The maids didn't say a word, stood up straight, like Buddha in a bottle, and asked us to wait.
After a long time, an old man appeared and gave us a cup of bitter tea.
"When can your prefect see us?" Hua Wuxie said to the old man politely.
"As I said just now, the prefect is meeting with very important guests."
The old man's attitude was mechanized, which made me instantly angry.
"What kind of guest is so important? Does he know that it is the Kong family who is visiting? The Kong family provides a lot of support to the Yamen every year."
Kong Youci said that the prefect was bought by the Kong family.
Not only the Kong family, but also the powerful families in the city basically paid for him to buy an official position. This was also an unspoken rule in the city.
"A very important guest, much more important than the Kong family."
The old man simply said this without fear of offending the Kong family.
"May I ask where your prefect will receive guests?"
Hua Wuxie is also popular. What he can't stand the most is being ignored.
"No comment."
"You?" Hua Wuxie was completely angry. I quickly signaled him not to get angry. He worked hard to suppress his anger.
After the housekeeper stepped back, Hua Wuxie said in an annoyed tone: "Are you going to keep doing this?"
It was very stuffy in the hall, and the lack of courtesy made me feel even more irritated.
We were sitting here sweating, and we didn't even have a small fan to fan ourselves. It was really depressing.
"No, no one is watching us anyway, let's just walk around."
After saying that, I stood up and made some plans.
"I think so too."
So the two of us hit it off and started moving around freely in the inner courtyard.
The security here is really loose, not like the majestic magistrate's yamen at all. No wonder the Ming Dynasty fell.
The only place with guards was the red-tiled courtyard.
The security there is pretty tight, with as many as seventeen or eight guards.
Moreover, among the bunch of faces, there were two who were not wearing military uniforms and were only wearing ordinary civilian clothes.
"Did you think that man was very kind?"
Hua Wuxie asked me, pointing to one of the two men who was not wearing a military uniform.
"Huh?"
I quickly took a closer look and said, "Isn't he the same person who just helped his master buy a music flute?"