After that, Zhao Xing shook off the hands of the two women. He was still holding the wooden stick he had carried when he went to the Lotus Fang last night, and I saw him raise the wooden stick to his forehead, and lightly pressed the ring, and with a whoosh, half of the snow-bright blade faced the noon sun, shining a silver light like a mirror on several of the soldiers, shaking them so that they couldn't open their eyes.

As soon as Zhao Xing's staff knife appeared, the beautiful shape, sharp blade, and forging delicate spine immediately aroused the coveting of several Liao soldiers, who stopped, looked at the knife in Zhao Xing's hand, and discussed in a low voice.

Zhao Xing was still drawing the knife, and the exquisite chrysanthemums on the blade were presented in front of several Liao people one by one, and when Xueliang's blades were all withdrawn, Zhao Xing threw away the scabbard, held the knife in both hands, and showed a gentle smile to several Liao people.

Several Liao people discussed, and one of the Liao people raised his voice and asked Zhao Xing: "Wu Na Han'er, do you sell knives?" ”

Jin Fuji swooped out his knife and protected Cheng Azhu and Chen Yiyi sideways. Xiao Feng was still hesitating when he stood beside Zhao Xing with a knife, Xiao Qi was young and reckless, and he whispered to himself: "Five people, three of us, as long as they don't get on the horse, they can still fight." I am not afraid to get on the horse, the courtyard is narrow, far from enough to drive. ”

Xiao Qi automatically deducted the existence of Jin Fuji when calculating the manpower, because Jin Fuji wanted to protect the two female dependents, but Zhao Xing's answer was unexpected: "One person-as soon as I make a move, the two of you will plug the gap and not let go of any of them." ”

Xiao Feng asked urgently: "Master, are you alone?" ”

When Xiao Feng asked, Zhao Xing had already thrown the knife with one hand. The other hand hooked the middle finger at the five Liao soldiers, a modern insulting gesture that several Liao soldiers could not understand. But Zhao Xing's contemptuous attitude in his demeanor, they could read it. Several Liao soldiers were furious, but Zhao Xing's next action made them stop in shock.

After Zhao Xing's hand gestured, he suddenly raised it, and a hand knife slashed at the steward's neck, and then he flashed and let the steward fall to the ground.

Zhao Xing's action was exactly the same as the method used to subdue Chen Gongchuan last night, and Chen Gongchuan did not come with him this time because he was asleep and did not wake up. If he was there, he would definitely touch his neck.

However. This gesture is a hands-on approach. When Xiao Feng saw that Zhao Xing had moved, he no longer hesitated, and pulled out the knife briskly. The five Liao soldiers on the opposite side screamed strangely: "Good knife." Four good knives - whoever has the fastest hand gets it first. ”

It is worthy of being a battle-hardened soldier, and when the five Liao soldiers charged, they had automatically formed a battle formation, and the three Liao soldiers covered left and right. They faced the Xiao brothers. Two Liao soldiers attacked Zhao Xing on the left and on the right, and the other Liao soldier was on full alert.

Their main target was Zhao Xing. Two people with two knives slashed at Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing slashed at Zhao Xing, and with a wave of the knife, there was a burst of gold and iron, and there were two more pairs of blood pools on the ground.

The Liao soldier who swept the formation only put on a defensive posture, and saw Zhao Xing holding a knife protruding from the gap between the two people, and slashed at him head-on.

The battle ended in the blink of an eye, Zhao Xing had already taken out a piece of white silk, carefully wiped the blood marks on the knife, he looked at the ground knife in his hand, and shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity, it's a good one."

In the blink of an eye, the Xiao brothers also ended the battle, one of the Liao soldiers got out of the entanglement, intending to pounce on their war horses, the knife in Zhao Xing's hand was thrown out of his hand, nailing the person to the ground, and then Zhao Xing raised his head with a smile and replied to Xiao Feng's question just now: "What did you just say, can I deal with them alone?" You don't know, I'm taller than them, I have longer hands than them, I can hit them, and they can't reach me.

