Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 441 Too Arrogant
Qi Bokun knew that Du Jinning understood what he meant, and couldn't help laughing "haha": "Okay, a child can be taught, he is really a good boy."

Du Jinning cupped his hands and brought old man Zhu back to Du's house.

When old man Zhu came to report, he ordered his grandson to welcome Zeng Yu into the hall and serve him tea.

Although Zeng Yu was not left standing outside the gate, his psychological superiority made him unable to wait for a moment.However, after drinking a cup of tea, Du Jinning was nowhere to be seen. He was so angry that he wanted to shake his sleeves and leave.

He was yelling at Zhu Xiaoliu, when he saw a young man coming in from the door, with red lips, white teeth, delicate eyebrows and eyes, unexpectedly very beautiful, Zeng Yu was stunned.

While he was in a daze, he heard Zhu Xiaoliu call the boy "Young Master", Zeng Yu came back to his senses, his face darkened, and he put on a very unhappy posture.

"Sorry for keeping Master Zeng waiting for so long." Du Jinning cupped his hands at Zeng Yu and said politely.

Zeng Yu raised his hand and returned the salute, but without a smile on his face, he went straight to the point: "I'm here today to tell you something. There is already a Du's house in our alley. Your door Let’s change the name of the plaque on the head.”

The smile on Du Jinning's face also tightened, and he said lightly: "Then what if I don't change? Could it be that Mr. Zeng still wants to send me to prison?"

Old man Zhu who followed in was startled.

When did his young master speak so much that he could choke to death?Still the young master of the Tongpan family.

"You..." Zeng Yu hadn't heard anyone talk to their family like this before, so he stood up from his chair angrily.

Du Jinning sat on the chair and looked at him without any fear.

"Don't think that you will become lawless after joining the Qi family. Our prefecture is not your Lishui County. Don't be too arrogant." Zeng Yu pointed at Du Jinning's nose and cursed, "I've never seen you so ignorant." Good or bad things, shameless."

"Young master Zeng means that this city is covered by your Zeng family, so as long as you don't follow your wishes, it will be wiped out?" Du Jinning said calmly.

Although she did not engage in politics in her previous life, she never lacked political sensitivity.Although Qi Bokun only said to support her just now, as soon as he asked Du Jinning to come over first, Du Jinning understood what was going on.It must be that the judge surnamed Zeng didn't agree with the magistrate, and he might have stabbed Yang Yuntao in the back, so Qi Bokun wanted to use this to punish him.

If that's the case, she will naturally want to make a big fuss, no matter how big it is.

"You, you...you don't talk nonsense. But although our Zeng family can't cover the sky with one hand, it's okay to punish you as a little scholar. Don't think that you won't know your surname if you get a little three dollars in the exam. What's the matter. Let me tell you, there are many people in this world that you can't afford to mess with."

Zeng Yu didn't want to argue with Du Jinning here anymore.Such a quarrel made him feel that his price had dropped.When I go back later, someone will come to make things difficult for Du Jinning, just beat her to the ground, crawl up in front of him like a dog and bark, that's what the young master of the Zeng family is capable of.

So before Du Jinning could speak, he said harshly: "Wait and see." He turned around and walked away.

Yao Shuqi, who rushed over after hearing the news, happened to hear this conversation, and was immediately terrified. Seeing Zeng Yu rush out the door angrily, he hurried in and said to Du Jinning, "Master, what's wrong with you? How did you mess with me?" What about Shangzeng's house?"

He stayed here for two or three months, and he had a clear understanding of the situation of each family in this alley, and he knew that although the Zeng family official was not big, he could not be messed with.

Du Jinning waved his hand: "It's okay. I'm just a pawn, working for Grandpa Qi."

Yao Shuqi felt relieved when he heard this.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It's good that the young master has a plan in his heart." He was really scared to death just now.

"It is estimated that the Zeng family will send someone here in a while. Don't stop them, let them smash whatever they want, and they will have to double the compensation in the end."

"Yes, young master." Yao Shuqi replied respectfully, but his heart was sweating a little.

It's really Du Jinning's play is a bit big, a commoner actually went to provoke even the magistrate to avoid a three-point sentence, their good days will come to an end if they are not careful.

"It's okay, don't worry." Du Jinning comforted him.

"Let Mrs. Zhu see what dishes are available, and cook a few good ones in a while. Grandpa Qi, Mr. Yuan and the magistrate Yang are going to eat here. If the ingredients are not enough and you can't buy them, go directly to the restaurant and book a table. But don't go to the Du's restaurant across the street." She ordered again.

Although the meaning of what Qi Bokun said just now was to ask her to order those apprentice chefs to cook, she was not stupid. To her, eating in Qi's mansion and eating in Du's house had completely different meanings.

She is willing to be a pawn of this horse, one is to sell Qi Bokun's face, and the other is to establish a prestige in this prefecture, so that in the future, a dog or a cat will not bully her that the backstage is not strong enough, and come to her.

When Yao Shuqi heard that the magistrate was coming and had dinner at their house, he finally let go of his hanging heart.He responded with a relaxed look, and went out to make an appointment.

Du Jinning thought for a while, and instead of going to the Qi Mansion, he went to the back house to guide Mrs. Zhu in cooking.

