The next morning, Lu Fei and his entourage appeared in front of the city gate of Susong County, and the two sedan chair drivers had already sent them back, not only did they give double the money for their feet, but also bought a bag of dry food for them to eat on the road. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lu Fei stood in front of the city gate, his brows furrowed, and he muttered in his heart, this is really extraordinary, this is the city wall, the courtyard wall of the big family is stronger than this, the entire city wall is no more than nine feet high, less than one zhang wide, the wall is still peeling off very seriously, there are clumps of weeds growing in many brick cracks, there are even big holes in some places, there are a few children crawling in and out of the hole to play games, the city gate building is no longer visible, only a few pieces of residual wood are still alone on the city wall.

There were no soldiers standing guard at the city gate, and the pedestrians were crowded with people coming and going, Lu Fei asked Li Shun, "How long has this city gate building not been repaired?" ”

As soon as Li Shun, who had been away from home for more than half a year, entered Songcheng, his first thought was naturally to go home to see his wife and children.

Li Shun didn't think about it, "Since I can remember, that's all"

Lu Fei nodded, "Oh, it's antique, no wonder"

The two of them raised their feet and entered the city gate, and from a distance they could hear bursts of shouting and selling on the street, selling everything, noisy people, the whole street was wet, scattered rotten vegetable leaves and melon peels everywhere, and the street that was originally nearly two zhang wide was now crowded and disorderly.

A man carrying a burden, holding the tight rope on the burden with both hands one after the other, shouted as he walked, "Let the drop, let the drop, squeeze to death" The accent is a local.

Several of the people in front of him were carrying bulging bags of marijuana on their shoulders, and one of them turned to the person who carried the burden and said, "Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, the front is silver (people)"

Squeezing left and right, the person who carried the burden finally squeezed out, wiping his sweat and walking past Lu Fei and the others.

At this time, Lu Fei couldn't cry or laugh, good guy, how do you feel that you have entered the vegetable market, why is it so miserable, and you are in such a county.

Lu Fei touched Li Shun with his shoulder, "Did you go the wrong way, this is Susong County?" ”

Li Shun shrugged and smiled, "It wasn't like this in the past, since the previous magistrate stepped down half a year ago, many things have not been handled, isn't it like this?"

"Who's in charge of the county now?" This Susong County, since ancient times, is the land of fish and rice, abundant food, prosperous people, not to mention the county there are more than 100,000 people, so many people without the county master, then the world will be in chaos.

"It stands to reason that the county is not there, and the person in charge of affairs should be the county and county" Li Shun is clear about these, and at a glance, he knows that he has not thought about the affairs in the yamen before.

Li Shun saw that the county lord was a little displeased, so he immediately continued, "As soon as you take office, as long as you take office with a little rectification, the image of the market will naturally be new."

Lu Fei turned around and gave him a blank look, "Do you think my lord and I look like a chengguan?" ”

"What? What did you say, sir? Li Shun wondered why he couldn't understand some of the words said by this seemingly childish young descendant, it seemed that he still read less sage books, and the two Jinshi were really knowledgeable, so it was no wonder why he was always famous in Sun Shan.

Lu Fei ignored him anymore, the two walked through the crowded crowd, walked forward along the street, the more crowded the outside and the inside, the more crowded the situation was, the shops along the street were one after another, and there were many things, under the shade of the wall on the side of the street, there were groups of ragged beggars, and the craftsmen who walked the streets and alleys shook rattles, blushing and shouting thickly, soliciting business, seeing this Lu Fei had a trace of comfort, so this was like a county town.

Li Shun has been following behind Master Lu, like a tour guide, talking endlessly about what the shop he just passed by is selling, what dishes are most famous in the tavern on the left, and the owner of the rice shop on the right is a profiteer, selling old rice as new rice at a price, and so on.

Lu Fei listened to Zhile, and said in his heart, you old boy, all say that ancient scholars don't listen to things outside the window, and only read sage books, it seems that the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty is quite fair, if you want to be on the list, it is really unreasonable, you know the chicken and dog fragments.

The two walked to a crossroads, and Lu Fei saw a three-story building at the corner of the street in the distance was very unique, dozens of red lanterns of all sizes were hung high, and the colorful curtains were displayed in the wind along the window, but the door of the store was closed, and the signboard at the door was written with four bright red characters 'Huancai Immortal Pavilion', although Lu Fei's attainments in calligraphy were not deep, but these four words were written in the dragon and phoenix dance, all in one go, and it was very stylish.

