The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

As Huang Zhong said, the backyard is bigger than the front.

Around the big elm tree in the courtyard, more than a dozen houses were built along the walls.

Not only is the place larger than the front yard, but the architectural style of the house is also different from that of the front yard.

The ones on the south side are all single rooms, with five or six rooms.

There are two suites in the north. The inner one is the same as the front yard, with a main room and two bedrooms; the outer one has only two rooms.

It has probably been built for a long time, the walls and wooden doors of the house are a little old, and the square bricks laid under the eaves outside the house are also full of potholes. Among the single rooms on the south side, weeds are still emerging from the roofs of several rooms. But overall, it's clean and tidy.

"These rooms in the north, the outer one is for Xunjun to live in, and the inner one is reserved for the officials to sleep. The southern ones are for the officials' entourage and slaves. If there are commoners, they will also be arranged here."

Introducing the overall layout, Huang Zhong pointed to a small hut in the corner of the guide, and added: "There is the prison." The prison is the detention center. If there are criminals in the jurisdiction, the serious ones are sent to the county, and the light ones are detained here.

The elm trees blocked the sun, and the sunlight projected from the gaps in the branches and leaves, forming light spots on the ground. There was just a gust of cool wind blowing, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground and dancing.

"If water is needed, the well is in the north corner."

Small but complete. As one of the best pavilions in Yingyin County, not only the place is large enough, but also various living facilities are complete. Although it looked a bit shabby, Xun Zhen was satisfied and said, "Very good,..."

A cheer interrupted him. He followed the sound, and the sound came from a room on the south side with the door closed.

Huang Zhong hurriedly walked over, pushed open the door, and shouted, "A Bao, A Yan, Xun Jun has arrived, you all come out to greet me!"

Xun Zhen walked over and looked inside the house.

There were a total of four people in the room, two of them were sitting on the ground, playing "Liu Bo", and the other two were watching the battle from left and right.

The cheering sound should have come from the young man sitting against the wall. When Xun Zhen looked over, he was happily standing up, holding Bochou with one hand and the copper coin at the other's feet with the other.

Hearing Huang Zhong talking, and seeing Xun Zhen approaching, he hastily retracted his hand, threw away Bocho, jumped up, bowed down to Xun Zhen, and said, "Little man Chen Bao, see Xun Jun."

The other three also knelt on the ground and said unevenly, "Meet Xun Jun."

I really didn't expect that on the first day I took office, I met my subordinate Jugai.

According to the law, it is illegal to gather gambling, especially in pavilions, where they know the law and break the law. However, Xun Zhen pretended not to see him, and smiled slightly: "What kind of 'jun' is the pavilion with a bigger sesame seed? Everyone, please get up quickly." He walked into the house and helped the four of them up one by one.

Huang Zhong followed behind him, pointed to the person who bowed first, and said, "He is Chen Bao, the patriarch of Ben Ting,..." He pointed to a strong soldier who was watching the battle, and said, " He is Cheng Yan and Ben Tingting's pawn."

Chen Bao was thin and looked like he was in his twenties. When he jumped up just now, his movements were very agile and light.

Cheng Yan is about thirty years old, tall and strong, with a dark complexion. There is a very long scar under his left eye, which seems to be wound by a knife, like a centipede, and snakes straight to the left corner of his mouth, which is truly hideous.

The introduction of the former chief of the pavilion, Zheng Duo, passed quickly in Xun Zhen's mind: "Chen Bao, the patriarch of the pavilion, is easy to gamble; the patriarch of the pavilion, Cheng Yan, is thick and ugly."

His eyes turned from Chen Bao, and he made a turn on Cheng Yan's face, thinking, "From the first impression, Zheng Duo's introduction is absolutely correct."

Of the six people in the pavilion, three have already known each other, the "Father of the Pavilion" Huang Zhong, and the patriarchs Cheng Yan and Chen Bao. There is still one "seeking thief" and two pavilions.

Xun Zhen turned her gaze to the remaining two, and asked in a warm voice, "I don't know which of the two is begging the thief Du Jun?"

The two of them just laughed, but neither of them responded.

Huang Zhong took a step forward and said, "Chief of the pavilion, this morning, the begging thief Du Mai and the Fan brothers went out to inspect the pavilion."

The inspection of the pavilion is one of the daily tasks in the pavilion, and it is mainly in charge of the "thief" who is a full-time public security officer.

Now that Du Mai, the "begging thief", and the other two patriarchs, the "Fan family brothers", have all gone out to inspect the pavilion, who are the two remaining people in the house?

Without waiting for Xun Zhen to ask questions, Chen Bao took the initiative to say, "Both of them are the head of the pavilion, and they have nothing to do today, so they will make an appointment to play together."

After he finished speaking, he picked up all the money on the ground and handed it to one of them. He ordered: "Jun Xun has just come to take office, we can't help but express. You two, go buy some wine and meat! When the pavilion door is closed at night, everyone will be together. Have fun."

The two responded loudly, but refused to take the money. One of them held the dagger at their waist and said with a smile, "Since Zheng Jun left office, the little people have been looking forward to Xun Jun's arrival day and night. Today is finally here, how dare you call Ting We will buy some wine and meat." After saying that, he accused Xun Zhen of the crime, and gave Xun Zhen a chance to refuse, and bowed out.

