The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Everyone stayed in the house for a whole day. Besides eating and sleeping, they bought some ropes and iron hooks to make spare things for the night. The little princess Li Ari didn't bother her, and Su Jin was happy to live in peace.After tonight, as long as you succeed, you can take advantage of the chaos and escape from the city. After retreating into the mountains, the mission of the little princess will be completed. Su Jin has no intention of doing anything to this little girl, and will let her go after she escapes safely. free.

After dinner, Su Jin called everyone together and explained some details in detail, making sure that everyone knew their goals for tonight, checked their belongings, and clarified the division of labor for the night's actions, and then sat in the house and waited for dark."

The daylight in summer is long, although the sun is yijing, the sky is still bright. Su Jin sits in front of the window and looks at the colorful clouds in the west sky, feeling a little excited. The safety of Weizhou.

Although I don’t know how the battle on the front line in Weizhou is going, judging from the situation that Xia’s army was still loading and transporting grain overnight last night, it should still be in a stalemate; There is a lot of grain, and Xia Jun can't afford to ship it in such a hurry; on the way to Bijing yesterday, he saw a convoy transporting grain, and the rhythm of almost one shipment per day can only show that Weizhou is not broken.

Thinking of this, Su Jin felt a little relieved. It was not the first time that he took an adventure, but this time Su Jin still felt his little heart pounding. In fact, it was a big adventure to come to the Northwest to be an official. He came to Huizhou to destroy Xixia. The granary is an adventure within an adventure, and Su Jin doesn't know that he has become a gambler. This kind of big bet that if you win, you will get a lot of money, and if you lose, you will be smashed to pieces. Su Jin seems to be addicted to playing; of course Su Jin hopes to be able to Win, the beautiful wife and concubine at home are still waiting for Ziji to go back, the child in Yan Biyun's womb can't concede to his father, once Ziji misses, it's not Ziji's business alone, maybe it will kill many people.

There were beeps and beeps outside the door, and Wang Chao's hurried voice sounded outside: "My lord, I have something to report."

Su Jin jumped up, got up and opened the door, Chao Chao stepped into the room and said hurriedly: "Master, things are not very good."

Su Ji said: "What's wrong?"

Wang Chao said: "Just now a brother went to the lobby to ask for hot water, and found that there were a lot of unidentified diners in the lobby. That brother was very shrewd. Seeing something was wrong, Meiyou alerted them and came back to report."

Su Jin was startled and said, "Do you know their identities?"

Chao Chao shook his head and said, "No Qinhu, but that brother can see that they are carrying weapons with them. Although they are concealed in packages, they can still be seen."

Su Jin's brain turned sharply, quickly thinking about the situation, could it be that his identity was exposed?Unlikely, it seems that there is no way for people to discover their identity, or the strange actions of Ziji and others have aroused the suspicion of the local government, but except for the public appearance yesterday afternoon, most of them stayed in the inn and did not want to show up In order to buy things like ropes and iron hooks, he ordered his shrewd companion to go out to buy things. That companion should have dealt with Xixia people before and knew how to deal with them, so he would not show his feet.

"My lord, what should we do?" Wang Chao asked.

Su Jin frowned and said, "Go, have a look."

Wang Chao said: "Is that the way to go? If they are the people who come to arrest us from the government, wouldn't they be in a trap?"

Su Jin shook his head and said in thought: "I don't think they are the ones who came to arrest us. First, we didn't show our feet. Second, Ruguo is really the one who arrested us by the government. Do you think we can still stand in peace? Do you think about countermeasures here? I am afraid that the surrounding area of ​​the inn is already densely surrounded by officers and soldiers."

Wang Chao said: "Maybe they are afraid that the Xixia Princess is in our hands, so they dare not act recklessly, but are looking for opportunities."

Su Jin said: "It's best to be like this, so the initiative is in our hands. This matter must be dealt with immediately, otherwise how will we act tonight? I will take Zhao Hu and Zhang Long to drink tea in front, and find out the details by the way. You are behind Be ready, and provide timely support if something happens ahead.”

Wang Chao cupped his hands and said: "Obey, son, be careful."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will take our little princess with me. With her here, thousands of troops can't help me."

Su Jin quickly came to the door of Li Ari's room, reached out and knocked on the door, Li Ali said inside: "Don't bother me, I don't eat, I'm not hungry."

Su Jin knew that Li Ari didn't eat dinner, and he didn't care too much about it. How could the expensive princess be able to eat the simple food in the inn, and she didn't care if she was hungry for a meal or two.

"Miss Ari, I'll take you to the lobby to have some tea and snacks. If you like shime snacks, I'll ask the shopkeeper to buy them outside. I'm sorry you can't eat the simple food in this inn."

Li Ali's voice came and said: "Go away, you despicable and shameless person."

