The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin ordered the others to go out and wait for the time being, leaving only himself, Zhu Manzi, and the girl who took the record in the hut.

Su Jin got up, came to Zhu Manizi's side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Officer Zhu, with all due respect, your life may not last long."

Zhu Manizi was startled and said, "Don't tell me you're going to kill me?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "Why should I kill you? It was just a small friction between you and me, and it disappeared in that day and night. It is not me who is killing you now."

Zhu Laizi said: "I know, it's Xiao Hu, it must be this dog thief who is playing tricks behind his back, this time the bandit intercepted and killed me halfway, it must be this kid's leak."

Su Jin sighed: "Even if you die, you can only be a wronged ghost. Can Xiao Hu do this? He may have the heart to exclude you, but he dares to do such a brazen nonsense? Besides, the thieves in Kuangfengzhai will listen His assignment? It's a joke."

Zhu Manizi asked suspiciously: "You mean... Seventh Master?"

"Did Master Qi move bandits?"

"Then you mean... lord?"

Su Jin blinked silently, smiled strangely, and refused to answer.

Zhu Laizi shook his head in disbelief, and said: "It is impossible for the lord to push me out just for the sake of a few lives. Besides, if the lord wants to kill me, he doesn't need to worry about it. He only needs one order, and I will die without a place to die."

Su Jindao: "Firstly, the prince didn't abandon you because of you killing a few people. Do you know that the note you wrote to me has been searched by them?"

Zhu Laizi was startled and said, "What? Did the evidence fall into the hands of the prince?"

Su Jin said: "I have no choice, I have been hidden in the iron box in the secret room, but unfortunately, when I was not at home, they brought people to force the servants to open the secret room and took away the written note. Me, this alone is enough for the prince to kill you."

Although Zhu Manizi was very angry with Su Jin, he also knew that Su Jin really had nothing to do with this matter. The prince was determined to take the written evidence, fearing that no one would be able to keep it, but he didn't know how they knew the existence of this written evidence.

Su Jin seemed to understand what he was thinking, and sighed: "No one knows about this except the servants in my family and you and me; it's a pity that I met a bad person, and one of the servants in the family was bribed and said This incident happened, so there is this festival; I have already buried the servant alive, so it can be regarded as a sigh of relief for you."

Zhu Laizi was relieved, so that was the case, no wonder Su Jin wanted to push the others away, and only talked to himself alone, it seemed that he was frightened and didn't trust others.

"Secondly, it is not so easy for the prince to kill you. The Imperial Guards in the city and the German army have already intervened, patrolling the city day and night. Killing people openly may cause disaster. The Imperial Guards cannot be mobilized by the prince. It is an army under the direct control of the Privy Council, and you must be aware of this; moreover, you have more than a dozen brothers who are determined to fight, and it is not easy to deal with it; Maybe, it's just that you messed up your affairs just now, and suddenly the prince's mansion asks you to go to a banquet, even if you have a pig's brain, you will feel that something is wrong, if you find out, things will get worse."

Zhu Manizi listened to Su Jin's analysis of his own life and death in horror. Before, he didn't care about other people's life and death at all. Now his own life and death are being talked about freely by others, which made Zhu Manizi feel even more frightened and uneasy.

"But the best way is to transfer you out of the city, order you to join the gang in the stronghold on the grounds of protecting you, and then order someone to set up an ambush to kill all the dozen of you, and then push it to the bandits and bandits , clean and clean, there is no future trouble, the prince's anger is out, you can only lie in a dark grass and slowly rot and maggot; you are lucky, escaped back, but you are so brainless , If you dare to come back to the city at this time, you are afraid that your life is in danger, and life and death are only a matter of time."

Zhu Manizi remained silent, he didn't want to believe Su Jin's words, but he also understood that Su Jin's analysis was indeed reasonable.

"Manager Zhu, is what I say makes sense?"

"I'm afraid... what you said is the truth. These bastards treat me as a rag to wipe my ass and throw it away after use. I will never end with them!"

When Rou Niang heard these obscenities, her face blushed, and she quickly lowered her head.

Su Jin said: "What can you do? In this Yingtian Mansion, you are just an ant. The prince can pinch you as much as he wants. Do you have room to resist?"

Zhu Laizi said: "It's no wonder that as soon as I entered the city at night, the city was full of officials and servants searching for people. Could it be that they are targeting me?"

