Chapter 94 Chapter 94 Handsome Men
After more than half a year of careful selection, Dachen's plan to find a beautiful man finally made some progress.
The Flower and Bird Envoy, who was once responsible for collecting beauties among the people, was reused to collect handsome men.
At that time, all the good-looking men in each family were taken away for selection.
If there were married women with good looks, they would not be spared either.
Finally, the official in charge looked at the seven carefully selected people with great satisfaction.
The seven gentlemen in front of him were carefully selected by him these days. Each of them was eight feet tall and had a different style.
Among them, he was most satisfied with a pair of brothers.
The elder brother is the older one, with a gentle and graceful demeanor. The younger brother has large, round eyes, a completely different look from his older brother.
He firmly believed that if the two brothers worked together, they would be able to win the heart of the county lady.
Not all of the seven people volunteered, and the elder brother of the brothers had even married and had children.
But this is the emperor's order, how can they disobey?
Even though they cried a lot before separating from their wives, it was no match for an imperial decree.
The official in charge of the selection even told him that as long as they successfully entered the Anping County Lady's backyard and could influence her, she would treat their families and wives and daughters well.
Li Tang was gritting his teeth in hatred. He and his brother had been living well at home, but they suffered this unprovoked disaster just because they were born with good looks.
As for his elder brother Li Xi, he already looked like he had accepted his fate.
The seven were escorted to Xihe Road.
Although the news had already spread, Liang Nian placed these seven people in the provincial government office first because the gift was too special.
Some people came to watch out for gossip.
Among them, the largest number of boys and girls are fourteen years old.
Guo Han, Guo Zi and Qi Liang rarely returned to Xihe Road, and they encountered such a huge excitement. How could they miss it?
Guo Han: "I heard that these seven men were selected by Dachen after a long time. They should all be very good-looking, right?"
Guo Zi chopped off the dogtail grass in his mouth and said, "I don't believe it's better looking than Di Yan."
Qi Liang: "There are always people better than you, why don't we go and take a look?"
So the three of them discussed it together and quietly climbed onto the roof of the provincial government office.
As the three of them got onto the roof, they saw someone already on the roof, lifting up the tiles and looking down with an expressionless face.
If this person is not Zhong Diyan, then who else could it be?
Guo Han breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Di Yan, why are you here? You really scared me."
Guo Zi: "You're just watching the fun without us!"
Qi Liang: "That's right, it's so lively when we all watch it together."
Zhong Diyan's expression remained unchanged, he just replied coldly: "Nothing more than that."
Guo Han walked over quietly and looked down through the gaps in the tiles. She saw seven gentlemen sitting upright, but their expressions were not very good. From her perspective, they were all ugly.
After all, she often saw beautiful girls in Lingzhou, but it was rare to find a handsome man.
Now that there are seven of them, she must have a good look at them, right?
She not only wants to read it, but also wants to comment on it.
"The facial features are not delicate. I like more delicate ones. The hands are not pretty. The legs are too short." Until her eyes swept over Li Tang.
Li Tang's expression was very ugly, mixed with disdain, anger and helplessness.
But in Guo Hande's eyes, this was no different from a kitten going crazy.
Well, kind of cute.
Guo Han thought.
"I like this one, it has big eyes."
Guo Zi instantly felt like he was facing a formidable enemy, and he raised his voice, which was rare: "Which one!"
Qi Liang was also curious, "Which one, which one? Let me see."
Before the two men had finished watching, another group of people climbed onto the roof.
They are Xiang Feifei and Wei Peng.
Xiang Feifei was surprised: "Well, you guys are watching the fun secretly without telling us."
"Speaking of which, wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to peek like this? These people will be the county lord's people in the future." Wei Peng's tone revealed a hint of worry.
Zhong Diyan's voice was as cold as ice. "They are a bunch of misfits. They are not worthy."
Wei Peng: "Ah...this one is still a misshapen one."
The roof was packed with waves of people who came to watch the excitement. Everyone spoke very quietly, but the roof was still a roof after all, and with so many people standing there, it was inevitable that there would be some noise.
The seven people in the room kept looking up, fearing that the roof would fall down.
Then the seven people were taken away by Liang Nian.
Everyone was anxious and followed him all the way, climbing over rooftops and walls, until they arrived at Lin Si's mansion.
According to the rules of the fifth watch, unless there are special requirements, you are not allowed to pass through the roof of the county lady's mansion, and you must go through the main gate if necessary.
So everyone jumped down one by one in perfect tacit agreement, looking at each other, and thought that this excitement would end today.
As a result, Zhong Diyan stepped forward and knocked on the door of the mansion very calmly.
When Chun Yilai opened the door, she was puzzled for a moment and said, "I don't think you are coming today."
Zhong Diyan remained calm and said, "I'm here to discuss the arrangements for the next five o'clock in the morning with the county lord. I can go in alone."
The rest of the people:?
No, that's too disloyal.
Zhong Diyan followed Chunyi and when he passed by Lin Si's study, he found that the seven "oddballs" were kneeling in the yard.
Zhong Diyan did not hide his gaze at all and just scanned them one by one.
Haha, not only is she ugly, but she is also vulgar.
Still old.
Li Tang was instantly furious when he met Zhong Di's disgusting look.
