The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

w Ouyang Xiu sat alone in the study room of the official post, holding a volume of books in his hand, reading with relish; but in fact, he didn't even read a word, his ears were keenly listening to the movement outside, and his mind was constantly thinking Something that has nothing to do with books. .)

It has been two days since Su Jin suddenly sent a mysterious letter to him on the first night of the new year, and he has not had a good rest in the past three days; that letter was a warning letter, The general content is that Zhu Shiyong in Luzhou has already learned that Chen Laogen is in his hands, so he is very likely to take risks to snatch it.

Ouyang Xiu was extremely annoyed, because Su Jin shamelessly admitted in the letter that he had leaked the news, and the purpose was to make Zhu Shiyong take a risky road to make a fool of himself.

Annoyed and annoyed, Ouyang Xiu still had to admit that the bastard Su Jin's strategy was very effective; although he had Chen Laogen in his hands, it was actually impossible to convict Zhu Shiyong based on this person alone; although Ouyang Xiu was very confident Zhu Shiyong could be brought down, but he also understood that acting rashly without evidence was tantamount to digging his own grave, so he didn't plan to do it immediately.

But Su Jin completely disrupted his plan. Ouyang Xiu didn't plan to go to Luzhou to meet Su Jin at all.In fact, he even had a little bit of calculation, maybe he could make Zhu Shiyong obediently obey his own words and be an obedient dog by holding Chen Laogen as an excuse.

This Su Jin's small heart is really vicious enough. Obviously, this is a plan to move the disaster to the east, which is to let Zhu Shiyong confront him head-on, so that his own has to immediately intervene in the investigation of Zhu Shiyong.

Ouyang Xiu was helpless, he really wanted to pat his ass and rush back to the capital immediately, but he couldn't do this, not only because his errands were not finished, but also because he saw great opportunities hidden in danger; People came to snatch and destroy the evidence, and under my meticulous preparation, I only needed to catch the person to get a confession, and Zhu Shiyong was finished;

After much consideration, Ouyang Xiu decided to accept this plan. Although he was forced to do so, as long as it was arranged properly and when to deal with it, it might not be an opportunity for Qigong to do his best. Moreover, Ouyang Xiu also admired Su Jin's courage, because Su Jin made a ridiculous and unreasonable plan. With a bold plan, he himself did not retreat into a safe place, but chose a more dangerous role.

There was no knock on the third watch, and there was no movement outside, only the night wind whizzed across the bare treetops in the courtyard, making a sharp whistling sound; could it be that tonight was another difficult night for the watchman?

Ouyang Xiu put down the book, picked up the small scissors on the candlestick and cut the candle lightly. The candle flame jumped and became brighter. At the moment when the darkness and the light intersected, Ouyang Xiu was keenly aware of the danger. There was a person in front of the window. The black shadow suddenly flashed, and Youhu disappeared.

Ouyang Xiu is confident that he has not yet reached the age of old eyes and dim eyesight, and he will not doubt his own judgment. His heart is beating uncontrollably, as if it is about to jump out of his chest.

Ouyang Xiu stretched out his hand to pick up the book, and sat upright, looking unaware; at this moment, the two windows facing the desk slammed simultaneously, and the wooden slats and window paper on the window edges flew away under the strong blow. Scattered, two black shadows rushed in like a dragon, followed by dozens of black shadows, rolled beautifully on the ground and stood upright.

In an instant, a row of black-clothed masked guests holding steel knives stood opposite the desk; under the dancing candlelight, dozens of steel knives shone with chilling light, making people dizzy.

Ouyang Xiu's complexion was pale, he stood up abruptly, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Who? Dare to break into the official post at night, do you want to kill yourself?"

"Guild son, are you Ouyang Xiu?" A masked guest asked with a smile.

"It's my official. Who are you? What do you want?"

"Damn Ge, we just want to borrow something from you, son of a bitch. As long as you honestly give it to us, your life will be spared; otherwise, you may not be able to keep your dog's head."

"Bold, do you know where this is? This is Shouzhou City, the administrative center of Huainan Road. Under the guard of thousands of soldiers, you dare to openly enter the official post and threaten the court officials. Do you know what crime it is?"

The masked guest winked at the big masked men standing on the left and right, and said with a chuckle: "Guzizi is quite an official, it seems that I need to show him some color."

