The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 7
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Killing with a borrowed knife has always been a common tactic of these aristocratic families, how could Xie Shen not know.

But right now he has no other choice, he can only wait until the county government sees Magistrate Wu before making a fuss.

"You don't need to do anything, I will go to the government with you, my lord!"

Xie Shen has nothing to be afraid of, he is not afraid of wearing shoes with bare feet, not to mention that he is reasonable about this matter, even if it makes trouble with the county magistrate, he will have a way to deal with it.And he was worried that he would not have the opportunity to talk to the county magistrate, this opportunity is really once in a thousand years.

The housekeeper of the Sun House obviously didn't expect Xie Shen to be so upbeat, and said with a sneer, "You little bastard is still trying to be brave. When the county government makes you eat fried pork with bamboo shoots, let's see if you still get tough!"

Xie Chen said very worriedly: "Xiao Lang, you can't go to the government with them. Why don't you apologize to this master?"

In Xie Chen's view, Xie Shen is just a 12-year-old child.Although Xie Shen is different from his peers in some aspects, that doesn't explain anything.The gate of the yamen opens to the south, so don't come in if you have reason or money.Xie Shen just followed the evil slave of the Sun family to the county government, what advantage could he gain?

This is still the second thing, if the county lord hates him and loses his fame, then the hope of the Xie family will really be shattered.

Unexpectedly, Xie Shen said in a harmonious voice: "Sister-in-law, please don't worry, Shen'er is just spending time with them once, and will be back soon. When elder brother comes back, sister-in-law will let you know, and tell elder brother not to worry!"

Xie Shen is not going to tell his sister-in-law about Xie Fang going to carry tea for the Wu family. In Xie Shen's opinion, a man's dignity is more important than anything else.

For some reason, seeing what Xie Shen said was calm and breezy, Xie Chen felt a little at ease.

"You have to be very careful, Xiao Lang."

Xie Shen said lightly: "Shen'er remembered."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and followed a group of evil slaves of the Sun family out of the courtyard and went straight to the yamen.

From the west of the city to the east of the city, it is only half a cup of tea.

When a group of evil slaves brought Xie Shen to the front of the yamen, the young man smiled wryly in his heart.

Unexpectedly, the first time I came to the county government office was in such a name.

Yuyao County Government is composed of three strings of courtyard houses.Among them, the central axis is composed of the gate, the lobby, the second hall, the third hall and the inner office.These yards are arranged from south to north, very neat.The lobby is actually the place where the county magistrate handles public affairs and decides cases. The yamen in the mouth of the people actually refers to the lobby.The northernmost Neiya is the residence of the county magistrate and his relatives.

On the east side of this central axis, from south to north, are the Pingcang House and the County Cheng House.From south to north on the west side are the prison, the classic history house, and the master book house.Of course, there are some public houses and official houses where the subordinate officials live scattered among the county government offices, but their scale is definitely not comparable to these main houses.

When he came to the screen wall again, Xie Shen noticed that there were Ruyi, Ganoderma lucidum and other things painted on it, and there was even a pair of deer jumping on the screen wall.

Under the urging of the evil slave, Xie Shen hurriedly stepped through the gate, walked along the corridor paved with blue bricks, and came to Yimen soon.However, the Yimen Gate was closed, and Xie Shen and a group of evil slaves entered the courtyard where the hall was located through the corner gate next to it.

Looking up at the lobby, Xie Shen was really disappointed.

Different from the majestic building he imagined, this lobby is indeed a bit shabby.

The Yuyao County Government Hall only uses double overhanging eaves and no brackets, and the roof is not Si'a or Xieshanding, and even the roof is just covered with ordinary blue tiles.

If it wasn't for the two lines of yamen servants in the lobby, Xie Shen would have wondered if he had gone to the wrong place.

"What are you looking at, go in quickly."

The housekeeper of the Sun residence gave Xie Shen a vicious look, and urged him sharply.In his opinion, Xie Shen was just delaying time.How could a poor family boy of this age have seen anything in the world? He was just a dead duck before, but now that he really came to the county government, he must have fear in his heart.

Xie Shen ignored him, snorted and took the lead towards the lobby.

Someone had sounded the grievance drum before, and Wu Youfu, the magistrate of the county, was already sitting in the warm pavilion in the center of the lobby.This warm pavilion is actually separated by a screen, and it is semi-open. Xie Shen has seen the pattern of blue sky and red sun countless times in later generations of film and television dramas, and there is nothing special about it.On the ebony koan there is the seal of the county lord and the four treasures of the study.Dozens of fire sticks are stuck in a wooden stick holder.This fire stick should be made of bamboo, but because it is painted red, it is called a fire stick.

What made Xie Shen most curious was not these things, but the county venerable Wu Youfu himself.

This Yuyao County parent official wears black gauze on his head and a blue patchwork uniform with 鸂鶒 embroidered on it.A pair of beautiful eyes are piercing, and three short beards are fluttering between the jaws, which is somewhat fairy-like.

Xie Shen was secretly amazed that the selection of officials in the Ming Dynasty really depended on looks.Those who are too ugly will be excluded directly, otherwise if they frighten the people of a county, not only will the official prestige be damaged, but even the court will lose face.

Wu Youfu had just been in office for less than half a year, and he was busy building a good relationship with the local gentry and aristocrats in order to obtain a superior performance appraisal.In fact, the officialdom of Ming Dynasty is also very chaotic. If you do more, you will make more mistakes. If you do less, you will make less mistakes.In order not to have any accidents, he adopted a down-to-earth approach to governing, that is, he didn't care about anything, and he didn't demand anything.But there is only one thing Wu Youfu will not let go of, and that is reading.

Scholars are very important to Yuyao. If the number of Jinshi in Yuyao drops sharply during his tenure, his dream of promotion will be completely shattered.

Therefore, Wu Youfu has been urging the county school's granary students to study hard these days, and autumn is approaching, this test is very important for these granary students.If you can get good grades in the provincial examination, it will be much easier to take the general examination in the coming year.

Seeing someone coming to the yamen to complain, Wu Youfu was very helpless.

He is the official of Yuyao's parents, so he can't refuse to be promoted.But he felt very uncomfortable, so he slapped the gavel and reprimanded: "Who is under the hall?"

The housekeeper of the Sun House fell to his knees and kowtowed with a plop, and said, "Young Sun Gui pays homage to his old parents. The old parents have learned that this little thief is a tenant of my master. They are in arrears of rent, and the young one went to ask for it. Who would have thought of it?" Being beaten and kicked by this little thieves, the old parents make decisions for the little one."

This Sun Gui was the first to report the "what happened" first, and it was really the villain who filed the complaint first.

Then Wu Youfu couldn't help frowning.Such a fart is also reported to the county government, what do they think the county government is, is it a vegetable market?

He was sullen in his heart, and looked at Xie Shen with a bit of anger.

"Is he telling the truth?"

Xie Shen cupped his hands unhurriedly and said: "Student Xie Shen's visit to the county venerable, this matter is not as he said, the county lord please listen to the student to speak slowly."

(End of this chapter)