The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

From the moment he entered the gate of the palace, Su Jin was paying attention to Prince Teng's face, trying to find some clues. There is no reason why Prince Teng could not get news of such a big event these days.

Prince Teng's staff surnamed Qin is in charge of the big plate of the four cities. The steward named Qiye in Nancheng cannot have the courage to cover up this matter tightly. After all, this is a major event involving human life. , among other things, the official investigation still depends on the face of the Wangfu to shirk. Without the face of the Wangfu, the Yingtianfu Yamen will not easily leave unsolved cases. , Doesn't it mean that the Yamen is incompetent?

But Su Jin didn't see any flaws in King Teng. It would be a joke to say that he didn't know about it. If he knew about it, he covered it up flawlessly. Hai, or this person's acting skills are comparable to Oscar winners.

The more Su Jin thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he secretly told himself to be careful, and not to act hastily. He pretended not to know, and he pretended to think that he really didn't know. In short, everything will follow. up.

After thinking about it, everyone had already sat down to drink tea, and the maid almost invited everyone to eat it. Su Jin simply stopped thinking about it, and brought delicious food to his mouth, eating heartlessly.

When everyone looked at Su Jin's appearance, they secretly despised him. The talented person in the prince's mouth is like this. He looks like an idiot in the country who doesn't know anything. Apart from his clothes and appearance, his behavior doesn't look like a scholar. If the prince hadn't cared for him, this group of people might have already scolded him for his rude behavior.

"Everyone have some snacks, and I will go to the West Garden to watch a play later. Someone will come to invite me when it is ready. However, before that, I want to announce one thing. Today happens to be my "Shuangyan" On the day of the society’s assembly, and the birthday of my wife, all the dear friends of the Mongolian Poetry Society are kind enough to write poems to celebrate the birthday, and then all the adults can go to watch it.”

Everyone said: "That's a good thing. The "Shuangyan" poetry club led by the prince is the best in the Song Dynasty. It is a great honor for the officials to watch the poems written by talented scholars. Thank you, the prince."

King Teng nodded with a smile, apparently very useful to these words, Tang Jie suddenly cupped his hands at Su Jin and said, "Does Su Jin have any poems to offer?"

Su Jin was chewing half a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his mouth. After hearing this, he quickly chewed it a few times, poured tea and washed down the pastry in his mouth, and then said: "My lord has an order, how dare I refuse to obey it? The birthday speech has already been filled out, and it will be presented later when I meet the princess to celebrate her birthday."

Zhao Zongdan said happily: "Oh? Mr. Su is really a believer. If so, this king can't wait."

"Yes, yes, why don't you show it out for me to have a sneak peek, what do you think, my lord?" Tang Jie was eager for Su Jin to quickly release his poems, not because he had any expectations for Su Jin's poems, but because All the adults present here are full of poisonous tongues, as long as this word is written in a mediocre way, Su Jin will be judged bloody in an instant.

Everyone echoed and said: "Take it out, and I will also read the masterpiece, and the words of the person the prince values ​​must be wonderful."

Zhao Zongdan smiled and said, "Young Master Su, what do you think? Is there any inconvenience?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "What's the inconvenience? It's a great honor. Please prepare a pen and paper, and I will record it here. It's just a clumsy work. Please bear with me, my lords."

"Master Su is too modest, too modest!"

"Mr. Su, is it because he is afraid that I will not be able to appreciate the connotation of the masterpiece."

"Mr. Su's lyrics for the princess's birthday must be carefully crafted. I firmly believe that."

After a pause, everyone held Su Jin up to the high platform. Su Jin knew in his heart that the next step was to draw the ladder.

Su Jin is not afraid of these things. He has confidence in himself. No, it should be said that he has confidence in pirated lyrics. For more than 1000 years from the Song Dynasty to later generations, a vast number of lyrics have been produced, and his stomach is full of various poems. The scenes are pediatrics only.

King Teng ordered repeatedly to put up pens, ink, paper and inkstones, rolled up his sleeves himself, dripped a few drops of clear water into the inkstones, and helped Su Jin sharpen the ink; everyone was envious and envious, seeing Su Jinshi still holding the pen and standing still, As if taking it for granted, they all thought: "You are proud now, and the lyrics you write later will be nondescript, then there will be a good show."

After the ink was polished, King Teng wiped his hands in the copper basin carried by the maid, and said with a smile, "Master Su, please."

Su Jin bowed and said, "Dare not to follow orders."

So he walked to the table and frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then picked up a brush and brushed to write a poem.

Everyone saw Su Jin bowing and hanging his wrists, and his pen walking like a dragon and a snake, and they were even more curious; after a while, the words were written, and Su Jin put the pen on the pen stand and cupped his hands and said to Zhao Zongdan: "My lord! , The clumsy writing is unbearable, and I would like to use this word to add a touch of joy to the princess's birthday."

