Tang Ai was taken aback and said, "How can he be a woman?" ”

"Isn't that what you mean, envoy!"

The officer lowered his head.

Tang Ai said, "You raise your head. So saying, he got out of the ox cart, went to the official, examined his face again, and then carefully looked at his figure, and sure enough, under the preconceived idea, this time I saw a little strange.

Nowadays, although the corporal shaves more face and powder, but no matter how much he shaves his face and then he is powder, the traces of his beard pores always remain, and there is no way to cover them all, but there is no trace of this kind on the lips of this scholar. He, or her, should have wrapped his chest, and inadvertently, his upper body was no different from that of an ordinary man, but if he looked at it intentionally, he could clearly see that his chest was slightly undulating.

"Are you really a woman?"

The official hesitated and replied, "Your ......."

Tang Ai asked her and said, "What's your name?" ”

"Your subordinates, meet the envoy."

Tang Ai was amazed, and circled around the woman named Qitong twice, and the consultant Guo Daoqing: "Old Guo, is she your county official or the county official of which county?" ”

Guo Daoqing's face was full of shame, and he said: "It's a member of the Xiaguan County Government,...... But it was not summoned by the lower officials, it was the original old officials of the county. The envoy, the subordinate official was negligent, and when he kept her, he didn't find out that she was a woman, and he did such a ridiculous thing. When the envoy came, the lower official had just learned that she was actually a daughter, and he was discussing with the gentlemen of my county government and county temple how to deal with this matter and dispose of her! ”

"The original old officials of the county" Yunyun, what he said is that after Nan'an County was defeated by Dingxi, the officials of the county government and the counties in the county were not all expelled,—— after all, there were not so many reserve officials in Dingxi who could be given to Tang Ai and Guo Daoqing, and at the same time, the officials in the county government have always been appointed by locals according to the convention. This Qitong is a Tang man, so he was retained by Guo Daoqing.

As a woman, not to mention the three generations, from the pre-Qin period to the descent, looking through the history books, in addition to the various female officials related to the management of the harem, those who serve in the local area and directly assume administrative responsibilities can be said to be unheard of.

There are no punishment cases that can be used for reference, and the laws of this dynasty do not have an entry on "where should a woman do if she pretends to be an official", so it is no wonder that Guo Daoqing was helpless after finding out that Qitong was a woman, and he didn't know what to do.

He said to Tang Ai: "But the envoy, the lower officials and others have discussed for a long time, but they really don't know what to do. Just in time, please send her down! ”

Tang Ai stood in front of Qi Tong and asked with interest, "Tell me, how did you become a county official?" ”

It could be seen that Qi Tong was barely calming, she tried her best to straighten her waist, retracted her hands trembling from panic back into her sleeves, hid her general, and replied with dignity in the eyes of Tang Ai, Guo Daoqing and the rest of the people in the courtyard, twenty or thirty men: "Qi Yu envoy, when Qin stole Nan'an, before Shi Ping, Taishou Bujun, who was appointed as an official in Nan'an, talked with his hands and ...... subordinates."

A clerk on the side interjected and said angrily: "You still dare to call yourself a subordinate? ”

The person who spoke was burly and strong, and he was the chief secretary of Guo Daoqing's county government, surnamed Hong.

Qi Tong seemed to be brave and stubborn, and said: "This official robe and this seal ribbon were given to me by the king. The master does not allow me to call myself a subordinate, so should I be dressed in this robe given by the king and with this seal given by the king, but call myself a concubine? If I really claim to be like this, I don't care about myself, but I am only afraid that it will damage the dignity of the king and the prestige of the king! ”

"You're so sharp!" Master Hong became more and more annoyed, asked Guo Daoqing, and said, "Fu Jun, since she said so, the subordinates dared to ask, so they called the subordinates, took off her official clothes, and took away her seals!" ”

"Makes sense!"

Hiroshi immediately called people.

