The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

At the time of the Provincial Examination and the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhao Zhen was very annoyed by a series of leaks in the capital.

The imperial army was mobilized and searched all night, arresting hundreds of suspicious people, big and small. After interrogation overnight, they were only surreptitious people, and there was no trace of the escaped coachman.

According to the sword carried by the assassin who died, someone in Kaifeng Mansion’s Criminal Division concluded that the assassin was carrying a soft sword. It can be roughly concluded that the sword came from Longquan, Fujian, but the Longquan soft sword was scattered in all directions. Although the imperial court forbids private casting Weapons, but there are many swords that have been handed down and scattered among the people over the years. It is really difficult to determine that the assassins bought them from Longquan.

And according to the schools of martial arts in the world, there are too many people who are good at using soft swords, and it is impossible to check them one by one.

So the case came to a dead end. B travel through novels: sj131netb

Zhao Zhen was furious in the early court, and repeatedly scolded Kaifeng Mansion for not being able to control the law and order in the capital. He reprimanded Wen Yanbo, the official of Kaifeng Mansion, and ordered that the fugitive assassin's accomplice must be caught. The provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites is about to be held , must not let the students of the world think that the law and order in Gyeonggi is so corrupt.

There are more than 2000 exam high school candidates in the country, and there are more than 2000 tricky mouths and more than 2000 tricky pens. What Zhao Zhen fears most is that these guys will talk nonsense after returning home, and based on the consideration of public security in the capital , this case must also be investigated to get to the bottom of it.

The ministers also offered their suggestions, some guessed whether the gangsters were the same group as the one who killed Yuzhang Building in Xiasong Bieyuan; The vengeance is coming, and some people even have whimsical ideas, guessing whether it was the western thieves who failed to attack the Northwest of the Song Dynasty, so they sent people to the Song Dynasty to make trouble, sneak into the capital to kill the undergraduate students of the Song Dynasty, and cut off the talents of the Song Dynasty's successors , in the long run.

Su Jin couldn't laugh or cry when he heard that, this group of people really couldn't think of a way, but they were more powerful than each other when they were thinking nonsense.

Xia Song's guess is quite reasonable. He guessed that Su Jin was acting like a thunderbolt in dealing with the grain affairs, but at the same time, there were also fish that slipped through the net. It should be to provoke and retaliate.

There was no result for the noisy whole morning, and finally Su Jin came up and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this matter. The capital is so big, and the assassin can just pick a cat anywhere, and it will be enough for Kaifeng Mansion to be busy for ten days and a half months; There are still two days before the provincial examination, if we continue to search and arrest the whole city, it will both disturb the people and make the judges unceasingly; the minister has an idea, the assassin wants to assassinate the humble minister, and the minister will act as a bait and walk around, attracting the assassin to show up , or it can fall into a trap, and it may be able to perform miracles."

Before Zhao Zhen opened his mouth, Yan Shu was the first to object: "This is absolutely impossible, how can you put yourself in danger? The old minister thought that the search area must be expanded. Although the residents' houses and inns have been searched, there are still many places to go." There is no search, and the assassin is not a fool, how could he hide somewhere casually, the old official said something that should not be said, maybe the assassin is cats in the backyard of a certain adult's house right now."

Yan Shu's words scared everyone. It was equivalent to saying that someone in the audience was the culprit. Even Su Jin was shocked. Could it be that Yan Shu noticed that he and Xia Song had a secret rivalry?

However, Yan Shu's next explanation made the officials relieved: "The old minister does not mean that someone is covering up the assassin. Take the old minister himself as an example. My house in Tianshuijing Hutong is not small. There are three toilets in the garden alone. If the assassin late at night Sneaking into my house, hiding somewhere in the flowers and plants, I can't find it for a while; but the officers and soldiers who searched absolutely dare not go to my house to search, even if they searched outside, it would be a waste of effort. "

Everyone said yes, Su Jin secretly paid attention to Xia Song's expression, Xia Song's expression was a little stiff, and he seemed to be moved, but the panic in his eyes exposed his heart.

Su Jin knew that if such a search was proposed, the group of people in Xia Song's house might show their feet, and dare not say anything else, the assassin coachman had already been painted by the people, and the search team had a portrait. That was something that couldn't be prevaricated.

Su Jin originally thought that Xia Song would try his best to oppose Yan Shu's statement, but he didn't expect him to be the first to agree with him: "What Yan Sansi said is very true. I suggest that you adults set an example and allow officers and soldiers to enter the house to search, as long as they don't disturb the family members of the inner house." , the minister's mansion is willing to be the first to open the door for officials."

Su Jin secretly called Gao Ming, this move was cleared up first, it seemed bright and aboveboard, presumably Xia Song must have been prepared, since he said so, it must be impossible to search, maybe he had already thought of a way to send the assassin out of the city.

