Ji Shu met Du Jinning at the Luming banquet, and the reason why he went to Gui Province to be the same examiner was also because Zhao Chang admired Du Jinning and wanted Ji Shu to give Du Jinning a hand. ◢ With *Dream * Little ◢.1a At this time, he was not surprised to see Zhao Chang looking at Du Jinning differently, and when Zhao Chang got up, he also stood up and watched with a smile.

After Du Jinning and Zhao Chang finished saluting, they bowed to Ji Shu: "Master Ji, students are polite." ”

Ji Shu raised his hand and saluted back, and then introduced to the people in the room who were paying attention to Du Jinning: "Speaking of which, Du Jinning and I can be regarded as having a teacher-student relationship. Last year, I went to Gui Province to do the same exam, Du Jinning was one of its candidates, you may not know, this fourteen-year-old boy, from a poor family, but won the Gui Province Xie Yuan in one fell swoop. ”

Everyone originally saw that Du Jinning had red lips and white teeth, and his bearing was calm and elegant, and they thought that he was the son of a family, but he didn't often walk around in front of people, so he was born.

At this time, I heard that Du Jinning turned out to be a provincial Xie Yuan, and he was only fourteen years old, and his poor background meant that he had no backstage support. At such a young age, he relied on his own ability to obtain the title of Xie Yuan, and he also won the favor of Zhao Chang, which shows his high talent and ability, and everyone was immediately impressed by him. Thinking about Enke next year, this young man is very likely to become a jinshi and enter the Shi class, and these people got up one after another, echoing Ji Shu's tone, and praising Du Jinning.

Zhao Chang's mother was not from a high background, and Ji Shu himself was only a fifth-grade official. Although there is a Zhao Chang in the family, the new emperor Zhao Yu won the succession, Zhao Chang is already a loser, and only by being an idle king with his tail between his legs can he live his life in the future; And as long as there is some wind and grass, he is a thorn in the emperor's side. Moreover, the prince is not allowed to make friends with courtiers, so at the banquet of the Ji family, all the relatives who came, and there were no nobles or high-ranking officials in the court.

Zhao Chang asked about Du Jinning's current situation, and learned that her family lived next door, and she herself had entered Taixue, so he smiled and said: "I think you have to prepare for Enke during this time, and you have no time to take care of others, and when you become an official in Jinshi next year, let's discuss Confucianism." ”

As he spoke, he said to Ji Shu: "Du Jinning is his cousin's neighbor, so let's arrange for him to go to that table, I remember that a guest brought a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy here, and Du Jinning sat there with company." He has just moved here, and it is good to know a few more neighbors, and he can take care of each other when he has something. ”

This is not like the area where the Guan family lives, all of them are noble families or high-ranking officials and ministers. Although it is also clean and safe, the residents are a little mixed, such as Ji Shu himself is a five-rank official, and the house that Du Jinning bought used to be the mansion of a six-rank official, and in addition to petty officials, there are also many wealthy businessmen living nearby. They all have a few dollars in their hands but can't squeeze into the circle of the powerful.

Ji Shu also thought that with Zhao Chang's respect and importance for Du Jinning, it was necessary to let him sit at the main table. Anyway, among all the people here, he is the one with the biggest official position, Zhao Chang's status is respected, they arranged for Du Jinning to sit at the main table, and those people did not dare to have an opinion.

But I didn't want Zhao Chang to say such things.

The neighbor who brought his son with him, he remembered, was a wealthy businessman. Although the status of merchants in the Song Dynasty has improved, the concept formed over the years is still not very affordable for merchants. So although they are all neighbors, the Ji family still arranged two tables, one table is for officials or scholars; One table is the likes of wealthy merchants.

Even if Du Jinning is not arranged to sit at the main table, she should be arranged to go to the table of officials or scholars, why did Zhao Chang point out that she should go to the table of rich businessmen?

Ji Shu really didn't understand what Zhao Chang meant, and the guests of the wealthy businessmen who remembered to bring their son to the banquet looked at Du Jinning's eyes with a little more subtlety. Du Jinning didn't have a trace of disappointment, politely saluted, and waited for Ji Shu to arrange a seat for her.

When the usher who brought her in took her out of the main courtyard and went to a more remote corner of the side hall, Du Jinning's heart couldn't help but secretly give rise to a touch of gratitude.

Zhao Chang is a person who can be handed over.

The wealthy businessmen at the same table saw a beautiful young man, and when they inquired, they were still a lifter, and they were surprised, but they were very happy, and they took care of Du Jinning a lot, and they were very enthusiastic, and Du Jinning ate very comfortably at this meal.

After dinner, like these rich businessmen, she asked the little guy in Ji Mansion to go and say goodbye, and Ji Shu and Zhao Chang on the other end really didn't come over to see each other in person, but only let the little guy bring a sentence: "Thank you for the light, and we will meet again when we are free." ”

Du Jinning followed the wealthy businessmen and neighbors out of the Ji Mansion and returned home.

Today was supposed to be Aoki following Du Jinning to the banquet, but Yao Shuqi attached too much importance to Ji Shu and wanted to get acquainted with the people of his family, so he personally followed him to Ji's house. When he returned home at this time, he relieved the frowning brow he had been frowning and asked Du Jinning, "Young Master, what does Lord Jing mean?" ”

He had a vague guess in his heart, but he didn't ask Du Jinning to understand, he was not sure, for fear that his conjecture would be wrong.

Du Jinning took the teacup handed over by Aoki and smiled slightly: "King Jing, it can be seen that the new emperor wants him to be quiet, not to make trouble, and to be an idle cloud and wild crane honestly." Although I am just a small man from the countryside, King Jing looks down on me and thinks that I will be a jinshi, and I will definitely have a great future in the future. He didn't want the new emperor to be suspicious of me and hinder my future, so although he was very affectionate to me on the surface, he actually showed that he didn't value me and didn't associate with me. He's doing it for my good. ”

Yao Shuqi also made such a conjecture.

He sighed: "Even the emperor's son is not easy to do." ”

Du Jinning nodded, very agreeing: "Although we are rich, we are also walking on thin ice, it is better for us ordinary people to be happy and happy." ”

Du Jinning also saw that Yao Shuqi's expression was wrong, so he went back to his yard directly, just to let him understand the doubts in his heart.

Seeing that he had already solved his doubts, she stood up: "Okay, I'll go to the backyard to greet my mother." With that, he went to the backyard.

In the past, Chen had his daughter by his side and did not feel lonely. This time, Du Fanghui is also married, she no longer has to worry about her livelihood, and there are maids and maids in the housework, and the Chen family has completely rested, which is inevitably a little empty. If Du Jinning was a man, she could help Zhang Luo's family, marry her daughter-in-law into the door, and then wait to hold her grandson. But in Du Jinning's situation, it is impossible for her to have a grandson to hold, and the Chen family doesn't even have any expectations.

So when Du Jinning entered the backyard, he saw Chen sitting there, staring at the flowers and trees in the courtyard in a daze.

"Mother." She called.

Chen's eyes rolled back to his senses.

"What do you think about so entangled?"