Chapter 278: Arriving at the county office
Su Cimo obeyed the instructions of the errands outside, went to change into a set of civilian clothes before going out, and then took a few errand officers out of the city to the place where Master Shangshu arranged for him to check his household registration.
Sitting in the carriage, the carriage bumped all the way for a long time before reaching the place.
"My lord, we're here." The errand officer who dared to pull the curtain and said to Su Cimo, who was sitting in the carriage.
Su Cimo answered, and then reached out and picked up the thick booklet of household registration placed on the seat of the carriage and got out of the car.
After getting off the carriage, Su Cimo raised his eyes and saw a wide dirt road, a courtyard with the word "county ya" written on it stood on the side, and not far away was the market of this town.
Su Cimo had no choice but to take a few errand officers and walked in together, and as soon as he entered the county office, who knew that the hall of the county office was empty.
"Is anyone there!?" Su Cimo asked loudly.
But no one in the county government replied to her at all, Su Cimo was speechless, and then sent an errand officer on one side to the backyard to call someone.
The errand officer answered and left, Su Cimo reluctantly turned around in this room, and saw that the county government looked very old, and the white ash on the mud had fallen a layer of black ash in some places that could not be wiped off, but the ground of the county government was still spotlessly cleaned, as if someone often lived here.
After waiting for a while, the errand finally found a family member in the backyard.
"Go and tell your lord that we are people sent by the imperial court! Let him hurry out and receive him! The officer said to the family with a very harsh attitude.
The family responded hypocritically, and then left in a hurry.
After he left, he sighed in his heart, wasn't it from the imperial court? What a big shelf! The family Ding was not in a good mood and found the outside of a courtyard in the backyard, and then he walked in quickly, at this time, the county lord Zheng Ting was eating wine with a group of friends in the big room of this courtyard, and a group of them were still playing, talking happily one by one.
The family hurriedly walked in, and then said, "Master! A group of people came outside and said that they were from the imperial court, so let you out! ”
Zheng Ting was drinking and throwing dice with his friends at the moment, gambling money, playing fists and having fun, where did he have the kung fu to pay attention to who this Ding said, so he waved his sleeves in a panic and said to that Ding: "Oh, it's okay!" Don't bother us! I'm having fun! We'll talk about it later. ”
Seeing the county magistrate smiling stupidly and watching the person who threw the dice put the sieve into the sieve barrel and shook it vigorously, someone immediately asked, "Are you blocking big or small?" ”
The family didn't care when he saw that his master didn't care, so he simply didn't urge him to pass, but he quit the courtyard first, and then went back to the main hall to reply.
The person sent by Su Cimo went back and said that he had already called, but she waited for a while and no one came, so she simply sat in the chair in the county government and waited quietly.
But after waiting for a while, that is, everyone came out to bring tea and water, and no one said hello, Su Cimo felt that if a thief moved all the things in their county mansion, the county master would not necessarily know.
After thinking like this for a while, a man who looked like a family man finally came, and as soon as the man came in, he glanced around the people in the room with a proud face, and then said, "You wait, my lord estimates that it will take a while to come!" ”
Su Cimo didn't speak, just stared slightly, and the family immediately left the house in a panic, leaving a few people in the house waiting anxiously in the house.
About half a year later, a man in a satin coat finally came out of the backyard.
Because this person heard that there were people from the imperial court, he still sweated for his master, so he was ready to come out to have a look.
"Dare I ask you!?" The old man who was about forty years old looked at Su Cimo's white and tender little face, and the master only glanced at it a few times and concluded that this Su Cimo must be an inconspicuous eight- or nine-grade official, and it is estimated that he is about the same as his master at most, but he came to his county government because he asked for help.
"We were sent by the DPRK to investigate the household registration, who are you!?" Su Cimo interrupted the officer next to him who wanted to interject, and then took the initiative to follow the master to reply.
Su Cimo's intuition told her that there seemed to be something wrong with the county government, so it was better to hide her identity first.
As soon as the master heard this, his face immediately turned red, and he thought to himself that it should not be someone from the household department, but he felt that it was unlikely, if it was the household department, why these people would not be angry when they saw that his master did not come out.
Su Cimo came to investigate the household registration this time, because he heard that this county always pays less grain tax, and in recent years, they say that the population is much smaller, so they can't pay enough taxes.
Su Cimo was afraid that if he startled the snake, then the things behind this would not come to light, and it would not be a beautiful thing.
