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"Hey, Lao Zheng, are you back?"
While Su Hao and Lu Xiuer were muttering, Zheng Chun and Li Xing had already jumped off the ox cart and rushed to the county government gate. The government servant guarding the gate saw Zheng Chun and greeted Zheng Chun carelessly.
Zheng Chun asked: "Old Yao, is the county magistrate in the hall?"
"Here, we are discussing matters with Mr. Fang." The yamen servant named Lao Yao replied. He looked at the oxcart that brought Zheng Chun and the others and asked, "Why, this car is the scholar that the master wants to invite?"
"Exactly. Is it appropriate for me to take him in now?" Zheng Chun asked.
Yao Yamen said: "Let me go and report it first. If the county magistrate has something important to do, it would not be appropriate for you to bring a sour scholar in."
Zheng Chun thanked Yao Yamen and came back and said to Su Hao: "Su Xiucai, the county magistrate is discussing something in the hall. I have asked someone to inform you. If it is convenient for the county magistrate, I will take you in again. I bother you to wait here for a while."
meeting."
"Well, it's okay." Su Hao waved his hand disapprovingly.
Zheng Chun directed Su Xiaohu to drive the bullock cart to the side and stay under a tree, while Su Hao accompanied Lu Xiuer to stand in the empty field and look around. It was Lu Xiuer's first time coming to the county government office, and everything he saw felt new. Su Hao
As a time traveler, Hao was very interested in seeing this authentic ancient county.
After waiting for a short time, he saw Yao Yamen running out. Zheng Chun hurriedly greeted him and asked: "Old Yao, how are you? Is the county magistrate free?"
"If you have time, if you have time, Mr. Fang will come out in person to greet the scholar." Yao Yamen said breathlessly.
Zheng Chun looked up and saw Master Fang Mengjin walking out of the county government office with small steps. He quickly ran to greet Su Hao and grabbed Su Hao before Fang Mengjin walked out of the county government office.
Arrive at the gate of the county government office.
"Master, how dare you come out with your sword?" Zheng Chun said to Fang Meng Jin with a smile on his face.
"Is this little brother Su Hao?" Fang Mengjin ignored Zheng Chun, but smiled and held up his hands to Su Hao, saying, "Old Fang Mengjin."
"Master Fang, the student is Su Hao. Master Lao Fang came out to greet him in person, and the student was inexplicably moved." Su Hao said politely to Fang Mengjin as a junior.
"I heard from Zheng Dian that Brother Su's skill in surveying wells was unpredictable, and he discovered several high-quality wells one after another, benefiting the people. Fang failed to go to Zhegui Township to invite him in person, which was against the rule of respecting the virtuous.
That's it." Fang Mengjin threw a free hat on Su Hao's head. This is called killing without missing a beat. He first held Su Hao up before talking.
"The master assists the magistrate and takes care of everything. The students just did some small things, so how dare they bother the master to travel far? Hearing that the magistrate summoned the students, they hurried over, but the journey was long and the time was wasted. I wonder if the magistrate would blame him.
." Su Hao also said beautiful things.
Zheng Chun was on the side, his lips curled up as if he had eaten bitter gourd. Damn it, you are afraid of being blamed by the county magistrate now. Why don't you say that you still finished changing a stove and went home to drink tea for a long time.
Even Fang Mengjin was polite to Su Hao. Naturally, Zheng Chun couldn't say anything. He said to Fang Mengjin: "Master, this is not the place to talk. Can you please invite Su Xiucai inside? I don't know the county master."
Where do you plan to meet Su Xiucai?"
"Oh, I'm just confused." Fang Mengjin pretended to pat his head and said, "Brother Su is so talented, how can he stand outside and talk? I'm rude, I'm rude. Brother Su, let's go in. The county magistrate is on the second floor.
The hall is waiting for you."
"Okay." Su Hao nodded. He turned around and shouted to Lu Xiu'er, who was standing a dozen steps away: "Xiu'er, you and Xiaohu are waiting for me outside. I'll be back as soon as I go."
"That girl is..." Fang Mengjin followed Su Hao's gaze and saw Lu Xiuer, and asked casually.
"Oh, that's my sister-in-law." Su Hao said, "She is a country girl who has never seen the world. I brought her to the county town to open her eyes."
"What a pretty and lovely girl." Fang Mengjin praised, "Since we are bringing her here to broaden our horizons, why not let her go in and have a look together. The magistrate's daughter is of the same age as my sister, I believe the magistrate will do the same.
I love my sister."
"Okay." When Su Hao heard Fang Mengjin's invitation, he didn't think there was anything inappropriate. In his opinion, the county magistrate was just a division-level cadre. In his previous life, Su Hao and cadres at this level were both
They are brothers.
"Xiu'er, come here." Su Hao waved to Lu Xiu'er and shouted.
Lu Xiuer looked at the officials around Su Hao and hesitated to step forward. Su Hao smiled at Fang Meng Jin and said, "Mr. Fang is going to laugh. This country girl has never seen an official before, so she is timid."
