i am afraid

Jiang Yan's heart skipped a beat. It's really not his fault for thinking too much. Jiang Xuanying's disguise technique is hard to guard against. Jiang Ying was the first, and then the elder sister. The three of them seemed incompatible. The only similarity was that his voice was very few.

Speaking of which, he really had never heard Yin Jiang's heartfelt voice.

As if aware of his gaze, Yin Jiang raised his head slightly and raised his brows: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yan shook his head, maybe he was thinking too much, Yin Jiang has so many friends, everyone is very familiar with him, it is impossible to pretend.

Yin Jiang smiled at him, his eyes sparkled slightly, and said: "The current court regulations don't treat us as adults at all. If we can change this Taizong's law one day, it will be regarded as a severance since childhood, and we will be orphans. Tang, I'm afraid it's better than now."

Jiang Yan was taken aback, Yin Jiang, is he probing for him?

"I'd rather be an orphan, than be a bastard and be overwhelmed by that disgusting father and son every day." Su Xiao said with a slight anger.

Ji Xiao shook his head: "I learned a lot at Ji's house, like Shantang, where I don't teach anything, just learn some handicrafts and let them out. I'll be like that for the rest of my life, and I can't go on."

Li Suting frowned, and he looked at Yin Jiang: "You can only talk about your thoughts here, don't mention it when you go out, change Taizong's laws, today's emperors don't have the guts."

Jiang Yan noseed silently, lowered his head, he didn't have the courage or anything, this is what he imagined.

Yin Jiang smiled, gave in, and said, "Aren't I just complaining? Brother, if I'm telling the truth, the imperial court has issued a decree to let the concubine cut off his relationship with the family from birth and raise him up together." , Teaching literature and martial arts, this is much easier than the imperial examination, right?"

"It's really going back and forth." Li Suting scolded lightly, then sighed, and explained: "Let's not talk about whether the imperial court will issue such a law, even the civil and military officials can't get through it. Most of the officials have bastards. Who doesn't think about themselves? Even if this law continues to be implemented, who will preside over it? The chief examiner of the imperial examination is changed every year, but is this something that can be changed casually?"

Li Suting is right. Jiang Yan didn’t think too much about it before. He only thought of the resistance that might be caused if the implementation of this matter was implemented, but he didn’t expect that after the implementation, there would be an aspect of presiding. Without a trustworthy person, the project cannot achieve the desired effect at all, and it is even possible to make a wedding dress for others.

Jiang Yan fell into deep thought.

Yin Jiang raised his eyebrows: "What if the Patriarch voluntarily lets the concubine's descendants go?"

At this time Ji Xiao suddenly said: "If it was our family, my father would definitely not let me leave voluntarily. He also hoped that I would be his son's dog for the rest of his life."

Su Xiao also said: "If you can't squeeze something out of me, how could you just let me go?"

Lin Ziqing was silent for a moment, then said: "Unless, after he volunteers, there will be benefits for him."

Jiang Yan's eyes lit up, and he said: "If you voluntarily sever ties with the concubine and never pursue it, will the official promotion evaluation be shortened by one year for each grade?"

Official promotion needs to pass the evaluation. Generally speaking, it takes five years to pass the evaluation from the seventh rank to the sixth rank, and it also takes five years to rise from the sixth rank to the fifth rank. It takes about 35 years for a small official to become an excellent minister, and most of the officials are Jinshi. They have studied hard for [-] years in a cold window, and their black hair has turned into white hair. Very few of them can survive to that age.

Li Suting couldn't help laughing. He looked at Jiang Yan and said, "What kind of method are you doing? It's weird. If you can really do this, I'm afraid that even those who don't have bastards will have one or two births to pass the evaluation."

Seven years is not just talk. With these seven years, people who already have some skills may climb faster. They can make good use of this time to bring about greater benefits for themselves.

Jiang Yan's eyes were bright. He found a shortcut. He doesn't have enough prestige now. It is extremely difficult to enforce any laws and regulations, but it is much easier to lure him. Besides, the evaluation of officials is a waste of time. The real ability A person who is an extremely human minister will not stick to these things. On the contrary, even if a person with no ability is destined to live until the day he becomes a first-rank official, he will not be assigned a position of real power similar to a minister, and it will not affect him at all.

Ji Xiao said: "It's not that common people don't have concubine sons, and evaluations are useless to them? Alas, my father is really a businessman. He first put all his property in his grandfather's name before accepting it." My mother, by analogy, has taken in three concubines, and the government sent people to investigate. They can only find out his broken property. It doesn't matter how much he takes away. If you want him to let me go, unless you can A lot of silver."

