"Brother Zhong, you came to learn the law yourself, what did you bring me to do?"

Shocked by a bamboo basket with four dried meats in it, with a reluctant face.

He originally got a new sword and wanted to show it off in front of his companions, but the middle brother came to the plaque to find the old official Yan Zhen to learn the law, but he wanted him to follow.

"If you want to come, you'll come, what so much nonsense?"

Heifu glared at him in surprise, he naturally had his reason, and then asked the peasants on the side of the road: "Dare to ask, where is the Yan Zhang's family?" ”

This "Heifu" learned to read and write from Mr. Lu Ying in the sunset, and his eldest brother came to Yan Zhen in the plaque to learn, so Heifu didn't know where he lived.

Fortunately, this Yan Zhen is very famous in the plaque, and everyone knows about it, so he asked the first person and pointed them out.

"Keep going forward, past the bamboo forest, the house with high walls and tiled eaves, and the door dyed with red paint is Yan Zhang's house."

The plaque is a utensil made of bamboo strips, with a round bottom and a very shallow border, which can be used to raise silkworms and hold grain. The reason why the plaque got its name is because there are many bamboos in the vicinity, and every household can make a plaque.

According to the instructions, the Heifu brothers kept going forward, but saw that there were plaques in front of each house, and then passed through a few acres of bamboo forest, although it was late winter, the bamboo leaves were a lot yellow, but the bamboo poles were still verdant and straight, the branches were connected, and they were dense and dense.

Said regretfully: "If it is around the beginning of autumn, you will definitely be able to dig up winter bamboo shoots, and then go down to the river to touch a fish and cook them together...... Ouch, Brother Zhong, you hit me again. ”

Heifu knocked his head: "Don't think about eating all day long, if you listen to me obediently today, don't talk nonsense, I will give you fifty dollars, so that you can eat whatever you want." ”

"Is that true?" Surprised like a child who was promised candy, showing joy.

As they spoke, they had come to a large mansion with a wall of white ash and covered with new tiles, and the door was stained with dazzling red paint, allowing three men to walk side by side.

With this appearance, Hugh said that the Heifu family cannot be compared, and even the Li Zheng and Tian Dian families in them are much inferior, and they know at a glance that they are either rich or expensive.

Heifu said secretly, fortunately, in addition to the four jerky, he also wrapped a hundred yuan, even so, this bit of restraint still looks shabby, Yan Zhen is afraid that he will not take it to heart.

He straightened his clothes and began to knock.

After a while, the door finally opened slowly, and a soap-clad servant saw through the narrow crack in the door, and saw that it was two commoners, so he asked angrily.

"Who are you? Who to come to? So what's going on? ”

Heifu said: "In the sunset, the prince Heifu wants to ask Yan Jun about the law, and he hopes to report it on his behalf." ”

"I'm here to ask about the law again......"

The erector looked the Heifu brothers up and down, he had seen a lot of similar mud legs, most of them were family members who had violated some laws and were sued, so they came to Yan Jun for help.

Heifu is not the coarse brown clothes of two months ago, wearing the clothes he bought last month, and the shock behind him is still clean, but in the eyes of this erect person, they seem to have some stain on their bodies.

"Just wait, I'll ask the master."

The red lacquer door slammed shut.

Surprised, he said angrily: "This erection man has a bad face, as if we owe him money." And how long has it been since he went out, the plaque is obviously next to the sunset, but he doesn't even know the name of the middle brother? ”

"My fame can be spread in the homes of the people, but it can't enter the eyes of the officials."

Heifu can see it clearly, his little deeds can be blown in front of ordinary scholars and Wu Qianshou, like Yan Xu, an old official with a title of not a higher level, and once served as an official in the township and county, is a person who has seen the world, and looks down on it.

What's more, today he is asking for others, and the other party is an elder, so it is also appropriate to lower his posture.

was shocked but complained again and again, saying that it would be good if Lu Yingzhang in the sunset didn't go to the county seat, but he knew his own family, so why did he use such a low voice.

After waiting for a while, my feet were numb and I walked impatiently to and fro, and the door finally opened again. The erector looked at them coldly and said, "Come in with me." ”

Heifu made a silent gesture in surprise, and the two entered the house with the servants.

After entering the Yan Mansion, Heifu immediately found that this family was not as magnificent as it looked from the outside, but rather quite ordinary: to the west of the entrance were stables and chickens; On the east side, a vegetable field was carved along the wall, divided into several pieces with earthen ridges, planted with green leeks; On the front is a hall, presumably used for reception.

