The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin and Yan Biyun rushed to the official post to meet Yan Shu. Yan Biyun asked Su Jin to go in a little later so that people would see the way the two of them entered and exited at the same time, causing people to criticize. There were too many people in the official post. It's all in the capital where it's impossible not to be spread as long as these people take a look at it.

Su Jin stayed outside for about a stick of incense, and then came to the gate of the official post, and the soldiers guarding the gate respectfully went to report.

The servants led Su Jin to the back inner hall. Yan Shu had already retreated and waited for tea in a room; Su Jin saw the servants busily packing up. The yamen servants knew that Yan Shu would leave for Beijing at noon. It is not easy to make a long story short.

After the ceremony was over, Yan Shu sat down, made another cup of tea and smiled, "Mr. Su is from Luzhou?"

Su Jin said respectfully: "I was born as a merchant in the south of Luzhou City."

Yan Shu said: "Luzhou is a good place. I have been there a few years ago. The folk customs are simple, especially talented and loyal officials. The north and the south meet. The northern people are bold and the southern people are fine. It can be regarded as a middle-of-the-road place. "

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Master Xie praised the people of Luzhou, but it is indeed a good place for peaceful people."

Yan Shu looked at Su Jin and said, "Master Bao sent me a letter specifically about you. I've also heard about you for a long time, and I want to meet and chat with you."

Su Jin cupped his hands and said: "I don't dare to be a grassroots person in the next class, but Mr. Yan is a student of Song Zhushi. I am very excited to see you."

Yan Shu smiled and said, "Do you want to know how Bao Zheng evaluates you?"

Su Jin scratched his head and said, "Master Bao may be a little dissatisfied with the students. I'm afraid that students who are impetuous and jumpy are not the type that Master Bao likes."

Yan Shu laughed dumbly and said, "That's interesting, what type do you think Mr. Bao likes?"

Su Jindao: "Master Bao is solemn and determined, and he likes people of the same type as him, but Master Bao is really good to students. It is Master Bao's strength to be able to come to Yingtian Academy this time."

Yan Shu chuckled and said, "You like to be thoughtful and lively, but this time you are too lively. In Bao Zheng's letter, he praised you greatly, saying that you are different. If you polish it over time, it will definitely help Guoliang. That's it."

Su Jin hurriedly said: "I don't dare to be Mr. Bao, I am ashamed to be a dead student." Su Jin also wondered in his heart how Bao Zheng would value himself so much. He and him have only been in contact for a few days. Such a high evaluation must have been fabricated by Mr. Yan.

Yan Shu laughed and said, "I've heard that you act unexpectedly and have strong self-confidence. Why are you so self-effacing at this time? Didn't even Zhu Shiyong's yamen son dare to beat Zhu Shiyong in Luzhou? You even got a lawsuit because of this and almost got arrested." Zhu Shiyong has executed you, you are so courageous, and the people confronted the officials, isn’t it like hitting a rock with an egg.”

Su Jin frowned and thought: "Master Yan, why is he such a tuneful person? It's Su Jin's fault for listening to him."

Yan Shu continued: "Boldness is a bit bold, but it is careless. Recklessness is not an advantage. Some things have to be detoured. Don't run rampant. If you don't knock down the south wall, you can't break your head and bleed yourself. Isn't it a fool's act?"

Su Jin didn't know what he was referring to. If he said that he had a fight with Zhu Shiyong, it would be understandable. He was really reckless in that incident. Some people are waiting to grab your pigtail and send you home.

"What the adults teach is that the students are trying to overcome such frizziness."

Yan Shu pondered for a long while and suddenly said, "It seems that you have a lot of problems with your body."

Su Jin was a little surprised when he heard the words, and Yan Biyun was not in the hall, so he didn't know how he had offended Lord Yan.

"Su Jin, you really have the guts to disregard ethics, morality, and etiquette, disregard other people's reputation, own future, disregard other people's wives, disregard the world's ethics, and behave like this. Bao Zheng still praised you. I think you are a jerk. .”

Su Jin was unprepared for Yan Shu's sudden change of face. This adult turned his face faster than turning a book. One moment he was still smiling, and the next moment it was cloudy and cloudy, and he was really overwhelmed.

"Although the behavior of the adults to appease the students is a bit perverted, there is nothing out of the ordinary from the point of view of anger and self-consciousness."

"You still quibble and I ask you, don't you know that Biyun is a married man? Why did you come to tease her again? Biyun girl has already suffered from your fate. Your behavior is tantamount to hanging a sign on her head to let the world know." Pointing at her nose and cursing, is this what you call estrus? You ignore other people's words and go in and out of Biyun's residence like your own backyard, and everyone looks at her. Is this what you call being polite? Not only that, Biyun Yun Nai, my niece, what you have done is tantamount to discrediting me, what are your intentions?" Yan Shu said sharply.

Su Jin can't laugh or cry, why is this Master Yan such an unreasonable bastard? He put all his right and wrong in his head, and that's all. The key is that what he said Su Jin can't agree with at all. Going down to see this, Mr. Ziyan is going to beat the mandarin duck with a stick. The happiness that has just been acquired is about to be lost, so how can Su Jin be willing to give up.

"Master Yan calm down and listen to the next sentence." Su Jin got up and cupped his hands.

"What reason can you say? I'm afraid it's absurd if you say it. I knew you were eloquent and could compose a few fresh little poems. If you think you can fool me with this, you are wrong." Yan Shu sneered road.

