Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 274 Warning
Yan Xu has been busy with family affairs, and rarely cares about the affairs of the academy.However, at the young age of 12, Du Jinning took the county case, so he still knew about it.

He frowned and said, "Is this kid really so powerful? How far do you think he can go?"

Yan Songtao nodded: "It is indeed very powerful. I dare not say anything else. It is not a problem to be a Jinshi before the age of 30."

He paused: "However, this is the most conservative estimate. If it goes well, it is not impossible to pass the Jinshi exam before the age of 20."

Yan Xu frowned because of his former sentence, but frowned again after hearing the latter sentence.

He thought for a while and asked Yan Songtao, "Then look, should we make him..." before he grows up... He made a beheading gesture.

He made this gesture just to represent a certain meaning, and he didn't really want to chop off Du Jinning's head.A family like theirs has many ways to kill people.One day Du Jinning will go on a boat, or go up a mountain, fall into the water or fall off a mountain, all of which are very likely.Accidental death, what year will it not happen more than a dozen times?
Yan Songtao sat up straight with his relaxed body, looked at Yan Xu like a sharp sword, and his tone of voice became stern: "Yan Xu, I think you have stayed in the county for long enough these years, It is necessary to go outside to see the world and broaden your horizons.”

Yan Xu is the bastard son of Yan Songtao's elder brother.Although he was a concubine, he was left in his hometown to take care of common affairs because of his low birth and lack of talent for reading, but because his father and his eldest brother from the concubine became more and more officials, his voice in his hometown became more and more serious day by day. day.Being flattered all day long, he already felt that he could be on an equal footing with his uncle Yan Songtao who had returned from Zhishi and stayed in the academy.

He was naturally unconvinced by Yan Songtao's behavior at this moment, and his tone became cold, retorting: "Am I not right? Could it be that he has to wait for that kid to grow into a character and become the enemy of our Yan family before thinking about it?" How to deal with him?"

Yan Songtao stared at Yan Xu for a long time before he sneered and said, "It's true that we have disagreements with the Guan family, but when did you see us reach out to each other's house, mutilate other people's heirs, and make people Uneasy in the back house, restless chickens and dogs?"

Yan Xu opened his mouth, wanting to give an example, but after thinking about it, he was speechless.

Not yet.

"Whether our two families are in the court or in this small Lishui County, we always see each other without looking up. Although we have different political views and have historical grievances, sometimes we can unite for common interests. When it comes to the critical moment of family destruction, maybe we will reach out to each other to help each other. So even if we have some family grievances, we have been making troubles for so many years, but they are small and small, and never They will attack the other party's people or the back house, and easily take their lives."

He took a deep look at Yan Xu: "Leave a line in life, so that we can meet each other in the future. Don't be desperate when doing things. You have to remember these two sentences carefully."

"Also..." Without waiting for Yan Xu to speak, he said again, "The reason why I came back to my hometown was not only for some reasons in the court, but also to guard the rear. I have the right to make decisions about the people and things here. Yes. I acquiesced to you taking care of general affairs. But I don’t think it’s suitable for you to stay at home now, you should go to Beijing to be with your father to open your eyes and understand the affairs of the court.”

Originally, Yan Xu broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the previous words, but now when he heard these words, he became more sincere and frightened.

He is naturally willing to follow his father, accept his father's teachings, and obtain more political resources.Helplessly, he has a very cunning aunt, and he dislikes their mother and son in every possible way.At the beginning, the father left them in their hometown to save the lives of their mother and child.After so many years, the two elder brothers who were born on the direct line are very promising. The eldest brother has reached the fourth rank, and he can advance to the next rank soon.And as his father was getting older day by day, his aunt's methods naturally became more unscrupulous.Even if she is unlikely to take his life now, he is not willing to go to Beijing to be treated as a thorn in the flesh.

He hurriedly said with a shy smile: "Third Uncle, I will definitely listen to your teachings in the future. As for Du Jinning, am I not asking you for advice? Whatever you say, I will naturally listen to you. Fourth Brother And the sixth younger brother is not by your old side, so you treat me as your son, and I treat you as my father, can't you listen to your teaching carefully? My father is very busy all day, how can he have time to teach me?"

Yan Songtao eased his expression, but still shook his head firmly: "Brother Xu, it's not that Uncle San refuses to teach you, but must force you to go. Uncle San did this to let you go further. Three Uncle is old, how many years can you manage the affairs of the family? Your elder brothers are all working outside as officials, and it is impossible to come back to manage the affairs of the family. These things have to be left to you. It’s just that you have stayed in the county since you were young. , Such a small place has seriously limited your vision and mind. You should go out, take a look, and understand the power struggle in Beijing, so that you can better help our Yan family guard the rear."

