On the second day, a team carrying an eight-person sedan chair, beating gongs and drums, came to the outside of the Nancheng branch office, which was very lively and moving, and immediately provoked many passers-by to stop and watch, not to mention that there were many people before the yamen.

The errand officer of the door was reported to Shen Yongmao in the main hall of the branch office, which made Shen Dagongzi puzzled for a while, what is the purpose of the eight sedan chairs outside? Not to mention ordinary people, even middle and low-level officials are overstepping the system when they sit on it.

Not long after, someone came to report again: "Master Fan is out! It turns out that Master Fan is leaving today, and the neighbors in Nancheng are seeing him off!"

It turned out that Fan Hongdao wanted to be in the limelight, and Shen Dagongzi suddenly realized, and he was a little red-eyed. The official reputation of a local official, to a large extent, comes from the performance of the local people when leaving office, and the official departure ceremony has produced many allusions and episodes for thousands of years.

And Master Fan walked out of the gate of the branch office, stood in front of the sedan chair and excused himself again and again, saying "He De and how can he be". The shopkeeper Wang, who took the lead to greet Fan Hongdao, secretly pouted, and together with Sun Yuanwai and Ma Yuanwai, enthusiastically "forcibly" pushed Fan Hongdao into the sedan chair, and Fan Hongdao could only sit helplessly.

Continuing to beat gongs and drums all the way, Fan Hongdao was first brought to the Spring and Autumn Building, which was located not far from Chongwen Gate. Fan Hongdao got out of the sedan chair, but saw thirty or forty people standing outside the door to greet him, so he was "surprised" and said: "I want to leave quietly, I don't want to alarm you!"

Thirty or forty people worked together and replied: "Master Fan has a great favor in Nancheng, if he really leaves quietly, it means that the people of Nancheng don't know anything!" Fan Hongdao couldn't help but secretly praise, this time the shopkeeper Wang organized well!

It's not dinner time at this time, everyone takes turns toasting and talking, and it's time to see them off. Suddenly, he heard the beating of gongs and drums, Fan Hongdao turned his head to look, but saw another group of people coming from the front street, and there were several flower-headed old men holding an umbrella cover with some silk cloth hanging from it.

Those who know a little bit can see that this is the so-called Wanmin umbrella, when the magistrate leaves office, the local people are grateful for their kindness and give Wanmin umbrella. However, the current Wanmin umbrella is not as widespread as the Qing Dynasty in later generations, and it is still relatively precious to local officials, not to the point that there is only one person.

Fan Hongdao was very stunned, and asked the shopkeeper Wang in a low voice, "Are you going too far?" But the shopkeeper Wang was also surprised and replied: "This is definitely not what I did below, I thought that Mr. Fan had arranged someone else." ”

So where did these people come from? Or did they give it to someone else? Fan Hongdao looked at these people in confusion, and what he did was to take some people to beat the drums, so that the local people would not make such a big move, right? What is even more abrupt is that the Wanmin umbrella is given to the outgoing chief official, such as the prefect of the county, and he will not even have the deputy position of the second official, let alone a subordinate official like the chief book.

The old man at the head walked up to Fan Hongdao and bowed: "Although Lord Fan's tenure is a little short, his virtue is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he has never seen a person who dares to make decisions for the people like an adult for decades, and even does not hesitate to do anything about his own official position!

Fan Hongdao was confused, he was so good? Is it worth giving him an exaggerated-looking Wanmin umbrella? Or is it that the people's eyes are bright, and they can see through his incorruptible nature at a glance?

However, confusion is confusion, and the honor sent to the hand is categorically not accepted. As for whether some people will say grandstanding and vanity, Fan Hongdao doesn't care, the honor earned is the last word!

The southern city and the inner city are bounded by the city wall, and the representatives of the gentry of the southern city "reluctantly" sent Fan Hongdao outside the Chongwen Gate, and this farewell is over. Then Fan Hongdao took his entourage You Ying and Li Xiaoniang, and entered the city from Chongwen Gate in a carriage from the branch office, looking at the Guozi Prison in Beicheng.

Even if he was invited by Chen Juzhi to go to the inner study hall to teach poetry, he only had a few classes a month, and he always had to find a place to stay the rest of the time. Although he resigned from the Yamen, he was still a student of Guozijian, and his student status was also in Guozijian, so he naturally had to return to Guozijian at ordinary times, so Fan Hongdao would go to Guozijian to settle down now.

In fact, a few days after leaving, whether it is Chengxian Street, Jixianmen, or Taixuemen, they are still familiar with the old look. Fan Hongdao sent You Ying and Li Xiaoniang to find a place to live, while he went to Guozijian to report the Tao.

It was the afternoon recess time, many inmates were outside, and the sharp-eyed people were the first to see Fan Hongdao on the road, and exclaimed, "Isn't that classmate Fan!"

The matter of Fan Hongdao's fuss about Dengwengu had already spread to Guozijian, and the students could only be convinced, Fan Hongdao was Fan Hongdao. Now that Fan Hongdao suddenly appeared in Guozijian, he immediately attracted strong onlookers.

Former classmates Shi Xizhi, Chen Junhe and others, who were most familiar with Fan Hongdao, gathered around and asked about the situation in a loud voice. Fan Hongdao could only salute and replied: "Brother, I was indignant for a while, and I hung up my crown from the Nancheng Branch, but I was afraid that I would return to Taixue!"

Shi Xizhi and the others, as friends, could only comfort: "Classmate Fan doesn't have to worry, although Qianlong is in the abyss, there will be a time for it to take off!

Some people couldn't look past it, and sneered bitterly: "It's just a lost dog, I don't know how many days I can jump, I still dare to talk about it!" Hearing this discordant voice, everyone looked around, but saw that it was He Wenhua, who had competed with Fan Hongdao for the position of squad leader, but he didn't rob Fan Hongdao at that time.

This is not surprising, it is normal for He Wenhua to see Fan Hongdao unpleasantly, but Shi Xizhi couldn't listen to it anymore, and stepped forward to scold He Wenhua: "You thief, shut up!"

He Wenhua sneered a few times: "Could it be that what I said is wrong? Fan Hongdao was bold and reckless, and was belittled by the monarchs of the imperial court, what is the difference between him and a lost dog at this time? Can he be in the Guozijian for a few days? After a while, I am afraid that he will not be able to stay in the Guozijian for a while!"

As mentioned above, the six halls of Guozijian are divided into three stages, and Fan Hongdao skips the level and rises to the highest level of the spontaneous hall after driving away the former sacrificial wine Luo Wanhua. And if the spontaneous hall goes up, it can only be promoted but not promoted, and it must be released from prison, so what is the point of Fan Hongdao in the Guozijian?

If he leaves Guozijian and is not accepted by the yamen elsewhere (it is very likely that Fan Hongdao's current reputation is now), then Fan Hongdao will be tantamount to breaking away from the organization. A person who is out of the organization naturally has no future at all.

He Wenhua figured out this truth, so he dared to speak out maliciously to mock Fan Hongdao, and after the other students around heard it, they immediately felt that what He Wenhua said was not unreasonable, and it would be difficult for Fan Hongdao to improve in the short term.