If Shen Langzhong invited her to drink tea at home in the evening, Du Jinning would have to prevent a few points; Now that it's noon, she goes to the teahouse for tea, and her heartstrings are relaxed.

It's not that she spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and it's not that she is amorous.

Although the Spring Festival is held every three years, due to the difficulty of the imperial examination, there are not many young scholars from poor families who have outstanding appearance and have not yet married since ancient times. Otherwise, Chen Shimei, a married man, would not have been favored by the princess and recruited as a concubine. Catching a son-in-law under the list will not be passed on as a beautiful talk.

Thinking that she Du Jinning was only fifteen years old, she was the top student in high school, and she looked like Pan An, and her talent was praised by the emperor in front of all the ministers in the Jinluan Palace, and her future was immeasurable. Shen Langzhong, a small fifth-grade official with no background, takes a fancy to her, and it is normal for him to marry her daughter who is not high or low.

When the time comes, he directly stuns her with a glass of drugged wine, and when she wakes up, she may lie in disheveled in Miss Shen's boudoir, and she is also tied up by people, and then she has no other way than to sign the "deed of sale" and press her fingerprints on the marriage certificate, otherwise she will be sent to the government as a flower thief.

This move is not ruthless.

And in this ancient era when filial piety ruled the world, even if she was full of resentment, she had to honor her father-in-law and mother-in-law, and politically she became a grasshopper on a rope with Shen Langzhong, so Shen Langzhong was not afraid of any dissatisfaction in her heart at all.

Now that Shen Langzhong has made an appointment at noon, and it is in a teahouse where people come and go, although Du Jinning is a little relaxed, with her cautious temperament, she still doesn't dare to relax at all.

As for not going to the appointment, that's impossible.

First, she is a new science and technology jinshi, and her official position is from the sixth grade; Shen Langzhong is a senior, a fifth-grade official. Shen Langzhong took the initiative to ask her to drink tea, but she refused, and within two days, there would inevitably be rumors inside and outside the court that she was arrogant, had no one in her eyes, and looked down on the reputation of an official from a poor family. At that time, Qi Bokun's favor, Zhao Yu's move to take a fancy to Hanmenzi, became a joke, and the family would definitely not let go of this opportunity and stomped on her fiercely, so as to throw the new emperor's first move after ascending the throne to the ground and slap the emperor's face fiercely.

When the time comes, the emperor will have no choice, so he naturally wants to vent this anger on her. And she is afraid that her career before she has started will die directly, that is, she wants to live in the Hanlin Courtyard with her tail between her legs, and she will be excluded, persecuted, and fall into the well.

From this point of view, she can't go to the appointment.

Second, although this Shen Langzhong's official position is not big, the power in his hands is not small.

What kind of yamen is the Ministry of Officials? It was the department that evaluated the Chinese officials in Beijing and the officials who were released from abroad. Officials can be promoted if they are excellent in the three-year assessment; If you fail to pass the three-year assessment, you will be demoted or simply dismissed.

Therefore, although Shen Langzhong's official position is not big, the power in his hands is very large.

Du Jinning doesn't want to be promoted, but when the time comes, Fang Shaohua and Xu Chengyuan, the two in-laws, may be affected by her.

Of course, all of the above are based on the fact that Du Jinning is really a poor man without the slightest way.

Qi Bokun is Shen Langzhong's top boss, and Du Jinning still has a tortuous way to speak in front of the emperor, so it is naturally impossible to let Shen Langzhong rub it round.

However, Qi Muyuan's kid told Qi Bokun that he liked her, whether Qi Bokun dislikes her now, or dislikes her, you can guess without thinking about it. When she is stepped on by Shen Lang, it is difficult to say whether Qi Bokun will make a move and how to make a move.

So originally asked Qi Muyuan to go to Shen Langzhong together, Shen Langzhong didn't dare to beat her even if he was unwilling in his heart, this was the best way.

But she really didn't want to provoke Qi Muyuan, let alone provoke Qi Bokun for this matter.

So after thinking about it for a long time, she asked Aoki to go to the yamen, sent a letter to Guan Lehe, and told him what happened; He also sent Sun Kun to inquire about Shen Langzhong's residence.

Not long after, Aoki came back and said to Du Jinning: "I didn't see Lord Guan, Lord Guan went to the suburbs to see the farmland and water conservancy, and said that he would come back at noon." When the villain heard this, he went to the Guan family's courtyard, gave the letter to the housekeeper of Guan Daren, and asked him to send someone to send it to Guan Daren quickly. ”

It's not a coincidence.

And Sun Kun, who was sent out to inquire about Shen Langzhong's residence, did not come back for a long time.

But think about it, there is not enough time to follow Shen Langzhong home, or if Shen Langzhong is long-term, the capital is so big, where to inquire about Shen Langzhong's residence? In such a short period of time, it was really not easy to find out Shen Langzhong's residence without a trace.

It was not easy to make two moves, which made Du Jinning, who was originally quite calm, a little uneasy in his heart.

"Why don't you let the eldest aunt, third aunt or young master Guan accompany you?" Yao Shuqi came up with an idea.

No matter how hungry and thirsty the Shen family is, they can't take a married husband to the end, right?

Du Jinning shook his head: "It's not good." ”

Shen Langzhong is really a key department, if the marriage does not work out in the end, Shen Langzhong will be angry with Fang Shaohua, Xu Chengyuan and Guan Jiaze, and Du Jinning will be guilty.

"Let's just go and bring more nurses. In broad daylight, does he dare to rob the people's men? Du Jinning said.

I have only heard of robbing women, but I have never heard of robbing men. When Yao Shuqi heard this, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

The young master of his family has a big heart, and he doesn't forget to tell jokes at this time.

"I made it clear in the letter, the teacher knows the severity and will rush back. After a while, I took Zhang Songtao, Zhou Cheng, and Liu Daqing with me, and when I got there, I saw the opportunity to act. Rest assured. Du Jinning said.

When Zhang Songtao and Zhou Cheng came, she specially advised: "Zhang Songtao and Liu Daqing are playing dark chess, don't appear openly." If you find out that something is wrong with me, you can quickly go to Qi Gongzi. ”

"Young master, I'll go too." Yao Shuqi was not at ease.

Du Jinning waved his hand: "Okay, it's a big deal, it's enough to have a few of them." ”

Seeing that the time was almost up, Du Jinning got up and went out, took a carriage with Aoki, Zhou Cheng rode a horse, and the group went to the teahouse.

Zhang Songtao and Liu Daqing, as dark chess, did not go with them, but copied another path and went to the teahouse to lay out first.

The teahouse that Shen Lang made an appointment with was still a short distance away from the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, and it was about a tea ride by carriage.

This is an ordinary street, neither bustling nor deserted. The same goes for the teahouse business. There were eight or nine guests downstairs, but there were only two tables upstairs, one of which was probably a foreign merchant, and a man who looked like an old man was sitting, and there were three or four people waiting next to him. And Zhang Songtao and Qi Daqing were sitting in the center of the hall, sitting opposite each other and drinking tea.