The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

"Master Xiao..." Su Jin cupped his hands.

"Don't talk about it, it's over here, there's no comparison." Xiao Temo stopped Su Jin's words with a big wave of his hand; The two strings of agate beads were also rolled off, and the hat was removed, and a ruby ​​the size of a pigeon egg inlaid on the top of the hat was removed, and they were all placed on the table.

Su Jin smiled and said nothing, Xiao Temo thought for a while, and glanced at Liu Liufu next to him, saw the pendant hanging on Liu Liufu's waist, and reached out to pick it off.

While dodging, Liu Liufu begged with a crying face: "Master Xiao, Mr. Master... This jade pendant is a family heirloom. My father has nothing left behind, so I just leave this jade pendant with me." Think about it, you can’t take it away.”

Without saying a word, Xiao Temo grabbed Liu Liufu's arm with one hand and groped around his waist with the other hand; Liu Liufu's body twisted like a water snake, and Xiao Temo grabbed it several times. He didn't catch the jade pendant, so he was so angry that he slapped Liu Liufu twice, and slapped Liu Liufu's two big mouths back and forth.

"What the hell are you doing pushing? How much benefit have you gained from following Lao Tzu, now you can't bear to see Lao Tzu make a fool of yourself, even a piece of broken jade pendant, if you hide and hide, Lao Tzu will wring your neck off."

Liu Liufu's mouth was so swollen, he didn't dare to resist anymore, and let Xiao Temo pull the jade pendant off his waist.

Xiao Temo pushed a bunch of things on the table in front of Su Jin, and said: "The emissary really didn't have more than 2 taels of silver at hand, so now he can only use these to make up for it. These things are worth five or six thousand taels at least. I owe the rest first, and I will send someone to bring it to you after I return to my country."

Su Jin smiled and stretched out his hand to push the pile of things back, Xiao Temo stared and said: "You don't believe in this emissary? Is it only tens of thousands of taels of silver, can this envoy be guilty of reneging on debts? If it wasn't for the inconvenient hand in your country of Song , not so much.”

Su Jin smiled and said: "That's not what I mean, Master Xiao, I don't want any of your stuff; not only don't I don't want to, I will give back the ones you lost earlier. Master Xiao is a guest from afar, and the master wants to play. The first two fights, the next one will naturally accompany you according to the occasion; but if you win your belongings and these things, let the dignified Daliao envoys have no money and beg all the way back to the country, this is too shameful."

Xiao Temo was overjoyed and said: "You really don't want it? Will you return all the money you lost?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "Naturally, what you say counts, but it's not free."

Xiao Temo said seriously: "Deputy envoy Su, if you think that a mere tens of thousands of taels of silver can make someone Xiao do something that is not good for my Daliao, then you are wrong, someone Xiao is not what you think Like that."

Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "Emissary Xiao is too worried. Our competition is a private discussion, and it does not involve national affairs. What I want is nothing more than a favor from Chief Envoy Xiao; although I am young , but since I was a child, I have longed for generosity and elegy. When I saw Master Xiao today, I felt that Master Xiao must be an open-minded and brave hero, so I wanted to make friends with him; Little man, right now I just offer these tens of thousands of taels of silver, it is regarded as a meeting gift, I just want to make friends with Chief Envoy Xiao, but it has no other intentions."

Xiao Temo opened his eyes wide and pointed to his nose and asked, "Oh? Do you worship me?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "It's not just admiration, every word and deed of Master Xiao is in line with the dream of a great hero in my heart when I was young. It can be said that I am lucky to meet Master Xiao today, and it is my Su Jin's dream come true." day."

Su Jin's flattery was too blatant, even Xiao Temo could tell that it was more flattery than genuine affection.

Liu Liufu on the side covered his mouth and spat: Damn, I didn't expect this kid to be a sycophant, and his ability to sycophant is not inferior to mine; but I should have guessed this a long time ago, or else with this kid's age Well, how can a dude with the style of a dude get mixed up with the post of deputy negotiator.

Xiao Temo knew that he was flattering, but he was very happy in his heart. His stooped body straightened instantly, and he was three points short of the debt. Now that he has canceled all the debts, his back naturally straightened.

"Very well, Deputy Envoy Su is a bit interesting. He spends a lot of money without changing his face. He is a character. Since you are sincere to this envoy, this envoy accepts your meeting gift; although the meeting gift of tens of thousands of taels is not too big, but I feel that the heart is the most important thing. Hahaha."

Su Jin followed with a loud laugh, and said in his heart: "You fucking toad sneezed, with a big tone, and you can't say that a gift of tens of thousands of taels of silver is too big. Look at your appearance, I guess you will go home and sell the land and house. Even cattle and horses can't make up a few tens of thousands of taels.

