The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

In the large courtyard near the water in the north city of Luzhou. ..

Yan Biyun slayed himself with a knife, and the sharp blade only needed to cut across the delicate neck to kill the fragrance. Except for the people around who cried out in misery, no one stopped him; because this was inevitable, Yan Biyun's fate was For their upcoming fate, rather than being captured and humiliated, it is better to kill themselves.

At the very moment, a voice shouted from the top of the east wall: "No way, put down the knife quickly."

As if struck by lightning, everyone couldn't believe their ears. One of the companions was quick and reached out to snatch the steel knife dragged by Yan Biyun. Even so, a bloodstain had already been drawn on Yan Biyun's neck, and the blood was streaked with blood. Oozed out along a red line.

"It's the young master, the young master is here."

Xiao Sui'er suddenly came to his senses, took Mrs. Wang's and Yan Biyun's hands, jumped and screamed, Yan Biyun staggered, opened his eyes and followed the crowd to the place where the sound came from, and saw several black shadows jumping down from the east wall , has already started fighting with the officers and soldiers on the periphery.

Zhu Shiyong's face was astonished, and he regained his composure immediately, and shouted: "Well done, the mansion is waiting for you, block them, and kill the people inside first."

The box soldiers rushed towards Mrs. Wang, Yan Biyun and others again. The arrival of Su Jin gave everyone a strong confidence. Several companions stood up and bravely resisted. Swinging around, he picked up the scattered objects on the ground without weapons and threw them around; at the same time, Yan Biyun quickly made a wise decision, and surrounded Mrs. Wang back to the hall door.

Several servants and maidservants moved a little slower, and were rushed behind by the soldiers and chopped them down with a few knives. They immediately screamed and fell to the ground with their heads in different places. <Xiang and Xiaodou'er, the two maidservants, threw themselves on the steps, without the slightest reaction, they were already in distress.

After paying the price of a few lives, everyone finally returned to the hall safely. The four companions blocked the door and defended desperately. The sound of knocking on the back door of the main hall came from the backyard. It seemed that the officers and soldiers outflanking the backyard had arrived.

Yan Biyun loudly ordered people to move the tables, chairs, cabinets and other things in the hall to the back door. He knew that these things could not stop them, but he only wanted to block them for a while, so as to buy time for Su Jin outside.

Su Jin led Wang Chao and other six people to rush straight from under the courtyard wall in the east, like chopping melons and firewood. After a while, there were more than a dozen corpses of the side soldiers. The side soldiers had never seen such a brave person. , feeling a little terrified in their hearts; they were not so vicious in rushing in fear, and most of them avoided their forward momentum and bluffed from the side, coldly handing out their weapons, not seeking merit, but seeking to save their lives.

Seeing his servants being hacked to death, Su Jin was heartbroken and furious, his red eyes yelled and rushed into the soldiers, Wang Chao hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master, don't mess up the formation, the enemy is outnumbered, we are outnumbered, It’s no good if you slip the order.”

Su Jin swung his knife and slashed a soldier in front of him who hadn't escaped in time, and shouted: "Close to the entrance of the main hall, we must not let them rush in and kill people."

Dynasty Ma Han and others shouted in unison, the steel knives in the hands of the seven people fell one after another, the soldiers avoided their sharp edges one after another, and unconsciously dodged a passage. After a few breaths, Su Jin and others had already boarded the main hall steps.

When the four bloody companions blocking the door saw Su Jin and others coming, they felt relieved and fell to the ground in fatigue, with no strength left in their bodies.

Su Jin had no time to comfort her, she just cast her consoling eyes and rushed into the hall; when everyone in the room saw Su Jin, they burst into tears, they didn't cry at the moment of life and death just now, but now they all burst into tears.

Su Jin hurriedly came to Mrs. Wang and knelt down, blaming herself: "My son is unfilial and frightened my mother."

Madam Wang stroked Su Jin's face and said, "Why should my son blame himself, as long as he is here, how many troops did he bring?"

Su Jin said awkwardly: "Only seven people..."

Mrs. Wang was taken aback, and sighed: "Aren't you asking for your own death?...Forget it, our mothers just died together."

Su Jin stood up abruptly and said: "Mother, don't worry, this bastard Zhu Shiyong won't kill us, you'd better stay here and see how my son will deal with them."

Mrs. Wang knew that Su Jin was just comforting herself, and only brought back seven people. With how much skill you have, you can't get away under the siege of hundreds of soldiers.

Feeling that Yan Biyun's gaze never left her, Su Jin reached out and took out a snow-white silk handkerchief from her bosom, walked to Yan Biyun's side without saying a word, wrapped the silk handkerchief around the wound on her neck, and said softly: " Bai Bi is faint, this scar can't conceal the beauty of Sister Yan."

Yan Biyun blushed and said: "Be careful, this Zhu Shiyong is crazy, even the commander of the box soldiers was killed by him when he obstructed him."

