The boat arrived in Shangyu, entered the city from the water gate, Zhang Wen saw the scene of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River in the city, and there were arch bridges and painted buildings, the voices of the people were boiling, the excitement was abnormal, all kinds of boats on the river were coming and going, transporting freight people, and there were merry and talented women drinking and writing poems on the flower boat. Zhang Wen's mood was much lighter at the moment.

The boat leaned on a wharf, Zhang Wen changed into official robes, and as soon as he got off the boat, he saw that the wharf was full of officials, and several officials were waiting there. It must have been the post station in Shangyu that notified the county government, and these adjutants knew when Zhang Wen would arrive.

Zhang Wen straightened the black gauze hat on his head, got off the boat and walked over, surrounded by guards of honor such as officials, horses, sedan chairs, umbrella fans, etc.

In the greeting procession, at the front were three people in green official robes, with yellow orioles or quails or practicing magpies painted on their bellies, all of which were not in the climate.

There is a wine belly in the front, round and big, the complement is a yellow bird, and the wine belly is the first to bend down and arch his hand: "Xiaguan Shangyu County Cheng, Liang Ma, welcome the hall." ”

Behind is a big fat man, a quail, who also bent down and said: "Xiaguan Shangyu County Lord Bo, Guan Zhi'an, welcome the honor." ”

At the end of the three of them was a tall and thin man, with a blue face and a face as long as a horse, which would surely make people marvel at first sight: how to be white and impermanent in broad daylight. That Bai Wuchang also arched his hand and said: "Xiaguan Shangyu County Classic History, Gong Wen, meet the hall." ”

Zhang Wen smiled: "Okay, good, we should work together in the future." ”

"Yes, yes, the cousin said yes." Several people bowed in and agreed.

"Let's go, go back to the county office."

Zhang Wen, under the guidance of his subordinates, got on a four-person Suyun head green sedan chair with a green mantle, Wu also got on the sedan chair at the back, Huang Renzhi and others rode or walked, and the officials also rode horses.

The whole pomp and circumstance, with the official sedan chair as the center, has a big green fan, a blue umbrella cover, four green flags, two tong sticks, and two leather sculptures. There are several big wooden cards in front, one is "Shangyu Zhixian", two are "quiet", and two are "avoidance".

The follow-up archers are quick to escort the left and right, with a total of no less than 100 people, and they are beating the gong in front of them to open the way, so they are not majestic.

The people and horses walked west along a street along the river, which is the Cao'e River, which flows from east to west. A descendant who followed the sedan chair saw Zhang Wen opening the sedan curtain and looking at the scenery, so he said: "Tangzun, this street is called Yanjiangfang." ”

Zhang Wen nodded. The latter took the opportunity to say: "The small one is the adult's soapy clothes who are promoted." ”

"Hehe, Gao Sheng, good, good." Zhang Wen encouraged.

A group of people and horses walked along the river to an arch bridge, and then turned north to cross the arch bridge. Gao Sheng explained: "Tangzun, this stone bridge is called Wenchang Bridge, which was funded and built by the squires of Shangyu County, and the title of the gold list of the scholars was accumulated to pray for God's blessing. After crossing the bridge, the street is called Ping'an Fang, go north to the street, and then turn right, it is the county yajie, and the yamen is in the middle of the county yajie. ”

Extending from east to west along the river, Ping'an Fang extends from north to south, walking to the north of Ping'an Fang, it is a T-shaped intersection, turn to the right, and the street extending from east to west is the county Ya Street. In the middle of the street, the team turned to the north and entered an archway. Zhang Wen looked over and saw that the archway had a two-story roof, with diagonally bracing pillars on both sides, and a plaque on the door: Zhonglian Fang.

Entering the archway, there is a photo wall, and the photo wall is full of various announcements. Behind the wall is carved a monster, shaped a bit like a unicorn, and there are many gold and silver treasures around it, but it still opens its mouth and tries to devour a red sun in the sky. After the Zhaobi, there is a tall wall, and three black gates are behind the Zhaobi. Each room has two black lacquered doors, for a total of six doors. People say that the government is six doors, and that's how it came about.

After entering the six gates, you are entering the gate of the county government. The houses inside are dense, and there are many courtyards, but they are old, and the houses inside can't catch up with the private houses outside. Entering the Yimen, it is the courtyard of the county government, which is where the county hall and the six rooms are located.

At this time, Zhang Wen got off the sedan chair, and the sedan chair man carried the sedan chair away, and the sedan chair carrying the Wu family went all the way inside, directly into the inner house.

There is a small pavilion in the courtyard, and there is a stone tablet in the pavilion, which is engraved: "Gongshengming" three words. There is also a word on the back of the stele, "Ercheng Erlu, the people anoint the people; The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive." Under the stele, there is a road to the north, to the platform, on which is the core building of the county government: the lobby.

Zhang Wen led the officials to the lobby, walked into the lobby, and there was a table in the warm pavilion to the north, with a plaque hanging on it: Gongming and Honesty. There is a door standing on the left and right of the hall, and there is a door on the right side of the lobby, and above the door is written "Zanzheng Pavilion".

Zhang Wen immediately straightened his clothes, walked up to the warm pavilion, and sat in the public seat.

The county Cheng Liang Ma, who was holding the wine belly, walked to the desk with a big seal in both hands, and said: "This is the county seal of Shangyu County, please respect the palm seal." ”

Zhang Wen took the county seal under the upper circle, his movements were frivolous, and he turned it over with great interest, and there were a few words engraved on the bottom of the seal: Shangyu County Seal.