Yan Xu's heart was shocked by these words.He looked at Yan Songtao's old face and was speechless for a long time.

Yan Songtao knew that this nephew was suspicious, so he didn't force him, but said: "Go back and think about it yourself. It's up to you to choose whether to go or not. If you want to go, I will write to your father and tell him Settle you well."

"Let's let my nephew think about it for a few days." Yan Xu said, then took his leave and left.

He didn't know if Yan Songtao said these words for his own good, or if he wanted to kick him out so that other more obedient people could take over his position and take care of the general affairs of the clan.He had to go back and investigate and think about it carefully.

Watching Yan Xu leave, Yan Songtao smiled, and turned to tell his housekeeper: "Go and discuss with Liang's family and see if they would like to learn how to make tea with the two families. If so, tomorrow we will send The master tea maker went to Du's tea garden and learned how to make tea with Du Anshou."

On the Liang family's side, Liang Xiankuan was originally because of his father's incident, and he was busy with scientific research and couldn't spare time to deal with those people.In the past few days, he followed Du Jinning and the others to visit and thank his teacher, and he also resorted to some thunderous tricks to clean up some people.In particular, the two people who had tripped him up the night before the county examination were frightened by the evidence he presented of colluding with outsiders and harming their clansmen, and fled out overnight; after he revealed a few more evidence and witnesses, the rest were silent Immediately became honest.

Therefore, Liang Xiankuan can still make decisions about the Liang family's tea garden.He has a good friendship with Du Jinning, and he is naturally happy to see the success of the Yan family's way of showing favor to Du Jinning.

At this time, it will take more than a month to leave the government examination. If they take a few days, the Yan family takes a few days, and the Du family tea Du Jinning also has to take care of it for a few days, then there are not many days left to read.

Although he and Du Jinning were still rivals during the government test, they still hoped that they could win by their own abilities, not by tricks.Besides, the government examination is not about competing with students from other counties.Whether it's him or Du Jinning taking the first place, it's the honor of Lishui County.He didn't want him to compete with Du Jinning's snipe and clam to benefit fishermen in other counties.

Du Jinning was naturally very happy to receive the replies from the Liang family and the Yan family.She was not short of the study time of those few days, but the season waited for no one.After a few days of delay in the Liang family and the Yan family, the young leaves in her tea garden will all grow old. Naturally, the sooner the matter of those two families can be resolved, the better.

Now that it's arranged like this, it couldn't be better.

In the early morning of the second day, Du Jinning, Mrs. Chen and her two sisters boarded the mule cart hired yesterday, went into the city to pick up Du Fangfei, and then went to the tea garden outside the city together.

Mrs. Chen pulled Du Fangfei to ask about the daily routine, and then asked her: "Your mother-in-law didn't say anything when she asked you to come to the tea garden to make tea?"

Du Fangfei shook his head: "No."

"What about yourself? We didn't call you mother-in-law, do you have any thoughts?" Chen asked again.

Du Fangfei looked at her mother with wide eyes, and was a little puzzled by her question: "Our own affairs are naturally our own. Isn't it right not to ask her? What can I think?"

"You're right to think that way." Seeing that her daughter was not confused, Chen nodded with satisfaction, "Some women, once married, put their in-law's family first, thinking that is her closest family; while her mother's family, But it’s already a foreigner.”

Although Du Fangfei didn't regard her mother's family as a foreign family, she still blushed a little when Chen said this.

She said shyly, "I don't have any."

Mrs. Chen reminded her: "Your younger brother has worked so hard to earn some money. He didn't buy a house or a field, but he bought you such a generous dowry. Now he finally came up with a secret tea recipe. I haven't forgotten you, you can't be heartless, treat him as an outsider, and value the Xu family more than him. You can tell your husband and mother-in-law about his secret tea recipe in a blink of an eye. Don't blame me for not recognizing your daughter."

"Mom, why would I do that? I'm not confused." Du Fangfei quickly wanted to swear.

But Chen interrupted her and said: "I am also a woman, how can I not know? After many women get married, their husband and children are the most important things in her life. What are the rest?"

Du Fangfei was terrified and disturbed by his mother, and there was a trace of grievance of being wronged.

She really didn't value Xu Chengyuan more than Du Jinning.

However, Xu Chengyuan's weight in her heart is only getting heavier and heavier.When she has a child in the future, she can't guarantee that Du Jinning will still come first in her heart.

"I said this not to tell you to keep your husband and mother-in-law away in your heart, but to tell you that a woman must always leave a way out for herself, and this way out is firstly your own ability and capital; support."

(End of this chapter)