeting for adults to calm down."

Su Jin laughed and said: "No need, you don't take me, but I want to find your bad luck. You take advantage of the position of the cell leader to ask for bribes. The amount is huge. This is the crime of corruption; Song Xuntong has about this article." Do you know how to punish the crime?"

Liu Silang's face was pale, and he begged softly: "My lord, why is this so? I didn't make things difficult for you when you were in prison."

Su Jin ignored him, and said to himself: "The "Xing Tong" of the Great Song Dynasty clearly stipulates that no matter what position a small official in the government holds, anyone who collects private bribes will be punished according to the amount; If you receive ten sticks, you will be fined one catty of copper; if you receive ten sticks, you will be suspended for probation, and you will be punished with forty sticks, and you will be fined ten catties of copper; , with a combined market value of more than 100 guan, I am afraid that it will be chopped off by the street."

With a mournful face, Liu Silang begged softly: "My lord, my lord, please spare me, I know I was wrong."

Su Jin shouted: "Forgive you, give me a reason, you and I have never known each other and have no friendship, why should I forgive you."

Liu Silang stared suddenly and said: "My lord, don't blame me for not reminding you that accepting bribes is a crime, and those who give bribes are also guilty. If there is trouble, your lord will not be able to get away with it."

Su Jin stared into Liu Silang's eyes and said: "At this time, you still dare to threaten the young master? Yes, the briber is guilty, but the penalty is only ten times the fine. Do you think my Su family can't get more than 1 yuan?" Is it? After paying the fine of [-] guan, I can see your whole family go into exile, while your head falls to the ground. It’s not a good deal, but money can’t buy me happiness. I just can’t see the face of a villain, so I can spend some money to have fun. You might as well."

Liu Silang almost didn't cry. Is there any reason to spend money to see people beheaded for fun?Back then, this kid even dared to beat Zhu Yanei, but today he was beaten for saying a few words to his face. It is not known what kind of strange temper he has, maybe he really has these perverted hobbies.

Liu Silang was subdued, slapped himself twice, and begged Su Jin: "My lord, in the end, there is no grievance or enmity between us; I, Liu Silang, have a dog temper with you today, when will I be angry with you?" What inappropriate things have you done to you, Su Ji? Why do you have to be as knowledgeable as a lower official? If you are not upset that the lower official took your money and things today, give the lower official some time, and you will definitely return it in full. Turn the water around, spare this little one's life, maybe the little one can help you in the future."

Su Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Liu Silang's earnest and anxious face with a half-smile.