Chapter 499: Sleeping in the Lobby
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Zuo Shaoyang nodded and said, "This is a solution, let's go to the yamen for help." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
The group took the car again to the yamen of the state capital, and after hearing what he said, the two soaps were also very strange: "Most of the upper rooms of our Quzhou Pingsu Inn are empty, why are so many rich people coming here now, and they have all packed the upper rooms?" ā
The other said: "Okay, don't think about it, hurry up and report it to Master Si Bing." ā
One of them led them inside, and the other ran to report.
The carriage stopped in the yamen compound, and the soap led everyone to the flower hall, and his own servants came up with fragrant tea.
Soon, Si Bing came, a big man with a sideways face, speaking loudly, his voice was very loud, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Doctor Chaosan? Who is Dr. Asasan Zuo? ā
Zuo Shaoyang arched his hand and said, "I am." Dare to ask, but Lord Si Bing? ā
The big man hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Don't dare to be it, it's a humble position." Shicai has already heard what Soap Li said, a few people want to live in the hotel, but the inn is full, and I want to wait to think of a way, and the lowly has already sent someone to inquire again. There will be a reply immediately, so please wait. ā
As soon as they heard this, they seemed to have eyebrows, Zuo Shaoyang and the others were very happy, and sat down to drink tea and talk.
Zuo Shaoyang first introduced Sun Simiao and others. The soldier actually knew Sun Simiao's name, and he admired him, and he bowed his hand again and again, and greeted everyone.
Then, Zuo Shaoyang introduced their foundation, and then said that the purpose of their coming here was to open a branch of the barefoot medical hall that sent medicine to hospitals, and the soldiers were very happy to hear it, and said that this was a great thing for the benefit of the people. Lord Thorn Shi was happy to hear this.
Zuo Shaoyang said that they did not come to make the officials happy, but mainly to serve the people, so they also needed more support from the yamen to make the people truly satisfied. Si Bing is another company that claims to be.
Zuo Shaoyang asked about some things in Quzhou, including the people's lives, customs, farming taxes, and so on. The big man is not very talkative, and he often answers only when Zuo Shaoyang asks a question. And a lot of things can't be said. This is also the case, the so-called interlaced is like a mountain, and this soldier is in charge of military affairs, and it is normal for him to be unfamiliar with the economy.
At first, the soldier was a little nervous, after all, he was a soldier who was not a small official, and Zuo Shaoyang, the doctor of Chaosan, was from the fifth grade, and in his eyes he was already a very high official, so he had been very restrained. Speaking of the back, let go, and his eyebrows flew and he talked about some things that led his troops to suppress bandits. Zuo Shaoyang was very strange and asked if there were still bandits in the local area? Na Sibing said that the mountains in Quzhou are high and the forests are dense, and there are many people in Quzhou who fought and fell into the grass to fight for the cowards, and they are all small bandits who are scattered and beaten, and the bandits in large groups have not heard of it. Zuo Shaoyang and others were relieved.
As he spoke, he went out to contact the inn's soap and came back, and he smiled and apologized, saying that the guests in the inn were unwilling to vacate the room, even if they paid a lot of money, they didn't want to, there was really no way, and they couldn't use it, so they could only come back to report.
Si Bing scolded a few soap subordinates for being rice buckets, and this little thing can't be done. Zuo Shaoyang was a little embarrassed, and said that they can't be blamed for this, in the end, they lived in it first, and it is not good to force people to move if they refuse to move, if that is the case, even if they live in, they will be uneasy.
The soldiers gave up their hands again and again, and apologized again and again. After thinking for a long time, he boldly said: "Now the inn is not on the room, seeing that it has been western, if the adults and a few do not dislike, you can live in the yamen lobby, I let people take it from the warehouse to cover, all are new, and then take some screens to separate, first will live, I will first inform all the inns in the city, once the room is vacant, immediately keep, the yamen is booked, not allowed to rent to others, when there are a few vacant rooms, you can move in." I don't know what adults think? ā
Zuo Shaoyang had a brief discussion with Sun Simiao and Shoutongzi, instead of sleeping in the Chase Shop of the inn, it was better to sleep in the lobby of the Yamen, anyway, they were all bunks. And the cover of the inn is afraid that many people have slept without cleaning, and in the yamen, at least a new cover can be built. Now the rain is still pouring outside, and it is not easy to live in other places, only the lobby is empty in this yamen, and it is too crowded to live in someone's office room, and it is not appropriate. Anyway, it's the end of summer, and the weather is relatively hot, so you don't have to worry about the cold when you live in the lobby.
Zuo Shaoyang agreed, and Si Bing took them to the lobby.
The ancients all paid attention to "officials do not repair the yamen", and those who were officials did not repair the yamen, firstly, they did not have this special fund, so they had to pay for it out of their own pockets, and secondly, it was easy to give people the impression of greedy for enjoyment, so as long as the official government could still make use of it, it would not be repaired.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has been using troops externally and internally, and it has not taken care of large-scale domestic construction, so the yamen is very dilapidated, standing under the lobby, it is actually ticking to leak rain, looking up, I don't know which piece of leakage. The ground was all wet and muddy in the east and mud in the west, and the long cases in the yamen lobby were already covered with dust, and it seemed that they had not been promoted for a long time. The plaques such as "avoidance" and "silence" standing on both sides are scattered crookedly and haphazardly, and most of the water and fire sticks have been mottled and peeled off.
