"The county lieutenant is looking for me?"

This was something Heifu didn't expect, and on the way to the official temple with Chen Baijiang, he couldn't help but ponder.

"What could it be? Could it be that ......" His heart moved, but he pretended to be ignorant and didn't know anything, and followed Chen Baijiang into the county lieutenant's office.

The county-level government of the Qin State is roughly divided into three major parts: civil affairs and economy, justice, and military security, which are respectively responsible for the county commander, the county governor, and the county lieutenant. Among them, the county commander is the chief official, and the county magistrate and the county lieutenant are the secondary officials, all of whom have a rank of 400 stones, and have their own separate administrative offices and official offices.

Heifu has entered the county jail hall of the county office, and now he has come to the county lieutenant's office across the wall, the same thing is that it is not decorated, and the officials come and go in a hurry, but the difference is that the military color here is heavier.

I saw the guards at the door standing opposite each other in armor, motionless, straight through the second hall, the guard gradually tightened, and the soldiers holding spears stood solemnly in three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, giving him a feeling of entering the barracks.

Come to think of it, the duty of the county lieutenant is to be in charge of security and arrest of thieves. In wartime, or when conscription is called up at the border, it is necessary to rush to the front line with the strong men of the whole county, which is equivalent to the two units of the Public Security Bureau and the People's Armed Forces Department in later generations.

Before entering the lobby, General Chen and Heifu were stopped by Wei Shi and asked them to unload their weapons, and then took off their shoes before entering.

Chen Baijiang walked in front of him, wearing foot socks in small steps, and Heifu was embarrassed because he didn't even have a pair of socks!

Heifu had to walk barefoot on the cold wooden floor, but he still made a squeaky sound. Fortunately, he hurriedly took a shower with cold water before he came, and he also focused on taking care of his feet, there was no dirt smell on it, otherwise it would be even more embarrassing......

It was early afternoon, the sun was shining through the window into the lobby, and Heifu saw that on the left was a bookshelf with slips, and on the right was a spear, halberd, bow, sword, and five kinds of weapons, the "Lan Qi", which was dyed with red lacquer, which was very conspicuous.

In the center of the lobby, Du Xian, the right lieutenant of the county, was wearing a casual clothes and a bamboo crown on his head, sitting upright behind the desk, holding a pen and reading the slips.

Don't think that the military commanders are all martial artists, in the Qin State, in addition to the lieutenant history and prison, the small officials in charge of social security such as the wandering and pavilion chiefs of each county are all led by the county lieutenants. The cases and documents for arrest and theft sent from various townships and pavilions every month can be piled up with a few cases, and there is no ink in the stomach, how to deal with these official duties.

Heifu also glimpsed that the county lieutenant's hand not only placed his copper seal and black ribbon, but also half a tiger talisman...... It is a symbol of military power.

"Right lieutenant, Gongshi Heifu brought it to ......" Chen Bai put his hands together and bowed to the ground, Heifu had to learn from him again.

"Villain Heifu, meet the county lieutenant!"

The pen in Du Xian's hand didn't stop, he raised his eyes to look at Heifu, and nodded: "Coming?" Sit on the side, don't be inhibited. ”

said to be sitting, in fact, it was to kneel and sit on the side of the hall, although the cushion under the knees was quite soft, but Heifu could only learn from Chen Baijiang's appearance, his buttocks were slightly touched on his heels, and his upper body was straight. This is called "tsuki" to show respect for those who are much higher than oneself. Listening to General Chen Bai, this Du Xian is not only a right lieutenant, but also a sixth-level official doctor, one level higher than the Xi that Heifu had ever seen.

Du Xian never stopped what he was doing, and Heifu could only sit awkwardly and politely. During this period, Chen Baijiang still bowed down to Du Xian, looking at Heifu with his eyes, and didn't know what to say to him......

All Heifu could do was to look at his nose and nose, and secretly guess the intentions of the county lieutenant and Chen Baijiang. This right lieutenant Du Xian's methods, from the fact that he punished Bin Baijun that day and made the left lieutenant Yun Man have nothing to say, it can be seen that he is not a good person.

He guessed correctly, from the beginning of Heifu's entry, Du Xian was secretly observing him.

Listening to Chen Baijiang, after getting a large amount of coins, this black man did not eat and drink, but handed them all over to his brother to take home.

