The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Yan Biyun and his entourage came to the small square in front of the yamen, just in time to meet Li Chong and Master Zhao rushing to the prison in the west with a servant, Yan Biyun hurriedly asked Xiao Xianer to come forward and stop them.

"Master Li, why are you here?" Yan Biyun stepped forward to salute.

"Oh, Mr. Su ordered the treasurer Zhao to notify me, but I was so anxious to death. This young master really dares to make trouble."

Yan Biyun felt a little depressed. At the most critical moment, the person Su Jin thought of was Li Chong, not Yan Biyun. This made her feel quite uncomfortable, but this is not the time to worry about these things. It is serious to work together to find talents .

"Mr. Li, are you sure?" Yan Biyun said.

"I have met the magistrate for a few times. I have an official body, and I hope he can give me a little face. Beating people in the street is actually not a big deal. The main reason is that Mr. Su will suffer a dark loss inside, so the hands and feet You need to hurry up." Li Zhong is quite clear about some ways of officialdom, after all, before becoming an official, the imperial court has special personnel to explain the procedures and some key points.

Yan Biyun nodded and said: "Speaking of it, it's really not a big deal. Beating someone up in the street is just a cane on the buttocks, and you can spend some money to settle the matter. It's just that this time it's the son of the yamen, so I don't know what the consequences will be..."

Li Chongdao: "What consequences can there be? With so many eyes watching, can the magistrate pervert the law?"

Yan Biyun remained silent, and Li Chong thought the problem simply. It would be strange if the magistrate could easily get Su Jin out of this matter; This opportunity fueled the flames, and the magistrate would also take this opportunity to give the chamber of commerce an explanation.

"Let's not talk about it, go to the prison first to do some sorting, so as not to suffer Mr. Su Wuwang, and the jailers can't be allowed to mess around before the trial." Li Chong said.

Everyone hurriedly followed him to a large area of ​​Fuya Prison at the west end of the Yamen.

When they came to the gate of the prison, several prison guards were leaning against the cool and airy corner and chatting. When they saw someone coming, they rushed to greet them one by one.

In a place like a prison, no one will come close to it, but once people come, it is a chance to make a fortune. As long as these people see someone coming, they will swarm up. The so-called money has a share, what is the prisoner's family going to do? It's impossible not to feed these moths.

"Who is here? This is a big prison in the government office, and the idlers are waiting to disperse quickly." A jailer shouted pretendingly.

Shopkeeper Zhao quickly stepped forward and said, "Masters, we are here to visit the prison."

"No!" The jailer said firmly.

"Mr. Jun, give me some accommodation. It's not easy on a hot day. This little bit of tea can be regarded as a refreshment for you, Mr. Zhao." Shopkeeper Zhao extended his hand and offered him a lot of money.

The jailer's eyes turned green when he saw that his hands were so generous, and he looked at a tall jailer behind him with busy eyes, obviously asking for his opinion.

"Who are you going to go in to see... so many people can't go in, this is a violation of the law, and we brothers will be responsible for any mistakes." The tall man walked forward slowly, looking Li Chong up and down With Yan Biyun and his party.

"This is the head of our cell, please answer carefully." The previous jailer shouted.

Li Chong's nose was almost crooked with anger, a small prison boss behaved like this, and the guards under him were domineering. He didn't even think that the shopkeeper Zhao was an elder, and his tone was like scolding a three-year-old child.

"It turned out to be the head of prison Liu. I'm sorry for the old man. I want to go in and see the little officials of the Su family who were sent in this morning..." Shopkeeper Zhao replied with a bow.

"What?" The prison chief was stunned: "Are you going to see Su Jin? The Su Jin who beat up Ya Nei Gongzi in the street?"

"Exactly... Exactly, we are people from his family, and we are the ones who came to visit the prison." Shopkeeper Zhao said honestly.

The head of the prison squinted his eyes and looked at everyone again, reached out and grabbed the big money that the jailer had taken over, threw it on the ground, and spat: "Please go back, the magistrate sent a message. Before the court, this Su No one can see the petty officials." After saying that, he turned and left.

Shopkeeper Zhao was caught off guard, and hurriedly shouted: "Hey, Mr. Jun, Liu Laotou, be accommodating."

