Gou Dasheng waved his fist and cursed angrily: "A sharp-tongued person, who is unworthy of being an official of the imperial court, actually plays these little tricks. It is really shameful. I don't even bother to quarrel with you. Come here, kick all these people out and close the official warehouse."
, I will report this matter to the transfer envoy and the imperial court. Anyone involved in the theft of military rations will be severely punished."
The government servants who followed came forward one after another and shouted curses to drive away the people. They waved their swords in the air, making people dizzy with the light of the swords.
Su Jin shouted loudly: "Come here, take this Gou Dasheng to me who beats the people at will, obstructs the envoy from doing his errands, and wastes food!"
Gou Dasheng was startled when he saw a person flash out from behind Su Jin. Without saying a word, he grabbed his clothes and cut his hands behind his back. He crossed his neck and pushed him in front of Su Jin.
Gou Dasheng's men rushed to rescue him, but Ma Han kicked two of them away. He glared and shouted, "If you dare to take even one step forward, I will break this fat pig's neck."
As he put more strength on his hands, Gou Dasheng felt as if his wrists were bound by iron hoops. The big hands on his neck forcefully twisted his neck to one side, and the bones in his neck rattled. Gou Dasheng was so frightened that he shouted:
: "Don't move, don't come forward."
The officials quickly backed away, feinting with the knife and not daring to come forward. Pan Jiang was so frightened that his face turned pale. The two adults started to use force without saying a few words, especially the envoy, who came up and scolded him.
Even if he started to take action, he didn't look like an official at all. Seeing that the situation was getting into trouble, he hurriedly ran to Su Jin's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, this... is not good."
Su Jin ignored him, pointed at Gou Dasheng and shouted: "Gou Dasheng, do you know your guilt?"
Gou Dasheng yelled: "Su Jin, you are so audacious that you dare to hold an official of the imperial court hostage. You... you don't want to live anymore..."
Su Jin stretched out his hand and patted his fat face and said, "There is no need to put a big hat on me. I am just picking off the criminal. Although you are an official, you will still be guilty of the same crime as the common people if you break the law."
Gou Dasheng roared angrily: "What law did I break? You are the one who broke the law. I will report today's incident to the court truthfully. If you know better, let me go. Otherwise, you will be left with nothing to eat."
Su Jin chuckled and said: "I don't know what law you broke? Is it illegal to obstruct the envoy from doing his work? He beat the people in front of the envoy, and also threw the official grain purchased by the imperial court on the ground.
You are still Cangsi in vain, don’t you know how precious these rice grains are at times like this?”
Gou Dasheng shouted: "I will pay for the food. As for obstructing you from doing errands, it is out of the question. I am also on errands. If that woman had not touched me, I would not have beaten her. This is your own fault."
Su Jin spat in his face and said: "I'll hit someone if I touch you. How are you different from a robber? It's a fact that you beat others. There are thousands of pairs of eyes watching here. It's hard to deny it. I believe it."
When we arrived at the Yamen, naturally many people came to testify."
Su Jin turned to the common people and asked: "Fellow folks, I took this piece of shit that beat people to the Yamen, is there anyone willing to testify?"
The people were silent, and Su Jin felt a chill in his heart. It seemed that the people in Yangzhou were afraid of being bullied like those in other places, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Gou Dasheng spoke in a serious manner, when suddenly he saw someone in the crowd raise his hand and said: "The common people are willing to testify. The common people saw the official beating the woman with their own eyes. The woman's ribs were probably broken by the kick."
Su Jin took a closer look and found that this man was Wu Erlang, whom he and Song Quan had gone to visit for condolences that night. He did not notice that he was also here to receive food.
"You should be careful what you say. If you falsely accuse an official of the imperial court, you will be put in jail and face a lawsuit." Gou Dasheng threatened.
"It is better to face a lawsuit and go to jail than to die of hunger and cold. The ordinary people have seen it with their own eyes. How can they still speak out of conscience?"
Su Jin chuckled and said: "A good man, responsible, no one is like a puddle of blood. A good life is earned, not given by charity."
When the people around saw someone coming forward and heard Su Jin's words, they were greatly stimulated. Suddenly they raised their hands and shouted: "We saw it too."
"I am willing to bear witness."
"I saw this dog official beating someone with my own eyes..."
The people's roars resounded through the sky, and thousands of people shouted together. The momentum was really scary. Gou Da Sheng's face turned pale as dirt, and he only glanced at the people with malicious eyes, muttering curses in his mouth.
Su Jin signaled the people to be quiet, and said to Gou Dasheng with a smile: "Master Gou, you can see that you can't get away with the crime of beating others. Let's calculate other accounts. You just said that you will pay for the food that was spilled on the ground."
Come on, how do you plan to compensate?"
Gou Dasheng said angrily: "It's just a few liters of rice that were spilled. Just compensate according to the price. I'll pay two ounces of money, which is enough."
