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Counties and states all had residences in Chang'an, which were called di.

Official residences are official temples where local and foreign officials work in Chang'an. They are divided into three types: county residences, state residences, and barbarian residences, such as Dai residence and Changyi residence. They are under the unified jurisdiction of the county residence chief and are equivalent to the Beijing offices of various counties and kingdoms in the capital.

The head of the county residence had a deputy, called the county residence secretary. There was a county residence prison in the county residence. During the Witchcraft Rebellion, the Chief Justice Bing Ji once handled a case in the county residence.

Guo Jie rode a Hexi horse, and took with him the guards of the Gaojie Guard and the Zhicheng Gate. He took them all away, leaving no one behind, and went to the official temple of the county chief to take up his post.

Guan Temple is located near the east side of the two Chang'an Palaces, not far from the armory.

Guo Jie knew very well that the head of a county residence had great power. Although it seemed to be an insignificant small department, it was in charge of the county residences and state residences of all counties and kingdoms, big and small, which was equivalent to managing the Beijing offices of more than 30 provinces.

Zhao Dehan's position was exactly what Guo Jie wanted. He was in a low position but had great power, and was responsible for supervising whether the political activities, economic activities, various receptions, etc. of more than 30 offices in Beijing were in violation of regulations.

In a word, any movement of the county residence and the state residence in Chang'an was under the jurisdiction of Guo Jie.

Strangling the connection between the county and Chang'an.

The power of the county chief is completely incomparable to that of a small pavilion chief.

Guo Jie brought Mang Tong and others to the official temple of the county governor. Compared with the Gaojie Duting, which looked more like a frontier fortress, the official temple of the county governor finally looked a bit like an official temple.

The official temple of the county chief has walls on four sides, with a door on each side, and the main gate is on the south side.

There is a Hanque at the main gate of the official temple. It is a single que used by officials. The Hanque has a strict hierarchy system. Ordinary officials use a single que, princes use a two-que, and the emperor uses a three-que.

"Finally, I can use Hanque."

Guo Jie jumped off his Hexi horse and walked to the side of Hanque. He and his brothers Mang Tong and others behind him were all excited.

Only officials and ministers who have reached a certain rank can use Hanque and erect a Hanque at the gate of their houses, temples, and palaces.

Guo Jie walked to the side, feeling mixed emotions as he admired the Hanque at the entrance of the official temple.

The Hanque is divided into four parts: the base, the body, the tower and the eaves. The body is made of blue sandstone with carved columns, beams and cofferdams. The tower is carved with flat wooden beams, flower windows and overhanging eaves, which looks extremely exquisite.

There is an inscription on the gate, written in official script with the words "Chang'an County Chief".

"This is my official temple now."

Guo Jie was filled with emotion, but Zhang Qian had already taken Gan's father to the Western Regions, and he would never see the day when these low-class brothers would use the Hanque.

His wife's younger brother Yi Zong was accompanying Zhang Tang in the official temple in Chang'an.

Guo Jie only had Mang Tong and the Tiqi Wei Guang, whose duty was to wander around Chang'an.

The scene of five or six brothers quarreling together no longer exists.

"Let's go into our official temple."

Guo Jie, along with Mang Tong, Wei Guang, and twenty knights from Chen County and Linjin, walked into the official temple of the county governor.

There are left and right academies, courtyards, corridors, long residences, etc. There is also a relatively small hearing room, which is equivalent to the main hearing hall of the official temple in Chang'an, but slightly smaller.

Don't be afraid of being small, just be afraid of not having it.

As long as there is one, it's fine.

It is no longer a small but complete temple, but a slightly smaller version of the official temple in Chang'an.

The long residence where the county chief Guo Jie lived had a boudoir and was also a L-shaped courtyard with all the necessary buildings such as guest rooms, palace, bedroom, chicken coop, etc. It was just a little smaller than Zhao Yu's Lingshe, but not much smaller.

