Jiangpu's county government is built in the previous dynasty, now it has appeared a little dilapidated, although the small-scale repair over the years many times, it is still an old look, the Hongwu Emperor hates corrupt officials the most, after laying down the country, for many years has been advocating officials to be honest and frugal, not extravagant and luxurious, so no one in Jiangpu County's successive magistrates dare not risk killing their heads to rebuild the county government, the old is the old, and it can be used.

The yamen is located in the east of the city, there is a shadow wall at the main entrance, the wall is carved with a fierce unicorn beast, the two sides of the gate are the eight-character wall, which is also the source of the folk saying "the yamen is open to the south, and there is no reason to come in without money".

On the east side of the gate, there is a huge drum, which is commonly known as the "drum of grievances" commonly known by the people, and on the west side, there is a large stone tablet that is five feet high, two feet wide, and about one foot thick, and there are two warnings engraved on the tablet, which are engraved to the people who are fighting lawsuits.

The purpose of these two warnings is to tell the people that they should think twice before going to court, and not to make false accusations, let alone go beyond the level to file a lawsuit, otherwise the county magistrate will be very angry and the consequences will be very serious.

If the people complain, or the yamen in the messenger in and out, it is generally to go through the side door of the east, the side door of the east is also called the "door of life", on the contrary, it is the side door of the west, the door is called the "door of death", that is to say, the people who come out of the door of death are basically death row prisoners, and they are about to be pushed out and beheaded.

Further ahead is the county hall of the county, which is different from the TV on TV, in fact, in the ancient officials tried cases, not all cases were tried in the lobby, the lobby really tried major criminal cases, and general civil disputes, or small cases, were tried in the second hall, and the county was mainly persuaded and mediated.

Cao Yi, the newly appointed county magistrate, is now standing outside the second hall, looking at a pair of couplets hanging high in front of the hall, a big hairy bearded face is expressionless, but a cold light flashes in his eyes.

The couplet reads, "The law is carried out without relatives, and the order is carried out without reason; The reward is only serious, and the punishment is light. ”

This couplet can be said to be flaunting, or it can be said to be a spur, everyone sees it, and the feeling in their hearts is different.

How does Cao Yi feel? No one knows but himself.

Cao Yi was born in the army, and he was just a civil official, and he was not used to the swaying official steps when a civil official walked, so he lifted the hem of his official robe and strode into the three halls. Santang is the place where Zhixian works and lives, and in the flower hall on the west side, Huang Zhixian is straightening up, holding the porcelain cup of Jingdezhen's official kiln, and drinking tea slowly.

Huang Zhixian's name is Huang Ruide, he is in his forties, his face is quite solemn, a white and handsome face, a wisp of green beard under his chin, he looks upright, and occasionally flashes a little yin vulture in his eyes.

He is a second-class jinshi in the twenty-four years of Hongwu, a real professional background, he has stayed up for five or six years, and he has been active up and down, and finally made up for the real lack of Jiangpu Zhixian.

Don't look at the magistrate is just a small seven-grade official, but it is really a fat shortage, how many jinshi and even the champion of the department are vying to be there, Huang Ruide can become this magistrate, it all depends on his silver to spend a lot, and people also know how to advance and retreat.

Taking a sip of tea, Huang Ruide's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate.

The light in the flower hall suddenly dimmed, Huang Ruide opened his eyes, but saw a burly man standing at the door, wearing an eight-rank official robe, looking at him quietly.

Seeing Huang Ruide open his eyes, Cao Yi arched his hand and said loudly: "Xiaguan Cao Yi, meet the county lord." ”

Huang Ruide's heart moved, he hurriedly stood up, and said with a smile: "Could this be the brave general under His Royal Highness King Yan, my new county lord Cao in Jiangpu County?" ”

"Xia Guan is exactly."

"Haha, Lord Cao, don't be polite, you and I are officials with the same government, and we should be like brothers, and in the future, in the big and small matters in Jiangpu County, this official will have to rely on the assistance of adults."

Cao Yi laughed heroically and said: "The county is polite, the new civil official of the lower official has many places where he does not understand the rules, and if there is any offense in the future, please bear with the county lord." ”

The two politely and hypocritically said polite words, and the more they talked, the closer they became, and in the end it seemed that they had really become long-lost brothers.

After greeting for a while, Huang Ruide politely invited Cao Yi to take a seat, and the moment he sat down and turned his head, a touch of annoyance flashed in Huang Ruide's eyes.

According to the rules of officialdom, after a new official takes office, he should visit the official as soon as possible and listen to the teachings, which is a matter of attitude.

As far as he knew, Cao Yi arrived in Jiangpu seven days ago and stayed at the official post. It's been seven days, and I haven't seen my lord until today, what does this mean? obviously didn't take his seven-grade Shangguan in his eyes.

He listened to the discussions of the officials and officials in the yamen, and they were right, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers!

Listening to Cao Yi's heroic and unpretentious laughter, Huang Ruide smiled indifferently, but the deep disdain in his eyes flashed.

Yes, contempt. Ten years of cold window, he was born in a serious class, and he looked down on those martial artists who danced knives and guns from the bones, no matter how many people you killed, no matter how many soldiers you bringed, you are still a martial artist, a vulgar and vulgar martial artist!