Aunt Zhu's culinary skills are not comparable to those of melon eggs.As long as Du Jinning speaks out his requirements and practices, Aunt Zhu will be able to do it pretty well.

Since she said that she wanted to serve guests with fresh dishes, she couldn't just talk in plain language, she had to show some real chapters.

In addition, Zeng Yu returned home in a rage, and without waiting to report to his grandfather, he directly ordered his servants: "Go to the yamen, and tell me that the new Du family's house in our alley was built very presumptuously. Bring a few yamen servants to smash the door of his house."

After hearing this, the old master Zeng quickly stopped his servants: "Wait a minute." He turned to his grandson and asked, "What's going on?"

Zeng Yu explained the matter emphatically, and said harshly: "If I don't give him some color, who will take our Zeng family seriously in the future?"

When Mrs. Du and Du Zheyan heard this, they immediately burst into joy.I didn't expect that Du Jinning to be so arrogant and stupid. Didn't he know that the master of the Zeng family is the judge of the government office?If he doesn't give the Zeng family face like this, his brain will be caught by the door panel, right?

Now that the matter has developed, it seems that it is no longer their Du family's business.Even if they don't want to pursue this matter, the Zeng family will not give up if they think about it.If the Zeng family didn't suppress Du Jinning, no one would be able to ignore the Zeng family in the future.

For the sake of their own face, the Zeng family had to trample Du Jinning into the mud.

After hearing what his grandson said, Mrs. Zeng was also angry.But the older you are, the less courageous you are.He always felt inappropriate to hit the door directly like this.

He said to his grandson: "Leave this matter alone until your father comes back." He looked at the sky and said, "Your father will be back in less than half an hour."

Zeng Yu grew up so old, and because of his father, he was always sought after by others, where did he experience such shame and humiliation?Being pointed and scolded by someone, and this person is nothing, it's no wonder he can bear this tone.

He said: "Grandfather, don't stop me. If you get angry, you have to call back on the spot, so that I can feel at ease. I will find a place in half an hour. If you don't know, you may think that our Zeng family has confessed. And half a After a few hours, Daddy will go home, and those yamen servants will also go home. If we ask them to come out at that time, they will definitely not be willing, and even if they do things for us, they will not do their best. It is better to do it now."

Seeing that the grandfather was still not at ease, he said again: "Don't worry, I found this reason very well. Even if others know that we are deliberately finding fault, they can't say anything. Anyway, the door will be smashed when the time comes, and we will not overstep." Isn't it all up to us?"

The old master Zeng agreed when he heard it, and signaled his servants to follow Zeng Yu's orders.

Old Mrs. Du was very winking at being able to curry favor with Mrs. Zeng, and immediately said: "These yamen servants are also working hard, so tell them to go directly to my restaurant to drink."

After finishing speaking, he ordered his servants: "Go to Defulou and ask them to prepare a table of shark fin mats. It is estimated that Master Zeng will send them to Zeng's residence after he leaves the office."

"Yes." The servant replied.

Mrs. Zeng and Mrs. Zeng Yu were very satisfied with Mrs. Du's actions.

Although there are officials in his family, they are not free to be greedy for ink. The level of wealth is not as good as that of Du's family, which is doing a very prosperous business. This shark's fin feast cannot be eaten often.Furthermore, although Mr. Zeng is the boss of the yamen servants, some yamen servants are always not so happy about using public equipment for private use and being used as private thugs by the boss.Appropriate benefits must always be given, so that they will not be able to shirk when they ask these people to do things next time.

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Let's talk about that, Qi Bokun has been in office for many years and has promoted many officials.This Yang Yuntao is one of them.Half of the reason why he was sent to serve as the magistrate of Guangxi Province last year was because of Qi Bokun.

So at this time Qi Bokun summoned him, he put aside the matter at hand without saying a word, went home and picked up the wine and rushed to Qi's mansion.When he arrived at the Qi Mansion, he was told by the concierge that Mr. Qi was not in the mansion, but went to the opposite Du Mansion.

"Du Zhai?" Yang Yuntao was very surprised.

Because Qi Bokun lived in this alley, he knew something about the residents of this alley.He knew that there was a Du mansion in this alley, but it seemed to be an ordinary family.Why did the mentor call him, instead of waiting for him at home, he went to the Du residence instead?
"It's not the Du Zhai you know. It's a young man from our Lishui County. He is the beloved disciple of Guan Shan, head of the Boyue Academy. He is very close to our young master. The old man likes him very much and treats him like his own grandson. It's just because of The Guan family's standpoint is why they didn't propose to accept him as a grandson." Old man Shen happily explained to Yang Yuntao according to Qi Bokun's instructions.

He led Yang Yuntao out to Du Jinning's house, while continuing to promote Du Jinning: "Speaking of which, Young Master Du is also very capable. He is only 12 years old this year. After studying for two years, he was admitted as a scholar and got a small three yuan. He originally He is a farmer who has nothing, but relying on his ability to write scripts, he jointly opened teahouses and bookstores with our young masters, Guan family masters and Liang family masters. He made a fortune and bought a place in this alley. A very beautiful and unique garden was built in the place. The old man and the old man Yuan are going to visit the garden now."

　What's more, go to bed first, it's one o'clock in the middle of the night, and continue tomorrow morning (or this morning?)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)