The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin had no choice but to choose strong men with big arms and round waists from his entourage. Except for Chao Chao and the other four, the other six didn't know the details, and secretly complained in their hearts.

Chao Chao and the other four should not make any mistakes. Right now, they can only hope that the six selected soldiers of the Song Army can win even one match, at least it will be a tie.

However, when the ten people selected by the Liao people appeared on the stage, Su Jin's heart turned cold; these ten people came out of the back hall, and it was obvious that they were different from those who stood guard in front. The Liao soldiers were not in the same group.

These ten people are tall and burly, a full head taller than the others, half of their arms are bare, leather jackets are slung across their shoulders, their arms are full of bulging muscles, their heads are bald without hats, and they comb four or five. A small braid drooped back and forth, staring straight eyebrows, kicking legs and fists, and stood on the field, and immediately everyone on Da Song's side was dumbfounded and silent.

"Haha, little baby, these are the ten personal guards under the envoy's account, they are not invited from outside, these are the ten tigers of the Xiao family, the warriors of my Daliao warriors; the big tiger leads the team to the deputy envoy Meet the rich envoy."

The ten tigers of the Xiao family strode forward majesticly, and the ground shook every step they took. When they came close, they cupped their hands towards Su Jin and Fu Bi, and said in unison, "Aba coax."

Su Jin couldn't help laughing and said, "I can't afford to call you my father no matter what."

Xiao Temo said angrily: "Little baby is taking advantage, Aba coaxing means to give in, little baby doesn't understand anything, you see you have already annoyed them."

Although the Xiao Clan's ten tigers are not fluent in Chinese, they can understand Chinese. At this moment, they all glared at Su Jin and grinned at Su Jin.

Ma Han stared at one side and said: "What are you looking at? Is it amazing to grow a body?"

The one with the red headband on the braid is Xiao Dahu, pointing at Ma Han and saying: "Dead, you."

Ma Han laughed loudly and said, "Dead, me? Rotten, you."

The ten tigers of the Xiao Clan were furious and roared loudly. Xiao Temo yelled all over his body, so they retreated reluctantly.

Xiao Temo laughed and said: "Little baby, don't blame me for not reminding you, the ten tigers under my tent are all warriors with one enemy against a hundred. They have the ability to kill tigers and leopards with their bare hands. They are really unwise; it is not too late for you to admit defeat now, lest someone break a bone and a bone is not beautiful."

Just as Su Jin was about to answer, he heard Liu Liufu's yin and yang say in a strange manner: "Master Xiao, how could Deputy Minister Su admit defeat? Isn't that a disgrace to Song Guo? I heard that there is a saying in Song Guo called "advance in spite of difficulties." ’ There is also a saying, ‘Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, you will go to the mountains of tigers’; presumably Deputy Envoy Su will surely advance despite the difficulties.”

Xiao Temo laughed and said: "That's right, that's not courageous, that's stupid!"

Su Jin let the two of them taunt and laughed wildly: "Aren't you two very happy? You have already won the contest before the competition, right? This Deputy Envoy Liu seems to know our Great Song quite well, and I, Song, don't Taking refuge in a foreign race as a slave, what is there to laugh at?"

Liu Liufu said angrily: "This envoy has grown up in the Liao Kingdom for generations, and Daliao is my homeland. It's not some kind of refuge with a foreign race. You don't need to mock this envoy with sarcasm; besides, this envoy has long been bestowed by the sage." Yelu's surname is an out-and-out Daliao people."

Su Jin smiled and said: "I see, but this envoy still suggests that your surname should remain Liu. I don't think the surname 'wild donkey' sounds good to me."

Everyone in the Song Kingdom burst into laughter. Yelu was called a wild donkey, and it has been rumored among the people for a long time, but this deputy Su envoy openly ridiculed the surname of the Liao Kingdom in front of the envoys of the two countries, which is too bold.Some prudent people were secretly worried that the other party was powerful, and Deputy Envoy Su was teasing and teasing him, completely unaware of the strength of it, and the prospect was worrisome.

Xiao Te was really angry at the end. The Khitan family is dominated by the surnames of Yelu and Xiao. Yelu is generally the surname of the 'Emperor', and Xiao Nai is the surname of the Empress. These two surnames are symbols of incomparable respect. Come to tease so unbearably, why don't you make Xiao Teyan take a risk.

"Don't keep your hands when the martial arts competition is over. If you don't beat them to death, you will also maim some of them." Xiao Temo said coldly in Khitan language.

The ten tigers of the Xiao family agreed in unison, and then kicked their legs and turned their wrists on the field to warm up.

