When Ji Ning arrived at Zhao Yuanrong's mansion, he would not leave at night, even if the two were in the secret room, they would have to linger in love for a while.

It wasn't until late at night that Zhao Yuanrong asked people to send Ji Ning out of the mansion, according to Ji Ning's request, Ji Ning was still going over the wall when he went out of the mansion, and Zhao Yuanrong would not come over to see him off in person.

Ji Ning felt as if he was here to steal incense and jade, and he didn't have to think about what Zhao Yuanrong's mansion was here to do, as long as he could do good things with Zhao Yuanrong, his trip would be in vain.

The next day, Ji Ning went to the Confucian Temple to work as usual, and before noon, a message came down from the Confucian Temple, saying that the people in the Confucian Temple would rest for half a day in the afternoon, but before the rest, the people in the Confucian Temple needed to drink and feast at noon, so that Ji Ning could prepare a little.

Ji Ning didn't know much about the banquet, and he thought it was a routine.

Because there are not many people around him, he can only hide his doubts in his heart first, and when he comes out, he meets Song Shanqian, and Song Shanqian reveals the specific situation: "Brother Ji, in fact, this matter is not too complicated, that is, the Confucian Temple was rewarded by the imperial court, once to drink some wine, have a banquet, and when you go back, there will be a few taels of silver as a reward, which is about the same as the purpose of King Chong's visit before." But the silver that the court has rewarded us with will be distributed......"

Ji Ning then remembered that before the Chongwang Mansion was headed by the prince of Chongwang, he had come to the Confucian Temple to give gifts, and now the imperial court also came to give gifts, which roughly means, that is to say, when the gifts are sent, everyone will share something, and even hold a banquet before dividing things.

"Why do you have a banquet?" Ji Ning asked.

"This is not the way the Temple of Literature takes a cut?" Song Shanqian said with some dissatisfaction on his face, "The silver given by the imperial court, maybe the average person is ten taels, but as a result, the Confucian Temple holds a wine banquet, and you need to take out a little silver for the banquet, maybe according to the standard of three coins of silver for one person, but in the end, you can take away three taels or five taels, alas, people have to bow their heads under the eaves!" ”

Ji Ning couldn't help but smile when he saw Song Shanqian's emotional appearance, he had been to the Temple of Literature for a few days, in fact, he had already seen that this Song Shanqian was a miser at all.

Song Shanqian himself is not short of silver, he is in contact with the Beijing Literary Association, because of the way of the apprentice bachelor of the Confucian Temple, Song Shanqian can earn a lot of silver, Song Shanqian has a few hundred taels of income from this aspect every month, so he should be a generous person, but in the current situation, Song Shanqian will even care about a few taels of silver, which shows that he is not so free and easy in terms of money.

Ji Ning thought to himself: "After all, I haven't known Song Shanqian for a long time, and his personality doesn't have much to do with me, I just need to take care of my own affairs!" ”

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At the noon banquet, the personnel of the Confucian Temple in the capital basically attended, Ji Ning was still a newcomer to the Confucian Temple, and there were not many people who knew him, and he only followed everyone to toast a few rounds of wine in this kind of banquet.

He didn't want to get involved in too many things about conspiracy, so it was better to stay and establish a relatively peaceful relationship with the people in the Temple of Literature, not to seek too much intimacy, so as not to be said that he was a boss.

However, in the words of everyone, Ji Ning learned a news that Shen Kang, a famous scholar with the title of Dayong Dynasty, was about to come to the capital, and Shen Kang would also come to the Confucian Temple in the capital in person at that time.

Ji Ning said in his heart: "I have been in the capital for more than half a year, although I also said that I wanted to go back to Jinling, but I never made the trip, and now Shen University can return to the capital, and I will be exempted from the pain of traveling and traveling!" ”

Regarding the purpose of Shen Kang's upcoming visit to the capital, there are different opinions, and no one knows what Shen Kang's purpose is, but Ji Ning vaguely feels that Shen Kang's arrival in the capital should be related to some major events in the imperial court, because with Shen Kang's current status, he can almost be in the second or third position in the Confucian Temple of the Dayong Dynasty, which is higher than the status of Zhu Ma Heng in the Confucian Temple in the capital.

Ma Heng's ranking in the Temple of Literature is probably only six or seven, but if you talk about the power at hand, Ma Heng is still relatively high, after all, Ma Heng is the temple of the Confucian Temple in the capital, and Shen Kang is now just a scholar with the title of leisure.

After Shen Kang stepped down from the position of the prince of Jinling City, he had not heard of any arrangements for his personnel for a long time, and as for how the Confucian Temple would arrange it next, Ji Ning was not clear, after all, this was a matter between the powerful.

But he was vaguely worried that Shen Kang would interfere with his support for Zhao Yuanrong's plot to seize the throne, and he was also hesitating now, whether to tell Shen Kang about this matter, if according to his previous identity and status, he should tell Shen Kang about this matter, and he couldn't hide it, but he also knew that Shen Kang would not think that he was right to do this, so he would rather make a certain concealment in this kind of thing, after all, this is a matter of whether Zhao Yuanrong can achieve great things in the future. Speaking out will only be harmful to Zhao Yuanrong.

"Well, let's wait until the master arrives in the capital, it's really not good, so I've been hiding it, which can be regarded as thinking about Princess Wenren!" Ji Ning said in his heart.

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After the banquet, Ji Ning divided more than six taels of silver here, and he could go home for the time being.

The apprenticeship bachelor is basically this number, and there are not many on Song Shanqian's side, but after all, Ji Ning has just arrived at the Confucian Temple, so it will be relatively less in one consideration, but the less is just a few dollars of silver.

"Look at it, Brother Ji, this time the court gave each apprentice bachelor a dozen taels of silver, alas, this world is dark everywhere you go!" Song Shanqian drank two more glasses, and after coming out, he was still letting out some untimely feelings.

Ji Ning smiled and didn't say much, at this time, he would lose too much talk, he didn't want to be attacked by others because of one or two of his words.

Since he had rested for half a day, Ji Ning was ready to go back to his house to rest first, and before he had gone too far, he saw that there seemed to be a commotion in the distance.

Because Ji Ning didn't take the carriage, he also knew that if there was trouble in front of him, it might have a certain impact on his own safety.

He could only go to the wine shop for a while to take a short rest and take a look at the situation ahead.

But seeing that an official was taking people, it seemed that some small traders were forcibly charged with banditry, and they were directly taken down and sent to the yamen, as for the people next to them, they were looking indifferently, and no one was willing to come out to speak for the small traders.

"It seems that the time for King Chong to rebel is not far off, if His Majesty sets the five princes as the princes, and King Chong wants to achieve great things, it will be far more complicated than now!" Ji Ning muttered in his heart, "If it is now, the balance of all parties has not been broken, and the chances of Chongwang becoming a great thing will be greater!" ”