Su Jin laughed loudly and said, "You? It takes so much money to kill you? Do you want to know who those people are taking?"

"Take who?"

"I..." Su Jin pointed to his nose.

"You? Did you offend the government?"

"No, the government offended me."

"Then you can't protect yourself?"

"Do you see me as if I can't protect myself? They are arresting me, so I arrested you all the same. This shabby house is prepared for you. Where I live, there are wine, meat and women, and I am very carefree. , what can they do to me?"

"Who are you?" Zhu Manizi was surprised.

"Don't ask me who I am. I'm someone they can't deal with. I just want to keep a low profile, so I don't want to confront them head-on."

"Then what is your purpose in arresting me?" Zhu Manizi was so tormented by Su Jin that he was about to pass out, his mind was in a mess.

"Do you want to die?" Su Jin asked.

Zhu Laizi thought to himself, what is this called? Who wants to die?

"Ants are still alive. Although my Zhu Manzi's life is worthless, I was raised by my parents for decades, so I naturally don't want to die."

"This is the truth, but your current situation seems to be out of your control, what do you think?"

"I...I..." Zhu Manizi wanted to say a few tough words, but he really didn't have the confidence to say it.

"I have two paths here, you choose, never force it." Su Jin learned and applied Yan Shu's method.

"Tell me, I'm listening." Zhu Manizi felt that Su Jin seemed to be a life-saving straw, so he had to grab it quickly.

"The first way, I will let you go, I will never make it difficult for you, as long as you nod, I will immediately order someone to send you out of my place blindfolded, and put you somewhere in the city. It has nothing to do with me; but I kindly remind you that the four cities have a curfew tonight, so you have to hide and don't be seen by others."

Zhu Manizi wept and said with a mournful face: "You caught me and drove me out, so where can I go?"

Su Jin said: "That's your business. Didn't you hide well in the street before we took you? How did you get through it before, and how can you survive it now?"

Zhu Laizi scratched his head and said: "Just now I was looking for my old friend, but when I saw my appearance, no money and injuries, this bitch wanted to drive me away, and I killed him in a rage. She hid in her room for a while, but when the officials came to search for people, I saw that I couldn't hide, so I escaped and was walking around. I was beaten unconscious, and I woke up here."

Su Jin cursed inwardly, it is really not a pity for this Zhu Mani to die, he just entered the city in the dark, and in such a short time, another life was in his hands.

Her slender hands trembled softly, Su Jin patted her hand to show comfort, then turned to Zhu Manizi and said, "Then you don't plan to choose this one, do you?"

"What is the second option, I would like to know."

"The second option is, you cooperate with me and listen to my orders. I promise to send you out of the city safe and sound tomorrow morning. Tell me everything about the robbers, and make a written statement."

"Want to make written evidence again? Aren't you forcing me to die?" Zhu Mani shook his head like a rattle.

"This time is different. I will send your statement and written evidence to the capital, and to the third envoy. You don't have to worry about being searched by King Teng."

"Are you going to deal with the prince? Have you eaten the guts of a leopard?" Zhu Manizi couldn't believe his ears. The frail young man in front of him was actually going to fight with King Teng. No matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like he was on the same level.

"Yes, you are right. I just want to expose his face. If he doesn't get rid of him, can you live in peace in this life? You should be happy if I do this."

"Take my confession and go, can you bring down King Teng? This is too childish."

Su Jin said: "Of course I have other evidence. Do you think that I have come here for several months to fool around? How to bring him down is my business. Whether you agree or not is my business. If you don't agree, I will Immediately ask someone to take you out, if you don’t speak up, there will naturally be someone who will.”

Zhu Manizi fell into deep thought, going out at this moment must be a dead end, Su Jin and the others would never be so kind as to throw him outside the city, anywhere in the city, with his body that was so badly wounded, it was fundamental If they couldn't escape, they might knock themselves unconscious and throw them directly into the prince's yard. It would definitely be inappropriate to go out.

If he cooperates with Su Jin, according to Su Jin, he wants to overthrow the prince, but no matter how you think about it, it is not credible. Su Jin said that he is related to the third envoy in Beijing, which is even more unbelievable. If you want to deal with the prince, will you entrust the matter to an ordinary-looking young man?What's more, after handing in my own confession, I still can't escape the responsibility after investigation, and I might still die, so I can't choose this way.