After resting at home all night, Zhou Jun put on his official robes early the next morning and rushed to Shangshu Province early.
After entering the capital court case, Zhou Jun first found the warehouse where prisoners and officials were registered, then the cabinet in Gyeonggi Province, then the shelves in Pingkangfang, Chang'an, and finally the recording of Beili Sanqu.
Holding a thick stack of books, Zhou Jun found a desk, took out paper, pen, ink and inkstone, and carefully began to copy.
Not long after, Chief Cheng entered the Yamen. Seeing that Zhou Jun had arrived so early, he nodded approvingly.
After taking a closer look, Chief Cheng picked up a book and said: "When prostitutes in the north attend official banquets, they need to issue official ultimatums to recruit prostitutes. Whenever courtiers gather for banquets, they must send ultimatums to Cao's office, and then they can be sent to them."
Place."
"Although the ultimatum came from the Jiaofang, the ultimatum was taken from the capital court."
"Therefore, the fact that Beili's music records are so thin is of great importance."
Zhou Jun responded.
Chief Cheng added: "Most of the prostitutes who serve as officials come from Zhongqu and Nanqu. There are so many people in Beiqu that it is difficult to identify them and it is difficult to compile records."
"Let's look for it carefully. If it's really difficult to cultivate, just stick to the original book."
Zhou Jun responded again.
Manager Cheng explained a few more words and then went to work.
Zhou Jun calmed down and continued copying the books.
Time flew by and it was noon in a blink of an eye.
Zhou Jun finally finished copying the books, looked around and found that it was already lunch time, but the officials around him showed no sign of leaving.
Zhou Jun finally understood what was going on after looking for the free official and asking some indirect questions.
The off-duty time for Shangshu Province in the Tang Dynasty was around two o'clock in the afternoon.
Many officials eat more when they have breakfast, and then secretly bring some steamed cakes or noodles to eat when they are hungry.
The official lunch for officials can only be eaten at home or in the market after getting off work at around two o'clock in the afternoon.
After hearing this, Zhou Jun scratched his head and thought that Bo Lu had been copied and there was no need to wait until the afternoon. It was better to tell Mr. Cheng now and go to Beili to do some work.
When he came to Chief Cheng's desk, Zhou Jun explained the reason. The former nodded, remembered the line, and asked him to leave.
When he arrived outside Anshang's door, Zhou Jun lowered his head and looked at his official robes. He always felt that wearing this outfit to go to a place like Beili Sanqu was really inappropriate.
He simply rode back home, changed into his usual clothes, found some food to pad his stomach, and went to Pingkangfang.
After some delay, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon when Zhou Jun walked into the theater.
Walking along the winding street, Zhou Jun looked at the people passing by on the street and felt that there were many more people than yesterday.
Arriving at the door of Gu Ran's residence, the woman inside recognized Zhou Jun at a glance and quickly welcomed him into the courtyard.
Zhou Jun looked at the empty courtyard and asked, "Do you know the answer?"
The woman said: "I went to layman Hanxiao."
Zhou Jun asked: "Hanxiao layman?"
The woman reacted and explained, "It's Ruo'e."
Thinking of the cold-as-ice woman among the four, Zhou Jun felt that the nickname Hanxiao Jushi was quite appropriate.
Zhou Jun asked again: "When can I come back?"
The woman looked troubled: "I'm afraid it will be late."
Zhou Jun had a headache. In ancient times, he didn't have a mobile phone or anything like that, so it was troublesome to find people.
I finally came here, but failed again.
Zhou Jun thought for a while and asked the woman, "Where is Ruo'e's house?"
Woman: "In Zhongqu, go further east. It's not far from here."
Zhou Jun: "What is there to guide you at the door?"
Woman: "There is Merlin."
Zhou Jun nodded, turned around and walked out of the courtyard gate, followed the middle song and walked eastward for more than a hundred steps, and saw a plum blossom forest with all the flowers and leaves.
Knowing that this was Ruo'e's house, Zhou Jun walked to the concierge with his hands behind his back.
A maidservant of twelve or thirteen years old was waiting in the concierge. When he saw Zhou Jun, he was startled for a moment. Then he saw that the latter wanted to enter the hospital, so he quickly shouted: "My lord, please stay here! Do you have a visit note?"
Zhou Jun glanced at the maid and said, "I am looking for Ruo'e on business."
The maid suddenly became unhappy: "How can we call a layman by his name?"
Seeing this, Zhou Jun finally understood why Chief Cheng had to wear official robes when he came to Beili.