As soon as Xia Song expressed his position, all the officials followed up one after another, saying that they were willing to open the door for official appointments.

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly and said: "I'm very pleased, dear dears, but it's not time to disturb your mansions; Su Jin is right, it's not appropriate to create a tense atmosphere during the provincial examination, so we will send more patrols to restrain you in the past two days." Wei is patrolling the streets and alleys, and the gates of the city are also intensified to check, teach the assassins to escape, and after a trial with the province, they will search with all their strength, and will not let go of one place; dear friends, you can search your own house first, it is best It forced the assassins to show up in the market and arrest them in one fell swoop, and it also prevented them from disturbing everyone in the house."

Everyone said yes, and when they made up their minds to go back, they must search their house like a carpet. If the assassin was found hiding in their own house, even if he was innocent, others might criticize him. I don't know.

In the afternoon, when Su Jin woke up, Wang Chao hurried over from the front yard and told Su Jin the news that surprised him: the assassin was caught!

Su Jin was very surprised and hurriedly asked for details.

Wang Chao said: "I went to the new house to supervise the progress of the construction, and there were discussions everywhere in the street. After inquiring about it, I found out that the assassin actually hanged himself in a forest in the corner gate. He probably was forced to go somewhere by the officers and soldiers, so I chose to commit suicide." b Travel through novels: sj131netb

Su Jin asked in surprise, "Suicide?"

Wang Chao said: "Yes, I heard that the officials of the Kaifeng government have verified the corpse, and it must be suspected of suicide."

Su Jin paced slowly, suddenly burst into laughter, and praised: "Xia Song, this old fox is really good at it, and now the big manhunt in the capital will not continue. There is no risk of being exposed, such an abandoned pawn to save the car, this move is ruthless, poisonous, and clever enough!"

After Wang Chao thought about it, he suddenly realized: "It must be the old thief who killed the assassin and pretended to commit suicide. Such a vicious old thief."

Su Jin laughed and said: "This is called calming down the situation. He saw that the emperor refused to let go when he came up early. If he left this person in the mansion, he would be worried. , It’s better to strangle to death with a rope, so that the two murderers in this case are all dead, and the inside story can be verified, the case can be considered solved, but it can also be regarded as the first public case.”

Wang Chao scolded angrily: "Then we should be more careful. His follow-up measures must be more thorough than this time. It seems that the young master will show less in the future."

Su Jin smiled and said: "If I am scared like a turtle by him, then am I still an ass? I deliberately said in the morning that I had set a trap, just to tell the old thief, even if he wants to do it You have to be careful again and again, I won’t be afraid of him if you play with your mind; don’t worry about it, I’m trying my best to supervise the completion of the new house these few days, Xia Song’s assassin is not afraid, but I’m afraid that it will be said that I Su Jinshuo is a turtle in Yan Sansi’s house , what I want is face."

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All the assassins were arrested, and the capital gradually calmed down. Although Xia Song was not intimidated by Su Jin's words, he had to be careful when dealing with Su Jin. Isn't he a big fool to hang on the net and wait for the assassin to come to his door?

Besides, the Dragon Boat Festival assassination was so well planned that Su Jin escaped. On the contrary, he also picked up two good players.

The dozen or so masters he invited to his family were a group of desperadoes he hired on the rivers and lakes with a lot of money. The leader was originally an abandoned disciple from a sect in Wuyi Mountain, named Yan San; Not to mention the murder of the master, he also occupied the master's wife and the master's daughter, turning a good school into a den of bandits who took over the mountain as king.

This guy acted too viciously, he didn't pay attention to the government because of his skills, he went to the state government several times to commit crimes, and finally angered all the states in Fujian Province, they jointly sent troops to encircle and raid, and ransacked his lair; Yan San escaped with more than a dozen people, and they did some robbery and picking flowers in the rivers and lakes. Because of their high martial arts skills and whizzing back and forth to commit crimes, the government had nothing to do with them.

The group accidentally got acquainted with a nursing home in Xia Song's mansion. After the Yuzhang Building, this nursing home gave Xia Song Yan San. Xia Song was hungry and lacked experts, so he recruited him into the mansion with a lot of money; It was Yan San's idea to assassinate Su Jin. The two assassins were his two juniors, but they failed to return. Under the pressure of the imperial court's extensive search, Xia Song coerced him with a lot of money and safety. Yan San was forced to slaughter his junior brother with his own hands.

After this incident, Yan San also knew that Su Jin was not a soft stubble, and he followed Xia Song's advice to hibernate and wait for a moment. After the wind, I came out for activities.

It's a pity that the good times don't last long. How can this group of people keep their own way? Since the arrival of this group of people in Xia's mansion, it has become a mess. One day not long after, something happened finally.

This is for a later story and will not be mentioned for the time being.

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