After that, he walked up to Lu Xiu'er and without any further explanation, he took her hand and pulled her over.
"Xiu'er, this is Master Fang." Su Hao introduced to Lu Xiu'er.
"What should I say?" Lu Xiuer asked Su Hao in a low voice, her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Haha, there's no need to be polite. How old is I? Miss Su can just call me Uncle Fang." Fang Mengjin pretended to be an amiable old man and said to Lu Xiu'er. He heard Su Hao call Lu Xiu'er "sister-in-law",
I thought Lu Xiuer's surname was also Su.
"Xiu'er, please call me Uncle Fang." Su Hao didn't show politeness to Fang Mengjin and directly told Lu Xiu'er.
Lu Xiuer blushed and called "Uncle Fang" in an inaudible voice. Fang Mengjin laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to Su Hao and said: "Brother Su, please."
"Master Fang, please go first." Su Hao replied.
The group of people walked towards the county government office. Lu Xiuer was pulled by Su Hao involuntarily and entered the county government office. When they entered the county government office, Su Hao no longer needed to hold Lu Xiuer's hand, because Lu Xiuer had already
He was so frightened that he grabbed Su Hao's clothes tightly with both hands, stared at the ground, and did not dare to let out any anger.
Fengcheng County Government Office is very large. When you enter from the main gate, there is a long corridor. In front is the ceremonial gate, the archway, the platform, and then the county government hall. On both sides of the corridor, there are officials, households, rituals, soldiers, and executioners.
There are six rooms, including the Dianshi Yamen, the Kuaiban Room, the officials' residence, the prison, the shrine, etc.
All of these are only the first half of the county government office. Behind the lobby are the county government offices, the main office, the cabinet library, the second hall, the third hall, the accounting room and other buildings. Behind it is the inner government office, which is the residence of the county magistrate.
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Fang Mengjin led the Su Hao brothers and sisters through the lobby and came to the second hall, which is where the magistrate receives guests. Zheng Chun and Li Xing were no longer qualified to follow. They returned to their official residences and were waiting at any time.
was summoned.
"Sir, Su Hao has been invited."
Arriving outside the second hall, Fang Mengjin asked the Su Hao brothers and sisters to wait while he went in to report.
"Please come quickly." The magistrate's voice came from inside the room.
Fang Mengjin pulled out the curtain and said to Su Hao: "You two, the county magistrate has invited you."
"I..." Lu Xiuer looked at Su Hao with an expression on her face as if she was about to cry. The person inside was the county magistrate. How could she, a country girl, dare to go in?
"Let's go, it's okay." Su Hao grabbed Lu Xiu'er and dragged her into the second hall.
The furnishings in the second hall of the county government are no different from the living rooms of ordinary landlords and wealthy families. On the wall facing the door, there is a landscape painting. In front of the painting are two Taishi chairs, with a coffee table in the middle, where the host and distinguished guests sit.
There are a row of seats on both sides, and there is a small coffee table between every two seats. This is where the subordinates sit when they visit their master.
When Su Hao and Lu Xiuer walked into the second hall, the county magistrate Han Wen was sitting in the main seat. When he saw Su Hao and the others coming in, he stood up with a smile and took two symbolic steps forward to greet Su Hao.
Of course Hao couldn't show off in front of the magistrate. He took two steps and came to the front of the magistrate. He saluted and said: "Student Su Hao, please see the magistrate."
"No courtesy, no courtesy." Han Wen bowed his hand to Su Hao and returned the courtesy.
"Sir, this is Su Hao's sister, Miss Su Xiu'er." Fang Mengjin introduced Lu Xiu'er to Han Wen.
Su Hao quickly corrected him: "Oh, I forgot to mention it just now. My roommate is my adopted daughter. She has a different surname from the student. Her surname is Lu."
After that, he said to Lu Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, come quickly and see the magistrate."
"People...people's daughter Lu Xiu'er meets the county magistrate."
Lu Xiuer finally listened to a few plays and remembered some of the text. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Han Wen, and finished the whole sentence while stumbling.
"Haha, you don't have to be polite." Han Wen smiled and said to Fang Mengjin: "Master, I think this girl Lu is about the same age as Qian'er, right? Country girls are stronger than Qian'er.
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Fang Mengjin smiled and said: "Sir, just now, Brother Su said that his sister has not experienced much of the world, and he wanted to take her out to see the world, so I took it upon myself to ask her to come in together."
"Good come, good come." Han Wen said, he clapped twice at the door, and a maid-looking person came in. Han Wen told her: "Hong Lian, take Miss Lu to the inner office.
Let’s see Madam and Miss, let Miss Lu play with Miss Lu in the back garden, so that Miss Lu won’t have to be cautious here.”
"Yes." The maid named Honglian came over, blessed Lu Xiuer, and said, "Miss Lu, please."
"Should I go?" Lu Xiuer was too nervous to breathe heavily and asked Su Hao in a low voice.
Su Hao pushed her on the shoulder and said: "Go, go and broaden your horizons, so you can brag to your female companions when you get back."