There's no time to enjoy the scenery along the way.

Two days later, Baili Wuji and his entourage came to the Yamen of Badong County.

A slightly old blue brick house, with a lot of moss growing on the walls on both sides, a corner of the white stone rollerball lion on the left side of the door is missing, and only the cornices of the roof show the former style.

Looking up, you can see a plaque with four big characters on it: "Badong County Ya".

A couplet is engraved on the cylinders on both sides:

Don't seek revenge, don't be angry, don't listen to instigation, come here, bother, work hard, and spend money to win, and eventually exhaust yourself;

It is necessary to be reasonable, to be affectionate, to spend the times, to be an official, not diligent, not clear, careless, easy to create evil, difficult to deceive the sky.

There is a drum on the right side of the door.

Crossing the half-foot-high threshold, entering the yamen, only a dozen steps, then came out of the yamen to block the way: "The comer stops, the complaint first beats the drum of injustice, and then hands the paper, and the idlers are not allowed to enter." ”

Ah Ren stepped in front of Wuji, took out the banner from his burden, and shouted: "Presumptuous, this is the new county order of Badong County, go and report it quickly." ”

The yacha quickly glanced at the yacha, hurriedly saluted, turned around and ran to the inner ya.

Wuji looked around, the front is the main hall, and there is also a plaque directly above, with three big characters on the book "Qinmin Hall", and there is also a couplet on the pillars on both sides:

Eat the people's food and wear the people's clothes, and the people can deceive themselves and the people;

If you get an official, you will not be honored if you lose an official, and if you lose an official, you will not be humiliated, not to mention that an official is useless, and the place depends on an official.

It's kind of interesting to see these two couplets in a row. Wuji was savoring, and an old man who was nearly half a hundred years old and dressed in a cyan official uniform hurried over with two officials, walked up to Wuji, raised his hand and arched: "In person, is it the new Badong County Commander Baili Wuji?" ”

Wuji replied: "Exactly." ”

The old man said: "A certain county is the county of Chengtian Zhiquan, and now the right to know the county affairs, please show the edict of the county order of Baili County, and let a certain person check it." ”

Ah Ren stepped forward and handed over the edict, and Tian Zhiquan carefully checked it.

After handing it back, he officially saluted: "The lower officials see the Ming Mansion." The two of them saluted together.

"Let me introduce you. This is the county lieutenant Xiong Jiben. Tian Zhiquan pointed to one of the blue-clad officials behind him with a square face and a strong body.

"This is the county lord Bo Xu Shiming." I think it's another blue-clad official with a slightly pointed face and a slightly short figure, this official looks quite distinctive, and the official hat and official uniform are a little big and loose. A pointed face with two inverted eyebrows, and the eyes are triangular. The only thing to do is that this nose looks quite domineering - a hooked nose. The most striking thing is a black mole the size of a bean at the corner of the left lip, on which there are still a few whiskers, as long as he speaks, the whiskers will shake with it, making people unconsciously have the urge to slap him. Mowgli couldn't help but take a second look.

After Wuji finished meeting with everyone, Tian Zhiquan introduced him into the backyard of the yamen.

The backyard has to pass through a fan-shaped doorway, on which the word "inner house" is written, and after entering the door, a small stone road three feet wide leads to the opposite inner hall, and the left and right are the wings. The most distinctive feature is that there is a pig's waist-shaped pond in the middle of the courtyard, and a small stone bridge leads to the pond, and the edge of the pond is made of pebbles the size of pumpkins. In the recess of the pool, a small hexagonal pavilion was built, and a two-foot-wide path was connected to the middle, surrounded by several willow trees.

The scenery is seductive, elegant and tranquil, which is an unexpected surprise.

This will be Mowgli's future residence for a long time.

Baili Wuji naturally lives in the main hall, Aren Ayi lives next door to Wuji, and the six guards brought live in the left and right wings, after the arrangement, Tian Zhiquan told Wuji: "The Ming Mansion is here to work hard, please rest for a while, and the local squire has arranged a banquet for the Ming Mansion at night." Then the official will come to pick it up. ”

"It's hard work for Tian County."