The big men on the left and right laughed strangely, and the light of the saber in their hands flickered, reflecting the light in the room.

"So what about you guarding thousands of troops? Didn't Ge Laozi enter your official post easily? You must be surprised why Laozi appeared in front of you without shouting and killing. That's because your dozen or so The guards have all met Hades, is the method still acceptable?"

Ouyang Xiu turned pale in shock, his face was clearly terrified, his official prestige was gone, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "You...you are so courageous."

"One last word of nonsense with you, give us what we want, and then you will be your official, and I will follow our path, and I will never kill you; otherwise, you will go to see the King of Hades."

"You... want... what? I will give it to you, don't take my life."

"We only need an official document and one person. His name is Chen Laogen. The official document is the one that Zhu Shiyong, the prefect of Luzhou, asked Chen Laogen to send to Suzhou. Don't tell me that you don't know which one it is. Let us brothers People who play with flower guns usually die miserably, you better be honest."

Ouyang Xiu hurriedly said: "As long as it doesn't kill me, you can take the things away."

Another big man said: "We also want money. The officials must have collected a lot of money, so take it all out."

The leading masked guest frowned and glanced at the big man, quite displeased.

"Give it all, give it all..." Ouyang Xiu rummaged through the table with trembling hands, and finally found an official document and said, "This is the one, just take it."

A big man stepped forward and snatched it with his hands, took out the official document, glanced at it, and nodded to the leading big man.

"Where's Chen Laogen?"

"Shut up in the guest room of the inn at the back, all heroes follow me."

"Don't play tricks, the third and the seventh, drive his neck with a knife, and cut him off if there is any abnormality." The leading masked man shouted coldly.

Two masked men stepped forward in response, one on the left and one on the right put steel knives on the back of Ouyang Xiu's neck, pushing him to lead the way.

Ouyang Xiu turned around and went out in fear. There were three or four corpses lying in disorder at the door. They were the corpses of the guards on duty at night. The masked men were holding knives and guarding around. They escorted Ouyang Xiu around the study and walked back through a small path It's the guest room, but it's pitch black inside. It seems that the noise just now didn't alarm the people in the guest room.

The leading man pouted, Ouyang Xiu hurriedly stepped forward and knocked on the door, and a terrified voice came from inside, "Who is it?"

Ouyang Xiudao: "Chen Laogen, this is my official."

The voice tremblingly said: "It turned out to be Lord Ouyang, there seemed to be some noise just now, did you hear it?"

Ouyang Xiu said: "It's okay, it's because the soldiers overturned the table..."

"That's good, sir, is there anything wrong?"

Ouyang Xiu said: "I have something to talk to you, please open the door."

There was a sound of dressing and getting out of bed inside, followed by the twitch of the door latch, and the door opened; the masked leader in black waved his hand, and five or six men in black rushed in, only to hear screams and thumps in the room. The sound of the corpse plopping to the bottom was mixed with a sharp scream: "Brother... there is an ambush!...Ah!"

The leading masked man was shocked and shouted: "Control the dog officer, don't let him run away."

I saw that 'Ouyang Xiu' suddenly got away from the two steel knives around his neck, and at the same time put his hands into the boots. In a moment, there were two shining daggers in his hands, and he stabbed with his backhand. The third child behind him He and Lao Qi suddenly had their chests and abdomen pierced, and they fell to the ground screaming.

That Ouyang Xiu ran several steps and took off the outer official robe with a laugh, stretched out his hand and yanked on his chin, and immediately pulled off a lot of beard, revealing the smooth skin under his chin, and laughed loudly: "Lord Ouyang, I Playing like you?"

There was the sound of chaotic footsteps, countless soldiers suddenly poured out from inside and outside the courtyard, and dozens of black figures also stood up on the roof, with bows and arrows aimed at the masked man in the courtyard.

Under the light of the fire, a middle-aged official walked out and said with a smile, "Special Envoy Su, you don't look like me at all. How can I be so cowardly and cowardly as you?"

Su Jin laughed loudly, and while keeping his eyes on his guard, he retreated to the soldiers and said, "That's what you look like, I didn't intentionally distort your image."

Ouyang Xiu shook his head helplessly and said: "Whatever you say, I don't have time to argue with you, these gangsters still have to deal with it." m