I am the county magistrate in Liaozhai

Of course, the purpose of the business brothers’ coming is not to beg Cheng Jin to marry him or something. After all, the sister in the family has a stubborn temper and will not change her mind easily. This time, she came here to implore the adults not to hire their own sister as a cook.

Speaking of which, when Ah Cong came out to open a restaurant, the yamen lacked a cook.Although Cheng Jin said that he would go to the restaurant for three meals a day, it was not as convenient as before. Besides, he was the only one in the yamen, so he posted a recruitment notice at the entrance of the county yamen a few days ago.

"Cook?" Cheng Jin was dumbfounded. Shang Sanguan is coming to the yamen to apply for a job as a cook?This is not true. Although the merchant is not a rich man, he was the leader in the pilot greenhouse in Langya Township. Later, when the seasonal vegetables were harvested, he should have made a lot of money. Even if he wanted to avoid marriage, there was no need to find this job.

However, he was surprised, but Cheng Jin did not agree to the request of the two brothers: "I'm sorry, I can't handle this matter. The yamen's external recruitment must be dealt with fairly, so that you can get a 'scholar'. If you take the imperial examination, your mother Secretly looking for the examiner behind your back, saying that you are worried about your health and begging him not to record you, how do you feel?"

The two merchant brothers bowed their heads together, showing shame.

"I know your intentions, but instead of asking me like this, you might as well go home and have a detailed discussion with me face to face. It's better to find the crux of the problem, and then you can prescribe the right medicine."

After the magistrate Cheng made a lot of nonsense, he finally sent the merchant brothers away.

The private room became spacious again. Cheng Jin picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus and ate it. It was sweet and soft, but it was a bit too sweet after eating. He took several sips of tea to suppress it.

"Brother Cheng, why shouldn't they?"

Cheng Jin refilled his tea, and asked, "Why should you answer?"

Tao Zui thought for a while, and said: "There are mostly men in the yamen, and there are ghosts and ghosts, no one will frighten the little girl."

"...Actually, you want to say that Miss Shang hasn't left the cabinet yet, and she hasn't made a promise yet, so please ask her to be afraid of bad reputation?" Cheng Jin still doesn't understand Tao Zui, this demon is used to thinking about others.

Seeing Tao Zui nodding, Cheng Jin said: "Your consideration is not unreasonable. I am afraid that the business brothers are so anxious to come to me because they have this worry, but I did not answer them, and I did not say that I would definitely hire him. Let's see." It's personal."

Tao Zui: ...As expected of you.

On the other hand, the merchant brothers returned home worried, and before they had a sip of hot tea, they were caught by the younger sister.

"Sister, what's the matter?" This simply put a guilty conscience on his face, and it's strange that Shang Sanguan couldn't guess it.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, you won't really beg Mr. Cheng not to record me, will you?"

The merchant brothers felt suffocated and could not speak.

Seeing this, Shang Sanguan put his hands on his hips and said, "Have you been rejected?"

The boss of the merchant is okay, but the second brother is a close talker, so he blurted out immediately: "Little sister, how do you know?!"

Hearing the words, the third official of the Shang Dynasty bent his lips happily: "It's not difficult to guess, Mr. Cheng is an upright person, with a bright wind and a bright moon, how could he promise you for such a small matter? If he was that kind of person, he would He will not uphold justice for our father."

The merchant's second child looked ashamed when he heard the words.

The boss of the businessman frowned. He dismissed his second brother hastily, took his younger sister to the corridor in the backyard, and said, "Little sister, tell your elder brother honestly, is it because of Mr. Cheng that you refused the marriage arranged by your mother?"

The three officials of Shang fell into silence, and this silence made the boss of the business even more confidently guess: "Brother knows that Mr. Cheng is an excellent person, and the whole Tangxi and even the whole Wuzhou can match his young man." There are very few talents, but Qi Dafei, a character like him, we..." Can you be more realistic.

Shang Sanguan became more and more delusional the more he listened, what are you talking about?

"Brother, what nonsense are you talking about! I don't think that way about Master Cheng at all!" Shang Sanguan stomped his feet angrily, she was very self-aware, okay, "I don't want to be a concubine!"

"really?"

"Of course it's true. Mr. Cheng doesn't have that kind of thought. Big brother, you can't go out and talk nonsense, and ruin my reputation for nothing." Shang Sanguan felt that the big brother's imagination was simply too terrifying.

The boss of the merchant laughed angrily: "You want to go to the Yamen to be a cook, and you still care about your reputation. Are you really planning to be an old lady at home for the rest of your life?"

Shang Sanguan fell silent again.

In all fairness, if nothing happened to her father, she might have obeyed her family's arrangement to marry and have children.But during the year when her father was wrongfully buried at his corpse, she saw too much indifference of human nature.

"Brother, but I really don't want to marry them." Shang Sanguan squatted on the ground, "That surnamed Sun, last year you went to his house to borrow money three times, and his family didn't see you three times, but Letting you wait outside the door for so long, now my family has a better life, and it is said that the servants in the family have made trouble, and that Tongsheng Feng's family, our land was rented to his family, and it took [-]% of the rent..."

"Little sister, so you...remember." The boss of the merchant said in a low voice. In fact, he also felt that those people were not good enough for my little sister, but what should I do? This is the way of the world. Old girls are not allowed to be stabbed in the back of.

He and the second child are thick-skinned and thick-skinned, but the third sister is smart and intelligent. In his heart, she is worthy of being the right lady who supports Mr. Cheng.Of course, he thought about it.

