Reincarnation of the powerful minister

"Creak creak..." The tattered teacher's chair kept shaking, and the seams of the chair made noises unbearably heavy.

Su Yan wore a stinky robe worn by an unknown number of people, and looked up at the thief with Da Ma Jin Dao sitting in front of him.He was awake when he was carried into the village, but he still pretended to be unconscious. He hung on the bandit's shoulder like a sack and remained motionless. Taking the opportunity to look up, he swept the entire bandit village.

As soon as he entered the room, he was thrown on the wooden floor. He sat up in pain, and then a coarse cloth robe was smashed across his head and face.

Wang Liu moved two chairs, facing him directly, sat on one of them, stretched his arms to the back of the chair, crossed his legs, shook his feet briskly, tilted his head to look at the newly tied meat ticket .Wang Wu's sitting posture was slightly restrained than his, but he also had a gangster face, with a scar on his cheekbone.

Speaking of which, this pair of thieves brothers is a bit handsome and handsome, but it's a pity that they don't do good things.The matter has come to this point, so I can only adapt to the situation and look for an opportunity to escape, Su Yan thought, endured the musty smell, put on the robe, and sat cross-legged.The robe was as long as the knees, just enough to cover the thighs and crossed ankles, with only half of the folded knees exposed.

Wang Liu muttered, "It's so fucking white."

Wang Wu shouted: "Tell me, what is the origin of it! Don't talk about poor nonsense, our brother's eyes are very poisonous! If you don't tell the truth, I will chop you off from fingers to toes, and throw you to the back mountain. Wolf."

Wang Liu added: "In the hands of our brothers, the only way to save money is to avoid disaster. You obediently admit that you are unlucky, hand over all the gold and silver, and then write a letter back to ask your family to prepare the ransom. Pay with one hand and let go with the other." Man, absolutely unambiguous."

Su Yan smiled bitterly: "Brothers, I'm a scholar from a poor family. I don't have much money, so I don't have any gold or silver. It's just a small dilapidated house in the capital. It was smashed up before I left. I slept in bed the night before I left." It was the door panel. Speaking of which, I was kicked out of Beijing. I had to eat and sleep on the road, and when I was about to make it to the ground, I was arrested by the two elder brothers."

He spoke with sincerity, and Wang Liu muttered again: "It's so fucking miserable."

Wang Wu glared at his younger brother, and then forced him to ask, "What did you do to get kicked out?"

Su Yan said: "There was a rich and powerful old thief who raped my sister, and I cut off an arm with a sword. The family kicked me out to avoid disaster."

Wang Liumeng slapped his thigh: "Good cut! I don't like the bully who bullies others the most! If the uncle is here, he will be chopped off at both ends!" He said to Su Yan in amazement: "I didn't expect you to be a handless chicken!" A scholar with incredible strength, he can even pick up a sword and slash people, he has a lot of guts, he is a man!"

Su Yan also slapped the floor violently, then hid his painful hands behind his back and shook his head, filled with righteous indignation: "When I avoid the limelight and return to Beijing in the future, I will cut off both his upper and lower ends as my elder brother said. Damn it! Old dog and beast, never let people scold you for doing bad things? I just remember that I scolded him in front of me, and made me trip up behind my back. I was almost beaten to death with a stick, and even let a vicious dog bite me. , and went to the government to file a complaint with the villain... Before I left, he smashed the house and wanted to cut my nose, but luckily I hid in time..."

He cursed and vomited bitterness, and he kept on talking, and when he talked about his hatred, he slammed his crown and beat the floor, and Wang Liu was stunned for a moment, and he felt the same hatred, and said angrily: "I only think that Shaanxi is not a fool." It turns out that there is such a shameless pickle at the foot of the emperor in the root of the imperial city! If I were the uncle, I would go back to Beijing now and chop that old dog into meat paste, for fear that he would have power or power , the big deal is to risk your life, and you will die, and the elder brother will tell you..."

Wang Wuyi pushed the grand master's chair, got up and pulled his younger brother out of the room.

Wang Liu was interrupted, and asked angrily, "What are you doing?"

Wang Wu said in a low voice: "You were caught up in this little scholar's words!"

"Ah? No, I look at him very unlucky and poor, let him go and let him take revenge."

"...If he is really poor, where can he have such a delicate skin and tender flesh and a calm demeanor?"

"But I looked at him—"

Wang Wu cut off Wang Liu's words: "I said brother, don't you think he was born well and get angry? You can play with this kind of son if you want, but don't take people's nonsense seriously and get kidnapped instead. gone."

Wang Liu was not convinced: "Brother, what do you say, you think I have no brains? Who can kidnap—wait, what did you just say? You can play if you want?"

Wang Wu patted him on the shoulder, "I see you've been panicking lately."