In a group of friendly greetings, a gloomy and cold atmosphere swirled and spread in the flower hall.

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"Why did Jin Yulou offend our Drunken Immortal Tower?" Xiao Fan is very curious, the ancestors are all eight generations, what a lot of hatred.

Lao Cai's eyes were red, and something crystal rolled in his sockets.

"The shopkeeper, our Zuixianlou used to be a well-known signboard in Jiangpu County, the county's officials and squires, if you say that you are invited to a banquet, the first choice is Zuixianlou, at that time it was really full of friends, and the seats were full......"

Xiao Fan patted Lao Cai's shoulder and comforted: "You can't lie on the credit book and eat the old book, talk about the point, what happened later?" ”

Lao Cai snorted and said: "Later, this Jinyulou opened, its business was very bad at that time, the guests were used to the taste of our drunken fairy building, of course, they were not willing to change to a new taste, and the dishes made by the chef of Jinyulou did not taste as good as our drunken fairy building, the shopkeeper of Jinyulou was in a hurry, so he used a despicable and shameless method to rectify our ......"

"What despicable and shameless method?"

"Jin Yulou secretly spent silver to invite some market splashes, every time we come to sit in the drunken fairy building, do not eat, each person occupies a table, a pot of tea and five cents, a sitting is a whole day, the old man was the shopkeeper at that time, seeing that this is not a way, so he found a splash head to say that the head of the splash skin may have the great benefit of Jin Yulou, and did not buy it at all, and then they became more and more intensified, throwing dead rats into our lobby, pouring dung, releasing snakes, and beating guests, the shopkeeper said, go on like this, How could Drunken Immortal Mansion still have a business? ”

Xiao Fan's brows furrowed: "Don't Old Boss Chen know these things?" ”

Lao Cai said with a bitter face: "Why don't you know? On the day of the trouble, the old man went to report to his old club. ”

"Then why didn't he report to the police?"

Lao Cai shook his head and said, "I can't report it, I can't report it...... Jin Yulou has a history. ”

"What's the matter?"

Lao Cai's voice was much quieter, and he said in a suppressed voice: "It's actually a restaurant opened by Huangzhi County." ”

Xiao Fan's eyes straightened: "How is it possible?" Imperial court officials are not allowed to do business......"

Xiao Fan still has this common sense, Zhu Yuanzhang especially hates businessmen, and has already made a decree that all court officials or officials' families who do business will be removed from their posts and investigated for crimes, Huang Zhixian has such a big courage to dare to commit crimes against the wind?

"Of course, officials can't do business, but Huang Zhixian's superficial kung fu is done well, the shopkeeper of Jinyulou is surnamed Zhou, it seems that he can't fight with Huangzhixian's eight poles, and no one can find out the problem, but in fact, this Zhou shopkeeper is the nephew of an old family servant in Huangzhi County, and the old family servant is a distant relative of Huangzhi County's Wufu, and he has long returned to his hometown to retire, even if the Jinyiwei is still there, I can't find out the relationship between this Jinyulou and Huangzhi County......"

Xiao Fan's face was a little bitter: "This relationship is indeed quite far away......"

"There is no impermeable wall in the world, in fact, those officials and servants of the county yamen, as well as the squires know, no one said it clearly, as soon as the matter spread, for the sake of the county's face, you say, who is not allowed to go to Jinyulou to eat, shoot the county's fart, those who splash their skin to make trouble, do the old owners dare to report to the official? Isn't that a cause for trouble at home? The old club suffered such a dark loss, so he had to swallow his anger and watch Jin Yulou squeeze our Drunken Immortal Building day by day......"

Xiao Fan was indignant when he heard this, he was so angry that he pulled his hair......

Lao Cai saw that Xiao Fan's face was full of anger, and even his face was distorted, and he hurriedly comforted: "As the saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials, the shopkeeper is already like this, don't be angry, the wicked will be punished sooner or later, and God will punish him......"

It's a curse that is so negative......

Xiao Fan said angrily: "Am I going to be angry about this?" ”

"Then what are you angry about?"

Xiao Fan's eyes were about to burst into flames.

I thought that being a shopkeeper was a reward, but now I know that it is a punishment, Chen Siliu, this old guy, is too despicable! Didn't I just marry your daughter? As for retaliating against me like this? If you want me to fight Jin Yulou with a tough background, doesn't that put me on the fire and roast me?

He doesn't mind being a duck, but he doesn't like being a roast duck! Xiao Fan's mind flashed through the practice of a famous dish.

Yanjing roast duck, choose a white, tender and fatty duck, 100 grams of sweet noodle sauce, 6 tablespoons of maltose, 3 tablespoons of cooking wine, evenly brush on the duck, bake on the front of the stove for 20 minutes, bake on the reverse side for 20 minutes, roast and roast......

Hot! It's hot! It's so hot that it's oily......

Chen Siliu smiled with a cruel smile and brushed the sweet noodle sauce, roasted, roasted......

While roasting, he asked with concern: "Shopkeeper Xiao, is it hot?" You're getting heat stroke, aren't you? Don't worry, you'll be cooked in no time......"

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