The little straw man is not Ji Ning after all, Zhao Yuanxuan will not feel relieved if he it with a needle, but in the end she is a little distressed, groping for the scarred little straw man who was pierced by her, showing pity on her little face, and even a little blame.

"County Lord, County Lord, Ji Gongzi is here." Xiao Qian hurriedly ran in, and before he could stand still, he was still out of breath, and was grabbed by Zhao Yuanxuan.

"He's coming?" Zhao Yuanxuan's eyes widened, and he couldn't see what she was thinking.

Xiao Qian nodded hurriedly: "Yes, the county lord, Ji Ning Ji Gongzi, the acquaintance told the slave maid, he has already come, and this will be in the front yard, but it will be late, and the slave and maid don't see it very really." ”

"That's good, there is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door in hell for you to break into." Zhao Yuanxuan pouted and said, "Get me clothes, I want to change clothes." ”

Xiao Qian was pleasantly surprised: "County Lord, are you finally going to change into your evening dress?" ”

"Who said I was going to change my dress? Change me into men's clothes, the same one I wore yesterday, and then find a comb, I'm going to put my hair back up! Zhao Yuanxuan's eyes carried an inexplicable eagerness.

This made Xiao Li completely confused, and she said curiously: "County Lord, seeing that the ceremony is about to begin, you have to meet in time for the evening, you ......"

"Go!" Zhao Yuanxuan crossed his waist and said angrily.

Xiao Li obediently obeyed, and she was still muttering: "The county lord is really different from before, will hating a person make the county lord's personality change greatly?" She used to be nice to me. ”

When Zhao Yuanxuan changed into men's clothes, he looked at the bronze mirror for a long time, and always felt that something was wrong, but she didn't care at this time, what she wanted was to tease Ji Ning again before her birthday banquet began, so that Ji Ning "has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai", and then shocked him again.

"Don't go out with me, if my brother or mother comes, just say I'm bathing and changing, and they won't go in and disturb me." After Zhao Yuanxuan finished speaking, he took the little straw man just now into his arms, and went out with a smile.

Xiao Qian was not allowed to follow, and she was still a little aggrieved in her heart, for fear that her county lord would sneak out of the door, but thinking about it, the county lord should not be so ignorant, this should be to find Ji Ning.

"The county lord is too, don't you hate that Ji Gongzi very much? Why did he hear that Ji Gongzi was coming, and he hated it so much, but he was so anxious to see it? "Xiao Qian is also a little girl who has not grown up, she is the same age as Zhao Yuanxuan, and she also knows nothing about the relationship between men and women.

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Ji Ning entered the Chongwang Mansion, although the main courtyard of the Chongwang Mansion was very large, but with so many people gathered, it was still a little narrow, not to the point of crowding, but it was difficult to find a quiet place to stand for a while, let alone sit.

Although he comes from the Wang family, he has never had any social status, he is now at best a shady showman, others will not look up to him, and only Tang Xie and others can talk to him, but a few people came to greet Tang Jie, and they were all introduced to Ji Ning by Tang Jie, and they are all people who have been raised in the past two township examinations, and some of them have good literary names, but they have not been in the Jinshi. These people are of relatively high background, they followed the elders of the family to attend this county lord's birthday party, as for Ji Ning and others, they were invited alone, but there were very few.

"Lord Jiang, the deputy envoy of Jiangnan Salt Transport, has arrived!"

"Dong'an County Song Zhi County has arrived!" ……

Whenever an official comes, someone will report, which has also become a rule, these officials are not sure how high the rank is, but it can also make the atmosphere in the Chongwang Mansion cause a small sensation, after all, among the invitees in the Chongwang Mansion, there are still ordinary gentry, these big families may have been officials in recent decades, but recently there may only be some people in the family, or there are no people, just the big landlord class.

"Yongning, some family members, it's best for us to go and visit in person, it will be helpful for you to open a local academy in the future." Tang Xie explained to Ji Ning the importance of the relationship with the big family, "As long as they mention you in their daily friendship banquets, then your reputation will be improved, and there will be more students studying in your academy." ”

Ji Ning didn't want to rely on his relationship with these officials and gentry to develop his academy, he would rather rely on real talent to educate the students in the academy and rely on the students' grades to make a name for himself.

So he shook his head resolutely.

Tang Xie sighed lightly: "What you ask for is different, and you can't force it, but seeing that you are always lukewarm when you open a academy, if you can't get into the Jinshi for a long time in the future, you always need to have a way to make a living, right?" ”

Ji Ning agrees with this, he always has a family to support, after marrying a wife and having children in the future, this kind of living expenses will be greater, the academy is not good, and he can't get into the Jinshi anymore, unless he goes out to teach people, but he doesn't want to send people under the fence.

Just when Ji Ning was thinking about this question, he suddenly heard a "hey" sound not far away, and several people turned around, but saw that in the afterglow of sunset and dusk, a pretty little boy stood in front of the moon gate, looking at Ji Ning with some shame, Tang Xie and the others looked at Ji Ning curiously, Ji Ning smiled bitterly, isn't this the "little white face" who only went to his Sanwei Academy to make trouble yesterday?

"Is that you?" Ji Ning didn't know what to say, he couldn't even introduce it to Tang Xie and the others, because he didn't know Zhao Yuanxuan's true identity.

"Of course it's me, could it be that the banquet in the Chongwang Mansion, only you can be invited, can't I?" Zhao Yuanxuan was a little dissatisfied.

Tang Xie and the others didn't know who the person was, but when they heard that this person's words were not good, they were friends and enemies, but they didn't dare to make up their minds lightly and directly attack or make peace. Han Yu said: "Yongning, your friend? ”

"Uh...... Not friends. Ji Ning thought about it for a moment and came up with an excuse that even he couldn't believe.

At this time, Zhao Yuanxuan also said: "Who is friends with this bad guy?" I'm ...... with him It's just that I know, hey, surnamed Ji, you owe me thirty taels of silver, it's been more than two years, and it should be repaid, right? ”

Ji Ning was stunned by this, he owes people money? What's going on here?

Tang Xie walked out at this time and said: "This son, it seems that you and Brother Ji are old friends, how much money he owes you, even if it is counted below." Below is the Tang Xie of Jinling City, you can go and ask, and I will never owe you an account. ”

Perhaps Tang Jie, Han Yu and others also investigated Ji Ning's past and knew that Ji Ning might indeed owe some "old accounts" before, so they dared to come out like this and pat their chests to protect Ji Ning.

Ji Ning said: "Don't make a mess first, let me tell him, I won't admit the debt!" ”