The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

Wujia Village is just an insignificant small village under the small county town of Dengzhou. The small county town is unremarkable, and that village is even more inconspicuous.The villagers in the village are all farmers, and they work in the fields with their faces facing the loess and their backs facing the sky all day long. They have no extra thoughts, and all they think about every day is to eat enough and wear warmth. They don’t think about extra things, and they don’t Think about it.

In villages like Wujia Village, if they want to change their lives, they can only rely on the imperial examination or the mercy of the local county magistrate. Therefore, when Wu Fei was able to go to the imperial capital to study, even though he was studying medicine, everyone in the village Still as if seeing hope, with the efforts of the whole village, Wu Fei was finally trained.

Wu Fei didn't let them down either. After finding a job in Bianliang, he started to give back to the village. Although he didn't give back much, he finally didn't become a white-eyed wolf, which also gave the villagers something to look forward to.

They didn't want Wu Fei to support the whole village, they just wanted to have a backbone if something happened.

It's just that the people in Wujia Village didn't expect that the new law issued by the court made it impossible for them to live a good life for a few days.

For a time, in just two short months, the people in Wujia Village were like vegetables beaten by frost.

In addition to the people in Wujia Village, there are several villages in the neighboring villages who are the same. When the villagers of each other's villages meet, no one smiles on their faces.

Even Wu Asan, an idler in the village, felt that this life was boring. It was really not as good as those "green forest heroes" in the mountains. Wu Asan was relatively familiar with Wu Fei. Although he was an ignorant commoner, So he knew that once the decree was promulgated, it would be impossible to change it, and the county magistrate in that county would peel off another layer of skin from them.

No, as soon as Wu Asan came out of the village, he saw old man Chen from Chen Village next door carrying a bag of grain and returning with a ox cart full of bitterness.

He hurried up to greet him, and asked with a bit of sadness, "Old man Chen, are you back from the county?"

Old man Chen sighed, "Yes, everyone in our Chenjia Village has gone, and we just came back from the county. Wu Asan, you go back and tell the people in Wujia Village to prepare. After two days, it should be ready. We have arrived at your Wujia Village."

Then, old man Chen left, and Wu Asan stood on the road silently for a while, kicked the stone on the road far away, spat hard, and then turned back to the village.

The county where Wujia Village is located is called Wen County, and there is a county magistrate named Ma Cheng. Ma Cheng has been the county magistrate in Wen County for many years. , just an ordinary county magistrate.

This is the magistrate magistrate seen by outsiders, but the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Wenxian County know what a heartless person this magistrate magistrate is. But the county magistrate is very rich, all of which were collected by Ma Cheng.

Ordinary people have to save and spend a lot of money to eat meat, but Ma Cheng eats big fish and meat every day, and feeds his big wolfdog if he can't finish it.

This time when the court's decree was promulgated, Ma Cheng thought of a new way to search the people's finances. He forced the farmers in the villages below Wen County to borrow money. Not only that, he also secretly changed the two-cent interest to three-cent interest. If the loan is broken and the debt is repaid, and an extra interest is exchanged for it when the loan is repaid, it is simply forcing the peasants to a dead end.

And the fact is true, some people committed suicide in Wujia Village, and some people committed suicide in Chenjia Village. Not only these two villages, but they also heard that suicides occurred in several villages.

But so what?

Who is the biggest in Wen County?Ma Cheng is the biggest!

Who is the biggest in the Song Dynasty, the emperor is the biggest.But such a big emperor can't control Ma Cheng, so... after so many years, they can only endure it.

Today, the people from Chenjiacun have already gone to borrow money, and in two days, it will be their turn in Wujiacun.

When Wu Asan returned to the village, he saw that Wu Fei was seeing a doctor in the village. That person was the one who committed suicide by drinking pesticide. Fortunately, Wu Fei was treated early so that he did not die.

