Chapter 64, County Adventure

Whether it is the palace dinner or the next day's evaluation, Zu Zhaoyi's performance is remarkable without any flaws. He not only maintained his usual modest and gentle side, but also accepted questions from the county government and local wise elders in an orderly manner. Although he could not guarantee the satisfaction of everyone present, at least he did not make anyone dissatisfied. For the county's routine inspection, such performance is undoubtedly qualified.

What's more, with Liu Taishou's own personality, he likes to be moderate most. If there is any strange behavior, he can't judge it based on his personal experience.

To stay in the county government until the end of the month, out of the tradition of inspection, all the square people recommended by the counties should gather once, not only to wait for the announcement of the final evaluation results, but also to hope that they can have a formal understanding of each other and more or less leave a deed as Liu Taishou said. .

Youbeiping County has jurisdiction over the eight counties of Pinggang, Wuyi, Junmi, Xu Wu, Xiyang, Changcheng, Guangcheng and Tuyin. This year, each county has elected a total of 11 Founders. In addition to Zu Zhao, Tian Kai and Li Xin, there are still three people who are truly virtuous and talented, and the rest are either related to the local county government and happened to take this quota. , or put together three or two points of fame with a lot of money. Anyway, for some local rich people and local rich people, they usually open warehouses for relief, are willing to do good deeds, and solve troubles for the local county government, which can be regarded as accumulating merit in any case. It's not that these people really have kindness and conscience. What they have done is nothing more than the hope that my children can get some official names by the end of the year.

Generally speaking, those who can arrive at the county on the tenth day of the first lunar month are mostly talented and practical, and the more they go, the more famous they become.

Therefore, during Zu Zhao's stay in the county government, he had almost no contact with the so-called Founders who came to Shanshan in the next few days. It was nothing more than an almost solemn introduction to each other by Liu Taishou himself at the Taishoufu dinner. Speaking of which, Liu Taishou is not tired of this uniform introduction. Not only is he not bored, but he can show a sigh every time.

By the 17th of this month, the "talent" recommended by each county has finally arrived.

Two consecutive dinners, and the third day is the last day to announce the results of this year's assessment.

Although there has been a dinner at the Taishou Mansion every day for more than ten days, which looks quite luxurious and wasteful, in fact, Liu Taishou himself still cares about his name, so almost every dinner is just about stage at best. In fact, the wine and dishes at the banquet are not rich. One seat per person, one seat is only three or four dishes. Occasionally, there is meat. Roasted whole lamb, roasted whole chicken, roasted whole pig and so on are placed in the center of the hall, and the servant cut one by one according to the instructions.

Except for Li Xin and other poor families, every dinner can be full of food, and the rest of them either hold their own identities or dislike the shabby dishes, which is basically at the point.

On the 20th, the North Courtyard made a big move. Liu Taishou was very happy to cook cattle and slaughter sheep. He changed to the past and kept a low profile. It was really a big banquet. It can be said that during the inspection of the whole county government, only this dinner is the main banquet.

In the evening, Zu Zhao and others were invited to Taishou Mansion.

Therefore, the official post where everyone stayed is located on the west side of the Taishou Mansion. In order to save their feet, people do not go far from the main gate of the Taishou Mansion, but enter the Taishou Mansion from the west gate of the West Courtyard. Just arrived at the West Courtyard, passed a porch and walked to the atrium. However, at this time, seven or eight handymen came to face, and everyone held all kinds of utensils and ingredients. Finally, the three pushed a cart and transported a pile of debris to the West Courtyard.

Tian Kai, Li Xin and others who led the front naturally dodged. Zu Zhao walked at the end. It was not until the people in front of him bypassed the handymen that they stepped forward. I thought I could avoid the last car by side, but when I moved sideways, I accidentally bumped into a handyman in the cart. The handyman was dressed in thick clothes and slender, but he was a young woman.

At the time of the collision, the other party lowered his head and suddenly raised his eyes and glanced at Zu Zhao.

Zu Zhao didn't care at all or even look at the handyman, but he was keenly aware of an unusual cold light in the other party's eyes. He subconsciously turned around and looked at the female handyman carefully, and the other party seemed to wake up and hurriedly lowered his head again.

The previous sharp chill suddenly disappeared.

At that moment, he caught a scar of about two inches on one side of the woman's cheek. The scar has just formed a scab, and this is the only eye to judge that it should have been injured by a sharp weapon. But in any case, he couldn't figure out what kind of sharp weapon would be hurt by an ordinary handyman and a female servant?

For a while, there is always a voice in my heart that drives me to figure it out.

While hesitating, Li Xin's voice suddenly came from behind him: "Brother Zu, what are you doing?"

Zu Zhao sighed secretly and got out of his thoughts. For a moment, he could only laugh at himself for being too suspicious. How could he speculate with just one look and one face? If he really catches up and asks, I'm afraid he will be mistaken for an apprentice!

He shook his head and followed.

Li Xin waited for Zu Zhao at the door for a while. After Zu Zhao came forward, he asked again, "Brother Zu, what were you looking at just now?"

Z Zhao smiled and said, "No, I just accidentally bumped into those handymen."

Li Xin nodded slightly and then walked side by side with Zu Zhao. After thinking for a while, he said, "I don't know if the ancestral brothers have seen it? That..."

Zui Zhao looked at Li Xin doubtfully and asked, "What did you see?"

Li Xin seemed a little suspicious and didn't know how to speak. However, after a moment, he finally said directly, "I just saw the handyman of the cart. It seemed to be a girl with a wound on her face. It's really strange."

Zu Zhao was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect that even Li Xin was aware of this. At this time, he pretended to comfort and said, "Oh, I saw it too. However, maybe this person is a female slave from somewhere, and there are some scars on his body, which is also normal.

At the same time, he further convinced himself that the Han Dynasty had not completely abolished slavery!

Li Xin took a look at Zu Zhao, slowly nod his head, and sighed, "What the Zu brothers said makes sense. However, when I looked at the scar, it seemed to be an arrow wound, so I was very puzzled that there would be such a miscellaneous servant in the Taishou Mansion, or a female stream!"

Z Zhao was surprised and quickly asked, "Array injury? Brother Xianyan, are you right?

Li Xin affirmed, "My two generations are both hunters. I know a lot about bows and arrows. I'm sure it's an arrow wound."

Zuzuo took a slow breath, and his doubts recurred again. Although you can't easily judge with one look alone, everyone will have their own aura. If you are really an ordinary handyman, how can you have such a different aura from ordinary people?

When Li Xin saw that Zu Zhao was silent, he couldn't help asking, "Brother Zu, what's wrong? Don't you have any opinion?

Zuzuo said without saying, "I don't know now. In a word, let's do this first. After all, this is the Taishou Mansion. We and other outsiders dare not make trouble easily.

Li Xin wanted to say something, but after listening to Zu Zhao's words, he stopped talking.

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[Recommend Xu Ke's early film, Broken Knife, which is very stylish!]