A group of people raised a bowl of booze, all of them were rough Qiu Ba, wine and meat in front, but there was no need to greet them, they stretched out their claws with chopsticks, and chewed on the case.

Su Jin took a green vegetable and put it in his mouth, chewed and swallowed it, coughed clearly, and everyone knew that the envoy was about to speak, so they calmed down and looked at Su Jin.

Su Jin smiled and arched his hand: "Brothers, we are also old acquaintances, there are more than a dozen brothers here who followed the envoy to Bagong Mountain to suppress bandits, and they should have invited you to have a meal a long time ago, but it is true that you have no time, if you are not here today, you would not have had the opportunity to get together." ”

Pan Jiang got up and said: "Where did the envoy say, after the bandits, the brothers took a lot of rewards, and the pensions of the brothers who died in battle were also extremely generous. ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "It's easy to say, brothers sacrifice their lives and forget death, I should do this, if there is no help from everyone, how can I, Su Jin, a scholar, exterminate the bandits and recapture the food?" ”

The soldiers and soldiers listened to this joy in their hearts, and the words of the envoy were called listening, although the envoy entered the tiger's den alone, stirring up the internal strife in the bandits' nest, and the periphery had a chance to attack it; But the hearts of people who say this are warm, such an adult, it is a little interesting to follow.

"But what Commander Pan said just now was wrong, the bounty was not paid by the envoy for the imperial court, and the reward of the imperial court will still be sent to you in the hands of a lot of money, but the reward I gave is a little bit of personal meaning for the envoy."

The crowd was stunned for a moment, and suddenly there was a thunderous roar of joy, and some people crackled and applauded, but they didn't expect the envoy to be so sticky, and he actually paid the reward out of his own pocket, and it had nothing to do with the reward of the imperial court.

For a while, everyone got up and toasted Su Jin, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm.

Su Jin stretched out his hand to block the wine bowl that Pan Jiang raised to sign, and said with a smile: "Don't panic, it's still early, we don't have to worry, we won't get drunk today; But before I do that, I would like to pay my respects to a man with a bowl of wine. ”

Everyone looked at Su Jin, not knowing who he was referring to, only to see Su Jin pick up the wine bowl and turn to Song Zhen, who was sitting on the side, and said, "Lord Fuzun, I would like to give you a bowl of wine." ”

Song Zhen pointed to his nose and said, "Respect me? ”

The soldiers also pointed at Song Zhen and said, "Respect him? ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "Lord Fuzun, I respect you; Without the assistance of Lord Fuzun behind his back, would Su Jinyan have time to drink and talk to you here? If there is no Lord Fuzun to immediately open the warehouse and release grain, how can the people of Yangzhou wait for today's sunny day? If it weren't for Lord Fuzun's Commander Pan and other cadres seconded to me Su Jin, how could I overturn the bandits' nest in Bagong Mountain in one fell swoop? Although Lord Fuzun has never been on the battlefield to fight, but he is worthy of the title of the hero behind the scenes, I heard that Lord Fuzun has been sleepless all night in those days, and has suffered a lot, Su Jin would like to thank Lord with this wine. ”

Su Jin said, raised his neck and drank the wine dry, turned up the wine bowl and turned the mouth downward, and the wine did not leak.

Song Zhen was flattered, and hurriedly picked up the wine bowl and drank, the unhappiness in his heart disappeared, or the Su envoy gave face, he had already been marginalized, and it was when he was embarrassed, Su made a bowl of wine to salute him, and somewhat saved some face and dignity for his own prefect.

Er Pan was a little sullen, the envoy and the prefect were officials and officials in the end, and they called themselves brothers and sisters, but they didn't forget to pat the prefect's ass; The wine bowls raised by several people had to be put down, and they sat down to eat the food.

Su Jin saw it in his eyes, turned his head and said: "Everyone, today's matter, I stand on a fair standpoint to tell you what I want to say, in fact, you are wrong to blame Lord Fuzun." ”

Pan Jiang paused the wine bowl and said loudly: "Why is it wrong to blame the Song Governor's Mansion?" I waited for seven or eight years of hard work to get into this position, and I don't want to talk about the hardships and hardships, but it's just the same, there is no merit and hard work, right? The prefect didn't say a word and ran to suspend us and others, if I Pan Jiang misbehaved, it would be fine, but a crime of deducting soldiers' salaries, isn't this the sand rubbing into our eyes? This matter has become an unwritten law in the whole Song military camp, there was a few years ago, the Song prefect has been in Yangzhou for more than two years, why didn't he talk about this matter earlier, but when we wiped out the copycat bandits in blood, it really made the brothers chill. ”

Song Zhen opened his mouth to speak, but Su Jin hurriedly pulled him and said with a smile: "This is where the misunderstanding is, does the prefect want to block you at this time?" He didn't want to; As far as this envoy knows, yesterday morning, the above text came out, and it was for the internal rectification of the forbidden army in various places, and it was inconvenient to disclose it to you, but since it caused a misunderstanding, of course, I can't help but say it, and you won't blame me, Lord Fuzun. ”

No matter how stupid Song Zhen is, he knows that this is Su Jin's excuse, this is such an official document made up to push the responsibility to the top, as for who is above? No one knows. And it was impossible for the soldiers to run to inquire if there was such a line.

