The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Zhu Shiyong sits in the government office, and now the three presidents of the chamber of commerce don't shy away from showing up together, and accompany the lord of the government to wait for the news. (.

Ever since Su Zhai in the east city was emptied in the second watch, Zhu Shiyong ordered to mobilize Luzhou Baoxin Army to carry out a large-scale search operation. The more than 30 teams sent to search only received vague orders, that is, it is said that the key criminal who escaped from Xishan There seems to be a collusion with the Su Ji in the city, the key criminal can't be found, and the whereabouts of the Su family can be arrested and returned to life.

Everyone has doubts in their hearts, but no one will openly object to Mr. Fu Zun's words; besides, every search is a fat job, and the soldiers are happy to fish in troubled waters, let alone say anything .

A dozen war horses galloped to the front of the government office. A tall and burly officer stepped into the lobby of the government office. He caught a glimpse of the three members of the chamber of commerce sitting in the lobby. The officer frowned slightly with a displeased expression on his face.

The person who came was Yang Yi, the commander of the Luzhou Baoxin Army, who had recently been transferred from Leizhou Mansion, and had only been in charge of the Baoxin Army for half a month.

While mobilizing the soldiers to search, Yang Yi had a lot of doubts in his heart. After thinking for a long time, he finally decided to come to the government office to ask for clarification.

Seeing Yang Yi approaching, Zhu Shiyong said with a smile: "Commander Yang, you will have to work hard tonight. I am ashamed to let Commander Yang have a bad year and sleep well."

Yang Yi clasped his fists in salute and said, "Where did the Lord Fu Zun say that? The Baoxin Army was originally the Great Song Iron Armor to protect the peace of Luzhou, but if there is a dispatch, it will definitely do its best. It's just that I don't know something about the humble official, so I want to ask."

"Commander Yang, please speak, sit down and talk, enjoy tea!" Zhu Shiyong smiled.

Yang Yi waved his hand to reject the teacup offered by the guard, and said, "My lord, you said that the key criminal who escaped from Xishan is related to Su Ji, how did you know this?"

Zhu Shiyong's face changed and he said: "Commander Yang, all you need to do is follow the orders, so there are so many problems."

Yang Yi clasped his fists and said: "It's not that the humble official overstepped, the humble official just felt that something was wrong, and was afraid that the adults would be deceived by false news and cause trouble for the upper body; I think Su Jin is the special envoy of grain affairs appointed by the imperial court to exterminate the bandits in Bagong Mountain and quell the grain affairs of Yangzhou. , is a man of great merit; I know that when Bagong Mountain was suppressing the bandits, he had asked for help from our Luzhou Baoxin Army, but at that time the adults did not agree to send troops; I understand the intentions of the adults, but it is because of the joint suppression of Bagong several times The bandits are suffering but have not made any achievements, hoping that not sending troops will change Su Jin's crazy idea of ​​being overconfident, but it turns out that we were all wrong at the beginning."

Zhu Shiyong twisted his beard and said indifferently: "So what? What does it have to do with this matter?"

Yang Yi said: "The humble position means that there was already a rift between him and him when he didn't send troops to support him. If there is no conclusive evidence to say that he has made friends with bandits, if the information is wrong, wouldn't it be a disaster?"

Zhu Shiyong said: "Is Commander Yang saying that the government is confused? Don't worry, the source of the news is absolutely reliable. If I don't have real evidence, how can I mobilize the army? Didn't you hear the report? People from Suzhai in Dongcheng go to Loukong, when the New Year At this time, all the Su family disappeared, doesn't that mean anything?"

Yang Yi said sincerely: "This is not enough evidence. Special Envoy Su can go wherever he likes. That's his business. Unless your lord has the personal and physical evidence that Special Envoy Su took in and planned the escape of bandits from Xishan Mountain, how can you? Can you tell from this?"

Zhu Shiyong said: "There are witnesses and material evidence."

Yang Yi bowed and said, "Can I let the humble staff take a look?"

Zhu Shiyong put the teacup in his hand on the desk for a heavy meal, and said solemnly: "Commander Yang, can't you teach me what to do in this government? You only need to obey and do as you are told, but what's the reason for the endless noise?"

Yang Yi cupped his hands and said: "I don't dare to be in a humble position, but I am worried that this matter will have a huge impact. After all, Su Jin is also the special envoy of food affairs appointed by the imperial court. This matter is not only related to the magistrate. If there is a mistake, all participants will It’s better to be more cautious.”

Zhu Shiyong shouted angrily: "Bold! Yang Yi, how dare you say these things to me, are you still an official under my rule?"