The ten people selected by Su Jin also greeted the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, and encouraged them when they came back: "Today's battle, the winner will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and the loser will be rewarded with [-] taels of silver as long as he tries his best. Then he spoke and withdrew; on the field, if he dares to fight, I will not spare him. After this competition, as long as my side, Da Song, wins, I promise to let your soldiers be promoted to the top, and all of them will be promoted to command. In short, everything is easy to say , Whether you want to be a hero or a bear, you can decide for yourself."

At this time, Fu Bi could only follow suit and cheer up: "The words of Deputy Envoy Su are my words. As long as you win, you will have made a great contribution to the Song Dynasty. Not only will you be promoted and rich, but I will definitely invite the emperor to summon you. This is a great honor.”

Chao Mahan and the others naturally didn't care. The six soldiers who were selected were originally a little bit timid when they saw the iron tower-like appearance of the other party. "Don't worry, my lords, I will do my best to fight to the death and live up to my lord's expectations."

Fu Bi nodded in satisfaction and said, "I look forward to your wonderful performance."

Su Jin deliberately pulled Dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu aside and said, "Are you sure? This battle depends on the four of you, and none of you is allowed to lose. As long as the first six can win a round, we will fight." It’s over. If I win this time, I can ask the emperor to give you four positions and receive a salary, which can be regarded as honoring your ancestors by becoming officials, otherwise I won’t even have the chance to speak to the emperor.”

Wang Chao cupped his hands and said: "My lord, what you said makes sense. We brothers don't want to be officials. It's not boring at all to travel all over the country with the young master. If you really make us officials, we will be unhappy."

Ma Han and others expressed their agreement repeatedly, Su Jin smiled and said: "It's just a hussars guard, a general, etc., I can't bear to let you go. In short, what I mean is that this competition is extremely important, and everyone is in good spirits." Hold on."

The four of them agreed repeatedly, and led the crowd to move their bodies off the stage.

The twenty candidates who are about to compete stay on the same field to warm up, and the gap can be seen intuitively immediately. The ten tigers of the Xiao family in Liao Kingdom are a head taller than the people in Song Dynasty. It looks like ten tigers. The giant is like ten dwarves, and the thickness of the arms and thighs is completely disproportionate. Anyone can see that the Da Song side has no chance of winning this competition.

Xiao Tehu grinned loudly and shouted loudly, even the Liao soldiers around him whistled and shouted again and again, not taking the upcoming competition seriously at all, in their view, the winner or loser could be seen at a glance, there was no need to Worry.

"Ready to start!" Liu Liufu shouted loudly, two Liao soldiers carried a big drum and put it on the sidelines, and the other two soldiers brought a big gong and put it on the other side.

Liu Liufu said loudly: "For the competition between the two countries, the point ends, the drum starts, and the gong stops."

Xiao Temo shouted: "What are you talking about? Start now."

Liu Liufu rolled his eyes and said loudly: "The first competition begins."

The sound of the drum was beating several times in a row. Along with the sound of the drum, ten of the ten tigers of the Xiao Clan came onto the stage with their chests folded and their stomachs folded. Accompanied by harsh yells and whistles, they bowed in groups, and then spread their legs apart. stand on the field.

On the Da Song side, a soldier of the Forbidden Army tightened his belt around his waist, adjusted his armor, stepped out, and also clasped his hands in a circle, standing ten steps away from Xiao Shihu, facing each other from a distance.

Su Jin slammed on the table, yelled and cheered loudly, to cheer up the soldier. The Song soldiers behind him really had no reason to applaud. The two of them went to that station and it was nothing to see. It looked like a big bad wolf confronting a small Like a sheep; but since Deputy Envoy Su slapped the table to applaud him, he couldn't help but give him face, so they slapped him listlessly and dealt with the matter.

As soon as the drums stopped, the field fell silent instantly. Hundreds of eyes stared at the two people on the field intently, each heart pounding.

All of a sudden, the two people on the field started to fight, and saw that Song Bing tipped his toes, bounced his body vigorously forward, and swiftly arrived in front of Xiao Shihu, the height of his jump was just as high as Xiao Shihu; The moment the soldier punched out, he went straight to Xiao Shihu's eyes.

"Good boy, you know the weakness of hitting the opponent." Su Jin praised.

The people behind him were also inspired by the soldier's wonderful performance, and applauded involuntarily.

However, at the next moment, everyone shut up in unison, and some of them couldn't close their mouths in time, almost biting off their tongues, and it was too late to take back the word 'good' that they shouted.

I saw the soldier of the Song Army on the field advancing quickly and retreating even faster; before he could see what was going on, his figure was thrown away and landed on the green brick floor two feet away with a 'click'. He vomited blood from the fall and fell into a coma.

Xiao Shihu still didn't let go of his raised foot, he shook his head and cupped his hands and said, "Aba coax."

When the gong sounded, the first competition ended. No one expected that Xiao Shihu easily won the first victory for the Liao Kingdom with just one kick.