The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

As the sun rose, there was a sound of jubilation at the foot of Bagong Mountain. The carts piled up at the foot of the mountain were all moved out again.

This is not the main problem. The problem is that most of the animals pulling the carts were slaughtered by the bandits, leaving only more than 400 animals. They were kept in captivity in the valley behind the col, and many of them starved to death and froze to death after days and nights. Less than two hundred.

The coachmen who were caught up the mountain did not suffer any losses. Of the more than 1000 people, only two escaped halfway and were killed by the bandits. became a problem.

Su Jin made a decisive decision and ordered people to rush to Yangzhou to let the Song Xiang faction collect the livestock. He also ordered that all the grain be loaded into the truck first. There were 3000 officers, soldiers, bandits, and coachmen. After two hours, all the grain was loaded onto the truck. Stop at the foot of the mountain.

After lunch, Pan Jiang led 1000 soldiers and more than [-] coachmen to pull [-] carts of grain and set off first. No matter what, we will send a batch to Yangzhou first.

Taking advantage of the spare time after dinner, Su Jin hurriedly wrote an official document, and asked Fang Dutou to escort Shen Yaozu and several bandit leaders to Beijing with fifty horsemen to report the process of suppressing the bandits. Go to the third division to report to Lord Yan Shu, don't say anything that shouldn't be said in words, even if someone asks, just say that the errand is going well, don't mention anything about Yangzhou Mansion and Luzhou.

Of course Fang Dutou is not a fool, obviously a great achievement is waiting for him, if he talks too much, it will mean that he will have trouble with himself, besides, he really can't say what he did with Long Zhen in Luzhou, Just so that adults don't care about it, it's better not to expose that stinky scar yourself.

Seeing the grain trucks and the two groups of people escorting the criminals go on the road immediately, Su Jin finally felt a big stone in his heart temporarily. Afterwards, the surrounding people who had been cleared of bandits spontaneously came to express their condolences. Wang Qinian and Zhu Shiyong, the transshipment envoys on Huainan Road, had no intention of coming to congratulate them. It was reasonable, and Su Jin didn't care too much. Moreover, Su Jin knew that soon he would openly tear himself apart with these people.

The commotion gradually reached the evening, and all the villagers were sent away. Su Jin suddenly remembered something, and he hurriedly took Wang Chao Mahan to the place where Qiu Dabao died yesterday to search carefully. It has been cleaned up, and the blood on the road has been trampled on by the officers, soldiers and common people carrying food. Every piece of grass, every thorn, and every piece of gravel on the roadside has been turned over, even unwillingly. He detoured under the cliff and rummaged among the piles of corpses that had fallen horribly, but he didn't see the gold medal.

Su Jin secretly scolded himself for being too careless, not having experienced any major events, and was really in a hurry when it came to arrangements, and even forgot to come to look for the gold medal early in the morning. Now that the gold medal has disappeared, and he can't make a fuss about it, how will he explain to the emperor in the future? It's a headache.

Chen Laosi is holding on to Su Jin's thigh tightly now, and he is unwilling to leave Su Jin even if he lives or dies. Now their lives and deaths are uncertain. Although the envoy has made a promise, who knows that he will not kill a donkey, The life and death of his gang of bandits is actually insignificant in the eyes of Mr. Special Envoy, so he must please Su Jin to please him.

After some life-and-death decisions about money or life, Chen Laosi finally provided Su Jin with a big secret.

"Master Special Envoy, I heard that Shen Yaozu, the head of the family, hid a lot of gold and silver in the cottage. Although I don't know the specific place, but I heard from the brothers that he has a nose and eyes. Although the head of the family in the past few years did all of them. This business is only done by rich families, except for distribution to everyone, I heard that all valuable goods have been embezzled and hidden by him."

"Oh?" Su Jin lifted his spirits. Su Jin, who was annoyed by the loss of the gold medal, killed and injured many officers and soldiers, and lost a lot of food and carriages, was very excited by the news.

