The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

() Everyone rushed into the city without daring to show off too much. They found an inn at the intersection of South Street and stayed there. Everyone didn't argue with him because of the risk, knowing that it was an act of extortion, but there was nothing they could do about it.

More than a dozen people occupied the seven rooms on the second floor of the inn. After a short rest, Su Jin called Wang Chao Ma Han and others to discuss how to proceed. He still didn't know where the food and grass were stored, and he didn't know how to defend. After discussing for a long time, there was no specific solution, so the dynasty suggested to inquire about the location secretly, and then go to explore the road at night.

In the evening, Su Jin took a group of Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, Lu Lao San and Wang Chao Ma Han to go out to inquire, and the rest were strictly ordered to stay in the inn, and ordered the innkeeper to make a few tables of banquets and send them to the room. Let them have a good meal, and the price will naturally be doubled.

Just talking about Su Jin, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, the three walked slowly along the South Street to the north, but saw that the street was spacious, with many shops, brothels, songs, taverns, teahouses opened next to each other, and it felt like a bustling city. The culture of the Song Dynasty has a profound influence, and the language is also Chinese, which gave Su Jin the illusion of wandering in the city of the Song Dynasty for a moment. . .

When inquiring about news, you can’t ask easily, otherwise you will not get the news, but will cause suspicion. Su Jin decided to find a restaurant to fill his stomach. Convenience is places like restaurants and teahouses, these places are where rumors gather and distribute. Although the accuracy is not very high, they are definitely places where news is dense.

A few people came to Hengjie at the end of South Street. A small river ran from west to east in front of them. There was a stone bridge in front of the left. Lanterns were hung at the door, and a plaque on the lintel was written with three big characters "Zuixiaolou". Fan.

When the three of them entered the restaurant, they immediately attracted surprised looks. Su Jin hurriedly lowered his head to see if there was anything ugly about his attire, but found nothing wrong, so he chose to ignore the gazes of the diners and went to find the restaurant by himself. Take a table facing the street and sit down.

Xiao Er walked over with a few ridiculous braids on the top of his head, and asked politely, "What do the guest officers use?"

Su Jin said: "Get some of your specialty wine and vegetables and serve them up."

Xiaoer hurriedly said: "If you are good at it, the best dishes in this restaurant are braised lamb loin, hand-caught lamb chops, sweet and sour Yellow River carp, and haggis steamed bun soup."

Su Jin said: "Have a portion of all, and then some good wine."

Xiao Er agreed, but he turned around and went away. Su Jin was surprised and said, "What? You have to pay first and then serve the food?"

The little one smiled and said: "Guest officer is joking, how can there be such a business, the little one wants to ask a few people to move their positions, is it okay?"

Su Jinqi said: "Why do you want to move? Your restaurant still has this rule?"

The little boy scratched his head and said: "The villain is also thinking about the three of you. The three of you are dressed as people from the south. Recently, the city has a lot of control over you southerners. You should eat and drink in the upstairs box to avoid trouble. .”

Su Jin frowned and said: "That's not the case, isn't it allowed to eat? It's really inexplicable."

Xiaoer said awkwardly: "It's fine if the guest officials don't want to, I'm also kind, no matter, the villain will serve the guest officials as soon as possible, and everyone will eat, drink and leave quickly. Those two female evil gods are not easy to provoke..."

The guests at the table next to him all stared at Xiao Er when he heard the words of the Goddess Goddess. Xiao Er realized that he was speechless, so he quickly covered his mouth and stopped talking disheartenedly.

Su Jin became more and more surprised that there was a sense of sneakiness in the expressions and words of this group of people, and many people still had this gloating look in their eyes, and they didn't know where they had exposed their flaws, so they couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Fortunately, after the food and wine were served, Su Jin also let go after a few glasses of strong wine, no longer caring about the eyes of everyone, and Zhang Long and Zhao Hu started to grab the piss and drank soju, their mouths were full of oil, and their ears were still I forgot to eavesdrop on the conversations of the people in the lobby, hoping to have clues to follow, but the diners here seem to follow the teaching of the sages to "eat without talking", and there is no one who is talkative, except for Da Daxili, who is eating vegetables, drinking and drinking soup. The voice, actually didn't talk much, which made Su Jin quite depressed.

