The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

w Lang Shaodong’s family stood at the door looking around, and the gatekeeper who went in to inform went out and clapped his hands and said: "Lang Shaodong’s family, the magistrate is meeting with guests, I’m afraid I won’t be able to see you, you can come to visit again some day, please come back..)”

Lang Yongping hurriedly said: "Brother, I know that the Lord Fu Zun is very busy, but I do have something important to see him, please go and inform him again."

The servant rolled his eyes and said: "Everyone said that we have an important meeting, and all of the 10,000+ people in Luzhou want to see each other. Can the Lord Fu come over? Please go back and wait for the Lord Zhifu to come back later when he is free."

Lang Shaodong's nose is crooked in anger, what the hell!People say that the prime minister's door boy is a seventh-rank official, and this janitor servant who breaks the magistrate's house is also dragged like something; Lang Yongping can't wait to slap him, making his nose crooked, his eyes crooked, his legs cramped, but this is just thinking about it. That's all, you have to say good things to make up for your smile.

"Brother, I also want to change the day and come again, but I can't wait for this matter; if this matter is delayed, the Lord Fuzun will definitely blame me, and maybe you will be blamed." Putting the money bag into the servant's hand, he winked and said, "It's accommodating, let's eat a few cents of the money."

The servant kept saying: "What is this for? What is this for? I don't need your money for drinking."

Lang Yongping laughed and said: "Naturally there is no shortage, but I'm just running errands and earning a lot of money. When it's Chinese New Year, there's no one who can order people around empty-handed. Please help me run again, will it make it this time."

The servant looked around, put the money bag into his sleeve silently, and said: "Then I will run again, this time I will be scolded, but it seems that Mr. Lang's family must have something important to do, scold him." Then scold."

Lang Shaodong bowed to the ground, said words of gratitude over and over again, watched the servant fail to enter, turned his head and spat on the ground and cursed: "A watchdog, come and show off, fuck your mother."

Lang Yongping now hopes from the bottom of his heart what Su Jin said is the truth. This dog magistrate is too abominable, even his dog legs are nothing. The dog officer will take care of it, and I will be the first to throw a rotten egg in his face when he is parading the street, calling you to fuck him!

The atmosphere in the hall was already heated up, and it was Wu Tong who had the ability to bring the topic to the famous singers in Luzhou, which immediately resonated with the audience; of course, Zhu Shiyong couldn't always keep a straight face. It can be blamed for lax discipline, these people are also good intentions, how can they blame others for this.

While talking hotly, the servant who just informed came in again, Zhu Shiyong scolded: "Didn't you say you didn't see him? You can't send everyone away?"

The servant hurriedly said: "He said he has something important to report, and he also said that this matter is extremely urgent, and it has something to do with your business, my lord."

Zhu Shiyong was taken aback and said, "Is it related to me?"

The servant said: "That's what he said, and he also said that if he doesn't report it in time, I'm afraid the adults will blame him in the future."

Zhu Shiyong frowned and thought for a while: "Take him to the study." After that, he got up and cupped his hands and said to everyone: "Let's talk first, I'll meet a guest in front, and I'll come later, sorry for being rude."

All the people clasped their hands together and said: "My lord, please go ahead, don't bother with me, I'll be right at home, very at ease."

Zhu Shiyong clapped his hands and went out with a smile, his eyes glanced at the three giants of the Chamber of Commerce, Tang Jiyuan immediately understood, took Zhu Shiyong out of the hall, pulled Vice President Huang and Vice President Liu to lie about going to the toilet, and followed him out after apologizing.

Vice President Huang was listening to everyone discussing which singer had the best body and the most beautiful singing voice, and when he was listening to it, Tang Jiyuan pulled him out, and he was unwilling, and shouted: "Why do you want to drag me to the toilet? I don't think so."

Tang Jiyuan reprimanded: "I also said that today you are so stupid that you shouldn't ask the son of the yamen to compose poems just for fun. Does that seem like you can compose poems? It made the prefect Zhu unhappy for no reason. You really can't speak your mind."

