"Thank you." Du Jinning said sincerely.

Qi Muyuan smiled, his smile warm.

"My grandfather told you to go to the house for dinner." He said.

Du Jinning raised his eyebrows and looked at Qi Muyuan suspiciously.

Qi Bokun may have been wearing a mask in the officialdom for a long time, or maybe it is because of his personality, except for Yuan Xiuzhu, he is not very enthusiastic about anyone. Why did you invite her to dinner at this time?

Qi Muyuan smiled helplessly: "Didn't I take the county case exam?" My grandfather said to invite Mr. Yuan to celebrate, and asked me who else I would like to invite to dinner, and I said please you. It's just a county head, there's nothing to celebrate, it's just that his old man wants to be lively. There weren't many people eating, just the four of us. ”

Qi Muyuan is usually in the academy, and he spends much more time with Guan Jiaze than Du Jinning, but at this time, he only invited Du Jinning alone, and this special treatment made Du Jinning feel more and more informed.

This reason is very powerful.

"Okay, I'll go." Du Jinning nodded, "When?" ”

"The night after." Qi Muyuan said, "I notified you, I won't post it." ”

Du Jinning smiled: "No." ”

After two days of school, Du Jinning took the braised duck specially called Chen's braised duck to Qi Mansion.

There are only two masters living in Qi Mansion, and there are not many people, so it seems a little deserted, but the flowers and trees are quite prosperous.

Du Jinning followed his subordinates for a while, and then arrived in the inner hall.

At this time, Yuan Xiuzhu was already here. Qi Muyuan went to the door to welcome her in, and arranged for her to sit under him.

"Xiao Ning'er, seeing that Xiao Yuan was the head of the county, are you very envious? You've got to hurry up and come back next year with a county head. As soon as Yuan Xiuzhu saw Du Jinning enter the door, he shouted with a smile.

Seeing that Qi Muyuan, Guan Jiaze and others had passed the county exam, they didn't have to go to the academy every day, Du Jinning said that he didn't envy it, it was fake. She has no objection to studying, but being trapped in the academy every day really affects her great career of making money.

She nodded vigorously: "I will definitely try it next year, as for the county head, let's fight for it." ”

The ancients liked to be modest, and no one has ever said so unashamedly that they want to take the county case. Yuan Xiuzhu was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed out loud, pointed at Du Jinning and said, "Okay, ambitious, I like such unpretentious children." Obviously has the strength, but he says that he can't do it, where is this modesty? It's clearly hypocrisy. ”

He turned to Qi Muyuan: "Do you have the confidence to take a small three yuan?" ”

The county test, the government test, and the hospital test all take the head of the case, which is called the small three yuan. Qi Muyuan had already taken one, and there were two left.

Qi Muyuan nodded: "Mr. said that modesty is hypocrisy, I naturally have to say that I have confidence." ”

Yuan Xiuzhu laughed again.

Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan were young, Qi Bokun asked his subordinates to prepare sweet osmanthus brew for them, and he drank with Yuan Xiuzhu.

Du Jinning drank sweet brew and ate vegetables, listening to Yuan Xiuzhu and Qi Bokun talk about letting Qi Muyuan apprentice, and the teacher in their mouths was something she had never heard, she couldn't help but be stunned, and couldn't help but interject and ask, "Where is this Mr. Qi?" How I haven't heard of it. ”

She is not lonely now, and under her intentional inquiry, she basically knows about the famous people and families in Lishui County. Not only that, but she also understands what is happening in the court today.

Because of her familiarity with the court and the forces in Lishui County, she also vaguely guessed why Qi Bokun wanted Qi Muyuan to worship Guan Lehe as a teacher, and why Guan Lehe didn't accept it.

Qi Bokun stood in line with the eldest prince in the court, and was caught by the three princes in the court battle, so he retreated and retreated to his hometown in Lishui County with his grandson to avoid his momentary edge. The Guan family is a royalist faction, only showing loyalty to the current emperor and not participating in any factional battles. The political positions of the Guan family and Qi Bokun are different, and Qi Bokun asked Qi Muyuan to worship Guan Lehe as a teacher, which has the intention of testing the Guan family.

If Guan Lehe takes Qi Muyuan under his command very happily, the eldest prince's faction will clearly win over the Guan family; Guan Lehe categorically refused at that time, and expressed his attitude for the Guan family, and since then Qi Bokun has never mentioned this matter again, and the faction of the prince of Beijing will also leave the Guan family. In the future, the eldest prince ascended the throne, and there was no share of the Guan family from the dragon's work.

It is precisely because he knows this, and now that he hears that Qi Bokun is going to let Qi Muyuan apprentice again, Du Jinning is very curious.

Qi Bokun didn't blame her for interjecting, and said with a smile: "Mr. Qi is a great Confucian in the world and has written many treatises. He only did learning, ignored the world, and now lives in Fucheng. After Xiaoyuan became famous, I wanted him to go to Fuxue to study for two years. If he can worship under Mr. Qi's door nearby, it will be very beneficial to him. ”

"Fuxue?" Du Jinning looked at Qi Muyuan, and there was a strong sense of reluctance in his heart.

She came to this world and met Guan Jiaze, Qi Muyuan, and Zhang Hongwen. And among these three, Qi Muyuan is the most similar to her. If Qi Muyuan went to Fuxue, he wouldn't want to come to Lishui County anymore, right? When the time comes, if you want to see Qi Muyuan again, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Yuan Xiuzhu really likes Du Jinning's child. Seeing her looking at Qi Muyuan, she thought she was envious, and said, "Xiao Ning, if you are admitted to Xiucai next year, I also recommend you to go to school." ”

Boyue Academy is famous, and that is also compared with other counties. But it's a small place. With Du Jinning's extraordinary qualifications, Yuan Xiuzhu hopes that she will not be confined to this small place and be limited by her vision for the future. Go out, see more of the world, contact more people, learn from others' strengths, the pattern will be broadened, and after being admitted to the Jinshi and becoming an official, you will go further in your career.

Although Qi Bokun usually doesn't show much enthusiasm, Du Jinning is close to Qi Muyuan, and under the influence of Yuan Xiuzhu, he also admires Du Jinning very much.

He also said: "If Xiao Yuan worships under Mr. Qi, he can also recommend you to Mr. Qi at that time." ”

Du Jinning was surprised, and said with a smile: "I have already worshipped Guan Shan as a teacher." ”

Yuan Xiuzhu waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "A person can have countless teachers in his life. Your Mr. Guan is not so narrow-minded, as long as you develop well, he also has light on his face, right? You can get into Mr. Qi's eyes and worship under him, and you Mr. Guan can only be happy. ”

"This ......" Du Jinning scratched the back of his head and smiled, "It's still far away, I'm not even a child, and the apprentice also pays attention to fate, let's talk about this later." ”

Because she was going to Fucheng to buy property, she naturally wanted to go to Fucheng to study. The more she goes to the big city, the safer it will be for her to hide her identity in the future, after all, "the big hidden in the city". But this urgency is not easy to show.

"Well, thousands of high-rise buildings are on the ground, you first take the Xiucai test." Qi Bokun nodded.