Su Jin nodded and said, "Don't worry, I have my own way."

Su Jin glanced at everyone, and said softly: "Everyone is frightened, you are wrapping up your wounds here, and I will give you this bad breath."

Everyone nodded with tears in their eyes. As soon as Su Jin came, everyone felt relieved. They had extremely strong confidence in the young master and the others. When the young master said to vent their anger on them, it was very likely that they would be able to vent their anger.

Zhu Shiyong watched Su Jinshao enter the hall to meet his family members, he was furious and shouted and cursed, but he also wondered how these seven people entered the city, could it be that the soldiers overwhelmed the city gate and lost it?

Zhu Shiyong was worried, so he sent someone to check around quickly, and the person who came back reported that there was nothing unusual, so Zhu Shiyong was relieved, suddenly he felt that his luck was good, this Su Jin might be hiding somewhere This corner of the horn, I really couldn't hold it back, so I dedicated myself to save my mother, wouldn't it be a self-inflicted trap?

Zhu Shiyong originally planned to kill him, and planned to kill Su Jin's family anyway, thinking about it, anyway, he would not end well; but at this moment, he suddenly ignited a glimmer of hope; after Su Jin was captured, Maybe there will be a turning point. If the personal evidence is really in his hands, as long as he can lure out and destroy the evidence, and then wipe Su Jin away, there is still room for sophistry to escape.

What is it to kill Yang Yi and Su Jin?If you find any reason, you can prevaricate and report it. If you are soft-hearted, you will say that you sacrificed your life for the country during the process of catching the thief. It's not completely unstoppable either.

Thinking of this, Zhu Shiyong ordered people to stop the attack, stepped forward slowly, and shouted loudly at the door of the hall: "Son Su Jin, you dare to come back, you are a bit courageous, but this is also a stupid move, today You can't escape even if you put your wings on."

Su Jin's figure appeared in front of the hall door, still looking careless and hateful, and cursed: "Old thief, I know you are despicable and shameless, but I didn't expect you to be so shameless that you even took advantage of unarmed women and children." Surge, are you still human?"

Zhu Shiyong laughed loudly and said: "No way, you are too cunning, if you don't hold your seven inches, you can't catch you; this government is also forced to help; now that you are in a cage, you can Don't have any other thoughts, it's the right thing to be obedient and let it go."

Su Jin sneered and said, "Do you think you can definitely hold me? You may not even be able to break through this hall door."

Zhu Shiyong said with a chuckle: "Special Envoy Su's mind is not very good. Haven't you heard the story of inviting you into the urn? With an order from the government, a large pile of firewood will be piled up around. As long as a spark is ignited, all of you will be able to die." Turned into ashes, still need to attack with all your strength?"

Su Jin was taken aback, if he attacked Huo Gong, he could only lead people to rush out. At present, only seven of them are capable of fighting, and the dozen or so women and children he guarded were determined not to be well taken care of. Just one negligence, and they will die forever. Regrettably, for a while, my mind was running rapidly, thinking about countermeasures.

"Prefect Zhu, I don't understand. What kind of grievances do you have with Su Jin? You openly led people to kill my family members. I am the special envoy of grain affairs. There is also the third envoy, Mr. Yan Shu, in the hall behind me." My niece, don't you think about the consequences when you do this?"

Zhu Shiyong caressed his beard and said: "You know the grievances between me and you best. You don't have to pretend to be confused with this government. This time, this government suspects that you are related to dozens of death row prisoners who escaped from the Xishan quarry. It's a matter of business. I don't care what your status is or who you are related to, everything in this government is for official business."

Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "What a impartial and selfless magistrate Zhu, you don't blush after saying this, you are really thick-skinned; if I ask you for evidence, you will definitely say that I will arrest you without a fight." Show me, right? Your tricks are too clumsy, and you can only deceive these brothers who don’t know anything. You actually killed women and children in a frenzy, and even dared to kill the commander of the Xiangbing, are you planning to rebel?"

Zhu Shiyong shouted: "Shut up, Su Jin, do you want to be turned into ashes with the people in the hall?"

Su Jin pointed at Zhu Shiyong and cursed angrily: "Hugh threatened me with this, I know your wishful thinking clearly, you just want me to cooperate with you to hand over witness and material evidence to protect yourself; I can tell you, You released the death row prisoners from the Xishan Cutting Field by yourself, and hired them to attack Ouyang Zhongcheng in Shouzhou City, but you made a mistake. All of this was in my plan. All the men you sent have been captured, and recorded I made a confession; Ouyang Zhongcheng has mobilized nearly [-] forbidden troops on the way to Luzhou, and will arrive at the city of Luzhou at noon; Fate, otherwise what awaits you is the punishment of beheading."

Zhu Shiyong was furious, and shouted like a football commentator in later generations: "Shut up, shut up, shut up quickly! Go and pile up firewood and burn them all inside."