The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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When it was dark, Liu Dacheng walked into the inn, and the shopkeeper on the cabinet was crackling with abacus beads, calculating the day's income; three clerks were wiping the tables and stools in the front hall, looking like they were going to close.

Seeing Liu Dacheng coming in, a waiter rushed up to greet him and said, "Guest officer, do you want to stay in the hotel or eat?"

Liu Dacheng said: "Second Brother, I'm here to find someone."

The guy said: "Who are you looking for? What room number do you live in?"

Liu Dacheng said: "I don't know the number of the room. His name is Qin Dalang, a tailor from Wuhu."

The guy looked Liu Dacheng up and down and said: "I can't see it, you seem to be a dutiful person and you know this official Qin. Uncle Qin lives in Room No. [-], it's a coincidence that you came , on weekdays he doesn't come back until midnight, but he happened to be in the room today."

Liu Dacheng thought: Qin Dalang must be hangover from brothels every day, and the children in this shop know that he likes it. This inn is in Beicheng, which is where the fireworks and brothels gather. The place is the size of a bullet. How can such things be hidden from others.

"The number of rooms he lives in, I will find him myself." Liu Dacheng stepped in.

The shop clerk hurriedly stopped him and said, "Hey, hey, come on, whoever tells you can go in? That uncle Qin is receiving guests, and he ordered that no one should disturb him. Just now my third brother was scolded for sending a pot of water. The bloody dog ​​came out, it is a coincidence that you came, but you are not in a hurry."

Suspicions abound in Liu Dacheng's heart. Qin Dalang has no relatives in Luzhou City. Who will visit him?What kind of distinguished guest is this, and what kind of important matter are they talking about?

"Second brother, dare I ask when did that guest come? When did he leave? Or I'll just sit in this lobby and wait for him."

"That's not possible. We are closing here. Who will serve you? If you go out for a while, you can only go out through the back door. There is an old king who guards the door at the back door. How about you go to the back door?" Stay there, but the old Wangtou has a weird temper, he doesn't necessarily let you in the house, it's not appropriate to stand in the dark and feed the mosquitoes."

Liu Dacheng lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "How about this, you can open a room for me next to the No. [-] room, and I will wait in the next room. I will know when the guests leave, and there is no need to work." Your younger brothers will serve you."

The guy said: "This is a way. There are also vacancies, but let's talk about it. It doesn't matter whether it's an hour or a day. The price is [-] yuan, and a penny cannot be less."

Liu Dacheng didn't answer, stretched out his hand and took out [-] Wen from his pocket and handed it to the clerk. The clerk took the money and came to the counter. he.

"Dizi No. [-], right next to it, please..." The guy was praised by the boss, he was in a happy mood, and all his words had an ending sound, which was pleasant to the ears.

The two entered the second floor one after the other, and when they passed the door of No. [-] room, Liu Dacheng turned his head and looked. There was a light in the crack of the door, and there seemed to be someone inside.

After the waiter left, Liu Dacheng bolted the door of the room tightly, and listened carefully by sticking it to the wall near Room No. [-]. The wall was not thick, and the shopkeeper just separated two layers of wood boards to increase the number of rooms to make money, but even so , the sound is also indistinct, and it is really hard to hear.

Liu Dacheng searched all over the room, and found a thin roll of books, rolled them into a trumpet shape and pasted them on the wall. After putting his ears together, he could hear them a little more clearly. The voices of the two people inside were not loud, but Liu Dacheng immediately Qin Dalang's voice was heard.

But I heard Qin Dalang say: "The little man... tried his best... Su Ji... strict... the strength of nine bulls and two tigers... the style... the color."

Intermittent voices can be heard clearly for a while, and indistinct for a while.

The other voice was a little louder and could be heard more clearly, that human said: "Don't try to play tricks, the internal news and clothes styles of Su Ji provided last time were completely perfunctory to me, and almost made me unable to get off stage, so I asked someone to give it to you." Lesson, if you don’t try your best, it’s not as simple as slapping your ears, I will send someone to castrate you, strip you naked and throw it on the street, I don’t care if I have a dozen lives under my Scarface Heiqi.”

Qin Dalang said: "I will definitely try my best...don't dare to lie to Master Hei Qi."

There was a 'buzz' in Liu Dacheng's mind. It was a foregone conclusion that Qin Dalang was an insider. The bruise on his face a few days ago lied to him that it was a toothache. , was taught a lesson by the people in the room, so it seems that Qin Dalang was being coerced.

The two people in the room chattered endlessly, Qin Dalang apologized softly, but the man who claimed to be the scarred face and black seven was very persecuted and threatened constantly; Qin Dalang knew everything without saying a word, and it was obvious that he had gained a lot from his busy work these days.

The person in the room seemed to have softened his tone a lot, and said a few words of relief, and then heard the sound of copper coins clattering, presumably the person gave some money to Qin Dalang; The extreme life is really an act of breaking the cans and smashing the cans.

Liu Dacheng hated Qin Dalang for not telling the big shopkeeper about it, but was coerced by others, and became a spies in Suji's interior. He mourned his misfortune, but was angry with him.

The matter has come to this point, Qin Dalang can't be pulled back, at this time, he needs to get rid of the relationship as soon as possible, and quickly tell the treasurer Zhao what he heard today, and let him handle it.

Thinking of this, Liu Dacheng didn't care to listen carefully, and planned to go back to report immediately. He just gently opened the door, but he heard the door of the next room slammed, and a person came out; the lights on the porch were dim, and Liu Dacheng vaguely looked at Considering the figure of the man, he was tall and tall, and a long scar on one side of his face still looked shocking under the dim lantern; the man looked around and walked downstairs.

The sound of footsteps faded away, and Qin Dalang cursed softly from the next door. After a while, the door was fastened tightly, and there was no sound again.

Liu Dacheng tiptoed down the stairs and walked towards the back door. He suddenly remembered something and walked quickly to the front hall. The man on duty was the one who received Liu Dacheng just now. He was sitting in the front hall humming a ditty in boredom. Son, when he saw Liu Dacheng, he hurriedly stood up and stretched out his hand to point to the back: "Go through the back door, the front door is closed."

Liu Dacheng took out twenty Wen coins from his pocket and said, "Second brother, please don't tell the officials of Qin that I came to visit him today, I don't want to see him anymore."

The guy frowned and said, "This is...?"

Liu Dacheng stuffed the copper money into his hand and said: "Don't ask anything, this matter is related to the government's errands, and it may not be beneficial to your inn if you talk about it."

The guy was taken aback, and suddenly came to his senses, stuck out his tongue and said, "Don't worry, the official will handle the case, right?"

Liu Dacheng said: "Tell you the shopkeeper and those guys, don't talk too much, and don't act strange to him, everything is as usual, otherwise don't blame me for not telling you when disaster happens."

The clerk stuck out his tongue and handed the copper coin back, not daring to take it anymore, Liu Dacheng said: "Save it for tea and snacks, don't forget my words."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left in a hurry through the back door.

The clerk put twenty Wen into his pocket and said to himself: "These days, the government's errands are all sneaky and sneaky. This Master Qin doesn't know what crime he committed. No wonder he is so rich and spends his days drinking and drinking. See He doesn't look like a master who is taking advantage of the big money. He must have stolen other people's money. It has nothing to do with him, so it's better to keep his mouth shut.