Su Jin sighed, feeling extremely depressed. He was not strict with his subordinates and rarely treated them as servants. This was caused by the ideas brought by later generations, so the longer the people around him followed him, the worse they became.
There has become no distinction between dignity and inferiority.
Originally, in Su Jin's mind, he did not regard the people around him as human beings, but now it seems that this idea is unacceptable. In this era, the strict hierarchy is the strong link that keeps the building from falling. Without these, it will
Without the psychological shackles to restrain others, my previous ideas were a bit ridiculous.
"Young Master... I was wrong!" Ma Han rarely spoke in such a high-pitched voice, like a woman's.
Su Jin said calmly: "Take off all the wet clothes, wring them out and hang them to dry; Mahan, go to the open space and do a thousand push-ups as punishment. You are not allowed to drink alcohol or eat meat for another three months."
Ma Han hurriedly said: "Master..."
Su Jin glared and shouted: "What are you talking about? It's okay if you don't want to accept the punishment. When we get out of trouble, we will pay you and leave on your own."
Ma Han finally knew that Su Jin was really angry, and blamed himself for being greedy. At this time, he was still thinking about eating wine and meat, and now the three of them were drowning. He and Chao Chao were just fine. They were strong and in the winter.
It's okay to be shirtless, but how can the young master's small body bear it? Don't you want to freeze to death this night?
Ma Han knelt down and admitted his mistake again and again. Wang Chao also knelt down and begged for mercy. Su Jin fiddled with his wet hair and said: "Do as I said. Wang Chao will move the wet grass away. The ground below should be dry. This night...
…We’re going to cuddle up and sleep together.”
Su Jin's outer cotton robe was completely soaked. Fortunately, the close-fitting clothes inside were still dry, so he was able to avoid the shame of being naked. Wet clothes were absolutely not allowed to be worn. Su Jin knew this knowledge.
Hypothermia caused by low temperatures can kill you overnight. The only way is to huddle together to keep warm, or to move around all night long to allow the body to generate heat to prevent freezing.
Although there was no biting cold wind in the underground cell, it was still as cold as an ice cellar inside. The water sprinkled on the grass stems froze into popsicles after a while. Although Su Jin was huddled in the corner with Wang Chao, she had too few clothes on her body.
After a while, his body was cold, his lips were black and purple, and his upper and lower teeth began to chatter.
After eating and drinking enough, the three bandits swayed around to check, then closed the door to the outer passage, got into the small bed in the corner of the hall, and fell asleep.
The colder it got, the longer the time felt. Su Jin felt like he was cold to the bone. Chao Chao and Ma Han couldn't bear it anymore. They crowded on both sides of Su Jin to help him keep warm, but the effect was minimal.
I don't know how much time passed, but Su Jin's hands and feet gradually became numb, and his body was already so cold that he couldn't bear it. Suddenly, he heard the sound of "de de de" knocking on the wooden fence at the east end, and the three of them turned their heads.
I looked and saw nothing.
Turning his head, there were three more rhythmic knocking sounds. Su Jin stood up and walked to the fence. This time he could see clearly. In a large haystack, one hand was holding a piece of mud on the wooden fence.
It's being hammered on.
Su Jin then remembered that the three of them were not here. There were several wooden cells separated by fences, and there were people living in them. However, these people were silent and motionless from the beginning, so he took them
Ignored.
Seeing Su Jin coming to the fence, there was a squirming movement in the grass, and a head emerged from the grass. Su Jin was startled, and leaned back slightly, but heard the man whisper softly: "Don't be afraid, little official, the little one is a living person, the little one is alive."
His name is Chen Laogen."
Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Brother Chen...nice to meet you, are you really calling us by knocking on the railing?"
Chen Laogen raised his eyebrows and whispered softly: "Don't make a loud noise. If you wake up the gangster, you will be in trouble. Take this and put it on."
Chen Laogen carefully pulled out a dark cloak from the grass under him and stuffed it into Su Jin through the gap in the fence. The stench almost made Su Jin throw up, but at least it was dry.
He couldn't care less about the cold, so he quickly wrapped it around his body, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Brother Chen."
Chen Laogen said: "Don't be polite, you just gave me a bad breath, and this is also a reward for you."
Su Jin said: "You and I have never met each other, how can we talk about repaying you?"
Chen Laogen said: "Young officials don't know something. The bandit Qi Laosi who was beaten up by your subordinates just now is really a miserable villain. This person is very vicious and will come up with all kinds of tricks to make fun of me. No.