He thought for a while, took out the fish charm from his waist, showed the name and official position to the maid, and said, "I do have official business."
The maid looked at it for a long time and said suspiciously, "I don't know if it's true or false."
Zhou Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he only said to the maidservant: "Then let us know that Zhou Lingshi, the head of the Ministry of Punishments, has arrived."
When the maid heard this name, she didn't dare to tell him anything. She just said "wait a minute", turned around and ran into the courtyard.
After a while, footsteps came from the courtyard.
Zhou Jun turned around and saw that Jianqin and Ruo'e hurried out with a few maids.
Xie Qin and Ruo'e faced Zhou Jun at the door, and first said Wan Blessing, and then said, "My servant's eyes are clumsy, Wan Wan Ling Shi is not surprised."
Zhou Jun glanced at the concierge's maid and saw her lowering her head and binding her hands, trembling with fear.
Waving his hand, Zhou Jun said with a smile: "I am wearing regular clothes and I didn't inform you in advance. This servant is just fulfilling her duties. What crime is she guilty of?"
After Xie Qin and Ruo'e heard this, the former smiled and thanked, while the latter was thoughtful.
After following the two girls into the house, Zhou Jun discovered that Ruo'e's home really corresponded to the word "lay scholar".
Looking around, there are poems, calligraphy and paintings everywhere on the walls, desks, and folding beds.
Various books and ancient books are stacked everywhere.
From a distance, I thought those books were just wall tiles.
Zhou Jun wanted to find a place to sit down and take out the copied notebook, but found that the desk in the hall was filled with the Four Treasures of the Study and the poems he had just written, but he had no way of starting.
Seeing this embarrassment, Xie Qin quickly spoke up and asked someone to clear the desk and make it empty.
Zhou Jun then took out the Beili Bolu of the Du Liang Sui and said to the two governors: "Beili Zhonggou revised the book. I have accepted the order of the chief, and I also ask you to help me."
Xie Qin just smiled and said: "I dare to teach Zhou Lingshi to know that I came to the layman today just for the purpose of revising my registration."
After saying that, Jie Qin asked his maid to bring a compiled roster and placed it in front of Zhou Jun.
I heard her say again: "I, as a layman, know that I have to take care of everything in Zhongqu. I have been compiling this list in the past, and I have never dared to stop."
"Now that Ling Shi is here, I would like to invite you to take a look."
Zhou Jun was a little surprised and took a look at the roster.
First of all, his first impression was that the beautiful handwriting on the roster was so beautiful that people couldn't help but admire it.
Looking at the content inside again, Zhou Jun let out a long breath.
All the prostitutes in Zhongqu, as well as those with a happy background, are all included.
Naturalization, citizenship transfer, household transfer, registration, net worth, distribution, etc., all are detailed.
Now that the roster has been completed, Zhou Jun no longer needs to revise anything. He only needs to check that there are no errors before binding it into a book.
With a happy face on his face, Zhou Jun put away the roster and said to Xie Qin and Ruo'e: "It's a big help for both of you to know this."
Ruo'e's face was calm, she just bowed slightly and bowed.
Xie Qin said: "The copying and writing are all Ruo'e's fault, I just assisted from the side."
When Ruo'e heard this, she said: "Jiedu Zhi worked hard and visited many houses to find this list. Ruo'e just wrote in front of the case, how can she claim credit?"
After hearing this, Xie Qin just smiled and stopped talking.
Zhou Jun said: "You two don't need to be humble. I have recorded this hard work."
Glancing outside the door, he realized that it was still early in the day. Zhou Jun said, "Since the recording of Zhongqu has been completed, I will go to Nanqu now."
Xie Qin said: "I heard that Hongzhi asked for an ultimatum and went to Anrenfang; there was something going on at Xiyuna's house, so she went to Dongshi."
Zhou Jun thought for a while and said: "Then I will go to Beiqu first."
Xie Qin frowned slightly after hearing this.
Ruo'e looked Zhou Jun up and down and said, "Listen to my concubine, Zhou Lingshi. If you want to go to Beiqu, it would be a good idea to change into official robes."
Zhou Jun was stunned for a moment, but before he could speak, Xie Qin said again: "Isn't it better than this?"
"Tomorrow morning, I will invite Liu Xiaoxian, the governor of Beiqu, to come to my old home for a reunion. Zhou Lingshi can look for her."
Speaking of Beiqu, when Zhou Jun saw Qin and Ruo'e, both of them looked secretive. He was confused and could only nod in agreement.
This chapter has been completed!