Chapter 10 Ziyang Mansion
Tian Miaowen rectified Woniuling and went to visit Yu Junting, Ye Xiaotian had already rushed from the place to Ziyang County in Xing'an Prefecture. Ziyang is located in the upper reaches of the Han River, the northern foot of Daba Mountain, blocked by Qinling Mountain in the north and Bashan barrier in the south, forming a special climate with no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer.
There is a hall in Ziyang County. In the afternoon, hundreds of officers and soldiers suddenly came to the county. When they saw their weapons, armor and weapons, they knew that they must be elite troops in the court. However, the postmaster Xiang Hongchen ignored it because the officers and soldiers did not need to be received by the post station when passing through the border. Who would have thought that these officers and soldiers would come to the inn?
When hundreds of iron-armored knights arrived at the restaurant, Xiang Yicheng was busy cooking in the kitchen. Yes, Lord Yicheng was cooking. Although the gentleman was far away from the chef, the master with some status and status had never had the habit of going to the kitchen, Xiang Yicheng was an exception.
Speaking of which, the Yicheng was an eighth-rank official, a regular court official, Xiang Hongchen was a Jinshi and had a dignified fame. However, just as Tang Xianzu was interested in writing and singing operas, Xiang Hongchen's hobby was cooking.
Xiang Yicheng loves delicious food, which is influenced by Xiang's family style. Because the old master of Xiang Yicheng's family is a gourmet, Xiang's old master loves delicious food all his life, never tires of fine food and fine stew, and is proud of his own taste of food and food.
Old Master Xiang is from the north. He once served as the chief clerk of Jiangpu County and passed away on duty. Before his death, he held his son's hand and told him only one last word: "Son, you have to remember that buns must be steamed, dumplings must be cooked in the pot, soy milk must be sweet, tofu brain must be salty, if you don't do it as it is all heresy! Never succumb to the locals!"
With such a good style, Xiang Yicheng was obsessed with delicious food. Xiang Hongchen was humming a little song in the kitchen. He was frying and cooking and frying, and a postman suddenly ran over and said, "Master Yicheng, there are many military generals at the door. Our small inn can only entertain a hundred people at most. But we can't receive so many people."
Xiang Hongchen had just put a big Yellow River carp into the oil pan, and the frying sounded. After hearing the postman's report, Xiang Hongchen glared at him and said, "Military General? Our inn and those Qiu Ba have always been in trouble with the well water. What did they run to our inn to do?"
The postman grinned and said, "Master Postmaster. The general who led the troops is a thousand general, and the young one dare not ask."
Xiang Hongchen scolded, "Bao! Even if he is a general, he can't care about our post station. What are you afraid of?" Xiang Hongchen snorted and said, "Help me watch the fish!" After that, he walked out with great strides.
Pi Pengju Vice President Pi was impatient at the door and couldn't help but curse: "This little postmaster is so good. I haven't come out for so long, so I won't wait."
Pi Pengju turned around and said respectfully to Ye Xiaotian: "Sir Ye, let's go in now."
Ye Xiaotian was about to speak, when Xiang Hongchen walked out of the inn and asked loudly: "Where did the generals come from? Why do you come to my inn?"
Deputy General Pi turned his head and looked even more angry, saying, "Wow! The postmaster here is really big. Can you send a chef to receive Lord Ye and this general?"
Xiang Hongchen was wearing a coarse knot cloth, an apron with oil stains on his waist, a small hat on his head, a sweat towel on his shoulder, and a claw fence in his hand, making him look like a chef.
When Xiang Yicheng was unhappy when he heard what Deputy General Pi said, he sank his face and said, "I am the official here. Who are you? It depends on the size of General Pi, who is only one thousand general, what qualifications do you have to call yourself a general?"
This place has left Guizhou. This kind of place is the world of civil servants. The status of civil servants is generally higher than that of military generals, a fifth-rank prefect. Even if he meets a first-rank general, he is still arrogant and arrogant. Ten* the general must be polite to others. Because even if he can afford to offend one of the other party, he can't afford to offend the group of civil servants.
The fine tradition of civil servants is to fight in groups, and they are all experts in verbal trouble. The biggest problem is that no matter how powerful the ordinary people are, they will be sputtering, which is useless. However, the civil servants' mouth and pen are even more powerful than thousands of troops and can really kill people.
Although Deputy General Pi has been in Guizhou for a long time, he is a general in the Commander-in-Chief and is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. The Minister of War has always been a civil servant. It is okay to brag behind the scenes and talk big. When he really saw others, Deputy General Pi became soft first.
Deputy General Pi laughed and said, "Oh, you are the Master of the Post Office here? I am the official in charge of the inn. The court has allocated funds to manage the inn. Why did Master of the Post Office personally cook and cook? Can't even afford a chef?"
Xiang Yicheng likes to cook, but he also knows that this skill is not a good place, especially for people like him who are famous and have an official position, it will only make others laugh at him. So he rolled his eyes and said, "You have to care, you are full. Tell me, what are you here in Ziyang Post? We don't accept you soldiers."
Deputy General Pi said proudly: "Officers coming and going, are the inns responsible for reception?"
Xiang Yicheng looked at Deputy Qian Qian in surprise and suddenly realized: "Are you a new official? Haha..."
