Among them, the most well-known is the small yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of land distribution, household registration management, tax collection, and fiscal revenue and expenditure, and is inseparable from the people, and it can be said that the people have a close relationship with the Ministry of Civil Affairs from birth to old age and death.

The Ministry of Industry is in charge of the excavation of mountain and river diversions, crops in tuntian, craftsmen, water conservancy and shipping, and transportation passes, which is generally responsible for the convenience of the people, and the Ministry of Industry is also responsible for post-disaster reconstruction and the construction of new cities.

The Criminal Department is the last thing the people want to mention is a small yamen in the city, and no one is idle to sit in the criminal department, this criminal department is mainly responsible for the affairs of national law and criminal prisons, and those who have committed crimes in the city or those who have committed heinous crimes in other states will be escorted to the yamen of the criminal department to wait for disposal.

The Ministry of Rites is a small yamen that students often go to, which has a strong literati atmosphere and a similar scholarly atmosphere, mainly in charge of the rules and regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, festival sacrifices, private school teaching and imperial examinations, almost every day is full of people, very infectious.

These four and six small yamen are the most commonly used by the people, so institutions are also set up in the front city of the capital for the convenience of the people.

The other two departments, such as the military department and the official department, one is in charge of the military affairs of the military generals, the requisition of military registration, the issuance of ordnance, and the issuance of military orders, and the other is in charge of the appointment and dismissal of officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the examination of merit, the promotion and relocation of the left, the transfer and other official affairs, and the well water of the people does not interfere with the river water, so it was not set up in the former city.

And in the small yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the capital, there is a courtyard, where a young man and a beautiful woman live, this young man is still working hard to write books, at this time he doesn't know that he has been targeted by Zhang Xuanlin.

Zhao Goutong was appointed by Sun Siyu to go to the capital to be the five-grade civil department Langzhong, this Langzhong is not the title of a folk doctor, but an official who assists the civil ministry servants, and its rights are only under the civil ministry Shangshu, the civil ministry servants, and the left and right servants of the civil ministry.

But the Ministry of Civil Affairs seems to disagree with Zhao Goutong, a scholar from a poor family who has no roots, saying that he was appointed to Wupin Langzhong, but after he came to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs directly transferred him to the small yamen of Qiancheng, and became a six-grade capital magistrate to uphold justice for the people.

Zhao Goutong was deserted like this, he didn't say that Sun Siyu sent him to oppress people in the name of the Sun family, but instead served as the county commander without complaint, according to his words, after all, it was for the benefit of the people, and it was different where to do things.

Of course, being able to be a county magistrate in the capital is not small, and Zhao Goutong is also content.

There was nothing to do today, Zhao Goutong and Wanrong moved a small table out and corrected the civil documents in the courtyard.

Wan Rong lay on the table and looked at Zhao Goutong quietly, she was originally a Dongzhou Oiran, and she came to take care of Zhao Goutong with the consent of Sun Zhifu, but she didn't want to take care of it, and the whole person fell into Zhao Goutong's love network.

"What? Flowers on my face? ”

Zhao Gou didn't raise his head, just waved the pen back and forth, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Wan Rong smiled gracefully, "There are no flowers, but there are a few drops of ink." ”

Zhao Goutong put down the pen, wiped it on his face, and found that there was no ink, he pinched the tip of Wanrong's light nose, and said dotingly: "I think you are idle, wait for a few days when I send it down, you take it to the capital to go around, buy some rouge gouache or something, and save people around me." ”

Wan Rong snorted softly, "This is starting to dislike me?" ”

Zhao Goutong shook his head and read a word to let Gongsun Jian hear the words that he wanted to beat someone.

"If I hate you ten thousand times, I won't abandon you."

But this is very useful for the woman, Wan Rong sat up straight with a red face, and changed the topic: "Don't you annoy them for not following the rules?" ”

"It's been a few months, and you're still struggling."

"Isn't it unfair for you......"

