The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

It wasn't until this group of people left that the shops and houses on both sides opened their doors and windows and poked their heads out one after another. Su Jin secretly sighed in his heart, saying that evil does not suppress justice. Looking at this posture, this group of people is in the hearts of the people. With a huge shadow, we can't blame them for being timid and afraid of getting into trouble. It can only be said that honest civilians really have nothing to do with these gangsters and ruffians.

Everyone gathered around and talked a lot. Su Jin fed the mangy man with donkey dung and cow dung. Everyone saw it and felt very relieved, but at the same time secretly worried about this little official.

"Young official, please speak this way." An old man cupped his hands and said to Su Jin.

Su Jin followed him to the side and saluted, "What can I teach you, old man?"

The old man said: "The little official sees injustice, he is really a good man, the little old man admires him very much."

Su Jindao: "I saw that they were bullying too much before they took action. So many people beat Lao Jiang alone, and everyone beat him like that. This is too arrogant."

The old man nodded and said: "What the little official said is, if you dare to ask, the little official is probably not a native of Yingtianfu."

Su Jindao: "He's from Luzhou Prefecture, and he came to Yingtian Academy to study."

The old man sighed and said, "No wonder, no wonder."

Su Jin heard something in his words and said: "Old man, please speak clearly if you have something to say, do you disagree with the matter just now? Do these people still need to be polite to him?"

The old man hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Where did this come from? The little official came to the rescue. The little old man and all the villagers admired him very much, and he got angry again. I waited for the little official to admire him; it's just me Waiting is to worry about the safety of the little officials, hey!"

Su Jin frowned and said, "Did the old man say that this group of people will come back to make trouble?"

The old man said with a sad face: "I don't know the little officials. The leader of the local ruffian is Zhu Manzi. He is a tyrant in the south city of Yingtian Mansion. No one in the south city dares to provoke him. It's not because of him, but because there are people behind him." Support him, it is common for him to beat and hurt people in Nancheng, and the government will turn a blind eye, and ordinary people who dare to provoke him will not bring disaster all over."

Su Jin nodded secretly, just as he thought, this kind of ruffian dared to be so arrogant and domineering, it must have been acquiesced by the government, or the government simply ignored the matter, and it is unknown if they even colluded together, and this kind of ruffian There must be someone backing him up, maybe not very big, but at least he is well-fed in Yingtianfu, and it seems that this matter will not end here.

But Su Jin had no time to think about these things. Seeing that Lao Jiang was almost beaten to death, even if he made up his mind not to meddle in his own business and study hard, he still had to rescue him. As for the consequences, he didn't think too much about it.

"Old man, don't worry, we are the ones who are right about this matter. If they come back to find trouble, I won't be afraid of them. If the government comes to ask, I would like to ask all the villagers to prove it."

The old man turned pale and said, "Do you want to testify? You don't dare to do that. The little old man doesn't dare to take this muddy water. It's better for the officials to leave earlier. Don't wait for them to come to your door, but you can't get away with it." It's..."

Before finishing speaking, a woman next to her rolled her sleeves with white eyes and walked away. The woman murmured: "You old man, what are you doing here? You want to harm our family ten years ago. Have you passed the day without a few mouthfuls? This broken mouth just can't be controlled."

The old man was full of embarrassment, staggered by being dragged, Shangzi turned his head and cupped his hands and smiled apologetically: "Young official, the little old man is talking too much, you have the right to pretend that the little old man didn't say anything, it's better to leave Ying Tian Mansion as soon as possible. "

Su Jin was extremely depressed. It seemed that these people were bullied so badly that they didn't even dare to talk about it behind their backs. In this way, Su Jin was reminded to be cautious about this matter.

Su Jin walked back to the crowd with some reluctance, cupped his hands and said, "Fellow folks, you must have seen the whole process just now, if the government comes to ask questions in the future, I would like to ask you folks to speak up and be a witness."

It was fine if Su Jin didn't say anything, but as soon as he said those words, the people who were still sighing around their mouths scattered as if they had made an agreement, and ran away without a trace in an instant.

Su Jin scratched his head and said nothing, Xiao Sui'er scolded: "These selfish people don't even dare to testify. Those hooligans bully them in the future, let's see who will help him."

