It wasn't until the first watch that the minions came to invite Su Jin and others to have a meal in the cottage hall. By this time, the two of them, Wang Chao and Mahan, were already hungry, with their chests pressed against their backs, and they cursed hundreds of motherfuckers.
Su Jin straightened his clothes and led the two of them to the Juyi Hall. The hall was brightly lit and dozens of candlesticks on the walls were lit. There were also dozens of multi-headed candlesticks placed on a large table in the middle of the hall. All the candles were lit.
Su Jin secretly thought: How lavish! Although candles are not valuable, ordinary people can only burn oil lamps. Such lavish burning method can use up three days of food money for ordinary people in one night.
On the big tiger-skin chair beside the table, Shen Yaozu sat upright with a sullen face, while Qiu Dabao, Diao Mazi and several other petty bosses sat on both sides, all with frightened expressions.
Su Jin knew that Shen Yaozu must have resisted the feint attack of the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain, and might have suffered some small losses, so he became depressed. He was in a bad mood, and the bandits naturally kept silent for fear of getting into trouble.
Su Jin stepped into the hall, held up his hands and laughed loudly and said: "Master Shen is a good man, why should you be so polite? Can't you just ask someone to send you some food? If you want to have a banquet, you will seriously kill me."
Everyone in the seat turned around, their faces full of anger, and they all stared at Su Jin and others.
Wang Chao muttered: "What's wrong with these people? Why are they looking at us like this? Should we kill their people or set their houses on fire?"
Su Jin glared at him and told him to shut up, then walked to an empty seat at the table and sat down.
Shen Yaozu said coldly: "Who told you to take a seat?"
Su Jin said in astonishment: "Do you want me to eat standing up?"
Shen Yaozu said: "Who said they came to treat you to a meal? Someone came and took these three people and tied them to pillars. We will slowly cook them after we have eaten and drank enough."
The minions standing by shouted and gathered around, holding ropes and trying to tie up Su Jin and others. Mahan Wang Dynasty cursed angrily and got ready to take action. Su Jin shouted loudly and stopped, "Stop! I have something to say."
Shen Yaozu picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all in one gulp, and sneered: "You still have the nerve to talk."
Su Jindao: "The two armies are fighting without killing the envoys. I kindly went up the mountain to discuss important matters with you, but you are so rude. People say thieves have their ways. I don't think you people can even be considered bandits."
"Shut up, Huangkou boy, you are so sharp-tongued. You are talking about discussing important matters with us. It turns out that you are paralyzing us and taking the opportunity to sneak attack on my pass at the foot of the mountain. What a terrible intention!"
Su Jin said seriously: "I knew you would think so, but you don't want to think about it. I went up the mountain to put myself in danger, but ordered people to sneak attack at the bottom of the mountain. Isn't this forcing myself to die? The attack at the bottom of the mountain has nothing to do with me. It must be related to the fact that the general who led the army must have been impatient, so he took it upon himself to lead the army to attack. Not only was the master angry about this, but I was also extremely angry. After coming down from the mountain, I was the first to go to that general to settle the score; this Qiu Ba, He has long disliked me and seems to want to take the opportunity to get rid of me."
Shen Yaozu sneered: "With your sharp tongue, I will never spare you today."
Su Jin looked at Shen Yaozu and sighed: "I thought the master was a hero, but I didn't expect that he is also short-sighted."
Shen Yaozu threw the wine glass with his hands and cursed angrily: "You are still insulting me even when you are about to die. Didn't your two men scold me enough this evening? Even my dead parents and relatives at home were scolded. You can't live in peace, which shows that you are a bunch of lazy people."
Su Jin cupped his hands and said: "What happened in the evening was the fault of my two brothers. If the head of the family feels that scolding you will lead to beheading, I have nothing to say; but I also want to ask you, I will wait for you We are not just guests, but at least envoys. Why do you send people to put us under house arrest in a stone room? We are all cheerful people. If you kill me with open swords and clear guns, I, Su Jin, will say nothing, but But these tactics have taught me to look down on the boss."
Shen Yaozu rolled his eyes and said: "I have good intentions. If you are ignorant and wander around in the stronghold of the stronghold, breaking into the forbidden area, you will be killed. There are many places in the stronghold that you are not allowed to go to. As long as If you take a step forward, even without my order, you will be killed on the spot."
Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "So I would like to thank you for taking care of me? But if it were you, you would not wander around in other people's homes without the owner's permission, not to mention that I am the imperial court. How can an important official in the imperial court gain a foothold in the court if he doesn't understand so many rules?"
Shen Yaozu was speechless and argued forcefully: "In short, I have good intentions. You yourself have misunderstood my intentions. How can you blame me?"
Su Jin didn't want to push him too far, and said with a smile: "That's fine, how about letting this end go away? I'll order my two brothers to apologize to you."