To tell you the truth, the villain’s life was completely ruined by Naqi Laosi, who called this roasted taro..."
Su Jin felt chills all over his body. The bandits really deserved to have their children extinguished. Such a punishment was actually used. Once there was a chance, Qi Laosi would never forgive him.
Su Jin sighed: "Brother Chen's misfortune is really depressing. May I ask who your ancestry is? How did you fall into the hands of bandits and suffer such torture?"
Chen Laogen sighed: "The villain is from Luzhou Prefecture. He was originally a servant of the government office. A few days ago, he was ordered by the prefect to go to Suzhou Prefecture to deliver a letter. When passing by the foot of the mountain, he was caught by bandits and came up the mountain. After snatching the letter, he
They tortured me in every possible way and asked me if the content of this letter was true. The villain is just a messenger. How do they know whether the content in the letter is true or false? If they didn’t believe me, then Qi Lao Si would use various tricks to torture the villain..."
Su Jin was surprised and said: "Are you from Luzhou? Are you following the order of Magistrate Zhu to deliver a letter to Suzhou?"
Chen Laogen said: "Yes, the junior official knows our Lord Zhu?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "Not only do we know each other, we are also old acquaintances."
Chen Laogen hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Yes, I just heard from the second master that the junior official is also a court official. He must have met Mr. Zhu. In this case, I have something to ask for, and I don't know whether to tell him or not."
Su Jin said: "But it doesn't matter."
Chen Laogen said: "The villain is trapped in the bandit's den and has lost his body. I am afraid that he will die here. If you are a small official, please send a letter to Magistrate Zhu on your behalf. My sixty-year-old mother
I am deaf and blind, I am an unfilial son, and I have never married a wife. If I die, the government pension money will definitely be sent to my mother. If possible, I also ask my neighbors to take care of me."
Su Jin saw that he was speaking miserably and comforted him: "Brother Chen, don't be discouraged. Things may not be that bad, but I promise you that if I can get out of trouble, I will definitely bring the message to you."
Chen Laogen cupped his hands to express his thanks, and Su Jin asked lightly: "Brother Chen, just now you said that Prefect Zhu ordered you to deliver a letter to Suzhou, right?"
Chen Laogen said: "Exactly."
"Don't you know that bandits are rampant in Bagong Mountain? Why did you pass by the mountain again?"
"The prefect requested that the letter be delivered in one day and one night, and he said that the Bagong Mountain bandits had been severely weakened after several sieges and did not dare to openly commit crimes again, so the villain had the courage to pass under the mountain."
Su Jin frowned and said, "Which day was that? Do you still remember it?"
Chen Laogen raised his head and thought for a while, and said: "On the eighth day of November, I remember it very clearly, because when I left the city in the early morning of the same day, the guards Ma Jun from the capital were setting out to transport food, which caused a lot of chaos in the city.
It was dancing, so I remember it very clearly."
Su Jin's heart was agitated. He took a few deep breaths and asked, "Are you sure you don't know the content of the letter?"
Chen Laogen said: "The official document was sealed with a wax official seal. How did I know that? But when the bandits tortured me, they always asked whether the officers and soldiers transporting grain mentioned in the letter were true. I was also very confused.
, As far as the villain knows, the food transportation is an errand of the Imperial Army's cavalry, and it is transported to Yangzhou Prefecture. Why did the prefect write to Suzhou Prefecture about this, saying that the food was sent to Suzhou? But I am just a errand.
I don’t understand this either, so I didn’t think much about it.”
Su Jin sweated on his forehead, his whole body began to feel hot, and there was no chill at all. He stretched out his hand to lift off his cloak and asked, "Are you sure what you said is true?"
Chen Laogen said strangely: "Young official, is there anything wrong? I didn't say anything in front of the bandits, but the matter of transporting food was real, so I agreed because I really couldn't stand the methods of that guy.
"
Su Jin comforted him and said, "It's okay. You did a good job. Take a good rest and recuperate your energy. When we get out, I will definitely find a way to find someone to cure your hidden illness."
Chen Laogen said happily: "Can the villain still go out?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "Of course you can, but from now on, don't talk to me and pretend you don't know me. If the bandits ask you, don't say anything. And what we just said, we must never talk to a third person."
rise."
Seeing Su Jin's solemn words, Chen Laogen nodded quickly and said, "I will listen to you, little man."
Su Jin reached over, patted his shoulder, returned the cloak to Chen Laogen, pulled a lot of hay under him, spread it in the corner, and called Wang Chao and Mahan to come over. The three of them leaned closely against each other.