The cell leader walked inside without looking back, while ordering the surrounding jailers to close the gate; at this moment, a crisp voice sounded: "Please stop, sir, you don't want to get rich, and you don't need to delay these jailers and soldiers from getting rich? "

Liu Lao frowned, the voice must have been spoken by the woman in purple and veiled, originally because of the order of the magistrate, she had already missed the extra money, but at this moment, she was aroused by this woman, and immediately became angry and turned around When he came, he wanted to curse.

Prisoner Liu, who turned around, had no chance to start cursing, because there were no women in front of him, no Su family, and there were patches of silvery white light in front of his eyes; He couldn't escape the sound of gasping, even though the weather was extremely hot, he also took a breath.

It was a large plate of white silver ingots, and it was an authentic ax-shaped official ingot of twelve taels. There was no mixed silver in it. There were ten silver ingots in a row on the plate, a total of one hundred taels. According to the market price, it was comparable to One thousand copper coins.

More than a dozen jailers were all staring at the large plate of silver ingots, and their eyes automatically ignored the look of contempt on the face of the tall maid who was holding the plate. They couldn't believe that someone actually produced such a large plate of silver ingots just for the sake of Go into the cell to visit the prison.

Not only these jailers were dumbfounded, but Li Chong, Manager Zhao, and Xiao Sui'er who followed were also dumbfounded. This Yan Dong's family is really domineering, he can get a hundred taels of silver every time he makes a move. He didn't move at all, and didn't even frown.

These little jailers have never seen this market before. Earning some extra money on weekdays, a few hundred pennies is enough to keep them entertained for several days. They will be jailers for a lifetime and make money for a lifetime. I am afraid they will not be able to save it. The money.

Seeing these tattoos in front of them, they couldn't believe their eyes. Could it be that they were going to get rich?Happiness came too suddenly!

Liu Lao regained his composure, stretched out the back of his hand to wipe off the discharge from the corners of his lips, coughed in a serious manner, reminded the guards around him to wake up, and then said: "What are you waiting for? I and my brothers are receiving the salary of the Holy Lord, Guarding this Luzhou prison for the imperial court, the rules are set by the imperial court, how can...how can you go beyond the rules in vain and let you wait in to see people?"

Yan Biyun smiled slightly and took a few steps forward: "The head of the cell thinks he is bullying the slave family, who is a girl. Although the slave family is ignorant, they also know that the Song Dynasty has clear regulations. Who said that when a prisoner is in prison, his family members cannot visit him?" ? This is probably a rule set by the magistrate."

Liu Baotou said awkwardly: "Even as this little lady said, who would dare to disobey the order of the magistrate? You don't have to lose your job."

Yan Biyun nodded slightly and said: "Since that's the case, I won't embarrass you military masters, Xiao Xianer, put away the money, let's not visit the prison, and save the military masters from losing their jobs."

After saying that, she turned around and left, the tall maidservant responded crisply, covered the white silver with a red silk cloth, turned and left.

The prison chief was dumbfounded, and wanted to show his strength, but unexpectedly, the little lady left as soon as she said so. Seeing that a big foreign fortune was about to be lost, he couldn't help but cursed himself for dying. He already felt that the guards around him were looking at him. His eyes seemed to want to eat people, this group of people must have scolded their ancestors for eighteen generations in their stomachs.

The prison chief made a decisive decision and decided to make up for his idiot behavior, and he put down his ridiculous face and said loudly: "Little lady, stay behind! This matter is easy to discuss."

Yan Biyun stopped and turned around and said, "What advice does the military master have?"

The head of the cell said: "The little lady is also impatient, and she walked away before I finished speaking, that... because of the sincerity of everyone, um... I have always been very sympathetic, so this time I will let you go in and see me." As soon as I saw that Su Xiaoguan, please don't spread this matter, after all, the magistrate has issued strict orders."

Yan Biyun said: "It's best for military men not to speak out. We and ordinary people, how dare we talk nonsense."

The jailer smiled and said: "That would be the best, God knows, just pretend that you have never been here before."

Yan Biyun smiled slightly and said: "My lord, don't force yourself. If there is a real difficulty and you don't need to lose your job, then the servants and others will feel uneasy."

The cell boss rolled his eyes and smiled apologetically: "Don't force it, don't force it, it's convenient for others, haha, haha."

With a wave of Yan Biyun's hand, Xiao Xian'er offered the silver plate, and the jailer eagerly reached out to pick it up, but Li Chong suddenly reached out and said, "Wait a minute, I have something to ask."

Seeing that the silver was about to be obtained, everyone felt itchy, but unexpectedly this black boy came to disturb him again, it was a long time coming.