After saying that, he turned around and winked. Mahan of the Dynasty stepped forward aggrievedly, bowed his hands and said, "I really shouldn't have insulted the great master, so I apologize to you. My elders also scolded me afterwards. If you really feel that you can't vent your anger, if we call you a turtle bastard and call your parents a pair of bastards, you can just come back with the same insults."
Shen Yaozu was so angry that he didn't know whether the two of them were being honest or roundabout, but since Su Jin had given in, it seemed that he was not generous enough if he pressed further, so he frowned and waved his hands: "That's it, you two will talk about it from now on. To accumulate virtue, you can scold anyone in the world who doesn't like you, but you can never forgive someone who insults your ancestors."
Su Jin clapped his hands and said: "You're right, filial piety is the first word, and the head of the family is a role model."
Dynasty Mahan nodded in agreement, and Shen Yaozu's face brightened slightly. He looked at Su Jin and said, "Envoy Su, I have some questions that I would like to ask Envoy Su to explain."
Su Jin smiled and said: "How about you allow me to sit down and have something to eat? Even if the boss ends up taking my head, I still have to give you a full meal?"
Shen Yaozu waved his hand, and the minions around him retreated. He extended his hand and said, "Please take a seat."
Su Jin thanked him and then took his seat. As soon as the Dynasty Mahan touched his butt on the bench, he couldn't wait to grab the ham from the plate and started chewing it, causing Diao Mazi and others to look sideways and curse in a low voice.
Su Jin laughed loudly, picked up the wine glass and gestured to Shen Yaozu and Qiu Dabao: "The two masters have given you such a warm hospitality. Su borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha, and I would like to propose a glass to you as a token of my gratitude."
After saying that, he raised his neck, drank it all, and showed the bottom of the glass to Shen Yaozu. Qiu Dabao took the cup to drink, but saw that Shen Yaozu remained unmoved, so he had to put down the glass in embarrassment.
Shen Yaozu watched Su Jin pick up another chopstick and put the dish into his mouth. He narrowed his eyes and praised the taste. After he swallowed the dish, he said coldly: "Special Envoy Su, may I ask?"
Su Jin stretched out his chopsticks towards a plate of stewed pheasant and said without raising his head: "Of course, you can ask, if you are the boss."
"What is your real purpose of going up the mountain this time?"
"I have already said that I am here to discuss important matters with you."
"What's the big deal? Please explain it clearly."
"Well...it's hard to talk with so many people here. How about we talk in private?"
Shen Yaozu thought for a while, waved his hand and called all the minions in the hall to go out, leaving only the people at the table, saying: "You can talk now."
Su Jin looked at the little bosses in the seat and hesitated a little. Shen Yaozu said: "These are all people I copied from the village, but it doesn't matter."
Su Jin wiped his mouth and said: "In that case, let me tell you, the purpose of my coming up the mountain is to come and discuss with the villagers about submitting to the imperial court under the orders of the imperial court. In short, I am here to recruit you and others. .”
Shen Yaozu was stunned for a moment, an incredible look slowly appeared on his face, and then he laughed, looked at the bandits beside him and said, "Recruitment? He said he was here to recruit me and others. I was really laughing to death."
The bandits also started laughing, as if Su Jin had told a big joke.
Su Jin paused his chopsticks and said seriously: "What's so funny about the important events of the imperial court?"
Shen Yaozu pointed at Su Jin and laughed again. Tears of laughter were about to flow out. Fang said sharply: "Just you? Are you here to recruit us? Who are you? It is said that you are just a food envoy." , it’s okay to rush for food and frighten the people. How can you, a food envoy, take on such a big thing as recruitment? Do you think we are three-year-old children and let you fool us? Come on! Tell me your truth. What is the purpose? Is it a lie to go up the mountain to spy on the situation in our village?"
Diao Mazi and other little bosses patted the table one by one, pointed at Su Jin and said, "Say it, say it quickly!"
Su Jin looked at the people in front of him and suddenly burst into laughter, saying: "Why such a big reaction? I am the special envoy of grain affairs, which is good, but who stipulates that the special envoy of grain affairs cannot also be responsible for recruiting people?"
Shen Yaozu laughed and said: "You are still arguing that the matter of recruitment is the responsibility of Zhongshu. You are in charge of food affairs and should be under the third division. What authority do you have to take the responsibility of recruiting people? You are afraid that we think that we have fallen into disgrace. You don’t know anything about the official positions in the imperial court? But that’s all the men know.”
The bandits murmured: "Yes, yes, our leader was a talented scholar back then. You can't even think of trying to deceive this gentleman who doesn't understand."
Su Jin smiled and said: "It turns out that Mr. Shen was born as a scholar, so I am disrespectful and disrespectful. But I don't know why he came to this mountain to become a bandit if he doesn't read good books. I think he didn't read enough books about sages and his reputation fell outside Sun Mountain."
Shen Yaozu was exposed and said angrily: "Don't change the subject. What are you here to do? If you don't tell the truth, I will cut off your belly, put in a wick and light your sky lantern."