After receiving the things, he had to take Wang Ling to familiarize himself with the environment, and Tang Xiaoyu consciously became his guide.

First came to the lobby.

"This is the place where the commander and the six general flags consult, and the daily Chen Zheng people will hold a regular meeting here to report whether the order and stability of the various districts are stable, and whether there is any abnormality. Usually you can't come in, but today is my second room on duty, Chen Zheng is the time for the regular meeting, go, while there is no one now, I'll take you in to have a look. Tang Xiaoyu said as he walked inside.

Wang Ling was about to enter the lobby with her, when he suddenly noticed a stone tablet on the side, which aroused Wang Ling's curiosity for a while, so he wanted to see the inscription on it, but when he got closer, he found that there was not a word on the stone tablet.

"How can there be a wordless monument here?" Wang Ling pointed to the stone tablet in surprise.

Tang Xiaoyu turned his head, and when he looked at the wordless monument, a trace of sadness flashed in his beautiful eyes.

"This is the former commander left, this stele is from Qizhou to ask the stonemason to carve, after transporting to Qingzhou, the former commander has not had time to engrave, he died, the current commander of the envoy during his reign, fair and strict, good and considerate, deeply loved by the people, so the wordless tablet was preserved intact, placed at the door of the lobby." She came to Wang Ling's side and said.

Wang Ling shook his head, remembering the style shown by the people serving the city this morning, and then looking at this wordless monument, he couldn't help but feel that this was really a great irony.

"Let's go, I won't say that after a while, the general flag who will sit down in advance and wait will come, I'll take you in and have a look, and we'll quickly move on to the next place."

"Okay."

The two walked into the lobby, the whole room was a little empty, the first thing that caught their eyes was a plaque that read "fair and honest", directly below the plaque was a large case and the main seat where the official documents were placed, at both ends of the bar behind the main seat, there was a cheap blue and white porcelain vase at both ends, and on the left and right sides below the big case, there were three chairs, four coffee tables sandwiched between the chairs, and a permanent lamp in each of the four corners of the room, and nothing else.

"This is the place where several adults deliberate, and the seat in the second room is temporarily occupied by Brother Yucheng." Soup small fish road.

Wang Ling was surprised: "Why Zuo Yucheng?" Aren't the second rooms all looking at your horse's head? ”

Tang Xiaoyu: "It was me, but those old things refused, and I didn't bother to talk to them, besides, Brother Yucheng's participation in the meeting was no different from me, but I was happy to be idle, sometimes I sat for an hour, and I couldn't sit still." ”

Although she showed a disdainful look, Wang Ling still saw her unwillingness, unwilling to be excluded from others, unwilling to be recognized, and unwilling to be looked down upon by those people.

Wang Ling suddenly remembered that he seemed to be competing with her for the general flag of the second room, as soon as he thought of this, he felt a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but scold his mother, the thief and the old ghost, let me help take care of this girl, and let me compete with her, I don't know what An's heart is, you go early, otherwise the little master will break your teeth and let you swallow it again!

Just as he was secretly scolding, Tang Xiaoyu said: "That's all for here, there's nothing to see, I'll take you around elsewhere." ”

"There's nothing to see, the furnishings are too perfunctory." Wang Ling commented.

Later, he led Wang Ling to visit the munitions depot of the Street Division, where weapons were loaded and stored, and four or five people were responsible for guarding them.

The second hall, where civil officials and minor officials handle official business, has two wings on the left and right sides for the officials to rest.

Up to this point, they are collectively referred to as the front office.

The two then came to a courtyard with three small buildings on the left and right.

Tang Xiaoyu: "This is the internal office, the first one on the left is the big room, the right one is our second room, and so on, this is the place where the city servants rest, and it is also the gathering place of the various rooms, now there are no people here, all of them have gone out to patrol the streets, and there are only a few third-class city servants who are responsible for sprinkling and sweeping." With that, she pointed to a few city attendants in the distance who were busy cleaning with basins and brooms.