Unfortunately, instead of a wooden stick, I was holding a "three-carcass knife", which had been tested by the Japanese and could cut three people in a row. These people have that kind of broken iron knife, and they are not opponents at all, but it is a pity that the good knife is good. ”

In battle, weapons are not as undamaged as they are stated in the article, and they do not need to be maintained for life. The knife in Zhao Xing's hand was extremely rare, but after cutting three weapons in a row, cracks had already appeared on the blade, and the fatigue strength of the metal had reached its limit. Using this knife as a weapon again may be suicidal, because it can be broken at any time.

The Xiao brothers and Zhao Xing had been to Nanyang, and they looked at the knife and regretted it: "It's a pity that the master used a two-carcass knife to exchange a country, plus an inexhaustible copper mountain, but used a three-carcass knife to exchange a garden, and this garden is still rented." ”

Behind Zhao Xing, Cheng Azhu was born in the mountains, helping men clean up their prey, she had done it countless times, so she was not shocked by the blood all over the ground, but it was people and not animals who died, which made her a little at a loss, this time was when Chen Yiyi behaved, she had done a lot of work to punish people before, and now she immediately jumped out to deal with the aftermath: "Hurry up, go and call the officials and tell them ......"

"No, let's set up the scene first", Zhao Xing cut off Chen Yiyi's words.

By the time the steward who had been knocked unconscious by Zhao Xing woke up, he had already seen the officials all over the courtyard, five corpses neatly stacked together, and the corpses were covered with white cloths. The courtyard was full of blood stains and messy footsteps, this was the scene arranged by Zhao Xing.

He also heard Zhao Xingzheng explain to others: "I brought my family to see the garden, and I plan to rent this place and study poetry and books to cope with the imperial examination." Unexpectedly, as soon as we entered the garden, these five men pounced on us—they wanted to snatch the knife from our hands, and insulted the female dependent, and knocked the housekeeper who led the way......

We rebelled angrily, but these bandits really didn't like to fight...... What, why do I carry a knife, observe (the Song Dynasty's honorific title for some low-level officials), I am Zhao Xing, a scholar of Huangzhou, and I came back from overseas, and the overseas people are vicious, and people don't carry knives, how dare they walk on the road during the day...... Over time, I got used to carrying a knife. ”

Another gentle voice came from the other side: "Zhao Liren? Are you Zhao Liren of the gambling of poetry and wine? Is life only as Zhao Liren who first met? ”

"It's down there, what do you call your lords?"

"My surname is Qian Mingxian, and my name is Mu's father. Quanzhi Kaifeng Mansion ...... Okay, departed, do you know who they are? ”

The steward lying on the ground moved. Feeling a sharp pain in his calf, he groaned, hoping to attract the attention of others, but then, a sharp pain made him faint, his ears were blurry, and the last thing he heard was Zhao Xing's honest voice: "It's Lord Qian Longtu (Longtu Pavilion to be made), the student is polite...... Students don't know who they are. I'm still wondering when the Jingshi became so unsafe......"

After noon, Su Shi, who returned home, also heard the news. There was a strange decree in the Song Dynasty. If a lawsuit is involved, the trial can be held after the exam. This law is similar to the modern law on the immunity of deputies to the people's congress. Zhao Xing's matter was also handled in the same way...... But actually. The case is closed.

Because the scene of the crime was in the courtyard of someone else's house, these Liao soldiers first committed the crime of illegal trespass and burglary, as for what they were doing in other people's gardens. I can't help but Zhao Xing said, and Zhao Xing is reasonable.

Zhao Xing's side was not unscathed in this battle, Chen Yiyi was "splashed with blood" and "extremely frightened" and needed to recuperate. And Cheng Azhu was "torn from his sleeves". exposed the "indecent" misdeeds of the gang. Zhao Xing also cut off a good knife worth 10,000 gold in this regard...... You can imagine the fierceness of the battle.

As for Zhao Xing, in addition to the steward, "he was trampled on and broke his leg in the fight". The rest came unscathed...... That can only be blamed on the five Liao soldiers who are too cowardly, five against five (plus the steward and Jin Buji), and they are still all killed.

The Liao envoys had nothing to say, because their side, the people who could describe the situation at the scene, could never open their mouths, so the final outcome was almost complete in the afternoon of the same day - the Liao envoys demanded a sum of compensation to appease the families of the deceased. But Zhao Xing insisted on giving it after the case was concluded. So at the request of the Liao envoy, the operation of this case was concluded.

