Seeing Lin Jin holding the list of old members who had risen and rejoined, Wu Jiugong teased: "What are you still looking at with this list?" I guess you don't know anyone else except Jia Yucun, who once taught you. Moreover, this list is simply a transcription of the newspaper distributed by the imperial court, and there is no indication of faction, so you can't get any information from it. ”

The reason why Lin Jin's eyes stayed on the list for a long time was because she saw that the official position that Jia Yucun had sought after the recovery of Jia Yucun marked on the list was still the position of Jinling Yingtianfu, which reminded her of the Xue Pan murder case that he tried when he took office. However, now that Zhen Yinglian is in her house, she has omitted one thing that makes Jia Yucun flattered and makes him heavier in the eyes of the Jia and Wang families.

However, these news naturally can't be said to Wu Jiugong, so Lin Jin threw the list in his hand to the small table, and said with a smile: "I took a few more looks at this information, and I didn't want to collect information, but I was just thinking, are there any people who have been attracted by our Chamber of Commerce, or are there candidates who are already optimistic and ready to be wooed?" ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, the people here are not of much value in the eyes of the Chamber of Commerce because of their resignation, so they didn't win them over before, and this time the resurgence, I also told you, it was the court's important ministers, Jinshang and the emperor and other forces competed for it, and the small arms and legs of the Chamber of Commerce were not strong enough, so it was very prescient and did not get involved.

However, if you haven't tried to win over this old member before, and you haven't been involved, it doesn't mean that the Chamber of Commerce won't do anything after the list is decided. As I said earlier, for these reinstated veterans, in addition to factors such as background, backers and connections, and luck, they also fight for financial resources.

After this resurgence, even if these old members have a lot of money in their pockets, after heavy bleeding, their purses have deflated a lot, not to mention, some of these people are not very wealthy, and they have tried their best to make this resurrection. They even owe debts, so when the official hat is in hand, they will have to make up for this loss, so it's time for our Chamber of Commerce to come out. Therefore, these officials on the list are all the objects of our attention, but in the end, we need to see which ones we are working with. After all, our requirements for the partners are still quite high, and it is by no means a dish that is stolen into a basket. ”

Listening to Wu Jiugong's words, Lin Jin not only was not happy that the Chamber of Commerce could win over officials, but also sneered, with a bit of injustice in his tone: "After becoming an official again, he wantonly looted the people's fat and people's ointment, and I don't know how many Li people will suffer, what else does the court use them for such officials?" They shouldn't be reinstated at all, they deserve to be in the midst of disgrace and dismissal for the rest of their lives. ”

Wu Jiugong looked at her, smiled and sighed: "You have a heart that worries about the country and the people, but unfortunately, you are not an official." And not only are you not an official, but you don't even want to take the imperial examination, so your current approach is to say that you are worried about the people if you are far away from the rivers and lakes; The unpleasant way of saying is, is it your turn to use people in this court? It's really salty and don't worry about eating radish! ”

"Just because I don't take the imperial examination doesn't mean I can't be an official." Before, Lin Jin knew that she was going back to Gusu for the imperial examination, so she had the idea of cheating, but she couldn't find a suitable candidate for the exam, but now that she has found it, her idea can be implemented, so she revealed one or two to Wu Jiugong: "Besides, I am now preparing for the imperial examination." ”

"Huh? Why did you suddenly change your mind, you know, before, whether it was your father or me, no matter how much you persuaded you, you didn't agree, why did your son suddenly want to open it? Hearing this, Wu Jiugong asked in surprise.

"There's no why." Seeing that he couldn't come up with a reason, Wu Jiugong seemed to have the intention of getting to the bottom of it, Lin Jin simply said very reasonably: "I'm still a child, isn't it common for children to change their orders every day?" ”

Facing Wu Jiugong's disbelieving eyes, she sighed secretly in her heart, this is the consequence of dealing with smart people, and the possibility of wanting to fool the past casually is extremely low, unless the other party is willing to cooperate and pretend to be stupid.

She said nonsense: "There is really no reason, I just suddenly want to try to take the test." If I get in, everyone will be happy; If I fail the list, I don't seem to have anything to lose except to prove that I am not the material for the imperial examination, so I think I can still take the imperial examination. ”

Wu Jiugong was half-convinced, and always felt that Lin Jian's attitude towards the examination was a little strange that suddenly took a 180-degree turn, but he couldn't ask the reason, and he didn't see anything wrong from Lin Jin's recent words and deeds, so seeing that Lin Jin refused to say, it was obvious that he was prevaricating him, and he couldn't continue to ask, so he could only put this doubt aside.

