After the Shiliang River was straightened, the old river channel around Shiliang County has not been abandoned, but its prosperity is far less than it used to be, and the excitement in the county is not as lively as that of Shanglindu.
When they came out early in the morning, Lin Fu and others arrived at the county town in a donkey cart. It was already three o'clock in the morning.
With the care of Chen Ling, the chief registrar, it was very convenient to go to the county government office to find Zhou Pu, Chen Enze, and apply for naturalization and Zhao Hu's registration change. Because the hometown fabricated by Zhou Pu had fallen into the hands of the Donghu people.
, Shiliang County could not write a document to check the identity of Zhou Pu's nephew and uncle in Hebei Province. Shiliang County could only treat them as refugees who lost their citizenship. With Lin Fu as a guarantee and being accepted as a retinue, there would be no problem. Even so, the Household Secretary's Office
He also dutifully summoned the county lieutenant and took out a stack of wanted documents accumulated over the past ten years and compared them with Zhou Pu and Chen Enze's appearance.
The sea fishing documents of Qin Chengzu, Cao Zi'ang, Zhou Pu and others are clearly mixed among them. However, Zhou Pu's sea fishing documents are not called Zhou Pu, but Zhou Pu, a leopard in the forest. There is a mustache on the painting.
Zhou Pu followed Lin Fu back to Dongyang. He shaved off his mustache and was still very similar. However, neither the household secretary nor the county lieutenant thought that Zhou Pu was looking for the Liuma bandits and took out the sea arrest documents.
It was just going through the motions and it was over quickly.
Chen Enze was a little nervous, but Zhou Pu was calm and calm, and put his hand on Chen Enze's shoulder casually, telling him not to be too nervous. Lin Fu saw Zhao Hu's face changed slightly, and kicked him lightly, knowing that he had seen him yesterday
With Zhou Pu's skills, he would probably be able to connect Zhou Pu with the sea fishing document.
Zhao Hu was not without courage. He gave Lin Fu a light kick and quickly returned to normal.
The formalities were completed before noon, and both the house clerk and the county captain declined Lin Fu's banquet in a formal manner. They all said that Liang Zuoren's rule was harsh, which is evident at this time. Even in later generations, Lin Fu did not see government officials meeting.
Those who refused to be invited to dinner unless their schedules were full and couldn't move around. The clerks and county lieutenants did not refuse the silver coins secretly sent by Lin Fu.
Submit your identity card, etc.
Lin Fu was not in a hurry to leave the county government office, and handed over a greeting card asking to see the county magistrate.
Yesterday, Lu Dongyang and the chief registrar Chen Ling were appointed by the magistrate Liang Zuoren to verify his return from death. Although this is a major event that Liang Zuoren must verify immediately, it can also be understood as the magistrate's concern for him. Besides, Lin
As the only person from Shiliang County who had achieved honors in this provincial examination, it was necessary to visit his parents in Shiliang County, Liang Zuoren, or Liang Zuoren to summon Lin Fu to see him.
The county office is the front house of the front office and the back house. The front office handles official duties, and the county magistrate and his family members live in the back house. The doorman went back and said that it was not convenient for the county magistrate Liang to have a banquet at noon, so he asked Lin Fu to come back in the afternoon.
Lin Fu didn't feel slighted either, so he went to the city with Zhou Pu, Zhao Hu, and Chen Size to find a place to eat.
Zhao Hu was a little angry. Yesterday, the teaching edict and the chief registrar came to his door in person, which made him mistakenly think that the county magistrate Liang Zuoren valued Lin Fu very much. Unexpectedly, at this time, he gave Lin Fu a meal on the grounds that "it is inconvenient to meet guests during the lunch banquet".
After being shut down, he defended Lin Fu and said, "What kind of excuse is this? This was not the way he went to Shanglindu to deliver greetings to the Lin family when he first took office a year ago."
"Does Liang Zuoren know my real background? I can't get any credit from the Lin family." Lin Fu said with a smile. Liang Zuoren may not have known Lin Fu before, but after passing the examination in his hometown and encountering the robbery in Baisha County, Liang Zuoren
How could you not know that he was just a cowardly and useless member of the Lin family? How much attention would you pay to him?