"Okay."

Guo Jie's face was filled with joy. He looked at his official temple and liked it more and more. "From now on, Mang Tong will live in the prime minister's residence, and the brothers from Chen County and Linjin will live in the official residence. Settle them in as soon as possible. Then go to the labor inspection office to find some criminals to clean the official temple from inside to outside."

When Wei Guang heard that Mang Tong was living in the chancellor's residence, he enviously said, "If I could also live in the county governor's official temple, live with my brother, and have my own chancellor's residence, I would be very satisfied."

"You."

Guo Jie laughed dumbly. "I'm willing to let you serve as the county magistrate. You don't want to throw away your military cap, silk robe, and the imperial guards. Besides, living in an official temple doesn't allow you to hold banquets at will. Can you bear to feast every night?"

Wei Guang chuckled, knelt on the sitting table in the guest room and said nothing more.

He liked making friends and spending money lavishly, and he would host banquets for guests every night at the house where he lived.

Fortunately, Madam Jia was in charge of him, so he was no longer a fool. Every guest who came to drink and eat meat had to bring a gift.

No matter whether it is money or vegetables such as scallions, mustard, eggs, etc., all of them must be available before you can enter the banquet. Although it is still a loss, the people you make friends with will no longer be cunning people who come to eat and drink for free.

Among them, many were from the Southwestern Yi.

Wei Guang also liked to talk a lot, and his guests followed suit, so that he became more and more familiar with the southwestern countries such as Kunming, Dian, and Yelang.

However, Guo Jie did not expect to get an unexpected gain, and was even more looking forward to Wei Guang's attack on Sindhu (India) through the southwest.

"Mr. Guo."

After Mang Tong had arranged lodgings for the knights-errant from Chen County and Linjin, he knelt beside them and said, "The twenty officials in the prefectural government's office will all be replaced with trustworthy individuals from within. Furthermore, the knights-errant who were not brought with them will temporarily remain in Chang'an as village officials and field officials."

The Han army consisted of chariots, cavalry, timber officers, and ship soldiers.

They correspond to chariots, cavalry, infantry, and navy respectively.

The twenty officers were infantrymen belonging to the county governor's temple, all of them elite soldiers capable of wearing armor.

Guo Jie nodded slightly. "When Zhang Qian left, he also took Gan's father from Jincheng. My wife's younger brother, Yi Zong, is highly regarded by our superior, Zhang Tang, and often accompanies him on prison patrols. I only have the two of you by my side, so I need to recruit a few more people to work with me."

He had many candidates in mind, including Su Wu's father Su Jian, Huo Qubing and Huo Guang's father Huo Zhongru, and a swordsman whom he liked the most.

Lei Bei, the number one swordsman in Huainan.

Guo Jie has arranged for the rangers from Chen County to look for him, but there is no news yet, so we still need to wait for a while.

Lei Bei happened to be in Chang'an, but unfortunately he said that he would not come out as a guest until he could defeat Guo Jie.

Guo Jie was very strong and Lei Bei was an expert swordsman.

Although the two had never competed in sword fighting, Guo Jie knew very well that he might not be Lei Bei's opponent in terms of swordsmanship.

Waiting for Lei Bei to come over to compete in swordsmanship, and also waiting to recruit Huainan's number one swordsman.

I don't know what's wrong with Lei Bei's brain. He keeps saying that if they are going to compete, they should compete in the skills that Guo Jie is best at.

Benhu.

Lei Bei was practicing wrestling, hoping to fight a tiger with his bare hands and kill it with his bare hands like Guo Jie.

However, in order to show that he is stronger, Lei Bei decided to face the two tigers alone.

unarmed!

Only when you have actually faced a tiger can you understand the significance of Wu Song's tiger-slaying skills. Among his many supernatural skills such as uprooting weeping willows, just killing a tiger is enough to make him a first-class hero.