Wang Liu was caught in the middle of his mind, and he muttered in embarrassment: "I just said that I don't like prostitutes who bully others the most, and I don't want to be prostitutes myself... Besides, we are green forest heroes, and we rape good housewives at will... Er man, your reputation is ruined."

Wang Wu was about to praise him for his enlightenment and determination.

Unexpectedly, Wang Liu's words changed, and he said: "However, it is rare to meet such a person, and I don't care about the reputation. At worst, I will get people out of the stockade, and if it hurts, I will be ruined."

Wang Wu spat at him: "Use your ghostly thoughts of guarding against brother to deal with outsiders!"

Wang Liu said hehe: "Isn't this a novelty! I'll make him nod first, and if he's willing, I'll call you too."

The two of them negotiated and then pushed the door open again and went in. As soon as the slit was opened, a bright lightning shot out from the slit, piercing the throat.

Wang Liu yelled loudly, and came to lie on the iron bridge with his back to the sky, the electric light barely wiped his chin, and drew a bloodstain.

Inside the half-closed door, a young man said coldly, "Keep alive, I still have something to ask."

Wang Wu and Wang Liu had their shoulder joints removed, their wrists were tied with hemp rope, and they were sweating coldly. They were forced to kneel in front of Su Yan.

Just when he was about to raise his eyelids, a menacing bloody mouth was cut on his neck by the sword edge. Wang Liu cursed in pain: Where did the evil star come from, sneaked into the village, and none of the brothers noticed it!If it wasn't for the sneak attack, the uncle would have told him to succeed so easily?

It turned out that Jing Hong was good at tracking, and found the bandit village by following the trail, sneaked in quietly by relying on her light and cunning movements, and touched the room where Su Yan was imprisoned.It just so happened that brothers Wang Wu and Wang Liu came out of the house to talk at this moment. He went through the window and saw Su Yan lying on the floor in a dirty robe, his eyes were blood red with murderous intent.

If it wasn't for Su Yan's order to keep alive, he would have slaughtered the entire village after killing the two thieves.

Su Yan pulled the creaking grand teacher's chair, sat on it, and yelled back: "Say, what's the name, what's the origin! I'm not telling the truth, starting from your fingers and toes, you will be chopped off one by one, and thrown to the back mountain to feed you." Wolf."

Jing Hong followed suit and moved the blade of the sword to Wang Liu's hand, gesturing which section to chop first.

The hero Wang Liu didn't want to suffer the immediate loss, so he had to confess: "My name is Wang Liu, my name is Wang Chen, my elder brother Wang Wu, my name is Wang Wu, and he is from Qingyang Prefecture, Shaanxi Province. Hundreds of brothers under him are called thieves and robbers, because the government chased them. Tight, currently hiding in the Yingzui Mountain area."

"You said just now that Shaanxi is not a place for people to stay. What's going on?"

Before Wang Chen could answer, Wang Wu sneered and said, "What's going on has nothing to do with you. You're not a poor scholar who came to avoid disaster in the capital? Just go to another place and continue avoiding disaster."

"Hugh is so rude to adults!" Jing Hong chased and slapped him on the back with a sword.

Wang Wu's lungs were injured internally, and he spit out big mouthfuls of blood.Wang Chen hurriedly called out: "Brother!" He hurriedly kowtowed to Su Yan: "Our brothers have eyes but don't know Mount Tai, offend your lord, don't kill my brother, if you have something to ask me, I have one thing to say, and some things to say two. "

Wang Wu's mouth was full of blood, but he still insisted: "Where is the lord... If you are an official, you can take a bath in the lake with your bare buttocks alone?"

Su Yan almost laughed angrily, stopped Jing Hong who was slashing at his throat with a sword, and said, "Don't argue with the reckless man, I'll talk about it after I finish asking."

"Speak disrespectfully to adults again, first cut your tongue!" Jing Hong chased and kicked Wang Wu hard, kicked Wang Wu again, and immediately passed out.

Wang Chen was anxious, and stared at Jing Hongzhui fiercely, but his life was in his hands, and he dared not speak out.

"Don't worry, your brother won't die, as long as you answer honestly." Su Yan said, "If I'm not wrong, were you from Mahu before you became thieves?"

Surprised, Wang Chen asked back: "How do you know?"

"Most of the horses in your village have branded official horses on their buttocks. They are either raised by Yuanma Temple or handed over to horse households by Taipu Temple. And Wang Wu, even though he is a bandit, still has some military spirit on him. , must have been a sergeant."

Wang Chen was stunned, and said: "That's right, our brother is indeed from Mahu. My brother also stayed in the Mujun for a few years."

Su Yan asked: "Since you are Mahu and soldiers, why do you guard yourself and steal yourself, and become bandits?"

Wang Chen said: "I can't live anymore, what else can I do except falling grass!"

"How to say?"