Huanniang said softly: "It's no wonder they were bullied so badly. Ordinary people would dare to offend these ruffians. If they get involved in trouble, they won't even be able to survive in the future."

Xiao Sui'er scolded herself, "A bunch of cowards."

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "I see it this way, take Brother Jiang to our place and raise him first, and when the doctor comes, he will lead him to my side, lest those people come back for revenge and become entangled instead. We're not afraid, but we can't waste our time here, so the shop is closed for rest, and it won't be too late to open the door when Brother Jiang recovers."

Aunt Zhao was crying and lost her mind a long time ago, and Lao Jiang’s face was like gold paper and anger, and she didn’t know if she could be rescued. At this moment, the matter of the shop was out of her consideration. As soon as Su Jin spoke, Aunt Zhao was caught He knelt down and kowtowed to Su Jin like a life-saving straw, and Zhao Hu also knelt down hurriedly, obviously thanking Su Jin for his rescue and shelter.

Su Jin hurriedly asked someone to pull them up, hurriedly carried Lao Jiang up with the door panel, closed the shop door and walked towards his own house.

The doctor's diagnosis was that Lao Jiang's ribs were broken, his left leg was also broken, and his internal organs were shaken. , and warned the patient not to get up and move, and had to stay in bed for half a year before he could recover from the injury; as for the injury to the lungs and the heart, it could only be determined by Lao Jiang's good fortune, and it might be cured with the medicine of dredging stasis and conditioning, but it was just Don't want to do any more heavy physical work in the future.

Aunt Zhao let out a cry of grief, Lao Jiang would be ruined in this life, but if the pillar of the family falls, life will inevitably be difficult in the future, and the children in the family are not yet adults, and the days after that will be hard to pass.

Everyone followed suit, and Xiao Sui'er burst into tears. She had a good relationship with Aunt Zhao, and every time she went to the market, she would drag Aunt Zhao along with her. Aunt Zhao also treated her like a daughter. Sui'er felt quite warm, seeing that Aunt Zhao's family had suffered an accident at this moment, she naturally felt uncomfortable.

Su Jin took out a silk handkerchief and handed it to Xiao Sui'er, saying, "Don't cry, the sister-in-law of the Jiang family doesn't feel even more sad when you cry, it's lucky that the brother of the Jiang family doesn't have to worry about his life, go and persuade her to stop crying. "

Xiao Sui'er choked and said, "How will auntie and uncle live their lives from now on, they can't work anymore, what kind of work does the whole family want?"

Su Jin laughed dumbly and said, "What's so difficult about this matter? Brother Jiang's family can go to my Su's house after he recovers. Although he can't do heavy work, he can always help sweep the yard and cut flowers and plants, let alone Aunt Zhao. Such capable people, there are few such people in my house, but I don't know if my brother and sister-in-law are willing to go to Luzhou to live."

Aunt Zhao stopped her grief when she heard the words, knelt down to Su Jin again, and bowed again and again: "Miss Su, my family must have accumulated great virtues in my previous life. If I can meet a good person like you in this life, if I can Take it in, and the whole family of the slave family will tie a grass ring to repay the great kindness."

Lao Jiang, who was a little more conscious on the hospital bed, also thanked vaguely, and Xiao Sui'er laughed through tears, and hurriedly took Aunt Zhao's hand and said, "Auntie, don't cry anymore, the young master has agreed to take him in, and the future Rizi must be much better than now, the most important thing now is to cure my uncle's illness, don't worry about other things."

Su Jin couldn't see such a scene, stayed for a while, feeling very depressed, so she turned around and left the house, and came to the yard.

At this time, the sun had already sunk into the ground, and the sky and the earth were blue and white. Su Jin let out a long breath, relieved the depression in his heart, and began to seriously think about the consequences of this incident. Originally, he planned to feel at ease. Reading doesn't ask about world affairs, but these things always come to your door, so people can't ignore them. If Zhu Manzi really has a strong background behind him, it may be difficult to stop this matter.

In Yingtian Mansion, Su Jin has no friends or acquaintances, and there is no place to discuss. The only person who can discuss is Yan Biyun. .

The crux of the problem is that I don't know who the other party's backstage is, and I don't know what to do at this moment.