Vice President Huang scratched his head and said, "How did I know that he can't even compose poems after studying for so long? What a mistake."

Tang Jiyuan said angrily: "It's so loud, what if no one hears it?"

Vice President Huang reluctantly closed his mouth, and Vice President Liu said, "Tang Weng pulled us out, did we have something to say?"

Tang Jiyuan said: "Just now, Zhifu Zhu signaled me to follow with his eyes. It seems that there is something to discuss. Maybe something went wrong."

Vice President Liu frowned and said, "What's going to happen?"

Tang Jiyuan spread his hands and said: "How can this old man know, let's go to the prefect Zhu and ask."

The three walked around the screen along the stone road, and just as they were about to go to the gate, they saw a servant hurriedly approaching, and said salutingly, "Are you the three presidents, president Tang, president Liu, and president Huang of the chamber of commerce?"

The three of them replied, "Exactly."

"Master Fu Zun invites the three study rooms to talk, please follow me."

The three looked at each other, and Tang Jiyuan smiled at the servant, "Please lead the way."

The three of them followed the servant all the way to the left, passed two doors and entered a secluded small courtyard. The servant stood at the entrance of the courtyard and stretched out his hand and said, "The little ones can't enter. The three presidents can go in by themselves. The first room in the east is Master Fu Zun's study."

The three of them clasped their hands in thanks, stepped into the yard, and went straight to the first house in the east, when they heard the voices of two people talking inside, Tang Jiyuan said loudly: "My lord, I'll come and see you."

Zhu Shiyong's voice came: "Come in."

The three of them lifted the curtain and entered the room, and at a glance they saw Lang Shaodong's family standing with his hands down, while Zhu Shiyong was pacing back and forth with an angry face, looking extremely flustered.

Lang Yongping bowed his hands and saluted: "The three presidents are also here, and I was planning to pay a visit to your house."

Tang Jiyuan said: "What are you doing here?"

Lang Yongping smiled and said: "It's all right to report something to the Lord Fuzun, and it's nothing serious. By the way, I wish the Lord Fuzun a new year."

Tang Jiyuan looked at Zhu Shiyong suspiciously, and Zhu Shiyong stopped and said to Lang Yongping: "Mr. Lang, the government already knows what you said, but it's just rumors. Don't take it seriously. Don't spread it after you go out." .”

Lang Shaodong bowed his head and said: "How dare you, the villain is also afraid that something will happen, so he is in a hurry to see the lord of the house. If there is nothing wrong, I will leave."

Zhu Shiyong smiled and said: "Go, you have a heart for this mansion and this mansion will remember it."

Lang Yongping bowed humbly and was about to go out when he suddenly turned back and said, "My lord, if you need a villain, please give me your instructions. The villain is willing to do my best for you."

Zhu Shiyong nodded with a chuckle and said, "I've made a note of it."

Lang Yongping smiled strangely, and went out with his head held high, feeling extremely happy. It seemed that what Su Jin said was true. Seeing Zhu Shiyong's flustered appearance, this dog official might be in trouble.

"My lord, what happened? What is he doing here?" Tang Jiyuan asked hastily.

Zhu Shiyong silently pointed to the stools, sat down on a chair first, waved his hands and ordered the two maidservants to back down, and then said: "You three, something serious has happened..."

The three of them were startled and said in unison: "What's wrong?"

Zhu Shiyong said in a low voice: "This Young Master Lang came to see me, and told me that his housekeeper had a drink with the companion of the Su family a few days ago, and when the wine was hot, he heard that companion talk about the robbery of food in Bagong Mountain..."

Tang Jiyuan asked in surprise, "What does that have to do with you and me?"

Zhu Shiyong glanced at him contemptuously and said, "Do you still remember Chen Laogen we arranged to deliver the letter to?"

Tang Jiyuan was surprised: "What? Is he not dead?"

Zhu Shiyong scolded: "This guy is really lucky, but he was caught by the bandits and has not been killed. Lang Shaodong's family just came to tell me that Su Ji's companion was drunk and leaked, saying that he was in Bagong Mountain to suppress the bandits. A Luzhou yamen servant was released, claiming to be Chen Laogen."