However, instead of leading the two into the main hall, the vertical man led them around and down the corridor to a smaller room. This is probably a study, because through the window, you can see that there are bookshelves on three walls, and on them are all scrolls of simple scrolls.

Although Yan Zhen is no longer in office, when he was in office, he copied a lot of laws and decrees, although he was not as good as the Xi judge, but he was also the best in Yunmengxiang, which was also the reason why Heifu came to the door.

The Heifu brothers were about to go in, but they were pulled back by the erector, who stared wide-eyed, pointed to the threshold of the room and shook his head, leaving the brothers standing outside......

Obviously, they were not treated as guests, they were not qualified to enter the house, and they were even afraid that the breath exhaled by the two men would make their hosts unhappy, and that their muddy shoes would stain the clean floor......

He was already trembling with anger, but Heifu told him to calm down.

The curtain was opened, and Yan Xu, who Heifu was looking for, sat in this study, he was quite old, sixty or seventy years old, with a white beard under his chin, wearing a thick winter coat and a sheepskin coat, and his figure was a little bloated.

There was a bronze lampstand behind him, and in front of him was a short-legged lacquer case, on which bamboo slips were spread, Yan Zhen squinted his eyes, his hand holding the pen trembled slightly, and he wrote very slowly......

The erector entered, bowed to the ground, and said:

"Lord, the royal man from the setting sun has brought it."

Yan Zhen didn't raise his eyes, and asked, "Gongshi, do you say you know the old man?" ”

Heifu stood outside the house and beckoned to him, "I have never met Yan Jun, but my brother is fortunate enough to learn to read and write with Yan Jun in the countryside when he was young. ”

"What do you call that brother?" Yan Zhen still didn't look up.

"Heartily."

"Heart?" Yan Zhen finally stopped writing, lowered his head and thought for a long time, and then said again: "I'm old, I don't remember." ”

The atmosphere was a little awkward, but that was more than ten years ago, and Yan Zhen was only a township elder, and he had not yet gone to the county to be an official. The three elders are in charge of education, and teaching the children of the noble family is a big class, and it is normal to forget about a person.

Heifu simply handed the bundle to the erector, and directly explained his intention.

"I came here today because I have heard for a long time that Yan Zhang is familiar with the law, and the new law issued to the county every year is also copied, so I want to use the "Thief Law" and "Capture Law" and other articles to observe and copy, and I want to ask Yan Zhang to point out the difficult ......."

Yan Zhen finally raised his head, looked at Heifu in surprise, and asked, "Housheng, why do you want to learn these laws?" Don't you want to be a official? ”

"Exactly."

Yan Zhen is knowledgeable, and Heifu said with a smile: "I was worshiped as a public soldier because of my meritorious service in catching thieves, and I was lucky enough to be favored by the right lieutenant of the county, and I was recruited to be the pavilion chief, and I will participate in the assessment next month." However, I don't know much about the law, so I came to Yan Zhang for help, and I hope that Yan Zhang will look at the villagers and give me some advice......"

"Pavilion Chief?"

Yan Zhen narrowed his eyes for a long time, and finally opened them, and the pavilion chief said that it was not big, but it was just a fighting eater. It is said that it is small but not small, it is in charge of ten miles of place, directly belongs to the county, and there are military equipment.

Therefore, Yan Xu, as an old official who has no power and no power, only a name for himself, can not take the local Lizheng and Tian Dian in his eyes, but he does not dare to be too snub to a future pavilion chief.

Conversely, if he could point out a pavilion chief, it would also be beneficial to his reputation.

Yan Zhen looked at Heifu carefully again, and found that this son was so young: "How old are you this year?" ”

"I'll be 18 in a few days."

"At the age of 18, you can be called into the pavilion chief, amazing, amazing, when you are eighteen years old, you are just a judge who learns law in the school."

Yan Zhen was really surprised at this time, a soldier, with no background, was actually the pavilion chief at the age of 18, given time, what kind of future will he have in ten or twenty years?

He put down the pen in his hand, and suddenly praised Hefu, and then glared fiercely at the erector who had come over to report to him the number of bundles, and reprimanded:

"Rude slave, who taught you hospitality? Why don't you hurry up and welcome these two fellow villagers in, watch the seats, and serve hot soup! ”