Picking up the list of repetitions that Lin Jin had thrown on several cases, Wu Jiugong put it away, and said gloatingly: "Don't look at your former husband Jia Yucun who has obtained the position of Jinling Yingtianfu, but he is not an official for nothing, and he will submit a 'letter of nomination' as soon as he takes office." ”

Wu Jiugong once sought Lin Ruhai's staff, at that time, Jia Yucun was teaching in the Lin family, it stands to reason that the two have different positions, and there should be no holiday, but I don't know what the reason is, it may be that the aura is not compatible, or in a place where Lin Jin doesn't know, the two have a disagreement, anyway, Wu Jiugong and Jia Yucun don't like each other, and they secretly stumble on each other.

Wu Jiugong left the Lin family and resigned from Lin Ruhai's staff, the real reason is only known to him and Lin Jin, and what he said to Lin Ruhai to the outside world is that he, as a staff member, has completed the work of helping Lin Ruhai understand the relevant situation of the salt industry and salt merchants, and helped Lin Ruhai gain a foothold, and after that, he can no longer play a role in staying by Lin Ruhai's side, so he decided to resign from the post of staff.

But in the eyes of Lin Ruhai and Jia Yucun, a large part of the reason for Wu Jiugong's departure is that he and Jia Yucun have reached the point where they hate each other, and one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and Wu Jiugong, who has almost finished his role, obviously cannot be compared with Jia Yucun, who is a teacher, after all, it is not easy to find a good teacher who was born as a jinshi, so in Wu Jiugong and Jia Yucun, even if Wu Jiugong has helped him a lot, Lin Ruhai still chose Jia Yucun.

For this reason, Lin Ruhai felt sorry for Wu Jiugong; And Jia Yucun was proud that he had finally kicked this eye-catching guy out of the Lin family, which made Lin Ruhai's perception of Jia Yucun take a sharp turn, from the original good, to the average, to the final deterioration.

Wu Jiugong left the Lin family, although the grudge between him and Jia Yucun is over, it does not mean that he is willing to see Jia Yucun go all the way smoothly and rise to the top, so he is very happy to see him unlucky.

"What do you mean?" Lin Jin didn't understand, and asked puzzled while pouring tea for herself.

Jinling is much more away from Yangzhou than in the capital, and the Xue family was not in the attention of the Chamber of Commerce, but after knowing that the Xue family had intervened in the sea trade, as a competitor, the news of the Xue family began to be closely followed, so the news about Xue Pan's killing of people was actually known by Wu Jiugong not long after the incident.

But at that time, he didn't care too much, and it was not uncommon for a gentleman to kill someone. But after receiving the list of reinstated members of the imperial court, seeing the position that Jia Yucun had been arranged, he thought that his reinstatement this time was with the help of King Jia, especially the power of the Wang family, and he immediately understood everything.

At this moment, thinking that Jia Yucun would be unlucky soon, Wu Jiugong, who had a vendetta against him, couldn't help but be happy and shared his excitement with Lin Jin.

Faced with Lin Jin's question, he explained: "Among the four major families, the head of the Xue family, who has been guarding the one-acre and three-third of Jinling's land, the son of the former head of the family and the patriarch, that is, Wang Ziteng's nephew, the guy named Xue Pan beat Feng Yuan to death because he fought with the son of a little squire named Feng Yuan to buy a girl bought by a kidnapper. ”

"What?" Lin Jin couldn't believe it when she heard this, it was surprise and surprise, she was holding a teapot that was pouring water in her hand, and the boiling water deflected out of the tea bowl and almost poured it on her feet.

After she digested what Wu Jiugong said, thinking that Zhen Yinglian was at her house, how could Xue Pan still kill people, and it was the original victim Feng Yuan who was killed, and even the reason for the death was the same, a sentence "How is it possible?" When it came to Lin Jin's mouth, she subconsciously wanted to speak, but she reacted immediately.

She took it for granted, thinking that as long as she was abducted by a kidnapper, she had no memory of her childhood, and there was a rouge mark between her eyebrows, so she thought it was Zhen Yinglian, but even if there were so many coincidences, the girl she saved before might not be Zhen Yinglian, after all, the girls in the world who could be abducted by abductors had similar encounters, and there was also a rouge mark between the eyebrows, which can only be said to be a coincidence.

It's just a pity that she was happy in vain, thinking that she could save Zhen Yinglian, a hard-working girl. I didn't expect her to be busy in vain. No, it's not in vain, although the girl she saved is not Zhen Yinglian, but she is also a hard-working girl, being able to save her and save her from suffering, no matter what, it is also a good thing and a merit.