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Chapter 26

Accompanied by the "rumbling" thunder, the rain poured down from the sky, quickly and violently, and in a blink of an eye, the sky and the earth were all white, with a hazy beauty.

The weather in Changsha is always changing, the sun is still shining during the day, and it rains suddenly in the evening. Liu Jing originally planned to visit the residence of his clan brother Liu Pan to identify the door, but now he can't go.

Trapped in the room, Liu Jing had no choice but to pick up "Han Shu" again, and read more than ten chapters in a row. When he finished reading the biography of Huo Guang and Jin Ridun, he realized that the night was already dark.

Feeling sleepy, Liu Jing blew out the lights, undressed and lay down on the bed, falling asleep with the sound of rain hitting the roof tiles.

The next day, as usual, he woke up on time at Maoshi (five o'clock). The rain outside had stopped at some point, but the dark clouds had not yet dissipated.

Liu Jing has long been used to the cloudy and rainy weather in Changsha. After washing, he cooked a pot of preserved deer porridge with the leftover rice and preserved deer.

Most families in the Han Dynasty ate two meals a day, and breakfast was between 17:[-] and [-]:[-] in the morning, but he was not from this era after all, and he was only [-] years old, when he was growing up. He is currently [-] feet [-] inches tall. , there may be a chance to grow to eight feet in the future.

He is not short of money and food now, not to mention three meals a day, even four meals a day is all right.Therefore, as soon as the deer preserved porridge was cooked, he drank it up like a storm.

Li Li arrived at Pingdan as promised, and Liu Jing was ready at this time. His long hair was tied up, he wore a black silk hood, a white silk red-lined inner garment, and a heart-shaped gray cloud pattern official gown. Wearing red silk trousers and brown square-toed shoes on his feet, he stands upright with a chic appearance, which makes Li Li secretly admire him.

It rained all night yesterday, and the ground was a bit soft and muddy, making it inconvenient to walk on foot. Fortunately, Li Li was well prepared and brought in an ox cart instead.

The ox cart rolled slowly out of the county mansion, heading west, until it reached the east gate of the West Market.

Liu Jing's heart moved, and he looked outside, just in time to see a tall city guard with an unruly expression. impression.

Due to the heavy rain, the originally noisy market was a little deserted.

Arriving in front of the gate of the city building, Liu Jing and Li Li got out of the car one by one. The latter's status as a meritorious official made the gate guards guarding the city building fearful and did not dare to stop him, allowing him to enter and exit.

Entering the city building, Li officials swayed all the way and drove straight in. Almost none of the officials in the building dared to step forward to ask questions, which shows the prestige of the meritorious Cao.

It wasn't until the second floor that Li officials restrained themselves. No matter how downcast Huang Qiu was, he was still an official of hundreds of stones, and he was a big shot who was qualified to participate in the (county) court meeting. A small official like him would never be offended.

A city official about 37 or [-] years old, with a dark complexion and an old-fashioned face, came to meet Li Li, who was introduced by Li Li as Shi Youshi Xie Liang.

Li Li took out the wooden document from his arms and handed it to Xie Liang, and briefly explained his purpose.

After reading the wooden document, Xie Liang glanced at Liu Jing again. Although he had received the news in advance, but looking at Liu Jing, who was about the same age as his son, his heart felt a bit bitter, and he sighed how unfair the sky was to him!

Because of his poor background, he worked diligently for more than ten years to climb to the position of "Historian".

But the other party was born in a prestigious Guan family, and he was not younger than a weak crown. As soon as he entered the county mansion, he sat on an equal status with him, and it would not take long for him to surpass him.

The position he obtained after suffering countless hardships and sins is just a starting point for the people in front of him, how can Xie Liang not feel desolate in his heart.

Li Li opened his mouth and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Huang Yu has come?"

Xie Liang calmed down his distracting thoughts in time, and replied: "Jun Jun has not arrived yet, please wait for a moment. —— Jun Jun has been looking forward to Jun Liu for a long time, and ordered to vacate an empty room as a place for Jun Liu to listen to affairs in the future. Come with me, both of you."

Liu Jing's office is located on the second floor, on the same floor as Xie Liang. Due to the limited area of ​​the city building, the room is naturally small, but it is not cramped. Looking out the window, you can have a panoramic view of the city.