Wang Ling thought to himself, in the future, I will have to be like them, pouting and wiping the porch, the third class is really the lowest level of the street division.

"Then after they finish cleaning, do they also have to patrol the streets?" He was more concerned now, except for cleaning, whether the third class was no different from the work of other city servants, and if it was just cleaning, he could accept it.

Tang Xiaoyu: "After cleaning here, they have to go to the front office to clean, basically in the morning, the third class can't rest at noon, they have to be responsible for wiping the knives, smearing the whip with grease, maintaining the weapons, and washing clothes in the afternoon." ”

The more she spoke, the more ugly Wang Ling's face became.

Wang Ling's half cheek jumped wildly, and the corners of his mouth were also pulled, and he forced a smile and said, "Clothes, it should be... Not much, right? ”

"The clothes of all the people in the Street Division, counting the clothes of your total of two hundred and thirteen people, well, not much." Tang Xiaoyu counted carefully, she didn't think it was much, she compared Qingzhou and Qizhou, compared to the more than 500 people in the Qizhou Street Division, these more than 200 people are really not much.

The king's jaw was about to fall to the ground, and he himself plus the few third-class who were very busy, there were only ten people in total, and he had to wash the clothes of ten people in the afternoon.

Others put on the errand clothes of the city servant and walked on the street to show off their might, but now he has the body in his hand, and he no longer knows whether it should be called a bad uniform, maybe it is more appropriate to call it a work uniform.

And the knife and the long whip, is it really necessary to give it to yourself? This caused Wang Ling to fall into deep self-doubt.

"Although it's all chores, you believe me, this kind of life won't last long, as long as you are promoted to the second class as soon as possible, you don't have to do this." Tang Xiaoyu comforted.

Wang Ling's heart lit up with a glimmer of hope, his eyes lit up, and he asked happily: "How long does it take for the third class to be promoted to the second class?" Ten days? Half-moon? ”

Tang Xiaoyu glanced at him with disdain, rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "I said it won't last long, but it's not so short, the third class will be promoted to the second class, the short will be three months, and the long will be half a year, this is under normal circumstances, if you have the opportunity to make a contribution in a big case, it will be another matter." ”

Wang Ling's face collapsed instantly, but he suddenly thought of something else, and looked at Tang Xiaoyu with a serious face: "Then if I win you in the routine election in a month, can it also be counted as a chance?" ”

Tang Xiaoyu was stunned, and then responded with the same seriousness: "I won't give you this opportunity." ”

Wang Ling spread his hands helplessly, Tang Xiaoyu pursed his lips secretly, and the atmosphere became a little quiet for a while.

At this moment, a city attendant noticed them, dropped his broom and ran.

"Sister Xiaoyu, are you here?"

Tang Xiaoyu's mood at this time was slightly complicated, and he didn't show too much enthusiasm, and just replied blandly to the greetings of the visitor.

The city servant also seemed to sense that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so he turned to look at Wang Ling and asked, "Who is this?" ”

"Oh, my name is Wang Ling, and I'm new this morning." Wang Ling saw that Tang Xiaoyu had no intention of introducing himself, so he took the initiative to introduce it.

"My name is Shi Geng, and I am also from the second room." When talking about his name, the newcomer was brought by Tang Xiaoyu, and this person naturally guessed that Wang Ling would be included in the second room in the future, but when he introduced his name, he winked at Wang Ling.

"It turned out to be Brother Shi, although I met Brother Shi for the first time, but the younger brother has already seen the extraordinary things about Brother Tai, and he must have excellent means, although his identity is still small, but he will definitely do something in the future!" Wang Lings understood in seconds, and solemnly hugged his fists, especially the word 'excellent', which bit extremely hard.

