Chapter 2 Warm times or problematic times
"The dog from the Imperial City Department has come. We can't kill him at this moment. We can't leave at that time!" Wang Da quickly stopped Wang Er. The two of them collected a lot of money to kill Song Chen to silence him, and were about to run away after the vote. The gold they earned this time was enough for them to be rich and prosperous for the rest of their lives.
If someone finds out that the court's criminals are executed privately, they will definitely be taken down on the spot, and the matter will not be able to escape if it is exposed.
"The Imperial City Office is here to bring people up!" A big man walked up swaggeringly and shouted loudly.
"If you say you mention someone, just mention someone. Do you think this place is a vegetable market?" The short Wang Er almost jumped up, just this step away. Could it be that the bounty of his partner was ruined like this? Of course, he was unwilling to give up.
"Open your eyes and see what this is!" The big man seemed to throw a piece of paper over casually.
He slapped directly in the face, and Wang Er staggered backwards and almost fell down!
Wang Er was a terrified person and was about to rush forward and fight with the imperial city master. Wang Da grabbed him and said in a low voice that the big man on the other side was a master, and they were not his opponents when they joined forces.
After verifying that the documents issued by the Ministry of Justice were correct, Wang Da bowed his fists and said, "Master Shang, it was too late at this time. Otherwise, my brothers and I would send this offender early tomorrow morning. You don't have to work hard anymore. This is to be my brothers' apology!"
This is a very reasonable proposal, but the strong man ignored them directly, raised the groggy Song Chen and walked out.
Wang Er wanted to take action several times, but Wang Daqiang stopped him.
After the big man left, the two brothers ran home like a flying man, packing up the fine and soft things to run away. Without completing the task, the gray eyes would not let them go!
Afterwards, Song Chen was mounted on a carriage, and the carriage ran like a flying carriage on the streets of Lin'an.
After a while of bumpyness, I was thrown into a spacious room. The room was clean, the ground was dry, and there was no grass full of moisture. It was extremely clean and spotless. It was the best adjective to describe it.
It was so clean that Song Chen had goose bumps all over his body. It was so different from a prison cell, it was really weird!
If it weren't for the big lock, the iron fence, and the windows on the top of the wall, he would never think that this extremely neat place could be hooked with the cell.
Song Chen thought of the top ten tortures of the Qing Dynasty, and those things hanging outside the wall, and said that these guys used him and asked him to promote the earth in Science magazine that the earth was square, and he would say 10,000 'YES'.
The torture instruments outside gave him a big question mark.
Alas, in his original understanding, in addition to being beaten by foreign tribes, the Song Dynasty had another good impression, which was a relatively benevolent and righteous era, and even had a sound welfare system, which was unique among all feudal dynasties.
This is an era where there may be a foolish monarch, but there have never been a tyrant. This is an era of warmth!
Song Chen's evaluation of an era is not just a simple observation of foreign martial arts, the development of territory and the overall cultural prosperity, but rather, most of his attention is focused on an individual in that era.
The man might be an old farmer who farmed in the field, a woman who weaved cloth in the house, a vendor who shouted on the street, and of course, the princes and nobles who controlled the lifeline of the dynasty, and even beggars who shivered in a dark corner.
Evaluating a dynasty from the happiness of a person has extremely high requirements for a person's comprehensive evaluation ability. You must have the same academic attitude as an old scholar, and use your trembling hands to enlarge the reading glasses to achieve a more objective and fair evaluation.
However, Song Chen is far from reaching that level of history, but he can stand on the shoulders of a giant and draw his own truth from the two evaluations of different good and bad.
Based on various historical facts, he believed that the lives of the general public in the Song Dynasty were relatively rich and dignified, and it was a dynasty with a high sense of happiness.
As long as you are healthy, have healthy limbs, and are willing to endure hardships, you can also allow the family to live a life of food and clothing in that era.
In this era, there was even a welfare system, with nursing homes and Futian homes everywhere. A feudal dynasty was able to care for vulnerable groups, and they were often selectively ignored by feudal society, which was unique among all dynasties.
What's going on with the gloomy torture instruments outside? Where is the warm era? That's the era with problems?
Dong, Dong, Dong, the footsteps came and the sound of coughing were terrifying. This rhythm gave people a terrifying feeling, maybe it was just an illusion, Song Chen tried to comfort himself.
As the sound became clearer, ordinary minions could not get out of this pace. Song Chen had an intuition that the person who came was terrifying.
Everything was unknown to him, and this was not an exciting news!
"Do you know who I am?" A very sharp voice suddenly penetrated into Song Chen's ears. He just heard footsteps, at least ten steps away, how could it reach his ears in an instant!
It's so strange. Will the human speed be so fast? But at this moment, he obviously has no time to answer questions and solve problems.
In front of him was an old eunuch with a white face and no beard, rubbing his nose from time to time with a silk cloth in his hand, looking at him with a plain face.
The person in front of him was an old eunuch. Even if Song Chen was confused, he could tell the difference because this person seemed to have come out of a TV series.
Standard actions, standard clothing, standard sounds, and the factories of Dongchang in costume dramas are all like this.
As for whether the dynasty is misaligned, it doesn’t matter at all. Anyway, the one who is wrong is TV series, not the times!
Song Chen really wanted to thank the costume TV series that he had always despised. Without their depiction of the image of the eunuch in ancient times and without such a vivid and vivid way, he would not immediately understand how powerful the person in front of him was. Then it is very likely that he would not be able to control his mouth and spit out a few "golden sentences" and offend this eunuch, causing irreparable consequences.
Costume TV series prevented me from this.
Seeing the old eunuch's eyes, this look seemed to be able to see through all unknown details in the world.
"Tell you that he is the chief supervisor of the Imperial City Department!" A voice sounded in the corner. The person who spoke was wearing the official uniform of the Ministry of Justice. It turned out that he was a minor official of the Ministry of Justice. He could hardly feel his existence if he didn't speak. Just like an invisible person, this is also a characteristic.
This guy said as he arched his hands down to show his respect.
Song Chen had this intuition. There was a more complex and profound personality behind his flattering image, but he couldn't protect himself at this time. Naturally, he would not have the leisure to pay attention to this unfathomable ordinary minor official of the Ministry of Justice. It was just a thought that flashed through his subconscious mind.
In the Imperial City Department, Song Chen found the memory of his ex and found the answer. In fact, the people in the city were disgusted when talking about this "yamen". Many terrifying legends in Lin'an were spread from there.
They were the personal army of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, which was actually equivalent to the Dongchang of the Ming Dynasty. They were mainly responsible for the emperor's defense work, but they were several hundred years earlier than the Ming Dynasty;
It also has a more important responsibility, especially collecting intelligence from the imperial city. Those who work on the intelligence front will inevitably be affected by a little "evil spirit".
The intervention of the Imperial City Department shows that the official is already paying attention to this matter!
Song Chen couldn't help but feel guilty again, feeling that he was really unlucky. He wouldn't say that he traveled to the Song Dynasty, which was about to become a thing of the past, but also traveled to the body that was in danger of killing.
Poor he can no longer find an adjective to describe this tragic situation, alas!
Chapter completed!