Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 794 Seeing Fudge Again (Two in One)

Du Jinning was filled with emotions when he got the handbook.

Although this handbook does not necessarily guarantee 100% that it will save her life when her true gender is revealed, it at least has a certain guarantee.

Qi Muyuan hugged her from behind: "Although we have a handbook, we still can't take risks. When the time comes, you hide first and let your grandfather talk to the emperor. If the emperor can ensure your safety, it's not too late to come out. Otherwise, we will First change your identity and get married, and then slowly figure it out."

Du Jinning nodded obediently, and replied, "Okay." As for the second option Qi Muyuan mentioned, she naturally had to consider it.Let's take a step first.

"Where is your cousin, do you want me to talk about it?" Qi Muyuan asked.

Du Jinning shook his head: "He has seen you in Lishui County, and it is not easy to feel awe in his heart. I have to trouble my senior brother about this matter. It would be better for you to tell my senior brother."

Qi Muyuan said: "It's not appropriate to go to the Yamen this time. I'll talk to him after he's done."

Du Jinning agrees.

Same as last time, Qi Muyuan hurried to Runzhou, it was already afternoon, and after a short wait, it was time to go to the office.

In order not to disturb too many people, Du Jinning sent Yao Shuqi to guard the gate of the Guan Mansion. When Guan Jiatian came home, he was notified, and Guan Jiatian came to Du's house wearing an official uniform.

Naturally, Guan Jiatian couldn't let Guan Jiatian know about the handwriting, and Duoqing's decree was only Zhao Wen's oral order, and it would not be written on paper to be used by others.

But about Du Jinning and Ding You, Qi Muyuan explained it clearly last time, now Qi Muyuan just conveyed Zhao He's oral instructions, and Guan Jiatian explained it, and he agreed to help explain to Du Jinde without saying a word.

Du Jinning pulled him and muttered for a while, while Qi Muyuan sat beside him and listened, wanting to laugh.

Du Jinning is planning to fool people again.

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In the yard next door, Du Jinde sat weakly in the yard, very depressed.

He is in good health and can endure hardships more than his elder brother, and he has more careful thoughts. He thinks of coming to Runzhou, getting along with Du Jinning and Chen's day and night, and enhancing their relationship. The benefits in the future will be indispensable.

So when someone needed to come to Runzhou to inform Du Jinning, he volunteered without hesitation.

He made a good plan: now that Du Jinning is an official, he has a lot of things to do, and he needs someone to help him.Du Jinning has no brothers, and his sisters are all married. Once his cousin gains his favor, why doesn't he keep himself by his side as a deputy?
It is much better to be with my cousin who is an official and will be able to rise to the top in the future, than to guard the one-acre three-point land in Lishui County.When he was in the provincial capital of Guizhou, Du Jinning was able to buy such a big house. Now that he is an official, he can imagine it in terms of money, not to mention rights.As long as he pointed out a little leak, it would be much better than the property he got by sticking to Lishui County.

Besides, even if he is not in Lishui County, once his parents die and the family needs to be separated, with Du Jinning as the backer, his elder brother would not dare not give him his share.

But what Du Jinde didn't expect was that although he had worked hard all the way, he was in good health, but when he arrived in Runzhou, he collapsed with a terrible headache.Housekeeper Yao invited a doctor and said that he had contracted a cold, drowsy after drinking the medicine, and lay down for so many days.

Fortunately, what comforted Du Jinde was that Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Du Jinning both cared about him very much. Ms. Mrs. Chen didn't talk about asking for warmth. Du Jinning was so busy that she would visit him twice a day.

"Second Young Master." Chi Mu, a servant of Du's family, came in from the outside and said, "Master Zhizhouguan from the state government came to see you, do you think you want to go back to your room and change your clothes?"

"Master Zhizhou Guan?" Du Jinde's eyes widened.

Chi Mu nodded: "Exactly, Mr. Guan is our young master's superior. Today, he received the emperor's order, and he came to the mansion to deliver the order, so he can visit you by the way."

Although Du Jinde is an ordinary person, he has studied for several years.It's just that I don't have the talent for reading, and I didn't get in after taking the children's exam several times.

It was also like this that he knew how difficult the road to the imperial examination was, how powerful his cousin was when he was 15 years old and won the title of No. What a godlike existence.

These are out of reach.But now, not only did he see his living cousin, but the magistrate, who was several levels older than the county magistrate, actually came to visit him in person.What made him even more wary was his will.Cousin Du Jinning actually received an imperial edict from the emperor himself!
Akagi's words suddenly made him extremely nervous.