Shi Geng instantly seemed to see his long-lost brother, hooked Wang Ling's shoulder and said: "Where is it, you and I will be brothers in the future, if there is anything you need help with, just tell me, if you encounter any trouble in the future, mention Brother Shi's name to the other party, and make sure that the other party is scared." ”

"Definitely... Certain. Wang Ling wiped his forehead, he thought he was shameless enough, but he didn't expect this product to be excessive, as for what he said that mentioning a big name can scare others away, Wang Ling is left ear in and right ear out, just when he is farting.

Tang Xiaoyu couldn't stand it and coughed twice.

Shi Geng immediately realized that he had lost his form, and withdrew his right arm holding Wang Ling with some embarrassment, but still whispered in Wang Ling's ear: "She is the head of our second room, I have to give her a face, I will cover you in the second room in the future, she doesn't dare to do anything to you." ”

Wang Ling couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart, where did he come from such a living treasure?

Tang Xiaoyu: "Shi Geng, he is also a third-class like you, you teach him how to do things." I still have to go to the street to change Brother Yucheng back to attend the regular meeting, and he will hand it over to you. ”

Shi Geng smiled and said, "Leave it to me, you can rest assured, Sister Xiaoyu!" Whenever there is a need for me, you can tell me, by the way, do you want to bring me your clothes and socks to wash in the afternoon? I'll make sure you'll wash it clean! ”

Tang Xiaoyu didn't speak, glanced at Shi Geng in disgust, and turned to leave.

This Shi didn't forget to shout at her back: "Sister Xiaoyu walks slowly, if you need help, tell me at any time!" ”

After Tang Xiaoyu disappeared around the corner, Shi Geng turned to look at Wang Ling, pointed with his thumb in the direction where Tang Xiaoyu left, covered the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand, and whispered with his eyebrows: "Eh~ Do you believe it or not?" She loves me! ”

Wang Ling was shocked: "How can you see it? ”

Shi Geng looked left and right, pulled Wang Ling to lower his body, and whispered: "Since I came to the Street Division, I found that the small flag officials in other rooms have either beaten or scolded us as third-class, not only do they have to wash their clothes, but they must be responsible for cleaning their pants, and the third-class can't eat at the same table as the first-class and second-class, so they can only find a corner where no one is there, but only she, not only has she never beaten and scolded me, but also let me eat at the same table with my colleagues, and never let me dress her, occasionally, she still cares about me, you say this is not like, what is it?" ”

Is there a possibility that she doesn't beat or scold, just because she is kind-hearted, and it is unbearable for you to eat at the same table with your colleagues, as for washing clothes, I'm afraid you haven't woken up yet, right? It's a beautiful thought······ The more Wang Ling listened, the more he felt that this product was really a superb.

"If I can help Tang Xiaoqi wash his clothes, I'm happy to do it even if it's pants." Shi even showed an obsessive look, seeing that Wang Ling was disgusted, he only felt that the obscene temperament of this thing was natural, and he almost pulled out a knife to cut him, but fortunately, he endured it in the end.

Wang Ling wanted to draw his sword here, but Shi Geng was still talking endlessly, and he suddenly stood up to the sky with his hands in his hands and sighed: "Alas! In fact, I understand that she is afraid that it will affect my career, and she is worried that others will say that I am borrowing a woman to take the position, so why do I care about this?! Everything I do is just cooperating with her, women and women, always so careful. ”

Wang Ling was dumbfounded when he heard this, and his jaw almost hit the ground.

Big brother, where did you have the confidence to say this······ He couldn't help but admire this person's cheekiness a little more.

Regarding this topic, Wang Ling didn't plan to continue, so he changed the question: "If I'm not mistaken, you should be a few years older than her, why do you call him Sister Xiaoyu?" ”

Shi looked at him with a look of contempt, as if he was looking at a young man who had just entered society and didn't understand human feelings, and he felt that since Tang Xiaoqi handed over this person to me, then I had the obligation to teach him some truths.

Shi Geng reprimanded: "Does my sister have to be older than you?" The identity and status of the people are there, we are only third-class, even if she secretly likes me, but I have to give her enough face in front of people, right? If you don't understand this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to mix in the street division in the future, so don't say that you are my cover when you go out. ”

Wang Ling felt angry and funny.

