I played as an assistant in ancient times

"I'm going too." Shen Xiaoye took off her apron, picked up a steamed bun and followed her uncle. While her aunt Huang was still a little distracted, she had already run a long way away. She kicked the stool away in anger and hurried back to her room to get the silver and money.

No matter what the reason is, you have to be fully prepared when it comes to dealing with government affairs.

Grandma Lin called out "Geng'er", and Shen Xiaoye was dragged to her room by her cousin to be scolded: "Why are you panicking? Your grandpa and uncle are here for you."

In a moment, my uncle ran to borrow a cart, and my grandfather went back to the house to prepare things.

Shen Xiaoye had no choice but to ask Qian Da, who was sitting on the ground: "Why is my fourth uncle detained when he is fine?"

"Qian Da, don't be anxious, drink some rice soup first." Grandma skimmed a thin bowl of cold soup from the rice bowl and fed it to him.

Qian Dafang was really driving too fast and he was almost falling apart. He was sweaty and exhausted. After he had regained his breath, he simply gulped down most of the drink from the bowl.

He said: "After we arrived at the county government office, there was no court hearing today.

So Uncle Sheng took Sui Ge'er to find the household clerk to inquire about the news. However, before they came out, a team of carriages and horses arrived at the county government office and drove away everyone at the door.

Everyone waited for a long time, and only when they saw the team of carriages leave did they hurried to see what was going on.

After waiting for a long time but no one came out, I asked the yamen runner I had met before for help and asked him to see if Uncle Sheng was still in the household registration office.

He ran twice and came back to say that Uncle Sheng and Sui Ge'er were called into the second hall after leaving the household door. Soon after, except for Uncle Sheng who was left in the second hall, everyone else was put on a carriage and taken away.

The yamen runner said that Uncle Sheng wouldn't be able to come out for a while, so I discussed with my brothers and decided that we had to go back and report back to our family first, so we left them there first."

"Uncle Qian, do you know where they took the people?" Shen Xiaoye guessed that it might be the team of carriages entering and leaving the county government office.

Qian Da shook his head: "I don't know either. I can't find out even if I ask, so I came back in a hurry."

"No rush. Changshou and I will go and ask now." The old man had changed into a neat outfit, and the cloth bag in his hand was bulging with something, probably some wall-climbing tool like a hundred-claw lock.

Before Shen Xiaoye could figure out why, her uncle came to the gate pulling a cart, and her great grandfather walked over quickly and anxiously to ask what was going on.

But no one knows the situation now, so we can only go there.

She was directly refused by her grandfather: "Look, it's already twilight, the city gate will be closed when we get there, at most they'll find a soldier to guard the city and let me go up alone in the basket.

Besides, it will be curfew soon after we enter the city, so it is not convenient for you to come over."

Shen Xiaoye insisted: "Grandpa, I am a child. Even if I am still on the street during curfew, the patrolling soldiers will not let me go."

She snatched the bag from the old man's hand and touched it. It was indeed the Hundred Claw Lock. "It's better not to use this thing if possible."

But the old man thought for a moment and still refused. Especially when his wife glared at him, he would definitely not agree to let the child go with her.

The family watched my grandfather and uncle leave. They didn't even let my great grandfather and Uncle Qian go with them. They also told them to go to the head of the village and tell them that they would stay in the county town for one night.

Shen Xiaoye had no appetite for dinner. In order to distract herself, she soaked two pieces of cloth in the sumac water before it got dark.

Grandma didn't stop her, but just asked her eldest daughter-in-law to light some mugwort to repel mosquitoes.

Feeling depressed, the little black cat rubbed against her feet and whispered, "I know the way to the county town. Can you come with me?"

Shen Xiaoye held the cloth and soaked it for a long time before withdrawing her hands. She took off the leather gloves her uncle had specially made for her, washed her hands in the basin, picked it up and looked at it, saying, "The wall is several meters high and there are no dog holes or anything like that. Can you climb up?"

"Who are you looking down on? I can climb twenty or thirty meters without stopping." The little black cat puffed up its fur and meowed.

Shen Xiaoye was slightly startled, then shook his head and said, "It's no problem to climb up, but there are archers patrolling the city walls at night. If they find any unusual movement at night, they will really shoot you with arrows. You may not be able to avoid the volley of arrows.

Besides, my uncle is not in the county town, who can you find? Can you find Mr. Pan? He doesn’t know you and won’t communicate with you. "

The little black cat hung its head after hearing this. Huang received a piece of washed cloth and turned to ask her, "Why are you whispering to a cat? When you have time, you can help grandma feed the little leopard.

Come, this piece of cloth is for Madam Fang, you can dye it in a separate vat.

The lotus seed shells are being cooked, and Geng Ge'er is waiting for you to do the rest of the process."

“This only requires light dyeing, and takes a short time and few times.

It will be completely dark in a while and we will need some lamp oil to light the lamp." Shen Xiaoye tilted her head to look at her grandmother in the main room, who was smiling and coaxing the little leopard to drink goat milk.

When she looked back, her aunt didn't seem to be panicking anymore and was able to arrange tasks for her in an orderly manner.

“I can’t sleep anyway, and the money from gas is not as much as what I earn from dyeing a piece of cloth.

Alas, I don’t know if your uncle and his men have reached the city gate yet. It’s hard to drive on the road at night.” Huang frowned as she spoke.

It turned out that my aunt was just pretending to be calm. Shen Xiaoye slowly folded the cloth and pressed it into the sumac water, saying, "It's almost time. Grandpa has to find someone before curfew."

The night watch is from 7pm to 5am, and the curfew in the Great Zhou Dynasty is from 1st watch to 5th watch, which means the curfew starts at 5:30pm (around 8:12pm) and ends at 5:30am (around 4:12am).

Old man Shen Shanyou set out at six o'clock. He spared no effort and managed to make the young mules and horses run to the west gate of the county town in more than half an hour.

He only told his son to wait outside the unbuilt city wall, and if he didn't come out after an hour, he should go and find a place to stay.

Shen Shanyou approached the inner city wall alone and blew a whistle. Soon someone showed his head from behind the wall.

It was only a quarter past ten, the sky was still bright, and there were still four quarters before the curfew began.

The soldier on the top of the city wall just made a slight gesture, and Shen Shanyou responded immediately. In less than a moment, he went around the corner of the city wall, where a large hanging basket was already hanging.

He jumped directly inside and sat down. Soon he was pulled up to the city wall. After paying one or two silver bars, he was quickly led into the city.

The county government office was in the east of the city and had already been closed. Shen Shanyou didn't want to waste time, so he first went to Constable Lu's house in the west city, only to find out that he was still on duty.

Fortunately, at that time, all the people on the street were in a hurry to go home, so he rushed to East City without attracting any attention.

When he arrived at the foot of the eight-character wall, he saw the eldest brother of the He family and Qian Wu from the village squatting in the corner and staring at the closed gate of the county government. He could not help but quicken his pace and approach.

"Uncle Bashan." Qian Wu was the first to see him.

Shen Shanyou was the eighth child in the Shen family. He took out some money and gave it to the two of them, saying, "Go to the inn across the street and stay overnight. I'll be there for you.

Captain Lu has already arranged to meet me at the back door, and I have to meet Mr. Pan later, so I probably won't be with you tonight."

The words were naturally meant to comfort them, but the two knew that the man was popular and would not wait in vain, so they obediently went to stay overnight since they had no money on them.

Shen Shanyou arranged everything and went straight to Yahou Street and knocked on the back door of the county government office.