Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 92

[92. Ninety-one chapters]

This is the anti-theft chapter Su Jince was standing not far away, and the situation was far worse than she expected.

The bustling alleys are like a giant beast with a bloody mouth, involving the people who come and go and the officers and soldiers who maintain order. Occasionally, there are troublemakers rushing in, some crying and shouting, some resenting them, some wanting to rise up, some trying their best to squeeze out the crowd, but they can’t tell which end is the way out, pushing and shoving. , I don’t know if it’s stepping on people.

The troublemakers were mixed with the common people, and they were all boiled into a mess in this chaotic street and alley, and it was impossible to tell who was who.

The commander of the soldiers and horses in Nancheng shouted angrily: “Block the road! Block the road for Lao Tzu!”

But Zhuque Lane was shaped like a “well”, extending in all directions. The safety of several high-ranking officials in the imperial court, where will the extra people block the road. Su Jin got off his horse, stepped forward and cupped

his hands: “Master Tan, why is there only one division here? What about the soldiers and horses in the east and west cities?”

It’s gone!” Qin Zhaolin scolded.

Su Jin had already heard a little on the way.

Right now, the capital is all in chaos, and there are troublemakers everywhere. I heard that there are several officials who have made trouble outside Chengtianmen with the banner of “Qiu cheating, the north and the south are different”.

Su Jin thought for a while, and then asked, “How many people do you have on hand?

” Suddenly, he gave a “tsk” with a headache, and muttered, “Why is there a dead man here?” Then he pointed to the teahouse behind him, and said impatiently, “Put it in and take it with you, don’t be an eyesore!”

The teahouse was heavily guarded outside, and there was no need to think about it, and a few high-ranking officials of the court were hiding inside.

At that time, a school captain stumbled out of the crowd, kneeling in front of Tan Zhaolin with a sad face: “Master Commander, I can’t find it…”

Tan Zhaolin grabbed his collar, his eyes were splitting: “I didn’t find it You?!” The captain was so breathless that he blushed, Qin Zhaolin pushed him away, spat and scolded, “A bunch of trashy snacks!

” After two breaths, he said, “Sir, why don’t you use a knife to kill?”

“A knife to kill?” Tan Zhaolin was so stubborn that when he raised his arm, a gust of wind blew up, and the school captain who just got up was slapped to the ground again, “Your brain Got into the water? Not to mention whether you can tell who is making trouble here and who are ordinary people, that is, you can tell these troublemakers, even if they are bastards, you dare to kill them casually? If you kill one, you won’t have enough pig brains!”

Su Jin stepped forward to pick up the captain, picked up the key and asked, “You just said you were looking for someone, but who else is trapped in the crowd?”

The captain of the school saw that although the scholar in front of him was a scholar of literary quality, he was still calm compared to Tan Zhaolin, who was already angry, so he honestly explained: “Go back to this official, it’s not that we didn’t look carefully. It’s just that who has seen this new Xu Tanhua? A portrait alone is not enough. In the eyes of our old and rude, you scholars all look like you have a beautiful nose and a beautiful mouth.”

Su Jin was stunned for a long time before asking. “The full name of Xu Tanhua you said is Xu Ying, Xu Yuanzhe?”

She had seen the list of tributes, and there were only one named Xu among the eighty-nine officials.

Sure enough, the captain nodded again and again: “Yes, yes, that’s the name!”

At noon, the sun was shining in the sky, and the sky in late spring was not too hot, but Su Jin suddenly sweated on his forehead.

She bowed her hands to Qin Zhaolin again: “Lord Tan, please divide your hundred people into eighty people, guard the two south exits of Zhuque Lane, and evacuate the crowd from there, as long as the troublemakers are not allowed to leave the city through Zhengyang Gate in the south of the city , and everything else can be discussed in the long run.”

“You know a stick!” Tan Zhaolin said: “If everyone is instructed to go away, who the hell is going to catch Lao Tzu? Who the hell is going to catch Lao Tzu’s troubles?!”

“Your manpower is not enough. Do you delusionally think that you can cure a hundred people with one thing, and turn corruption into a miracle?” Su Jin stood with his hands behind his back, looked into Tan Zhaolin’s eyes, and scolded: “If you can’t choose, you will only

care about one thing and another, and the gain will outweigh the loss!” Tan Zhaolin was speechless for a moment. .

