The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The Sock Alley where Xiafu is located is south of Bianhe River. When Bianliang was expanded, the land along the Bianhe River was expanded. Xia Song selected this land to build this house at that time. {{{(>_)}}}

This place name has a real image. If you look down from a high altitude, the whole alley is like a sock placed on the ground. The mouth of the sock is facing the Bian River, and then it turns west and crosses the Bian River to Baokang Gate, one of the three gates of the southern city. The Baokangmen Street Xiang connection.

In this alley, most of the court officials built their own mansions, but Xia Song was the biggest official, and the rest were fourth- and fifth-rank Beijing officials.

Yang Cha is one of them. Yang Cha is Yan Shu's second son-in-law. He worked as a magistrate in the third department with the old man Yan Shu. The life was comfortable and tight; Yang Cha was unattractive and kept a low profile, but he was quite caressing. After he was awarded a Jinshi, he tried every means to get in touch with Yan Shu. He knew that Yan Shu liked banquets, especially good wine. Yang Cha He didn't hesitate to sell the house of his hometown in Luzhou, and bought good wine with all the money he got in exchange for Yan Shu's stomach.

Hard work pays off, and it is precisely because he is very well-behaved that he wins Yan Shu's favor and can enter and leave Yan's mansion freely. From this, a series of encounters occur. There was actually a good impression; so Yang Cha stepped into the house and became the soon-to-be son-in-law of the Yan family.

All this happened so naturally that Yan Shu didn't even notice it, and when the second daughter nodded and agreed, Yan Shu just woke up like a dream, and his old nest was taken away by this guy; What is it that looks bad?Even Bai Ding, who can't read a lot of Chinese characters, as long as he catches Yan Shu's line, he will definitely rise to the top.

Yang Cha belongs to the kind of master who made a fortune in silence. In a few years, the previous investment has returned thousands of times, so he also built a big house in Socks Lane. Coincidentally, Yang Cha The court was built opposite to Xia Song's house.

Xia Song has a high official position, and his house is also domineering. In the deep land from Sock Lane to Baokangmen Street, ordinary people can live in at least [-] or [-] households, but Xia Song and Yang Cha's two houses are directly connected to each other. Xia Song's house occupies two-thirds of the depth, while Yang Cha's only occupies one-third.

In the afternoon, after Su Jin received Xia Siling's distress letter, he has been discussing how to proceed. Rescue must be rescued, but if he brings someone in through the main entrance like in Yuzhang Tower, I'm afraid it's not very good. In fact, there are hundreds of nursing homes in the Xia family's main residence, and there are many people with high martial arts skills; judging from the skills of the two people who assassinated him last time, it is true that as Master Lu said, the new group of people are not good at it.

Although Su Jin was a stubborn person, he would not be so stupid as to let his subordinates fight with bayonets unless it was absolutely necessary.

While thinking hard, Yan Biyun woke up the dreamer with a word: "Socks Alley? Doesn't the second brother-in-law live in Socks Alley?"

Su Jin was taken aback and said, "You mean Yang Cha? Where does he live?"

Yan Biyun said: "I have been to my house, but I don't know how far it is from Xia's house. You are worried that you will be damaged if you try to force it, and you are too reckless. Why don't you ask brother-in-law Yang, maybe he knows the terrain and can help .”

Su Jin was a little hesitant. If he went to Yang Cha, it would be tantamount to disclosing the grievances between himself and Xia Song to him. Besides, going this time would be to enter a private house privately, and it would inevitably lead to bloodshed. When Cha found out, he didn't know if it was a blessing or a disaster, after all, he and Yang Cha didn't have a deep friendship.

But Su Jin quickly made a decision, he didn't need to explain anything to Yang Cha, he just asked about the situation by himself, maybe Yang Cha would suspect something, but so what?Let him doubt it.

Su Jin didn't know the way, and Yan Biyun had been there before, but Su Jin would never let Yan Biyun go with him. Fortunately, Xiao Xianer also seemed to have some impressions, so Su Jin ordered Chao Ma Han and others to entangle more than 50 guards. In the midst of lightning and thunder, the courtyard got into the carriage and went straight to Baokangmen Street.

Xiao Xianer said that Yang Cha's mansion is said to be in Socks Alley, but in fact the gate is facing Baokangmen Street, and the land belongs to Socks Alley. Maybe it will arouse the suspicion of Xia's companion.

When they came to the gate of Yang's Mansion, it was raining heavily. Su Jinchao and others sat in the car and waited at the corner of the street. He brought Xiao Sui'er and knocked on the gate of Yang's Mansion.

Yang Cha's family was having dinner, and his family came to report that Su Jin was coming, which shocked Yang Cha; this cousin of the Yan Mansion was better than his real uncle, he could almost walk sideways up and down the Yan Mansion, of course he wanted to I have a good relationship with him, but this master seems to only be nice to Fu Bi, and he is neither salty nor unkind to himself. If it weren't for the fact that they are all from Luzhou, they wouldn't even have a few words. Now this master actually came to the house in the rain , Yang Cha was obviously a little surprised.

