Chapter 435: The City Gate

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"On November 26 of the first year of Qingli, the north corner gate was closed and the north gate was opened, and one hundred and forty-seven people were waiting to enter the city. Among them, there are six people from Zhaojiazhuang outside the city, who go into the city to sell vegetables and vegetables, 12 people from Chenjia Village, who go into the city to sell charcoal, and 23 people from Luojiazhuang, who go to the city to work part-time, and people from Liujiazhuang ......"

The ministry was fluent, and the handwriting on it did not affect his reading in the slightest, and he shook his head as if he were reciting the books of the sages in the school.

Su Jin hurriedly waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't read these trivial things, pick the key things to read." ”

The ministry nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes, the small ones will choose important things to read." ”

His eyes quickly wandered down the record book, and he said happily: "Yes, my lord, there is something here. ”

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Read." ”

At three o'clock, Wang Zhuang Wang Xiaoer touched Liu Xiaoqi, a native of Liujiazhuang, because of the basket he carried, scratched and damaged Liu Xiaoqi's clothes, and the two had a quarrel, and then fought; The fourth capital of the city gate guard, the deputy capital of Qin, came forward to mediate, and at the end of the time, the two sides reconciled, and Wang Xiaoer compensated Liu Xiaoqi ......"

Su Jin shouted: "Shut up!" ”

The ministry and the people around him were frightened, Su Jin found that he was a little too aggressive, and he was busy calming his emotions, trying to soften his tone, and said: "The envoy is not here to listen to these things, if it weren't for the fact that these words are illegible, why should the envoy bother you?" In this way, you only have to find out if there were officials or officials who came on the day of the 26th, and who was on duty during the night. ”

The minister hurriedly said, "My lord, the record of the night watch is the second day's supplement, and the little ones do not come at night." ”

Su Jin scratched his head and said, "How to make up the notation?" Come in the morning, and the guard of the night will speak to you? Do you listen to a matter and remember a thing? ”

The minister pointed to him: "Your Excellency is wise, and you can see at a glance that you have done ministry things, so you must have recorded things in an orderly and clear manner." ”

Su Jin had no choice but to deal with this person, and didn't want to entangle with him too much, so he said: "Now the envoy has limited you to sort out all the records of the entry and exit of the official chariots and horses in these records within one stick of incense, and read them to the envoy, especially the records of the entry and exit of the chariots and horses of the night brigade, as well as the records when the Yangzhou Capture and Express officials replaced the guards, and if they can't be completed within one stick of incense, they will be deducted from the silver for three months and punished ten times." ”

The minister was dumbfounded, and he did his best to do things, but he was to blame at every turn, and he didn't even know what had offended the envoy. The envoy is not as amiable as the outside world rumores, he is simply an unreasonable and arrogant person.

Ma Dutou poked the ministry that rolled his eyes, and said softly: "Hurry up, the incense is lit, Lao Tzu usually tells you to learn to write hard, but you just don't listen, the words on this record are like ghost paintings, and those who don't know are replaced by circles and forks, who can know?" Otherwise, if you can understand today's envoy, why should you look for your bad head? ”

The ministry sighed that he was unlucky, and the boss in his heart was not convinced, his own words should be like a frightening dragon, but the envoy did not know how to appreciate, and it was not difficult to guess the meaning of those circles and forks, and the envoy was really nitpicky.

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, things still have to be done quickly, ten lashes are a trivial matter, a fine of silver is a big thing, what is the reason for getting up early every day? Isn't it just to mix and eat and earn some money? The minister hurriedly lay on the ground and began to look for it according to Su Jin's request.

There must be a brave man under the heavy punishment, this time the efficiency is quite high, a stick of incense has just burned a third, he has already finished, trembling with the record book in front of Su Jin and said: "Big ...... My lord. ”

Su Jin retracted his gaze at the crowd at the city gate, and snorted, "Okay?" ”

"It's all found out according to your request."

"Read it; Don't miss anything. ”

The ministry coughed and read: "At noon on November 26, the Huskies, the brothers of the ninth capital of the Xiang Army, who went to Bagong Mountain to assist in the suppression of bandits, rode into the city on horseback......

Su Jin was overjoyed, hurriedly stood up and said, "Is it the box soldier who came back from Bagong Mountain to report the victory?" ”

The ministry said, "I'm afraid it's ......"

Pan Jiang said on the side: "Your Excellency, it is the Husky of the Ninth Capital's squad leader who sent him back to report the victory, and he was personally sent out of the camp by his humble position. ”

Su Jinxi said: "That's it, the 26th is an important moment; Read on. ”

The ministry hurriedly read: "On the 26th, Lord Guo and Lord Shen of the Criminal Division came to inspect the defense. ”

Su Jin was taken aback, and only listened to the ministry and continued to read: "...... on the 27th"

Su Jin hurriedly said, "Wait...... Nothing happened on the evening of the 26th? Who was on duty that night? ”

The ministry was surprised and said, "It's okay, the army was on duty that night, and nothing major happened." ”

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "Continue to ......"