For a moment, he seemed to see the aura of a sword in the depths of Su Jin’s eyes.

This pair of Qing Jun’s eyes, which should belong to a scholar, hides the sparks of fire, and they can start a prairie at the touch of a finger.

“Old Master Ge!” He spat again, pointed at the captain, and said, “Listen to this little idiot first, and send eighty people to squat at the entrance of the two alleys in the south of the city, waiting for the bastards from the East and West City soldiers and Ma Si to come. Now, let them pick someone to send away those weak chickens in the teahouse.” The

captain asked with a bitter face, “Then what are you doing, sir?”

Tan Zhaolin gritted his teeth: “I’m a motherfucker!” After saying that, he strode into the crowd with great strides.

“Come back!” Su Jin shouted immediately, turned around and walked to the school captain, and said, “Give me the knife.” The

school captain blinked: “What?”

Su Jin didn’t talk nonsense to him, and raised his hand to hold the knife around his waist. Handle, pull out.

The long knife is unsheathed, and the light of the knife is like water.

Su Jin cut off a section of her sleeve, wrapped the hilt around her wrist, and said to Qin Zhaolin, who was staring at him blankly: “Do you recognize someone, so you go to find someone?” Then she clenched the hilt of the knife tightly Without turning back, he walked towards the chaotic crowd, and left a sentence: “You stay, I’ll go.”

Tan Zhaolin stared at Su Jin’s back in a daze, and a sentence broke out between his teeth: “Master, see you. I’ve been courting death, I’ve never seen one who can court death so well!” He turned around and instructed the captain, “Why don’t you find two people to follow?” The

crowd was like a swamp and quagmire.

In a trance, Su Jin felt as if she was in the catastrophe of twelve years ago. The sound of beatings and killings around her was like the sound of changing signs. She held a blood-stained dagger in her hand and hid it in a place with a strong smell of corpse. In the haystack, alone and helpless.

Su Jin stabilized his body and thought to himself, since these troublemakers are coming for the officials who are in the office, then Xu Yuanzhe, who is the third flower, must be blocked in the innermost crowd.

Ordinary people would shy away from seeing trouble. As long as they go against the crowd, they will definitely find Xu Yuanzhe.

Going further inside, there are really fewer people crowding out.

The people in front of them formed a semicircle behind their backs, and across the gap, Xu Yuanzhe, who was lying against the wall, was vaguely aware of his life and death.

Su Jin took a deep breath.

The tip of the knife stomped on the ground, making a sharp stinging sound. Su Jin kept silent, pushed aside the crowd and walked to Xu Yuanzhe, patted his face, and called out, “Yuanzhe, wake up.”

Xu Yuanzhe still had a trace left . Consciously, he opened his eyes in a daze, and when he saw Su Jin, his eyes filled with tears, and he said hoarsely: “Sir, I… hurt…”

Su Jin nodded and said softly: “I know, Endure it.” He raised his arm with one hand and put it on his shoulder to help him get up.

Xu Yuanzhe only took two steps, when a strong wind came from behind, and a sap hit her calf.

Su Jin suffered from pain for a while, her knees softened, she threw herself forward and knelt on the ground, and two sticks swept her back. , actually choked out a mouthful of blood.

A pair of black-headed soap boots appeared in front of him, and a voice on the top of his head sneered: “Who am I, but I’m only an eighth-rank clerk. You want to take care of the business that the emperor doesn’t care about, and you’re not afraid to explain your life?

” , raised his foot and stepped on Su Jin’s knife-wielding hand, and there was a burst of laughter around.

Su Jin only felt that the bones of his hand were about to break, but under this severe pain, his mind became unusually clear.

She raised her head and asked lightly: “I don’t care about the emperor? What do you mean?” The

person in front of her was wearing a shirt with white teeth. When she heard this question, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth and said, “Kill me. Kill him!”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Su Jin mixed with Xu Yuanzhe’s hand and pulled out a dagger from his boots, stabbing it into Yabaishanzi’s left leg.

The white shirt was in pain, and the strength of his legs disappeared completely. Su Jin ignored the pain in his hands, and immediately picked up the long knife and waved it forward desperately.

She heard the sound of skin cracking, and warm blood splattered on her face.