When Guo Jie heard that Lei Bei wanted to kill two tigers by himself, with his bare hands, he immediately called him a lunatic.

resignedly.

Guo Jie could only ask other swordsmen in Chang'an: "Except for the mentally ill Lei Bei, who else in Chang'an has such superb swordsmanship that can... well... not even compare to Lei Bei, but at least fight with me in a close fight."

At least?

Wei Guang was speechless. He said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Brother is a fierce warrior who can kill a tiger with his bare hands. In all of Chang'an, apart from Huainan's number one swordsman Lei Bei, there's probably no one else who can match him. There are a few in the army, but they won't follow Brother."

"Ugh."

Guo Jie sighed and said with a gloomy face, "In the future, we will inevitably have to confiscate the wealth of the powerful. With only you and me, we are too weak. We need some people who are good at wrestling and sword fighting to help us. Forget about joining the army. Being a middle or high-level official is more promising than following the official. You won't want to hang out with a few low-level people like us."

"There is one person."

Mang Tong released his hand from reaching for Su Mi and spoke of someone else: "There's another person in Chang'an who's an expert swordsman. He's exactly what my brother needs, someone skilled in swordplay. This person's swordsmanship is even as good as Lei Bei's."

No less than thunder?
Guo Jie was confused and thought carefully. He could not remember any famous guest comparable to Lei Bei.

Could it be a person who is not recorded in history books?

Think about it.

There is only one explanation.

"You're talking about him, right?"

Wei Guang's face was filled with sudden realization, as if he had heard of that man's reputation in Chang'an. "Brother, you were just saying that people like us are low-class commoners, our status is just like riding slaves or wandering knights. After your reminder, I remembered that there is another person whose sword fighting skills are not inferior to Lei Bei."

Guo Jie asked, "Who is that man whose swordsmanship has earned your two people's praise? He is the one who has earned your praise."

Mang Tong refused to submit to anyone except Guo Jie.

Wei Guang likes fancy clothes and cares about his reputation. Even if he is convinced by someone in his heart, he will not admit it in person because he feels it is too embarrassing.

This man's sword-fighting skills actually impressed Mang Tong and Wei Guang in public.

Mang Tong stopped talking.

Wei Guang, who loved to talk, was delighted and quickly displayed his erudition in front of Guo Jie: "This man's name is Chong Huang Rou. Brother may not have heard of this man's name, but Chong Huang Rou's ancestor is the famous Chong Da."

Guo Jie understood. No wonder Mang Tong and Wei Guang were both impressed by this man's swordsmanship.

It turned out to be Chongda's grandson.

Chongda was the Sword Saint of the Western Han Dynasty, and was known as the Sword Saint of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Min. However, Chongda was not as famous as Pei Min, but his status and position far exceeded Pei Min's.

Among the eighteen marquises initially conferred by Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was Chongda, the swordsman of the Western Han Dynasty, who was conferred the title of Marquis Qucheng. Chonghuangrou was a close relative of his.

Chongda is Chonghuangrou's great-grandfather.

Guo Jie thought of Chongda and Chonghuangrou's grandfather-grandson relationship and said in confusion, "Although Chongda's son is the heir to the title of Marquis of Qucheng, Chonghuangrou is still a descendant of a duke. How could he lower himself to mingle with common people like us?"

The Western Han Dynasty was not like the Wei and Jin Dynasties. There was no deep prejudice against one's own party. As long as one had a skill, one could become a guest of a duke or even meet the emperor.

Most of the time, it was the dukes and marquises who recruited common people as guests, and there was never an official of common people origin who recruited the descendants of dukes and marquises.

Guo Jie knew that this was a reversal of Tiangang.

Even if he was not recruited, he would mingle with them like Wei Guang.

Nor is it possible.

The dukes and marquises would not associate with the common people, let alone hang out with them all day long.

