I have a fortune book

Chapter 14 Registration, Daoist

There are two mighty stone lions sitting in front of the county yamen. On the surface, they are just ordinary stone statues.

When monsters and ghosts dare to offend the county government, the soul of the stone lion will wake up and turn into a beast of the town government to fight against evil spirits.

In his previous life, he had been invited by the county magistrate to meet in the yamen, and he learned from the county magistrate that there are official gods patrolling the yamen organizations at all levels.

To be an official in life and to be a god after death is another iron proof that the imperial examination called it the Tao of Tongtian.

If you can't become a Jinshi on the two lists and be registered as a natural citizen, those who are loyal to the country and make great contributions can be granted the title of a god by the imperial court after death.

Here Zhou Bai thinks of the Dazhen Dynasty in another world, where the court has been suppressing the gods, and there are few official seals, which should be to prevent the division of luck.

Unlike the humane dynasty in the main world, the fortune is as vast as the deep sea, and the loss of conferring gods means granting a few more official positions.

Without his cultivation, Zhou Bai would not dare to spy on the luck of a county even if his spirit had recovered.

He didn't dare to act recklessly now, Zhou Zhai, who was investigating his origin, already had lingering fears, so he must not act recklessly when observing one side's forces.

As for watching people, if you get started with the Qi Watching technique, it's all right to take a look at ordinary people or small officials who walk alone. People like county magistrates will be backlashed even if they look at them from a distance.

After he learned how to look up qi, he was much more sensitive to luck, and now he was walking in the county government office, feeling like he was falling into quicksand.

Any official official will have the luck of the court, and offenders will be suppressed immediately.

Strictness, oppression, coercion... All kinds of feelings rushed towards him. Zhou Bai knew that it was largely caused by the oppression of luck, but others only felt that the court should not be insulted, and left an orthodox impression in their hearts since then.

Zhou Rui, who was originally active and talkative, did not say a word, and walked slowly behind the guard cautiously.

The lobby is in the middle, and on both sides are the six rooms of the yamen. After walking through the corridor in front of the [-]-meter lobby, Zhou Bai followed to the east, and then arrived at the ceremony room of the county magistrate's office. As for the west side, it is the chief office.

Just like the long queue slowly calling out outside, there were also a dozen or so people in front of the ceremony room, and the guards only waited for one person in the room to come out, and immediately led Zhou Bai to jump in.

The registered sons of the Xianhao family will all sign up tomorrow, and the Zhou family's weight today is naturally heavy enough. This is due to the reputation of the Zhou family, and it is also due to the small pieces of silver that Zhou Rui stuffed in private.

Walking into the ceremony room, a row of scribes and two Taoists sat behind the official case, watching them together.

Zhou Bai didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly stepped forward with Zhou Rui to submit the insurance policy and answer the personal confession information.

The county test registration checks the three materials. In addition to mutual and bonded insurance policies, it is also necessary to answer personal information in person, which is called a personal confession.

The first official took the insurance policy and immediately distributed it to the others, and then he cupped his hands to the Taoist priests on both sides: "Please prepare to check, my lord Taoist."

"Zhou Ruilu's personal confession, fifteen years old... Zhou Bailu's personal confession, fifteen years old, native of Hongni Township, Pingcang County, Bei'an County, from the seventh house of Zhou's family..."

The officials who had serious faces suddenly softened a lot when they heard that the two were from the Zhou family's direct lineage.

"The confession is correct, please ask Mr. Zhou to press the fingerprint."

Zhou Bai checked the personal confession information recorded by the officials, and then signed and printed it.

In the end, the officials took the insurance policy documents to find the Taoist official next to him, and said with some respect: "If the Taoist official checks everything is correct, please stamp the Taoist official's seal."

At this time, the mutual and bonded insurance policies had been reviewed by all officials, and a Taoist official took over Zhou Bai's three insurance policies, pinched out the verdict with one hand, and muttered something silently.

The imperial examination is the most important thing in the country. Even the most basic county examination, from the check of candidates' information, there is a joint check by the imperial government, Taoist officials, and gods.

The higher the level of the imperial examination, the more important the talents to be screened, and the stronger the gatekeeping force.

At the first level of the general examination and palace examination, there are even more heavenly officials who come to pay attention in person, and it is not impossible for those who perform well to enter the heavenly court.

Zhou Bai had memories of his previous life, and knew that this Taoist official was communicating with the gods. His own Taoism could not detect the error, but he still needed to sit in the presence of the gods to confirm.

The efficiency of the gods was still very high, and soon the Taoist official said loudly: "The city god inspected and found that Zhou Rui and Zhou Bai did not deceive or lie, Xu Qian said."

There was no miraculous spell, but a small copper seal was simply removed from his waist, and then sealed on the three-page insurance policy.

It was the first time for Zhou Rui to see a Taoist official, wearing hairpins, wearing a crown, and a blue Taoist robe, he looked so far away from the world.

Ordinary people are naturally very awed, and his performance of talking and communicating with the gods just now is even more shocking.

However, after a set of procedures, I didn't see any spells, and Zhou Rui's eyes couldn't help but feel a little weird.

Shouldn't the official seal be suspended with a single finger?Taoist officials seem to be no different from ordinary people like them, right?

This Taoist seal seal looks very young, even though he has learned Taoism and has good looks, he is actually not over 30 years old. He usually spends most of his time in the mountains reciting and practicing Dharma, and he is not very well-mannered.

For this fat man who was staring blankly at him, how could he have a good face, flicking his sleeves was an act of "seeing off guests".

These mortals are really rude, the origin of the village is the origin of the village, if they are the descendants of the county tycoons, they must know the difficulties of these Taoist officials.

The place where the government is important, the hub of the imperial court's legal network, how can it cast spells at will.

If the imperial court hadn't summoned him down the mountain and received the seal of the Taoist official, he wouldn't even have stepped into the gate of the county government.

Knowing the reason for the young Taoist official's embarrassment, Zhou Bai immediately dragged Zhou Rui to apologize: "My brother has shallow eyesight, is not good at studies, and hasn't studied Taoist scriptures yet, so how do you know that the Dao before the Dharma and the Dharma before the Dao are the righteous ways of the world?" , and please forgive his rudeness."

As soon as these words came out, it seemed to speak to the heart of the Taoist official, not only the young Taoist official's face became more gentle, but even the old Taoist official on the other side smiled slightly at Zhou Bai.

The atmosphere eased a little, and the young Taoist officials stopped chasing people away. The officials are all good people, and they are about to go through the process quickly.

Whether it is the Taoist officials or the Zhou family, they are not something they can offend.

An official put the insurance policy for two people on a mahogany tray and walked towards the back hall, and an official came forward with two wooden number plates.

"The insurance policy of the two Mr. Zhou will be sent to the county magistrate for stamping immediately. This is your admission number plate. Please refer to it on time in the future. The yamen will prepare lunch on the county examination day." The official said very carefully , The two also nodded again and again.

Zhou Bai cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, we will not delay the adults to continue their business, so let's take a step away."

Of course, before leaving, Zhou Bai still dragged Zhou Rui to confess his sins to the Taoist official, and bowed farewell.

The favorability of the two Taoist officials towards Zhou Bai rose rapidly. Among them, the young Taoist officials wanted to speak a few times, but it seemed that due to the occasion and status, they could only watch them leave.

It's rare to have someone of the "fellow way", and I can't wait to meet and have a long talk.

(End of this chapter)