"By the way, Master Zhou is really a high-ranking horse bandit in the Huai River, Zhou Pu?" Zhao Hu still couldn't forget this matter. Seeing that there were few people on the street, he asked in a low voice, with no fear in his expression, but a bit of joy.
"Maybe." Lin Fu said without comment, "If you don't talk about it on the street, let's find a place to eat first. If the magistrate is free, he will come over to see you again in the afternoon..."
"Every time Xiao Wu comes back to the county, he must go to a tea shop. I guess you, Xiucai, don't know, which one we go to eat..." Zhao Hu said.
"Oh, what kind of teahouse is there? What features make Xiao Wu nostalgic?" Lin Fu asked. He really didn't know that Lin Jingchang liked to go anywhere in the county.
"You'll know when you go there." Zhao Hu pretended to be mysterious and took Lin Fu, Zhou Pu, and Chen Enze to bypass the county office and go deep into a narrow alley. Passing through the alley turned out to be the old way of Shiliang River into the city.
Shuiguan, the tea hotel is on the east bank of the Shuiguan river.
It is the most common wine and rice shop. There is nothing special about it. I tied the donkey cart to the horse post in front of the tea shop, took my luggage in my hand, and saw two waistcoats standing in front of the tea shop.
There were men in green wearing swords. The first four porters carrying poles went in and out of the restaurant, but they didn't care. Lin Fu and Zhao Hu approached, and they blocked the door of the restaurant: "It's full, please find another restaurant to eat."
Bar."
"How come others can come in, but when we go in, it's full?" Zhao Hu blocked the door for no reason, feeling suffocated in his heart that he could be bluffed away so easily. He raised his eyebrows and glared at the two gatekeepers.
Man.
Lin Fu looked through the door. The light inside was very dark. He didn't know who was visiting this ordinary tea shop. He also asked two guards to guard the door. These two guards stopped other people from entering or leaving.
It was because he had a saber tied around his waist, and a saber was placed in a bag for Chen Enze to carry on his shoulders. It seemed obvious. After all, Zhou Pu was not a retinue, and as a civilian, he was prohibited from carrying weapons with him.
Yes, you still have to be careful in Shiliang County.
When the two men in green clothes heard that the people in front of them refused to leave, their faces changed slightly and they became vigilant. They put their hands on their sabers and wanted to drive them away.
These two guards were not like the yamen servants in the yamen, and their official dialect had a foreign accent. Lin Fu thought that he had just submitted a message to the county yamen asking to see Liang Zuoren. When the yamen servant said that Liang Zuoren was having a banquet at noon, could it be that Liang Zuoren arrived here before them?
Treating his distinguished guests? I really don’t know what’s so special about this teahouse. Lin Jingchang and Zhao Hu both like it here, and even Liang Zuoren, the parent official of Shiliang County, also likes it here.
Lin Fu was not the previous one who didn't dare to cause trouble, not to mention he was still reasonable. Looking at the two guards blocking the door with a tough attitude and unwillingness to tolerate, with his hand on the handle of the knife and a threatening posture,
Thinking that it would be better to provoke Liang Zuoren inside, he said sternly: "You are not the owner of this place, so why are you blocking the guests from entering? You are holding the knife, but you still want to use the knife to threaten to drive us away? That's it.
Mr. Liang Zuoren of this county is here, but he doesn’t dare to condone the domestic slaves like this. Who are you?"
Lin Fu made this call with awe-inspiring force; the two people in front of the door could not answer, they could only think that Lin Fu was some important local figure. After all, there was really going to be a dispute. Not to mention that the other party was a local snake and had a large number of people. They blocked it.
They seemed unreasonable when they opened the door first, and hesitated whether to let them in.
Zhao Hu looked at Lin Fu and felt strange. In the past, he and Lin Jingchang were the ones causing trouble. When had he ever seen Lin Fu so strong in front of others, and the other party was two majestic men with swords on their waists? Zhao Hu looked at Lin Fu and felt strange.
