In the middle of August, the south of the Yangtze River is hot, especially in the afternoon, the sun is like fire, the earth is heatwave, and the heaven and earth are like steamers.

In the steamer of heaven and earth, the villages are dotted, guarding a small county town in a semicircle, barely a city.

The circumference of the small county town is about six kilometers, and the city wall is not high, it looks like about five meters, which is not much higher than the courtyard walls of the rich and wealthy families in the city. The wall is made of earth, covered with white ash, because it is rainy in the south of the Yangtze River, the small county town is close to the coast, the rain is more, the weather is damp, and many places on the wall are soaked and damaged by rainwater, dilapidated and dilapidated.

There are four city gates in the small county town, the east gate is called Yingxi Gate, the south gate is called Guanlan Gate, the west gate is called Daifen Gate, the north gate is called Wangyue Gate, there is an urn city built outside each gate, but the urn city is more broken than the city wall.

People who are running for their livelihood and life go in and out of the city gate, and when they walk out of the urn city gate, they all feel like they are being roasted by fire under the exposed sun. Even if you wear a hat and a wet towel around your neck, you can't help but open your mind, and fan your clothes up and down with your hands, and you can't stop sweating.

The dilapidated and dilapidated city gate made people nostalgic at this time.

"Oh my God, no, no, it's too hot, it's better to rest, and wait for the sun to turn a little bit before going to the ground."

"Let's go, go to the root of the wall to rest, this field is not in a hurry at this time, this day the heat can dry people into dried meat, at this time the ground is hot and there is a problem, if we are sunburned, then who cares about the mother-in-law and baby in the house."

"Hahaha, Liu Laosan, my family lives next door to your house, if you get hot, your mother-in-law, I'll take care of it for you."

"Get out, let your mother's fart, it's just that you Zhang Lao Wu is hot, and Lao Tzu is fine. Your mother-in-law, I'll help you see it, make sure you live it for ten months, and you have another big fat boy, hahaha......"

Outside the Wangyue Gate at the North Gate, a group of five or six men with open hearts and hoes on their shoulders really couldn't stand the blazing sun, laughed and came to the root of the city wall, found a shady place, put the hoe in their hands aside, sat on the ground with one butt, and laughed and scolded while pulling their clothes and fanning the wind.

The crop man is like this, vulgar meat talk you come and go, and the tired days add a lot of fun.

"Hey, look, in the pavilion in front, isn't that our county?! Last time, didn't his sister marry him as a concubine in the third room at the east end of Zhangwang Village next to our village, and on the day his sister was picked up, I happened to repair a hoe at the blacksmith shop in Zhangwang Village, and I saw him, and the village of Zhangwang Village was nodding in front of him like a grandson. And the one next to him, that has to be the lord of our county, and the one next to him, isn't that the famous squire in the county, Master Zhang, and that, that is the county's head catcher, and that, that, obediently...... What kind of day is it today, why did all of us in Jingnan County go out of the city to bask in the sun? On weekdays, we don't see these big men once a year, why do we all get together today? Isn't it too hot?! ”

When a man sat down to rest, he suddenly saw a lot of people gathered under the pavilion in the distance, and he immediately recognized the county Cheng among them, and couldn't help but cry out in surprise, and then recognized several, all of them were big people with heads and faces in Jingnan County, and couldn't help but be curious.

"Hey, it's true, I know the one who fanned the fan on the side of the pavilion, and it was the king of our town...... What's going on, these people are either officials or rich, anyway, they all have heads and faces, why did they all come here? What is this for? The man next to him was reminded by him, and he also shouted, and he recognized Wang Yuanwai in the crowd, who was the most famous person in the township.

"What's going on?"

"What kind of bad water are these dogs talking about?"

The other resting men also found out, and they were all curious and guessed in surprise.

"You don't know, do you? Hehe......"

Next to the farmer man, there was an old man in a long robe, who was also sitting under the wall to enjoy the shade, and when he heard the words of the men, he stroked his beard and laughed.

"You are Yao Lao, I know you, you are an understanding person in Da Yao Village, and the red and white things in the village are all your old Zhang Luo. My daughter-in-law is from Dayao Village. You are always well-informed, you always tell us, what's going on, we have a head and a face in Jingnan County, why did you come here? "Someone among the croppers recognized the old man in Changyi, knowing that he was an understanding person in Dayao Village, who had studied for a few years, although he had not been admitted to anything, but he knew more than the croppers, and he was recognized as well-informed in the village, and he would ask him for advice on anything in the village.

