After all, Wang Dahu still didn't rescue his old acquaintance Tan Gongdao from Fang Yingwu's hands, so he could only watch Fang Yingwu lead his relatives to tie up Tan Gongdao and others on the mountain road and go to the county seat.

This time in contact with Fang Yingwu, Wang Dahu also clearly felt that Fang Yingwu was completely different from before, but this feeling was difficult to describe, and the faint sense of reserve and alienation really couldn't be described in words.

"How does this look like a man who owes me thirty taels of silver? Am I too kind to him, so that I am good and deceived by others? Wang Dahu looked at Fang Yingwu's back suspiciously, and muttered to himself in his heart.

He began to think that he would discuss with his daughter after he went back, and he couldn't indulge this debtor too much, and he had to show the demeanor of a black-hearted creditor.

Within a radius of ten miles outside the west gate of the county seat, it belongs to Zitong Township from the administrative division, and this era has not really promoted the map system, and the county is still divided by the township and the lane. Huaxi, where Fang Yingwu is located, is located in the deep mountains in the north of Zitong Township, about a mile away from the county seat.

Fang Yingwu and his relatives started to rush from the afternoon, and only arrived at the west gate of the county seat in the afternoon when the sun was slightly setting westward.

Along the way, the closer you get to the county, the more people you see. When I arrived at a mile outside the west gate of the county seat, I saw a temple with a lot of incense. Fang Yingwu knew from his memory that this was the Heqi Temple, which was also commonly known as the West Temple.

And He Qi is a figure in the Three Kingdoms period, the ancestor of Chun'an County 1,500 years ago. According to the customs of the Chinese people, after death, they were also canonized as gods, and the Chun'an people were called the ancestors of Heqi, and the temple was built to worship at four o'clock.

The vicinity of the temple is also a more lively place in the county, when Fang Yingwu and his party passed by here, the other clansmen kept looking at it with great interest, and their steps were slow, and they almost let a prisoner escape without paying attention.

But Fang Yingwu, who has the memories of two lifetimes, is not much interested in this, and the prosperity of small counties in the mountains is always limited, and this bit of red dust and chaos can't shake his state of mind.

However, it is not without things that make Fang Yingwu eye-catching, as he moves forward, he has seen five archways on the road outside the west gate of the county.

Yes, there are five memorial arches outside the west gate alone, four of which are Jinshi memorial arches, standing tall on the road outside the west gate of the county seat, accepting pedestrians to bow and worship.

These four Jinshi workshops were set up for the orthodox four-year jinshi Hu Gongchen, the orthodox ten-year jinshi Yinghao, the two-year jinshi Wang Bin of Chenghua, and the eleventh year of Chenghua Jinshi Lu Hong. All of them are new jinshi in recent years, and the farthest time was only 38 years ago, and the most recent was the year before last.

Among them, the oldest orthodox four-year jinshi Hu Gongchen is also from Zitong Township, and Fang Yingwu is also a real fellow villager. I heard that he is now about to become a scholar in Nanjing, and even his hometown village Cixi plans to change its name to Huxi.

Fang Yingwu has studied many archway monuments on the spot in his previous life, and is no stranger to the shape of the archway. But what appears in front of you at this time is not a monument, but a real symbol of the living, and behind each archway there is a local celebrity with a shining lintel, standing here for people to admire.

But it's also a little too dense, and it's shocking. Fang Yingwu, who was determined to take the road of the imperial examination, was very shocked, and once again had a personal feeling for Chun'an County, the group of death in the imperial examination. And this is just the tip of the iceberg outside the west gate of the county, and there are still many imperial arches in other places.

Among the fellow clansmen, there is a flexible mind, seeing Fang Yingwu looking at the archway passing by, he is very amusing flattery: "Brother Qiu is such a smart person, he will definitely be able to be named on the gold list in the future, and there will be one more archway here." ”

"Promise your good words." Fang Yingwu smiled noncommittally, now he wants to make a show of fame, and the others are still far away.

