The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin led the crowd down the mountain, and the elegant Mid-Autumn Festival outing turned into a fight with weapons. Instead of enjoying the scene of the red leaves all over the mountain, he tore his face with King Teng, and all the previous calculations were wiped out. drift.

A few people found a mountain spring, washed their faces and hands and arranged their clothes. They were excited when they were fighting. At this moment, when the mountain spring applied the face and the breeze blew, they couldn't help calming down, and suddenly felt a little empty.

"Brother Su, I'm afraid this matter is going to become a big one, and the prince will not let it go. I'm going to hurt everyone." Wang Anshi said with a frown as he was older and more mature.

Su Jin sat down on a rock by the spring, threw a stone into the water, looked at the ripples, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiefu, why do you always say such things, and scolded that bird prince just now, where is his temper?" ?”

Wang Anshi said: "I'm not afraid of me alone, but I'm just hurting you all, so I feel uneasy."

Su Jin chuckled, pointed at Wei Songhe, Wu Hengxin and the others and said, "According to what you say, I have to apologize to them one by one. If I don't help you, they won't come to help me either. With so many debts of affection, how will we live in the future; don’t think about it, if we don’t help in that situation, it will be a waste of the sage’s teaching.”

Wang Anshi said: "That being said, King Teng is powerful and a vengeful master. I'm afraid he will haunt us relentlessly."

Su Jin said seriously: "Man, if you do what you do, you do it. I'll take care of this matter. On the surface, he can't touch us. It's certain that he will do things in secret. Let's just take precautions. There's no need to worry. Soldiers come to block us. Come to Tutun, don’t worry.”

Wu Hengxin said: "I'm not afraid, can he eat me? This kind of robber's behavior, insulting us scholars, I'm afraid it doesn't make any sense at all; bullying Su Jin is bullying me, this matter must not be agreed .”

Su Jin patted Wu Hengxin on the shoulder gratefully, this stupid person is a real person, he is the one who treats him best in the academy.

Wei Songhe came up and said: "Brother Su, although you are not afraid of the prince's revenge, you and Brother Jiefu must pay special attention. You two are the culprits. If King Teng wants to provoke, you two will be the first to bear the brunt. Brother Jiefu is one of the officials. The family may have room for change, but Brother Su must be the first target of the prince gnashing his teeth, so we must be more careful."

Su Jin knew that what he said was reasonable, but Su Jin had a temper that was soft rather than hard. If he pretended to be cowardly, he wouldn't come out and try to save him when he was on the top. In the past few days, he and the prince and others were hypocritical. He felt depressed and unbearable, but after this happened, he felt extraordinarily relaxed.

Su Jin stood up and patted the dust on his hands, shook the grass stalks on his body, and said solemnly: "Brothers and brothers, although I don't want to break my face with this Zhao Zongdan, Prince Zhao, I must not join forces with them. Now that I have done it today, I have prepared myself. It is fine if King Teng does not come to provoke. If he secretly stirs up trouble, I will never let him please. Don’t worry about me, but you have to be more careful , Fortunately, you live in the academy, and Prince Teng would never dare to go to the academy to cause trouble in an open and aboveboard manner. As for my safety, you don't need to worry about it, I have my own way to deal with it."

Wang Anshi said: "Brother Su has a heroic spirit, which makes me admire even more. I, Wang Anshi, hereby swear that if one of us suffers revenge from King Teng, I, Wang Anshi, will be smashed to pieces and seek justice. Do not allow others to be domineering."

Wei Songhe also said: "I also swear to do the same, for this matter to put aside my own safety, I must seek justice and justice."

Wu Hengxin also opened his mouth and said, "I too..."

Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "Come on, brothers, you are not even afraid of death, why do you make an oath? It is enough to have this heart. Actions are always more convincing than oaths. Although Su Jin is not talented, but With me here, how can I let that King Teng succeed, and I put my heart in my stomach; today I am extremely happy, not only because I taught this bird prince a lesson, but also because I made a few good brothers who share life and death, and the world is full of love. Wealth is easy to come by, but friendship between life and death is hard to come by, today I got five at once, it's really a happy thing in the world."

Everyone thought, isn't this the truth?These few people are very courageous people, offending the high and powerful prince for each other, they don't even blink their eyes, such people are not considered life and death friends, what are they?

Wang Anshi laughed and said: "Brother Su said that I have a merciless request. How about we and the six of us become brothers of different sexes? From now on, we will support each other and advance and retreat together, and it may be a good story."

Wu Hengxin nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I like the Three Kingdoms Liu Guan Zhang Taoyuan sworn brotherhood the most, and we will follow suit."

Wang Anshi said with a smile: "What Liu Guanzhang, do you think we are sworn brothers to rebel?"

