Vocabulary
县令
xiànlìng
county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
In a story
县令唐大人五十多岁，为人还算公正，就是胆子小，最怕得罪有势力的人。Magistrate Tang, in his fifties, was a fair enough man — merely timid, and terrified of offending the powerful.白银案·案一 · The Silver Case: Case One · HSK 5
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