Fang Yingwu and his party were watching the excitement left and right, and others were also looking at them, and their group was still quite eye-catching. In the strange eyes of passers-by, Fang Yingwu led the clansmen to escort Tan Gongdao and others into the west gate of the county seat of Chun'an County, that is, Huancui Gate.

Chun'an County is located in a small basin at the southern foot of Longshan Mountain, with mountains to the north and Xin'an River, known as Qingxi by the locals, to the south, with a total of six city gates. However, there is no city wall in the county seat of Chun'an County, and the so-called city gate is just a wooden fence at the entrance.

The entire county is not large, and from Fang Yingwu's point of view, it is similar to a small town in that time and space in his previous life, and he estimates that the population of the entire county is only a few thousand at most.

The county government is located in the north of the county, outside the gate is the famous eight-character wall, and the eight-character wall of the yamen is open to the south. There are a few notices posted on the wall, where a reader looks like a person shaking his head and reciting, and a few idlers are listening around.

Fang Yingwu went to the notice to take a few looks, and saw that the signature at the end was written "Chun'an County Zhengtang Wang". I knew in my heart that the surname of this county is Wang.

The gate of the county government was undefended, Fang Yingwu stepped in first, and the clansmen who followed hesitated for a moment, and cautiously followed in.

Walked along the road to the front of the Yimen, which is the core of the county government. It is guarded by a gatekeeper and is not allowed to enter easily. Fang Yingwu and his party were more than a dozen young people, and the gathering in front of the door aroused the jingti of the gate guards, and they stared at them with suspicion.

There is a stool in the gatehouse of this Yimen, and there is a young man who looks like a small servant sitting on the stool with his legs crossed, his mouth opening and closing and knocking melon seeds. Judging from the melon seed shells all over the ground, he has been sitting here very old.

Although he had never been to the county office, Fang Yingwu knew that this little guy who looked a little clever was the county yamen, who was responsible for internal and external communication.

He stepped forward and arched his hand and said: "The little official has been invited, and in the villagers of Xiahuaxi, a few gangsters who went to the village to extort money came to report to the official." ”

The man didn't raise his eyelids, spit out two melon seed shells neatly, and then quickly threw one into his mouth, but the other party ignored it.

Of course, Fang Yingwu knew that this was waiting for him to send the door bag, and then decide the attitude according to the weight of the door bag. But he is impoverished around him, how can he have the spare money to send this door?

There is a way to spend money, and there is a way to spend money without spending money. He turned around, patted Tan Gongdao heavily, and sighed and said, "I don't want to even be unable to enter this door, so I'd better go back to the village and do some more things!" ”

Fang Yingwu pretended to be indifferent, but Tan Gongdao was in a hurry, he was tied up and tossed for a long time to the county office, and then tossed back to care, when will his suffering and sin end? If these people get impatient and slaughter him and bury him in a ravine, won't they never see the sky again?

From the time he entered the gate of the county government just now, Tan Gongdao lowered his head, the reason was that he was too embarrassed, and he didn't want to be recognized. Coupled with the fact that he is unkempt now, others really don't notice that it is him.

At this time, Tan Gongdao couldn't take care of it, and stretched his neck and shouted to Menzi: "Brother Xu! It's me! Please report to the lord quickly! ”

When the disciple surnamed Xu heard the familiar voice, he raised his eyes to take a closer look, recognized it as Tan Gongdao, jumped up from the stool in surprise, and exclaimed: "Why is Brother Tan so embarrassed!" ”

"It's hard to put into words, let's go!"

Xu Menzi didn't shirk anymore, turned his head and ran towards the lobby, and at this time the county was sitting in the lobby. After a short time, Xu Menzi returned to Yimen and said: "The eldest master will send a message, and you will be sent to the court!" ”

Entering the instrument gate, I saw that there was a ring stone pavilion built in the middle of the road, and the two big characters of "ring stone" were engraved on the stone inside.

There is no need to look at it, Fang Yingwu also knows that the back of the stone must be engraved with the familiar "Erfeng Erlu, the people are fat and the people are anointed, the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive", which is the same as the "serving the people" in the previous life, which is the form that every yamen has.

