Shangji County is a small Qingshui County far away from Beijing. The previous county magistrate was demoted and stayed here for thirty years. He retired to his hometown last month due to old age.
Today it is time for Shangji County to welcome a new county magistrate. The roads along the way were lined with silk flags, the sound of gongs and firecrackers filled the sky, and the gentry and common people crowded both sides of the road.
"I heard that this man didn't come here because he was demoted." Before they saw the magistrate's sedan chair, everyone started chatting.
"This Lord Ji Ranji is twenty-two years old. The most outstanding thing about him is not his clear and upright spirit and his ability to solve cases like a god, but his elegant and refined appearance. He is truly a beauty like an immortal." A man with a square face in a green shirt said intoxicatedly, holding a folding fan.
"According to what you say, how could such an immortal come to this place where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away to be a small magistrate?" Asked a fat man next to him.
The square-faced man put away the folding fan and said: "This is what puzzles me the most. Mr. Ji is a famous person in the capital. I followed him all the way here, but I didn't find anything attractive about Shangji County."