Xiang Yicheng looked up at the sky and said, "Yes, the inn is responsible for receiving officials from time to time, but the grades are different and the treatment is different. You are just a thousand generals. You can stay in the inn, but you only have a living room and a bedroom, and you can't accommodate so many generals of your family."
Deputy General Pi said with a smile: "What if the officials who are escorted to the capital are brought to the capital? Does the court have any regulations for officials who are escorted to live in the inn alone, and the escorts and others will settle in their residence?"
Of course this doesn't work. The official who is waiting for crime is likely to be really guilty. What if he fled for fear of the crime? The postmen in the inn have no reason to take the custody responsibility for you. Besides, the postmen are not professional, and it is likely that the criminal who is waiting for trial will really escape.
Xiang Shizhang was slightly surprised and asked cautiously and strangely: "Are you an offender?"
It is not uncommon for officials to pass through the border frequently. The problem is that there have never been so many people escorting the prisoners. Do you think you are a big shot like Zhang Taiyue and Feng Bao? You actually need hundreds of iron cavalry soldiers to escort them.
The man in front of him was just a Qianzheng. He actually wanted so many people to escort him. The military law could not punish him. He wanted to escort the capital and hand it over to the court to make a judgment. What a background or how much chaos it caused? Xiang Yicheng dared not be cautious.
Deputy General Pi said a few times, "I am a little General Qian, how can I be qualified to be tried in the court? This is the official who is to be punished..."
Deputy General Pi took two steps back to the side, bowed slightly, and introduced to Xiang Yicheng: "This is Lord Ye, the Chief Secretary of Chief Tongren Woniu!"
Xiang Yicheng then noticed Ye Xiaotian. Ye Xiaotian was riding on the horse, wearing a brocade dress, with a handsome face and handsome face. No matter how you look, you look like a young master Guijie who is taking a rich slave out for a tour. He looks like this and dresses like this, he is actually a criminal!
However, Xiang Yicheng immediately thought of Deputy Qian of Deputy General Pi: "Chief Woniu Chief Secretary!" Xiang Yicheng suddenly realized that the chief official is an official system among local officials, and there is no place for officials to be liberated. Since they are local officials, they are all hereditary, and it is not uncommon for young people to become officials.
Xiang Yicheng did not expect that the second generation of officials in his eyes was a real official, otherwise he would have been shocked. However, Ye Xiaotian became a chieftain from a prison guard in just a few years. Although it is a legend, compared to Liu Bang's defiance of the fate of changing from a small pavilion leader to a founding emperor in just seven years, it is nothing.
Xiang Yicheng asked Deputy General Pi half-believingly and half-doubtedly for official documents, and he was surely helpless. The court only restricted the treatment and the number of entourage personnel that transit officials could enjoy when they entered the inn, so as not to take advantage of the court. However, it was not stipulated that officials could only be assigned a few entrusted personnel if they had not decided on the crime. For special circumstances like Ye Xiaotian, it was unexpected that those who had formulated this rule at the time would have failed.
In desperation, Xiang Yicheng had to explain the situation to Deputy Pi Qianhuqi. Ziyang County was too small. Although it was set up, the reception capacity was very limited. It was all the plans, and the master and servants received nearly a hundred people. Deputy Pi Qianhu and his group had more than 300 people and more than 300 horses. The small Ziyang County Office could not receive at all.
The deputy Qianhu Pi was right now and said arrogantly: "Xiang Yicheng, your difficulties are the last general... Oh, I am a small Qianhu, but I am not worthy of being a general. The officials understand, but the officials are also ordered to do things. Look at the more than 300 people, how much does it cost to eat and live in horses? I will be borne by the court. If I go out to rent and eat on my own, who will I report this expense?"
Xiang Yicheng knew that it was his attitude that offended him just now, so he had to explain humbly: "Pi Qianhu, although this is Li'er, it is appropriate to provide food for Xiang, but if you move in, would you have to sleep in the yard? Even if Xiang gave up his residence, so many people would not be able to live there..."
Xiang Yicheng was talking when another group of people rushed over in the distance. This group of people was Zhan Hu and his group who always stick to Ye Xiaotian like dog skin plaster.
Zhan Hu, Zhang family Mudong, Cao family Guo Jianwu. Zhan Hu is the younger brother of Zhan Long, the current head of the Zhan family. Mu Dong is Zhang Yutong's younger brother, and Guo Jianwu is Cao Ruixi's younger brother. These three younger brothers followed Ye Xiaotian all the way, and they would verbally attack him whenever they had the chance, but they had never made any substantial moves. Deputy General Pi had gradually dispelled their guard against them.
In the view of Mr. Pi, they just wanted to attack Ye Xiaotian all the way until they followed the capital and watched him be punished with their own eyes. Of course, during the continuous harassment, he could also lose the energy to think about the situation in Woniuling and then remotely control the situation.
But, is Zhan Hu really planning this? From a distance, you can see the large group of people at the entrance of the inn. Mu Dong couldn't help but say to Zhan Hu: "Brother Hu, we have been following us for so long. Do you really have to follow us in the capital?"
Guo Jianwu said patiently: "Didn't you say you want to send him on the way halfway? When will we do it?"
Zhan Hu sneered, stared at Ye Xiaotian in the distance, and said sinisterly: "We don't need to do it! I'm here to do it, but I just want to watch him die with my own eyes! Don't worry, Ziyang is his burial place!"
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Chapter completed!