Because the case took place in a residential courtyard, both sides of the incident were reluctant to publicize it to the outside world, and as a result, the matter ended silently, and the death of the five Liao soldiers did not cause even a single snowflake. The citizens of Tokyo did not know that this had happened, and they were still enjoying their lives happily and carefree, but after this incident, no Liao soldiers dared to enter Zhao Xing's courtyard. It was the only twist that the murder caused.

Zhao Xing's case was busy, delaying Su Shi's family's lunch, and by the time it was processed, it was time for dinner. Su Shi touched his rumbling stomach and looked at Zhao Xing helplessly: "Leaving people, I often praise you for acting steadily, why can't you bear it so much...... You and I know, not a calf can stop you once, you have the ability to kill them, why don't you capture them and hand them over to the government to deal with. ”

Zhao Xing's fork did not leave the square inch, his face was calm, not at all like he had just cut three people: "Teacher, there are three reasons why I have to kill them all, first: I am from the mountains, and the hunters in the mountains know what kind of beast is the most terrible - the injured beast." Once the Orions have taken action against the beast, they will not come forward until it is completely grounded. How about beasts, but man? ”

Hunt? Zhao Xing actually compared that conflict to hunting, which made Su Shi a little uncomfortable, because he didn't kill a beast.

Zhao Xing continued: "I studied Tang Hands, and Tang Hands often teaches people: everyone has to take responsibility for their own actions, and whenever you want to make a move, you need to ask yourself a question - are you ready to bear the consequences of doing it? If the answer is yes, then there is no mercy to be taken, and the lion fights the rabbit must do its best.

Thirdly, I know that they are Liao, a conflict, both sides have their own accounts, if they are alive, they have their own account of the incident, he said his, I said mine, the lawsuit is entangled, who knows when it will be the end - since I know that the wounded beast is the most terrible, since I am ready to bear the consequences of the action, then why should I keep their mouths?

The dead enemy is the best enemy, they are dead, and only my people are left present, what was the situation at that time, I can't tell me? In the light of the circumstances, I had a lot of reasons and a good moral sense to kill them, because they were trespassing, they were going to territory that was not theirs. They are lying in my garden, do I need a reason to kill them? ”

Su Shi didn't expect Zhao Xing to say this reason, he pondered for a moment and felt that this reason was still very reasonable, at least the logic was rigorous. If you want to attack this reason, you can only find reason in the book of sages, which says that you must convince people with virtue and be benevolent and righteous. It is necessary to give the aggressor a chance to make amends, let them know that this method of aggression is incorrect, and next time they will use another method of aggression.

But Su Shi is not a pedantic person, he thought about it for a long time, and he really couldn't say words of persuasion, because he knew that some of the reasons in the sage book were used to harm people.

Su Shi sighed, put aside the topic just now, and asked, "When are you going to move?" …… By the way, are you familiar with the people of Hele Lou? Why didn't they come to settle accounts today, and didn't even take away the silver that was full of the house? ”

The hotel of the Song Dynasty went to other people's homes to make private banquets. A set of silverware is usually thrown away. Wait until the next day, or when the owner is free, and then come to the door to settle accounts. Remove the silverware that was left behind. The simplicity of the Song people can be seen from this custom.

Su Shi's banquet that day was signed by Zhao Xing. Generally speaking, Su Shi was on duty in the palace the next day, and Hele Lou would come to the door the next day to settle the bill with Su Shi. Su Shi heard that Zhao Xing's new home was found with the help of Hele Building, but the other party did not come to settle accounts with him. This made him wonder a little.

Zhao Xing casually took out a bill from his arms. handed it to Su Shi and asked casually, "Teacher." What happened to the fake money? ”

Su Shi shook his head, his face was a little unsightly: "The matter of fake money is nothing, for the teacher to present the box of copper coins outside the domain to the hall, Yushi immediately did not speak...... They don't care about counterfeit money now, and they have bigger things to worry about. ”

Something bigger, something bigger than fake money? Zhao Xingchagen asked: "Teacher, how do you count the fake money?" Do you want to ban it? ”

"It will not be banned, and some courtiers even suggested: My Great Song Dynasty has flowed out countless copper coins in the past, and now since the vassal states can mint such exquisite copper coins, it is better to send merchants to these countries and buy this batch of feudal coins to solve the money shortage ......"

