The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Zhao Hu hung Jin Geer upside down on the edge of his gums, stretched out his hand to pour the wine bottle into his nostrils, the spicy wine rushed straight into his head, and immediately choked Jin Geer, twisting his body continuously, like a dying beast General struggling and howling.

The women in the room covered their eyes and couldn't bear to watch. Su Jin stuffed two groundnuts into his mouth, chewed and said, "Are you afraid? Do you think my methods are vicious? This guy betrayed his master and framed Zhongliang. Because of his Okay, almost ruined the lives of dozens of people from two families and nine clans. How can such people be polite to him? Now that the matter has been revealed and he still denies it, he will naturally have to suffer more."

Ying'er timidly asked: "Is the story that the official told the slave family true? Is this official Jin the one who betrayed the master?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "This is the guy who colluded with the treacherous people in the court, fabricated evidence of treason, secretly covered it with his master's private seal, and at the same time slandered the important officials of the current court, what treacherous intentions; this is so inhumane Those who are disloyal must be severely punished."

Ying'er patted her chest and said: "I understand, if this is the case, this person really deserves to die."

Su Jin smiled and said: "You did a good job, and you were quite careful. As soon as your story came out, this guy ran away in a panic. Speaking of which, you are also a meritorious person. I will reward you well."

Ying'er blessed and said: "I don't dare to give rewards. Everyone hates such traitors. It's also right for slaves to serve the officials."

Su Jin picked up a few pieces of silver ingots and stuffed them into Ying'er's hands, saying: "If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded. I am not a person who does not know how to reward and punish. These dozens of taels of silver are rewards. If someone bullies you in the future, you will report my name." , I will stand up for you."

Ying'er was so grateful that she quickly thanked her and said, "Thank you for the reward from the official, I don't know what the name of the official is?"

Su Jin said: "My name is Su Jin."

Ying'er and the other fans were pleasantly surprised: "So you are Lord Su? All the musicians and singers in our yard like to sing your lyrics, and they all want to see you. I didn't expect you to show up today."

The old bustard was also very happy, and hurriedly said: "My family should hurry up and ask them to come and get acquainted, they have always liked to sing your lyrics the most, this opportunity cannot be missed."

Su Jin smiled wryly and said, "Don't panic, don't you see that I'm busy here? We won't scare them stupid when we meet on this occasion."

It was only then that everyone remembered that there was another unlucky guy who was being tortured. This Mr. Su was a peerless master at writing lyrics, and he was unambiguous and very vicious in his whole body, but it was difficult to concentrate the two on one person.

That brother Jin was in great pain, but his ears were not blind, he was being tortured, and the group of people in front of him were still talking about poems and songs, and he hated to bite them a few times; Fu Tiandi, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, if he doesn't confess, he doesn't know how many tortures are waiting for him, anyway, it's death, it's better to die comfortably; He was blocked and couldn't speak, even if he wanted to confess, he couldn't express it, so he quickly clasped his hands together in a gesture of begging for mercy, and hummed loudly.

Su Jin has been paying attention to Brother Jin, and when he saw this, he waved his hand to stop, and asked, "Are you going to confess?"

Jin Geer sprayed wine from his nostrils like a fountain, and his hands kept bowing like a chihuahua; Su Jin said: "Put him down and serve the paper and pen."

Zhao Hu swung a knife and cut off the strips of cloth binding Jin Ge'er's feet. Jin Ge'er fell to the ground with a thud, tore off the cloth towel from his mouth, and gasped for breath, sneezing and coughing, Blood splattered, extremely embarrassing.

"Does it feel good? This is the simplest punishment. I am alone in eighteen tortures, each of which is like the next level of hell. This is the first punishment. Take it obediently and save yourself from suffering."

"I'm recruiting, I'm recruiting. Please don't use the punishment, my lord." Brother Jin almost collapsed.

Ying'er had already taken out a pen and ink to spread on the case, Su Jin said: "Who can write? Help me write down the confession word by word."

Ying'er said: "My family can write."

Su Jin nodded and said: "Then you stay, and the rest will avoid it. Whoever speaks up about today's matter, I will teach him to experience the eighteen tortures."

The old bustard hurriedly said: "Don't dare, my lord, don't worry, my family went out to prepare wine and food. After the officials interrogated the prisoners, they rewarded them with some wine and food. My family called those luthiers and singers to accompany the adults to eat, and I also tasted their food. wish."[

Su Jin smiled and said, "Go ahead, we'll talk about it when we're done."

The old bustard led the crowd out, and the room fell silent immediately. Su Jin picked up a candle to make it brighter, and said calmly, "Finally, how to collude with outsiders to frame Mr. Shi has to be done in detail. Missed half a point."