Seeing him standing there in a daze, Chi Mu couldn't help asking again: "Second Young Master, do you want to go back to your room and change your clothes? Lord Zhizhou is coming soon."

"Ah? Oh, good." Du Jinde came back to his senses and nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, "Yes, yes."

He stood up from the chair, took two steps numbly, turned his head and said, "Chimu, come and wait for me to change my clothes."

His servant and entourage are still recuperating.

Chi Mu entered the door, helped Du Jinde choose a piece of clothes for him to change, combed his hair, and tidied up the room according to his instructions, and then saw Yao Shuqi coming in from the outside, saying: "Second young master, Master Zhizhou is here Visiting you."

"Please, please hurry up." Du Jinde greeted him immediately.

Although Akagi didn't give him medicine today, his body couldn't recover immediately, and his legs were weak when he walked, so Akagi hurried to help him.

Du Jinning had already entered the door at this time, stepped forward and supported his other side, and said: "Second brother, you are not in good health, so don't get up."

Du Jinde waved his hand, looked outside, and saw a 30-year-old man in official clothes walking in, he hurriedly said with a smile: "Isn't this Mr. Guan Zhizhou? Please forgive me for being too far away." crime."

Qi Muyuan didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, so he didn't follow Du Jinde.

Guan Jiatian greeted him a few words, then sent all the servants out, and said to Du Jinde: "I came this time to receive the emperor's decree, to convey the decree to Mr. Du, and at the same time, I came to ask you about the situation."

Du Jinde saw Guan Jiatian's serious expression and it was about the imperial decree, his heart suddenly became nervous, and he couldn't help swallowing: "Master Guan, please speak."

"When the family separated, did your grandfather sign a severance document with Mr. Du?" Guan Jiatian asked.

"Ah?" Du Jinde was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Du Jinning, but Du Jinning lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

He turned his head and looked at Guan Jiatian. Seeing Guan Jiatian's serious face and sharp eyes, he nodded in a panic: "Yes."

When the family was separated, as the son of the Du family, he was also present and watched Du Chensheng and Du Jinning sign the severance document with his own eyes.He didn't dare to lie to Guan Jiatian.

"As a descendant of the Du family, Du Jinning not only did not receive any property from the Du family when the family was divided, but also gave your grandparents 40 years of pension money at one time. What?" Guan Jiatian asked again, with a rather aggressive attitude.

"Yes." Du Jinde could only say, but his heart became more and more flustered.He turned his head and looked at Du Jinning again, but Du Jinning still hung his head, as if he had been severely reprimanded, and looked rather dejected.

Du Jinde became more and more flustered.

"Since that's the case, Du Jinning has nothing to do with your Du family, and it has nothing to do with the deceased Du Chensheng. You went to Runzhou to report the funeral, and Du Jinning even reported Ding You to the emperor. What's the reason?" Guan Jiatian's tone It became more and more severe.

"This, this..." Du Jinde sweated, "I, I, I... I don't know. My father asked me to come, and I came."

Du Jinning lowered his head and explained in a low voice beside him: "I thought that even if he signed the severance document, he was still my grandfather..."

"If you are not an official, you can do whatever you want to be filial for him. But now you are an official of the court, and you are reporting Ding You for someone who has nothing to do with you. What do you think of the court? Where do you put the emperor? "Guan Jiatian reprimanded louder.

Du Jinning lowered his head and did not speak.

"If everyone is like you, reporting to Ding You for someone who doesn't matter, who else will work in the court? They all ran back to their hometowns to rest." Guan Jiatian was still relentless.

Du Jinde was originally a person who was sheltered under the wing of his parents and had never experienced any major events. He was only eighteen or nineteen years old. He couldn't help trembling when he was reprimanded by Guan Jiatian.He also lowered his head, not daring to move.

Guan Jiatian didn't finish, and continued to reprimand Du Jinning: "The emperor planned to allow you, Ding You, but after asking someone to investigate, they found that you had severed ties with Du Chensheng. He was very angry and ordered me to reprimand you. If you do this again , to be dismissed from office and investigated, so as to serve as an example to others.”

"Yes. I don't dare anymore." Du Jinning quickly stood up and saluted in the direction of the capital.

Guan Jiatian nodded slightly, glanced at Du Jinde, and said to Du Jinning in a cold tone: "You should reflect at home for two days, and come back to the Yamen after two days." After speaking, he turned and walked away.