The two of them were sitting at the head of the village, where there was a tree, the patient was sitting against the tree, and Wu Fei was sitting on a stone bench beside him.Wu Fei said that the patient was depressed and needed to go out for a walk from time to time to broaden his mood, otherwise he might have to seek death again.

"Wu Fei, you saved the man, but he will still die after a while. Your efforts are in vain." Wu Asan said carelessly.

The patient who leaned on the tree trunk and had nothing to love heard this, nodded slowly, and said hoarsely: "Brother Ang, Ah San Wu is right, you saved me this time, next time I will commit suicide, even if I don't commit suicide , Ma Cheng will also drive us to death."

Wu Fei put away the tools in his hand, and didn't respond to this sentence. He just asked Wu Ah San, and said, "I just saw you talking with old man Chen from a distance, but he said What?"

Wu Asan pulled his hair, and then truthfully told what old man Chen said.Wu Fei's complexion changed slightly after hearing this, he sighed, put away his things, got up and left.The place he went to was none other than the village chief's room.

Wu Fei is just an ordinary person, so ordinary that he is only a small official in the Criminal Prosecution Division. He has no ability to change all this, nor has he the ability to pull Ma Cheng down. All he can do is to survive.

He will not commit suicide, he will lose everything when he dies, but if he is alive, he can expect a little hope.

After telling the village chief what old man Chen had said, Wu Fei came out of the village chief's house. He had to go home and then go to work in the fields.Although life is difficult, it must be lived anyway.

But not long after Wu Fei came home, he saw Wu Asan knocking on the door and came to them. With a trace of surprise and a strange expression on his face, he said to Wu Fei: "Wu Fei, two people came from outside the village, one of them Said it was the younger brother in your academy who came to find you."

Wu Asan was idle in the village and had nothing to do all day long, so no matter what news he got, he was alone.

"Junior brother?" Wu Fei wiped his dusty hands, followed Wu Ah San outside, "What are the names of those two people, have they entered the village now?"

He only has one classmate in Dengzhou, that is Lin Chen, but Lin Chen has already returned to Bianliang, not only that, Lin Chen is not his junior, they are the same age.

He does have a few juniors, but those juniors are also in Bianliang, who will come over now?Who will come again?Wu Fei had a vague suspicion in his heart. He thought that the boy who would help them would come, but he couldn't believe it.

But the more he couldn't believe it, the more he thought it was impossible, the more likely it was him who came.

Therefore, when he saw Wei Shiyi resting under the big tree at the head of the village, Wu Fei didn't know whether he was more shocked or surprised.

"Brother Shi...Yu..." Before Wu Fei finished speaking, he saw Zhou Yun beside Wei Shiyi, but Wei Shiyi interrupted him before he could say Yuhou. "Zhou Yun was worried that I came to see you alone, so he came with me."

Wu Fei's eyes were full of shock, why did Zhou Yuhou come?Why did Tangtang Yuhou come to their small village?

Wei Shiyi continued, "Senior Brother Wu, we've been on the road for a long time, take us inside to drink some water and have a rest."

After several days, they finally arrived at Wujia Village.At the same time, they should also tell Wu Fei why they came, but this is not a good place to talk.

"Ah good."

Regardless of the surprise in his heart, Wu Fei quickly responded, calling Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun to follow him, subconsciously, his attitude towards Zhou Yun was very respectful.

Wu Asan pulled Wu Fei's sleeve, and asked in a low voice, "Wu Fei, who are those two? Are they really juniors from your academy? They don't look alike."

Wei Shiyi is of course his junior, but Zhou Yun is definitely not, but Zhou Yun also said at this time that he is his junior, there must be some reason.

So Wu Fei quickly regained his composure and said, "Well, they are all my juniors. They should be worried about why I didn't return to Bianliang, so they came to see me."

Yeah?Wu Asan didn't really believe it. He believed that the younger one was his junior, but the older one didn't look like a junior who Wu Fei had a good relationship with.

But Wu Fei had already left, so he had no chance to continue asking.