Bypassing the ring stone pavilion, it is the county government hall, the symbol of the power of a county. The west of the lobby is the pavilion library, and the east is the curtain hall, but it has little to do with Fang Yingwu at this time.

Today is not a trial of the case, but there is still a necessary pomp, two groups of soaps holding water and fire sticks, lined up in two columns opposite each other, from inside the hall to outside the hall.

A servant stood on the platform and shouted: "The lord has an order, and one person from Huaxi Village stepped forward!" Tan Gong stepped forward! ”

Fang Yingwu and Tan Gong went to the platform outside the lobby door, and there was a stone slab on the platform. Jing Yingwu is very clear from the historical evidence that when the parents and the old man try the case, the plaintiff and the defendant have to kneel on this stone slab to hear the trial.

For kneeling, Fang Yingwu is very unaccustomed. But he knew that if he didn't kneel, he would be arrogant and rude, and he would despise the county.

He was entangled in his heart for a moment, following the customs of the locals, the situation was stronger than people, and people had to bow their heads under the eaves. Sighing, his knees helplessly made a close contact with the slate.

Traveling to ancient times, this is the worst, Fang Yingwu still feels that he can't get over his face, so he just lowers his head and follows the ostrich to deceive himself.

Suddenly, I heard a shout from the official: "The person in the hall raises his head, don't deliberately deceive!" ”

Expert Fang remembered again that in ancient times, although all the defendants and plaintiffs had to kneel, they had to raise their heads and face the presiding judge. Because it is also an important part of the trial, it is necessary to ensure that the presiding judge can see clearly the changes in the plaintiff and the defendant at all times.

Fang Yingwu raised his head, although the interior of the lobby was slightly dim, all kinds of details still fell into his eyes.

After the public case, Wang Zhixian was less than forty years old, with three long beards, and his eyebrows were sparse, with a square face in Chinese characters, and a very standard official appearance. Seeing Fang Yingwu raise his head, he patted the case and shouted: "Who is in the hall, report your life experience!" ”

"Xiaomin Fang Yingwu, a native of Shanghuaxi Village, Zitong Township, has been studying in social studies for seven years. My father is a county school and a student of the school, and he is secretive. ”

Wang Zhixian heard Fang Yingwu introduce himself, and his face was a little relieved. Seeing that this person was handsome and outstanding, he had a good impression, so he raised his hand and said, "It turns out that he is a scholar, just stand up and talk back!" ”

The county lord let people stand up and speak, which can be regarded as a grace. After Fang Yingwu thanked him, he immediately stood up quickly, feeling a little proud of his change in his heart.

In these years, the hierarchy was strict, and the first level had a level of privilege, and the ordinary people saw the magistrate, and they had no qualifications to stand and speak at all, so they could only kneel all the time. When Xiucai saw the magistrate, he could bow his hand and not have to kneel.

But between Xiucai and civilians, there is still a situation, that is, a type of person who can only be regarded as a half-baked reader. For example, after passing the county examination and the government examination, only one step away from the hospital examination can not become a talented child, after seeing the county magistrate, he first kneels down to salute, but the magistrate often asks him to get up and speak, which is also to encourage learning, appease people's hearts, and at the same time highlight the style of the corporal of courtesy.

Therefore, Fang Yingwu's self-introduction is also very skillful. On the one hand, it is emphasized that his father is the best student in the county school, and he can receive six buckets of grain per month. On the other hand, he emphasized that his main task was to study in social studies, although he had never taken the exam, but he was an old student who had been studying for seven years.

When Wang Zhixian heard this self-introduction, he naturally distinguished Fang Yingwu from the ordinary Qianshou Li Shu in his heart, and classified him into the ranks of potential scholars, enjoying the same treatment as half-hung scholars.

That's why he gave Fang Yingwu the right to stand up and speak, anyway, he didn't lose anything, he said it was a corporal of Lixian, and he didn't lose his county respect. And Tan Gongdao could only stretch his neck next to Fang Yingwu at this time, raise his head and hold his chest up, and knelt until the end of the trial.

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