The ministry said a few more things, all of which were nothing to do, Su Jin was a little anxious, so he listened to the ministry and read again: "On the evening of the 29th, the government guard team was ordered to come to change the guard...... ...... on the morning of the 30th"

Su Jin jumped up suddenly, snatched the record book and said, "Changed guards on the night of the 29th?" ”

The ministry said, "Yes, fifty government officials have been ordered to come and take care of the guards, and replace the brothers to rest for the night. ”

Su Jin stared at those ghost paintings and asked, "There was no record that night?" ”

The ministry pointed to a line of words that shook his arms and kicked his legs: "No, these people don't know how to obey the rules, and the next day they came to ask if anything happened last night, but there was no one on the city gate, and these people have withdrawn before our brothers come to take over, what a bunch of rookies; Fortunately, there was nothing wrong that night, otherwise what would have been good. ”

Su Jin frowned and said, "Is there anyone at the city gate?" What about the city gates? Is it on? ”

The ministry said, "It was open, and they knew that it was not allowed to open the city gate before leaving, and that they would miss the opening time." ”

Su Jin was thoughtful, dazed, everyone didn't dare to disturb his thoughts, after a while, Su Jin breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly said: "Okay, that's it." ”

The ministry said dumbly, "My lord, the little one hasn't finished reading yet." ”

"Don't read it, you're doing a good job." Su Jin patted him on the shoulder and said.

The ministry said, "Is the soldier's salary still withheld?" ”

Su Jin smiled: "If you don't deduct it, you won't be whipped, and I will reward you; Dynasty, reward him with 200 Wen to drink and eat. ”

Wang Chao agreed, took out two hundred pieces and put them in the record book held by the ministry, Su Jin waved his hand, and led everyone to turn over and leave.

Happiness came too suddenly, and the minister looked at the big money in his hand, and thought to himself: "Envoy Su is indeed the legendary generous and amiable, I slandered him before, it seems that I misunderstood." ”

Su Jin rushed back to the mansion with a group of people, and along the way, Pan Jiang, Pan Shiyi and others were full of suspicions, in their opinion, they found nothing, why did the envoy seem to return with a full load.

It wasn't until they arrived at Su Jin's residence and made tea that everyone had the opportunity to ask questions.

"Your Excellency, aren't we going to the East Gate? The north gate doesn't seem to have found anything. Pan Jiang asked urgently.

Su Jin took a sip of hot tea, returned it in his mouth a few times, swallowed it, and then said, "There is no need to check again, the grain must be transported from Beicheng." ”

Pan Shiyi said: "How can you see it? ”

Su Jin said: "On the 26th, the messenger of the newspaper came back, and while the prefect knew about it, Feng Laohu must have already known." ”

Pan Jiang said: "This is natural, but there was no abnormality that day, how can you judge?" ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "It's strange that there was an abnormality that day, Feng Jingyao originally thought that we would definitely not be able to take Bagong Mountain, so he waited for the news of our defeat with peace of mind, but when the good news came, he must have been caught off guard." ”

Pan Shiyi suddenly said: "Oh, he must not be ready to transport grain." ”

Su Jin smiled: "By the way, or he hasn't even thought about how to deal with it yet, because what we have completed in Bagong Mountain is an impossible task, and when he learns the news, he must find a way to deal with it. He knew that if he was placed in the city, he would be dug up sooner or later, so he finally decided to transport it out of the city and hide it; And how to transport it out is not known, which must be a big headache for him, and it is in this matter that Guo Pinchao's unintentional actions have helped him a lot; Guo Pinchao didn't know for what purpose he took the initiative to organize the officials to arrest and assist in guarding the city gate, probably because he saw that Yangzhou City was gradually stabilizing and wanted to do something, so that he could add his name to the credit book in the future, but unexpectedly, this incident happened to provide convenience for Feng Jingyao to transport grain out of the city. ”

Pan Jiang patted his leg and said, "So Lord Guo brought someone to inspect in the evening, right?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Guo Pinchao came to inspect under the instruction of Feng Jingyao, which is true, but he may not know that Feng Jingyao is going to transport grain abroad. ”

Pan Jiang said: "How do you say this? ”

Su Jin said: "Feng Jingyao gritted his teeth so tightly and didn't let go, he must have eaten that no one in the city knew that he was transporting grain out, maybe he made up a reason casually, asking Guo Pinchao to open the door for him to transport some valuables and other things, in order to hide his true purpose." ”

Pan Jiang said: "How can that?" Even if the officials are on duty, a large number of convoys will be known to them, even if they don't know what is being transported, as long as this matter is mentioned in the future, it will always make people think of something. ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "This is Feng Jingyao's caution, come and come, the tea is cold, you take a sip of tea first, and the envoy will slowly solve your doubts." ”