Guo Daoqing hurriedly stopped it and said, "Eh, eh! Hongjun, don't shout, don't shout. In the public court, in the courtyard of the county government, she is a woman, picking off her clothes, what kind of system! ”

"Didn't the prince say that the subordinates asked for a reason?"

"Where did I mean you! I'm talking about what she says makes sense! Don't interrupt and wait for the envoy to ask. ”

Hiroshi retreated back to his place in a huff.

Tang Ai knew this Hong's master, held a feather fan, shook his head again and again, and said to him: "Lao Hong, you are too ruthless, so you two colleagues have a fight, even if she is a man and pretends to be an official, you can't pick up her clothes in public!" After speaking, he ignored Lord Hong's plea, turned his gaze back to Qi Tong's face, and said with a smile, "You go on." ”

"Yes. …… Where did the subordinate go? ”

When Guo Daoqing heard her words, he couldn't help but secretly complain, and secretly turned his face to look at Tang Ai's face, afraid that Tang Ai would be angry, and said in his heart: "Don't you usually think you're stupid?" Why is your memory so bad at the critical moment? If you annoy the envoy, I can't help you! ”

But Guo Daoqing is a kind person, although he was quite shocked by Qi Tong's pretending to be a man, but in his heart, there is really no intention to severely punish Qi Tong, in the final analysis, the two have had this relationship between superiors and subordinates, and Qi Zhi Zhi is courteous, and his impression of her is not bad, which is why he has discussed with the officials of the county government and county temple for a long time, and has not yet made a decision on how to punish Qi Tong,——.

Contrary to Guo Daoqing's guess, Tang Ai was not impatient at all, but followed Qi Tong's words, shook the feather fan, and reminded her in a gentle voice, saying: "You said that the old Nan'an of Di Qin is too good at keeping Bujun. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, although Bujun is a person, he is good at playing the road, and the subordinates are also good, at that time, the subordinates were young and did not reach the age of a weak crown,......"

Master Hong couldn't listen to it, interjected twice, and said, "Weak crown? Do you really think of you as a husband? ”

Tang Ai annoyed Hong's main book and interjected one after another, his temper came up, and he said impatiently: "Lao Guo, drive him out!" ”

Guo Daoqing responded: "Yes." "Ling Hong's main book," Hong's main book, please wait outside first. ”

Hong's book had to stick to the root of the wall, went out of the county hall, and went to stand outside the door.

Tang Ai said to Qi Tong: "You go on. ”

Qi Tong responded: "No." "At that time, the subordinate was still young, and he was also a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, so he changed his suit, deceived him as his husband, and went to the county government to ask to see Bujun." Seeing Bujun, the subordinates played several games with him, and all of them won, and they were all happy, so they were made officials by Bujun. Later, General Shi of Di Qin arrived, and then Wang Shi recovered Nan'an, and the subordinates had to stay in office, even now. ”

"You deceived your husband, don't you know? Don't the officials of Nan'an County know? ”

Nan'an County is a small place, and there are not many right surnames and Hao families, so it is conceivable that the officials of the county government and county temple of Nan'an County, even if they don't know each other, but at least the situation in each other's family, such as a few brothers and sisters, must be able to know a rough idea.

With Tang Ai's intelligence, he couldn't figure it out, because he asked this question.

Qi Tong was smart and knew where Tang Ai's question came from, so he replied: "The envoy doesn't know that the subordinates' family is not a big surname in Nan'an, but a small family in the countryside, and the gentlemen of the county government and the county temple don't know the subordinates, nor do they know the situation in the subordinates' homes. ”

"I see, the place of origin, family voice, etc. in the official book, I think you should have made it up?"

"Bu Jun likes the chess skills of the officials, and the county officials who registered the names of the officials in the official book at that time, so he did not ask the officials in detail, let alone go to investigate, and he remembered what the officials said."

"Your roommate in the house, how did you hide it?"

