Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 512 A wave of coquettish operations (two in one)

In the past few days, Zhaifu, the gatekeeper of the academy, has helped Du Jinning block many visitors.So for Jiangbei who came to see Du Jinning, Zhaifu also made it clear.Jiang Bei also knew that what Xu Chengyuan said was not an excuse, but the truth.

For him, the loss of his sister was a big deal; but for the people in front of him, it was probably a trivial thing.

Depression, anxiety, remorse, self-blame... and other emotions in his heart were like tides, almost drowning him.

After these emotions receded, he was at a loss.

What should he do?
Seeing him like this, Xu Chengyuan said coldly: "If you want to report the case, I can help you go to the yamen to deliver a post, but you have to tell the truth to the police quickly. It's fine to hide it, you can find it yourself." Turn around and go into the academy.

"Uncle..." Jiang Bei grabbed his arm, worried that Xu Chengyuan would be angry, so he quickly let go, and said, "Xu Xianggong."

Xu Chengyuan didn't want to leave anymore, but he didn't say anything, he just looked at him coldly.

Jiang Bei knew that he was not telling the truth. I am afraid that Xu Chengyuan would not help him find his sister. He could only take a deep breath and said, "This is not a place to talk. Can Mr. Xu come with me to my house?" He added, "My home is not far from here."

Xu Chengyuan didn't want to go.

He didn't like Jiangbei, let alone Jiangbei's family had a Jiangnan.When he was in Zhuangzi of Boyue Academy, because Du's house was only such a small yard, and Jiangnan was doing all the chores of Du's house, so every time he went to Du's house, he would meet Jiangnan, and he knew that this maid had a more outstanding appearance. .

A few days ago, he also knew from his wife's complaints that Jiangnan wanted to climb high, so he came out of Du's house and became a free agent.He very much suspected that what happened today was a trap set up by Jiangbei and Jiangnan brothers and sisters. When he went to the small courtyard where the brothers and sisters lived, maybe Jiangnan would fall for him.

Although the chances of Jiangnan abandoning Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, two handsome and wifeless young men, are a little less likely to be a man who is inferior to them in everything, but Xu Chengyuan can't stop with his suspicious heart.

What if Jiangnan thinks that Du Fangfei has a good temper, and thinks he has the ability to squeeze Du Fangfei down, and succeeds in becoming the young mistress of the Xu family?Even if there was a one in ten thousand possibility of this, he couldn't let it go if he had doubts in his heart.

Xu Chengyuan said with a straight face: "If you have something to say, just say it here, and if you have nothing to say, forget it."

Jiang Bei also didn't know that Xu Chengyuan was overthinking and thinking too much. He just thought that he was dissatisfied with his behavior of abandoning his master and was unwilling to talk to him.

Originally, if he couldn't see Du Jinning, asking Qi Muyuan to see him would be the best way to make up for it, but he didn't dare to ask Qi Muyuan to see him.He has always been more afraid of Qi Muyuan's cold face.Moreover, with Xu Chengyuan's attitude towards him, Qi Muyuan was indifferent, even more unwilling to help him.At this time, refusing Xu Chengyuan's help to seek to see Qi Muyuan, wouldn't it offend Xu Chengyuan, who was the only one who was willing to help him?

He looked around helplessly, and found that there were no pedestrians except Saifu, the gatekeeper not far away.It's okay to talk about things here.

He looked at Xu Chengyuan pleadingly: "Then can we go over there and talk?" He pointed to the not far away, worried that Xu Chengyuan would not agree, and added, "It's really a bit important, it's not suitable for people to hear. "

Xu Chengyuan frowned when he heard that it had a lot to do with it.

After all, Du Jinning was the former owner of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and the two had only left Du's house for a few days, so what they did could easily involve Du Jinning.If he doesn't do anything, maybe things will get worse.

He walked towards the place Jiang Bei pointed to, a little farther away from the entrance of the academy, and said, "Okay, no one will hear you now."

Only then did Jiang Bei hesitantly tell the story.

After listening to his words, Xu Chengyuan's eyes widened, and he looked at Jiangbei as if he had seen a ghost. After a long while, he could say a word: "Do you know how high the sky is and how thick the ground is?"

It turned out that although Jiangnan was almost sold to a brothel a few years ago, he was protected by his elder brother, and later entered Du's house, but he didn't suffer much, so he was a little girlish.I always feel that it is easy to marry a good family based on my good looks, at least it is better than marrying a servant in the Du family and living as a slave for the rest of my life.

She didn't realize that things were not as simple as she imagined until she left the Du family with her brother and set up her own family.

It is impossible for a small family to live in complete seclusion.The neighbors' wives and daughters-in-law saw that there were people living in the small courtyard, so they naturally wanted to inquire about it, and when Jiang Bei came back, they would follow behind to poke around.After learning of Jiangnan's existence, he knocked on the door from time to time and tried to sneak in, so as to know the origins of these outstanding siblings through chatting, which made Jiangnan feel very insecure.

