Chapter 6 Application
Everyone dispersed, and Situ Ce turned around happily, walked back along the road he had come before, and went to find the fortune teller.
On the way, I saw the fortune teller sweating from afar and looking around for something, and smiled and said, "Hey! Fortune teller, I'm here! I left with an urgent matter just now. After finishing my work, I'm back to find you to return something."
The fortune teller turned his head and saw him, surprised, happy and angry, rushed over, snatched the robe and banner from his hand, and said angrily: "You thief! Do you want to steal my clothes?"
He just caught a thief, but now he is called a thief. Situ Ce couldn't help but laugh: "Hehe, if I want to steal your clothes, why are you going to come to you for doing?"
The fortune teller was right to think about it, his face suddenly turned quiet, and he bowed his hand randomly: "Forget it, uh, thank you!" After that, he put on his robe.
Situ Ce was in a very good mood and joked: "Hey! Aren't you good fortune telling? After counting your fingers, you're just like a god. Why didn't you expect me to leave? Why didn't you expect where I was?"
The fortune teller smiled embarrassedly, then said seriously with a stern face: "Of course I expected that I have calculated that I have already calculated that I know you are on this side. Haven't you come here? - Goodbye!" After that, he held up the banner and shaking the bell and walked along the street.
Situ Ce looked for a ready-to-wear shop along the street. It was too late to make the clothes, so he could only buy them. Fortunately, he had a good figure and most of the robes in the ready-to-wear shop. After trying it, he bought two sets of white robes, two sets of yarn short shirts, two pairs of shoes, two hats, and a folding fan. This thing is an indispensable item for the master. I thought I would be a master, so the material for the clothes should not be too bad, so I chose the best to buy, which was more expensive, but it only cost one or two cents of silver in total.
The shopkeeper was very happy to see that he had bought so many things. He gave him two pairs of socks and a square scarf. This was used to tie his hair in summer, but Situ Ce's hair is not long yet and he can't use it for the time being, but he will be able to use it in the future.
Situ Ce changed his robe in this ready-to-wear shop, and the shopkeeper helped him wrap the rest of his clothes in blue cloth. Situ Ce also asked the tailor in the store to sew a cotton cloth bag for his on-site inspection box and put it outside the box, which was not eye-catching.
After packing up, Situ Ce took the box and package and said goodbye, came out of the yamen, and told the doorman that he wanted to meet the famous master of the Zheng, Helanbing.
He Lanbing had already greeted the concierge, and the concierge led him to the backyard and handed it over to the concierge of the backyard.
In ancient times, the seal officers in local prefectures and counties implemented a system of avoidance. They could not serve in their original homes, but in other places, and generally served across provinces. It was also stipulated that it was not allowed to marry the locals, nor were it allowed to buy real estate locally. The prefect, the county magistrate and other official seal officers could only live in the houses in the yamen.
The master is a private aide hired by the magistrate, not a court official, so they do not have to work in the office in front of the yamen every day like the six-room clerk, but perform their duties in the special study in the inner house. The official documents that need to be processed by the master are submitted to the inner house according to the procedures for the master to review. Generally, the master will directly approve and sign. If the magistrate needs to be decided by the magistrate, the master will then transfer it to the magistrate.
There are two gatehouses in the yamen, one is the gatehouse at the main entrance of the yamen in the public office area, and the other is the gatehouse of the magistrate's inner house. Because the magistrate's family lives in the inner house, this door is generally not open, and the documents are handed in from a special small window to the garrison inside and then handed over to the master.
Since He Lanbing, the master, is working in the inner house, he will naturally go to the inner house to find her.
The inner house gatekeeper also received hello, and immediately nodded and took Situ Ce in, and walked towards the inner house study.
The inner house is divided into two parts, one is the residential courtyard of the magistrate and the family, and the other is the residence and office courtyard of the magistrate. Because a magistrate often has to hire several different magistrates, this courtyard is still very large.
The place where the concierge led him was the office area of the men.
He Lanbing was talking to the magistrate in the study. When he heard the report from the concierge, he hurriedly came in.
Situ Ce walked into the study with something in hand and saw where Helanbing and an old man were sitting. The old man had a red rosacea, squinted his small eyes that seemed difficult to open, wearing a official robe, a black hat, and his wings flashed.
He Lanbing stood up and introduced: "Dongweng, this is the fortune teller I recommend to you, Mr. Situ, who is good at solving cases. - Mr., this is the county's parents official, Cai Zhaocai County Magistrate."
Situ Ce hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Greetings to the magistrate of the county."
Cai Zhixian quickly stood up and returned the gift: "Mr. He just now praised Mr. Situ's magical skill in solving cases and highly praised it. The students admire him very much. Now Mr. He is willing to help the students with government affairs, which is a blessing for the students."
The magistrate and his staff are not a simple employment relationship. Because most of the magistrates hired are scholars and proficient in a certain industry, whether they can do their duty is related to the magistrate's political achievements and future. Therefore, the magistrate respects the magistrate very much. Generally, he calls his other party a gentleman and calls himself a student, rather than pretending to be an official, he calls himself "the county". Because the magistrate was also a scholar and can only be a scholar in the imperial examination, the magistrate naturally cannot be arrogant to the magistrate. He is also a self-worthy student and respectfully calls the other party "Dongweng" because the magistrate is not an official, so he does not call the other party a "adult".
Situ Ce didn't know much about this and hurriedly bowed and said, "I dare not, I will do my best to assist Mr. He in solving the case."
"That's great!" Cai Zhixianfu said, "I dare not ask if the sir is the name..."
In ancient times, adults, especially scholars, had names in addition to their names, and some had names. For example, Zhuge Liang, his name was Zhuge Liang, his name was Kong Mingdao, his name was Wolong. His name was both used for other people's names, and the name of others was respect for people. Therefore, the magistrate had this question.
Situ Ce was stunned for a moment. Modern people don’t pay attention to these things. They don’t have any font sizes and can only be edited temporarily. They can’t hesitate to say, “The name is Liuchuan!”
Liuchuan is the hometown of Situ Ce, and the ancients also used their own birthplace as their own.
Cai Zhixian bowed and said, "Mr. Yanagawa!"
On the table beside him was the four treasures of the study and a letter of appointment with a big red cover. He immediately took the pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote Situ Ce's name neatly, then closed it and placed it on the table in a tray lined with gold-painted gold on the table, where two other ingots of silver were patterned.
Cai Zhixian held up the tray with both hands and said, "The charity fee is four taels of silver per month. I wonder what Mr. Yanagawa wants?"
Chapter completed!