Shi Geng: "By the way, you will clean the dormitory with me in a while, and let me teach you how to become an excellent third-class servant!" ”

Wang Ling tugged at the corners of his mouth, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile that was not too ugly and replied: "Okay! ”

······

Haiyuntian, one of the best restaurants in Qingzhou City, at this time, there are two men sitting at a table by the window on the third floor, one has a sharp beak and monkey cheeks are ruthless, and the other is mediocre.

Outside the table, seven or eight city attendants stood in a row and waited, and the highest one was none other than Li Zhen, who was embarrassed by Tang Xiaoyu in the street in the early morning, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to face the coming thunder and anger, and they were silent.

Zhang Haifeng: "You just said that Zhang Zhanyi injured a kid who came out of nowhere, and it was Commander Du who rescued him?" ”

The first to speak was Zhang Haifeng, the general banner of the big house, and the one sitting opposite him was Bai Zhijun, the general flag of the third house.

Li Shu wiped the sweat from his face and carefully explained, "It's... Be... That's the case, the brothers present can testify that they don't dare to lie. ”

Zhang Haifeng squinted, and turned to look at Bai Zhijun, who didn't seem to be emotional, and only cared about drinking and enjoying the scenery.

"What do you think?"

Knock –

The wine glass falls on the table.

Bai Zhijun groaned: "The young man who made the shot is probably the one who is rumored to compete with Tang Xiaoyu for the general flag of the second room a month later. ”

Zhang Haifeng hugged his chest and said that he had the same guess.

"As for the envoy to relieve him from the siege, I don't think it's strange, the old man who suddenly appeared in the Cao Mansion yesterday must have a special identity, otherwise the Cao Governor would not be so respectful to him, the envoy may know the identity of the old man, and he doesn't want to offend him." With that, he refilled another glass for himself.

Bai Zhijun raised the poured wine glass to his eyes and turned it slowly: "I think that the appearance of that pleadings is what we should pay more attention to." ”

Several city attendants on the side looked at each other, not knowing what this general banner, who has always been moody and angry, likes to play tricks, said.

Zhang Haifeng frowned, after thinking for a while, he seemed to have grasped something, and his eyes lit up.

"You mean, it's not that he doesn't know about those things in our private affairs, but he has never bothered with me, and he will choose to take action when it is useful?"

Bai Zhijun looked at the swaying wine glass, and said quietly: "Even such a small flag official as Zhang Zhanyi is held in his hands, perhaps, it is enough to prove that he is very likely to have mastered the handle of everyone in the Street Division, and it will be the turn of you and me one day." ”

"How is this possible?!" Mr. Zhang questioned the claim.

Bai Zhijun: "Don't you think there are some things that don't make sense?" ”

Zhang Haifeng was stunned: "Where doesn't it make sense?" ”

"It's time, provoked an incident with the second room this morning, although I don't think this level is on the table, but it is also a decision made by our five general banners last night, but the envoy seems to have expected it, and has made preparations for Zhang Zhanyi, I have reason to believe that even if that kid doesn't make a move, he will also take out the pleadings when we conflict with the second room, so, how did the envoy know about it?" Bai Zhijun said.

The man's pupils shrank suddenly, and he realized the seriousness of the problem: "But there are so many people in the street division, how can he monitor it alone?" ”

With a snort, the mediocre-looking man drank all the wine in his cup.

Bai Zhijun: "Over the years, he has only commanded and dispatched in the overall situation, and has never expressed the slightest concern for the scattered small things in the yamen, but you and I have worked with him for many years, and we should know each other that our commander is a thoughtful person, no matter what, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know, and how he did it, I don't know, and even the matter of us gathering here is already on his table at the moment." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Haifeng's gaze looked through the window, vaguely looking at the street below, and his eyes swept over little by little, the vendor selling cooking cakes, the butcher of pork jerky, the girl who picked rouge gouache, the fortune teller, the begging homeless, once the seeds of suspicion were planted, he looked at anyone who felt suspicious.