Wan Rong muttered, "The fifth grade and the sixth grade seem to be similar, but in fact they are very different, I think you also know that the Beijing official does not mean to be an official in the capital, but to be an official in the palace, and you, the county commander of the capital, are also very different from foreign officials." ”

Zhao Gou laughed, he knew what the woman in front of him meant, she was definitely not the kind of person who hated the poor and loved the rich, she was just simply fighting for herself, and she had complained not a hundred times but eighty times in the past few months.

Zhao Goutong corrected a note of the people's text, and said: "It's the same everywhere, being able to do things for the people is the most important thing, and you don't have to mention it again in the future." ”

After speaking, seeing that the woman's face was slightly lowered, he added: "One day Mr. Sun came to Beijing to look for me and found that he couldn't find me in the Yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, how do you think he would feel?" ”

Wan Rong blinked her eyes a few times, then the gloom dispersed, and she smiled, "It must have been very good-looking at that time, I can't wait to let Master Sun come!" ”

Zhao Goutong shook his head and smiled bitterly, put down his pen and stood up.

To say that he is unwilling, there are indeed some, but what does it matter, he always believes that a piece of jade must be polished to bloom with brilliance, if it is directly thrown on the table, it will only be laughable and generous.

When Zhong Guan learned that the Zhongzhou army had retreated and detoured, he had been touching for about seven days, and he was in good spirits in less than ten years, so he didn't have to face Yu Youjun who scared him to the bone, and secondly, he could be regarded as holding Mianzhou, and he could continue to survive in this life. Moreover, if Zhang Fangying is happy and happy, it is estimated that he will not have to suffer from "heart change" in the future.

Zhong Guan touched the small jade bottle in his arms and smiled, there were still two Gu worms in it, and he could hold on for another ten days, even if he let him go to Jingzhou, these ten days would be more than enough for him to go to Jingzhou, not to mention that the soldiers would go back to report the military situation quickly.

Now that the Zhongzhou army has retreated, Zhong Guan doesn't have to be afraid that the 10,000-strong enemy Yu Youjun sneaks into Mianzhou to attack and kill him, and he doesn't have to be exposed to the wind and sun in the city tower full of sweat and smell, and he can't sleep or eat well. You can return to his luxurious mansion in Mianzhou, where the maids and maids are waiting to eat and change clothes, and the delicate concubines are singing and dancing around them.

Zhong Guan sent someone to move a reclining chair, next to the vegetable and fruit snacks, there was a concubine with a pu fan gently fanning the wind, for him to remove the heat, directly opposite is a group of singers invited from the Qinglou holding the pipa and dancing like a fairy, he clapped his hands while humming a song, so comfortable.

You say that you have nothing to do to fight, and the dead are not to say that they are still worried, and it is better to have this idle time than to tease the beauty and enjoy the scenery, isn't it very pleasant.

Just as Zhong Guan was sitting in his courtyard enjoying life so beautifully, the porter butler hurriedly ran in and repelled a group of singers.

Zhong Guan heard the movement, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the housekeeper and said lightly: "Little third son, you are getting bolder and bolder, don't you think you can kick your nose in the face when you see that General Ben has been in a good mood recently?" I ask you, is it tight? I'll give you loose. ”

"But no, little third son, you dare to disturb the master's Yaxing, believe it or not, our most heroic general in Mianzhou, it is easy to break your neck?"

The concubine on the side raised her voice and snorted.

Zhong Guan smiled, "It's still a little lady, you know me." ”

The housekeeper Xiao Sanzi still looked very flustered, thinking that my general, you still have the leisure to enjoy, there are people from the palace, it seems that they are not here to congratulate, but like asking for guilt, and when the time comes, it is a trivial matter for the small to be punished or not, if you provoke the people in the palace, you will be very angry.

Zhong Guan saw that the little third son didn't speak, he sat up and looked at the housekeeper, it stands to reason that the little third son is usually quite good at being a person, why did he become so abrupt today as if he was a different person.

"Is something happening?"