Zhao Xing had already noticed that Su Shi first called the money counterfeit, and then called it the feudal money. In fact, this is precisely the characteristic of metal money.

Metallic money is different from paper money. The prosperity of Europe was also due to the Crusades and the plundering of Egyptian metal currency, which allowed the medieval economy to take off. Since the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, it has mastered the coinage rights of Asian countries, and if the Song Dynasty does not restrict the outflow and inflow of copper coins, it can use the secret coinage rights to obtain huge benefits out of thin air.

If this step can really be achieved, then a war with neighboring countries is actually equivalent to the neighboring countries contributing money to help the Great Song Dynasty fight against them...... And this kind of behavior is not detected by barbarians who do not understand economics at all.

The problem of private money was solved, Zhao Xing saw Su Shi frowning, and wanted to ask curiously, but thinking that he was just a white body now, he first provoked the conversation: "Yesterday, the master was not there, and there was a visit from the student Zhou Bangyan......

Su Shi sighed: "I already know about this matter, let my subordinates send some Cheng Yi...... By the way, your box of money has been returned, and you will take it away when you turn around. ”

Zhao Xing was disdainful of the box of money: "It's just miscellaneous money, so keep it for the master...... Well, Cheng Yi, what's wrong with Zhou Bangyan? ”

"Chengyi" means the travel expenses given by friends when they say goodbye.

"It's good to go, it's good to go", Su Shi said with emotion: "Now that it's on the cusp, it's not a good thing for Zhou Bangyan to degrade and leave Beijing at this time." ”

Zhao Xing understood: "It turned out that Zhou Bangyan heard the rumors of derogation, so he moved around, hoping to redeem it, but obviously his efforts were not effective. ”

Why Zhou Bangyan is degrading, you can figure it out with his heels. This guy defended the new law last night, and when the old party was in power, such a person was naturally kicked out of the center of power.

But obviously, Zhou Bangyan's derogatory remarks seemed to have nothing to do with the big thing that Su Shi said, Zhao Xing rolled his eyes and continued: "Do you know, teacher, yesterday I sealed an official with big eyes, Di Gonglang, and the head of the pavilion who passed the decree was named Tong Guan. ”

The eyes were big, Su Shi was amused by Zhao Xing's humor, as soon as he was happy, he had less scruples when he spoke, Su Shi said: "I don't know which eunuch is named Tong Guan...... He didn't come specifically for you, a petty official, he went to the military weapons supervisor and eunuch, and the weapons supervision case broke out, and the former prime minister Cai was indeed involved, this is a big case......"

The "ordnance supervision case" was very complicated, and the case was repeatedly overturned later. But to describe it simply in modern language, it can be explained clearly in three words: the prime minister (prime minister) at that time was Cai Qu, and his younger brother Cai Shuo was the minister of logistics and equipment (ordnance supervisor and eunuch). Cai Shuo wanted to contract out the task of equipment for the army, but the Ministry of Construction (Ministry of Industry) did not agree at that time, but his elder brother, the prime minister, approved the slip.

So Cai Shuo appointed his cronies Dou Changyu and Liu Zhongxin as procurement officers. After purchasing fake and shoddy products at high prices, equip the army...... This incident occurred.

Originally, such an incident should have been protected by officials and officials and concealed, but this was the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty did not even let go of the corruption of the prime minister, and this case immediately set off a huge wave, implicating countless high-ranking officials, which caused the first political earthquake in the Yuan Dynasty.

This is the big shock, in comparison. The import of foreign copper coins that are beneficial to the country is only a trivial matter. Who cares about that.

Li Xian is a eunuch who understands military affairs. The case of the ordnance supervisor naturally relied on his knowledge, and he sent all the eunuchs under his command to move around, and Tong Guan was only one of them. It is also incidental to announce Zhao Xing as Di Gonglang.

Su Shi didn't have particularly intense emotions about this huge corruption case, but he was a little disheartened. After explaining the case to Zhao Xing in detail, Su Shi, who was led to a fork in the road, finally remembered that he had forgotten the box of money that had been used as evidence.