Entering the house, Wu Fei quickly closed the door, and then asked A Niang to enter the house to stay, then pulled Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun to sit down in the yard, and asked suspiciously: "Brother Shi, why did you come to my house?" here?"

Not only did he come by himself, he also brought Zhou Yun along.

Who is Zhou Yunna?Not to mention the man of the Song Dynasty, but he is also one of the best in Bianliang, how could such a big man come to him.

Wu Fei was a little nervous, but Wei Shiyi said, "Brother, I came to see you. I heard that you didn't return to Bianliang. I was a little worried, so here I come. As for Zhou Yun..." It took a little longer Wei Shiyi said in an unusual voice, "He was worried that it would be unsafe for me to go on the road alone, so he followed me."

Wei Shiyi's attitude is very normal. Sooner or later, others will know about his relationship with Zhou Yun, so he has no intention of hiding it.What's more, Zhou Yun's trip this time is very secretive, and the purpose cannot be said casually. It happens that he and Zhou Yun are together, so he can use this excuse to explain why Zhou Yun followed him out.

The mission Zhou Yun came out this time is very secret, and ordinary people can't know it at all, so he can only conceal the real reason why Zhou Yun came out.

Of course, in order to make Zhou Yun's mission go smoothly, they will settle down in Wujia Village these days. Starting from Wujia Village, they will gradually expand to the surrounding areas to collect evidence of corruption by the magistrate of Wen County. At the same time, when the time is right, Zhou Yun will also Sneak into the county government secretly to get more definite evidence, so that the magistrate of Wen County can get the punishment he deserves.

As for what Wu Fei would think, Wei Shiyi also guessed, and finally he thought about it and only came to one conclusion, that is, according to Wu Fei's personality, he would not say anything, at most he was a little surprised.

Sure enough, after Wei Shiyi said this, Wu Fei immediately stared at him and Zhou Yun again and again with wide-eyed eyes, and it took a while before he seemed to realize it, and said, "You guys are... actually like this! relationship?"

But what he said next made Wei Shiyi stunned for a moment, which was beyond his guess, "I think so, the relationship between you and Zhou Yuhou was not ordinary before, if it is such a relationship, it is also reasonable Pass."

But faintly, there was something else in his words.

This made Wei Shiyi a little embarrassed and uncomfortable. He glanced at Zhou Yun, who was surrounded by an old god, and thought to himself that Zhou Yun had already opened his mouth to act, and he had to pretend that he didn't know anything. See, even his close friends feel that their relationship is not normal.

Zhou Yun was very at ease. After Wu Fei said that, he felt even happier. He even gave Wu Fei a rare look, and nodded slightly to him, "Well, it's good that you know."

Such a casual attitude is much more comfortable than Wei Shiyi.

Wu Fei: "..."

After this conversation, Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun settled down at Wu Fei's house. Most of the houses in the countryside were self-built, very simple, but very large.

Because there are usually many relatives in the countryside, even if they are not relatives, they will have some kinship with people in the surrounding villages for several miles. more.

Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun are just two people, so they can live there.However, in order to hide their tongues, Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun still did not live in the same room, but lived in a room alone.

In the next few days, Wei Shiyi and Zhou Yun acted as if they really came to see Wu Fei. They talked to those people in the village and occasionally helped Wu Fei and the others. There are also some uses here. Those villagers have a headache and Wu Fei is too busy, so he will go to help.

In this way, they lived in Wujia Village for two or three days in a blink of an eye.

That night, Wei Shiyi went out to the bathroom after eating, but Wu Fei led him out of the courtyard to a dark place.

"Senior Brother Wu, what are you doing?" Wei Shiyi asked suspiciously.

Wu Fei hissed and asked Wei Shiyi to lower his voice. He whispered, "Brother Shi, let me ask you a question. Are you and Zhou Yuhou voluntary?"

Only then did Wei Shiyi understand why he felt that Wu Fei's words had other meanings that day. It turned out that although Wu Fei seemed to accept his relationship with Zhou Yun that day, in fact, there was some worry in his words unconsciously. And there is no congratulatory expression that a normal friend would show.

