The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The soldiers got orders, Chen Erwang rushed to the front, and led seven or eight brothers stretched out their feet to kick the courtyard gate. There were two horizontal bolts on the courtyard gate, but they didn't kick it open for a while. \\..\\

Someone in the courtyard shouted: "Listen, officers and soldiers outside, don't blame me for not reminding you, you are trespassing on the private property of the third envoy Yan Shu, and all the people living in the courtyard are the relatives and relatives of the third envoy." Servants, have you ever thought about the consequences of doing this?"

All the soldiers heard it clearly, and looked at Zhu Shiyong hesitantly.

Zhu Shiyong waved his hands and shouted: "Slam the door, don't listen to their noise, don't say it's the third envoy, even the emperor's relatives and relatives, how can they violate the law of the country, we will act according to the law, and we will not be afraid of anyone."

The soldiers in the box were relieved, so they turned their heads and continued to slam the door, with even greater force; the courtyard door finally couldn't bear the continuous kicks and fell to the dust with a "clang", and the soldiers rushed in with torches, one after another. Seize a favorable position and surround Yan Biyun and a group of people standing in the courtyard in a semicircle at the front door of the main hall.

Zhu Shiyong walked into the yard with his beard twisted, cupped his hands to Yan Biyun who was standing there frowning, and said, "Miss Yan, I've offended you."

Yan Biyun said indifferently: "It seems that the magistrate is desperate."

Zhu Shiyong pretended not to understand, pointing at Xiao Sui'er, Rouniang Huanniang and others, said: "These people I recognize are the people in Su Jin's house. Sure enough, Ms. Yan is protecting them, and I didn't guess Wrong; but the old lady of the Su family must be among them, so she invited them out, lest the soldiers go in and start a fight, and it would be bad to frighten the old man."

Xiao Sui'er stepped forward and scolded: "How dare you! You stupid official, for no reason, slandered my young master for collusion with the death row prisoner, and came to arrest him without evidence; just like half a year ago, the method of slander is not clever at all, and everyone here is watching , to see how you end up in the future."

Zhu Shiyong shouted coldly: "A lowly maidservant also came to make noise. Su Jin's family education is not strict, and the government doesn't care about helping him take care of your little things. discipline."

"Punish your mother's legs!" Seeing that Sui'er suffered, Xiao Zhu'er cursed with a raised voice.

Xiao Sui'er was about to scold but was too embarrassed to say it, she cursed out of spite in her heart, she couldn't help raising her big finger and gesticulating at the small pillar repeatedly.

Zhu Shiyong's face sank, he waved his hand and said, "Take them all, and those who resist don't need to show mercy."

The soldiers drew their swords and approached one after another. Seven or eight of Yan Biyun's companions and several guards dispatched by Su Ji stepped forward, holding wooden sticks and iron forks to protect Yan Biyun and others behind them.

Zhu Shiyong shouted: "Miss Yan, you dare to order people to resist. It's no wonder the house. I wanted to look at the face of Lord Sansi and only use the Su family to turn a blind eye to your crime of covering up. Now it seems You are delusional."

Yan Biyun reprimanded: "How could the Nu family be favored by you? What you said is respectable. In fact, the Nu family knows what kind of evil plan you have. The reason why you want to arrest Su Jin's family is because Su Jin has the witnesses of your gangsters. And physical evidence, tonight you are using the pretext of Xishan death row prisoner to escape, trying to catch Su Jin and his family all at once, forcing him to hand over the evidence of your gangsterism; Su Jin knows your intentions and has left Luzhou long ago, so You use these women and children to operate, intending to force Su Jin to submit, it is really shameful!"

Zhu Shiyong yelled: "Shut up! Bitch, how dare you slander the imperial court officials, this government wants you to die without a place to bury you."

Yan Biyun sneered and said: "Looking at your appearance, you are still a magistrate, but a crazy dog ​​with red eyes. I might as well tell you that all your actions are under Su Jin's control; Su Jin passed this news through Lang Shaodong's mouth. I told you that I want you to jump the wall and take risks; I'm afraid you also sent people to Shouzhou to snatch the evidence, but it's a pity that all the people you sent must have fallen into the trap set by Su Jin and Master Ouyang, waiting for you It must be the crime of copying and beheading, if you still see the situation clearly, you should have immediately pleaded guilty and confessed all the crimes, instead of making the last desperate struggle here."

Zhu Shiyong's eyes burst into flames, and he kept yelling: "Shut up! Shut up! The bastards are spitting blood, get them quickly, and stuff their mouths with cow dung and horse dung."

Xiao Sui'er puffed her chest out and scolded loudly: "Old bastard, I have poked your sore spot. My son has already rushed to Luzhou with an army, and you are waiting to die."

Zhu Shiyong snorted, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "I'm going to die... and you... die first. There is no way for me to survive. I want to make Su Jin's children suffer for the rest of my life. The government smashed your bones to ashes one by one, lit his mother on a sky lantern, and taught him the fate of going against the government."