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Sitting on the ground with disheveled hair, Brother Jin gasped and said, "I don't dare to hide it, and my lord knows it too. My lord's salary is not high, but he cares about his face. The villain is his housekeeper, and the family's expenses are often beyond our means. The adults are unwilling to deal with it, which is very embarrassing; last Mid-Autumn Festival, the adults of my family wanted to invite friends to enjoy the moon, drink wine and write poems, but the money was already in the account, so I discussed with the adults whether the reception could not be held, but the adults refused. Instead, he reprimanded me, saying that I just wanted to be lazy and avoid trouble, and said that I should try to squeeze some money to hold a reception, which would be very beneficial to his career.”

Su Jin frowned and said inwardly: This Shi Jie is real, why break his face and pretend to be a fat man?If you have no money but enjoy banquets, isn't this embarrassing for others?

Just listen to Jin Geer continued: "The villain really had no choice, so he told my adults to take out my savings for many years to temporarily fill the shortfall, and then make up for it later. The adults agreed to the villain at that time, so that night, the villain took out [-] The money came to host the mid-autumn reception in a lively manner, and the adults were also very naughty; after a few months, when the adults' monthly salary came down, the villain deducted [-] yuan from it, and one day the adults suddenly came to the account room to pay for it. Is there any balance in the account, my lord asked the reason, and I explained the matter clearly, unexpectedly, my lord was furious, saying that I was ungrateful, if he hadn't taken me in at the beginning, I would have frozen to death on the street and so on, the villain can't argue, but the kid I'm getting older, and I wanted to save money to marry a wife, so I didn't return the [-] coins, and later I heard the maid at home secretly tell the villain that the master is very dissatisfied with me and plans to drive me away."

Su Jin asked: "How can Master Shi do this? Are you making up this?"

Jin Geer pointed to the sky and swore: "The villain told me that I will fall into the eighteen hells after death, and I will never be reborn forever."

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, what happened next?"

Jin Geer said: "When the villain heard this, he felt a little angry. The villain's life was indeed saved by the adults, but in the past ten years, the villain has never dared to slack off in his service, even for the poor little man with little salary. People have never complained. When the adults went to the post, they encountered bandits who robbed the road, and the villains tried their best to protect the adults before they escaped with their lives. I want to get something in return; that is, after I came to the capital, the servant girl Chunmei in the mansion fell in love with me. My lord, I didn't expect my lord to abandon me like a shoe, how can a villain accept this?"

Su Jin said: "Even so, you can't do such a treasonous thing. To frame the master, you should frame the master with the crime of treason. Your heart is too vicious."

Jin Geer kowtowed and shouted: "The conscience of heaven and earth, if a little one has half the intention of framing the master, he is a pig and dog."

Su Jin said angrily: "You are still sophistrying at this time, you are too dishonest."

Jin Geer said: "My lord, please listen to me and you will understand. After hearing that the master is going to drive me away, the villain is not angry. Thinking about how loyal I have been for so many years has turned into worthless, my heart is not fair. So I I wanted to make some money before I left, so that I could have the capital to survive in the future."

Su Jindao: "Master Shi's house is poor, what can you get?"

Jin Geer said: "My lord doesn't know something. My lord writes well and engraves a good handwriting. Many people come to ask for words and chapters, but my lord is not willing. I have persuaded my lord before. How about writing some characters and giving them as gifts? How about engraving some gold and stone objects for them? The capital for embellishing pens is also quite expensive, which can just subsidize the family; but the adults scolded me again to teach people how to understand. "

Su Jin thought: How can you understand the thoughts of these literati and old masters? They are all noble and cherish ink like gold. If you ask for calligraphy, paintings and seals, you are willing to give them. Is it hard to get a seal?

"Just at this time, Lao Gu, the shopkeeper of the ink painting studio in Dongerfang, approached me and said that a customer of his ink painting studio asked for Mr. Shi's calligraphy and seal by name, and the price was high. The old consultant Can I get some out and share the profits with me equally? As soon as I heard this, I just hit my mind, so I stole a few letters from your lord before and handed them to Lao Gu. I know that an adult’s private seal is regarded as a treasure, and I will play with it every day, and it will be exposed when I take it out, so Lao Gu came up with an idea and said that taking a few blank letterheads and stamping a few seals is also considered a business. So I did so, and handed over the stamped letterhead as required; I didn't expect... I didn't expect that I got the wrong way, and I harmed... my lord."

Su Jin pondered and said: "A few letters and a few seals can make a profit of 300 taels of silver, don't you ever doubt it?"

Brother Jin said: "Where is there 300 taels of silver, Lao Gu only gave me ten taels of silver, so I am already thankful."

Su Jin said: "Then where does your money come from?"

Jin Geer sighed: "My lord, don't be in a hurry, let the villain continue to report."