Nanxun County.
A single beat of the bronze gong drew the attention of the crowd. The person striking the gong was a bailiff from the county yamen; the passing townspeople looked on with a mix of curiosity and dread, afraid that angering the officials would bring down severe punishment.
Even though these were merely bailiffs—the lowest-ranking figures within the yamen—ordinary people still dared not provoke them.
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