The food was taken back, but this is not considered a harvest. It was originally my own. I am afraid that the greatest credit is the success of suppressing the bandits, but I am not sure whether there will be rewards for this matter, because I have a lot of food tied to my buttocks. Any detonation of the time bomb will smash this credit to pieces; besides, more than 60 soldiers were killed and nearly 200 were injured. It is always difficult to make people happy.

If it is true what Chen Laosi said, if Shen Yaozu has a treasure room, this batch of gold and silver must be taken as his own. Even if things happen in the future, as long as he does not lose his head, he will still be a master if he has money, and he will not go to farm Raise mulberry, be a hard-working farmer.

"The place where the treasure is hidden is in the cottage?" Su Jin asked.

"I don't know the specific villain, it's just that everyone says so."

"Why did you tell me this news? Afterwards, you came back to find these treasures yourself, wouldn't you be happy from now on?"

Chen Laosi swears to the sky, his face is as serious as Liu Xiahui is alive: "The villain's life is in the hands of the adults. From now on, he is determined to do business with the adults. How can he take these properties as his own? Besides, the big boss ...Bah, bah...The bandit chieftain Shen Yaozu will definitely confess to the place where the treasure is hidden after being escorted to the capital, if I take this property and be traced out in the future, wouldn't it be suicide?"

Su Jin was startled, and almost forgot about this trouble. If Shen Yaozu confessed to the property, wouldn't he also suffer if he took it?

To take or not to take?Su Jin was slightly worried about this batch of fictitious property; but it didn't take ten breaths of effort before Su Jin made a decision.

"The property of bandits and chieftains should be put into the treasury as capital confiscated by the imperial court. This emissary will never touch him at all. Besides, whether there is property or not is unknown, and this emissary does not care about it, but you can tell this emissary without reservation. , this envoy is also very pleased; this matter has come to an end, and you don't have to talk about it to a third person. Some people say that you stole it, so I advise you to shut up."

Chen Laosi was startled, he flattered the horse's hoof, and what the envoy said was indeed reasonable, although the rumors were out of ten true, but he didn't see it himself, if he couldn't find it, how could he Not wanting to be involved, Chen Laosi quickly shut his mouth obediently, scolding himself in his stomach for talking too much, now that he is not a bandit, being cautious in words and deeds is the kingly way, little life is more important than anything else.

That night, Su Jin took Chao Mahan up the mountain secretly. Although the soldiers at the pass and various checkpoints were still there, they did not pose any threat to Su Jin.

When he reached the mountain stronghold, Wang Chao Mahan couldn't help but asked, "Master, why did you call us to accompany you up the mountain in the middle of the night?"

Su Jin said: "Treasure hunt."

Ma Han straightened his eyes and said: "Is it the baby Chen Laosi said? Didn't you say that you don't care about this?"

Su Jin rolled his eyes and said, "Could it be that if we overthrow such a huge cottage, it would be a waste of our work?"

Wang Chao said: "However, I don't know if this property exists, and once Shen Yaozu confesses, this property will be hot to hold."

Su Jin said: "Hot to hand? Even the red-hot gold ingots, which have melted their flesh, have to be taken; don't do it in vain, sir, I spent so much energy, so many people died, and even my own food was taken in. If you continue to lose like this, will you still be able to survive? Waiting for compensation from the court, even if the beard turns gray, you won’t be able to wait, unless the treasure is non-existent, but if there is one and we find it, one word: take it all away.”

"Master, 'Take them all' is five words." Ma Han counted with his fingers.

"It's just you who know a lot and work." Su Jin was so angry that he lost his mind, lit up a few small candles that he brought with him, pointed to the hall of Dazhai, and said, "Start there first, Don't let go of an inch."

Chao Mahan was miserable. In such a huge cottage, he took a small candle and searched inch by inch for a secret room that didn't exist. This night he suffered a lot.

But seeing the young master in high spirits and his eyes shining brightly, knowing that the young master has entered the state of excitement of hunting for treasures and secrets, all complaints have been forgotten, and the three of them split up and pouted their buttocks to search.