The county government and the county temple all have officials' houses, and when the officials are on duty, they all live in the officials' houses. The big officials can have one or two people in a room, and the small officials often have three or four people in a room. Qi Tong is not a county government official like Gong Cao and the main book, and there are two or three officials who live in the same room with her. These two or three people, how did she hide it? That's a problem.

"The subordinates have never slept in their clothes, but they have all been lying in their clothes."

"Then after you become a county official, your township father should always know that you are a woman, right?"

"After the subordinate became a county official, he never returned home."

When Tang Ai heard this, he sighed unconsciously and said: "You are less than twenty-four, I think you will be twenty-four or five this year, which means that in four or five years, you have not returned home, don't you want your parents?" ”

How could Qi Tong not miss her parents? With tears in her eyes, she said, "I want to, but the subordinates don't dare to go back!" The subordinates were frugal, and they saved most of their monthly salaries, and the trustees gave them to the subordinates' parents. ”

"I say, why are you so thin! It turned out that I was hungry. …… I haven't been able to go home to see my parents for many years, and today I have been exposed, and I have learned that you are a woman, this official must not be able to be, maybe you will be imprisoned, and I ask you, do you regret changing your obedience to the official?

Qi Tong wiped away his tears and replied categorically: "No regrets!" ”

"Why don't you regret it?"

When Tang Ai asked, she had been amiable, Qi Tong's first panic had been calmed down at this time, she stood upright, looked up at Tang Ai, did not hide or let go, with pride in her voice, and said: "The subordinates know how to play chess and understand the meaning of the text, and they dare not compare with the envoys and the princes of the palace, and compare with the kings of the main book, and the subordinates think that the talents of the subordinates are not inferior!" With such talent, if you end up as an old woman, wouldn't you hesitate! ”

The sound of applause sounded, and Guo Daoqing and the others saw that it was Tang Ai who inserted a feather fan to the back of his neck, clapping his hands for Qi Tong's words.

Guo Daoqing asked, "Envoy, who are you?" ”

"What a 'If you end up being an old woman, wouldn't you be sorry!' Lao Guo, this is not a strange thing for the ages, this is a strange woman in your house! Tang Ai stopped clapping, grabbed the feather fan again, asked Guo Daoqing, and said, "How did you find out that she was a woman?" ”

"It wasn't found by the lower officials, it was discovered by the master of Hong."

"How did Lao Hong find out?"

Guo Daoqing swallowed, as if there was something unspeakable, and said: "Envoy, Hong Zhu, he ,...... Oops, what can I say! ”

"If you say one thing, you just reply to me."

Guo Daoqing was kind, but he still didn't say it explicit after all, so he leaned into Tang Ai's ear and whispered: "Master Hong's book is as good as Longyang." ”

Tang Ai was suddenly furious, he had always been chic and charming, he couldn't hold back for a while, burst out with a foul mouth, and scolded: "Damn, this dog's thing!" Asked Guo Daoqing, "Succeeded?" ”

Guo Daoqing hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, but because of this, Qitong was discovered by him to be a woman." ”

"Immoral, bastard! Lao Guo, such a person who does this to his colleagues, if you don't drive him away, will you still stay in your house to make trouble? ”

Guo Daoqing is planning to train him to be his right and left hand, and he is not too reluctant to drive him out of the house, with a look of embarrassment, and he said: "The good people of Longyang are more common today, not to mention anything else, I have set the princes of the Western Dynasty, and there are quite a few good men, so that the king is 'bad morals' responsibility, I really don't know the root!" It is inappropriate for Master Hong to attack his colleagues, but if he is expelled for this, the punishment will be too severe. said: "Fujun, this ......." ”

Tang Ai knew that Guo Daoqing was a good man, and he was too lazy to talk to him, ordered Wei Xian, and said, "Old Wei, you go!" Didn't the dog pick off Qitong's official clothes and take off Qitong's seal? Go and rip me off his official robes, and take off his seals. Get him out of the house now! Damn, do you bully people just because you're strong? Lao Guo, I will act on behalf of you once today, rectify the official style of your county government for you, and cure this black sheep for you! ”

Wei Xian promised loudly and took two soldiers with him.

