The inner hall occupies a huge area, the pedestal is very high, but it is built according to the topography, there is no handle to overpass, climb the stairs and go up, in front of the main hall is a huge platform, paved with neat and smooth blue strip stone, in the scorching sun under the scorching heat wave tumbling, surrounded by the blue jade stone guardrail, the seal is carved with tigers, leopards, bears and dogs and other fierce beast patterns, the entrance of the main hall is lined up with two rows of guards, the iron armor reflects the sun, shining.

Thirty archers crouched under the corridor of the main hall, lined up on the left and right of the main entrance, and if it weren't for the beads of sweat rolling down their red cheeks, it would have been suspicious that they were twenty statues made of iron. Stepping into the main hall, a cool breeze came to my face, and after a burst of tears from my swollen eyes burned by the red sun, tears flowed and moistened my eyes. Everything in front of him can be described by the word "luxury", Li Maochang has lived below the poverty line for most of his years, and his sudden wealth is only a matter of recent years, because he has not yet understood the way of luxury in the army for a long time, although most of the decorations, furniture, and playthings in this inner hall are not recognized, but the sky-high extravagance cannot be erased, and the floor laid on the ground alone makes Li Mao surprised.

The main entrance of the inner hall is a brocade screen, there are four book histories standing in front of the screen, the height is generally tall, the face is delicate, the smile is lovely, seeing Li Mao come in, the first book history on the left takes a step forward, bows and nods, and takes over the guide to bring Li Mao in, this hall is large-scale, the middle is the meeting room, the right side is the official room, there are four answering guests, the left is Li Shigu's duty room, and the living room is separated by a brocade screen. Li Mao noticed that Duyu Marquis Yan Yan was waiting at the entrance of the duty room at this moment, bowing down and smiling.

The scholar motioned for Li Mao to stay and wait, went in to report himself, and came out to signal Li Mao to come in. Yan Su saw that a flower suddenly bloomed on Li Mao's face, and the sun was shining with a smile. Li Mao also smiled in return. Li Shigu sat in the north and faced south, reading official documents at the desk, behind him was a screen of flowers and birds, with a low table on the left and right, with tea and books, slightly messy. Xue Yingying was standing respectfully in front of his desk, hunched slightly, holding his breath.

There were also two people in the room, a middle-aged man with polite and sharp eyes, and a young man with big ears and a stout figure, the young man always had a warm smile on his face, but his eyes were like an awl that people did not dare to look at directly.

Li Mao had long heard that Li Shigu had two close cronies around him, one was Gao Mu, the judge of Jiedu, and the other was Li Changshan, the deputy envoy of the Inner Courtyard Army. He guessed that the middle-aged scribe in front of him was Gao Mu, and the person with big ears was Li Changshan.

When Li Shigu lowered his head and replied to Chen, his mouth was not idle, and he muttered in a thick Yunzhou local accent: "A bridge was blown down by the wind less than three years after it was built, this is not a joke, this is simply a crime of dereliction of duty, and it is all among the killables." ”

He vigorously sketched a stroke on the paper, put down the pen, threw the official slip in front of Xue Yingying, and said, "You found someone to do it, you will check it yourself!" If these moths are not pulled out, the rivers and mountains of Ziqing will be buried in their hands sooner or later. ”

Xue Yingying said yes repeatedly, bowed down and carefully picked up the paperwork, and stepped aside. Li Mao shuddered, only feeling that this room was so cold. He settled down, and secretly scolded himself in his heart: The bear's nest is wasted, but it is just a town festival envoy, so it scares you like this, if you see the Tang Dynasty Emperor, you can't lie on the ground and dare not raise your head? I thought again: I'm afraid that he will do much, if you don't do it, you won't be this Laoshi official, take your wife and concubine Luoyang to enjoy Qingfu, people have no desire, they are strong, I don't ask him for him, I'm not afraid of him.

