The gate of the long house, entering this gate, is a separate area where the county magistrate and the county lieutenant and other governors live.

After the doorman checked the letter and let him go, Wang Wu took the accompanying guards to take over the defense of the wall and watchtower under the signal of Xiahou Lan.

"Wronged little lady, live here." Xia Houlan said this, and personally drove Gongsun Yan and his party to a courtyard.

Different from the grievances he claimed, the painting style of this courtyard is very different.

The courtyard wall next to it has collapsed in half, and the broken bricks and clods have been cleaned up, but the corners of the wall are still full of thorns.

There are two courtyard walls crooked to one side, and a section of wooden stakes is temporarily supported.

The courtyard in front of Gongsun Yan covers a wide area, built of bricks and tiles, and there are even gold-plated bronze beast decorations on the tiles.

There is also a watchtower on the right side of the courtyard wall, which is not very new in the eyes of later generations, but in this era, such a watchtower height is definitely the tallest building in the city built by rubbing the encroachment side.

Regardless of comfort, just look at the black tiles of Zhumen on the front, and the degree of luxury is better than Gongsun Yan's residence in Guzhu.

Gongsun Yan raised his eyebrows at Xiahoulan, Xiahoulan smiled, did not explain for the time being, and pushed open the courtyard door by herself.

When I entered the house, I saw that the front courtyard of this courtyard house was sparsely populated with flowers and trees, and it was spotlessly clean.

"This is the residence of the former county monarch in the official temple." At this time, Xia Houlan explained.

The former county magistrate had eaten a lot of fat intestines, and he always liked to pay attention to pomp and circumstance, and the residence in the official office was naturally carefully repaired.

Gongsun Yan looked at this courtyard, and compared with the entire dilapidated official temple, it can be seen that the previous county monarch was greedy.

"Does that Zilong live here with you?" Gongsun Yan didn't see the stone lock where they practiced martial arts in the morning in the front yard.

Instead of stone locks and weapon shelves, it looks more like the residence of the daughter's family from the moon-white silk with arched windows.

Gongsun Yan's expression changed, and he squinted at Xiahou Lan.

I heard that when they came to Lu Long's office, many merchants with big surnames came to visit with gifts, didn't they accept the Le Ji maid who sent them to hide Jiaojiao in this golden house?

"Don't, don't think about it!" As soon as she saw her expression, Xia Houlan knew that she was thinking wildly, and she didn't want Zilong to be wronged inexplicably, so he no longer sold Guanzi.

"This is Zilong's special order to clean up and leave it for the little lady to live in when you come." Xia Houlan pointed to the right, "The two of us live next door with Zhou Xiancheng." ”

It was only a matter of time before Gongsun Yan came to Lulong, and this was something that everyone knew.

Zhao Yun deliberately ordered someone to clean the best courtyard, completely erased the traces of the previous owner, and added some makeup and lavender cages for his daughter's family.

Gongsun Yan was stunned for a moment, his expression changed instantly, and he smiled: "But it doesn't have to be like this, it's the same wherever you live." ”

"Huh." Xia Houlan looked at this little lady who was duplicitous and changed her face instantly, and didn't speak.

The corners of Gongsun Yan's lips raised slightly, ignoring Xiahou Lan's yin and yang weirdness, he looked around, only to feel that looking at this courtyard was more and more pleasing to the eye.

Gongsun Cheng's dog stumbled to flutter butterflies among the flowers, Gongsun Cheng also followed, and Ah Qing hurriedly went to protect him.

The flowers in the garden are blooming beautifully, and I don't know what kind of species.

"But ......"

Gongsun Yan gently pinched a bright red petal, and after a while, she asked a question she was more concerned about, "I heard that there are many prostitutes and maidservants sent to the county?" ”

Xia Houlan was stunned for a moment, and said in her heart that this little lady is really vinegary.

In the lonely bamboo, there are also sweeping servants and maids in the courtyard.

Zilong only assigned two servants, not to mention the maidservant, and there was not even a female mosquito by his side.

Zilong also indulged her, and arranged it according to her wishes.