A small pot of wine soon emptied, and Su Jin simply concentrated on enjoying the delicious food and wine. On the wine table near the door, the wine and dishes on the table were knocked over immediately, splashing drippingly all over his face.

Immediately afterwards, two slender figures, one red and one green, rushed in with a gust of wind, but it was two women. The tall woman in red quickly stepped forward, grabbed the man who fell on the ground, and dragged him up. He reprimanded: "Don't pretend to be dead in front of your auntie, you gang of Song dogs are quite courageous, and dare to come to our Great Xia, auntie is so good at concocting you."

The woman in green whispered behind her: "Cousin, don't hit him, it's poor."

The woman in red snorted and said, "Poor? Uncle and Uncle were killed by their despicable sneak attack. You say they are pitiful?"

The woman in green bit her lip and remained silent.

"Xiao Er, Xiao Er, why don't you die for my sister?" the woman in red yelled.

The shopkeeper and Xiao Er quickly ran over and said repeatedly: "Greetings to the two highnesses, and the two highnesses give orders."

The woman in red didn't even look at them, looked around at the diners in the restaurant, and asked, "Have you seen pigs and dogs from the Song Dynasty come here to eat and drink today?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "No, no, His Highness came down to say hello this morning, how dare I let them in again."

The woman in red turned her gaze to Su Jin and the others at the corner by the window. The shopkeeper was still professing, and the woman in red raised her foot and kicked the shopkeeper in the stomach. Kicked the shopkeeper backwards, covered his stomach and howled on the ground.

"You still dare to lie to me, it's against you, what are those who are not Song pigs? You take the words of aunt nainai as wind, don't you? Believe it or not, aunt nainai ordered someone to seal your restaurant?"

The shopkeeper wailed and didn't dare to answer. Seeing this, the surrounding guests hurriedly got up one by one, dropped the money and silver on the table, and ran away, running clean in an instant.

The woman in green hurriedly stepped forward to help the shopkeeper, and said in her mouth: "Hey, my cousin came to say hello this morning, why are you still not listening, are you hurt? Don't worry, I will order someone to bring you medicine , I will compensate you for today's loss."

The shopkeeper's lips trembled and he couldn't utter a word, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. It seemed that this kick was not light.

The woman in red had already aimed at Su Jin and the others, stretched out her hand and pulled out a leather whip from her waist, and walked towards Su Jin and the others' drinking table with a mask of frost.

Su Jin already understood the general idea in his heart, no wonder the diners looked at him with such eyes, no wonder Xiao Er wanted to change places by himself, eat and go, it turned out that the two evil spirits he was talking about were these two women, look Their attires were full of jewels and jewels, and they were extremely luxurious. The shopkeeper also called them His Highness, and they were probably the daughters of princes and nobles. It seemed that they were doing bad luck to the people of Song Dynasty, and now it was their turn to be unlucky.

When things came to an end, Su Jin calmed down. In the final analysis, it was two savage Xixia noble girls who were messing around and had little to do with the government's actions. As long as the identities and purposes of himself and others were not exposed, there would be no major mistakes; Here, Su Jin is still eating and drinking like me, as if everything in front of me has nothing to do with me.

Su Jin's actions made the woman in red even more annoyed. She walked up to the three of Su Jin, stared at the three of them with her eyes, and grabbed the whip with her small hands. Because of too much force, her joints turned white.

"Aren't you eating and drinking well? How is my summer diet?" the woman in red asked coldly.

Su Jin looked up at her and said lightly: "The taste is not bad."

The woman in red sneered, "Have you ever tasted my Daxia leather whip?"

Su Jin pretended to be stupid and said: "How can the leather whip be eaten? It won't be rotten when steamed, and it won't be crispy when fried. I haven't tried it, and it doesn't taste very delicious when I think about it."

"That aunt nainai will let you Song pig taste the taste of the whip, neither steamed nor boiled, the taste will make you feel so comfortable to death."

The woman in red raised her brows upside down, shook her wrist, and swiped the cowhide whip towards Su Jin's face like a poisonous snake with a whining sound.