I don’t know if this white shirt is dead or not.

There was a blur of blood in the field of vision, and in a trance, Su Jin actually remembered something irrelevant. Didn’t the Ministry of Punishment send a death row prisoner to kill her as an example? Now that she is self-taught, what about death row prisoners?

Su Jin stumbled to his feet, his eyes were bloody, like a desperado: “Didn’t you say you’re going to kill me? Either go up or get out, otherwise, whoever takes a step forward, this officer will cut whoever!”

Zhi Shen From time to time, the soldiers and horses of the east and west cities finally gathered in Suzaku Lane.

The teahouse behind Tan Zhaolin opened in response, and Director Jiang from the Ministry of Rites came forward and gave Qin Zhaolin a big gift, saying, “Thanks to Commander Tan for sheltering him today, I will never forget my great kindness and virtue.”

Tan Zhaolin said, “Jiang The boss is polite, this is exactly what you are doing.”

Chief Jiang said again: “I dare to ask the commander, but the governor of the capital’s yamen has been here earlier?”

Tan Zhaolin said yes.

Director Jiang looked around and asked, “Then where is he now?”

Tan Zhaolin sighed, “This is Lao Tzu… I am most worried now that Governor Su went into Suzaku Alley to look for someone, and it was almost time for him. It’s been two hours and I haven’t come out yet.”

Mr. Jiang was startled: “I haven’t come out yet?” He walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, and murmured, “It’s broken, it’s broken.”

Tan Zhaolin looked at him like this, and it was incredible: “Why, could it be that this Governor Su has something else to do?”

At that time, at the end of the long street, he heard the sound of golden horns, and the hoofs of horses shook the sky. There were also thousands of soldiers, all wearing phoenix-wing helmets and chain mail.

It was actually Jin Wuwei’s costume.

Tan Zhaolin was a little confused about the situation for a while, but it was Mr. Jiang, who recognized the top two, and immediately dragged Tan Zhaolin to his knees, lying on the ground and salute loudly: “Meet Mr. Liu and General Zuo.”

Liu Chaoming sneered . face, not words. Zuo Qian raised his hand to help the two of them humbly

without making a sound. Instead, he turned around and ordered: “All officers and men obey orders! Form an array!”

There was the sound of hoofs.

The person on the horse flew in purple clothes, and his eyes were like stars and moon, extremely bright. When he reached the crowd, he reined in his horse and closed his whip, and the horse raised its front hooves, raising a cloud of dust.

Zuo Qian knelt down on one knee and shouted: “See your Thirteenth Highness!”

For a time, all the officers and men knelt down and bowed, “See your Thirteenth Highness!”

Since spring, officials have gathered in a crowd to make trouble. fifteen. There have also been cases submitted to the Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Court to sue Qiu Ge, the chief examination officer of Chunqi, for favoritism and fraud.

The Kechang case is no trivial matter. After discussing with Zhang Shishan, Liu Chaoming only briefly reported it to the sage, and decided to investigate thoroughly after it was passed on.

The top priority is the safety of Chuanlu that day. After the ceremony, the champions paraded through the streets, and the first three went out from Chengtianmen, passed the Confucius Temple, and reached Zhuque Lane. They should be strictly guarded all the way, and they must not go wrong.

Yang Zhiwei said: “Tomorrow I will be in the palace, and all matters of the government office should be dispatched by Sun Fucheng. According to the intention of Lord Liu, Lord Zhang, if there is any trouble, we will arrest the government together.”

Sun Yinde had the heart to strangle Yang Zhiwei. The champion is parading in the streets, and the people are scrambling to watch it. If someone really makes trouble and mixes with the people, how can it be so easy to catch?

His dignified governors have taken refuge in the palace and left him with this drudgery? Think beautifully.

Sun Yinde lifted his robe and knelt down on the ground, saying, “The security guards of the five cities are responsible for the security of the parade. If there are people making trouble, why don’t you ask the commander to ask for someone? How can the commander be willing to take care of the commander?” Hand it over to the next official?”

Yang Zhiwei said: “You don’t have to worry about this, I will leave the government’s

seal with you.” Sun Yinde added: “If the lower official takes the yamen to patrol the security, who will be in charge of the capital’s yamen? ?”