The three sat down, and Xie Liang briefly introduced the daily work of the city officials to Liu Jing.

The main duty of the city officials is to "balance the weight and balance, and fight the dendrobium", that is, to inspect and test the weights and measures to ensure fairness and justice in transactions and to stabilize the market order.

But in fact, the powers of city officials are very extensive, involving all aspects of market affairs, including the management of market locations, time, items, contracts, taxes, artisans, merchants, etc., as well as combating illegal activities such as profiteers and theft.

Of course, "History" is already at the top of the pyramid of city officials, and they don't need to do everything themselves. The people below are in charge, and they only need to make decisions.

Time passed quickly while the few people were talking, the time had passed, Huang Qiu still disappeared, Xie Liang's expression gradually became restless.

Huang Qiu knew that Liu Jing was taking office today, and he was accompanied by meritorious Cao officials, but he was late at this critical moment?If this matter was reported to Cao Huanjie by the official Li, Huang Qiu would definitely not be able to just walk around without thinking about it.

Xie Liang was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, he was looking forward to it, and finally Huang Qiu came, the omission in the market clearly showed that he was more than three quarters of an hour late.

Huang Qiu's first impression is that he is thin, his cheeks are sunken and fleshless, and his figure is also extremely thin, so that he can't support the wide official uniform.

"On the way here, the car shaft was in disrepair for a long time, and suddenly broke, which delayed the time." After meeting, Huang Qiu explained to Liu Jing and Li Li why he was late.His reason was plausible, but his red and swollen eyes, pale complexion, and smell of alcohol all over his body gave him the appearance of a hangover, which made his explanation not convincing at all.

But the people present, including Li Li, obviously would not expose Huang Qiu's lies.In the final analysis, offending an official of hundreds of stones for no reason is harmful but not beneficial. Since Huang Qiu gave a legitimate reason, Li official is happy to pretend to be confused.

In order to wait for Huang Qiu, Li Li sat in the market building all morning, now that he saw someone, he could finally leave, and immediately bid farewell to the two of them.

Huang Qiu nodded when he heard the words, and his reaction was a little cold. Although the meritorious Cao is powerful, a small official is not in his eyes.

In contrast, Liu Jing is much more enthusiastic. Li Li has been busy with his affairs in the past two days, and he has worked hard without credit, so he sent him off again and again.

Huang Qiu's face was a little impatient, and when Liu Jing returned, he immediately took his arm and invited him to the third floor to talk, whether it was intentional or not, Xie Liang was turned away.

Huang Qiuan sat in the main seat, and said to Liu Jing with a smile on his face: "A while ago, I learned from the meritorious Cao that Liu Zhongda, who "does farming to support customers" and "rescues neighbors with quality letters", is coming to the city to take up a post. I almost doubted my ears. Something went wrong, and until this moment, I believed it."

Liu Jingsu bowed his head and said: "I didn't expect that I would be so favored by Junjun, I dare not be it." Huang Qiu is not a person who does not practice self-censorship, and has a very bad reputation. He is afraid that the other party is a person with a strange temperament and difficult to get along with. Looking at him now Attitude, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Huang Qiu said again: "Mr. Liu Chan is also cruel-hearted. In order to practice his steps, he assigned you to serve in the city. Doesn't Mr. Liu know that the market has not been a place for gentlemen since ancient times. In this city building, except for you and me, the rest They are all rude and ignorant people."

Huang Qiu obviously regarded Liu Jing as one of his own, so he spoke freely without any scruples.

Liu Jing was dumbfounded for a moment, and from the few words the other party said, he could conclude that this person must be extremely unpopular in the market, but it was a good thing for him.

Huang Qiu continued to pour bitterness on Liu Jingda: "Oh! You know, before you came, I couldn't even find a single person who could sit and talk."

"..."

Huang Qiu regards Liu Jing as a bosom friend, he talks very happily and speaks very fast, Liu Jing is rarely able to interrupt the conversation, except for nodding in agreement, most of the time he acts as a listener.

It has to be said that Liu Jing is a very qualified listener. Huang Qiu was so dry and yawned that he stopped talking.

Liu Jing took the opportunity to resign and closed the door when he went out.

(End of this chapter)