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Chapter 158 Yongzhou
"Here, here is this scarf for you."

Lu Weimang wrapped herself up tightly, and handed Huo Jing a dark gauze scarf, asking him to wrap herself up too.

"Just follow me and wrap it on your head, otherwise, when we arrive in Jincheng, you will be like the locals, with red skin."

From the hero sacrifice at the beginning of summer to their actual trip, it was already midsummer, Huo Jing and Lu Weimang and their group were impatient with the carriage, and they and the black armored guards behind them all rode on horseback.

Lu Weimang and Huo Jing rode all the way, the air became drier and the sun became more venomous, Lu Weimang bought gauze scarves in the passing city, shared them with everyone, wrapped them up, and handed the rest to his side Huo Jing.

Seeing that Lu Weimang wrapped herself up like a girl from the Western Regions, Huo Jing followed her way, took the dark gauze scarf, and wrapped his head and face as well.

Yongzhou starts from Shuofang in the east and ends at Yumen Pass in the west. It is the third place of exile besides Yizhou and Youzhou.

It is said to be a land of exile, of course, both the climate and the conditions are among the bitter cold.

Compared with Yizhou's difficult travel and miasma, Youzhou's bitter cold, Yongzhou's suffering lies in the strong wind.The wind here is harder than in Kyoto, and the sun is more venomous than in Kyoto. From Kyoto all the way to the west, the city and the crowd gradually become sparse, and only the desolate boundless grassland and loess appear alternately.

Moreover, it is adjacent to the Qiang people, and it is an important defense area in northern Xinjiang. His Majesty sent Huo Jing here, and people in the court talked a lot.

But those voices, Huo Jing, Lu Weimang and others who are far away now, their current thoughts are only on the road.

"Do you find it hard? If we don't go out of Beijing, you should be in the Chunxi Hall at this time, blowing the cool breeze of ice cubes, and you don't have to be scorched by the scorching sun here."

Huo Jing's faint voice came from the horse which was an arm's length away. Lu Weimang shook his head and looked forward, "I only care about when we will arrive in Jincheng."

Huo Jing smiled, "The package is ready, let's continue on our way, we can arrive before dark."

Lu Weimang felt relieved and became happy, "Great, I've been stiff for riding a horse for the past few days, hurry to Jincheng, I'm going to lie down for a whole day, drive!"

Lu Weimang waved his whip and walked westward.Huo Jing also waved his whip to keep up.Lin Chen, Ding Yi, Xiao Qiu, Xiao Xia, and the black armored guards followed behind.

The wind suddenly became cooler, and Lu Weimang straightened up from the state of riding a horse on the road. As far as he could see, at the end of the endless grassland in the distance, a continuous black line came into view.

"There is Jincheng, and we will be there soon."

When Huo Jing's voice came, Lu Weimang continued to swing his whip to catch up.

As the night darkened, Lu Weimang and the others finally arrived in the Golden City.

"Get a good night's sleep tonight, and we'll go to the yamen tomorrow to handover."

Outside Jincheng, Huo Jing got off his horse and told Lu Weimang beside him that he was familiar with this place as if he was coming home.

"En." Lu Weimang nodded, got off the horse, led the horse and followed Huo Jing, and the group entered the city.

The black armored guards followed the crowd neatly and entered the city.The dark guards were very powerful, but the old man selling tea at the gate of the city just looked up, and then wiped the table to greet the guests, as if he had already regarded the guards as powerful as the black armored guards as normal in this golden city.

This is a completely different style from Kyoto.

Lu Weimang looked around and nodded secretly.

After arriving in the city, Huo Jing took Lu Weimang straight to a manor in the west of the city.

"Huo Mansion!"

The two large characters at the door indicate the origin of the manor.

"It's the place I bought in northern Xinjiang two years ago."

Huo Jing explained, and led Lu Weimang to the gate.

An old servant saw the crowd from a distance, opened the door, and welcomed the master.

"Young master, madam, everything in the courtyard has been tidied up, hot water, tea and rice are all ready."

A thin and capable old servant stepped forward to report.

"Ah."

Entering the mansion, it is not the same as the small courtyard in the west that Lu Weimang imagined. She thought that the courtyards here are all big loess courtyards, but it turns out that there is no big difference from the one in the capital.

"Jincheng is located on the plain where the two rivers meet. The water and grass are abundant here, and the climate is pleasant. There is no severe heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. It is a rare treasure in the Northland."

Huo Jing explained to the curious Lu Weimang.

"It's too late today, you can't tell. After a few days we settle down, I'll take you out of the city and see for yourself."

Lu Weimang nodded, "No wonder I feel the chill before I get close to this city, that's why!"

Tired all the way, Lu Weimang and others simply ate and soaked in a hot bath, and then packed up and rested.Only the skinny old man who was the steward of the mansion was left to lead the servants of the mansion, chop firewood and feed the horses, and take care of the aftermath of the group.

At noon on the second day, Lu Weimang finally opened his eyes.

"Miss, are you awake? Get up and eat. You were so tired last night that you didn't eat anything, and you missed breakfast today. Are you already hungry?"

Xiao Xia lifted Lu Weimang's bed curtains and hung them on both sides. Lu Weimang was wearing cotton pajamas, sat up on the bed, and stretched a lot.

"This sleep is really comfortable."