Yang Yi raised his head and said: "My lord, the lowly position is naturally an official under your rule, but I am also the commander of the Baoxin Army. Although I am a Xiang army, I am actually controlled by the central government. It is issued by the Privy Council; the promotion and audit are also carried out by the Privy Council. The imperial court clearly stated that the magistrate of the prefecture and prefecture has the right to dispatch soldiers, but it is only limited to civil uprisings, disasters, and enemy defenses. It can be seen at any other time. It depends on the situation, and the humble job is just to see whether the witnesses and physical evidence are true, isn't that wrong?"

Zhu Shiyong looked at Yang Yi coldly and said, "It seems that you are determined not to listen to the command of the government?"

Yang Yi said bluntly: "It's just for business, not for personal grievances."

Zhu Shiyong stared at Yang Yi and said, "I'm afraid you think too highly of yourself."

Yang Yi finally couldn't help resisting and said: "Master Zhifu, I have made it clear that I heard that you and Special Envoy Su had a rift for a long time, and I almost sent him to prison wrongly. I don't want to be involved in the dispute between you and him." Among them; although the humble official came from Leizhou not long ago according to the order of the imperial court, the humble official is not a fool."

Zhu Shiyong smashed the teacup on the case to the ground with a snap, and shouted, "Are you going to rebel?"

Tang Jiyuan, the chairman of the chamber of commerce who was sitting on the side, interjected, "Commander Yang. Your words are too much."

Yang Yi shouted: "What are you? When is it your turn to intervene? My Luzhou officials are discussing military and political matters. Why are you three sitting here looking like human beings?"

The three of them were at a loss for words, shut up and turned their heads; Zhu Shiyong sneered and said, "Very well, Commander Yang is really a good man. After tonight, our government will report your words and deeds to the imperial court truthfully, and see what the higher-ups will say? I think you are an official." It's done."

Yang Yi resisted and said: "Please go ahead, although I am a martial artist, I have never done anything wrong. I just want to know what I am doing, and I don't want to walk on a wrong path."

Zhu Shiyong's face was blue and red, and he was about to be reprimanded, when he saw the flames shining outside the yamen and the noise of people, mixed with the sound of women's coquettish cries, a large group of soldiers came back with torches.

Zhu Shiyong snorted and got up and left his seat and walked towards the gate of the yamen. A soldier rushed forward to report: "Report to your lord, more than ten unidentified women have been captured in Taohua Lane, Dongcheng."

Zhu Shiyong's face darkened and he said: "I ordered you to wait to search for the criminal or the whereabouts of the Su family. Why did you arrest so many women? How is it proper to cry like this?"

The soldier in that box hurriedly said: "My lord, these women have a lot of background. First, they have no identity. Second, according to one of the women's confessions, they were brought from Yangzhou to Luzhou by that Su Jin. The original The identities are all fireworks women, and the low-ranking staff felt that something was wrong, so they brought them to the lord of the government."

Zhu Shiyong was surprised and said, "Oh? There are other things like this? Bring them all in."

The soldiers took the order to go, and after a while, a dozen women were dragged in. Some of the women were disheveled and their hair was fluffy. Obviously, these soldiers took advantage of the maneuver to move their feet.

Zhu Shiyong looked at these women, each one of them was frightened and timid, but could not hide their beauty, he was puzzled, but he didn't know what Su Jin was doing to bring these women all the way from Yangzhou to Luzhou.

"Who is in the hall?" Zhu Shiyong shouted.

Ladies, look at me, I look at you, no one dares to speak; Zhu Shiyong slapped the gavel and shouted: "I asked you something, didn't you hear me?"

All the girls trembled in fright, and they didn't dare to speak. Zhu Shiyong saw a woman in Tsing Yi's face calm down a little, so he pointed at her and asked, "If you don't talk back and forth, I will beat you up."

The woman knelt down in the tunnel and said: "Report to the magistrate, the slaves are girls from good families. They came here from Yangzhou mansion, and they are not criminals."

Zhu Shiyong said, "What's your name?"

"My slave's white peony."

"Bai Mudan? It sounds like your name doesn't look like a woman from a good family. What do you do for a living? You really recruited me."

Bai Mudan hung her head and did not answer, a soldier came up and whispered something in Zhu Shiyong's ear, and pointed to a woman in red in the crowd.

Zhu Shiyong nodded and shouted, "Who's called Little Jasmine?"

The red-clothed woman in the crowd stepped forward and said, "See my lord, my servant is little Jasmine."

The moment Zhu Shiyong met her eyes, his heart skipped a beat. This little Jasmine looks quite lovely, with a small rosy mouth half-opened, and two watery peach blossom eyes that almost charmed his old soul away; What's too much is that in such a cold day, she was actually only wearing tulle clothes, revealing a large part of her breast that was looming.

Zhu Shiyong collected himself and asked, "You are Little Jasmine? Can you tell me where you came from? What are your identities?"

Little Jasmine winked, and said in a delicate tone: "My family knows everything, please forgive me, don't use torture, my family is afraid of pain."