"It's not because of the imperial court's bullshit 'household horse law'! The military horses are handed over to our private households to be raised, and the horses are paid on time, which is said to be half of the land tax."

"The people's herdsmen are also to reduce the pressure on the official herdsmen. With more horses, the country's military strength can be strengthened, so that it will not be bullied by foreign enemies. Why is that bad?"

Wang Chen pouted: "The government's words sound good! In our horse households, five people raise one horse, from 15 to 60 years old, and we can't raise it to death. We have to hand in a foal every two years. The dead, If you can’t pay, you will lose money. The horse will pay 30 taels, and the mature horse will pay 60 taels. We can’t afford to sell our whole family!

"There is still chicken and duck plague in raising chickens and ducks, but raising horses can ensure that you will not get sick or die? And you must also ensure that you have a foal? What if you can't give birth? We can't give birth to the horse! It was so easy to give birth to the foal, and it was carefully raised. Big, the grass-fed bean cakes they eat are finer than human beings, and when the payment period is reached, they are sent to Taipu Temple all the way. The people and horses are exhausted all the way. The officials who inspect and accept are all kinds of picky. After the inspection, the horses are unqualified, so they can go back as they came. If you don't say it for two years, you will lose money. In order to pass the customs, the horse households have to raise money to bribe the inspectors and ask them to let them go.

"In order to raise horses, planting land was delayed, and the public rations could not be paid. The master of the county government was not happy, and competed with Taipu Temple for manpower. One urged us to plant land, and the other urged us to raise horses. If you can’t do so many things, you say that this ‘Huma law’ is not torturing the common people, but what is it!”

Su Yan fell into deep thought.Ming Taizu's pioneering folk herding policy, although it relieved the pressure on the country to raise horses, it passed this pressure on to the common people, adding a new burden in addition to land tax and labor.

In Yuanma Temple and Taipu Temple, Emperor Taizu set up horse herding management agencies from the central to the local level, which greatly increased the operating costs. The people are in dire straits.

Emperor Taizu originally wanted to use horses as gifts, but he can only say that the idea is very good, but it is difficult to implement it. It will only further arouse social conflicts and cause desperate people to rise up. In "Journey to the West", the Monkey King, "If you dare to call me Bi Mawen, I will make you a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace", isn't it an allusion to this policy?

Su Yan sighed softly: "The 'House Horse Law' is really hard for the people. If the official herdsmen can be self-sufficient, there is no need to increase the civilian herdsmen. By the way, Shaanxi is close to the Hetao area. I remember that the grasslands are continuous and suitable for grazing and raising horses. It stands to reason Said, the Yuanma Temple and the border guards are raising enough horses, your brother is a herdsman, why did you become a deserter?"

Wang Chen said bitterly: "He doesn't want to be a deserter, but the Mujun is not much better than the Mahu! I heard that many official horses in the prison were stolen and sold, and the pastures were also occupied by many tyrants. They are also corrupt. The official horses have no one to take care of them. They are all sick and thin. The frontier soldiers raise private horses and sell them to the government. The official horses my brother raised with care were suddenly poisoned to death one night. He was afraid Lost his head, had no choice but to escape back, and fell into the grass with us."

"Even the frontier army is involved, this Shaanxi Mazheng is really rotten..." Su Yan frowned, realizing that the new job he took over was not only a hot potato, but also a huge mess, presumably the interests behind it were intricate, It's tricky to deal with.

Wang Wu, who fell on the floor, coughed a few mouthfuls of blood, gradually regained consciousness, panting, "Are you really an official? What are you doing in Shaanxi..."

Su Yan got up and approached.Wang Wu saw a pair of bare feet in front of him, and the white jade carvings looked exquisite and delicate, even if the soles of the feet were stained with dust, their color was not damaged, it was a kind of natural beauty almost like spring breeze and autumn moon.He involuntarily held his breath and suppressed his cough, not daring to splash blood on it.

"I am the governor and censor personally appointed by the Holy Majesty. I have come here to govern the place, straighten out the administration of officials, manage horse affairs, and restore Shaanxi to a Qingming and peace."

The young official said in a clear but firm voice, "I want you heroes who were forced to go to Liangshan to disarm and return to the fields, let the officials perform their duties, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment."

The Wang brothers were stunned.Wang Wu murmured: "Censor...imperial envoy...an angel?"

"That's right." Su Yan smiled slightly, "Do you really want to be thieves for the rest of your life, hiding in Tibet in the Middle East where the government is chasing you?"

Wang Chen said loudly: "If you can live in peace, who is willing to do this kind of business of licking blood with a knife! What you say about robbing the rich and giving to the poor is actually just trying to make yourself feel at ease. If you are really hungry, you will be dizzy. Let him care about the good and the bad. You can grab it, you can kill it, anyway, you are already a desperado, what can't you do if you are in a hurry?"