Bai Zhijun smiled: "Hey! Why should you be nervous? It's just a glass of water and wine, haven't you come over like this for so many years? ”

"Humph! You're still breathing! If I'm not mistaken, one of the five people who cut off his head back then was still your cousin, and now that he has made it clear that he wants to keep the second room, aren't you in a hurry? Zhang Haifeng, who had lost his face a little, said in an unhappy tone.

Bai Zhijun, the general flag of the third room, who was as steady as an old dog from beginning to end, his eyes became sharp, and his expression was no longer peaceful, but appeared on his face with a hideous look that was almost crazy, and he smiled fiercely: "Originally, I also felt that revenge was hopeless, but I suddenly thought of a good idea, and I must tell Tang Xiaoyu to get out of the street!" As long as she is no longer a city servant, trying to kill her is as easy as it gets! ”

Click-

The glass shattered, and hot blood flowed from between the man's fingers.

Li Zhen and the others who were waiting next to them trembled with fright, Zhang Haifeng, the chief banner of the big house in the six rooms, was the most violent and had the strongest combat power, but if you want to ask them, which one is more terrifying? It should be the general flag of the three rooms.

He is like a docile poisonous snake, he looks harmless to humans and animals on weekdays, but those who know him know that Bai Zhijun likes those tricks and calculations the most, and his heart is also the most vicious.

There was once a servant of the city, not long after he joined the yamen, accidentally knocked down the podocarpus that Bai Zhijun had raised for ten years, after he knew, he said to the man with a gentle face, "It's okay, it's just a tree", the servant of the city was very grateful, and said that he would buy him an identical tree back, but Bai Zhijun refused, and told him not to take it to heart, the man was grateful and wept bitterly, and went around preaching Bai Zhijun's tolerance and generosity.

However, only half a month later, the servant was inexplicably imprisoned for drunken murder, and the death was still the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Dongcheng, and the autopsy gave the conclusion that the deceased had been insulted before his death, and the case was finally determined to be drunk rape and murder.

And it was Bai Zhijun himself who invited him to drink that night, but he claimed that after the banquet dispersed, the two of them went home separately, and they didn't know anything about what happened later.

As a result, the human and material evidence was complete, the evidence was conclusive, and the servant was beaten from prison to be beheaded.

And when they got here, the matter was not over yet, what really made Li Zhen and others frightened of this general banner was that the person was originally scheduled to be beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market seven days later, but the night before, Bai Zhijun suddenly came to the street department prison and interrogated him.

Bai Zhijun didn't touch the torture instrument in the interrogation room, he took out a paring knife used in the kitchen to cut potatoes, and cut off the person's skin one by one, his movements are very slow, and he is extremely skilled, he can keep it from top to bottom, every time he peels off a human skin, he will walk unhurriedly to the table and place it neatly, just like that, the person is not dead, he is covered in blood, he still has the strength to scold at first, and then he can't scold, he faints several times and is woken up again by Bai Zhijun, he is only halfway cut, and the person has already lost his breath, But Bai Zhijun didn't plan to stop, but stripped off the last trace of human skin of this servant who had been poured blood mold for eight lifetimes, and after completely becoming a fleshy man, he left with a satisfied laugh.

Early the next morning, this matter reached Cao Yong's ears, and the death row prisoner was tortured to death by such a horrific means, which made Cao Yong furious, and rushed to the street division to ask Du Mingtang for an explanation, but Du Mingtang just replied, "Death is death, what is the difference between dying early and dying late?" "Just send Cao Yong away.

In less than half a day, the entire street division knew about it, and some people who knew the inside story, combined with the podocarpus, instantly shuddered, so far many people have seen this three-room general flag, and they have chosen to take a detour, and when they see him smiling at themselves, they can't help but shudder.