"At that time, the Qian family was very powerful, and they...were just afraid of power."

If she could pretend to be confused, she would have done it long ago, but Shang Sanguan couldn't do it, she just couldn't tolerate the slightest bit of sand in her eyes: "Brother, it would be great if I were a man."

If she was a man, she could do whatever she wanted, and she would be pointed at because she lost her marriage without going out.

Just when the brothers and sisters of the merchants were depressed, the gold list in the capital was finally posted.

Among the crowd, Ning Caichen and Meng Longtan were nervously waiting for the results. After ten years of hard study, it was finally time for the real gold test.

"Brother Ning, Xiaosheng is so nervous, his legs are shaking."

Ning Caichen patted Brother Meng's shoulder with trembling hands: "Don't be afraid, Brother Meng, you will definitely be named on the gold list."

Then, Meng Longtan became even more nervous.

When the soap official holding the gold list came out to post the list, the two of them were too nervous to speak.Seeing this scene from a distance, Zhu Xiaolian shook his head disdainfully, thinking that Menglongtan really came from a small place, so it would be unworthy of attention.

But soon, he couldn't care about Meng Longtan anymore, because the gold list was posted.

Those from poor families came to see it in person, like Ning Caichen and Meng Longtan, and those from rich families sent their servants and book boys over. Anyway, before the list, it was so densely packed that it was full.

"Brother Ning! Brother Ning Xiaosheng saw your name!"

"Brother Meng, Xiaosheng saw yours too!"

In the crowd, cheers were heard non-stop, some people were crying with joy, and of course some people were squeezed away sadly and foolishly, Zhu Xiaolian was one of them.

How can it be?How could he miss it?This is impossible!Is he actually inferior to Meng Longtan?

How sad Zhu Xiaolian was, Meng Longtan didn't care anymore, he was hit!He really hit it!

"Let's go, brother Ning, go drink!"

Of course Ning Caichen would not disagree.

The rankings of the two are actually quite close. This year is Enke, and the number of admitted students is about 40 more than in previous years. With this ranking, as long as the palace examination does not give random answers, there is no hope for the first class, but the second class is quite safe.

Today, many restaurants in Beijing offer free drinks and food to the candidates on the list, and even leave ink treasures, and they can also take money in reverse. The two made appointments with many people and had a hearty drink.

After another ten days, the palace examination was held.

At the moment when the sun was going to the west, the results of the palace examination finally came out. Both Ning Caichen and Meng Longtan's rankings were slightly improved, and they were the second-class Jinshi.

Today is also a beautiful day, the capital is full of spring, Chuan Lu quickly finished singing, and the two of them rode along the streets with the crowd. Of course, the protagonists are more of the first and third.

"I didn't expect that the two of them really won Jinshi, and now my house has increased in value." Cheng Jin clapped his hands happily.

Fu Chengshu: "...Brother Wei thought that you bought the Prince Heng's Mansion to live in Beijing by yourself."

"It's such a big mansion, what a waste to live alone. It's better to rent it to someone who is coming to Beijing for the exam. Besides, the teacher will definitely welcome me to live in his house. Now that Ah Cong has a new career, my family is cold and cold. I dare not live in such a big house."

"At this time, are you not afraid that the teacher will urge you to marry?"

Cheng Jin shut up silently, he couldn't handle this move.

But he quickly brought up a new topic: "This year's No. [-] scholar looks very young, where is he from?"

"A person from Nanyang Prefecture, Ji Changyu."

"Good name, do you like him, brother?"

Fu Chengshu didn't nod or shake his head: "This person has a dissolute personality, and his writing style is also quite bold. He just voted for this year's chief examiner."

"That's not better, there should be such fresh blood in the officialdom."

Fu Chengshu glanced at his junior brother, and suddenly said: "If you had listened to the teacher, you would have been the number one scholar in this horse parade."

Cheng Jin: ...Tanhualang is also very handsome.

"This year is still Enke. As long as this batch of Jinshi is used, it will be reused today." After Fu Chengshu finished speaking, he spoke again, "But I know, you don't care about these things."

Cheng Jin suddenly felt that he shouldn't have come to the capital today to see Jinshi parading the streets. What happened to the senior brother today, and suddenly poked his lung tube.

Fu Chengshu suddenly said: "Yi'an, I'm afraid you will have to stay in Tangxi for a while."

"Huh? Oh, that's good."

Fu Chengshu didn't like this feeling very much. It was one thing for Yi'an to be willing, but it was another thing for him to block his junior's official career. But he wanted to take care of the east and the west. He had been unhappy with this group of people for a long time.

When Xinke Jinshi parades through the streets with horses, there is also a link to catch a son-in-law under the list. After all the fuss is over, it will be the highlight of the Luming Festival.

Originally, the new Jinshi were busily reciting poems and painting paintings, but suddenly someone posted a post in the public: Ji is a thief, stealing a certain family's fur and tripod, what is good behavior?

Translation translation, that is, there is a surnamed Ji who steals other people's things, and he can be named on the gold list.

Ji?Ji Zhuangyuan?This is too exciting, right?

Some of the Xinke Scholars ate the hot melon silently, and some outraged that Ji Changyu should be revoked as the No. Shuntian government office.

This time, not only were there witnesses and material evidence, but it also happened at the Luming Meeting. It can be said that the impact was very bad. Today, an order was issued to severely punish Ji Changyu, but Ji Changyu denied his crime.