Jiangbei and Jiangnan are so outstanding in appearance, and they appear here inexplicably, so others can't help but think less about their origins.Within a few days, someone said that they had escaped from the fence.After Jiangbei explained to everyone again and again that they were servants of the Du family in Hulu Lane, the scene of a maid climbing on the master's bed and being kicked out by the mistress spread in the streets and alleys.

In short, in just a few days, there were no less than five or six kinds of rumors about the two of them. Jiangbei was pointed out every day when he went in and out; and someone knocked on the door from time to time at home.Jiang Nan didn't open the door, and those people scolded her with all kinds of swear words at the door, making life worse for the brother and sister.

Think about it even if you move, such a situation is inevitable.And the freedom is what they begged for, and if they go back to Du's house at this time, they will be ashamed, and they will not be reconciled to Jiangnan.

So Jiangnan desperately wanted to find a good family to marry him, so as to get out of this embarrassing situation.

After much deliberation, the siblings decided to focus on Calabash Lane.

The people in Calabash Lane are either noble or rich, and Jiang Bei knows what's going on at home after living here for more than two years.It's not difficult to pick one or two best candidates, and it's better than those who don't know the details in other places.

After screening people of similar age and appearance for a long time, they found that Su Ruoxu who came to the Du family to congratulate him when the Du family moved was the best candidate.

The family background of the Su family is not worse than that of the Qi family. Su Ruoxu is a juren in his 20s, and he is also very good-looking and gentle. The most rare thing is that he has been married for five or six years, and his wife has not given birth to him. He has no other concubines.

120 people in Jiangbei don't want their sister to be a child for others, but the situation is stronger than others, so he asked for leave these two days to go back to Calabash Lane to find out the news, so as to find out Su Ruoxu's whereabouts, so as to create a coincidence and let Su Ruoxu Ruoxu and Jiangnan met each other once.

But Su Ruoxu concentrated on studying at home and rarely went out for a walk.The last time Jiang Bei came to look for Du Jinning, he was held down by Zhao Chang's men, and he was interrogated again when he went to inquire about Su Ruoxu's whereabouts.After finally spending a long time talking and getting home, he didn't dare to go to Calabash Lane anymore.

In order to give his sister an explanation, he told Zhao Chang's situation, saying: "It's not that my brother doesn't want to inquire, it's that we don't want to go there all the time. That man is from Beijing, and he will leave soon after he arrives." , I will inquire after he has left, please be patient for a few days."

Lu Xiaobei is not what it used to be now, in addition to buying a big house, the family also bought many servants, some of whom he brought back from Beijing.Jiangbei can tell the accent of the capital, so it is known that Zhao Chang and his party are from Beijing.

He planned to let this go beforehand, and Jiangbei went to work today.Unexpectedly, when I got home, I found that my sister was gone, the door was locked, and the house was not messy. There was a note on the table written by Jiang Nan, saying that she had gone to Hulu Lane.

But Jiang Bei ran to Calabash Lane and searched for it for a long time, but he didn't see anyone.

"Did the Du family ask? Did Su Ruoxu's family ask?" Xu Chengyuan said.

"I've asked all of them, saying that my sister didn't go there." Jiang Bei said dejectedly, "Madam... Mrs. Du said she didn't see my sister."

Xu Chengyuan thought for a while, and said: "I'll help you find out, and if you can't find out, then report to the official."

"Thank you Mr. Xu." Jiang Bei was overjoyed.

Seeing Xu Chengyuan's attitude, he thought that he would not care about the life and death of their siblings.

Although Xu Chengyuan is not as strong as Du Jinning in terms of his own ability or connections, it is still much better than Jiang Bei's own search.

The reason why Xu Chengyuan didn't report to the official right away was because he had a plan in mind.

He didn't go back to Calabash Lane either, but went straight back to the academy, found Qi Muyuan, told him about Jiangnan, and said, "Since Mr. Zhao's guard guards the alley so strictly, as long as Jiangnan goes there , they will know. After all, the Jiangbei brothers and sisters went out from the Du family, and if something happened to them, Jin Ning couldn't get away from it. I have to trouble you to ask and find out what's going on."

When Qi Muyuan heard this, he hurried back home, and went to Du's house after a while, and met Xu Chengyuan: "Go and tell Jiangbei that his sister is at Du's house at the end of the alley, and let him find it by himself."

Xu Chengyuan was stunned: "Why did you go to that house?"

The so-called Du's house at the end of the lane is Du Zheyan's family.