"Master Xiao is really open-minded. He is very different from the hypocritical people I have seen. You and I are brothers. If I can have the courage to become brothers with different surnames with Master Xiao, then it is my honor, Su Jin. , will also be a good story between the exchanges between the two countries." Su Jin said with a smile.

Xiao Temo frowned and said: "Being brothers? This is not appropriate." Xiao Temo thought to himself: If brothers with different surnames, how can you and I discuss the affairs of the two countries?This time I came here with a major mission, and I can't get on the thief ship of the Song people.

The smile on Su Jin's face disappeared, and he said lightly: "It turns out that the envoy Xiao looked down on Su, anyway, I, Su, can't climb high, come here, pack up, let's go to Fan Lou for a banquet, and don't disturb Master Xiao Me and all the distinguished guests from the Liao Kingdom, let's invite the distinguished guests to discuss with you in the afternoon."

Wang Chao waved his hand, and several soldiers of the Song Dynasty rushed forward, hurriedly emptied the jade pendants and agates on the table, and crackled the remaining silver in the other party's big silver box into the big basket Down, upside down.

Xiao Temo said in astonishment: "Deputy Envoy Su, what are you doing?"

Su Jin said coldly: "I collect the betting money. These few ornaments are common things. My family runs a pawn shop. As far as I can see, they are only worth two to 3000 taels of silver; plus the few pieces in the cage One thousand taels is definitely not more than 1 taels, that’s all, even if you have 1 taels, the bet in this game is 600 taels, and the rest, please ask Master Xiao to write an IOU, and you will return to your country in the future. But don't forget to send someone to bring it to me; if I ask you to be more generous, the interest will be avoided."

Xiao Temo stammered: "Didn't you say you don't want it?"

Su Jin stared and said: "I never said no, I meant to give you this great hero as a meeting gift, but you don't give face, insist on not wanting, what can I do? I have to reluctantly take it back. Besides, I don't want to Make it difficult for Master Xiao, if you have a close relationship with me and have money exchanges, if your master blames me after returning, it will really be difficult to deal with."

Xiao Te was gasping for breath, and Su Jin shouted again: "Come on, write a pen and ink, and ask Master Xiao to make an IOU."

Smiling from left to right, they presented pens and inks and put them in front of Xiao Temo. Su Jin rubbed the ink himself, and said with a smile: "You are troubled, just a few figures are enough, so write like this: I owe Su Jinwen silver of the Great Song Dynasty 600 taels , send someone to bring the money back within three months, if you deny it, you will have children as slaves and daughters as prostitutes; and then sign your name below."

Xiao Temo said angrily: "Son, don't you deceive others too much."

Su Jin threw the ink stick, and said with a sneer, "Killing people to pay for their lives, debts to pay back money, it's a matter of course, how can I deceive you? You are the one who said to learn kung fu, and you are the one who added the gambling money. In the end, you have no money to repay the debt It’s still you, you Liao people have this kind of virtue? Are you disregarding shame and morality?”

Xiao Temo opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything. Finally, he slowly leaned into Su Jin's ear and said, "Deputy Envoy Su, how can I promise you in public? Deputy Envoy Su is a young hero, and this envoy is also Those who are happy to make friends are just openly doing so, and I really can't explain it when I send it back to China."

Su Jin smiled slightly: "I gave you a meeting gift just to give you a step down. Do you think that I want to be your brother for nothing? There are too many people in Song Dynasty who are fawning on me. You don't want to give you face." Face, that's all there is to it."

Xiao Temo laughed dryly and said, "Su...brother, why don't we find a place to have a drink, and talk about things at the wine table while we talk about it, wouldn't it be better? I'm doing this a little bit of face, but today I'm still quite emaciated. , why bother to be aggressive?"

Su Jin laughed and said: "Okay, it's up to you. I won't write down the IOU first, and I will take away the silver and ornaments first. If the envoy Xiao can negotiate with my brother, I will return the silver as much as the words. Before you go, you have to give this IOU."

Xiao Temo was helpless, this was not in the Liao country, if he was in the Liao country, if someone dared to talk to him like that, he would have grabbed a dozen big mouths and covered his head and face, but now, since he is in another country and owed a huge sum of money, Playing tyrannically can only make oneself more passive.

Xiao Temo decided to forbear, he was really passive in personal matters, but Daliao was full of confidence when it came to state affairs, as long as he clarified the situation a little bit during the negotiation, he was not afraid that this kid wouldn't freak out.