The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The words in the public announcement were not false, it was indeed at the request of everyone that Zhu Shiyong reluctantly agreed to open the trial of Su Jin's assault case tomorrow; He had concealed his dissatisfaction for a long time, but this Su Xiaoguan, who was ignorant of compliments and current affairs, took the initiative to tease him. This time, he must be punished and taught him whose territory this is and whose rule it is.

At the same time, the Chamber of Commerce and Su Ji are in the same situation. During this period of time, there has been a lot of turmoil. Zhu Shiyong has noticed all of it, but at the beginning he just adopted an attitude of turning one eye and closing one eye. In terms of means and strength, the Su family boy is by no means an opponent of the old foxes of the chamber of commerce; but the development of the matter is a bit surprising. Not only did the Su family not fall behind, but they completely defeated the chamber of commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce no longer concealed their anger, and Tang Jiyuan also posted several times asking to see him. Zhu Shiyong understood that they wanted an attitude from him, an attitude that would allow them to do whatever they wanted.

Zhu Shiyong's choice was to acquiesce. Although the person who came forward to receive him would always be his personal master, he accepted all the large amounts of money and silver sent by the chamber of commerce. This was a clear signal, and of course the chamber of commerce would not understand. After the fire ignited, Zhu Shiyong's heart was brighter than anyone else, and the chamber of commerce took action.

The small officials of the Su family dared to make trouble openly at this juncture. Zhu Shiyong couldn't help laughing. He really felt sorry for his son who got a brick on the face, but the brick was worth it, and the brick was worth a thousand gold. Zhu Shiyong Of course, to suppress this case that could have been resolved within a stick of incense, and to suppress people from the chamber of commerce to come to him, it would be no wonder that the chamber of commerce let go of this opportunity.

Everything was proceeding according to the steps in Zhu Shiyong's mind, and the only thing that surprised him was that Li Chong, who was about to take office as the head of heaven, and the unofficial Hefenglou Yan Dong family in the capital were provoked. This made Zhu Shiyong a little unexpected. It seems that the rumors The entanglement between this little lady of the Yan family and Su Jin is not groundless, let's let this matter go, and let it be investigated slowly later, maybe it will become one of my own trump cards.

As for Li Chong's appearance, Zhu Shiyong can understand his original intention. Zhu Shiyong has also read several new poems by the small officials of the Su family. As a scholar, Zhu Shiyong naturally understands that these poems are indeed shocking works. Jin spared no effort to support him, and he could empathize with him; but helpless, who asked this small official of the Su family to stand on the opposite side of him?

In the past few years as the magistrate of Luzhou, Zhu Shiyong has benefited so much from the Chamber of Commerce that he can't remember how much. The day he got it out and handed it over to Tang Jiyuan, Zhu Shiyong understood that he and the Chamber of Commerce were already grasshoppers tied to the same rope, so for Su Jin, the role of making wind and rain in Luzhou City, even if you have the world Talented people will also be trampled into minced meat.

Of course, Zhu Shiyong was tactful enough to interrogate Su Jin immediately. Since he couldn't do it himself, he needed to be courteous towards the Su family, Yan Dong's family, Li Chong and others. On the other hand, it also agreed to the request for a public trial put forward by the Su family, Li Chongyan, Biyun and others.

Such a compromise between the two parties actually reflects one thing, that is, both parties understand that this matter cannot be settled so easily. For Yan Biyun and others, trying to try the case under the eyes of the people can reduce the danger of perverting the law for personal gain; As far as Zhu Zhifu is concerned, he bought more time to perfect his plan. They wanted to overthrow Su Jin to the ground openly and punish Su Jin under the eyes of the people of Luzhou.

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The night is light, a crescent moon hangs high in the sky, and the night of Luzhou City is like a layer of veil. There are too many explosive news in Luzhou City these days, and everyone is over excited during the exciting day It's a refreshing night, just to relieve the excitement of the day. Once the second watch is over, the city of Luzhou is full of snoring.

This night, some people are destined to stay up all night, such as Rou Niang, Huan Niang, Xiao Sui Er and the shopkeepers in the Su Mansion, Yan Biyun in the inner boudoir of Hefeng Building, Li Chong, who is enjoying the moon with wine by the Xiaoyao Lake in Xiaoyaojin, Mr. Bao who sits alone in the study in the private house in Nancheng, and the bosses who are secretly conspiring with the chamber of commerce... Of course, there is also Su Xiaoguan, who is sitting in a prison cell and looking at the moon through the window.

Su Jin's nose has adapted to the stinky smell around him, his body has gradually adapted to the flying of mosquitoes and flies around, and his ears have also adapted to the loud noises of other criminals around him. Vicious expletives. <", this is what Yan Biyun put in the food box when he came to visit the prison earlier. The food in the food box has not been touched at all. Su Jin understands that it is the first-class delicacies cooked by Yan Biyun and Fenglou, but he He had no appetite, so he gave these delicacies to the people in the cell next door. Seeing those who snatched them all covered in oil and water, the satisfied expressions on their faces seemed that even an emperor would not exchange these delicacies. , Su Jin felt an inexplicable fear.

Su Jin looked at the tall window, and the new moon could be seen through the window at this moment, which made him a little distracted for a while; but the jailers patrolled back and forth, and the whips were whipped on the screaming prisoners, and there was a lot of howling. The voice reminded him: This is hell, an out-and-out hell.

Su Jin not only felt fear, he also felt a trace of despair. He suddenly felt that even though he had thousands of years of experience and thousands of volumes of poems and books in his belly, his knowledge was many times higher than that of people of this era. I don't know how many times, but it can't change the fact that I'm in jail.

Under some kind of invisible pressure, it turned out that she was so small, so small that she could be crushed and exploded as a bedbug; what Su Jin was worried about was not getting his pants pulled down and hitting his buttocks in court tomorrow. Ten sticks, it's not about worrying about being punished and paying so many fines, these are nothing, what Su Jin is worried about is that tomorrow he won't even have a chance to pay the fine with the stick.

Su Jin didn't think that he was worrying unfoundedly at all, because he had seen the methods of these people before. He killed people and set fires under his nose. The only way to fight back is to allow the opponent to inflict unknown conspiracy on oneself. This kind of fear of unknown danger is the real torture.

Why should others be able to kill people and set fires but still be safe, while I just want to run the shop well, but become a thorn in the flesh?Why is the yamen son domineering but not punished, and he will cause unknown catastrophe just by slapping him with a brick?Is it really just because of the interests of my original analysis?What is behind the benefits?

Su Jin was dizzy from thinking, he shook his head vigorously, trying to dispel the doubts and haze in his heart, suddenly, he lifted the jug in his hand and poured it down. Although it was a jug of rice wine, Su Jin's drinking capacity was really limited, and he soon became half-drunk.

In a daze, Su Jin seemed to have returned to the later life, sitting shirtless with his roommates on the food stall facing the street, drinking heavily, squinting his eyes and whistling at the proprietress's fat buttocks; suddenly he seemed to see Mrs. Wang's loving smiling face again , Yan Biyun's graceful eyes suddenly turned into Rou Niang's fragrant body, emitting a seductive moan.

Immediately, Su Jin let go of his hand, the jug fell to the ground and shattered, his body tilted, and he fell asleep on the straw mat.