"Please wait a moment, I will go in and pass the message."
After the officer on duty beat the officer who almost offended Zhu Pingan, he came to Zhu Pingan and said with a smile on his waist, respectful and enthusiastic, completely different from the previous one. After saying that, the official on duty trotted all the way to the back office, looking like a good public servant of the people who was loyal to his duty.
Regarding the scene at the gate of the county government office, the corner of Huang Chandian's mouth twitched. Is Liu Tou possessed by evil spirits? ! Or did he suddenly discover that the nerd was his long-lost brother? No reason!
Heartbroken!
The officer holding the smelly socks touched his face, which was so hot from being beaten by the officer on duty, and looked at the figure of the officer on duty trotting along with dull eyes, feeling that his whole world had been turned upside down.
What made their worldview subvert even more was that a moment later, the county magistrate, whom they rarely saw a few times a year, came out of the backyard of the county government office with a smile on his face, laughing as he walked, laughing on this snowy day. It's like a spring breeze.
The official on duty bowed his head and followed behind the magistrate.
"I've met the magistrate," Zhu Ping'an said in salute before the magistrate arrived at the door.
The magistrate of Tongcheng County is about fifty years old, with a shiny face.
No introduction is needed. Zhu Pingan can recognize him as the county magistrate at a glance, because he is not only wearing the black gauze hat he wears at work, but also wearing a cyan official robe. On the official robe is embroidered an owl, which sounds like "West Wing". A kind of water bird with beautiful colorful feathers. Male and female often accompany each other. They like to sleep together and fly together. In the Ming Dynasty, official clothing was custom-made. According to the system, officials with the bird embroidered on their official uniforms were the seventh-rank officials. In the county government, only magistrates of this rank could have such a bird embroidered on their official uniforms.
Today, it seems that "dressed as a beast" is a completely derogatory term, referring to those people who only have a human appearance but do not do human things. However, in the Ming Dynasty, "dressed beast" was a good word, referring to court officials. To say that someone is a "dressed beast". That was a great honor. It is because of the official uniform system of the Ming Dynasty that "civilian officials wore animals and military officers wore animals", people used the idiom "dressed like animals" to refer to court officials.
At Huang Chandian outside the gate of the county government office, I saw Zhu Ping'an, a bookworm, just bowing his hands when meeting the magistrate, so rude. It's really your own fault and you can't live without it, just wait for the wrath of the county magistrate.
"Hello, Mr. County Lord."
Huang Chandian led several officers forward, passed Zhu Ping'an, and bowed down to say hello to the magistrate. The other officers knelt down and kowtowed. for them. It doesn't mean that you can meet the magistrate just by meeting him, so now that you can see the magistrate in person, you have to go forward with great energy to gain a sense of presence.
"I've met Mr. Qingtian."
Yang Dacheng and the hostess were also trembling and kneeling on the ground. After kneeling down, Yang Dacheng couldn't help but rub Zhu Pingan's calf with his shoulder, urging Zhu Pingan to kneel down quickly, lest Zhu Pingan would offend the magistrate and be punished again. .
"My dear brother, why should you be so polite?"
The magistrate came over and complained with a smile on his face, very enthusiastic.
Good brother?
Huang Chandian, who was bending down in front of the magistrate, almost burst into tears when he heard this. I heard something. The magistrate actually called me my wise brother. In an instant, a wave of heat rushed from the soles of my feet to the top of my head. With this call, wouldn't I have the opportunity to be promoted from Huang Chandian to Huang Dianli?
Just when Huang Chandian raised his head excitedly, he saw the county magistrate passed over him and came to Zhu Pingan with a smile.
"Brother Xian, why are you so polite? I've heard about you for a long time. This time in the Enke Township Examination, Brother Xian has given us an eyebrow in Anqing Mansion. Come and tell me at the back office."
The magistrate of Tongcheng was full of smiles and extended his hand to invite Zhu Ping'an to the back office.
"My lord, the county magistrate, has given me too much praise. Peace is nothing more than a fluke. Compared with my lord, the county magistrate's political education and enlightenment in Tongcheng, it is nothing more than a firefly to the bright moon. Tongcheng's beauty is 'the thoroughfare of seven provinces', 'the cultural capital of China', and 'the first city of Jianghuai'." His reputation is as thunderous as the thunder in his ears. This is all your fault. I haven’t had a chance to visit him safely. I am truly lucky to meet the county magistrate today."
With an admiring smile on his face, Zhu Pingan thanked the magistrate with his hands. Then the words changed, and Huang Chandian apologized to the magistrate and continued:
"However, I'm afraid Ping An won't be able to go to the back office with the county magistrate. This Huang Chandian will take me to the prison."
The excitement on Huang Chandian's face turned into fear in an instant. What kind of existence had he provoked?
Just now I thought he was just a powerless nerd, but in the blink of an eye, the magistrate became so polite to him. From what the magistrate said, it turned out that the nerd was a candidate who just passed the Enke exam this year, and it seems he is still here. Ci Enke became a prominent figure in Juren.
As for Juren, he is still such a young Juren. At his age, he was still worried about passing the county examination. Damn it, everyone has promoted people, it’s so irritating that people are so different from each other.
In addition, just now, I thought that he was just a pedantic nerd who didn't understand the world, but just now, he flattered me hundreds of times more smoothly than I did.
This must be such a big city. From the moment he entered Yang Dacheng's house, he had been hiding and pretending until now. It wasn't until he met the county magistrate that he suddenly broke the disguise and exposed his fangs to himself unprepared.
This is clearly a tiger covered in pigskin.
Thinking about it, he had provoked such a person. Huang Chandian could not help but feel fear on his face, and his face was ashen. What grudge do I have against you?
"Oh, what's going on?"
After hearing Zhu Pingan's words, the Tongcheng magistrate turned around and looked at Huang Chandian with slightly squinted eyes.
"Sir, I, I..."
Huang Chandian's face was ashen, his hands were shaking, he couldn't say a complete sentence, and his whole body collapsed.
This nerd was too ruthless and scheming. He used Spring and Autumn's style of writing and didn't talk about other things. He just grabbed himself and let him go to jail. If the matter of Yang Dacheng was mentioned first, I could shirk it no matter what, but if I was forced to ask him to go to the prison to ask questions, I couldn't shirk it.
Not even the county magistrate has the right to put a juren into a prison cell. He can only ask the imperial court to deprive him of his status as a juren. With only a small amount of money, he has to put a juren in jail.
If you make a mistake in this matter, you will have the first impression, and you will not be able to quibble about the subsequent matters.
So ruthless and scheming!
Huang Chandian looked at the smiling Zhu Ping'an, as if he saw a tiger opening its bloody mouth towards him, and his whole body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. How could he have provoked such a ruthless character? He felt like crying without tears, regret and fear. They attacked together and submerged Huang Chandian. (To be continued.)