When the master heard this, he immediately laughed and said, "Oh, oh. Since it's from the DPRK! The person who dares to ask where it is, how many products are it!? ”
The errand servants around Su Cimo finally couldn't bear it anymore, they came out on an errand and traveled so far, the county government not only disrespected their adults, but also didn't even send a cup of tea, so he suddenly said angrily: "Our lord, it's the fourth grade of the imperial history of the household department, do you dare to treat us as if you didn't see us!?" ”
As soon as the master heard this, his legs trembled suddenly, and he was almost about to kneel down for Su Cimo, he immediately smiled, but his lips still trembled a few times, and then said: "Hey, it turns out that you are an adult in the household, hey, why didn't you say it earlier, the villain didn't know that you were here." ”
Then the master pretended to run to the backyard immediately to find someone to give the Lord Tobe Yushi to see the tea, and then he himself went to the wine table in a panic and invited the county master who was still playing.
The county lord was reluctant at first, but as soon as he heard that it was the lord of the household, it was like oil on the soles of his feet, and he quickly ran out to meet Su Cimo.
"Xiping County ordered Zheng Ting to meet Lord Yushi! Good luck for adults! As soon as Zheng Ting entered the room, he gave Su Cimo a big gift of three kneels and nine bows, which made Su Cimo's eyebrows furrow.
Su Cimo didn't give him any look, but just said: "Take out the household books in your county government and show them to me for inspection, and this official will investigate some things." ”
When the county magistrate heard this, his face suddenly condensed slightly, and then he stood up from the ground with a grunt.
"Master, haven't you heard what Lord Yushi said? Go ahead and do it! The county master turned his eyes to look at the master not far behind him, and then said with a wink.
The master saw that the county master of his family was asking him to think of a way to fool him, so he also smiled at Su Cimo with his eyebrows.
"Mishi-sama! It's not that we don't want to give it to you, it's just that this county book was lent out a few days ago, so it doesn't have it in the government now. The master looked at Su Cimo with a flattering smirk and said.
"I don't care, I'm here to investigate this matter today, if you refuse to hand it over, then I can only tell the people above that you have paid less food." Su Cimo said in a cold tone, she didn't like to meet this kind of thick-skinned county master the most, you must know that ordinary people say that if they want to investigate, they should take out things neatly, but he asked his master to come out to play a round.
"Alas, Lord Goshi, don't! If you give us three more days, we will definitely give you the county book! The county lord saw Su Cimo's cold face and immediately became afraid, and then hurriedly begged for mercy.
Su Cimo has never seen a county master like him, who is still shameless after realizing it, and the people in the household department have arrived at the gate of the mansion before they remember that the county book is not in the mansion, so if it is not in the mansion, where can it be!? The more Su Cimo thought about it, the more angry he became.
Su Cimo was about to speak, but the errand officer who had been working under Zhang Mingchang who had been working under Zhang Mingchang who had been following Su Cimo before immediately stopped Su Cimo when he saw this and asked her not to speak yet.
"My lord! I'm afraid there is something in the middle of this matter! The errand officer carefully hid in Su Cimo's ear and said, with a straight face.
As soon as Su Cimo heard this, her face suddenly paused, and then she turned her eyes to look at the errand officer fixedly, and then nodded to imply that she already knew.
So Su Cimo then pretended to be okay and said to the county commander: "Okay, for the sake of you being so frightened, I won't meet you today." Give you a few more days, and then you won't be able to hand in the county book in a few days, and then see how you explain it! ”
After Su Cimo finished speaking, he turned around and left the county office with everyone behind him.
As soon as Su Cimo left, the old face of the county magistrate Zheng Ting immediately showed a frightened expression, and then he hurriedly swept his eyes to the master beside him, and asked the master with a bad face: "What's the matter?" Why did it take so long for this Tobe Imperial History to tell me!? ”
The master was so frightened that he quickly smashed his tongue, and then explained: "Oh, master, you don't know! I looked at his white and tender face, and thought he was just an eight- or nine-grade idle man who had nothing to do in the capital! But who knew that this kid who didn't have any hair would be the master of the household! In other words, this Lord Yushi is inevitably too young. The small one is really clumsy, I don't see it. ”
When the county commander Zheng Ting heard this, he was so angry that he just wanted to kick the master's ass, and then he said reproachfully: "If he goes back to the court and reports that our county government is not well entertained, then I will ask for you!" ”
"Don't, sir! Now we have to think of a new book of the county book! The master said worriedly.