"Who said what happened to him and he took the head of the case?" Du Jinning said, "As long as you don't go to his poetry meeting, you can still have a chance." ”

Xu Chengyuan scratched his head, and was more and more confused by Du Jinning: "How do you say this?" ”

Du Jinning sighed. Her eldest brother-in-law, he is quite upright and motivated, but he is a little brainless.

She turned her head and said to Qi Muyuan, "You can talk about it." She wanted to see if she was the only one who figured it out.

Qi Muyuan opened his mouth lightly: "Because the examiner is Lord Zhao." ”

"Lord Zhao?" Xu Chengyuan became more and more confused. Why is it involved with Lord Zhao again?

Yao Shuqi also looked at this and that with a confused face, he also looked confused.

Hearing Qi Muyuan's words, Du Jinning felt refreshed.

Someone could understand what she meant.

Knowing that Qi Muyuan didn't like to talk, she said on her behalf: "Lord Zhao is a disciple of Mr. Qi. He is the examiner, that is, the examiner. But the examiner of our academy examination is the head of the academy or a friend of the academy five hundred miles away. Seeing that Xu Chengyuan was still confused, she had to point out more, "The examiner and the marker can't be from the same camp, of course, it can't be a hostile relationship." ”

For the court, Xu Chengyuan, a low-level scholar who is not even a showman, does not care, and all their energy is focused on studying. Only when I was admitted to the juren or even the jinshi did I start to pay attention to these. So when he heard Du Jinning's words, he still didn't understand.

Yao Shuqi went through the government test with Du Jinning and participated in the Zhou Dongping incident. When he heard this, he was thoughtful.

Du Jinning looked at Xu Chengyuan's expression and knew that he hadn't figured it out yet. However, when it comes to this, it is not clear, so it is difficult to explain it clearly, and it is difficult to explain it in a few words.

She said: "In short, as long as you know that if you don't go to this poetry meeting, the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages for us." ”

Xu Chengyuan saw that Du Jinning didn't want to say anything, so he didn't want to ask again, so he had to tell Du Jinning the address left by Qi Siyu. After a few more small talks, he took his leave.

But before leaving, as the eldest brother-in-law, he couldn't help but persuade Du Jinning more: "I think, there is only one person in the case, there is no need to fight for that." The most important thing is to be admitted to Xiucai and enter the school to study. You should think about the poetry meeting. ”

Without waiting for Du Jinning to say more, he said goodbye and left.

Du Jinning watched him get into Wang Fulai's car, then turned his head and asked Qi Muyuan, "What do you think?" ”

"If you have the opportunity to take the case, why give it away? I don't believe that we have passed the top ten exams, and the surname Qi can still let us go to school. Qi Muyuan still had that faint expression.

Du Jinning gave a thumbs up: "Domineering." ”

She lowered her thumb and raised her eyebrows: "You have to think clearly, you and I are competitors, because there is only one head." I won't let you, even if you're my brother. ”

"Ditto." Qi Muyuan glanced at her, flicked his sleeves, turned around and entered the door.

Du Jinning grimaced behind him, flicked his sleeves in his footsteps, and crossed the threshold with his head held high.

Qi Muyuan caught a glimpse of her action in the rest of his eyes, couldn't help laughing, and reached out and knocked on her head: "Naughty." ”

Outside the door, a young man passing by in a carriage happened to see this scene, his eyes moved to the plaque in front of the door, and he saw two words written on it: Qi Fu.

He asked the guy next to him who was fanning him: "Did you see those two people just now?" Why does the shorter one look so good-looking, have you seen it anywhere? Isn't this Qi Mansion not very inhabited? His master has returned from the capital? ”

The little guy shook his head: "Young master, I haven't seen that person before." You look at Mian Shan, it's because he is six or seven points similar to the Seventh Young Master. As for the owner of this house, a few days ago, Lao Shen Tou came to our house to inquire about the house, but the villain listened to him and said that his young master came back to participate in the hospital examination. ”

"I see." The young man frowned when he heard this, didn't take Du Jinning to heart anymore, and instructed the little servant, "When you go back, you remind your wife and ask her to prepare a gift to send to Qi Mansion." ”

"Yes." The little guy respectfully responded.

While speaking, the carriage had gone deep into the alley, and when it came to the opposite door, which was four houses away from Du Jinning's new house, it stopped, and the young man got out of the car with the little servant and walked in directly. And on the head of the gate, there are two big characters written: Du Zhai.

rejected Qi Siyu's invitation, Du Jinning didn't take it seriously, and concentrated on studying at home.

Learning is like that circle, the more you know, the more you feel that there is more unknown. And her reading is different from Xu Chengyuan, who is an ordinary reader, Xu Chengyuan's eyes are only fixed on the Four Books and the Five Classics, and they have to memorize and eat these books thoroughly, plus read some notes and interpretations. Du Jinning is not like this.

She stands taller and has a broader vision, she looks at what schools of doctrine there are in this era, how far the literary form has developed, what are the laws and policies of this era, the development level of various industries and the direction of advocacy of the court, etc., and compare it with the history in her memory to find out the advantages and disadvantages of this period of alternate historical governance. Although there was no information for her to look up these things, she could get a general idea of the situation through the books she had at hand.

This kind of jumping out of the red dust and looking at the development of the whole society from the perspective of God in a macroscopic and critical way, even the rulers of the court cannot do it, because they themselves are in the situation.

Because of this, Du Jinning always has endless books to read and endless knowledge to learn.

Qi Muyuan's reading is also very miscellaneous, but unlike Du Jinning, who pays more attention to people's livelihood issues, he is more inclined to law and criminal cases. When two people see a book that is interesting or they feel that the other person is interested, they will also recommend it to each other and share it together.

Calm down and study quietly, half a month passed in a flash, and soon it was time for the hospital exam.

Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan moved into their respective courtyards a day in advance. Let the subordinates put the things away, and the two of them walked as a car and went to the gate of the Gongyuan for a walk.

This is a habit brought by Du Jinning in his previous life, on the first day of the big exam, he has to go to see the examination room.

Because of the existence of Gongyuan, this street is called Gongyuan Street. The Gongyuan dwells in a street that faces south from the north, and is far away from the city wall and the Kuixing Tower located at the head of the city. Although Gui Province is not a prosperous place of literature and Taoism, the Great Song Dynasty has lasted for more than a hundred years, the country is peaceful and the economy is prosperous, and the imperial examination is the only way for the court to take office, so the tribute courtyard here is also built quite magnificently. The gate of the three wings, in front of the stone archway of three gates and four pillars, the square forehead is written with the word "tribute courtyard". In front of the Gongyuan there is also a high archway, and the door forehead is written with four big characters of "opening the astronomical fortune".