Cao Hongshou is narrow-minded, retributive, and has a strong desire to control. He was originally a magistrate, and later a magistrate, although his official fortune was not prosperous, and his promotion was not fast, but he has always been the chief official. He never allowed his officials to disobey him and not take him seriously. As long as he is disobedient, he will use various means to clean up or force people to leave.

At this time, he had doubts in his heart and was afraid of Du Jinning, but the matter had been forced to this, and the two sides were almost torn apart, so he naturally couldn't let Du Jinning go and live in peace with her, otherwise, he would be difficult to convince the public in the future, and Wang Yugui and others would not take him seriously.

He raised his hand to stop Wang Yugui's words that were about to exit, and then shouted outside: "Zhong Dianshi." ”

A short man with a goatee walked over quickly and bowed: "Lord Cao, what are your orders?" ”

This canonical history is different from that of the warden. The warden is a six-room official and does not belong to the court officials; However, the classic history is a miscellaneous official of Zhizhou, although he is not in the stream, he can also be regarded as a court official. Because he is Zhizhou's deputy, the things in charge are very complicated.

Cao Hongshou instructed: "You lead Lord Du to the room on the east side, and the supplies in the yamen will be distributed to him according to the rules." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to Du Jinning and said: "Master Du, you have also served in the Hanlin Academy, you know the time when you want to come to the yamen, I won't say more, I just hope that you will come to the yamen on time, and you must not be late and leave early." ”

Worried that Du Jinning's poisonous mouth would spray him again, he didn't wait for Du Jinning to speak, so he explained: "Because of the spring ploughing soon, we went down to the villages to see the situation two days ago, so we were not in the yamen. It's usually on time. The same should be true for Master Du. Even if there is business to do, I must obtain my consent before I can leave the yamen, and I am not allowed to make decisions without permission. ”

It stands to reason that as an official, punctuality is a rule that must be followed.

But in Du Jinning's situation, it is impossible to run to the yamen every day to sit. If she had to live such a life, she would not have left the Hanlin Academy in the first place.

But she didn't say anything, just nodded, and then looked at Cao Hongshou quietly, wondering what else he had.

Don't you just want to tie her up in the yamen and prevent her from going to the fields to work? Then she can't manage the affairs of agriculture, or she can't manage it well, so she can't make political achievements.

But your Shangguan asked you to order it, didn't you order it? No, this is the rule of the court; Do you dare to say that you are dissatisfied with Shangguan's arrangement? Nor can it. As a subordinate official, you must listen to the dispatch and orders of the superior, otherwise, how can you be respectful and humble?

This Cao Hongshou does have two brushes, and just two words can crush her to death. It's just that he miscalculated Du Jinning's situation.

She waited for Cao Hongshou to go down, but Cao Hongshou stopped talking, and just said, "Just do it, you go to Zhong Dianshi first." ”

Du Jinning didn't argue with him, only nodded, turned around and went out of the door, going to the owner's office.

Zhong Dianshi was stunned, looked at Cao Hongshou, and saw that he had a blue face, but he didn't say anything to stop him, so he arched his hand and turned around to chase Du Jinning.

Cao Hongshou was angry with Du Jinning's rude behavior just now, and he didn't get angry for a while. It wasn't until Zhong Dianshi went out that he trembled his hands, pointed at Du Jinning's back and roared at Wang Yugui: "Look, look, what kind of attitude is this?" How can he have me as a superior in his eyes? ”

Wang Yugui hurriedly comforted: "My lord, don't be angry. The coming day is long, and we have a chance to clean him up. ”

Du Jinning walked to the door of the yafang on the east side, and stood there still, looking at the trees in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, waiting for Zhong Dianshi's arrangement.

Zhong Dianshi, as Cao Hongshou's adjutant, knows his master's mind best. He took out the key to open the corner room, didn't go in, and said to Du Jinning: "Master Du is working here." With that, he turned and left.

Du Jinning watched him walk a distance, and then said with a smile: "Zhong Dianshi, is this coming every morning to open the door for me?" If I came early, and Zhong Dianshi came late, do you want me to wait for you here? ”

Zhong Dian Shi has this meaning.

However, these methods are really not on the table, and can only be used secretly, not openly. At this time, Du Jinning was drunk, and he couldn't go on, so he had to pretend to pat his head: "Ah, look at my memory, I forgot to give the key to you." With that, he turned back and handed over the key.

Aoki stepped forward and took the key in his hand.

After taking the key, he walked quickly to the front of the yafang, gently pushed the door open, and suddenly, the dust inside rushed to his face, and Aoki was choked when he retreated, and coughed twice.

"Wait, don't go yet." Aoki grabbed Zhong Dianshi, who wanted to slip away, "You call a few people to come and clean up this yafang until you can sit down." ”

Zhong Dianshi wanted to ignore Aoki, but he was firmly caught by him, and he couldn't leave, so he had to turn his head and say to Du Jinning: "Lord Du, at this time, the yamen is busy, and there is no one to clean up the house for Lord Du, why don't you make do with it for a day, and then help you clean up tomorrow when everyone is free?" ”

The officials of the Manchu Mansion said that no one was available, which was simply a joke. Moreover, this tomorrow will definitely be tomorrow, Du Jinning has to wait for them to clean up, it is estimated that it will be a year later.

Du Jinning didn't even look at him, and instructed Aoki: "Aoki, you go back to the house, call the two little guys to come over and help me clean up the house." He said, "See if the tables and benches in the house can be used, and if not, you can bring something from home." ”

Only then did Aoki let go of the history of Zhong Dian.

Zhong Dian Shi was pardoned and left quickly.

"Young master, ......" Aoki looked at Du Jinning. If he went back to his house and left Du Jinning here alone, there would be no place to sit here, and he would really feel aggrieved for his young master.

"It's okay, I'll go and sit in the workshop, you go and come back quickly." Du Jinning said, turned around and went to the workshop.

The workshop is in charge of farmland and water conservancy, Du Jinning is now in charge of farming, and the workshop is her subordinate department. Although the entire state government was bullying Du Jinning, Aoki believed that the officials in the workshop still did not dare to embarrass the young master openly.

He went into the yamen room and looked at it, and saw that the tables and chairs inside were really unusable, so he turned around and went back to Du's mansion.

And Du Jinning entered the workshop, and sure enough, even Yu Huaigu, who hit a big nail for Du Jinning yesterday, didn't dare to embarrass her, just treated her coldly.

Du Jinning is really not afraid of cold treatment. She found a chair and sat down, closing her eyes and recuperating. When the owner of the chair came back from the hut, he saw that his chair was being sat on, and he did not dare to make a sound, so he silently found another small pestle to sit on.

When Aoki led the servant back with the furniture, did a good job of the hygiene of the yafang, and then placed the furniture, Du Jinning wrote a note in ink and asked the servant to send it to Cao Hongshou, explaining that he had gone to inspect the farmland. I didn't wait for the little guy to come back, so I went directly out of the yamen and took a car to Zhuangzi.