After the assassination in Yaowan Town, every time the fleet stopped at Yi Village, Jia Min strictly prohibited Lin Yun and Daiyu from going ashore to have fun. Even purchasing daily necessities was done by Qian Cong with his servants.

Floating on the canal for a long time was really depressing and uncomfortable. Fortunately, the relationship between him and Daiyu progressed very quickly.

Daiyu once saw Lin Yun and Jia Yucun sitting in the cabin of a ship playing chess, and she was immediately surprised.

Although she likes Yi Go, the two maids, Dazhong Zijuan, are too bad at Yi Go and Xue Yan doesn't know how to play it at all. Now that she found Lin Yun as a chess partner, she immediately let herself go as soon as she had free time.

I ran to him to confront him.

In his previous life, Lin Yun was also a Go enthusiast, and his online chess rank was 6th dan. However, this rank was a bit high, and he was probably at the beginning level of an amateur.

However, his junior amateur level is more than enough to compete with Jia Yucun and Old Man Guo. Compared with a newbie like Daiyu, he has an overwhelming advantage.

Of course, in order not to make Sister Lin cry, he could only secretly let it go and let the little girl win a few games and be happy.

Daiyu was extremely smart and soon realized that Lin Yun was deliberately trying to get her. This made her very dissatisfied and aroused her competitiveness. In the end, she stopped even reading poetry and hid in the cabin playing chess every day.

, study several patterns Lin Yun taught her.

Jia Min was worried that her daughter's playing chess with Lin Yun would affect Lin Yun's studies, so he restricted her from leaving the warehouse. As a result, the little girl could only sneak away to play with Lin Yun while her mother was resting.

…

On December 7, after more than a month of long journey, the fleet finally sailed into Tongzhou Pier, with the capital in sight.

At the request of General Dong, the fleet rested in Tongzhou for a day. However, this time Lin Yun still failed to go ashore to go shopping.

That evening, after Jia Yucun commented on Lin Yun's last article, the two had a few drinks together, each practicing for the other.

To be honest, if he hadn't known in advance that Jia Yucun would eventually turn into an unscrupulous evil man, Lin Yun would have thought that this man was a good mentor, and even more suitable to be his teacher than Lin Ruhai.

Lin Yun sometimes thinks that the officialdom is actually a big dyeing vat. Those who go in white will be dyed black when they come out. Those who are clean will either be eliminated or assimilated when they enter. Maybe this has already happened at the moment when Jia Yucun is resurrected.

It's doomed.

…

In the warehouse, Lin Yun held up his wine glass and smiled at Jia Yucun: "This time I come to Beijing, I will definitely make a great career. I am here to congratulate you!"

Jia Yucun looked at Lin Yun in surprise, then suddenly smiled and said: "Brother Yun, has your uncle even told you this?"

Lin Yun smiled noncommittally, then clinked glasses with Jia Yucun, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

After Jia Yucun finished drinking, Lin Yun filled the cup for him and asked with a smile: "Sir, do you think it is more difficult to be an upright official? Or is it more difficult to be a corrupt official?"

Jia Yucun asked curiously: "Why do you think of asking this?"

Lin Yun: "My uncle hopes that I can be named in the imperial examination so that I can inherit his ambition. But I am worried that I will not be able to commit myself to the country like him, so I have a fear of the imperial examination."

Jia Yucun thought for a while and said: "Life is only a few decades, and we have to pursue something. Eating and waiting to die is not what we should do."

"Could it be that Sir also wants to persuade me to take the imperial examination and become an official?"

Jia Yucun said with a smile: "It's still early for you to prepare for the imperial examination and become an official. These days, although your articles have improved slightly, you are still far from the level of the imperial examination. I hope you will go to the capital to learn more from famous teachers and study hard. This is the right thing to do."

."

"How come the words sir are exactly the same as what my uncle said?"

Jia Yucun laughed and said to himself, "If your uncle hadn't warned me, I wouldn't bother to meddle in your business."

Lin Yun: "Sir, you haven't answered the question I just asked."

Jia Yucun thought for a while and said: "Actually, both of them are not difficult. The most difficult thing is to be an official with conscience."

Lin Yun asked curiously: "Isn't being an upright official a good official with a conscience?"

Jia Yucun shook his head and said: "This is wrong. Most people who are upright officials only do it to attract fame and show their integrity. If you think about it carefully, if you are a spotless upright official, it will be difficult to support yourself and your family with that little monthly salary.

How can you still have the money to hire staff to help you do things? How can you benefit the people if there is no one to help you?"

"Well."

Lin Yun asked in surprise: "Do you need a lot of money to hire a staff?"

"It's really not much to hire a staff member. The salary is about one hundred and ten taels per year, but when you add them up, it's a huge expense."

Lin Yun was speechless now. It seemed that he was so naive. He didn't even know what officialdom was like, so he just wanted to discuss this matter with an old man. He was really overestimating his capabilities.

After Jia Yucun took a sip of wine, he smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Brother Yun, do you know why your uncle insists on letting you come to Beijing?"

Lin Yun: "I know, my uncle is worried that I will be implicated by him and be harmed by the salt merchants."

Jia Yucun: "For one thing, your uncle's main purpose is to let you practice in the capital and polish off your edges."

Lin Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, you also think it's bad to have edges and corners?"

Jia Yucun: "When your uncle and I first entered the officialdom, we were just like you now. We hate evil as much as we hate enemies, and we have a clear distinction between love and hate. But the more things you experience, the more you will find that you have been changed."