Xiao Xia took the regular clothes and said, "Young master is handing over to the magistrate in the front yard, you should also get up quickly."

Lu Weimang got out of bed, washed up, and walked to the front yard with Jincheng's specialty "naan cakes".

This cake is different from the crispy cakes in Kyoto. It is dry, crispy and soft, the size of a palm. Lu Weimang couldn't help but eat two of them just now, and now he can't help but treat them as snacks He took another one like a child, and took a bite after a while.

Huo Jing was in the study in the front yard, seeing Lu Weimang coming with those naan cakes in his hand, he couldn't help smiling, "Do you like it?"

Lu Weimang raised the naan bread in his hand, "It's delicious."

"Just like it. The style of food here is different from the south and Kyoto you've always been to. It's more rough, and you can enjoy the scenery here more if you are used to pasta."

"En." Lu Weimang took another bite of the cake, stood behind Huo Jing, saw that his case was full of official documents, and looked at Huo Jing.

"You are familiar with the road here, but I can't. Today I will have another day off, and tomorrow I will go to the Yamen to hand over."

Lu Weimang is not only Huo Jing's wife, but also his subordinate Zhizhou.

Huo Jing put his arms around Lu Weimang who was beside him, "No hurry, there is a half-month handover period for the officials to take office. Moreover, this place is different from the capital, Jincheng's Zhongzhou Muyamen are all old people, so you can let people take over when the time comes." Just send the official documents to the mansion."

Lu Weimang nodded, "It seems that this is your territory."

Huo Jing smiled, "There is no such thing as a place, but it's the bitter cold in Yongzhou, and the nobles in the capital can't avoid it. Even Xinke Scholars will try their best to clear up the relationship and not come here. Therefore, the government office here is short of manpower all the year round. , usually one person holds several positions. Moreover, the public funds here are insufficient, the land is scarce, and there is no taxation, so the yamen has been in disrepair for a long time, so we put the state pastoral yamen in our mansion. There are also advantages of having fewer people, and you can do things easily. Adapt measures to local conditions, no one hinders."

Lu Weimang understood.These are the three places of exile, and the officials here are all local aborigines, or people who were excluded from Kyoto.Moreover, there is nothing luscious here, and everyone will not fight for power like a black-eyed chicken for a little bit of power.Here, Huo Jing is probably the only powerful and noble family, so he can be a little more wanton without so many rules.

Lu Weimang thumped his hands and exclaimed, "What a treasure!"

Huo Jing laughed, and pinched the fleshy face of the girl beside him, "That's what you think."

Lu Weimang slapped away the hand pinching his face, and said seriously, "The sky is high and the emperor is far away. If you are the master of your house, isn't this a treasure land?"

In the capital, Lu Weimang would not say this sentence even if he was killed.But in this desolate Yongzhou, no one cares about it.

On the third day of coming to Yongzhou, Lu Weimang got up at Maoshi, which was already two quarters of an hour later than in Kyoto, but Huo Jing still pulled her down and hugged her, "You don't need to get up too early."

When Lu Weimang arrived at the yamen, it was already two o'clock in the morning. At this point in the capital, the court had already retreated. The yamen of Jincheng Zhizhou was still staffed, and only one or two old guards respectfully gave Lu Weimang Open the door and let her enter and wait.

It was three poles high in the sun, and Lu Weimang sat on the official position of Zhizhou, in the yamen, waiting for his subordinates to arrive.

Counting from top to bottom, the subordinate officials who have come here are only one general judge, one inspector, one postman, and the tax ambassador, a low-level miscellaneous official.

Of course, this is not all the staff of Zhizhou Yamen, the Zandian and Yamen servants under them are not high-ranking, so they don't need to come to see Lu Weimang.

But even if all of them are counted, there are only less than 20 people in the Zhizhou Yamen.

Lu Weimang couldn't help being suspicious. She remembered that when she was in Yangzhou, there were no fewer than fifty officials, big and small, who came out to greet her. This was only the chief official, not counting the government servants and others.How come there are so few people here?
"Lord Lu, all our official documents for the past few years are here. The prefect of Jincheng has been vacant for a long time, and there is no need to hand over it. Moreover, our co-prefect has also been vacant for a long time. Master Lu, when will you fill in the officials? You can take a break from a humble job, so you don’t have to be so busy every day.”

Judge Qi Hongxi said.

Lu Weimang looked at the sky outside, then at the young Qi Hongxi, "Is this also called busy?"

Qi Hongxi cupped his hands, "My lord, since you came from Kyoto, you may not know our local work and rest habits. There are two meals a day here, and the breakfast is at the end of the hour, and the upper office is at the second quarter of the hour. Today, everyone knows that the new chief is coming, so we deliberately got up early. Greetings. On weekdays, the yamen will not arrive until noon."

Lu Weimang almost laughed angrily, and she was not easy to get angry, after all, she didn't know whether Qi Hongxi was joking or Jincheng just worked like this.

No investigation, no right to speak.

Lu Weimang plans to use the half-month handover period to experience the local routine in depth, and wait for half a month before disposing of it.

"Okay, you guys step back. How it is in the past, as always, let me read the official documents first, and experience Master Qi's work and rest before I talk about it."

"Here!"

Everyone resigned and wandered off to run errands.

(End of this chapter)