He didn't care about too many tigers, but Lin Fu's attitude became stronger. He was not afraid of causing trouble on the ground in Shiliang County, so he shouted into the shop: "Madam of the Xiao family, come out quickly, why are there two more in front of your shop?"
Guard dog?”
The older guard in green clothes was more restrained, but the other one couldn't bear being called a dog and was about to pull out the knife. Zhou Pu stepped over in one step, put his hand on his wrist to make him unable to lift, and said in a deep voice.
He yelled: "Who dares to wield a knife in broad daylight?" Lin Fu also put one hand on his saber, stared at the older man, and asked again in a deep voice: "Who dare to do this on the ground in Shiliang County?"
Presumptuous?" He seemed to think that he was a local snake in Shiliang County.
The young guard held down Zhou Pu's wrist, but he couldn't move the knife with all his strength. He raised his foot and kicked Zhou Pu. Zhou Pu raised his knee and bumped his knee. If Zhou Pu hadn't held his wrist, he almost stood up.
I couldn't help it, I felt ashamed and painful, and my face turned red.
The older guard had more experience, so he didn't dare to make the matter bigger at this time. He loosened his grip on the handle of the knife, took a half step back, cupped his hands and said: "If you want to stop a few of them, Mr. Liang Zuoren will eat in the inner room...
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"When I just delivered the invitation to the county government, Mr. Liang Zuoren was still entertaining guests in the back house... You are allowed to talk nonsense here!" Lin Fu shouted angrily, "Even if Magistrate Liang is guarding the door, there is no reason to stop us.
Go in and eat.”
"What's going on?" A middle-aged man wearing a long gown walked out at this moment. Although he was wearing a long gown, the look in his eyes and the muscles exposed showed that he was also a Lianjiazi. He should be a personal guard, and he was one of the three.
One of the leaders. Behind the middle-aged man, a handsome young woman poked her head over and looked over. When she saw Zhao Hu, she said, "Ah, it turns out they are brothers from the Zhao family..." She hurriedly explained Zhao Hu's identity to the middle-aged man, "Guan Ye,
The Zhao brothers are the leader of Shanglindu Township Camp, and they are also regular customers of the shop. I am afraid there is a misunderstanding." She obviously didn't know that Zhao Hu was kicked out of Shanglindu Township Camp in half a month.
The middle-aged man looked at Lin Fu, Zhou Pu, Zhao Hu and others, and thought that the person who came was the leader of Shanglindu Township Camp. No wonder he was so arrogant. Liang Zuoren just complained to the adults that the Lin family was too big to be in charge of the place. Now,
Seeing is believing. I wonder if the Lin family knew that you were in Shiliang County and sent people here to test it out on purpose. In any case, they blocked the door unreasonably and the people in front of them were local snakes. The middle-aged man shouted in a deep voice.
He scolded the two green-clothed guards and said: "I asked you to watch at the door, and I didn't ask you to drive people away...forget it, you all go in." This sentence can be regarded as a step forward for Lin Fu, Zhou Pu, Zhao Hu and others.
Down.
The middle-aged man and the two green-clad guards entered the store, and the dispute was temporarily suspended. Seeing that he could not provoke Liang Zuoren, Lin Fu felt a little regretful, and they also followed the handsome young woman into the store. The young woman was wearing a jacket made of blue calico.
She wears an apron around her waist, slightly tucked in, her body is well-proportioned, she is about twenty-one or twelve years old, her fair and delicate face is actually very charming, her black crow-like black silk is tied into a side bun, and a plum blossom is stuck in it.
Yinchai, standing tall and graceful in the doorway of the greasy tea shop, didn't even feel that there was much smoke and fire in this woman.
Lin Fuxin knew that this was the "Xiao family's lady" in Zhao Hu's words. The most special thing about this ordinary-looking tea shop outside was probably the Xiao family's lady. Even the coarse clothes could not conceal her charm.
With such a beautiful appearance, it’s no wonder Lin Jingchang would stay here, and no wonder the magistrate also chose this place to entertain guests. Seeing that Zhao Hu often comes here, through the ages, it is not common sense that a man’s beauty needs to be concealed.