Jing Hong froze for a moment after chasing the tip of the sword, and looked at Su Yan with a hint of gratitude and deeper affection in his still eyes - if he hadn't met Mr. Su, what would be the difference between him and these thieves who fell into trouble?He's just a lone desperado.Master Su not only saved his life, but also gave him a future that he could look forward to again, a chance to be reborn as a human being.

Su Yan sighed, and put his hand on Wang Chen's shoulder.

Wang Chen's body trembled as if he had been scorched, and he couldn't help but look up at him.

Su Yan said: "When the world is clear, you should break up and go back to your hometown to be a good citizen, how about it?"

Wang Chen's heart was full of enthusiasm, and he said loudly: "Untie my wrist!"

Su Yan nodded to Jing Hongzhui.Jing Hong cut off the rope with a sword, and roughly connected the dislocated shoulder joints of the two.

"If there is such a day, I won't be a robber or a king of the mountain anymore. I should do what I should do when I go back and live a good life." Wang Chen reluctantly swung his shoulders, helped Wang Wu to stand up, and raised his palm to Su Yan: " Hi-five and swear!"

When Jing Hong chased after him and raised his hand, he reflexively wanted to use his sword, but Su Yan stopped him with his eyes.Su Yan stretched out his hand, and struck his calloused rough palm three times, saying, "This oath must not be broken."

Wang Chen laughed and said, "Okay!" Then he turned to Wang Wu and said, "Brother, what do you think?"

Wang Wudao: "We brothers are of the same heart, so what you say is what you say."

At this moment, someone outside the house shouted loudly: "The first master! The second master! Are you inside?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Brother Yang took more than 200 brothers and fought with a group of hard-headed people in the valley! The other party didn't know what it was, but there were only [-] people, and it was very difficult. Seventy or eighty of our brothers were abolished. Brother Yang ordered me to come Find two masters, please go out!"

Su Yan was startled, and said, "That's my bodyguard!"

"Ah, ah, ah," Wang Chen raised his voice and said to the outside, "Go and inform Yang Hui, stop the fire quickly, and just say that there was a misunderstanding, and their lord is a guest in the village!"

Su Yan said: "If I don't show up, they won't stop. They should send me over quickly and explain clearly."

Wang Chen sighed, and was about to open the door.

Su Yan: "Wait! My clothes! I can't dress like this!"

Wang Chen was stunned: "This way, it looks pretty..."

Jing Hong chased with a murderous look on her face, as if she was about to cut someone's tongue, Su Yan hurriedly said, "Find me a new set of clothes, so no one will wear them."

At night, big braziers were set up everywhere in the village. In the square in front of the main hall, horse thieves assembled square tables into a long mat, and Wei Ti, who was dressed in plain clothes, rode a big bowl to drink and eat large pieces of meat.Since ancient times, the army and bandits have not separated their families. After a few bowls of yellow soup, they have become brothers of wine and meat.

Wang Wu suffered internal injuries, and after taking the wound medicine Jing Hongchai gave, his complexion improved, but he still couldn't eat alcohol, so he could only drink tea depressedly.Wang Chen filled a bowl for Su Yan and held it up with both hands: "Respect, Lord Yushi!"

Su Yan drank a large bowl, and when he saw him pouring it again, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "I only drink this much, enough is enough, enough is enough."

Wang Chen was holding a full wine bowl, looking at Lord Yushi's face in a daze in the firelight, the wine spilled on the back of his feet, just now he jumped up as if waking up from a dream, and drank the wine with his neck raised.He said embarrassingly: "Our brother apologized to the adults, spoke rudely, and carried you like a sack..."

Su Yan smiled dryly: "Don't mention embarrassing things, everyone is embarrassed. Besides, your brothers didn't really do anything to me, so let's expose it."

Wang Chen thought in his heart: If your bodyguard is one step late, I'm afraid it will be really "what".But he didn't dare to say these words. In order to cover up his inner turmoil, he drank three more bowls in a row and decided to get himself drunk.

Su Yan was top-heavy, and after vomiting, he quietly asked Jing Hongzhui, "Is there any fish soup?"

A smile flashed in Jing Hongzhui's eyes: "Yes, according to what you said, cook it in a casserole for an hour, boil it into a thick milky white color, filter the flesh and blood, fry the soup with oil flowers and sliced ​​ginger, sprinkle fine salt and chopped green onion, Leave nothing else."

Su Yan could feel the delicious fragrance on his tongue when he heard it, and couldn't help but licked his lips, "Pour me a bowl while it's hot."

The bright red and tender tip of the tongue flickered between the lips, dyeing the lips with a thin layer of moist luster.The former assassin and current guard with extraordinary eyesight couldn't help feeling hot in his ears, and even in the depths of his body.He suppressed this strange emotion, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yes, my lord."