Chapter 311 - 172: Linjiang County, Speculating on Yin Residences (Part 2)
In front of the neat and solemn procession, there are "criers" with gongs paving the way.
According to the Yong dynasty regulations, Imperial Court civil and military officials must make announcements with gongs when traveling.
Governors beat the gong thirteen times, provincial officials eleven times, Prefect and Magistrates nine times, and county and town officials seven times.
Upon hearing the criers sound the gong seven times, everyone knew that the newly appointed County Magistrate must have arrived.
The crowd lined up to welcome, as the rotund, smiling Jin Sect Prefect looked towards the resting official sedan.
The former Linhe District had already become a prosperous land, and now it had jumped to become a county seat, with fortunes unknown to multiply severalfold.
The Prefect of Jin Sect was very willing to condescend to establish good relations with the new County Magistrate.
However, when the sedan halted, emerging from it was not the County Magistrate dressed in seventh-grade official attire, but a scholar clad in white holding a folding fan.
County Magistrate He and County Captain Dong exchanged puzzled looks. Who was this person? The intelligence did not describe the magistrate as so young.
Further examination revealed a remarkable Treasure Sword hanging at the scholar’s waist.
County Magistrate He stepped forward to inquire, while the scholar glanced around at the officials welcoming before the city gate, speaking shockingly, "I am not the County Magistrate; the magistrate arrived at the office two days ago. I am just a rustic citizen the magistrate encountered, and he befriended me, thus lending me the carriage."
County Magistrate He and County Captain Dong were taken aback, quickly recalling if they had committed any untoward acts in the city during the past two days.