Du Jinning respectfully sent him to the porch, stood for a while, then went back to Du Jinde's room, looked at him, but didn't make a sound.

The panic in Du Jinde's heart still persisted, and he asked Du Jinning, "Does this matter affect you?"

"There must be some influence." Du Jinning said with a wry smile, "I left a bad impression on the emperor, and I'm afraid it will not be easy to get promoted in the future."

Du Jinde fell silent.

After a long while, he said: "I'll go back after a few days when I recover from illness. You can be an official here with peace of mind." Then he apologized, "My uncle and my father sent me to report the funeral without knowing it. You, I'm really sorry."

"Second brother, please don't say that." Du Jinning said, "Who knew it would happen. I thought that even though the severance document was signed, the bloodline would not be cut off. Who knew it would be like this..."

As she spoke, she shook her head.

"Then third aunt..." Du Jinde asked again.

Du Jinning thought for a while: "I asked my mother to go back with you. But I don't worry about it because I have severed ties with you. This must be made clear to the magistrate or even the magistrate, otherwise someone will impeach me for being unfilial. In the future, the county magistrate and Where is the magistrate..." He looked at Du Jinde and said guiltily, "Maybe I won't be able to take care of you."

"..."

Du Jinde was very shocked, and stammered, "You, you mean to say that you want to tell the magistrate about severing ties with us?"

"That's for sure." Du Jinning nodded, "If you don't tell them, they will definitely impeach me. As local officials, they have such supervision responsibilities, otherwise they will be negligent."

Du Jinde's heart was suddenly in a mess.

Because Du Jinning became the No. [-] scholar at a young age, entered the Hanlin Academy, and had a bright future, the county magistrate naturally wanted to sell favors to Du Jinning, not only took Du Chensheng and Niu's family seriously and prevented them from going to Beijing, but also took care of Du Yunyi's family. Send someone to express condolences every year and festival.

Mrs. Zhang is a very shrewd and capable woman.At the beginning, she was able to seize every opportunity to climb the big tree of Du Jinning. Now that the county magistrate is at a crossroads, she immediately hits the snake and follows the stick.For Du Jinning's sake, people naturally offered hospitality and prepared gifts of equal value in return.After going back and forth like this, the two families are considered to be moving around.

Because of this, Du Yunyi's family is very respectable in Lishui County.The three of them, father and son, are accountants. They used to look at the face of the boss, but now the boss looks at their faces.The owner's troubles can't be solved, Mrs. Zhang went to the county magistrate's wife, and as long as there are no issues of principle, the matter can be resolved.So Du Yunyi's salary was directly quadrupled, so that his boss would treat him as an ancestor.

Several aristocratic families in the county also treated Du Yunyi with courtesy because of Du Jinning's relationship.

Now, the Chen family is going back to the county, saying that their branch has cut off contact with the Du family and has nothing to do with the Du Yunyi family.Wouldn't those county magistrates and aristocratic families who treated Du's family courteously for Du Jinning's sake turn their faces and deny Du Yunyi any more face?People who originally wanted Du Yunyi to help but were rejected by Du Yunyi, or who were bullying and jealous of their family, wouldn't they be the ones who bullied them?

Thinking about these consequences, Du Jinde felt chills.

"Fourth, fourth brother, can, can you think of a way and don't tell them?" After Du Jinde said this, his face turned red.He also knew that his request was too much.

Unexpectedly, Du Jinning thought deeply: "Let me think about it."

Du Jinde immediately raised hopes, and at the same time sighed in his heart: Fourth brother is really a good person.In the past, his grandfather and his family treated him like this, and he was still considerate of his family, regardless of previous suspicions. He is really a broad-minded person.Maybe such a person can do great things.

Du Jinning seemed to think of something, his eyes lit up: "Yes."

"Fourth brother, have you thought of a good solution?" Du Jinde asked with interest.

Du Jinning nodded, and then looked at Du Jinde apologetically: "However, my method may not be very good for you, second brother."

Du Jinde was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Why is it so bad?"

"Actually, if you said that you went astray, you didn't find Runzhou, and you spent almost all your money without seeing me. You can only go back while trying to make money. I didn't receive your funeral report, so naturally I don't need it." Go back to Ding You. It's just that you have to take responsibility for this."

　Two chapters have been published as one chapter, see you tomorrow.

　　
　
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