"Yes, yes, if you don't believe it, later this government can take the text to look at you, and this government has no choice." Song Zhen said.

Su Jin took over and said: "Yes, not only you here, but also the Ma Jun I brought is also investigating, that Long Zhen deducted the military salary, now that the evidence is conclusive, I plan to deal with it according to the law and will not tolerate it; You're lucky. ”

After Su Jin finished speaking, he glanced at Zhao Du, who was munching on himself.

Zhao Dutou was so shrewd, he hurriedly nodded and agreed: "It's true, no wonder the envoy asked me about the payment of military salaries in the morning, and I asked casually about my humble position, but I didn't expect this to be the reason." ”

Pan Jiang and the others were a lot more angry all of a sudden, and even the forbidden army raised by the eldest mother was being investigated, not to mention the box soldiers raised by the little mother, but all in all, the court came to such a hand, which was really unconvincing.

Pan Shiyi couldn't help but say: "Dare to ask the envoy, what is the intention of the imperial court's move?" Doesn't this make the military unstable? ”

Su Jin said nonsense: "The specific situation is not very clear, but it is reported that the northwest front caused a mutiny among the soldiers of the capital because of the deduction of food and salary, and the commander of the capital was slaughtered. Of course, this is gossip, and the envoy will say it, you can listen to it, and even if you listen to it, you can't take it seriously; If it spreads, the envoy will never admit it. ”

Song Zhen listened to Su Jin's nonsense, and said secretly in his heart: This kid is simply a believer, and he dares to fabricate such rumors casually, he is really a bold guy; However, compared to the fact that he opened a warehouse to help the people with military rations and single-handedly picked a bandit's nest, these things are simply as small as sesame particles, and they are not worth mentioning.

Pan Jiang and Pan Shiyi both believed it, and Pan Jiang scolded: "Who the hell is this? It must be a ruthless deduction, our army is a soldier who takes the initiative to pay respect, and we don't put this money into our pockets, and it's not to buy wine and meat to eat and drink. ”

Pan Shiyi also nodded and said: "Yes, what Brother Pan Jiang said is the truth, we didn't take any ink home with us, it is to honor the two of us, but it is still used on the brothers, taken from the people, and used for the people." ”

"Take it from the soldiers, use it for the soldiers!" Pan Jiang corrected.

Su Jin couldn't help but want to laugh, Qiu Ba dragged the text, it was so nondescript, and he coined words like 'taken from soldiers and used by soldiers'.

Su Jin said: "Do you think that these things are in the prefect's heart? It is precisely because of this that the two of them were only suspended from their duties and given a small vacation, who knew that you actually made a fuss, and you didn't receive any intention of the lord of the mansion to protect him. ”

"Protection?" Pan Jiang and Pan Shiyi were dumbfounded, and the suspension could be regarded as a return to protection, which was a strange talk in the world.

Su Jin frowned and said to Song Zhen: "Lord Prefect, it seems that your kindness has become a donkey's liver and lungs, and you are called a pretty eye to show the blind, which is a complete waste of feelings." ”

Although Song Zhen didn't know how Su Jin was going to exonerate himself, he could only play a supporting role at the moment and cooperate with Su Jin to play the play, so he sighed vaguely, which could be regarded as a mess.

Pan Jiang and Pan Shiyi were like falling into the clouds, and they didn't understand what the envoy Su was talking about.

"You are shrewd in small things, confused in big things, this envoy is not uncommon to say you, the court knows that there are such drawbacks in the army, but you want to write this line, are you not afraid of shaking the heart of the army? But since this line is written, it means that a group of people must be vigorously and resolutely, and at least have an explanation to the saint, and the prefect racked his brains for you to come up with this best of both worlds, but you ...... Ay! ”

Su Jin sighed and shook his head, looking like he hated iron but not steel.

"This ...... Your Excellency, please explain that the inferior rank is really dull and I don't know what your Excellency means. Pan Jiang and Pan Shiyi glanced at each other and arched their hands at the same time.

Su Jin said: "Okay, I will tell the meaning of Lord Fuzun to the two of you, of course it is inconvenient for him to say it himself, it is suspected of protecting his shortcomings when it is passed out, and Lord Fuzun's name is damaged, so it is better for the envoy to say it on his behalf." ”

Su Jin raised the wine bowl, touched everyone one by one, raised his neck and drank the wine in the bowl, two pieces of red rose on his white cheeks, and he spewed the smell of wine.