Guo Daoqing and the officials in the courtyard were dumbfounded, especially Guo Daoqing, this was the first time he had seen Tang Ai have such a big fire, although he was a talent who cherished the main book, he didn't dare to speak for him at this time, and responded: "Yes, yes, the lower officials have no way to discipline them, and they are ashamed and ashamed." He asked Tang Ai tentatively and said, "Envoy, how to deal with this nonsense?" ”

"Where should a woman become a servant, there is no one in the law of this country, since there is no provision in the law on what to do, then ......, Lao Guo, then be exempt from punishment and let her go home."

"Exempt from punishment?"

"What do you think?"

Guo Daoqing didn't want to punish Qi Tong heavily, Tang Ai was willing to let her go, it was better, so he said: "Qi Tong is always in the county, fulfill his duties, and the lower officials read the book of the officials of the Qin Dynasty, Qi Tong has been rated as superior several times, although he is now a husband, but after he entered the palace, he has no evil acts of violating the law and discipline, and the merits and demerits complement each other, so that the monarch is exempt from punishment, and the lower officials have bad opinions, which should be the case!" ”

The officials in the courtyard, you look at me, I look at you, even if they are unwilling to let go of the strangers like this, but the two officials have already spoken, and they have the same opinion, they have no choice but to silence and stop talking.

Tang Ai's anger came and went quickly, he squinted at Guo Daoqing, and said jokingly: "Old Guo, you said your 'bad opinion', and said 'it should be so', what do you mean by that?" Are you implying that I will not punish this opinion? ”

Guo Daoqing smiled and said: "How dare the lower officials! ”

"Take a set of clothes from the woman in your back house and let Qitong change into them." Waiting for Guo Daoqing's order to take clothes, Tang Ai said warmly to Qi Tong, "You haven't been home for several years, your parents must think about it, you have changed your clothes, just take my car and go home!" ”

From the moment Qi Tong was exposed that she was a woman, she knew that this county official could not be done, and now she was able to be exempted from punishment, thank God, she said gratefully: "Thank you envoy! So that Jun Ende, the subordinates have no teeth and do not forget. ”

Tang Ai raised the fan and nodded at her with a smile: "Put on the skirt, don't call yourself a subordinate again." ”

Tang Ai's words didn't mean to joke, but for some reason, a little blush smeared on Qi Tong's cheeks.

She lowered her head and whispered, "No, envoy." ”

When the skirt is obtained, Qi Tong goes to the side school to change clothes.

Tang Ai waited for her to come out in the courtyard, looked up and down again, looked her carefully, and saw that although she still had her hair tied in a bun, she put on her skirt and changed into this woman's dress, her curves were exquisite, and the impression was very different from when she was wearing a servant's clothes.

Tang Ai lingered, looked at it for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Before you left home, did you have a marriage?" ”

Qi Tong replied, "No." ”

"I'll introduce you to a good family."

"Huh?"

Tang Ai shook his fan and said with a smile: "The door is enough to match your family, its wisdom is unique, and its talent is enough to match you, as for the appearance, the handsome and beautiful as in front of the Yushu Hall, it is more than enough to match you, all in all, it is difficult to find a good son-in-law in the sea." ”

"I don't know who the envoy wants to introduce?"

"Go home first, and I'll send someone to your house tomorrow, and you'll know when the time comes!" Wei Xian had completed the task, and returned to his life with the official clothes and seal ribbon of the Hongzhu book, Tang Ai instructed him, saying, "You send Qitong home, and then come back to see me." ”

Not to mention that Qi Tong got into the car suspiciously, but said that Tang Ai, seeing her get into the car, and Wei Xian escorted the ox cart, after leaving the house in the deepening twilight, he should go to the hall first, and said to Guo Daoqing who followed him as he walked: "Old Guo, I have been watching you for a week, you have done a good job, but there is one thing, I have to ask you, and there are a few more things, I have to talk to you." ”

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