He whispered angrily, "Who is this person, and why is he looking at us like that?"
Handsome Man A behind sighed and said, "Since the county lady is already so beautiful, it will be difficult for us to persuade her."
Handsome Man B agreed, "The young man just now was only fifteen or sixteen years old, younger than us. I'm afraid he will be a formidable opponent."
Handsome Ding: "Then can you let me go home? I want to go home..." After saying that, he began to wipe his tears silently.
Li Tang's back teeth were almost broken.
Li Xi didn't say a word the whole time.
Lin Si was speechless. "Of course we have to let them do the work. Otherwise, we'll just let them stay in my house and eat and drink for free. How can such a good thing happen?"
Liang Nian nodded slightly. "I think so too. Of course, they can't be assigned to tasks that are too important or require confidentiality. Recently, we need to recruit a group of red armbands to strictly crack down on urinating and defecating in public and create a civilized and hygienic Xihe. I think it's better to let them do this."
Lin Si nodded. "I heard that some of them have wives and daughters. You should go and explain things to them, so that it doesn't look like I'm forcibly robbing a man."
The knock on the door was just right.
Chunyi explained beside Zhong Diyan, "County Lady, it's Mr. Zhong Diyan."
Zhong Diyan had just overheard what was happening at the door and knew that these seven people would not enter Lin Si's backyard.
Zhong Diyan spoke first, "County Lady, Magistrate Liang is well. I came here today to discuss the deployment at dawn. Guo Han, Guo Ziqiliang, and the others are almost closing in on Jinnan Road."
Lin Si hummed calmly, "Come back and rest for a while when they're done."
Zhong Diyan nodded and talked to Lin Si about some intelligence issues.
The seven handsome men knelt in the yard for as long as the three of them discussed.
Handsome Man A: "Could it be that the County Lady doesn't want to see us?"
Li Tang said angrily: "Even if you don't want to see us, you should at least place us somewhere first."
Handsome Ding: "Yeah, I'm hungry."
Handsome Man B: "I really want to drink some water."
After the official business was discussed, Zhong Diyan didn't even bother to raise his eyelids when he passed by these seven people again.
Handsome Man A: "That young man has come out. Will the county lady meet us?"
But they were soon disappointed, because the person who came out to meet them was Liang Nian again.
Liang Nian first made it clear to them that if they wanted to go back, Princess Anping would never stop them, but if they went back now, they might anger the prince.
Their families and wives and daughters will also suffer.
The Princess of Anping would not accept them. If they wanted to survive in Xihe Road for the time being, they had to support themselves.
The style and plot changed so quickly that the seven handsome men looked at each other in bewilderment.
Support yourself.
That damned envoy didn't tell them about this when they came.
The seven of them had no money.
In order to prevent them from escaping, they were only wearing clothes and did not even have a sachet.
Liang Nian continued, "Considering that you've all just arrived and it's difficult to find a job, the prefecture government has arranged some positions for you. Now, I'll take you to get a temporary residence permit."
Seven people stood up and followed Liang Nian.
Several people rubbed their knees that ached from kneeling.
How did she suddenly go from serving men with her beauty to looking for a job?
They didn't even see the face of the Anping County Lady from beginning to end.
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Kang Zhuqing, who had not been to Lingzhou for a long time, came alone to see the child.
Recently, Li County has been improving its hygiene and civility, building public toilets, and cracking down on people who urinate and defecate anywhere. Those who are caught will be paraded through the streets, which is very embarrassing.
Kang Zhuqing didn't know how Lingzhou was doing.
Anyway, those people wearing red armbands in Li County are all old men and women. They are very mobile and have been working in the fields all their lives and are still very energetic.
They grabbed people and refused to let go, some of them didn't even have time to pull up their pants...
Kang Zhuqing got off the public ox cart and looked around a few times, but did not see the old man and woman.
She was curious, could it be that the people in Lingzhou were so well-educated that they could refrain from urinating and defecating anywhere, or littering everywhere without supervision?
Kang Zhuqing was walking towards Shi Jin's residence with a bag on his back.
Suddenly, a scolding voice was heard, "The one in front, what are you doing? That's you!"
Kang Zhuqing looked over when she heard the noise and saw a young man leading a young child to urinate and defecate in the alley.
Li Tang walked forward angrily, "You will be paraded with your children next week!"
"Red armband...run." The man grabbed his son's hand and wanted to run.
Kang Zhuqing added silently, "The attitude of admitting one's mistake after discovery is very poor. If there is suspicion of escape, parade through the streets for two days."
At the other end of the alley, Li Xi silently blocked the exit.
Seeing that there were people in front and behind him, the young man could only accept his fate. "Red Armband Young Man, please be kind. This child really can't stand it when he goes out."
Li Tang said familiarly, "Isn't there a rule that says you can't use children as an excuse? You didn't listen at all when we were promoting it. Look for yourself, how embarrassing it is to be paraded through the streets. I'm afraid your child won't dare to urinate or defecate anywhere for the rest of his life."
Only then did Kang Zhuqing see the faces of the two men with red armbands clearly.
She couldn't help but take a few more glances, the corners of her mouth slowly rising.
It turns out that to get the red armband in Lingzhou you need to have good looks, but that’s also good, at least it’s pleasing to the eye.
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