Su Jin burst into anger from the bottom of his heart, what the hell is going on? Didn't Yan Biyun talk about this with Lord Yan?Judging from Yan Biyun's tone, it seems that Master Yan has already agreed to the matter between the two of them, so why is he acting like this now.

Su Jin felt that either Master Yan was testing him or Master Yan had deceived Yan Biyun and coaxed him to come here to meet him, and then some blows made him retreat and leave Yan Biyun; Yan Shu's behavior is really disgusting.

Due to Yan Biyun's sympathy, although Su Jin was angry, he still forced himself to remain calm and said with a smile, "How about listening to me, Lord Yan? Even criminals have the right to defend themselves."

Yan Shu scolded with anger on his face: "What can you do if you don't listen to you? Don't you think that all the officials in the world are like Zhu Shiyong and let you play tricks? If you say a wrong word in front of this official, you will lose your head. There is no such thing in this place." Bao Zheng, who knows how to turn corners, is here to save you."

Su Jin's heart is completely cold. Yan Shu's words and deeds don't seem to be testing him at all. On the contrary, he is an unreasonable and cruel official image, especially Bao Zheng's teasing, which makes Su Jin feel unbearable. He is his benefactor and idol. ah.

Su Jin no longer wronged himself and protested: "I have heard that Mr. Yan is a good official who is reasonable, distinguishes right from wrong, and is a good official who loves the people. Today, I met that old saying. I am so famous. It turns out that Mr. Yan is also an official like other officials in the world. It's really eye-opening for people, who are as stupid as they are and also extremely domineering."

Yan Shu said angrily: "Do you know that just with your words, I can punish you for the crime of being ungrateful?"

"Yu, there is nothing wrong with adding a crime. If an official like you wants to add a crime, do you still need others to offend you? If you look at you, you will say that you are contemptuous of you. Fart, you will say that it smells so bad that you spit, and you will say that you want to drown you." I'm really sorry for Biyun, why did you share the trouble with an uncle like you? Fortunately, Biyun has survived the mud and hasn't been made unreasonable by a mediocre official like you."

"Shut up, Biyun's boudoir name is something you, a rascal, can call you? You are conceited, but it's a pity that your heart is higher than the sky, and your life is thinner than paper. Later, the official will repair the book. Yu Qi Shanzhang expelled you from the academy and ordered the Ministry of Rites and Examinations to arrest you." Su Jin’s name is blacklisted and you will never be allowed to participate in the imperial examination, this is the price for your rude words.”

"Even if I do it well, I don't want to be a bird official. If I become an official, I want to see your face every day. Then I might as well live in seclusion in the mountains and see the birds, animals, trees, flowers and plants." Su Jin became anxious and began to speak out.

"Well, just because you are so stubborn and don't drive you to the barren mountains and ridges to face the loess and back to the sky, I'm sorry for your retribution."

Su Jin turned his head and walked away, feeling like the river was overwhelmed, and he thought silently: "Yan Biyun, Yan Biyun, do you know that your uncle is nothing at all, unreasonable and barbaric, I am afraid that there will be a lot of difficulties between you and me."

"Stop me, do you allow me to leave? I really don't know what to say." Yan Shu shouted.

Su Jin turned around and said with a smile: "I have long legs and I didn't kill or set fire. Why are you afraid?"

Yan Shu said: "If you say you can't leave, you won't be able to leave for the rest of your life. You don't even look at this place; I will give you two choices. If you choose the right one, you can leave right away. If you choose the wrong one, I will teach you that you will never see the sky for the rest of your life." ri."

Su Jin was going crazy with anger, only then did he truly understand the pain of having no reason to reason and this kind of unscrupulous ruthless official. He was hacked to death with a knife.

He secretly told himself to be calm and never lose his life on the spur of the moment. Even Zhu Shiyong dared to disregard human life, not to mention that you are a first-rank official who is the third envoy. What is your master's idea?"

"The first choice you make is that you will stop pestering my niece Biyun from now on and you will not be allowed to see each other for life. I agreed to this and I guarantee that you will have a smooth career in the imperial examination next year with your intelligence and intelligence. I don't know if it's the worst. The county magistrate and state official Guangzong Yaozu didn't say that he would still be blessed by the official from now on."

Su Jin said coldly, "What about the second option?"

"The second choice is that you will be banned from the imperial examination with your ridiculous persistence. The official will stare at you all the time. You should believe that it is easy for the official to find you. As you said, you only need to stare at me. Then I can make you a crime of disrespect, confiscate your property and send it to a bitter cold place, so that you will live in darkness for the rest of your life."

Su Jin's blood dripping from his heart, this old thing is simply too poisonous, and his heart is like a snake, it is so appropriate to use it on him. Su Jin quickly thought about the countermeasures, only to hear Yan Shu say again:

"Don't make any crooked ideas, I know you have a lot of tricks, now you pretend to agree and go out, then you regret it, and then tell me that Biyun's niece, I don't want Biyun to hate me for the rest of my life. Although I am good for her, she is confused by you. Is not willing to appreciate; if you agree to the first article, you must make a statement and write a letter of unfeelingness, which will be forwarded by the official; the official will also write a statement for you, so that your official career will be smooth and you will be prosperous and prosperous for the rest of your life. "

The plan that Su Jin had just thought of pretending to agree to get away and then worry about it was completely bankrupt with these few words, and she couldn't help but cursed in her heart.

Yan Shu looked at Su Jin's expression and said proudly: "Even if you choose the second one, it's still the same. You still have no chance to see Biyun, but nothing will happen to you. You are a smart person and you should know how to choose."