But seeing that Zhao Xing had completely forgotten the box of money, Su Shi thought about it. Tens of thousands of things. It is not in Zhao Xing's eyes at all, and the dividends that Zhao Xing should give him are worth tens of thousands of yuan. With the other party's character, he will definitely find a way to compensate him, so Su Shi immediately thought about it and left the question of the ownership of the box of copper coins behind.

Cheng Yi, who was assigned to Zhou Bangyan, Su Shi looked at the bill sent by Hele Lou and was taken aback: "Thirty-four times, so expensive?" ”

Thirty-four guan is indeed a bit expensive, and a table of banquets in Bianliang City is usually about two taels of silver, but Su Shi doesn't want to think about what they ate that night.

However, this price is a lot different from Su Shi's original expectations, he is actually a thrifty and accustomed person, and the banquet that night was intended to stop for ten taels of silver, but he didn't expect that Hele Lou knew that Zhao Xing was here, so he would naturally do his best to curry favor with this big supplier. Under the instruction of Zhao Xingdi, they replaced many affordable dishes with top-of-the-line products, which is why they have such a high price.

Although he recently got a huge amount of money, Su Shi was still a little distressed, thinking that at the beginning, when he belittled Huangzhou, thirty times could let him live happily in Huangzhou for a year, and now this money is not enough to pay for this banquet, which makes him feel a little distressed.

Su Shi was still groaning, and Mrs. Wang, who came in with tea, stepped on him gently, and Su Shi immediately woke up - we are also "rich and promiscuous" now, and the box of money returned as evidence is worth tens of thousands of yuan, and four gold coins are picked up from it, which is enough to pass the banquet.

Thinking of this, Su Shi casually handed the bill to Mrs. Wang: "You arrange it, just forty taels with them." ”

Mrs. Wang took the bill, but did not leave, she looked at Zhao Xing and asked: "I heard that Uncle Liren also has a reputation as a famous doctor in the countryside, can you please ask Uncle Liren to see Dun'er, he is sick, and the doctors of Tai Hospital are treating him." ”

Zhao Xing immediately jumped up in a panic - it's finally here, has it finally come at that moment?

Su Dun is the newborn child born to Chaoyun at the age of fourteen, because the fourteen-year-old girl's menstrual period is still unstable, the children born in this way are congenitally underdeveloped, and it is generally difficult to become adults, which is also the reason why Su Dun died at an early age in the original history.

Soon after Zhao Xing gave birth to Su Dun, he specially brought a cow to make up for Chaoyun's lack of milk, and then Cheng Azhu raised him for three years, and in his heart he actually regarded him as his own child. Zhao Xing has not been by her side for the past three years, and raising Su Dun is the only comfort in her heart.

Generally speaking, under the same living conditions, the survival rate of mountain people is much higher than that of literati. When Zhao Xing left, he also explained some precautions to Cheng Azhu, under Cheng Azhu's raising, Su Dun usually eats meat and milk as nutrition, and he is stronger than ordinary children, but he didn't expect that a migration that he experienced until he was three years old made him sick again.

When Zhao Xing entered the door, the first thing that caught his eye was Chaoyun's anxious expression, Cheng Azhu cried more than Chaoyun, she hugged Su Dun and cried silently, Chen Yiyi obviously didn't go through this kind of thing, she stood next to her a little helplessly, twisting the silk handkerchief in her hand with both hands.

The imperial physician of the Tai Hospital was slowly and very knowledgeably speaking: "This disease is mainly in the middle of the coke, and it is formed by the stomach fire not falling, and the upper diaphragm is reversed. It is caused by poor diet, and eating too much air in common words. The ancients said: Food is silent, sleep is silent, and etiquette is also. Children love to talk when eating, their emotions are not in harmony, their liver qi is offended in the stomach, and their righteous qi is deficient, and they will be consumed and hurt by their middle qi. ”

Chaoyun glanced at Zhao Xing who was entering the door with tears in his eyes, Cheng Azhu was still holding Su Shun and crying, and he didn't notice Zhao Xing's entrance. Su Dun was lying in Cheng Azhu's arms, burping constantly, and when he saw Zhao Xing coming in, he shouted weakly: "Big, hug!" ”

"How should this disease be diagnosed?" Chaoyun asked eagerly.