Yang Yifu's face was full of words, he glanced at Gu Yanzhang, and said again: "In the past, when others introduced me, they all said that I was a talented man in Jixian County, a disciple of Houzhai, but when I sat down, whoever saw me, they only shouted the prime minister's son-in-law, and it was okay in person, how much cynicism was behind my back, and how much benefit I got from my father-in-law...... I don't humble myself in front of you, you just say, with my ability, is it not good, I can't come out? ”

He let out a long sigh and said, "I already knew...... Alas......"

Yang Yifu didn't say half a bad word about Fan Yaochen in his words, but just complained about the "others" who were so talkative and tongue-in-cheek, but people couldn't help but feel a little pity for him.

Gu Yanzhang comforted him and said: "Don't care about those things, you only marry your relatives, wait to be your official, and if you have merit in the future, you will be promoted, and when you turn around and tie a goldfish bag, they will naturally know to shut up." ”

Yang Yifu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that even if I get the goldfish bag in the future, they will say that I rely on my father-in-law's ability......"

He cried out bitterly and painfully, but his heart was very happy.

Yang Yifu returned home, thinking of his own ranking, turning over and over, he couldn't sleep, obviously he only had a pillow for a while, but he felt that he had stayed up for several years, and it was easy to wait until dawn, so he got up in a hurry, and went to find someone to ask, and ran to find Gu Yanzhang.

Regarding the news that several powerful ministers fell in love with the provincial examination Huiyuan and wanted to recruit Gu Yanzhang as a son-in-law, Yang Yifu had actually heard about it, on the one hand, he decided his personal affairs quickly, and the provincial examination ranking was only a few days old, so he began to formally discuss, he was very good at coming to things, and he was always in the Fan Mansion, looking for kung fu and asking Fan Yaochen for advice, and naturally he also listened to a lot of words.

On the other hand, as soon as he arrived in the capital, Qian Mai took him to come and go with Zheng Shixiu and Zhang Honggou to visit major mansions.

He is completely different from the self-proclaimed Zheng Shixiu and the honest Zhang Honggou, before he arrived in the capital, he had already memorized the relationship background of the officials in Beijing, and as soon as he followed Qian Mai to the door, he immediately matched the person, who has children in the family, who is the brother-in-law of whom, who is not dealing with whom, not to mention that Qian Mai is not as good as him, it is an ordinary court official and the eldest woman in his family, and the two are even in one place, and they may not be able to compare with him.

And because he is very good at figuring out people's hearts, he can distinguish the articles in them by only saying one more sentence when he listens to people's words, and when he returns to Fan's mansion, he knocks on the side and asks Fan Yaochen, and sure enough, he can guess five or six times out of ten.

With such ability and such conditions, he is naturally much sharper than ordinary people.

After being asked by Fan Yaochen about "Does Liu Boshan have a personal disciple" and "How is Huiyuan's conduct this time", Yang Yifu almost immediately noticed his father-in-law's interest in Gu Yanzhang, and he didn't care at first, after all, the provincial test is just a provincial test, and Huiyuan is not of great use.

But when he waited for the hall call test, he immediately knew that something was wrong.

His own ranking is so low, but Gu Yanzhang has won the champion, his tattered family affairs in Yanzhou, I don't know if the knot is formed or not, if it is formed, it is fine, if it is not formed, if it is not formed, he has really become Fan Dashen's son-in-law, where is there still a place for himself!

He knows very well that he must not lose Fan Yaochen's thigh - with the power in the Yang family, although he can help a little, who can compare to Fan Dashen, who is the governor of political affairs, and has the power of the government and the opposition, and is extremely trusted by His Majesty?

With enlightenment, it is not difficult to find a way again, with his cleverness.

Sun Xianggong's matter of finding a husband for his only daughter is not a day or two, because he picks people very well, there has been nothing to do, this time he took a fancy to Gu Yanzhang's news, Yang Yifu inadvertently learned from his father-in-law, he didn't take it to heart at the time, but at this moment, at that moment, thinking about it, he immediately united the two status quo and came up with a clever plan.

- Gu Yanzhang has been hiding very well since he entered Beijing, and his whereabouts have been counted, only a few people in the Liufu know about it, and Mr. Liu, who is biased, went to Luoyang again, and for a while, Huiyuan seemed to evaporate from the world.

In this way, nine times out of ten, Gu Yanzhang didn't know that many people wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law.

It's better to go to the door first, lead him to him, and let him know that in addition to Fan Dashen, there is a better choice, and it is best to ask him to be Sun Xianggong's son-in-law, so as to save himself from becoming a brother-in-law and competing for connections.

He figured out how to act, and immediately came to the door, and when he met, who would have thought that things would go so smoothly that he didn't need to spend any effort on his own, then Gu Wu identified the current wife's room, even if he heard Sun Xianggong and Fan Dashen, he was not moved at all.

Gu Yanzhang's character, Yang Yifu thinks that he knows it very clearly, he is saying the same thing, and he is loud, since he refused in front of his own family at the moment, he will refuse in front of others next time.

Whether it is Sun Xianggong or Fan Dashen, her daughter is not worried about getting married, there is no reason to rush up, as long as he knows that he has no intention, he will not mention it again, and there are still a bunch of imperial historians staring at him, let alone doing such a compelling thing for the sake of just Gu Yanzhang.

Finally my position is kept!

Gu Yanzhang didn't know that the person opposite would have such a twisted and eighteen bent brain, he listened to the other party's complaints, and said: "You go and ignore their verbosity, if you don't attract envy, you are mediocre, you are promoted to your official, and they scold their mothers, and they don't eat together after all." He knew that it would be no good to continue talking about this topic, so he hurriedly diverted the conversation and asked, "I heard that Shi Xiu has already become a parent, but is there such a thing?" ”

Yang Yifu shook his head and said: "He is just married, but he has never married, but at this moment, he has taken the list, and it is estimated that he will get married soon." ”

He also said: "You also know that his wife is a big family, and Mr. originally wanted to press us on the last term, but he said that he was pro, and he wanted to have a background sooner, so he went to tell Mr. that His Majesty opened Enke this year, and I also had the opportunity to come to the provincial test, otherwise the three of us would not be in one place." ”

Since the purpose of his coming has been achieved, he no longer delays the time, greets Gu Yanzhang again, and made an appointment to go to the Qionglin banquet together, so he said goodbye and left.

Yang Yifu did a lot of things to hide from his father-in-law, thinking that he had a plan, but he didn't know that his good father-in-law also had something to hide from him.

At this moment, the palace test has only passed, and many news have not yet come out, but after all, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the palace is like a sieve, and Zhao Rui's change in the ranking of the palace examination is not a secret, and there are too many people who know - the yellow door that sent the letter, the inner attendant, several preliminary examiners, repeat examiners, and a few Zaifu, within a few days, the news that the Son of Heaven personally adjusted the ranking of the palace examination spread all over the capital.