Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 538 Pan's son-in-law Du Jinning

In the Gongyuan, Wen An, the servant brought by Pan Yiting, followed him back to the courtyard where he lived, and asked another servant, Wen Mo: "Is the water ready? Is the meal ready?"

"It's ready, it's ready." Wen Mo said, and asked Pan Yiting, "Sir, should I eat first or take a bath first?"

"Take a bath first." Pan Yiting said.

The two male servants quickly filled the wooden tub with water and filled most of it, and put the clean clothes aside. Seeing that Pan Yiting waved his hands impatiently, they retreated.

Many of them, the chief examiners, came from good backgrounds. When they were young, they were served by servants and grew up; after becoming officials, they were pampered and could not take care of themselves.If the chief examiners were imprisoned in the Tribute Court and they were not allowed to take the people down, it was uncertain what would happen to these chief examiners, even burning down the house.

Therefore, there was an unwritten rule during the imperial examination that each examiner was allowed to bring two servants to serve him when he entered the curtain.If they want to start their own business, the tribute courtyard can also provide them with corresponding ingredients, but these male servants followed their masters into the curtain and are not allowed to enter or leave during the exam period, and they are locked in the same depths of the tribute courtyard as the inner curtain officials.

Wen Mo asked Wen An: "Why did the master look so unhappy when he came back? But what happened?"

Wen An followed Pan Yiting into the examination room to serve him. Hearing this, he smiled wryly and said, "How can you be happy? Then the young master of the Qi family is just an idiot. He didn't do well in this exam, and the master couldn't even mention it if he wanted to be promoted. That's all. The master didn't want that Qi Muyuan to be the first. Who knew that Du Jinning, who took the first place in the first round, was indeed a little worse than Qi Muyuan in the analysis of the criminal case. He missed a point and didn't analyze it properly. Mr. Wang is dead. Holding on to this point, the master had no choice but to pinch his nose and let him take Qi Muyuan as No. 1. If so, there would have to be a lot of disputes in the final ranking, and Xie Yuan from Gui Province might be the big one. The prince is here."

Those two servants who could follow to serve in the Gong Yuan were not only loyal, but also knowledgeable.

Wen Mo asked again: "Which faction is that Du Jinning from?"

"I heard that neither faction is right." Wen An said, sighing, "It can be seen that this person has to rely on luck. Who knows that there is no way to catch a big leak at this time? Logically speaking, with us There are not many candidates who are close to this school, but there are not many who can compete with Qi Muyuan in talent and learning, and they can't make it into the top three in the first round, and they are completely uncompetitive."

Wen Mo frowned in thought, but did not speak.

When Pan Yiting came out of the bath, Wen Mo asked Wen An to take a bath and eat, and he served Pan Yiting alone for dinner. During the dinner, he said to Pan Yiting: "My lord, it doesn't matter even if Du Jinning is chosen as Xie Yuan. He is not without a family or school." Is it? We just need to bring him to our camp, can't you explain to the higher-ups?"

"What do you know?" Pan Yiting said angrily, "I don't know that yet? But even though Du Jinning has no background, he is very close to the Qi family. What's the difference between the Qi family?"

"What kind of shortcut is getting close? Is he related to the Qi family, or has he been favored by the Qi family, or is he and Qi Muyuan classmates and friends?"

The reason why Pan Yiting brought Wen An and An Mo here was because they were quick-witted and insightful, and they could discuss things when they encountered problems.

When asked at this time, although he was exhausted and in a bad mood, he still patiently told about the relationship between Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan: "Du Jinning is also from Lishui County, and Qi Muyuan has been classmates with him since he returned to Lishui. We grew up together. Du Jinning is just from a poor family, he was able to study and settled his family in Fucheng, so maybe he got a lot of help from the Qi family."

He sighed: "I also thought about wooing him, but in a situation like his, I'm afraid he has already been wooed by the Qi family, and he would not be willing to stand against the Qi family. Otherwise, his reputation will be criticized. Compared with the Qi family, we don't have a particularly prominent advantage, as long as Du Jinning is not too stupid, he knows how to choose between the two."

Du Jinning was the case leader in the last government examination in Guizhou Province, and even the rare little Sanyuan, so he knew Du Jinning's situation in such detail.Otherwise, he wouldn't pay attention to this kind of powerless ordinary candidate.

Wen Mo tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "The villain does not agree with the master's point of view."

Pan Yiting's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he asked Wen Mo, "Don't be tricky, tell me if you have any good ideas."

Wen Mo said: "Since Du Jinning is a classmate of Mr. Qi's family and grew up with him, he is about the same age. Remember, Mr. Qi's is only fifteen or six years old this year?"

Pan Yiting nodded: "Exactly. Du Jinning is still younger, only 14 years old."

Wen Mo's eyes lit up: "14 years old, that is to say, he is not married yet. Master, this is a breakthrough point. Think about it, no matter how close the Qi family is to him, can they be as close as the Yue family? The family may be kind to him, but who knows what he thinks in his heart? Maybe he is not only not grateful to the Qi family, but also has resentment, but because of the power of the Qi family, he has to make friends with them. As long as he understands Yuan, the master recruited him as his son-in-law in the name of a teacher, does he dare to refuse? To refuse is to not know good from bad."

"What if he refuses?" Pan Yiting frowned.

To be invincible is to take all remedial measures before doing anything. This is one of Pan Yiting's principles in doing things, and it is also the reason why he has been so successful as an official.

"We can start with his family. Even if Du Jinning himself has some knowledge, his parents from a poor family may not have any knowledge, right? Let's find someone to go to his house to lobby for a marriage proposal. As long as his parents agree, even if he refuses, it won't help gone."

Pan Yiting thought for a while, then nodded slowly: "That's a good idea."

Before Wen Mo finished speaking, he continued: "Furthermore, we have given Du Jinning a step down by doing this. He can tell outsiders that he himself wants to repay the Qi family, but his parents are short-sighted and accepted Pan He couldn't be unfilial, so he had no choice but to accept this marriage. Fortunately, the Pan family and the Qi family only had political disagreements and no personal grievances, which did not prevent him from being the son-in-law of the Pan family and being on good terms with the Qi family .”

"Haha, you are still clever." Pan Yiting immediately became happy when he heard this, and patted Wen Mo's shoulder vigorously, "It seems that I did not make a mistake in bringing you out. In this way, after the provincial examination is over, Du Jinning will leave this matter to You go and do it. If you do it well, I will reward you a lot.”

Wen Mo was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed to Pan Yiting: "Thank you, master."

Standing up after kowtowing, he asked for another idea: "I just don't know which lady the master wants to betroth to Mr. Du?"

(End of this chapter)