The third son raised his eyebrows and looked at the concubine.

Zhong Guan looked sideways, "You go down first." ”

The concubine snorted, glared at the little third son, and muttered: "Next time, the old lady will come to you to settle accounts!" ”

Then he turned and left.

Ignoring the threats of the concubine, the third son trotted forward two steps and said in a low voice: "Master, someone from the palace is here." ”

Zhong Guan got up as soon as he heard the case, "Why didn't you kid say it earlier!" Fast! Take me to him. ”

"Don't worry, the little one came to inform the master, and I want to remind him, that person doesn't look like he is here to talk about meritorious deeds, but has a feeling of asking for guilt, and the master first ponders how to deal with it. The little one invited him to the listening library, and I didn't need to go down to hold him for a while, or did I say that the master would go now. ”

Zhong Guan's brows suddenly wrinkled, it stands to reason that no matter what, it is impossible to ask him about his guilt, the Zhongzhou army retreated and crossed Luoshui, and he also sent troops to pursue it, until Luoshui stopped, Xishu did not have a water division, and he could only watch them cross the water, and the retreat of the Zhongzhou army was premeditated, and the number of people he pursued was very small, he dared to conclude that the Zhongzhou army had all left secretly.

He wrote these things clearly on the paperwork, even if he asked for the crime, he was asked at most for failing to stop it in time, but there was a big mountain between Mianzhou and the Zhongzhou army, although there were ambushes guarding it, but it was not easy to show up, and it was understandable that he failed to stop it in time.

Zhong Guan pondered for a moment and shook his head, "You did a good job, but you don't need to let him wait in the Listening Book Pavilion, you go and bring him here directly, I want to take a good look at who is sacred, and dare to show off his official authority in front of me Zhong Guan." ”

The housekeeper Xiao Sanzi saw that his master was so confident, and a big stone in his heart also fell to the ground, and said with a chuckle: "It should be a little too worried, I think that person is just a young man, I don't know that General Zhong is brave and good at fighting the world before he put up the score, and the little one will go and bring him over." ”

After that, the little third son said goodbye and turned to leave.

Zhong Guan snorted coldly, and sent someone to take back the chaise longue, moved two Taishi chairs and put them in the pavilion, threw away the uneaten melons and fruits, and replaced them with plates of delicate pastries.

It didn't take long for the little third son to run in in a hurry, looking even more panicked than when he came to this courtyard first, and ran directly to the pavilion holding Zhong Guan's thigh and shouting!

"Sir, save me! General Zhong, help me! ”

Zhong Guan looked down, so frightened that he kicked away the thing in front of him who didn't know what it was, only to see that the little third son's face was almost unrecognizable, as if it had been burned by a fire, only the two eyes were intact, but this was only a temporary integrity, after a while, pieces of insects came out of the little third son's nose and mouth, and in a burst of screams, the little third son was covered in blood, but in a moment, it turned into a pile of white bones covered in broken cloth.

When the insects saw that there was nothing to devour, they all crossed into the clear water and disappeared.

Zhong Guan was shocked, he suddenly knew who the young man in the mouth of the little third son was, and only that person could use such means to torture people and put them to death.

Thinking of this, Zhong Guan's heart twitched suddenly, as if his heart was being held, he knelt on the ground and clutched his chest tightly, only to hear the sound of footsteps, and a gloomy and indifferent voice.

"Do you think that if a person gains the Tao, he will ascend to heaven, and even the steward under him is so majestic, but Zhang is very curious, the steward was polite when he saw me for the first time, and he commanded me the second time, I don't know if he got General Zhong's approval? General Zhong, what a great official authority! ”

Zhong Guan knelt on the ground, and at this time his chest seemed to swallow tens of thousands of needles, stinging and itching at the same time, he couldn't scratch it, he couldn't scratch it, and he couldn't die and live uncomfortably.

Zhong Guan raised his head, the face he was afraid of in his bones, he was looking at himself with a smile, and he said in a slurred voice: "Rao...... Spare me......"