Wei Guang and Mang Tong looked at each other, as if they had something to say but were unable to say it out loud. Both of them looked helpless and a little embarrassed.

"this."

Wei Guang stammered, "Chong Huangrou has a charming appearance and has been favored by the descendants of dukes and marquises since childhood. He nearly lost his virginity several times, which led to an unpleasant relationship between him and them."

Favor?

Losing virginity?

Guo Jie knew the reason why the two of them hesitated to speak. Chong Huangrou had a charming and attractive appearance. A man's appearance was even more fragrant and smooth than Xijun, like a lotus.

The Western Han Dynasty also had a hobby of liking male homosexuality and keeping concubines.

Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, had Ji Ru, Emperor Wen of Han had Deng Tong, Emperor Jing of Han had Zhou Ren, and Emperor Wu of Han had Han Yan.

Chong Huangrou's appearance was too beautiful, which attracted the covetousness of the descendants of dukes and marquises. They tried to defile him several times by force under the pretext of making friends with him.

Forehead.
Guo Jie shook his head speechlessly, thinking of a very popular saying.

We are brothers, but you covet my body.

The relationship between the Insect Emperor Rou and the descendants of dukes and marquises was more than just unharmonious.

They are like water and fire.

Wei Guang continued, "My eldest sister, Wei Junru, is close to Chong Huangrou. They are both her teacher and friend. She practices swordsmanship with Chong Huangrou. If we ask her to come forward, and since my brother is already married and not interested in men, Chong Huangrou, who has no friends, will most likely be willing to make friends with us."

The Wei family has four brothers and three sisters.

Wei Qing had an older brother and two younger brothers.

Wei Zifu had two older sisters, the eldest was Wei Junru and the younger was Wei Shaoer, who was also the mother of Huo Qubing.

"Ugh."

Wei Guang mentioned that Guo Jie was already married, and he sighed: "My elder sister Wei Junru is considered the most beautiful woman in Chang'an. She and my younger sister Wei Zifu are known as the two beauties of Chang'an. Their graceful and elegant figures and beautiful faces have captivated countless nobles and powerful people. If my brother had not married, I would have wanted to introduce my elder sister to him. What a pity..."

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but shook his head. He was not just being polite, he really wanted Guo Jie to be his sister-in-law.

Unfortunately, there is only one wife.

Neither Yi Shuo nor Wei Junru could be a concubine.

The status of a concubine was the same as that of a servant. Many nobles and powerful people in Chang'an gave concubines to each other and played with each other's concubines.

When Guo Jie heard Wei Guang praising Wei Junru's beauty, he nodded and agreed with what he said.

Wei Zifu stood out from many beauties and won the favor of Emperor Liu Che. Putting aside her character, her appearance must have been as beautiful as jade and pearls, a rare and stunning beauty.

Wei Junru later married the prime minister. She was also extremely beautiful and was worthy of being one of the two beauties in Chang'an.

One marries the emperor.

One married the prime minister.

"It doesn't matter."

Guo Jie smiled and said, "It's not like there's no chance."

Have the opportunity?
Wei Guang was stunned. Guo Jie was already married, and his elder sister Wei Junru could not be a concubine, so how could there be another chance?

Could it be that Guo Jie wants to divorce his wife?
Absolutely not possible.

Not to mention that Yi Shuo is also gentle and virtuous, with a beautiful appearance, and her looks are no less than Wei Junru. She is also rare in her medical skills and has been worshipped as a god by the residents of Jinchenglu.

Just as Guo Jie said, she is an extremely rare and virtuous wife.

Besides, with Guo Jie's personality, he would never do such a evil thing as abandoning his wife and children and marrying another woman.

Guo Jie looked at Wei Guang's confused face and said with a smile, "I can't explain it for now. After all, I don't know what your eldest sister Wei Junru is thinking. No matter how warm your heart is, it will be useless if Wei Junru looks down on me. The specific method will be discussed later."

(End of this chapter)