It should be a few patrolling bandit soldiers. Jiang asked if he wanted to kill them. Chang Yu thought for a while and shook his head: "I just came in, so don't scare the snake first." After the patrolling bandit soldiers left, they sneaked out of the courtyard.
I was immediately stunned, thinking that the back palace of Nima P was just a side courtyard in the Yamen.
In ancient times, yamen were used both as a front office and as a residence. The area was very large, which was not comparable to that of ordinary wealthy households. It ranged from a few acres to 10 or 20 acres, covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters, but it was normal. Among them, the government yamen was the largest.
As a reference, the most complete Yamen in Huozhou, Shanxi Province was the last one in the county, covering an area of nearly 40,000 square meters.
Zhaozhou is also the state government. Chang Yu was deeply involved in it and was a little confused for a while. But after all, he was a person who had seen the big world. He came from a wealthy family with an area of nearly one million square meters in the imperial city. How could such a small place be enough?
It was obviously impossible to cover him up. After a little observation, he figured out the direction and sneaked towards Qianya.
The thieves regarded Zhou Yamen as their lair, and a group of thieves' leaders were entrenched in it. The security did not dare to be careless. Refugees were not allowed to approach outside the government offices, not to mention inside the mansion. Patrol posts were roaming around the mansion in groups of three to five.
A few young eunuchs were sneaking along the corner under the cover of vegetation. Jiang Fa whispered, his skills were superb, and he was as elusive as a ghost even during the day. Suddenly he emerged from nowhere and pointed to the south: "Master, over there is the front office, the kitchen.
It should be over there, I smell the humiliation..."
Chang Yu immediately felt hungry when he mentioned eating, and waved his hand to go south. Not long after walking, he saw a few bandit soldiers guarding a gate.
The eunuchs quietly slipped through a small door.
The front mansion is not as elegant as the backyard with waterside pavilions and pavilions everywhere. The buildings here are arranged in an orderly manner, and they should be the offices and dormitories of public officials from various departments. What I want to say here is that the ancient yamen were not the same as those in TV dramas.
Only the eldest brother lives here. In fact, most public officials live in the yamen and have their family homes to supervise each other. However, the rear mansion is the private residence of the county magistrate, the prefect, and the prefect eldest son.
There were many people in the front mansion. In addition to the patrolling bandits, there were also servants and servants who were hurrying and looking frightened. It was difficult to tell their identities from their clothing, but the bandits holding knives and looking arrogant and domineering could be seen at a glance.
Seeing that there were a lot of people, Chang Yu and the others looked for a hiding place. They saw a small courtyard not far away and were about to go there. Suddenly they heard shouts and curses coming from there. Then they saw a servant being kicked to the ground by two thieves.
It was the slow delivery of the food that made the big thief angry.
The eyes of the young eunuchs and the other eunuchs shone when they heard about the food and wine. Wu Zhong was so excited that he rushed over but Chang Yu grabbed him and glared at him to signal that he should not be impulsive.
After the two thieves cursed and left, the servant got up and muttered a few times and entered the yard. Chang Yu and the others looked around and saw no one was around. Jiang Fa made a noise and climbed up the wall to take a peek, then signaled to everyone.
Go in.
Yes, this small courtyard is the kitchen of the government office. Chang Yu and the others stumbled in, and saw a servant in the courtyard immersed in washing vegetables. They immediately took shelter in a low house next to it, only to find it was a woodshed.
The firewood shed was full of wood and weeds and it was no problem to hide a few people. There was a faint sound of pots and pans outside, and a smell of aroma wafted in. Several people swallowed their saliva in unison and looked at each other with smiles.
At this time, it was already past noon, and the thieves had just started eating late enough. Chang Yu was puzzled, but he was relieved immediately. These thieves didn't care about the food. They ate when they were hungry and when they wanted to.
"Master, please wait a moment. I will go out and steal some food for you." Jiang Fa crawled under the door and looked at it for a while, then turned around and said before getting out.
"Uncle Master" Chen Suole suddenly called him in a low voice: "We are already here, why do we still steal?"
Um, Jiang Fa frowned, what do you mean?
But Chang Yu already understood, and stood up with a smile: "What you said is good. Why steal when we are here? Let's eat openly!"