"The next official retired." Tian Zhiquan retreated with the county lieutenant Bo Shili.

Shu Weiju.

It is definitely the best restaurant in Patong.

It is said to be a restaurant, and it is not famous for wine, but for Bashu cuisine.

It is said that Tang Taizong Li Shimin passed by this place during his private visit and drank wine upstairs and wrote inscriptions.

The three words "Shu Weiju" are said to be his ink treasures.

Of course, this is legend.

Mowgli is unbelieving.

Shuweiju is very close to the county yamen, and it takes a quarter of an hour to walk.

Tian Zhiquan led the way in front, and Wuji only took Aren Ayi to the banquet.

Hearing that the new county order was coming, the shopkeeper of the restaurant came out to greet him in person.

led Wuji to the second floor and sent him to the private room.

The private room was already full of people, about a dozen of them, divided into two rows, all brightly dressed.

Mowgli glanced at it roughly, the private room was big enough, and there were five square tables in the shape of plum blossoms.

Tian Zhiquan introduced everyone and said: "At present, it is the new Badong County Commander Baili Wuji. ”

The big guys hurriedly saluted Wuji.

Wuji smiled and calmly turned around: "Xie Lu, thank you for the banquet and hospitality of the villagers, the county is ashamed." ”

Then Tian Zhiquan introduced the two rows of local squires in Padang for Wuji.

Due to the large number of people, Wuji couldn't remember it at once, but there were two people who impressed him, namely Zhu Pengliang, the patriarch of the Zhu clan who was the first in the left row, and Jiang Jiliang, the patriarch of the Jiang clan who was the first in the right row.

Interestingly, Badong County is divided into two because of the Yangtze River. There is a battle between the two major forces in the south and north of the Yangtze River, and these two are the leaders among them. Zhu Pengliang is Jiangnan, and Jiang Jiliang is Jiangbei.

Wuji naturally sat at a table with the county Chengtian Zhiquan County Lieutenant Bo, and drank for a tour.

Zhu Pengliang, the patriarch of the Zhu clan, came up to toast: "Baili County Decree is invited, Zhu is a rough person, but if there is a place where he can be useful in the future, he will give an order, and he will be driven." "Then he drank the wine.

Baili Wuji responded with a smile: "The first appointment of this county still needs the support of Patriarch Zhu." Taking a sip, Wuji secretly thought in his heart, this person really responded to his surname, with a fat head and big ears, eyes like copper bells, nearly fifty years old, and he spoke straightforwardly.

After the second tour of wine, Jiang Jiliang, the patriarch of the Jiang clan, also came up to toast: "Baili County Ling's young talent, Jing, Gui, and Xia's three prefectures don't know, and now he is appointed as the county magistrate of Badong, and the old Jiangbei Erlang respectfully invites Baili County to go to Jiangbei to inspect." In the future, if there is an order in the county order, the old decay will go all out. After Jiang Jiliang finished speaking, he also drank the wine in the cup in one gulp. This old man is dressed in a linen shirt, thin and white, and has a literati elegance.

Wuji didn't want to favor one over the other, so he still took a sip: "Jiang Lao has a good amount of wine, so he doesn't dare to go against the will of the elders." In the future, I will go to Jiangbei to visit Jiang Lao. ”

After three rounds of wine, Mowgli and the squires were full of wine and food, and then dispersed happily.

On the way back, Bai Liyi said: "Da Lang, this wine is too weak, and it can't be compared with our drunken immortal wine." It would be nice to open a drunken fairy building in Patong. ”

As he spoke, he opened his mouth.

Baili Wuji said: "How can Badong be compared with Jiangling, the land is small and the people are sparse, there are few people here who can afford to drink drunken immortal wine, if you really want to drink it, let the caravan send some in the future." ”