Lin Yun silently thought about Jia Yucun's words. These should be his words of experience and his inner thoughts. It can be seen that Jia Yucun still has a trace of his original intention at this time.

Just as Lin Yun was deep in thought, Xiao Mo's voice came from outside, "Third Master, my wife asked you to go see her."

Hearing this, Jia Yucun put down his wine glass, stood up and said with a smile, "It's time for me to go too."

Lin Yun quickly got up to see him off. When he was sending Jia Yucun off the boat and was about to meet Jia Min, he saw Daiyu sitting in his cabin with Zicuckoo and Xueyan.

Xiao Mo said guiltily at the side: "Third Master, Miss Yu asked me to say that."

Lin Yun: "Then what excuse can you make? Why do you need to say that your aunt is looking for me?"

Daiyu: "I taught him to say this, otherwise he wouldn't have left."

Lin Yun sighed secretly in his heart: "I guess he told too many lies in front of Sister Lin, and she learned to make up lies. Will she still be the charming and beautiful Sister Lin from now on?"

Daiyu asked Zijuan and Xiaomo to clean up the desk, and asked Xueyan to bring in the chessboard. She held a small heater in her hand, sat down next to the desk and said, "Mother said, I can stay here today."

Play for an hour."

"Okay, let me see if your level has improved."

"I can definitely beat you today."

Lin Yun sat down opposite Daiyu and told Xueyan: "Go and make a cup of tea for the teacher."

"OK."

Xue Yan agreed crisply and went to make tea with Xiao Mo.

Daiyu stretched out her hand and dropped a piece on the chessboard, scolding: "You are not allowed to use my girl."

Lin Yun followed and said with a smile: "This is not called ordering, Xueyan is helping you pay your tuition."

"You are not my husband."

"Half is fine."

"Not half of it."

"Then I won't teach you anymore."

"I will tell my mother later that you bullied me."

"Uh~"

…

Early the next morning, when Lin Yun got up and washed up, he saw Qian Cong, the housekeeper, instructing the servants to pack up goods and accompanying items and make final preparations for heading to the capital.

After washing up, Lin Yun was about to go to General Dong to ask when the ship would sail, but saw Cherry running over to inform him that his wife asked him to come over.

After explaining a few words to Xiao Mo, Lin Yun followed Ying Tao to the top of the ship.

Seeing Lin Yun appear, a woman guarding the door came up to her and said with a smile: "My nephew, my wife is waiting for you inside."

"OK."

Lin Yun responded and led Yingtao quickly to the warehouse where Jia Min lived.

Pass on, come in to see.

Lin Yun walked into the warehouse and saw Jia Min, who was dressed in makeup, arranging her daughter's new clothes.

Seeing Lin Yun come in, Jia Min stopped what she was doing, turned to look at him and said, "Brother Yun, I have prepared a new set of clothes for you. You can quickly put them on and let me see."

Lin Yun said hurriedly: "Aunt, I don't need to change clothes, right?"

Jia Min: "My ancestors like children who are beautifully dressed. If you want to be eloquent, follow your aunt's arrangements."

Lin Yun thought to himself: "I am not from the Jia family, so why do I want to please the old lady?"

He thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

At this moment, Shiliu came over with a set of clothes, smiled at Lin Yun and said, "My wife has prepared it for my nephew in Yangzhou a long time ago."

Lin Yun saw that he was wearing a set of blue patterned arrow sleeves, a bright red cloak, and a pair of green satin boots with foundation. His face immediately darkened. How could he meet people with these colorful outfits on?

Daiyu was defeated by Lin Yun on the chessboard last night, and she was feeling unhappy. When she saw Lin Yun's expression of embarrassment, she smiled at Jia Min and said, "Mom, my brother doesn't seem to like the clothes you gave him.

?”

Lin Yun glared at the girl fiercely. This girl just wanted to keep the world in peace, so she would give him some eye drops in front of Jia Min from time to time.

Jia Min: "Brother Yun, I know you don't like these bright red and green clothes, but today's situation is special. In order to make the old lady happy, my aunt has no choice but to wrong you."

Lin Yun said helplessly: "Okay."

Seeing that Lin Yun agreed, Jia Min smiled happily and said: "Pomegranate, take your young nephew to the next door to change clothes, and then bring them over for me to have a look at."

"Slave, please respect your order."

Lin Yun followed Shiliu to the warehouse next door where she and Yingying lived. After entering, he smiled at the other party and said, "Sister Shiliu, put down your clothes and I'll change them myself."

Pomegranate: "Master nephew, let me help you change. My wife is still waiting over there."

Lin Yun said anxiously: "I can do it on my own, so get out quickly."

Shiliu looked at Lin Yun curiously, then smiled and said, "Master nephew, have you never had a maid by your side to serve you before?"

Lin Yun's cheeks turned slightly red and he said, "I'm not used to having girls serve me."

Hee hee hee~

Pomegranate let out a light laugh, then put down her clothes, closed the door and walked out.

Immediately, she called outside the door: "Young nephew, I'll be waiting outside. If you can't handle it, just ask me to come in."

"No, no need."

Lin Yun took off his clothes as he spoke, and then quickly put on the red and green clothes.

After changing, he was in trouble again. Although this was a warehouse for girls, there was no full-length mirror. He had no idea what he looked like after changing.

Not long after, I heard Pomegranate shouting from outside: "My nephew, have you changed it yet?"

"It's changed."
Chapter completed!