Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 812 Invitation from King Jing
Lu Jiuyuan and the others were also very well informed about the news, knowing that Du Jinning went to Beijing to receive the reward yesterday, and was waiting at home early this morning.Everyone congratulated Du Jinning as soon as he entered the door.

Du Jinning pointed to An Shi who had been following behind him as a personal servant since yesterday, and said, "Look who's here?"

Lu Jiuyuan and the others were pleasantly surprised: "An Shi?"

An Shi hurried forward to greet them.

"He also wanted to meet the world, so he asked me to come, and I agreed to him." Du Jinning said, "I wonder if I can pretend to be your servant tomorrow morning and go to Japan with you?"

When the four of them first met, the arrogance of Lu Jiuyuan and others was defeated by Du Jinning, and they followed Du Jinning all the time, wherever Du Jinning went, they followed.Although they have tutored Du Jinning on articles, the three of them have never dared to present Mr. Du Jinning's score in front of Du Jinning.

Later, Du Jinning ran a newspaper, made them famous, and created the tea ceremony, making them the masters of the tea ceremony. Now they are still preaching in Japan on behalf of the Song Dynasty; Du Jinning is the leader, with 100 years of unshakable determination.

Now Du Jinning said that she agreed to An Shi's request, and the three of them would naturally not refuse.Besides, An Shi didn't go to Japan in the name of a luthier, but went to Japan as a servant, so the three of them had no objections.

Lu Jiuyuan said: "What's the matter? Naturally, there's no problem."

He looked at An Shi and said, "It's just that I've compromised An Shi like this."

An Shi hurriedly said: "An Shi is a lowly person. She was rescued by Mr. Du and treated with courtesy by Mr. Lu, Mr. Shi, and Mr. Peng. She did not look down on me because of my previous status. An Shi is extremely grateful. Now Mrs. Du Take me to Beijing, the three gentlemen are willing to take the risk to take me to Japan, and An Shi can't repay you, so why bother?"

As he spoke, he bowed deeply to several of them.

Lu Jiuyuan quickly helped him up himself.

An Shi has superb piano skills, is self-reliant and self-reliant, and his character is appreciated by Lu Jiuyuan and the others, so they have lived next to each other in the garden for more than a year. Lu Jiuyuan and others have never underestimated An Shi.That's why they didn't resist taking Anshi to Japan at all.

After getting settled in Anshi, Du Jinning chatted with a few people about the precautions for going to Japan, had lunch at Lu's residence, and left.

When she came out of Lu's residence and got into the carriage, she saw a young man wearing the same clothes as An Shi in the carriage. This man looked somewhat similar to An Shi.

Worried that she would be frightened, Chi Mu hurriedly explained: "Master Qin arranged this."

Du Jinning nodded, and was about to get into the carriage when a man passing by asked hesitantly, "But Du Jinning?"

Du Jinning turned her head and found that this person turned out to be Wang Shibin, her deputy chief examiner during the rural examination.Wang Shibin had let go of her foreign post when she entered Beijing, so she didn't know if she had been transferred back to the capital or returned to Beijing for business.

She hurriedly cupped her hands to salute: "Teacher, student Du Jinning is being polite."

Wang Shibin hurried over, gave her a little help, and said with a smile: "We are now officials in the same court, and Mr. Du is also a student of the emperor. I dare not take the word 'teacher' in the next ten thousand. Mr. Du should call me by my name." .”

Du Jinning followed the good example and changed his address: "Did Mr. Wang be transferred back to Beijing, or did he return to Beijing for business?"

"I was transferred back to Beijing at the beginning of last year and worked in the household department," Wang Shibin said.

"Congratulations, Master Wang."

Wang Shibin waved his hand: "Mr. Qi and I are inseparable friends. Before the provincial examination, I heard about Mr. Du's talent from him; during the provincial examination, I was fascinated by Mr. Du's talent; I met unexpectedly today. Speaking of which, you and I are also destined. Why don't we go to the teahouse in front and have a sit and talk about our goodbyes before we break up?"

Du Jinning's eyes glanced around indiscriminately, but he didn't see any familiar faces.Finally, her eyes returned to Wang Shibin's face.

She also knew that if Wang Shibin hadn't been entrusted by Qi Bokun to take care of her and Qi Muyuan back then, she would have had nothing to say about whether she could get Xie Yuan.Ordinarily, this Wang Shibin was a member of Qi Bokun, he was trustworthy, and the place to go was still a tea house, so there was no danger in drinking a cup of tea with him.

But at this time, it is a troubled time. At the critical moment, if you are not careful, you will lose everything.And Qi Bokun himself can be considered as a member of the family, but he is on the side of Zhao He, putting the country first, and sharing the worries for the king.Who knows what happened to Wang Shibin?Moreover, she was invited to drink tea so cordially, although it might be for the sake of high-yield rice, but she had to be careful.

She raised her hand and said very apologetically: "What a coincidence, I have something urgent and I have to go back. The junior will come to the door some other day to apologize to Mr. Wang, forgive me."

Without waiting for Wang Shibin to say anything else, she stepped into the carriage.

Zhou Yunsheng, who was driving the carriage, was also very clever. With a flick of his horsewhip, the carriage started and quickly moved away from Wang Shibin.

Wang Shibin's face was very ugly, and he cursed fiercely in his heart: "If you don't eat a toast, you will be fined." He turned around and left with his servants.

Sitting in the car, Du Jinning breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the new boy, she said, "Your name is Lan Sheng."

Anyway, what he wanted was An Shi's status.An Shi's original name was Lan Sheng, so it's good to keep her name now.

"Thank you, young master, for your name." The boy saluted.

Zhou Yunsheng asked earlier, "Master, where are we going?"

Du Jinning thought for a while, and was about to speak, when someone outside the car shouted: "Is Mrs. Du inside?"

Du Jinning lifted the curtain of the car and saw that the person who came was a middle-aged man in his thirties.

She has a good memory, and everyone who has seen her knows it.Although this person has only met once, she recognizes him. It is Luqian, the governor of Prince Jing's Mansion.Although this Lu Qian is a government minister, he is also an official of the sixth grade.If Du Jinning hadn't just been promoted, the official position would still be under him.

"It turned out to be Master Lu." Du Jinning cupped his hands, then turned his head and said, "Stop."

Seeing that Zhou Yunsheng was yelling "Woo" and was about to rein in his hands, Lu Qian hurriedly said: "No need to stop, no need to stop, just go to Jing Wang's Mansion. Our prince heard that Mr. Du is coming to Beijing, so he specially asked the next official to come to court Later, I went to the mansion to look for my lord, but I didn't want to be turned away. It's not easy for me to go back to work, and I was planning to walk around the street to see if I could meet my lord, but I didn't expect to meet here."

Du Jinning frowned slightly.

Zhao Chang invited her, but she really couldn't refuse.After all, Zhao Wei didn't assign her any tasks. The old official position has not been handed over, and the new official position has not been taken up. It is impossible to find an excuse to express that she is busy with official duties.

She believes in her own vision, Zhao Chang is really not an ambitious person, he probably won't join forces with his family to trip her up.Since her task is to hang around in the street, waiting for Qi Muyuan to make arrangements, why not just go to Prince Jing's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)