Su Jin pushed open the door, and Li Ali was lying on the mat with disheveled hair. Su Jin pushed the door in, and she sat up suddenly in shock, and said repeatedly: "Get out, get out, what do you do?"

Su Jin smiled and said, "What else can I do? I'll take you to eat. I can't bear it if you lose weight and starve to death. You are a body of gold."

Li Ari said: "I'm not hungry, it's my fault if I die of starvation, you go out, Shimeshihou, if you let me go, I'll have an appetite."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Starving to death is a small matter of injustice, and if you are disobedient, don't blame me for being rude to you. I don't have the patience to make you happy. You are my hostage now. You better be obedient."

Li Ari said angrily: "You villain, you look gentle, but you are actually... actually..."

"Is it a beast in clothes?" Su Jin took over for her, stepped forward and grabbed Li Ari's arm and pulled him up.

Li Ari exclaimed in surprise: "You want to be a shime? If you dare to be rude to me, I'll show you to death."

Su Jin said viciously: "If you are disobedient, I will immediately strip you naked and throw you on the street. It is up to you whether you want to die or not. If you die, you will inevitably be humiliated. People say that you died naked in the street. On the street, can you live in peace after death?"

Li Ali was startled and terrified, with tears streaming down her big eyes, Su Jin picked her up and put her on the table, took the bronze mirror and put it in front of her, saying, "Come on, comb your hair, Come with me to eat, and I won't embarrass you."

Li Ali thought that Su Jin was going to do something wrong, but he just wanted Ziji to dress up. Looking at Ziji's disheveled hair and red and swollen eyes in the bronze mirror, it was really unseemly, so he had to grab the wooden comb, but was dazed again. not moving.

"What's wrong? Comb your hair quickly, my patience has a limit." Su Jin frowned angrily.

"I...I don't know how to comb my hair." Ari looked at Su Jin anxiously and said.

"Shime?" Su Jin's eyes widened. There is no woman who can't comb her hair, but she quickly realized that the emperor's princess, how can Ziji comb her hair? Stretching out her hand to open her mouth, and combing her hair are of course the work of the servants, so it's no wonder she couldn't do it at all.

"It's really troublesome." Without saying a word, Su Jin picked up the wooden comb and grabbed Li Ari's cloud-like hair.

"What are you doing?" Li Ari struggled with blushing.

Su Jin fixed her head with her hands and said, "What are you doing? You don't know how to comb your hair, so I have to wait on you."

Li Ali blushed and said nothing, Su Jin combed randomly a few times, tied up her long hair with a piece of red silk, dropped the comb and clapped her hands, saying: "It's done."

Li Ali said: "So fast?"

Su Jin said: "That is, it's something that can be easily grasped."

Li Ari looked at the mirror, with a strange expression on his face, and shouted: "You are combing shime hair? I don't know why so fast. It usually takes me an hour to comb my hair. You just tie it up and you can't do it." If you don’t put your hair up in a bun, or braid a dozen small braids, is that considered shime? It’s so ugly, I don’t want it, how can you look at people?”

Su Jin said: "Children, do you know shime? This is the most popular hair style in the Song Dynasty. The ladies of high-ranking officials and noble families all wear this hairstyle. It is simple but complicated, and plain Profound, complicated in simplicity, strange in ordinary, and has a nice name.”

Li Alipu was stunned by Su Jin with wide eyes, and asked, "Shime's name?"

"Ponytail!" Su Jin said, "Look, does it look like a ponytail?" Su Jin couldn't help laughing first.

"You lied, didn't you say that my head has turned into a horse's buttocks? I don't want it."

Su Jin threatened: "If you are disobedient, I can only shave your head. It doesn't need to be so troublesome to become a bald head. Let's do this first. If someone says it's not good-looking, I will invite a woman to come tomorrow." Just brush your hair for you."

Li Ari looked at Su Jin's fierce appearance and felt a little timid. Although it seemed that this guy was probably trying to intimidate Ziji, but right now, no one can help Ziji with a beautiful hairstyle. Fortunately, he is only in this inn. Drinking tea in the lobby is not going to show off in the street, otherwise Ziji would rather have his head shaved than refuse.

"Then I paint the eyebrows, my eyes are swollen."

Su Jin secretly scolds that women are troublesome, and enemies are around outside, but Ziji wants to draw attention to such women.

"Would you? No, I'll help you." Su Jin volunteered again.

"No, no, no... no need." Li Ali behaved like a good boy, took out rouge, gouache, charcoal and other things from the small silk bag that he carried with him, and began to draw methodically in front of the mirror. Su Jin urged a few times This time, after drawing for less than half an hour, the anxious Su Jin stomped her feet.

Finally Rongyi was done, the sky outside also dimmed, and it would be completely dark in a while, Su Jin took Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and Li Ari down the stairs and came to the lobby