After filling out the form, Wang Suizhou seemed to have encountered something and was discussing it with the guidance officer, and the young official led Fan Ning to the middle-aged man, "Lang Zhong, he filled it out first." ”

The middle-aged official nodded, took Fanning's form, he looked at it, and suddenly asked with a smile: "Didn't your family move to Mudu Town?" ”

Fanning was stunned, how did he know that his home was in Mudu Town?

Fan Ning looked at him again, and immediately understood why he felt that this person was unusually familiar, he and Zhu Yuanfu almost looked exactly the same.

"Are you..... Uncle Zhu? ”

The middle-aged man nodded, "Yes, I'm Jupei's father!" ”

Fan Ning hurriedly saluted, "The juniors don't know that it's their uncle, so they miss the courtesy of the juniors!" ”

The middle-aged man is Zhu Pei's father, Zhu Xiaoyun, he is a judge of the Ministry of Justice, serving as a judge of the Court of Judges, and has the real power to assess officials below the fifth grade.

Zhu Xiaoyun said lightly: "Now I only talk about official affairs, not personal affairs, you can sit down!" ”

Fanning sat down and replied calmly: "The student's family was originally in Jiangwan Village, Mudu Town, and later my father practiced medicine in the town, so he moved to Mudu Town, but because my grandfather and grandmother were old and needed to be taken care of in their hometown, my parents moved back to Jiangwan Village. ”

Zhu Xiaoyun nodded, "Your father puts filial piety first, and would rather run around by himself than take care of his parents, not bad!" ”

Fan Ning smiled bitterly in his heart, where is it because of taking care of his grandparents, it is clear that his mother is not used to living in the town and wants to go back to her hometown, but she can't say that, she must obey the overall situation.

After reading the information he wrote, Zhu Xiaoyun stamped a seal underneath and put it in a thick paper bag, which was Fanning's dossier.

Zhu Xiaoyun took a thick book of 100 official records, which was densely packed with names and official positions, he turned to the page of Jichou Kejinshi, counted down with a pen, and quickly found Fanning's name.

Zhu Xiaoyun smiled slightly: "You are more special, the Son of Heaven personally appointed you as the eighth grade to Shilang, and the secretary of the Beijing official province is the correct character, and the official rank is equivalent to Jinshi and the first, congratulations first!" ”

Fan Ning hurriedly bowed and said: "This is the love of the Son of Heaven for the student, and the student deserves it!"

Zhu Xiaoyun said again: "The secretary of the province is only an official position, and the specific position has two aspects, on the one hand, it is to accompany the prince to study, and on the other hand, it is to compile the classics, because there is no need to accompany the reading now, you can only participate in the compilation of the classics, the Son of Heaven specially arranged for you to enter the national prison, do you understand the deep meaning of the Son of Heaven?" ”

Fan Ning nodded, "The Son of Heaven wants students to continue their studies in Guozijian!" ”

"You are very clever and understand the holy will!"

Zhu Xiaoyun smiled, then took the pen to sign and approve a letter of entry, and stamped it with the seal of the ministry, the letter of entry was in triplicate, one was taken by Fan Ning to report to the Guozijian, one was kept on file in the ministry for future reference, and the other was put into Fan Ning's file file bag.

At the same time, the court of judges of the Ministry of Officials also signed a document to the Guozijian, telling the Guozijian that a new person would come to report.

Zhu Xiaoyun handed the entry letter to Fan Ning, "You can go back to your hometown to visit your parents for a month, and then report directly to Guozijian, don't delay the time!" ”

Fan Ning took the letter of entry and bowed, "Thank you for the support of the senior officials, and the students say goodbye!" ”

Fanning didn't say anything more and turned to leave the room.

Zhu Xiaoyun looked at Fan Ning's back and went away, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

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In the afternoon, Zhu Xiaoyun, who had been busy all day, returned to Fuzhong in a sedan chair.

Most of the middle and low-level officials choose to travel in a sedan chair, and the carriage is too public, which is the treatment of high-ranking officials, and low-level officials will be looked at sideways when they sit in a carriage.

Riding a horse is the style of military attachés, and civil officials have always disdained to be in the company of them, and riding a donkey is an old peasant entering the city, which is even more shabby.

Therefore, the sedan chair has become the choice of most middle and low-level officials, and the sedan chair of the Northern Song Dynasty has been very popular, and various sedan chairs can be seen everywhere in the "Qingming Riverside Map".

Of course, the sedan chair of the middle-level officials is not eight sedan chairs, it can be in the locality, but it is not possible in the capital, it is more arrogant than taking a carriage, it is generally a light sedan chair, the front and the back are carried on the shoulders, and the left and right are followed by an entourage, the conditions are better, and there are two guards with knives in the back.

The sedan chair hurried through the street, two sedan chair drivers were skilled, although fast, but they walked very smoothly, followed by two Tsing Yi attendants on the left and right, wearing folded scarves, one of them was burly, carrying a long knife at his waist.