When Xun Zhen chased out the door, the two of them had already left the door of the backyard, and they didn't respond. Seeing their backs go away, Xun Zhen thought: "Looking at the faces of these two, they don't seem to be kind, and they are gambling with Chen Bao and Cheng Yan in the house.

Since the time of crossing, he has heard and heard, and with the memory of hearing about the "predecessor Xun Zhen", he is already familiar with the current style of the ranger. Knowing that these young chivalrous youths are not afraid of the law and discipline, if they agree with each other, they will promise each other with their lives, and if they disagree, they will draw their swords and face each other. The most "suffering".

If you can't stop it, that's all. Xun Zhen secretly said: "Just take this opportunity to meet the ranger boy under Ben Ting's rule."

In the former Han Dynasty, the main responsibilities of the "Tingbu" were to monitor public security and hunt down thieves. Although since entering the Eastern Han Dynasty, some civil tasks have been gradually added, but maintaining public security and arresting lawbreakers is still one of the important tasks. That is to say, since Xun Zhen has become the pavilion chief, he will inevitably have to deal with those "swinging chivalrous men" in the future. And the "big plan" that he came to serve as Chief Ting also had a deep relationship with this light chivalrous man. It's better to get acquainted sooner than later.

"Ting father" Huang Zhong, "Ting pawn" Chen Bao and Cheng Yan also went out of the house.

Huang Zhong said cautiously: "Before Mr. Zheng left, there was an explanation, saying that when Mr. Xun came, he could deliver all the manuscripts of this pavilion. Will Mr. Xun receive it later, or now?"

Listen to the string song, know the elegant meaning. Xun Zhen knew what he meant, smiled, took out a piece of bamboo slip from her bosom, handed it over, and said, "This is the letter of appointment given to me by the county magistrate. Mr. Huang will check first to see if there are any mistakes and omissions, and then it will be no later than the handover. ."

The pavilion chief, although he was a petty official, was also an official. If a local person holds the post, it is better to say; if a non-local person holds the post, how to prove it? The appointment document is the only evidence. The place of origin, appearance, etc. of the member should be written in detail on the top to prevent someone from impersonating. - This is not without precedent. The most famous is Emperor Guangwu, who pretended to be the envoy of Handan when he was in trouble.

Huang Zhong had a decent family background when he was young. He went to a rural school and read the enlightenment textbooks such as "Ji Jiu Pian" and "Fan Jiang Pian". He knew the characters, read them carefully, and returned them to Xun Zhen. Said: "Xunjun, please come this way."

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Huang Zhong led Xun Zhen to the north room, took out the key, opened the door, and introduced: "After Zheng Jun left, I have already cleaned up the house again. If there is anything that Xun Zhen is not satisfied with, we will try again. Cleaning. . . , the side is the bedroom, the front is the main room.”

People filed in.

The ground is covered with large square bricks and the walls are painted with chalk.

Facing the door and facing the wall, a table was placed, and there was a "couch" behind it. A lot of bamboo slips are stacked on one side of the table, and on the other side is a pen holder with a few brushes. There are also inkstones, inkstone drops, etc.

On both sides of the table, two columns of "wooden pings" were placed until the door. "Ping" is the same as "couch", it is a seat, the difference is that the couch is larger, so two people can sit together; There are seats on the couch and on the table in the house.

Xun Zhen saw that on the four corners of the reed mat on the couch, there were also four stone towns. uukanshu.com are all in the shape of a tiger, which is to prevent the mat from folding during use.

Behind the table, in the corner of the wall, there were two boxes made of bamboo and reed.

Huang Zhong asked Xun Zhen to take a seat first, and then greeted Chen Bao and Cheng Yan. The three moved the two boxes to the side of the desk and opened them. Inside were scrolls of bamboo slips, green and lustrous, and each bamboo slip was one foot long.

He took the top volume out of a box, put it on the case, unfolded it, and said, "These are all the papers in Benting so far. Some are cases that have been handled in the past, and some are communicated by the country and the county. Edicts, official documents."

"One Pavilion for Ten Miles", as the most widely distributed grass-roots unit, not only posted portraits of wanted criminals, but also important announcements from the court.

Xun Zhen glanced at the bamboo slip, and the opening part began to write: "Forgive the world below death...".

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, in order to recuperate the common people and show benevolence, the Son of Heaven has often granted amnesty, especially after disasters. Last year, the epidemic was rampant and many people died.

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There are a lot of bamboo slips in the box, and there is not a day or two that you can't finish reading them. Xun Zhen didn't plan to take a closer look at this moment. She smiled and said, "There is no urgent business right now.

Huang Zhong said with a smile, "Yes, yes." He rolled up the unfolded bamboo slips and put them back in the box.

Xun Zhen approached the helper on the ground, and together with Huang Zhong, the two of them worked together to move one, and moved the two boxes back.

When the box was put away, Xun Zhen said, "It's only afternoon, and it's too early to close the pavilion door. I'm new here, and I'm not familiar with the place. Mr. Huang, if you're okay, be a guide for me, go out and walk around?"

Huang Zhong has no objection.

Just after coming out of the backyard, before reaching the front yard, one person rushed in like a whirlwind from outside the house, shouting, "It's not good! It's not good!"