It turned out that he was worried that he and Zhou Yun were unwilling to be together.

Wei Shiyi smiled and said: "I am willing, if I am not willing, he will not be able to force me."

"That's good." Wu Fei was relieved, and he continued: "It's just that you still have to be careful. Zhou Yuhou's status is not ordinary, and you may encounter some obstacles when you get together. You always have to think about yourself."

Wei Shiyi didn't say anything, just smiled, "Okay, I know."

"Okay, then I have nothing to say. Wait, Zhou Yuhou has been with you for so many days, will you be okay?"

Wei Shiyi was stunned for a moment, and replied: "It's okay, he has already asked for leave from the imperial court, so it won't be affected."

Seeing that Wei Shiyi knew it well, Wu Fei didn't say anything.Then, Wei Shiyi and Wu Fei went back to Wu's house together.

At night, Wei Shiyi was lying on the bed. When there was no movement in the Wu family, a figure sneaked into Wei Shiyi's room, got on the bed, and took Wei Shiyi into his arms.

Although the two slept in different rooms, Zhou Yun slept in Wei Shiyi's room every night.

"Shiyi, what did you and Wu Fei go out tonight?" Zhou Yun asked in a low voice with Wei Shiyi's earlobe in his mouth.

Wei Shiyi lazily pushed Next Zhou Yun's big head, "Don't tell me you didn't hear."

Zhou Yun had no time to speak with Wei Shiyi's ear in his mouth, he just hummed vaguely, a little displeased.After a while, I let go of my ears and earlobes, and said in a low voice, "If it wasn't for your own good, I would definitely want him to look good."

"How do you want him to look good?" Wei Shiyi asked.

"Hmph." Zhou Yun didn't answer, but said to Wei Shiyi in an oath-like tone: "My identity will never have any impact on our relationship, even if I like a man and have no heirs, the official People in the court will be happier, so I won't treat you badly, and I won't let you down."

Wei Shiyi didn't care about this, he just said: "If you fail me, I will use a scalpel to cut off your bottom, and then I will be the person above, and you will be the person below. Although there is no such thing, but the man It's also fun, so you can't let me down, remember?"

What Wei Shiyi said was a bit dark, and regardless of Zhou Yun's status, even he himself couldn't do that, but whether he can do it is one thing, and his attitude is another.But Zhou Yun didn't feel displeased. Instead, he hugged Wei Shiyi even tighter and laughed.

Ever since he and Wei Shiyi made their relationship clear, Zhou Yun smiled more and more in front of Wei Shiyi, and he was no longer the deserted look before.

He laughed and said in a low hoarse voice: "You should lock me up so that I can only see you day and night. Because if you fail me, I will do it, As for my lower part, don't cut it, who will satisfy you?" He moved his body a bit while speaking.

Wei Shiyi: "..."

Wei Shiyi was speechless for a while, men are all smart and intelligent, and the ancients were no exception. They were clearly discussing more serious issues, but Zhou Yun was able to divert them in that direction.

Of course, they didn't have a relationship, not to mention that they only confirmed the relationship not long ago, but that they were still on a mission, Zhou Yun would not drag Wei Shiyi to do that kind of thing, even though he couldn't bear it anymore.

Wei Shiyi patted Zhou Yun on the head and said, "Stop rubbing it, and get down to business."

Yes, Zhou Yun would sleep with Wei Shiyi every night, but apart from sleeping, they would also talk about what they had heard in Wujia Village during the day.

As it was related to the mission, Zhou Yun also put away his joking thoughts and resumed his seriousness. He whispered, "I have been around Wujia Village for a few days, and I have almost found out the matter. Except for Wujia Village, the surrounding area Several villages have encountered such a situation, it should be said that the villages below Wen County are all like this."

"Then what are you going to do?" Wei Shiyi asked.

Zhou Yundao: "I'm going to visit Wen County tomorrow to see if I can find some relevant documents."