The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Wang Chao and Ma Han were shocked, and hurriedly shouted softly: "Master, come down quickly, let's run!"

But Su Jin swayed and fell directly over the wall, and there was a burst of shouting and shouting from inside.

Chao Mahan hurriedly flew up to the wall and jumped down, only to see Su Jin leaning against the base of the wall with blood dripping from his hands, and a dozen or so courtyard guards surrounded the three of them in a semicircle with sticks and iron forks in their hands. among.

Wang Chao said anxiously: "My lord, what's the matter? Did you suffer?"

Su Jin smiled wryly and said: "It's very unlucky, there is porcelain slag embedded in the wall, just now when I propped it up with my hand, it made a big hole."

Wang Chao heaved a sigh of relief, and suffered a disadvantage when Su Jin came in, and his palm was discounted.

All the nursing homes shouted and cursed, and the middle-aged fat housekeeper pointed at Su Jin and others and shouted: "You are so bold, in broad daylight, in Bianliang City at the foot of the emperor, you gang of thieves dare to climb over the wall and enter the house today. Ri must have discounted your dog legs."

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Brother, don't misunderstand, we are not strong people, but... it is... we broke in accidentally..."

This reason is really weak, and Su Jin has no confidence in saying it.

The butler sneered: "What do you mean, is it our fault? You didn't intend to climb over the wall. I will treat you with good tea and wine with courtesy, right?"

Su Jin was at a loss for words, and waved his hands repeatedly to explain.

A skinny monkey-like nursing home shouted: "Steward Qiu, don't talk to them, just take it and see the official."

Butler Qiu nodded and said, "Take it off, Xiao Mengzi will report to the officials first when he goes to the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion."

Everyone rushed up, raised their hands high and wanted to do something. Su Jin was so depressed that he was too impulsive. He just stood here and waited for the master to identify it when he went out. Wall eavesdropping in the room, now it is hard to argue, if it is recognized in the Kaifeng government office, it will be embarrassing and humiliating; especially if there are female relatives living in this room, and it is considered a sinister act. But laughing out others' big teeth, and angering Yan Shu's big teeth.

Chao Mahan reached out to touch the guy in his waist, but found nothing, but because in the capital city, he was easy to be inspected and questioned by the police, so neither of them had a knife. With a dagger in it, although it is not handy, at least there is a guy in his hand.

"Good thief, you carry a knife with you, and you say you're not a strongman, so beat me to death, this kind of thief, don't care if you kill him!" Steward Qiu shouted.

Two strokes up, and they were about to fight, Su Jin rubbed his hands anxiously, it was not good to hit, if it hurt someone, it would be hard to tell; it was not good to not fight, everyone said that it doesn't matter if you kill someone, don't you know? Go ahead and let them beat you to death?

At this moment, someone scolded softly: "Everyone stop! Miss has something to say, this young man is an old friend, so don't make any mistakes."

Everyone looked back in amazement, and saw a young maidservant in Tsing Yi standing beside the flower bed, the guards naturally knew her, this is the maid next to Miss; They also knew this maid, it was none other than Xia Siling's personal maid, Xiao Kouzi, who lived together in Ying Tian's mansion for two months.

"Master! This...why is she here?" Ma Han asked with a blink of an eye.

"Isn't that clear? Pig brain, the mistress of this house must be that person." Wang Chao rolled his eyes and said.

"Which one is it?" Ma Han still couldn't turn the corner.

Wang Chao waved him a chestnut and scolded: "You have grown fat with three bowls of rice in one meal, and you don't have a brain. Isn't it Xia... Mr. Xia from Yingtianfu?"

Ma Han suddenly realized, and immediately smiled and said: "Oh, yes, yes, it's all right now, it turned out that the flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple, and the Lord's good friend is here, so it's no big deal."

Su Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly, and was about to scold him not to talk too much, when the housekeeper Qiu said to Xiao Kou'er: "Miss Kou'er, these three people are strong men who climbed over the wall and came in to commit misdeeds. wrong."

Xiao Kou'er said: "Didn't you hear what I said? Why don't you ask the lady to come and tell you in person? You said that this young man is an old friend of the lady, so what are you talking about? Why don't you back down?"

Butler Qiu got bored, so he could only wave his hands in a sly way: "What are you still doing in a daze? Back off, didn't you hear? This is Miss' old friend."

The eyeballs of the Nursing House flicked around on the ground, thinking: Miss's old friend turned over the wall instead of going through the main entrance, what kind of old friend is this, don't be a wild man raised by...

These words can only be whispered in the bottom of my heart, if I miss a word, the lady doesn't care, the master will have to pull his skin; now that the lady has spoken, everyone no longer entangles with it, and they step back one after another to make way.

