Chapter 18: In the Yamen

A place in the south corner of Tianbao County, the main street is blocked by the river, there is a double-arch stone bridge built across the river, named "South Bridge", beautiful and exquisite.

It is the most lively here, because it is the best location to see the water and the clouds around the peak by the railing, attracting many people and tourists to stop here, and it is also some of the stalls that rush to do business from the bridge to the bridge, there are those who sell groceries, some sell tea, there are fortune tellers, the traffic on and off the bridge is busy, and people come and go.

Lan Feng drove away from Jin Ye's premises, got off the path, re-walked onto the street, and continued to walk south.

After about a quarter of an hour, I saw the flow of people in Nanqiao moving up and down, and the peddlers and pawns, leading cars to sell pulp, met one after another, and there was an endless stream.

In particular, the girl wearing a large silver hairpin headdress, a wide flat carved silver necklace on her chest, and a blue-patterned homespun cloth dress on a black background are very eye-catching when she walks on the street, attracting many admiring and envious eyes.

Three days later, it is the third day of March, the people of the Gu people call "Wobu Slope" or "Wopo", which originally meant to go to the outside and the field to sing, also called the "Song Wei Festival". On that day, a grand party will be held here, where young men and women of the Su tribe will gather around the fire to dance, sing and drink and feast.

At this time, in the open space of the square on the north side of the bridge, there are many young men and women of the tribe, men and women form teams, divided into several groups of people, you are coming and going to practice mountain songs, and a large number of onlookers are around.

In addition to the crowd singing in the middle, there are several corners on both sides of the square occupied by some troupes or jugglers, each of which attracts a small number of audiences and forms an independent small circle.

In a corner to the southeast, there were three or two people around, and a short and thin man was sitting in a small box.

To be precise, the whole person is curled up and drilled to the bottom of the box, the box is a small box four feet square, it is no problem to put a kitten and a puppy, but it is impossible to drill into an adult.

But this guy is like origami, the bones in his body seem to be out of their original position and folded together, first with his head pressed against his chest, then with his body bent down sharply and tightly against his thighs, and his calves and feet folded up and slowly stuffed into the bottom of the box. Then the arm broke out of the shoulder and buried it at the bottom of the box, leaving one hand to rotate back and slowly lift the lid of the box.

After waiting for a while, the lid of the box slowly opened again, and the person in the box slowly lifted and straightened from the head until the whole person stood in the box.

A series of movements stunned the few people around them, and they applauded one after another to express their admiration for this miraculous bone shrinking skill.

Lan Feng stopped and watched for a while, and then continued to drive along the bridge.

On the other side of the river, on the east side of the bridge, you can see a three-storey building.

Flying eaves painting corners, the blue trunk is low to connect the Xuan window, the green curtain curtain hangs high on the door, this is the first tallest building in Tianbao County at present, climb the building and overlook the wide field of vision by the railing, the bright lights of Tianbao City, the beautiful mountains and green water in the distance are in full view, it is an excellent place for local high-ranking officials and nobles and merry scholars to taste fine wine and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Walk across the bridge and turn right, you will see a golden silk nanmu plaque hanging at the top of the vermilion gate, on which the dragon flies and the phoenix dances inscribed with three big characters "embroidered cloud building".

The restaurant opened after the unitary hour, and now the door is closed.

Lan Feng sat in the car, casually glanced at this restaurant that still looked extravagant even if there were no lights in the daytime, and shook his head helplessly when he thought that he would spend money here tomorrow night.

The county government is in the south of Xiuyun Building, and it is a short distance to the right after passing the main entrance of Xiuyun Building.

The direction of the Yamen gate faces south, the shape is eight-character, there is a goose wing shadow wall in front of the gate, there is a "eight-character wall" on both sides, and some of the doors also place a pair of stone lions with grinning teeth, covering an open area.

In the middle of the yamen is the lobby, the second hall, the third hall is in the back, and the two halls are the flower hall and the signing room. Later, it was the residence of the official family and was called the "inner office".

At that time, the county government was fine, and a group of officials gathered in the front yard of the lobby to chat.

In the middle sat an older man, the leader of this group of yamen miscellaneous classes, who was boasting about his heroic deeds in handling cases and arresting prisoners in the past.

A few of the surrounding chauffeurs chimed in from time to time:

"Good!"

"Awesome!"

"The team leader is really good!" ....

A doorman is carrying a kettle and pouring tea for these masters in turn.

Menzi was a boy in his early thirteens, a local servant who was called Luo Adi, and the yacha used to call him "Adi".

At this time, Ah Di poured tea for everyone, and stood aside and listened to the story of the team.

Although these stories have been calloused, he still listens to them with great interest, and he hopes that one day he will become such a majestic figure as the head of the team.

Suddenly, there was a noise in front of the gate, and someone was heard approaching with a shout.

Just as he was about to listen, suddenly a figure in the shape of a large man staggered over the door.

I saw that the big man was sturdy, and almost half of the door was blocked. His hands were firmly tied behind his back with ropes, his eyes were blurred, he swayed from side to side, as if his feet could not support his huge body, and he muttered vaguely: ".... Lao Tzu never eats overlord meals... Dare to tie up Lao Tzu......"

Suddenly, a stick stretched out behind him, and with a crisp "snap", it knocked directly on the back of the big man's head.

The big man who shook hurriedly lowered his head and squatted down, and also jumped the officials in front of him.

Behind the squatting big man, a middle-aged official in poor clothes, holding a wooden stick in his hand, squinted at the big man on the ground, and scolded: "Don't shout! Not only did you eat the overlord meal, but you also beat someone, and you are justified in calling it wrong? You've done a lot of bad things about bullying men and women, and you have your share on this wanted list. ”

As he was talking, seeing the head of the team sitting in the courtyard, the middle-aged official immediately shut up, stepped forward and made a gesture, showing a smile and said, "The leader is roaring!" Coincidentally, I just met such a guy in the teahouse, drunk and didn't give money and beat the guy in the teahouse, I happened to be there, and found that he was a wanted person, so I arrested him! ”

I wanted to invite credit, but I didn't want to be interrupted by the team leader: "Phew, you just happened to be there?!" You're clearly going up there and drinking! ”

was exposed by the team leader, and the middle-aged official still had a smiling face and explained awkwardly: "Hehe! I couldn't hide it from the team leader, and I was hungry on the way to my home, so I wanted to put something on the floor first. I just happened to encounter this matter, so I directly arrested it and judged it by our adults. ”

"Bastard, is this trivial thing worth alarming the adults to ascend?"

"I..."

"What am I, hurry up and put this goods into the room, wait for the wine to wake up, and then let this guy pay for it!"

Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, so he doesn't need to be promoted, and when the drunk man wakes up, he will be directly fined a few taels of silver into his pocket, and the brothers will have enough to drink a pot again.

The middle-aged servant understood, his eyes rolled, and he grinned loudly: "Okay! ”

Turned around and walked to Dahan's side, shouted "get up", kicked Dahan's buttocks, and dragged Dahan's rope to the left signing room.

The squad leader glanced at the figures of the two, and then coughed lightly.

A few followers around the side turned their heads very consciously and continued to concentrate on listening to the head of the class....