Along the way, this store has aroused Lu Fei's interest, the façade is so exquisite, and the name of the store must also be from the hands of a famous artist, but he just doesn't know what kind of business is here, thinking about it, he can't help but walk towards the closed door.

Li Shun was a little surprised, and hurriedly followed, "Master, where are you here?" ”

Lu Fei pointed to the vermilion gate under the four words 'Huancai Immortal Pavilion', "Go in and have a look"

"Master, master" Li Shun grabbed him, looked around, as if he had done something unseemly, his face was red and white, "Master, this, let's come back at night"

Lu Fei stopped and asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?" ”

Li Shun looked a little embarrassed, and whispered, "This, how can there be a kiln in broad daylight?"

Kiln? Isn't that a brothel, Lu Fei was overjoyed for a while, he couldn't imagine that there was such a place in this county, you must know that this ancient brothel was also divided into three, six, nine and so on, where there are words such as 'courtyard, pavilion, pavilion' that is a first-class place, exclusively for the rich and wealthy, and the entertainment place for dignitaries, with the words 'building, class, shop, and down', it is almost a bus station, and you can have fun if you give three melons and two dates, and this 'Huancai Immortal Pavilion' belongs to the top class.

But now is really not the time, it is a little inappropriate to visit the kiln on the first day of taking office, not to mention the presence of this master.

So, Lu Fei put on a serious face, "Master, I know at a glance that this is a place where dirt is hidden, corrupting the atmosphere, okay, don't care about it today, one day the master will come and seize it."

Before Li Shun could answer, Lu Qian came back with another excuse by the way, and asked in a critical tone, "You know a lot, have you been in before?" ”

Li Shun tilted his body back, his expression was nervous, and he waved his hand again and again, "No, absolutely not, disciple of Confucius and Mencius, how can you linger in Fengyue place"

Lu Fei was a little amused when he saw him, so he didn't care about him, and walked along the street, just as he was walking, he suddenly turned his head and asked Li Shun, "Master Li, what is the surname of the old bustard in this kiln?" ”

Li Shun didn't think about it and said casually, "The surname is Wang, and the person is called Mother Wang."

"Oh!" Lu Fei nodded, as if he understood something.

Li Shun felt as if he had said the wrong thing, and it was difficult to explain it again, so he bent over in embarrassment, pointed to the street in front of him and said, "Master, please here, the county government is here"

The two walked all the way and chatted about the current situation of Susong City, a few hours passed, and Lu Fei also roughly understood a little bit about the basic situation of the place he was going to govern, originally this county seat is not big, just a few streets longitudinal and horizontal, go straight after the city gate, it will take less than half an hour to get to the county office, but Lu Fei has to walk around the county town first, to see the situation of the people, but it is almost noon and the two have not arrived at the county office, so they are not in a hurry, anyway, the county government will not run with long legs there, It's the same sooner or later.

Lu Fei touched his stomach, casually chose a small restaurant on the adjacent street and walked in.

The restaurant has two floors, the decoration is very general, it seems that the shopkeeper does not pay much attention to the façade, the upstairs seems to be a private room, now it is a meal but the upstairs private room is quiet, even a few tables downstairs are empty, only an old man is constantly wiping the table, Lu Fei ran all morning, and he didn't want to climb the stairs, so he casually found a table downstairs and sat down.

Li Shun greeted, "Shopkeeper, you can't do business anymore, you have no eyesight, the customers have come to the door, and you still don't come to serve."

The old man who wiped the table turned his head slowly, his face was numb, his eyes were a little sluggish, he threw the rag to his shoulder, and said weakly, "Guest officer, what do you want to eat?" ”

Lu Fei felt that this old man seemed to have something on his mind, but it was inconvenient to ask.

Li Shun stretched out his hand to pick up the big teapot on the table, poured a glass of water for Lu Fei, and said with a sense of pride, "Master, let's stay in the pine realm, when it comes to eating, then we can't fail to mention the twist stew, this is a local must, there is no semicolon, or you can taste it, master."

Lu Fei didn't object, anyway, everything in this Tang Dynasty was new to him.