After comforting himself, his heart was a little better, and he spit out the breath that had accumulated in his heart three times, and inhaled it three times, and his dizzy and swollen brain cleared up a little. I thought to myself: It's easy to go up the mountain and hard to go down, I've already gotten on his thief ship, how easy is it to quit? When I thought about it, my mind went blank.

In the middle of this, Li Shigu approved another public case, closed it and handed it to Gao Mu, Gao Mu hurriedly stepped forward to take it, quickly opened it and glanced at it, and bypassed the brocade screen behind Li Shigu without saying a word, where was there a public case, and there was an old book history sitting behind the case, and in front of the old official was a four-corner copper-clad printing box.

There was a handsome young man standing on the left side of the old official, seeing Gao Mu coming, he hurriedly went up to take the paperwork, opened it and read it carefully, and gently put it in front of the old official, the old official opened the seal box with an expressionless face, took out a treasure seal, and used the seal under the guidance of the little official, and the little official took the document and returned it to Gao Mu, and the old official received the seal, and there was no word between each other.

Back to the front, Gao Mu summoned the book history that led Li Mao in, handed over the document to him, the book history went out with the official document, and then handed it to a shogunate official who was dizzy in the sun, the official rubbed his eyes vigorously, opened the document with trembling hands, looked at it again, and finally showed a smile on his gray face, and left with a thousand thanks.

After finishing this, Li Shigu dropped his pen, stretched his waist, turned his head sideways and asked Gao Mu: "What else is urgent?" Gao Mu said with a smile: "There are many urgent tasks, but they are not important tasks, and it is not too late to review them after the activity." Like Li Mao, Hou Yan Yan, who was at the door, hurriedly said: "The horse is ready, and you can go out at any time." ”

Jiedu should have prepared horses and entourage by the Duzhi Ya, but Yan Ying's Yue Yan made Xue Yingying very unhappy, he glared at Yan Yan viciously, and hurriedly said: "The little pine forest is ready to stop, and Li Mao, who is humble and in charge of the village, welcomes the festival marshal in person." Li Shigu glanced at Li Mao and stood up from behind the case. Xue Yingying hurriedly motioned for Li Mao to step forward to answer, but Li Mao was not in a hurry to move, he looked at Li Changshan, and only after getting his permission did he take two steps forward, staying on the line side by side with Li Changshan.

Li Changshan's face was still smiling, but his eyes had changed slightly when he looked at Li Mao.

"I've been in Yunzhou for a month, what are you busy with?"

Li Shigu asked in an easy-going tone, and walked out as he asked, and everyone followed.

Li Mao replied: "Find a house, settle down, and be familiar with the affairs at hand." ”

Li Shigu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I almost forgot, you are a person with a family, yes, you have to settle down a family, and only when a man becomes a family can he be qualified." ”

As he spoke, the person had already walked out of the main hall, Gao Mu and Li Changshan followed each other, the two generals at the door followed, and Li Mao, Xue Yingying, Yan Kun and the armor soldier followed.

From the inner hall along a verandah to the north, through a corner gate, behind which is an empty alley in the east-west direction, when out of the corner door, a tooth general gave Li Mao a bronze medal, and pointed to his belt, signaling for him to hang up. With this bronze medal, although it attracted countless vigilant eyes along the way, it was unimpeded.

Walking eastward along the wide and empty alley, and turning a short distance north, there is an elaborate gatehouse, the guards in front of the gatehouse are slightly different from the front hall, and each of them has a red silk ribbon tied around his arm. Seeing Li Shigu arrive, the guards opened the gate and only let Gao Mu and Li Changshan enter, and the rest of the people were all stopped. Taking advantage of this, Li Mao glanced left and right, and found that the empty alley in the east-west direction was much longer than the one behind the inner hall, the south side was full of high walls of blue bricks and black tiles, and there were three doors on the north side, and the door was about one hundred and fifty steps apart, and the door in front of him was only the side door on the east side, and the gatehouse of the main gate was much taller and more open.

Li Mao guessed that the door should be the inner house of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, where Li Shigu's female dependents lived, and outsiders were not allowed to enter except for confidants such as Gao Mu and Li Changshan.