At this time, the sky has darkened, soap Li moved more than a dozen beds from the warehouse to cover the mattress, put it in the lobby, these covers are emitting a musty smell, it seems that it has been put in the warehouse for a long time, the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River is very strong, things have been covered for a long time, and they don't take it out to dry when they are headed, it is naturally a musty smell, and when you reach out and touch it, it feels as if it is as smooth as touching the moss, and you can't help but have a layer of goosebumps all over your body. The futon that comes over during the rainy season is like this, and it always feels like it doesn't dry in the sun.
It seems that these futons are kept in the warehouse, but they are not taken out to dry after the rainy season, so they have become like this. There's no way now, if you have to dry it again, it's too late to have a day. I can only talk about it for one night.
Si Bing asked the soap servants to be responsible for paving the floor, and also moved a lot of screens to divide the lobby into several compartments, so that they have their own space and a certain hidden surname, which looks much more comfortable than the Chase shop. Zuo Shaoyang praised this soldier for finding a way.
Qing Miaozi suddenly noticed a dark red mark on a large pillar on the side of the lobby, reached out and touched it, wiped it again, and asked, "Lord Si Bing, what is this?" ā
The smile on Si Bing's face was a little unnatural, and he smiled reluctantly, and said, "I don't know very well, I had it before I came, maybe something was dirty, and it wasn't cleaned." -- Lord Zuo, I have prepared a table of wine and banquet for you and Doctor Sun and others. It's a restaurant just outside the yamen. ā
Zuo Shaoyang arched his hand and said, "Lord Si Bing is too polite. ā
"Where, it should be, Lord Assassin Shi and all of them are not there, and I am the only little official in the yamen, so I can only be accompanied by a small one."
"It's okay!"
When everyone came to the restaurant, the person in charge of each room in the yamen almost followed the assassin Shi and Don't drive to inspect and supervise the flood control and disaster relief, so the only one who accompanied the official was this soldier, and he did not call the local squire to accompany him, but just let a few people who had a good amount of alcohol to catch fast and soap to accompany them, these people didn't talk much, they only knew how to drink with their heads covered.
This banquet is far worse than that in Suzhou, but it is big fish and meat, and the water and wine are also very light, and there is no taste in the mouth. I can't get interested. After all, it was someone else's heart, so Zuo Shaoyang still poured a large jar of wine, which made him a little drunk.
The banquet was dispersed, and when I returned to the lobby, the soap officers had already put the covers in order, and the screens of the grid had been placed, and it was completely dark.
Everyone gathered around and carried lanterns to discuss how to allocate accommodation.
Qing Miaozi said: "Master Taizu, you sleep in the warm pavilion, this is spacious, and it is the place where Lord Thorn Shi ascends to the hall, and there are shelves underneath, and it is not damp, which is the most suitable." ā
Sun Simiao smiled and said to Zuo Shaoyang: "The place where you are an official naturally lives is where you live, junior brother, it's good for you to live here." ā
Zuo Shaoyang shook his head and said: "Qing Miaozi is right, you are almost ninety years old, you don't live in this warm pavilion, I'm afraid that all of us won't dare to live." You'd better be respectful than obey your fate. ā
"That's good!" Sun Simiao nodded in agreement, and asked Qing Miaozi sideways: "You ghost spirit, where are you going to arrange your Taishi Uncle to live?" ā
"It stands to reason that Uncle Tai should be next to your compartment, but the place next to it is right in the middle of the lobby, and the walls on both sides of this place are impermeable, and there are other screens in front and back that block the refreshment, so that Uncle Tai will be very breathless, right, Uncle Tai Zu?"
Zuo Shaoyang nodded and said, "Yes, living in the middle, it is impermeable on all sides, and it is very breathless." ā
Qing Miaozi was very happy when she heard Zuo Shaoyang praise her idea, and couldn't help but rejoice: "Thank you, Uncle Taishi, for complimenting!" ā
Zuo Shaoyang smiled, and pointed to the pillar with a large dark red scar that Qing Miaozi found earlier, and said, "If I guess correctly, this thing should be an old blood stain!" So you were right to suggest that I don't live in the middle, this pillar happens to be in the middle, and sleeping on this thing, even though there is a screen in the way, is still very scary. ā
As soon as they heard this, everyone felt a chill down their spines, Qing Meizi was the youngest among them, and after hearing this, she trembled even more, grabbed Bai Zhihan next to her, and couldn't help but get closer.
Bai Zhihan laughed in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, our master is talking about playing." ā
"I didn't say it, this hall is so old, I'm afraid it has a history of decades, and over the past few decades, the people who have been tortured to death in the hall are not a hundred, at least eighty, right? This blood may have been left behind by some of the people who died in a terrible death. ā
(To be continued)