Su Jin laughed and said: "Two guan of money? Mr. Gou is so rich. He spilled a few liters of rice, but it's only a few hundred yuan. You lost two guan of money at once. Isn't this a loss?"
Gou Dasheng said: "I accept the loss, let me go quickly."
Su Jin said: "That can't be done. We should keep a clear distinction between public and private matters. Why should we ask for more compensation from you? It's not fair to you. The court doesn't lack your extra money. It makes it seem as if the government is taking advantage of you.
I won’t let you talk in the future.”
Gou Dasheng was driven crazy by him and shouted, "Then what do you think we should do?"
"It's very simple. You will be compensated as much as you waste. And you don't need any money, just rice and grain. Now you have nothing to say."
"Fairness is fair, but how many meters are there on this ground? Give me the number."
Su Jin sneered and said: "I have so many things to do, do you have time to help you count the meters? Just lie there and count the rice. If you count how much is wasted, you will pay the amount. It doesn't matter if you have one more grain or one grain less."
Gou Dasheng said angrily: "The rice grains and muddy water are mixed together on the ground, how can you count them clearly? Su Jin, you are deliberately making things difficult for me."
Su Jin scolded: "You fucking didn't know until now that I was making things difficult for you? You're such a stupid pig. I don't care. If you don't count the food and pay for it today, I will never let you out of this hospital."
Don't worry, my dear, I will accompany you here even at night."
Gou Dasheng shouted angrily: "Su Jin, you are such a thief, you are so audacious, you kidnapped and insulted an official of the imperial court, and I beat him, so what happened to the food? What can you do to me? It's not your turn to take care of my affairs."
, you are that green onion, if you dare, you can kill me with one knife."
Su Jin said coldly: "Are you really such a bachelor?"
Gou Dasheng risked his life, but he didn't believe that Su Jin dared to really touch him. The only thing Su Jin relied on was his status as a food envoy. As for cases such as beatings, it was not Su Jin's turn to take care of them.
Su Jin pointed out tall and pointed: "Well, it seems you won't shed tears until you see the coffin. I'll show you something, and then you can consider whether to take back what you just said."
Su Jin stepped forward, shielded everyone's eyes with her body, took out something from her arms, and flashed it in front of Gou Dasheng's eyes. Gou Dasheng immediately became dumbfounded with his mouth open as if he had Alzheimer's disease.
Su Jin smiled, took the thing back into his arms, and said in his ear: "I didn't want you to see it at first, but you forced me to do it. Now that you've seen it, I won't be polite. You have two choices.
The first is to continue to fight against me. I will use this "I am here in person" sign given by the emperor to punish you for obstructing official duties, beating people to serious injuries, and wasting official food. And you will be punished according to the most severe standards.
, in short, it is certain that you will lose your official position, receive a ban, and be exiled. I know that the emperor will definitely punish me afterwards, but I don’t care. I am a low-level official who does not care about losing my official position, and you will be punished by me.
You are in trouble, if you are going to be unlucky, we will be unlucky together."
Gou Dasheng gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his face were twisted and deformed. He knew that what Su Jin said was the truth. As soon as this sign was taken out, not to mention him, even the road transfer envoy would give in. I didn't expect that the emperor would actually...
I gave this boy a gold medal as if I were here in person.
Gou Dasheng weighed it again and again. Of course he didn't want to be taken away by Su Jin for no reason. Even if Su Jin would be unlucky afterwards, for the sake of royal dignity, the emperor would probably not take back his life. He was just a small road manager, and the emperor would not
He would destroy the majesty of this gold medal for a worthless person like himself.
"May I ask, what is the second way?" Gou Dasheng hoped that there would be a better solution.
Su Jin raised his thumb and said: "What a courage. You have ruled out the first way so quickly. I am impressed by you. The second way is very simple. You pretend not to know about it. I know this is military rations."
It is a capital crime to steal military rations privately, and I might as well tell you that even the official documents of the prefect were forged by me, so once this matter is exposed, even if I have nine lives, I will lose it."
Gou Dasheng was frightened when he heard this. The kid in front of him was probably crazy. Such a treasonous thing seemed to him so calmly, as if nothing happened to him.
"As long as you keep your mouth shut, I will take care of all this. Luzhou Prefecture's five hundred thousand shi of grain is on its way to Yangzhou. After it arrives, my envoy will replenish the official warehouse. When the time comes, God knows what you know.
I know that if everything calms down, just pretend that nothing happened, and if you continue to be your Kuji-sama, you can still win my friendship, and maybe I can help you with something in the future, wouldn’t everyone be happy?"
Su Jin's words were quite tempting, but Gou Dasheng knew that this second option seemed to be a happy solution, but in fact it was a more dangerous path. Su Jin was trying to pull himself into this boat, and the boat capsized.
He can't run away, he can't run away, Yangzhou Magistrate Song Xiang can't run away, and even a series of officials below the road can't get away with it. This Su Jin is simply a harm.dd