In the sedan chair, Zhu Xiaoyun looked at the street through the thin gauze curtain, he seemed a little worried, today Fan Ning came to report to give him an inexplicable impact, not because Fan Ning was the first in the boy's test, and finally ranked first in the second class.

What surprised him was that Fan Ning did not have anything to do with the officials from the official rank to the official position to the final entry, all of which were appointed by the Son of Heaven, which had never happened since the official family ascended the throne, and caused a sensation in the entire official department.

Colleagues speculated that most of them thought that the official family had no heirs, so they cared for the prodigy boys, but Zhu Xiaoyun felt that it was not so simple, and it was very likely that Fanning's outstanding performance in the palace examination won the favor of the Son of Heaven.

No wonder his father values Fan Ning very much, Zhu Xiaoyun has to admire his father's eyesight and be able to find Fan Ning's brilliant peerless jewel in Mudu.

But Zhu Xiaoyun was distressed by the relationship between his daughter Zhu Pei and Fan Ning, his father let Pei'er go to the school to study, and he actually shared the table with Fan Ning, which made their relationship extremely close, Zhu Xiaoyun of course knew what it meant for this relationship to develop, if there was no Liu family, Fan Ning was indeed a very good son-in-law, but ........

Zhu Xiaoyun thought of Liu Ran, he also took the exam very well, the fourth place in the children's department, and was born in the same Jinshi, of course, he was not as good as Fan Ning, but he was the grandson of the Liu family, and the grandson of Liu Taigong was the most valued, and the two families of Zhu and Liu had been married for decades, completely controlling the pattern of Wujiang County and even Pingjiang Mansion.

As early as when Pei'er was three years old, Mrs. Liu hoped that she and Liu Ran would marry, which was also a matter finalized by the second uncle and the Liu family, although her father did not express his position, but it was also a tacit acquiescence, if Fanning did not appear, then in another five or six years, Pei'er should marry Liu Ran, and everything went smoothly.

But now that he has killed a Fanning, and he is deeply respected by his father, Zhu Xiaoyun certainly understands what his father means, but how does the second uncle explain it, and how does the agreement between the Zhu family and the Liu family explain it?

Zhu Xiaoyun only felt that his head was big for a while, but fortunately, his daughter was still young, and this matter could be pushed back for the time being, and he would talk about it in a few years, Zhu Xiaoyun sighed, and it was the only way.

The sedan chair was still some way away from the mansion, but he saw the housekeeper running in a hurry, as if there was something urgent.

Zhu Xiaoyun pulled the curtain and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The housekeeper panted and said, "Master, someone is here in the palace!" ”

"What?"

Zhu Xiaoyun was taken aback, what are people from the palace doing?

"What happened?"

"It seems that the official family is full of praise for the statue in the Dayan, and invites the Dayan to enter the palace to carve a statue."

Zhu Xiaoyun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that this was the case, although his eldest son was a stupid child, but he had a carving talent that was difficult for ordinary people to reach, Zhu Xiaoyun knew in his heart that I am afraid that no one in the world can compare to his son.

But as a father, Zhu Xiaoyun does not attach great importance to his son's carving skills, his family is not short of money, he only hopes that his son can live a peaceful life.

If it were someone else, Zhu Xiaoyun would definitely refuse, but this is the Son of Heaven!

Zhu Xiaoyun was helpless, so he had to nod, "I know!" ”

He wondered in his heart, how could the Son of Heaven know that his son had extraordinary carving skills?

The sedan chair entered the door of the mansion and stopped in front of the shadow wall, Zhu Xiaoyun stepped down from the sedan chair, and the housekeeper whispered: "The eunuchs from the palace are drinking tea and waiting in the guest hall." ”

"How many?" Zhu Xiaoyun asked,

"Two people, an old eunuch and a little eunuch, this old eunuch also knows our family's concubine Niangniang."

Zhu Xiaoyun knew in his heart that since he said that he knew the concubine Niangniang, then he had a love for incense, and people had a good intention when they said this, so he immediately instructed the housekeeper, "Seal two pieces of silver, one for fifty taels of silver for the old eunuch, and one for the little eunuch for ten taels of silver, go now!" ”

Zhu Xiaoyun also knows that when giving gifts to the people in the palace, you can't give too much silver, if you give too much, they will be greedy, and if you give too little, they will hold grudges, it is better not to give it, it will be more generous to give fifty taels, and it will not always worry about the Zhu family, this is a better degree.

Zhu Xiaoyun went back to the house to change his clothes, and then came to the Guike Hall.

There was an old eunuch sitting in the guest hall, with a wrinkled face, smiling and drinking tea, and a teenage eunuch standing behind him, but with a bitter face, it was estimated that the red envelope he gave him turned around and entered the old eunuch's pocket.

"I've kept my father-in-law waiting!" Zhu Xiaoyun walked in with a smile.