Xiao Kou'er quickly stepped forward and bowed to Su Jinfu, and said softly, "Young Master Su, this is really offending."

Su Jin hurriedly cupped his hands and returned the salute: "So it's Miss Kou'er, be polite, don't blame them for this matter, I was too reckless, I'm really ashamed to death."

Xiao Kou'er covered her mouth and smiled, "It's okay, Mr. Su can't even invite you."

Su Jin blushed and had a thick neck, coughed and said: "This... Excuse me, I will take my leave now, and I will pay my respects to your young lady, and just say that Su Jin greets her."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and led Wang Chao and Ma Han to the door. Xiao Kou'er hurriedly said: "Young master, stay here! The lady said, please come in and talk about it, the tea is ready."

Su Jin frowned and said: "This... I still don't want to go. I have already offended you, so how can I continue to bother you? Besides, it's not convenient."

Xiao Kou'er said softly: "Miss knows you will say that. Miss asks you, is it convenient for you to climb over the wall to enter the room? Wouldn't it be convenient to have a cup of tea?"

Su Jin rubbed her nose and said in embarrassment: "This... well, it's better to obey than to be respectful. Miss Kouer, please lead the way."

Xiao Kou'er chuckled, turned around and said, "My lord, please." Immediately, he led Su Jin past the dumbfounded nurses, and went straight to the hall.

Chao Mahan was very happy, followed behind with a big chest and belly, and winked at a group of nurses. The eyeballs of the angry nurses were red, but none of them dared to speak out.

Passing through the hall, entering the first and second entrances, and entering the third courtyard, Xiao Kouer stood still, turned around and said to Su Jin, "Mr. Su, my young lady is in the flower hall on the right, my maidservant." I won't go in, please let me go by myself."

Su Jin opened his mouth to ask, but saw Xiao Kou'er turned around and greeted Chao Mahan and said, "Two brothers come with me. I ordered someone to prepare tea and snacks for you. You two can go and have a rest."

Wang Chao and Ma Han hurriedly followed without looking back, without even saying hello, Su Jin cursed secretly: "Two foodies!" In desperation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and step into the courtyard.

The scenery in the small courtyard is quite unique, a few peach trees are planted around an exquisite rockery, and there are pink buds on the branches of the trees; a gravel road leads along one side of the rockery to a group of houses behind , the roadside is full of unnamed flowers and plants. The difficult thing is that although it is only the second half of the first month and the weather is still cold, some of the roadside flowers and plants have already bloomed in pink.

Su Jin strolled along the path to the flower hall on the right pointed by Xiao Kouer, walked around the rockery, and suddenly saw a bright view. The flower hall with cornices and red walls and green tiles is very beautiful; there are a row of birdcages on the corridor Hanging under the eaves, several colorful parrots stand on the shelf and comb their feathers lazily.

Su Jin's arrival startled one of the parrots, and the parrot screamed, "Little Kou'er, Xiao Kou'er, there's a visitor, pour tea, pour tea!"

Su Jin smiled, presumably the parrot has learned the human language on weekdays and is showing off here.

At this moment, there was only a sigh in the flower hall, and a woman's voice came: "General Hua, don't be noisy! I just learned those few sentences, what are you doing over and over again all day long? It disturbed my family's thinking, and this poem is filled again. Oh no."

Su Jin's heart moved, he could tell that it was Xia Siling's voice, but he had never heard Xia Siling sigh when he was in Yingtian Mansion before, and the tone of his speech was not so sad. After a few months, Xia Siling changed.

Just as Su Jin was about to step into the hall, he heard a string of gurgling musical notes coming out from inside, followed by 'swipe, hold, wipe, pick, hook, pick, beat; light, heavy, slow, urgent, fast , slow, loose' various techniques will come out, the voiceless sound is like smoke and dust when it is curled up, and it is like summer rain when it is sudden. Although I don't know what the song is, it seems that Xia Siling's mood can be heard in the sound of the piano, whether it is mournful or hesitant, or anxious and irritable. Either anticipation, or sadness, all kinds of emotions blended into it, making Su Jin mesmerized by listening.

In an instant, the sound of the piano became soothing and clear, and the people in the room opened their lips and sang:

A Jian Qiushui green mountains far away,

Half of the Qing song is like a floating shadow.

Water sleeves break through the moon before frost,

The skirt sweeps away the dark fragrance.

Manzhu attracts three lives from the other side,

Bodhi is not a tree to provoke the world.

Like leaves, like wind, hard to blow snow,

How many flowers fall in the dream.

The sound of the piano is soothing, the singing is melodious, and a faint emotion surrounds Su Jin's body, making Su Jin unable to move, speechless, just standing still like a goose.