Zhao Zongdan said with a chuckle: "Thank you Mr. Su, how about going up to observe and taste together?"

Everyone was waiting for this sentence. Hearing this, a swarm of swarms surrounded him and squeezed Su Jin out. Su Jin returned to his seat in a leisurely manner and continued to deal with the plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

Everyone looked at the poem, but it was a poem from "Magnolia Flower" which said:

The swing courtyard has heavy curtains, and colored pens are free to inscribe and embroider households.On the wall, there are osmanthus and osmanthus raining flowers, and the green poplars in front of the door are fluffing after the wind. <Dream away.Looking at Furong Noodles tonight, Jun Dao is even more beautiful than last year.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, this word could only be said to be mediocre, and there was no congratulatory meaning in the whole article, they all looked at King Teng gloatingly to see how he would react.

Zhao Zongdan also frowned and looked at the words carefully, pursed his lips and said nothing, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't want to jump to conclusions too early.

"Good words, good words." Amidst the silence, Luo Tong, a student of Ying Tianfu, applauded first. He is a regular literati who came from the imperial examination, and he has many contacts with many scholars and talents on weekdays, and his bookishness is not there. Erase, once a good word appears, it will naturally give out admiration.

Everyone looked at him in surprise, wondering if this guy had lost his mind and went crazy, and such words were also applauded.

King Teng smiled and said, "Master Luo, how about tasting it for us?"

Luo Tongdao: "Follow the order of the lord, and I will boldly comment on it. This word has a unique way and does not follow the usual way. The lord forgives the offence. This part is about the daily life of a woman, and it vividly outlines a wealthy woman." The image of a comfortable noble woman, swinging on a swing, painting a painting, looking at the osmanthus after the rain, admiring the catkins after the wind, is actually a shadow of the daily life of the princess, um... such a fairy-like For the rest of the day, Ling Xiaguan can't wait to be reincarnated as a woman in the next life, hahaha."

Everyone laughed when they saw his funny words. Some people wanted to joke a few words, "If you don't get rid of that thing in your crotch for a day, you won't be a woman." ' and so on, but the prince is present, so he dare not speak nonsense.

King Teng said with a smile: "It's a bit interesting, the last chapter really described peace and joy."

Luo Tongtong: "Actually, I think that Mr. Su's intention is to praise the prosperity and peace of the present, and the harmony, warmth and prosperity of His Royal Highness Prince Teng's family. Mr. Su, is what I said right?"

Su Jin sprayed the powder of sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his mouth, nodded again and again and said vaguely: "Master Luo is really a roundworm in my stomach, what I said is absolutely right."

Luo Tong laughed and said, "Young Master Su has a really good appetite."

Everyone finally found a reason to laugh at Su Jin, and burst into laughter. King Teng said with a smile: "He eats his food, Master Luo continues."

Luo Tong cupped his hands, and continued: "The next chapter is even more amazing, please read it, my lords, our Highness Prince Teng is also in the poem, but there is no need to go into details, after all, there are His Highness who loves the princess and enjoys the joy of the boudoir." It’s not easy to spread the word about topics.” <Meng Qu. The two sentences are indeed a bit evocative, and they both pursed their lips and did not answer.

King Teng said with a smile: "Master Luo's thinking is wrong. The king sees that these two sentences of Su Jin mean to express the harmony and love between me and my wife, Qin Se. How can you think so unbearably. You people, how often do you think?" So I put it on that matter, Master Luo wrote a poem last time, and this king blushed when he read it."

Luo Tong blushed, and he had a shy expression like a young boy. Everyone was very happy to see the meaning of the words carefully. It was indeed as King Teng said. The meaning of the princess's ups and downs.

Luo Tong was afraid that His Highness Prince Teng would read the erotic poem himself in public, so in order to avoid getting angry, he quickly changed the subject and said: "The last two sentences are the finishing touch, 'Looking at the Furong noodles again tonight, the monarch is more beautiful than last year. These two sentences are wonderful. Today is the birthday of the princess. What women are most afraid of is that their youth will pass away and their faces will grow old. The meaning of these two sentences of Su Jin is that the princess's beauty is more beautiful today than last year. It means getting younger and younger, this gift is more beneficial than giving the princess gold and silver, it just captures the woman's psychology and fits the current situation, it's really wonderful."

After Luo Tong's analysis, everyone immediately understood Su Jinliang's painstaking efforts. Some people who thought this poem was a mediocre work had to express their limited admiration for Su Jin.

In fact, it is not easy to write words such as birthdays and birthdays, and it is easy to become flattering and flattering. As soon as the words appeared, the artistic conception was immediately spoiled, so it was really not easy for Su Jin to write such elegant and exquisite birthday congratulatory words without any trace of flattery.