Tang Jiyuan and the other three gasped, and said in shock, "Is that okay? This person... this person is the biggest disaster."

Zhu Shiyong frowned and said: "Is there anyone in this government who doesn't know? At the beginning, I was still hoping that Chen Laogen should not know the content of the letter. As long as the letter didn't fall into the hands of others, he would be at ease; but the man surnamed Lang said that Su Jin What kind of letter was copied out, and I was so happy that I found a treasure, the government suspects that this is the letter we sent..."

The scalps of the three of them were numb, and their faces were pale. If both the person and the letter were in Su Jin's hands, the fate of the three of them would be completely understood.

"My lord, since the letter and Chen Laogen are in Su Jin's hands, why didn't he launch it? Could it be that this is a way to threaten me to wait?" It was still the little Zhuge Liu, who was sober-minded, and immediately asked a question.

Zhu Shiyong sighed: "The trouble is that the letter and the person are not in Su Jin's hands. Lang Yongping said that Ouyang Xiu, the imperial envoy, is on business in Shouzhou, and Su Jin handed over the letter and the person to Ouyang Xiu."

Tang Jiyuan said: "Ouyang Xiu? Didn't you say that Ouyang Xiu was sent by the imperial court to find out the case of Su Jin's Bagongshan coercion? Why did he get involved with Su Jin?"

Zhu Shiyong said: "How does this government know? This Ouyang Xiu has a bad reputation in the court. Both Lu Xiang and Lord Xia have no friendship with him, but this person is deeply favored by the Holy Will, so he can't be easily moved; that's all. What is hateful is the identity of this person."

Vice President Liu said: "What is his identity?"

Zhu Shiyong said: "He is Yushi Zhongcheng, a dog that specializes in biting people; Yushitai has nothing to do but three things happen, not to mention such important evidence falling into his hands, I am really anxious."

Vice President Liu pondered for a while, then suddenly asked: "My lord, how did Mr. Lang's family know that this matter is related to you? Baba came to tell you, I remember that only the four of us knew about the delivery of the letter. How can you conclude that this matter is very important to the Lord Fu Zun?"

Zhu Shiyong shook his head and said: "He didn't come here to talk about the letter. He just heard that a yamen servant who delivered the letter in Luzhou was arrested. He thought that a yamen servant who was missing in the state capital must be eager to find him, so he came to tell Mr. Chen where the roots fell."

Vice President Liu said: "Then why are we talking about letters?"

Zhu Shiyong said: "I came up with this by insinuating. I asked him if he knew whether the yamen servant was arrested after the letter was delivered, or if he was arrested before it was delivered. I lied that the official document was very important and there was no time to waste it; He thought for a long time before saying that he seemed to have mentioned some letter, and said that Su Jin got it, so he was very happy."

Vice President Liu asked unwillingly: "Then why did Su Ji's personal companion mention this matter to his housekeeper?"

Zhu Shiyong swallowed and spit: "I asked from the side. It is said that the housekeeper of the Lang family and Su Ji's companion talked disrespectfully to Su Jin when they were drinking. It made people laugh; Su Ji’s companion immediately talked about this matter, and said that his young master was about to make a great contribution, and they found the ironclad evidence that someone was collaborating with bandits. Such a reward, in short, it was said by the general, and it doesn't seem to be used to test us."

Vice President Liu sighed dejectedly and said: "I'm afraid this matter is really troublesome. Regardless of whether Mr. Lang's family intends to test it or not, one thing is for sure. The letter and Chen Laogen must have fallen into Su Jin or that Ouyang Xiu. Otherwise, how would they know about Chen Laogen and this letter? If Chen Laogen was caught by the bandits, he would be killed. Even if Su Jin captured the cottage later, he would never know that there was Chen Laogen. The letter has been sent, and only when the person and the letter are present, such news will flow out."

Everyone nodded one after another. It was certain that the matter would be revealed. The news was like a thunderbolt. The four people in the room were all downcast. It was conceivable that a storm was coming, and this disaster was enough to destroy the four people present and all their lives. have everything. m