Since the rebels entered the city, they have taken over the yamen's entertainment and entertainment area. No matter whether the people outside have food or not, they have a lot of meat and fish. The food specially provided for the yamen in the yamen is never in short supply and is always good.
A few big chefs were busy amidst the fireworks, and a few waiters next to them were lighting the fire and chopping vegetables. The thieves were not on time when eating. Whenever you were asked to do it, you had to do it immediately. If you were slower, you wouldn't be able to punch or kick. The only thing that was easy was not to eat.
They are picky, not as picky as those officials. As long as they have wine and meat, they can eat whatever they want.
"Dashun, send those dishes to the ancestors in the province first, otherwise we will suffer." The cook with a big head and a thick neck pointed to the several fried dishes on the chopping board and said to the handyman next to him, but did not hear the response.
When he turned around and was about to curse, he suddenly saw a few big men in the room. His legs suddenly trembled: "Master Jun, okay, okay, here, here we go..."
"Damn it, you're trying to starve me to death" Wu Zhong took a step forward and shouted, his eyes like bells frightening several cooks who backed away thinking he was going to hit someone, but he walked directly to the table and took the chopsticks.
After picking up the food, I stuffed it into my mouth, while the other people gathered around and started devouring it without saying a word.
This guy is so hungry. The cooks were a little confused when they looked at these people. Such dirty thieves are rare in the yamen, they look like refugees, but how could refugees come here...
"Hurry up and serve the food. Why are you looking at me? If I look at you again, I'll dig your eyes out." Wu Zhong yelled at several cooks. Among them, he was the burliest, the most ferocious-looking, and the one who had the image of a thief. He seemed to have done it back then.
A thief.
The cook was so frightened that he quickly responded and hurriedly added dishes. While he was cooking, the little eunuchs were devouring the food, asking for steamed buns and water. A few handymen were waiting nearby and did not dare to take a breath.
"The food was not even served, and the general was so angry that he killed him... Who are you?" The door was pushed open and two thieves walked in with an angry shout. The young eunuch was almost startled when he saw the young eunuch.
"Who am I? Are you so blind that you don't know who I am?" Wuzhong slowly walked towards the two of them with a fierce look on his face. The two thieves were frightened by his momentum and couldn't help but retreat: "
You, who are you..."
Then the two of them were knocked unconscious by Wuzhong's heavy blow, and they picked them up one by one and threw them into the firewood pile nearby. The cooks were so frightened that they trembled all over and pretended not to notice what they were doing, thinking that it was an internal strife among the rebels.
By this time, Chang Yu and the others had almost eaten and even burped.
"How nice would it be if I could have some wine?" Wuzhong licked his mouth and glanced sideways at the little eunuch.
Chang Yu knew that he was addicted to alcohol and like Huang Degong, the more he drank, the better he got into fighting. He had broken the drinking ban specifically for him. He nodded thinking that running around for several days was a hard thing for this guy to endure.
Wuzhong was overjoyed and turned to ask the cook: "Do you have a jar of wine for me?"
The cook didn't dare to look at him and pointed tremblingly out of the window: "Well, there is a wine cellar in the small courtyard over there..." Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of a door closing. The group of people had left, and he quickly looked out the window.
, I saw that I went to the side courtyard.
"Master Hao, what should we do?" Dashun was shaking violently and pointed at the two thieves who fainted in the haystack.
Chef Hao gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry about them, hurry up and cook some more dishes for them." At this moment, he finally understood that these two groups of people were not on the same side at all, but they couldn't afford to offend them no matter which side they were on.
People who like wine have sharp noses. Although Chang Yu doesn't like it, Wu Zhong and Jiang Fa prefer it. When they see Qiao Sanxiu licking her lips after smelling the wine, they know that this person is also the same person. As soon as the three of them come out of the kitchen
Run to the side courtyard first.
The side courtyard is a courtyard within a courtyard. It occupies a small area and has several low rooms for storing vegetables. One of them stores wine and you can smell the aroma of wine from a distance. Wuzhong ran in front and was about to kick open the wine cellar door.
But suddenly it opened from the inside, and a wine jar was thrown at him. (To be continued)