In the tribute courtyard, Wen An, a subordinate brought by Pan Yiting, followed him back to the courtyard where he lived, and asked another subordinate Wen Mo: "Is the water boiled?" Is the meal ready? ”

"It's burned, it's done." Wen Mo said and asked Pan Yiting, "Does the master eat first or take a bath first?" ”

"Take a shower first." Pan Yiting Road.

The two male servants quickly carried water for water, filled most of the wooden bathtub, and took clean clothes and put them aside, seeing Pan Yiting waving his hand impatiently, he retreated.

Many of these examiners have good backgrounds, and they have grown up being served by their subordinates when they were young; After becoming an official, he was even more pampered, and he has always been unable to take care of himself. If they come to the main examination and are imprisoned in the Tribute Academy, and they are not allowed to bring people down, maybe these chief examiners will do something, even if they burn down the house.

Therefore, there is an unwritten rule during the imperial examination, and each examiner is allowed to bring two male servants to serve when he enters the curtain. If you want to start a gang on your own, the Gongyuan can also provide them with corresponding ingredients, but these male servants are not allowed to enter and exit during the examination after following the master into the curtain, and they are also locked up in the depths of this Gongyuan with the inner curtain officials.

Wen Mo asked Wen An, "Why was the master unhappy when he came back?" But what happened? ”

Wen An followed Pan Yiting into the examination room to serve, and said with a wry smile when he heard this: "How can you be happy?" The young master of the Qi family is a straw bag, and he did very badly in this exam, and the master can't mention it if he wants to promote him. That's fine. The master didn't want that Qi Muyuan to be the first, who knew that Du Jinning, who won the first place in the first game, was indeed inferior to Qi Muyuan in the analysis of the criminal case, and he missed a little bit and did not analyze it properly. Lord Wang clung to this point, and was stunned that the old man had to pinch his nose and let him take Qi Muyuan as the first place. In this case, there will be a lot of disputes when the final ranking is second, and Xie Yuan of Gui Province may be from the Great Prince's faction. ”

Those who can follow the tribute court to serve, these two servants are not only faithful, but also knowledgeable.

Wen Mo asked again: "What kind of person is that person named Du Jinning?" ”

"I've heard that it's not a faction." Wen An said, sighing, "It can be seen that this person has to talk about luck." Who knew that no door and no faction could pick up a big leak at such a time? It stands to reason that there are not no candidates who are close to our faction, but there are few who can compete with Qi Muyuan, and they can't enter the top three in the first game, so they are not competitive at all. ”

Wen Mo frowned and pondered, but did not speak.

Waiting for Pan Yiting to come out of the bath, Wen Mo asked Wen An to take a bath and eat, and served Pan Yiting to eat alone, and said to Pan Yiting during the banquet: "Master, in fact, even if you choose that Du Jinning as Xie Yuan, it doesn't matter." Isn't he without a sect? We just need to pull him into our camp, can't you explain to the above? ”

"What do you know?" Pan Yiting didn't have a good breath and said, "I don't know about this yet?" But although Du Jinning has no sect or faction, he is very close to the Qi family. What is the difference between me promoting him as Xie Yuan and giving Xie Yuan to the Qi family? ”

"What kind of approach is it? Is he related to the Qi family, or has he been favored by the Qi family, or is he and Qi Muyuan classmates and friends? ”

The reason why Pan Yiting brought Wen An and An Mo here is because the two of them are flexible and insightful, and they can discuss things when they encounter them.

At this time, although he was mentally exhausted and in a bad mood, he still patiently told the relationship between Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan: "Du Jinning is also from Lishui County, Qi Muyuan has been a classmate with him since he returned to Lishui, and the two grew up together. Du Jinning is just a poor family, and if he was able to study and settle down in Fucheng, he may have received a lot of help from the Qi family. ”

He sighed: "I've also thought about wooing him, but in a situation like his, I'm afraid he has already been co-opted by the Qi family, and he won't be willing to stand on the opposite side of the Qi family." Otherwise, his reputation will be criticized. We don't have any particularly outstanding advantages compared with the Qi family, and Du Jinning knows how to choose between the two as long as he is not too stupid. ”

Du Jinning was the head of the last government examination in Gui Province, and even a rare little Sanyuan, so he knew Du Jinning's situation in such detail. Otherwise, he would not pay attention to this kind of powerless ordinary candidate.

Wen Mo tilted his head and thought about it, shook his head and said, "The villain doesn't agree with the master's point of view. ”

When Pan Yiting heard this, his eyes lit up, and he asked Wenmo: "Don't sell Guanzi, if you have any good ideas, tell me quickly." ”

Wen Mo said: "Du Jinning is not only a classmate of the son of the Qi family, but also grew up with him, and he is about the same age. The villain remembers that the son of the Qi family is only fifteen or sixteen years old this year, right? ”

Pan Yiting nodded: "Exactly." That Du Jinning is still younger, only fourteen years old. ”

Wen Mo's eyes lit up: "Fourteen years old, that means that he hasn't married yet." Master, this is a breakthrough point. Think about it, no matter how close the Qi family is to him, can it be as close as the Yue family? The Qi family may be kind to him, but who knows what he thinks in his heart? Maybe I don't have gratitude for the Qi family in my heart, but I also have resentment, but I just have to befriend them because of the power of the Qi family. As long as he takes Xie Yuan, the lord recruits him as a son-in-law in the name of the master, does he dare to refuse? To refuse is to not know what to do. ”

"What if he refuses?" Pan Yiting frowned.

Only by taking all the remedial measures to take precautions can he be invincible, this is a principle of Pan Yiting's work, and it is also the reason why he has a smooth journey as an official.

"We can start with his family. Even if Du Jinning himself has some knowledge, his parents from a poor family don't necessarily have any knowledge, right? Let's find someone to go to his house to lobby for marriage first, as long as his parents agree, even if he refuses, it will be useless. ”

Pan Yiting thought about it and nodded slowly: "This is a good idea." ”

Wen Mo didn't finish speaking, and continued: "Besides, if we do this, we can be regarded as giving Du Jinning a step down. He can tell outsiders that he himself wants to repay the kindness of the Qi family, but his parents at home are short-sighted and respond to the Pan family's family affairs. He can't be unfilial, so he can only respond to this family business. Fortunately, the Pan family and the Qi family only have political disagreements, and there are no personal grievances, which does not prevent him from being the son-in-law of the Pan family and making friends with the Qi family. ”

"Haha, it's still your kid who is clever." When Pan Yiting heard this, he immediately became happy, and patted Wen Mo's shoulder hard, "It seems that I brought you out right." In this way, when the township test is over, Du Jinning's matter will be handed over to you. Well done, I'm rewarded. ”

Wen Mo was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed to Pan Yiting: "Thank you, master." ”

After kowtowing and standing up, he begged again: "I just don't know which young lady the master wants to marry to Du Gongzi?" ”