While waiting for Lord Xu to arrive, the scholar Xiaowei hurriedly walked in, followed by the county master and the master.

Xiao Wei pointed to a few elderly scribes and said, "Master, take a look." ”

The county master walked over and looked up and down, frowned, and said very unhappily: "You were really right, I almost made a mistake." Then he said angrily to a few old scribes: "Look at your dress, unkempt and dirty, either poor or unlucky, wearing patched robes, not wearing square scarves, but as an official, you are not uniform, your hair and beard are messy, all of them look like they have just been released from prison, and they are not decent!" ”

So he instructed Xiao Wei: "You quickly call someone to go to the ready-to-wear shop on the street to borrow a few sets of scribe shirts, and then call a shaver, pick up these old guys, and shave all the hair and beard. ”

"Yes!" Xiao Wei agreed, made a grimace and ran out.

Several of the older scribes looked at each other and touched their beloved beards with pity. Want to beard why not? It is not allowed to be the county master, and it is also Jinling who has been subject to the practice of cutting off his hair for a long time, and most people are accustomed to this, otherwise they can't agree to cut off the beard that symbolizes their status.

Of course, they made up their minds to repair it casually, cope with the errand, and scrape it all off.

Looking at the background of Xiaowei's little bastard, this guy is usually quite likable, handsome and smart, and he is kind to everyone. Speaking of Xiaowei, he is a local, and his father is a colleague of the scribes, and he died of illness, and they were introduced to the county master as a scholar together, and I don't know why he came up with such a bad idea for the master today.

After a while, a servant came in with several sets of cyan tunics. explained: "There are no suitable caftans in the ready-to-wear shops, and there happen to be a batch of clothes changed from the school, which are much more magnificent than official uniforms. ”

"This dress is really good" The county magistrate agreed, like the new military uniform, it is better than the old-fashioned clothes, and now even many students of the Guozijian have worn it, as for who invented this dress, I don't know, I only know that it seems to be related to Lord Xu.

The problem is that young people adapt to new things quickly and like to experiment. And the older people don't become, a set of tunics can make them miserable, they are used to wearing wide robes and big sleeves, they are very comfortable, and they are suddenly forced to wear a narrow and tight tunic suit, and they are uncomfortable up and down.

At the same time, the people in the yamen are accustomed to being courteous and conceiving, nodding and bowing when they see their bosses, and they see civilians holding their chests and stomachs. Several old scribes have been unhappy all their lives, their skinny shoulders are always stiff, and all the shortcomings that were covered by the robes were all exposed at once. On the contrary, it looks very obscene.

But since the county magistrate was satisfied, he had to wear it, and several scribes sighed in their hearts, and they couldn't help it.

After another moment. Xiaowei ran in and said, "The head shaver is called, he is a master from Shandong, and his skills are good." New in line. ”

The county magistrate said impatiently: "Whatever you call him Shandong, Shanxi, he is a head shaver, not a pig killer, be fast!" ”

"It's coming soon." Xiaowei turned and ran out.

After a long time, before the head shaving master came, he suddenly heard the messenger standing guard at the entrance of the yamen shouting, "Salute! ”

This was the rule that came out of the barracks, because many soldiers turned to tolerance. The county lord in the house jumped up subconsciously, and secretly said that Lord Xu had arrived?

Before he came out to ask to understand, another little guy Xiao Hu was favored by Xiaowei everywhere, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and wanted to show his cleverness in front of the master, and now in order to catch up with Xiao Wei, he ran in breathlessly and said loudly: "Master, here!" ”

The county magistrate hurriedly looked at the door, and saw a man in his thirties with oily hair and powder, with an extraordinary appearance, wearing a cyan tunic suit, a pair of shiny leather shoes, and a big leather bag in his hand, walking in very vigorously.

The person who came was not Lord Xu, but the county magistrate was old in the officialdom, and he could see at a glance that it must be the official next to Lord Xu, who came to inspect first.

Therefore, he immediately greeted him, and recited words in his mouth, so that the scribe hurriedly sat down in a serious manner, and did the business in a proper manner.

The county magistrate respectfully led this majestic official, and a group of officials wanted to come forward to salute, but the county magistrate pressed his hand slightly, signaling that the big guy didn't have to get up, to show how busy and nervous the yamen's official affairs were.

"Offer tea!" After the county magistrate asked the official to sit down, he gave an order.

Without waiting for Xiao Hu to react, suddenly Xiao Wei came out of nowhere, holding two cups of fragrant tea in his hand, gently placed them in front of the two adults, turned around, made a grimace at Xiao Hu, and retreated.

The county magistrate smiled and asked politely, "May I ask your surname?" ”

"The surname is Jia." The officer replied politely.

The county magistrate said: "Then you have just arrived in our county from Jinling, and you have been tired all the way, please have tea." ”

The official nodded, "um", and stared at a few unkempt old scribes.