Thinking about it, Xia Houlan said angrily: "Take it!" I also ordered Zhou County to draw up a roster, and I planned to send it back to Guzhu in two days to listen to your arrangement. ”

There is a shortage of people in the lonely bamboo manor, and these prostitutes and maids with deeds are specially raised by the wealthy family, who are good at singing and dancing, and can always come in handy.

Even the older sergeants in the ration army are good.

Gongsun Yan was quite satisfied with the answer, and only then did he let go of the flower branch in his hand.

"When I go back, I will ask someone to send a few officials and maids to take charge of the rough work." Xiahou Lan stood in the vestibule and only sent Gongsun Yan here.

The huge weight of the car from the lone bamboo still needs to be dealt with.

"Zixiu, remember to send the pigeons in the car to me." Gongsun Yan suddenly remembered her two cages of pigeons, and hurriedly admonished.

lest Xiahoulan be roasted as a live fowl.

"Find a craftsman and help me build a pigeon coop in the front yard."

"Yes." Although I don't know how Gongsun Yan thought of raising pigeons, but her mysterious and mysterious things are not only this, Xia Houlan didn't ask much, and turned around and left directly.

Xiahou Lan left, Gongsun Yan was in a good mood and stood under the corridor, and Ah Qing also led Gongsun Cheng over.

I walked around the house and the dormitory, and all kinds of furniture and facilities were also available.

Gongsun Yan gently pushed open the window of the bedroom, and there was a big tree outside the window, she didn't know what breed it was.

The foliage obscures the sun, and the afternoon sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, creating a patch of light.

Ah Qing stopped playing with Gongsun Cheng and began to remove the clothes box from the car.

The house is very clean, only the mattress on the bed needs to be changed.

When Ah Qing cleaned up the house, Gongsun Yan carried the corner of his skirt and came to the right side of the watchtower.

The watchtower was not wide, the stairs were narrow, and she carefully climbed the creaking steps to the top floor.

As soon as he went to the top floor, he only felt a cool breeze blowing, blowing his sideburns, and Gongsun Yan pulled his hair behind his ears.

Hold on to the railing with both hands and watch the scenery from here.

Standing at this height, it is not enough to see the whole city, but it is still possible to take the entire official temple into view.

The whole temple is rectangular and covers a wide area.

But except for the more decent chambers, the rest of the place is really withered.

The longhouse where the officials lived looked crowded and messy from a distance with colorful clothes.

When he came, Xia Houlan introduced that the status of the officials in the official temple was not high, and they lived in a long house, and they could not move into the county government with their families like the chief officials.

You can only go home when you have a break, but you can only get a day off on the seventh to fourteenth, and if you work continuously for a long time, you can accumulate a day off.

But it should not exceed seven days at most.

Even so, they are often in arrears.

Some rely on their positions to extort and oppress the people, and some are more honest and only rely on two meals in the official temple to survive.

The former county gentleman took all his henchmen with his family property when he ran away, and those who stayed here at this time were either the children of the Shu clan in the county, or the children of the side branches of the Shi clan who were not favored and had no other way out.

Gongsun Yan looked at the longhouses that were crowded like mushrooms, and his knuckles were tapping on the rhythmic railings.

These people are more or less literate and can write papers.

Compared with the children of large families, these people only lack educational opportunities and knowledge.

It is not that it is impossible to appoint.

Listening to Xiahoulan, there are still two meals a day in the official temple, and Zhao Yun is the same as him.

Zhao Yun's enigmatic amount of food is estimated to be insufficient.

Thinking about it, Gongsun Yan knocked his hand on the railing.

The things in the treasury were all empty by the former county monarch, and the little officials did not send their monthly salaries for nearly half a year.

After Zhao Yun came, he reissued part of the gift he received, but there was still a big hole.

Not to mention the arrears of county soldiers' food salaries, and some merchants' money, wine houses, restaurants, wine and rice money.

If it is not necessary for a peaceful handover, otherwise it would be a good way to rob and kill the previous county monarch halfway and recover the property according to Xiahoulan's proposal.

Thinking that Zhao Yun had only been in office for a few days, he had no connection with these troubles.

It's no wonder that even Xiahoulan is busy like that.

Thinking about it, Gongsun Yan planned in his heart, how many materials should be transferred, and where to start.

"Lady." Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard someone shouting from the watchtower.