Su Jin was a little hesitant. He was not interested in the matter of sworn brotherhood. With so many sworn brothers and sworn brothers all at once, he would have more worries out of thin air. In your heart, why do you need to use some situation to restrict, besides, there are many things about me, it is not easy to talk to you now, and you will know in the future."

Wang Anshi saw that Su Jin was not very enthusiastic about this, so he said: "Brother Su, even if we become brothers with different surnames, we are still friends of gentlemen. We are not making friends for the sake of mutual support. I just think that the few of us will take the big exam next year." They all hope to go to high school, and when the time comes they will be officials in the same dynasty, and there may be some caring for each other, but there is no other intention."

It's not easy for Su Jin to say anything more, Wang Anshi made it very clear, and it would be a little hypocritical to refuse, so he said with a smile: "Then it will be as you say."

Seeing that Su Jin agreed, everyone was very excited. Wei Songhe, Lu Dakui and others also agreed very much, so the six of them piled up soil by the spring, planted branches for incense, and narrated their ages and birthdays. stand up.

Wang Anshi is the oldest, having reached the age of 22, so he naturally became the eldest brother among the crowd. Lu Dakui and Cheng Liangmu are both 19 years old, but Lu Dakui's birthday is February, and Cheng Liangmu is three months older, so he ranks second. Thirdly, Wu Hengxin ranked fourth, 17-year-old Wei Songhe ranked fifth, Su Jin was the youngest, only 16 years old, and could only be sixth.

Su Jin was so wronged that she thought to herself: I'm 23, damn it, I should be the boss, why did I turn into a little man with a tail.

Everyone was in a happy mood, laughing and chatting around the spring, they were all young people, playful and noisy, and they didn't care much about the worries of the world, and they had long forgotten about their talents when they were joking.

While chatting and laughing, Su Jin learned that Lu Dakui was from Duanzhou, southern Guangxi, from the place where Bao Zheng served as magistrate. Su Jin talked about his relationship with Bao Zheng, and talked about Mr. Bao's demeanor and appearance. Lu Dakui was fascinated and couldn't help regretting that he was in a hurry to go to school. When he came, Mr. Bao had not yet arrived, so he missed a good opportunity to see Mr. Bao's demeanor.

Su Jin smiled and said: "During the winter vacation, the second brother can go to see him, and he will say that he is my sworn brother. Mr. Bao treats me very well, and the character of the second brother suits him."

Lu Dakui was very happy, and promised to take a name card to meet Mr. Bao at that time.

Everyone was talking and laughing, looking up at the mountains, it was the time when the autumn sun was shining brightly, and the mountains and plains were covered with clouds and clouds, as if they were on fire.

The six people were fascinated by watching, Wang Anshi murmured: "No wonder that King Teng wants to see the red leaves, this scenery is really unforgettable."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Why mention that bird man, the beauty of the maple leaves in his eyes is probably completely different from ours. What is the state of mind, what is in the eyes."

Wang Anshi said: "That's right. In the eyes of a gentleman, all the prosperous people in the world are gentlemen. In the eyes of a villain, everyone in the world is a villain. Sixth Brother's words are true."

Seeing the two sighing at each other, Wu Hengxin leaned forward and said, "Brother Wang, Brother Su, the red leaves can't fill your stomach, according to me, I'd better go back to the city and get some food to comfort me. This Wu Zang Temple is serious."

Wei Songhe said: "Fourth brother, you are confused. Why do you call Su Jin your brother? He is already our sixth brother."

Wu Hengxin slapped his head, and muttered: "Look at my brain, I can't change my words for a while, but although the sixth brother is young, I have always followed his lead. Compared with the sixth brother, my 18 years may not be enough." On to the dog."

Everyone yelled: "Bah bah, isn't this scolding everyone? You should be punished."

Wu Hengxin rolled his eyes and said, "What is the punishment? Drinking spring water and eating mud? How about we go to the forest to find some bird droppings to eat."

Everyone laughed, Su Jin twitched with a smile, pointed at Wu Hengxin and said, "I haven't settled accounts with you just now on the mountain, you and Brother Lu and the others saw that bird droppings were about to be painted on my mouth , still dawdling behind the pillars, if it is smeared, I will not spare you today."

Wu Hengxin laughed and said, "We just wanted to see how talented Su, who is excellent in poetry and writing, looks like with bird droppings in his mouth, but unfortunately we didn't."

Su Jin jumped up to fight, but Wu Hengxin ran away like a gust of wind...

All the way down the mountain, Su Jin suggested that everyone go to his own house to eat wine and watch the moon. Naturally, everyone couldn't wish for it. A group of people squeezed into the mule cart. go.