Liang Ma handed over two more notebooks and said: "This is the account of money, grain, horses and horses when the lower official was in charge of the county government, please look at it." ”

Zhang Wen flipped it over, threw it aside, and said in an official tone: "Ah...... The accounts are placed here, and the official will take a closer look at them later. ”

At this time, the big fat man, the chief Bo Guan Zhi'an, also took a notebook and said: "This is the file of the list of important criminals and thieves recently arrested and detained in this county. ”

Gong Wen also handed over the report, saying that it was an official document entry that came and went, and there was no delay.

Zhang Wen took it all together and said, "Each performs its own duties, very good, very good, and we must continue to maintain it." Wait until I'm done...... If it is true, it will be rewarded, ah...... When the official first arrived, he was a little tired today, so he will work as usual tomorrow, disperse, and go his own way. ”

Zhang Wen took the things, then stood up, and the three officials stood solemnly and dispersed. There is a soapy shirt on the side, and the chief wants to enter the hall and tell the idlers to avoid it.

Zhang asked out of the warm pavilion, entered the Qilin Gate, and it was a courtyard, and followed his own high ascension and said: "This is the second retreat hall." ”

"Take me to where I live." Zhang asked.

So Gao Sheng and the other three followers took Zhang Wen inside, and the third entered the north of the courtyard, and there was a moon cave door on the side.

"Tangzun, this is where you live, there are Tangzun's relatives inside, according to the rules, these people who are small can't go in, if you have anything, just ask someone to inform the people outside."

"Oh, good." Zhang Wen walked in with a few notebooks.

He glanced at the place where he lived, which was smaller than the courtyard in front of him, and it was also old. In the middle, there is a patio unique to Gangnam Garden, and there is a pavilion in the middle of the patio.

The courtyard is connected by a corridor house on the left and right, and Zhang Wen walked from the corridor house to the north, and there were three women's rooms on the north side. He saw that Wu was cleaning up the room in disgrace, so he asked, "Where did Laifu go?" Tell him to do the work. ”

Wu put down the broom and said, "It's outside." ”

There are three women's rooms on the north side, the one on the left is used as a study, and the middle one is where the Wu family lives, because she is Zhang Wen's stepmother, she should be respected, and Zhang Wen himself lives in the right room.

He walked into his room, it was a large room, there were desks and other things outside, and there was also a warm pavilion inside, covered with a screen, and he slept in the warm pavilion.

After more than a month on the road, he was indeed a little tired, so he took a shower, ate and rested.

At night, the county government was gloomy, and it was dark outside. The sound is very rhythmic, and you can hear the banging from time to time, five times in an hour. But there was no other sound, and the sound of the time was very strange.

Zhang Wen spent the night in the county government like this.

Early the next morning, Zhang Wen got up to wash and eat, then put on his official uniform and opened the courtyard door, ready to start officially becoming a magistrate. Seeing Zhang Wen walking out of the inner house, Soap Yi knocked three times. Gao Sheng, the head of the follower, walked over and said: "Tangzun, today is August 19, every 369th, the yamen has released the notice board, and the person who released the complaint handed over the pleading, just wait for the hearing day Tangzun can accept the case in turn. ”

"Okay, let's go to the signing room first." Zhang Wen said a word, and the soapy clothes that followed him knocked on the stick as usual to warn the idlers and others to avoid.

When he arrived at the signing room, Zhang Wen called Huang Renzhi to assist in pointing.

The three officials, including the chief Bo Guan Zhi'an, came in turn to sign and seal and send the officials out on business. When everyone went out, Huang Renzhi said in a low voice: "According to the custom, when the chief first arrives at the place, the people below should give a share. These people are pretending not to understand. ”

Zhang Wen looked like he didn't understand anything and asked, "What is a part?" ”

"It's to congratulate the chief on taking office and give a gift of silver."

Zhang asked: "Maybe they haven't figured out whether I am a Qing official yet, and they are afraid that they will touch the dust when they send silver." ”

Huang Renzhi shook his head: "Whether it is a Qing official or not, at least take the initiative to express that meaning." The old man looked, this Shangyu County has not known the county for a long time, and the people below are all like iron buckets, I'm afraid that Lord Zhang's county is not very easy to do. ”

Zhang Wen humbly asked, "Then according to Mr. Huang's meaning, what will happen to them?" ”

Huang Ren touched his beard and said, "It's not going to be good, but I won't give it, and I'm afraid the rest of the oil and water won't be as good as the adults." The old man felt that they must have known that Master Zhang had offended the people above, so they didn't take the adult seriously...... Mr. Zhang wants to repay his debts, and I don't know what year and month he went. ”

At this time, a figure shook at the door, and Zhang Wen and Huang Renzhi stopped talking.

It was the Lord Bo Guan Zhi'an who came in, and he walked to the hall with a fat body and said, "Yu Tang Zun, the thief in the upper city was caught by the gang this morning, is the Tang Zun interrogated?" ”

Zhang Wen looked dazed, turned his head and asked Huang Renzhi: "How do you interrogate thieves?" ”

Huang Ren said straightly: "You can pre-try here." ”

Zhang Wen said to the court: "Who robbed it?" Bring the bitter Lord first. ”

After a long time, the official brought in a middle-aged man, and when the man saw an official wearing a black gauze hat sitting in the hall, he hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Then a scribe walked in, sat down on the side, and picked up a brush to record the confession.