Zhu Shiyong personally snatched a knife from the soldiers beside him, pointed the tip of the knife at Yan Biyun and the others, and roared ferociously like a wounded hungry wolf.

"Kill them all, leave no one behind." Zhu Shiyong's voice was like the final wailing of the creeps from hell.

The soldiers shouted, raised their knives and rushed forward, the sound of "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping-pong" was heard, and in the blink of an eye, they had already handed over Yan Biyun's companions and guards.

One person shouted loudly: "Stop it!"

Everyone followed the sound, and it turned out that it was Yang Yi, the new commander of the Baoxin Army who was shouting; the soldiers looked at Yang Yi and Zhu Shiyong, not knowing who to listen to, and held up their knives in a daze.

"Commander Yang, are you disobedient?" Zhu Shiyong shouted angrily.

"Your Majesty, in view of the fact that someone said a lot of unfavorable things just now, I think it is unreasonable for you to order me to kill you under such circumstances, should I clarify it before ordering your arrest?"

"Shut up, can't you see that they are just dying and making up stories to slander the government?"

"The humble official doesn't think what they said is reasonable, but even if they accuse the adults, they should be arrested and interrogated, dealt with according to the law, and killed directly, but it seems...it seems that the adults are guilty...there is a suspicion of silence."

Zhu Shiyong laughed back angrily, nodded frequently and said: "Commander Yang, I didn't expect you to do this again. You are hoping that something will happen to this house. Don't forget that this house is your boss. You don't respect this house. According to the order, the government can dispose of you according to military law on the spot."

Yang Yi folded his arms and said with a smile: "Your Majesty prefect speaks loudly, military law? It's just a talk. This commander made a mistake. Only the Privy Council can really punish me. I'm under your restraint in name, just for you state officials. It's all about saving face."

Zhu Shiyong approached Yang Yi slowly, and under the light of the torch, his face turned dark and bright, almost distorted; he stared into Yang Yi's eyes and gritted his teeth, "Commander Yang is deliberately trying to make things difficult for the government?"

Yang Yi said sternly: "How dare you with a lowly position. The lowly position is only acting according to its duties. The Baoxin Army is a regular army stationed by the imperial court in Luzhou Prefecture to protect the safety of the place and maintain law and order. The lowly position cannot make the Baoxin Army a laughing stock of the world."

Zhu Shiyong laughed a few times, said "yes" a few times, and asked with his head tilted: "But are you going to disobey my order?"

Yang Yi said: "The lowly position can't let the Baoxin Army become a tool for private use. If the adults think that the lowly position is overstepping, you can go to the Privy Council... ah!"

Before Yang Yi finished speaking, he uttered a heart-piercing scream. Zhu Shiyong had a hideous face in front of him, and the steel knife in his hand had been pierced into Yang Yi's abdomen without a handle.

The distance between the two was too close. Although Yang Yi was highly skilled in martial arts, he was a little aware of Zhu Shiyong's movements, but he couldn't dodge at such a short distance. He only had time to dodge and then watched the steel knife belt With the horrible creaking sound of friction with bones and muscles, it sank into his belly.

Yang Yi opened his mouth halfway, and roared, "You..."

Zhu Shiyong opened his mouth to laugh, black beards fluttered around his lips, and a few strands stuck to his snot that was dripping from the cold, looking messy and crazy.

"This is the fate of disobeying orders, go with peace of mind."

As soon as the word "go" came out, Zhu Shiyong supported the handle of the knife with both hands and stirred it vigorously back and forth in Yang Yi's abdomen. One finger stuck into Zhu Shiyong's flesh, digging out ten bloodstains, scratching Zhu Shiyong's face almost deformed.

Without realizing it, Zhu Shiyong used the steel knife to continuously stir back and forth in Yang Yi's abdomen. Finally, Yang Yi's fingers lost strength and slumped down Zhu Shiyong's cheek. Panting, Zhu Shiyong kicked his body away from the knife point Said: "If you do your own crimes, you don't need to blame this official."

There were ten blood grooves on Zhu Shiyong's cheeks, the blood seeped out and flowed down his face, his face was distorted and deformed, he looked like a devil under the firelight.

Everyone on the scene looked at all this in astonishment, with their mouths open for a long while unable to reply. No one could have imagined that the magistrate would act brazenly and hacked Commander Yang with a knife. For ordinary soldiers, this scene was too shocking; although Yang Yi's new The commander of the Baoxin Army has only been a month old, and he can't say that he has any friendship or prestige with everyone in the army, but the magistrate swung a knife and slaughtered him, and everyone felt that this was extremely inappropriate.

"Crazy! He's crazy!" Yan Biyun murmured softly. It seems that he is doomed today. Zhu Shiyong has completely lost his mind. Killing Yang Yi shows that he has no regard for the consequences. Originally, he might have wanted to hold Su Jin hostage. His family members came to return the evidence and destroy the evidence to protect himself. Now he is probably just killing to vent his anger.