208. The deceased Zhao Shoucai
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After Uncle Yong and the others left, Xiao Chang handed over the sour plum soup that Caiping brought to the kitchen to serve him and sobered up, and then helped him to the bed in the room to rest.
At this time, Liang Feng made room to look at the inner house of the yamen. In fact, it was very ordinary, just two yards on the left and right, a moon gate wall separated the two yards and could be locked at night. On the right is the inner courtyard, which is only for the residences of the county magistrate and his family. There are main rooms, wing rooms, study rooms, dining rooms, etc., and two yamen who are serving night girls alone. The yard is not big, but it is arranged in a rather unique way. The stone tables and benches under the grape trellis, old locust trees, plum trees, magnolias, crabapples, roses, etc. Although it is a road product, whether the flowers are blooming or not, they are green and red, adding a lot of interest to the yard. There is also a semicircle stone jar against the wall, with a few stacks of stones piled up on it, and dozens of koi in the jar swim freely.
The outer courtyard is not much different from the inner courtyard, but the residences of the servants are cleaned up. There are two small warehouses, which are probably used to pile up some debris and make simple tools, etc.
Liang Feng was very satisfied with the courtyard, and Feng Chengcheng and Xie Xiaochang felt fresh. They were just as worried. The main room had only an eight-foot bed, and the new bedding was replaced. But how do you sleep tonight with two wives and one husband?
Although Liang Feng had deduced countless times in his mind, he had never tried it. If he couldn't do it, he would just sleep in the study tonight. It was fair. He had already agreed when he came. Three days later, Cheng Cheng would go home first, change shifts every month in the future, and take turns to help the village.
It took only one or two hours to rest, and it was already dusk. The servants outside the door came to report through the yard: "Mr. Qin, the county magistrate, has arrived at the second hall and invites the great master to the family banquet."
Liang Fenggulu turned over and sat up: "Didn't you just have a drink? How could you go to the banquet again?"
The servant said, "The great man doesn't know anything. This is the rule of Fengqiu County. Today, everyone only invites them together. From the evening, starting from the county magistrate, the rich men in Fengqiu County will take turns to invite them."
Liang Feng smiled and said, "I said why is it so simple? I beat the great master in just one meal. It turns out that it was an egg hitting a stone, and the show is behind it! Okay, go and ask Lord Qin to sit down for a while, and the county will change its clothes."
After finishing the washing, Liang Feng called Li Da and followed him to the second hall. Qin Bangye hurriedly stood up and bowed.
"Oh, Brother Qin, you and my colleagues, why do you have to do this set of false gifts? Why are you so embarrassed to make trouble for you again? Let's do this. Since we are here, we don't know each other, so how about having a few drinks here?" Liang Feng said politely.
"The adults are so proud that they dare not refuse, but the folk customs in this country are like this. How can it be an exception? The adults have to move. They go to Xiaguan to sit for a while and add some glory to Xiaguan. Not far away, they only arrive at the left side of the yamen, and walk there is also a way."
After hearing this, Liang Feng nodded and refused. He turned around and called the Ministry of Personnel to go with the four listeners. After all, it was from the central authorities. Don’t neglect others if you eat and drink well. Go back and give yourself a reputation of being stingy and stingy.
Sure enough, he could not walk a few steps to Qin Bangye's residence. This was also the house that Qin Bangye rented. When he took office, the court naturally gave him money to buy the house. However, the local officials served every three years and did not know where to settle down. In those days, the real estate business was not booming, and it was not worth engaging in. Lao Qin found an idle property for a large family and rented a house worth 40 or 50 cents a year. The price was fair and the two sides were happy.
The courtyard is also two different, and the layout is similar to that of the county yamen. It is neither shabby nor the county magistrate has been compared. It can be seen that the Qin County Magistrate is very careful and advances and retreats properly.
Qin Bangye invited Liang Feng to the flower hall to sit down and went to the prime minister to accompany him. The two had never met before, and they could not say that they would fall in love with each other at first sight, but they were both in the officialdom, and it was almost a basic skill. Qin Bangye took out Liang Feng's deeds over the years and flattered them. Liang Feng praised Qin County Magistrate's house for being elegant and quiet, and he was also laughing. Qin Bangye was from Qinghe, Shandong. Because the road was long, he did not take his wife and children to take up his post, so he was alone here. Seeing Liang County Master come with his wife, he naturally expressed his envy and homesickness.
After a while, the banquet was set up, and the two of them drank together, serving only one officer and Li Da. The rest of the people brought by Liang Feng naturally arranged for some other place to have a drink.
After drinking a few drinks, Qin Bangye smiled and said, "My lord has come so late this time. His ex-My Lord Pan has only been away for a few days. He said it was a urging by the superiors, so there is no need to wait for the master to come and hand over it. Now our county is still missing a chief clerk. Hehe, it's really a lot of things. Fortunately, the master is extremely talented and has a great reputation. I wish you a little bitch. I hope you are a little bitch."
Liang Feng was worried about this matter. Originally, Fengqiu was equivalent to a municipality directly under the central government. It ranks second among the seven levels of "Cheng, capital, hope, tight, upper, middle, and lower" at the Song Dynasty. In fact, the first-level Chi County is the capital city, which is beyond the reach of no one. How could he not even deserve a chief clerk when he came to this capital? He was about to ask Qin Bangye for advice.
It turned out that the presiding county magistrate Pan and Zhang Zhuan were transferred together. Speaking of which, Zhang Zhuan had already left a few days ago. In short, the Ministry of Personnel had issued a document to Fengqiu, and the new chief clerk reported within month, asking them to wait patiently. However, Liang Feng had not read the writing, so he didn't know. After listening to Qin Bangye's explanation, Liang Feng understood, but he had not taken care of money, grain, taxation and other matters? The county magistrate in front of him was specialized in public order, so how could this be done?
Fortunately, he is a casual person and believes that there must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain. He is a little worried and does not take this matter in his heart. Diandian continues to drink.
After eating a few cups, I finally talked about the four people who were shouting for justice at noon today.
Qin Bangye put down his wine glass and sighed, "I'm not hiding it, the officials are also worried about this. The family's surname is Zhao, who is from Zhaogang. The old man is named Zhao Dacheng and the Cui family of the Hun family. The two elders only have one son named Zhao Shoucai. They don't work in farming and are good at doing some mudding skills. They marry Chen family of the Hun family and have a son. They are three years old this year."
"It seems that today I only saw his two elders and the wife, but not his man?"
"Isn't it? His son Zhao Shoucai fell in the pond and died at the end of last year. He is calling for justice for this." Qin Bangye said.
"Oh? I fell into the pond and died, how can I shout for justice?"
"It's a long story, because he was chased and unable to escape, he jumped into the pond by himself, and he was not able to water, so he drowned. Don't worry, please listen to me."
Qin Bangye cleared his throat and said, "There are dozens of families in Zhaogang, the largest of which is Zhao Baocheng, which is also a famous family in our county. Today we are here to welcome the adults together, and Zhao Baocheng is also among them."
"Oh, I remembered that one with a slightly fat figure and a straight body in a bun? No wonder, when I saw him coming to toast, I was a little embarrassed. I was so strange at the time, and I had never met him before. He was embarrassed. It turned out to be for this."
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