The big guy chuckled in his heart, knowing that it was bad, he hadn't had time to shave his head, and he was seen by this adult, and the unkempt appearance of his subordinates was undoubtedly a stain on the county lord's governance of the yamen.

The county magistrate also found out, and hurriedly diverted the words and said, "You have worked hard. ”

The official let out another "um", still staring intently at the scribes. At this time, the county magistrate was a little panicked, the officials who came down in the past had never looked around in the house, and they didn't buy it very much, and most of them exchanged a few words, so they were directly invited to the hall in the back garden to talk, and then pick up the wind and wash the dust.

In order to divert the target, the county magistrate began to introduce all aspects of the county to the officials, and talked endlessly, so as not to give people a chance to intervene, which is a common strategy in officialdom.

From the population tax to the number of chaste martyrs in the territory, from the number of water conservancy facilities to the number of public pits, the creative genius of the county lord and the ability to make up lies surprised the big guys.

The county clerks knew everything about it, and they peeked at the adult's reaction, and it seemed that they were no more than the same as the two section chiefs. Because he had no interest in the county lord's explanation, he probably only thought about the feast and the filial piety of the county.

Although he seemed to be careless, he glanced at a few sloppy old scribes from time to time, everyone knew that this was just a trick of "eating and taking cards", as if he said to the county magistrate, "No matter how nice you say, I have also caught the handle of your yamen."

When the county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief, the official asked, "Are you finished?" ”

"Say, that's it." The county magistrate stood up. Respectfully waved his hand towards the back garden: "Please!" ”

Then the lord stood still, and suddenly opened his large leather bag, took out a piece of silk cloth and a tool for shaving his head, and said, "Let them shave their heads." ”

"Huh?" So everyone present screamed unconsciously! What's going on?

The county magistrate opened his mouth wide, and it took a long time before he came to his senses, his face was as red as a monkey's buttocks, and he slapped it on the table in anger, shouting: "Bastard! Why the fuck are you pretending to be an official? ”

The shaver's face was inexplicable. said confidently: "Where did I pretend to be an official?" ”

The master pointed at his face viciously and asked, "You dare to pretend to be an official of the imperial court!" ”

The shaver was still a little puzzled, pointed to himself and said, "Am I really impersonating?" ”

The county magistrate became more and more angry, and scolded: "Bastard! You're not really impersonating. Is it still fake? ”

The shaver did not answer, firstly, he was innocent, and secondly, this was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and he was not afraid of the county order to bully others. Let's talk about a small person, how can the county master be generally knowledgeable? Look calm.

"You! That's it. "The county lord is really out of line, although there are ten thousand reasons to punish the shaver. However, it was my own confusion for a while, obviously I made a mistake in my busyness, so many people have seen it, with my own identity, how can I be angry with a mere craftsman?

The master knew the master's distress, so he hurriedly built a ladder so that the adult could step down, and said to the shaver: "How can a shaved man dress like a gentleman?" Forget it, go to the wing room and shave their heads. ”

The shaver grinned embarrassedly, "This is my second boy's school uniform, because I want to come to Jinling to make money, I have to let me wear it, say decent." ”

"Alright, let's get out of here." The master turned to a few old scribes and said, "It's all strange that you are unkempt on weekdays, and you will cause a right and wrong today, so go out quickly." ”

"It's all shaved off the official." The county magistrate said angrily, he was not good at taking a flat-headed person to be angry, but he had no scruples about his subordinates, and after speaking, he went to the signing room angrily.

"Nothing in vain, alas! What a calamity! Wang Lao sighed, and made such a fuss for no reason, it seems that he can't keep his beard, so he dragged Zhang Lao to the West Wing.

When they went, they pouted and were not happy, but they cut their hair and trimmed their beards and came back, their appearance changed greatly, and they looked much younger, so their faces were beautiful, and they even said that they would have to surprise their wives when they went back tonight.

In the end, it was Sun Lao's turn to shave his head, and he found that this master's craftsmanship was not very skillful, and holding a razor was like shaving pig's hair, and he couldn't help asking, "Are you a head shaving master?" ”

They said, "I didn't shave my head. ”

"You didn't shave your head, so who are you?" Sun Lao was confused.

He said coldly: "I am the new inspector of the imperial history. ”

Sun Lao was so frightened that he almost slipped off the chair, secretly saying how strange things happened today? He looked at it for a long time and asked, "Brother, you're not joking, are you?" ”

"Who is kidding you." The other party had a stern face, "The county order of this county has a bad reputation, and the imperial envoy has specially appointed the official to come to visit, don't be afraid." When I ask you, you must tell the truth, and if not, you will be punished as the same sin. ”

Lao Sun blinked, thinking that this imperial history was true, and hurriedly agreed. Yu Shi asked some reports about the county lord's corruption and perversion of the law in a row, and Lao Sun was very shocked, the court even knew, how could he dare to hide it at this juncture? Tell me everything you know. (To be continued......)