Qi Muyuan's eyes were a bit cold: "Although Jin Ning has been writing articles in the academy these two days, Mr. Zhao doesn't want to stay at Qi's house. He always goes to my grandfather to play chess and talk. The alley is strictly guarded. Jiang Nan probably knows this. When she entered the alley, she followed behind the young master of the Du family and his party at the end of the alley. When she entered, she happened to meet Mr. Zhao leaving my house. Jiang Nan pretended to be unsteady and fell on Mr. Zhao..."

Having said that, he raised his eyes, with a strange expression on his face: "Young Master Zhao is surrounded by the strictest defenses, and his guards shot Jiangnan directly, shot Jiangnan far away, and stopped Young Master Du and his party Come down. I don't know what that young master Du was thinking, but he said that Jiangnan was his maid, and she accidentally fell and offended Mr. Zhao, so he is willing to accept Mr. Zhao's punishment. As long as it is not an assassin, Mr. Zhao will not He got into trouble with others, so he naturally let them go. So Young Master Du asked his servants to help Jiangnan into his home."

Xu Chengyuan was dumbfounded, and stammered: "Jiangnan is thinking, thinking..." Du Jinning and Xu Chengyuan had revealed a thing or two about Zhao Chang's identity.

Qi Muyuan nodded with a stern expression.

He didn't expect Jiangnan to have such courage and action.When he just heard the news, he broke out in a cold sweat.

If Du Jinning hadn't been kidnapped because he was a child, he would never have rescued Jiangbei and Jiangnan and got into such a troublesome pair of siblings.Fortunately, Jiangnan has been honest in Du's family these past few years, and has never done anything wrong to Du Jinning, otherwise he would blame himself extremely.

Qi Muyuan and Xu Chengyuan never thought that Jiangnan was also forced to this point by reality, and that's why they took the risk, otherwise they wouldn't have the guts to take such a big risk.And if it wasn't for the fierce battle for the heir apparent in Beijing and the strict defense around Zhao Chang, she might have succeeded in this step.Even if she can't be Zhao Chang's concubine, being a servant girl would be a rising tide; climbing a branch to become a phoenix in the future is just around the corner.

It's just that she didn't have this life, and she didn't succeed.

Knowing that Jiang Bei is still running around, jumping up and down to inquire about the news, Xu Chengyuan asked, "Then what should we do now?"

The corner of Qi Muyuan's mouth twitched: "I've already asked someone to pass a message to Du Zhexin quietly. Since that girl was once a maid in Du Jinning's house, it doesn't sound good to follow him without a name. No matter what, he should give her a name." It's not in vain for Jiang Nan to have a fight with the master and servant of the Du family."

Xu Chengyuan was dumbfounded again, and after he realized it, he looked at Qi Muyuan with admiration.

He thought he had grown a lot in the past few years, but compared with Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, he was still far behind.

In the Du family at the end of the alley, since the dispute over the plaque, the grand master of the Du family was immediately dismissed from office, and the business of the restaurant was squeezed by the restaurant under the name of the Qi family. The business was bleak, and Du Zheyan was later kicked out of the government school and thrown to Xingning County When I was studying, I was scared out of my wits and acted like a man with my tail between my legs. Not only did I take down the plaque of "Du Zhai" but changed it to "Du Yu". Go, show respect.

Young Master Du picked Jiangnan back, he saved Du Jinning's old maid under Mr. Zhao's hand, and expressed his kindness to Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan.Although Jiang Nan has not been released for so long, maybe seeing Jiang Nan's outstanding appearance, he becomes lustful, and he is a little bit reluctant.But Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan didn't speak a word, he absolutely didn't dare to make Jiangnan's idea.As long as Du Jinning asks for it, he promises to hand it over honestly.

But as soon as Qi Muyuan delivered the words, Jiang Nan could only be Du Zhexin's wife and concubine.

Du Zhexin lost his wife last year, leaving behind a four-year-old daughter and a two-year-old son.

Qi Muyuan hasn't done his best yet, so he left Jiangnan with some leeway.At least she still has a chance as a regular wife.

It is indeed a bit difficult to be the official wife of someone else's family with Jiangnan's status; but it is still possible to be Du Zhexin's official wife.Firstly, the stepmother didn't have high requirements for status and status, and secondly, Qi Muyuan told her that Jiangnan was married as Du Jinning's old maid, so she had some background.For Qi Muyuan and Du Jinning's sake, the Du family might give Jiangnan the title of wife.

Qi Muyuan can be regarded as full of the master-servant relationship between Jiangnan and the Du family.At the same time, a time bomb like Jiangnan was also disposed of.

Otherwise, with Jiangnan's courage and slightly stupid mind, I really don't know what troubles she will cause in the future.

After marrying someone, no matter what troubles she will have in the future, it will be Du Zhexin's problem, and it has nothing to do with Du Jinning.

　Four thousand words, two chapters, one chapter was published.In addition, I would like to ask everyone, do you want Jiangnan to be a wife or a concubine?

　　
　
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