"It turned out to be Yao Lao, we have also heard it, you told us to say, we in the province opened our eyes and guessed. For such a big thing, if we don't know why, we won't even be able to sleep when we go back. ”

The other croppers also followed, and asked Yao Lao to tell them about it.

"Hehe, okay, okay, then the old man will tell you, you are smiling and generous."

Yao Lao stroked his beard and smiled, he liked the feeling of being crowded, being inquisitive, and being the focus of attention.

"Thank you, Mr. Yao."

The crop men gathered around, looking at each other curiously.

"The old man also learned the news from his old friend Zhang Jiaoyu, so he sat here and waited to open his eyes." Yao Lao glanced at the crop men, was very satisfied with their curious eyes, stroked his beard and began to say, "Today, it is the day when the new county magistrate of Jingnan County will take office. Therefore, the officials, subordinates, teachings, instructors, scriptures, officials, students, as well as local eunuchs, wealthy businessmen, squires and elders, etc., all have to go out of the city to the official pavilion to connect Xinzhi County into the city. ”

"Huh? The day when the new county magistrate took office? One by one, the farmer opened his mouth wide.

"Yes, yes." Yao Lao nodded.

"Another one to die, what can't you think of......" A crop man smacked his lips and floated out a sentence, a little gloating.

"Nonsense." Yao Lao turned his head and glared at him.

"Elder Yao, I'm not talking nonsense, our county has died seven county magistrates in the past five years." The crop man scratched his head and muttered, "It's only been eight months this year, and the two magistrates have already died." ”

"You know what!" Yao Lao glared at him again, "What is the county magistrate, the magistrate is the parent official, what does the parent official mean, the parent official is the parents of our people, can you curse your parents behind your back?!" ”

"I also know that the county magistrate is our parent official, but isn't there a bit of a county magistrate who is not a thing, not a bit of a parent. As for the first magistrate who died, he was judging the case, he was judging money, and whoever gave him more money would be sentenced to whomever he wanted. Why did Liu Laoshi fight with him, it wasn't that he judged the case randomly, we all saw it with our own eyes, Landlord Liu robbed Liu Laoshi's daughter-in-law, and beat Liu Laoshi half to death, but just because Landlord Liu stuffed silver into the dog county order, the county order opened his eyes and judged nonsense, saying What is Liu Laoshi's daughter-in-law seducing Landlord Liu, Liu Laoshi blackmailed Landlord Liu, and Landlord Liu beat him for self-defense, phew...... Liu was honest all his life, and the county order to kill the dog was also forced. "The farmer was a little unconvinced.

"Yes, there is also the magistrate who was killed by Miao Man in the counterinsurgency, he usually knows how to make money and play with women, how can he be killed in the counterinsurgency, he is obviously drinking and playing with women, and he died immediately, and he was afraid of losing it before he said that he died in the counterinsurgency....... I also bullied outsiders who don't know, who in Jingnan doesn't know. The farmer next to him also said, "Also, forget it, let's not talk about the rest, finally come to a less greedy and not so bad one, but it turns out that he dies faster, and he can't find out how he died......"

"Chasing after the wind and shadows, if there is no evidence, don't talk nonsense, be careful that trouble comes from the mouth." Yao Lao glared at them again.

"We know, don't we always tell you, we just don't have a good fate, we don't have a good county, we are next door to Chun'an County, how good is Hairui Haizhi County, it's just Bao Qingtian alive, when it comes to Haizhi County, that doesn't give a thumbs up." The croppers are a little envious of the people of Chun'an County, and envy them for having a good county.

Hearing the crop man mention Haizhi County, Yao Lao couldn't help but be a little distracted, and said with some lack of confidence, "Maybe our Ren Zhi County is a good Zhi County." ”

"Haozhi County, heh......" The crop man smiled, shook his head, and did not report hope for what Yao Lao said.

"Look, the new magistrate is here...... Hey, you're so young......"

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd at this time, and they all got up and pointed to the front.

In the distance, a carriage, escorted by six riders, stopped in front of the pick-up booth. A young man opened the curtain of the carriage and appeared in front of everyone wearing a county official uniform, with a very honest smile on his face.

。 Writing Chinese Network M.