Jiang Yan smiled, and blurted out: "It's easy to handle. If you don't pay someone, you will be fined, and the penalty will be three times the amount they set for the redemption money for the concubine."

Yin Jiang laughed haha, and raised his hand to pat Jiang Yan's head.

Li Suting lowered his eyes, and suddenly said: "Ajaan, do you have something to hide from us?"

Yin Jiang raised his eyebrows: "Brother, why do you say that?"

Li Suting took a deep look at him, then at Jiang Yan, and did not continue.

He didn't realize that something was wrong at first, but gradually he found that Yin Jiang had been bringing the topic to them intentionally or unintentionally. You know, they are much more sensitive than ordinary people, and they also have much lower self-esteem. Back then, she wouldn't spit out bitterness as much as today, and look like a full-fledged resentful woman.

This is especially true for Yin Jiang. In his family, there is a mean brother who is not capable enough but wants to overwhelm him everywhere. There is also a father who is obviously greedy for women but wants to pretend to be a gentleman. In order to show that he does not favor The concubine's room, while favoring the concubine's room, oppressed Yin Jiang. He has been living in such an environment since he was a child. I brought it up more than once.

Also, the young man he brought was not quite right, his appearance was just average, his behavior didn't look like he came from a small family at all, when he brought up the affairs of the officials, he just looked angry, without the awe of ordinary people, he When mentioning Taizong's laws and regulations, he would subconsciously show dissatisfaction.

Li Suting's heart moved, and he vaguely guessed something, his face remained calm, but he didn't know that Jiang Yan had already heard his heart's voice when he first raised it.

Jiang Yan was also very surprised. This man's brain didn't know how to grow. He was really smart. In order not to reveal more flaws, he wisely didn't say any more.

The purpose of this trip has been achieved, Yin Jiang knew that he had probably been exposed in front of Li Suting, so he smiled and did not mention the matter just now.

It was already afternoon when he returned to the palace, the sun was just right, and the snow had melted all the way. Looking at Adong and Axia behind him, Jiang Yan suddenly thought of Zhou Ping'an. Today is Zhou Ping'an's rest day. The meeting place was not far from the home mentioned by Zhou Pingan, so it was rare to come out, and it would be a waste not to visit him.

If the king wants to buy a decent house, it will cost at least a hundred and ten taels of silver. Zhou Ping'an's salary is not enough for the rent, so he can only live in his original home until he becomes the commander, and is assigned to the former commander's house. The place to live is a little more spacious.

A-Dong and A-Xia did come here once, and they still remember it fresh. They originally wanted to remind Jiang Yan, but the image of a fool was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. come over.

Trying to let myself ignore the look of "it's so funny that a fool can cough not only like this, but also cough like a normal person", A-Xia felt her heart was blocked.

Zhou Ping'an's home was just around the two alleys. Jiang Yan didn't want Yin Jiang and Adong and Axia to knock on the door. He went to the door and patted it.

He regarded Zhou Ping'an as his confidant, and more importantly, a friend. When he came to visit a friend's house for the first time, he felt a little excited.

The door opened quickly, but only a gap was revealed, a rather handsome face appeared behind the door, the man's eyes were very dark, and he looked at him curiously, "You, knock on the door? "

Jiang Yan actually understood what he meant, nodded, "I'm here to find Ping An, I'm his friend."

Zhou Zhiqing tilted his head slightly and looked at Jiang Yan. Is this person a friend of his younger brother?The younger brother has never brought a friend home, it seems that he is really a very good friend.

The brother's friend should also be the brother's friend, Zhou Zhiqing nodded to Jiang Yan, opened the door, "Zhou Zhiqing."

The man's facial features were stern and his face was cold, Yin Jiang frowned indistinctly, thinking to himself that he didn't get any news about such a person beforehand?He glanced at Adong Axia.

A-Dong and A-Xia: "..." Is it our fault that idiots are not idiots?

Jiang Yan smiled at Zhou Zhiqing, and said, "My name is Jiang Yan, brother Zhou is safe...Zhou Zhiqing, this name seems familiar?"

He thought about it carefully, but still couldn't remember it, but Yin Jiang, who was behind him, paused in his footsteps, and then a strange look appeared on his face.

Zhou Zhiqing didn't talk to him, he thought for a while, and finally expressed what Zhou Ping'an said before he left: "Ping'an, I'm going to the bank. He said that if someone comes to him, he will be back soon." .”

Jiang Yan couldn't think of it, so he simply didn't want to, and smiled at Zhou Zhiqing: "Then we wait here for him to come back, can we?"

Zhou Zhiqing was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized and nodded.