"What kind of wind brought the number one scholar here, so he is so radiant." Yang Cha let Su Jin into the main hall with a haha, and Yang Cha's wife also came from the inner hall to meet the guests. They were all relatives, so it was natural to be polite. some.

Su Jin only said: "Little brother went out to do errands, and when passing by here, suddenly the wind and rain blew up, and I heard Xiao Xian'er said that brother-in-law Yang lived here, so I didn't invite myself to hide from the rain, and came to identify the door by the way, so that we could walk together next time. "

Yang Cha naturally didn't believe it, but he didn't tell the truth. The two chatted for a while, and Su Jin brought the topic to the house, praising the location and layout of Yang's mansion.

When Yang Cha was humbled, Su Jin changed the subject and asked, "I heard that Xia Song's residence is also here?"

Yang Cha's eyelids twitched. He had already heard about Su Jin and Xia Song's disagreement. Although it was only a gossip, Yang Cha never thought that rumors were just rumors.

"To be precise, the gate of the Xia Mansion is far away from the gate of my house."

"Oh..." A trace of disappointment flashed in Su Jin's eyes, and Yang Cha caught it in a split second.

"However... the back doors of our two families are very close." Yang Cha said lightly, looking at Su Jin from the corner of his eyes.

Su Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a smile, "Oh? Isn't it the first to get the moon if you are close to the water? Brother Yang and Deputy Ambassador Xia live next to each other, so they can communicate frequently."

Yang Cha waved his hand and said, "What are you talking about? I, Yang, have never bothered to make friends with this person. To be honest, I don't despise what he did. When I built this house, I didn't know that I would be next to him. If I knew How can I build a house here?"

Su Jin was very surprised, Yang Cha had no intention of saying that, he just said it casually, but Yang Cha swore from the bottom of his heart, which is strange.

Of course, Yang Cha is not a heartless straight person. He had already seen that Su Jin must have something to do when he came here today. Seeing that Su Jin was evasive and refused to say anything, he could only make his position clear and let Su Jin dispel his worries; communicate The way is to communicate with each other. If you show your heart to the other party, and take the initiative to stuff your pigtails into their hands and hold them, the other party will definitely not be wary of you, and they will speak bluntly if they want to say something; Yang Cha is naturally proficient in this way. Well, it’s not that big of a deal anyway, Xia Song and Yan Shu have a bad relationship, and he obviously wants to be consistent with Yan Shu. This position was originally affirmative, and it’s nothing to slander Xia Song behind his back. If necessary, Yang Cha He dared to contradict Xia Song in court.

Sure enough, Su Jin relaxed his guard, thought for a while and asked, "Your house and Xia's house are built back to back, so it's hard not to touch them."

Yang Chadao: "It's not a matter of boundary at all. Although the back door faces each other, they are all built with high walls, and there is a small river between the two walls. They don't communicate with each other at all."

Su Jin was overjoyed, and said softly: "Can you take my younger brother to have a look? I know that Brother Yang must find it strange, but after seeing it, I will tell you the reason in detail?"

Yang Cha smiled and said: "There is no need to explain the reason to me, but regarding your brother Su, we are relatives, fellow countrymen, and I have admired you for a long time. As long as you can help, please feel free .”

Su Jin didn't expect Yang Cha to be such a knowledgeable person. Hearing this, he bowed deeply and said, "Brother Yang is a wonderful person. I, Su Jin, have made your friend."

Yang Cha said nothing, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and brought Su Jin to the backyard. The two of them wore coir raincoats and bamboo hats and came to the side of the wall. It is full of porcelain thorns; approaching the back door, looking out along the crack of the door, there is a turbulent small river passing by the back door, and on the other side two feet away is the tall Xia family, which is more than twice as tall as Yang's house. The back yard is fenced.

The height of this fence is beyond Su Jin's imagination. The big trees inside can only reveal half of their canopy, and the top is covered with ancient moss.

Su Jin looked at it for a while, then pulled Yang Cha to the corridor of the backyard house, and said softly: "Brother Yang, to be honest, today I will take someone to the Xia Mansion to save someone; if you enter through the main entrance, you must meet with him." What happened to the Xia family nursing home, so I wanted to use the backyard of your house, but now I have a new way to bother brother Yang."

Yang Cha said in surprise: "Are you going to enter the Xia Mansion? That's very dangerous. There are many nursing homes in the Xia Mansion. You can often hear dogs barking in the backyard of the Xia Mansion. Maybe there are vicious dogs."

Su Jin said: "It's okay, it's imperative, my brother will leave, and brother Yang will pretend that he has never seen me come to visit."

Su Jin bid farewell hastily, and left the gate of the Yang Mansion. The wind and rain became worse. Su Jin got into the carriage and took Chao Mahan and others straight to the Bian River.

Su Jin figured it out, he can't enter through the Yang's house, after tonight, there will definitely be an interrogation by the government tomorrow, and he and others will inevitably leave traces when they enter the Yang's house, the government will easily find out these traces, and then it will be troublesome .

What Su Jin needs is another way to enter. As long as the foothold is not in the Yang Mansion, it has nothing to do with the Yang Mansion.

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