Yang Zhiwei saw him shirk again and again, and said displeasedly, “Liu should be promoted by Liu, and there are many affairs in the office, but it’s not impossible to leave anyone.”

Liu Yichu heard this, but he wondered: “Go down. Officials try cases and file lawsuits on weekdays, but I’m not familiar with the rules of the family, so I’m afraid it will be difficult to take up this position.”

Zhang Shishan’s expression was not worried: “The dignified capital’s yamen, even a ceremonial clerk, dispatching Can’t find the person in charge?”

Zhou Ping took the opportunity to say: “Reporting to the lord, there is a governor in the Yazhong, who was born in the jinshi, and was taught the ritual system in the past.”

Zhang Shishan naturally knew that this person was kneeling in the retreat hall. Su Jin outside.

It was windy and rainy outside, and he was thinking about the safety of his future life. Hearing this, he said: “I ordered him to come in and talk.”

Shaoqing, Su Jin stood outside the threshold of the retreat hall, and saluted Zhang Shishan and Liu Chaoming. She was drenched in the rain and did not enter the hall for fear of bringing moisture in.

Zhang Shishan originally wanted her to change her clothes, but Liu Chaoming had always looked pale since he arrived at the government office. Zhang Shishan knew that he had always valued people who were polite and restrained. “Since you are a jinshi, you must be familiar with the rules of the Grand Ceremony, so you will start from singing and walk through the streets, and tell them one by one.

” “I can’t hear clearly.”

Su Jin paused for a while, and had to start from the beginning in a louder voice.

Spring thunder rumbled, it was raining darkly, Liu Chaoming’s face was cold, he couldn’t bear to listen any longer, put the tea cup on the case, and reprimanded: “No one taught you where to stand and answer. Is it? ” Tui Sitang was

silent, Su Jin said: “Go back to the lord, the lower official is completely wet, I am afraid that the cold will be brought into the hall, if the adults are infected with the sickness, it should be the sin of the lower official.”

Liu Chaoming’s complexion Even more ugly: “Then you are still here?”

His words were endless, as if he was about to be convicted and punished.

Su Jin hesitated for a moment, then immediately knelt down and gave a big salute, and hurriedly retreated. After a while, she came back and changed into clean clothes.

The rain eased a little, and Chunyang broke free from the clouds and shed half a ray of light, making the retreat half bright and half dark.

Su Jin raised his eyelids and glanced at the hall. Liu Chaoming sat silently in the light and shadow, the inexplicable hostility had dissipated a lot, and his brows and eyes revealed the same depth as always.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and according to Zhang Shishan’s words, carefully repeated the rules of the family, and there was nothing wrong.

Zhang Shishan nodded and ordered all the others to retreat, leaving only Su Jin.

He instructed: “Although it is stated that you will be dispatched at the ya office tomorrow, just in case, but Sun Yinde is unreliable after all, you should be more careful this day.”

Su Jin said yes.

Although she had changed clothes, her hair was still fresh, and Ling Ling Shui meant that she had trimmed eyebrows and bright eyes, which was extremely clear.

Liu Chaoming’s eyes swept across Su Jin, and said lightly: “Tomorrow, I will order the Department of Punishment to send you a death row prisoner.

”

Su Jin pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked: “Your lord means to make a fuss about this death row prisoner, if there are officials who make trouble and kill a hundred people?”

Liu Chaoming was noncommittal: “You can do it.”

Su Jin silently said: “Master Liu, a scholar who is a junior officer, has never even hurt anyone. A gentleman is far away from the kitchen. He would rather see his life than see his death, let alone take people’s lives

. With an expression: “You are born to be able to write?”

Su Jin said nothing.

Liu Chaoming stood up, passed by her, and left a cold sentence: “If you don’t know how to learn, then you can learn.” At

night, the glow of the rosy sky burst out, and one side of the sky was as bright as fire. Standing team, send off the two adults.

Just now, Liu Chaoming’s harsh attitude towards Su Jin was seen by Sun Yinde.

He stood in front of the carriage and horses and asked for advice as he liked: “Master Liu, I don’t know that Governor Su is ignorant of being lazy, secretly investigating and banning cases, and punishing several crimes together. What should be done?”

Liu Chaoming turned his head to look at him. There was no emotion in the voice: “He has privately investigated and banned the case?”

[End of This Chapter]