After a while, the curtain of the door in the back hall was lifted, and a woman about thirty years old carried a tray and brought up the food ordered by the two.

Lu Fei saw that the woman's eyes were red, and there were a few faint tear stains in the thin layer of fat powder on her face, which looked pitiful, Lu Fei couldn't help but feel a hint of seclusion in his heart, but eating and drinking enough at the moment was the right thing.

A gust of wind swept away the leaves, and several dishes were bottomed out, Lu Fei burped, stood up on the table, Li Shun also wiped his mouth, and shouted to the old man who was sitting behind the counter sighing, "Shop, account"

The old man came over when he heard the sound, without a trace of expression, and stood next to the two of them and waited quietly.

Li Shun looked at Lu Fei with a smile, as if to say, Master, settle the bill.

It's not him Li Shun, this has just arrived on the ground of Susong, of course Li Shun has to do his best to be a landlord, and it is natural to invite the owner to have a light meal, He Nai asked the owner to borrow his money in the morning to reward the two palanquin men, and he didn't say when he would pay it back, and now he is a big man.

Lu Fei touched it up and down, his pocket was cleaner than his face, and he didn't touch a copper plate, he looked at Li Shun, and said in his heart, "It's bad, I have to eat white food on the first day I go to Susong City, and it's a shame to spread it."

The old man didn't rush on the side, but just stood all the time, as if he hadn't noticed the embarrassment of the two at all.

Lu Fei is in a hurry, what should I do? Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of more than a dozen candlesticks on the counter in the store, and the long and short candles that had not yet burned out were inserted on them, presumably this was prepared for the guests who had dinner at night.

"Old man, come and sit down, see that you are not busy in this store now, don't worry about chatting" Lu Fei sat back again, Li Shun didn't understand what the old man was going to do, but when he saw the old man's confident appearance, he hurriedly joined in, ran over and helped the old man to sit opposite Lu Fei.

The old man only noticed the two of them at this time, and saw that these two people spoke politely and did not look evil, so he said to Lu Fei, "Guest officer, isn't the food in the small shop not to your taste?" ”

Lu Fei shook his head, he didn't want to waste time and get straight to the point, so he got out early and went to the county office, "No, no, old man, I saw that there was a candlestick on your counter, so the business at night must be good."

Li Shun and the old man both looked at each other, and the old man smiled bitterly, "Guest officer, I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, you two are the first batch of customers in the small shop today, and at night, I'm afraid there won't even be a single one at night."

Li Shun is a local, of course he knows something, so he interjected, "Shopkeeper, it wasn't like this when I used to play here, even if your business is not booming, but it won't mean that you're like that."

The old man sighed and hung his head, "That's the old yellow calendar, isn't that it like that now, don't you see it too, forget it, don't mention it"

Lu Fei didn't believe it either, although the market was a little biased, it was impossible for the business to be like this, but whether the business was good or not was not his concern now, he had to bring the topic back to candles.

"Old man, you used to spend a lot of candle money this night" Lu Fei felt like a salesman selling candles in the Tang Dynasty, secretly funny, it was really difficult to cross the Han for a penny.

The old man habitually pulled the rag on his shoulder and gently wiped the desktop in front of him, "This, what do you want to say, guest officer?" He seemed to see that the two men were giving him eye medicine and eating together.

Lu Fei got up and sat down, walked to the counter, tore off a candle from the candlestick, stretched out his hand to break it into two pieces, smoothed the bottom on the tabletop, compared, until the two sections were the same length, and then stood in front of the old man, so he said in a foolish manner, "Old man, borrow some salt to use, and keep you from now on this candle fire money can save half."

Li Shun also came over, he didn't understand what medicine was sold in the old man's gourd, so he could only watch dryly.

In this era, every household is basically an oil lamp, and candles are not something that ordinary people can afford, but of course you can't wronged the guests when you open the door to do business, and you have to be willing to use it no matter how high the cost is.

When the old man heard that he could save money for candles, he was a little curious, and shouted to the back hall, "Boss, daughter-in-law, bring some salt up"

After a while, it was still the same woman, still with such a sad face, holding a white porcelain jar in her hand, handing it to the old man, "Give, Dad" and then retreated to the back hall.

The old man pushed the white porcelain jar to Lu Fei, "guest officer"