In the days when he was a servant, he was also conscientious and conscientious, and he did not act out of the ordinary, this person was quite calm, and he did not get carried away because of his momentary ambition.

Before coming to the official temple, he also took a hurried bath to wash off the soil of labor on his body. After entering the church, I didn't look around like some rural villagers, and I was honestly afraid. Instead, he learned from Chen Baijiang and did etiquette one by one, which shows that this is a smart person who knows how to respect and humility......

Du Xian has always believed that he himself is different from the cronyistic Zuo Wei, and he looks at people not only by their ability, but also by their nature, and such a person is worth promoting.

So Du Xian finally put down the slip in his hand and asked: "Gongshi Heifu, I have long heard that you are good at martial arts, but you can defeat three people, this captain asked you, can you use five soldiers?" ”

Behind the black man is the "Lan Qi", the so-called five soldiers, which are the spears, halberds, bows, and swords, the five most common weapons of this era.

Heifu replied truthfully: "Heifu is in his first service, and he has no access to the blades of the army, so he can only use his sword, and he can pull the bow of Orion, but he can't shoot accurately. ”

"You can use a sword, the sword is the head of a short soldier, a gentleman's sharp weapon."

Du Xian smiled and asked again, "I heard that you can still read and write?" Where did you learn it? ”

"When I was young, my family was okay, and together with my brother, I learned from an old man in the middle."

"How many words can you read? How many words can you write? ”

"I can generally recognize the words on the official documents, but I can only write three or four hundred."

Heifu answered one by one, and after asking Heifu, Du Xian began to go straight to the point: "This lieutenant doesn't like to talk around the corner, so I called you here today to ask you, are you willing to be an official?" ”

Without hesitation, Hefu immediately responded: "Yes!" ”

After more than a month of personal experience, he finally understood that in the Qin State, in addition to the meritorious soldiers, the highest social status should be the large and small Qin officials.

As a Qin official, not only was he a grassroots officer directly when he joined the army, but he could also accumulate achievements and be promoted on weekdays, and he had more opportunities to make meritorious contributions, so he always wanted to blend into the civil service of Qin.

The black man bowed and said, "The villain can't ask for it!" It's just that he came from a humble background, and he couldn't go into the school room to learn the law, and there was no way to become an official! ”

As far as Heifu knows, although there is no imperial examination in the Qin State, there are really many ways to enter the ranks, in addition to the battlefield meritorious service, there are also "Renzi" and "Selection". But the former is the patent of the second generation of officials such as Meng Tian, Wang Li, and Li You, and the latter is equivalent to the Han Dynasty's "filial piety", which requires you to have a family background, fame, and wealth in the local area before you can be elected by the villagers.

What's more, I still enter the school, learn the law from the lawyer, and after passing the assessment, I will naturally enter the official career, which is equivalent to the cadre training class in later generations. However, there are mandatory requirements for admission, and they must be "officials", that is, children of officials.

None of the above methods will work for a person like Heifu, and he has secretly hoped that an official will recommend him, or that he will be recruited by the government because he is outstanding in his work, but this kind of opportunity is hard to come by.

Unexpectedly, today's county lieutenant suddenly asked him coldly, is it possible that he is finally going to stand out?

"No way? Haha, I don't think so. ”

At this time, Chen Baijiang, as Du Xian's cronies, took over the conversation with interest: "Right now, there is such an opportunity, Heifu, do you still remember the chief of the Huyang Pavilion?" ”

"Of course I do."

How could Heifu forget him, if it weren't for this guy, the rest of the month in the county should have been very peaceful.

Chen Baijiang said: "Last month, he was fined as a ghost salary because of a lawsuit with you, and after that, the position of Huyang Pavilion Chief was vacant. There is no suitable official in the county to succeed him, and there is no one in the local area to choose a candidate......"

He paused, looked at Du Xian, and after getting his head to agree, he said:

"At this time, the right lieutenant immediately thought of you! I also informed the county commander of your capture of the thief and the victory of the army on the tenth day. The county order asked the chief official to recruit you exceptionally, and if you can pass the official assessment, you can try to be the head of the Huyang Pavilion! Hefu, such a God-given opportunity is in front of you, why don't you hurry up and thank the right lieutenant! ”