"Well……"
Di Jin opened his eyes and got up, stretched out, showing a relaxed look.
Before, he had a clock in his heart, counting how many days and even what time of day it was that Mrs. Lei was kidnapped.
Since you want to solve the case, you have to do your best.
Now that the stress is gone, I feel relaxed.
Of course, if it is said to be completely over, it is definitely not over.
After all, Lei Hu asked his own people to tie up his daughter and staged a farce that tormented the whole city. He still didn't understand what the purpose was.
But the previous kidnapping cases were basically confirmed. This person's current status, especially as the leader of the five guilds, is probably related to this kind of shameful activity.
Di Jin actually didn't want to get to the bottom of it and dig out everyone's secrets, but since he was involved, if he said he didn't care at all, he would be hiding his ears. After all, Lei Hu's plan was hindered, and he would have to pay for it next. I'm definitely not willing to give in...
"Whoosh!"
While brushing his teeth while thinking, a breeze blew by, and Di Xiangling appeared with a toothbrush in his mouth, purring side by side with him.
After the two of them sat down at the dinner table, my sister couldn't wait to share: "Lame Li and Xuan Niang were both caught. Xuan Niang was good at the art of disguise, so she was also taken away!"
Di Jin said: "It takes a long time to prepare for disguise...Did you get caught off guard and have no chance to perform?"
"That's right. She was picked up from under the bed. She didn't even put on makeup. Chen Xiaoqi was still mumbling that she couldn't recognize her at all!"
Di Xiangling's tone was filled with joy: "A person like her is different from Chen Xiaoqi and Lame Li. She must have been a slave before, and she should have ended up like this!"
Di Jin nodded.
"Gudu Gudu!" Di Xiangling drank a bowl of porridge, then went to serve another bowl, and then asked: "I had a lot of questions last night, and I've been holding them in so hard that I feel uncomfortable now. What about Chen Xiaoqi's fear of Thunder Tiger? It’s not like it’s fake, why did he suddenly become Lei Hu’s subordinate...”
Di Jin explained: "Tie Luohan is a subordinate of Thunder Tiger, but Chen Xiaoqi, Lame Li and Xuan Niang were recruited by Tie Luohan, so the three of them actually didn't know that the kidnapping had an ulterior motive, and they really thought they were going to disturb the local people." How can the rich and powerful not be afraid once they are captured? Now that they are in the hands of the Yamen, it is actually a kind of preferential treatment..."
Di Xiangling pondered: "According to this, Iron Arhat is no ordinary subordinate!"
"To be able to restrain three gangsters, tie up five people in two or three years, and still be forbearing and restrained, he is a talented person who is on his own. But after this incident, this gang will definitely be abandoned..."
After Di Jin commented, he also warned: "Thunder Tiger also really loves his daughter. He doesn't even want to make her suffer. To be able to make such a desperate move as abandoning his subordinates and kidnapping his daughter must be an extraordinary event." , there may be conflicts in the city next, sister, be careful!"
Di Xiangling was very calm about this: "It's fine if they don't come. They've offended me. At worst, I can bring my mace and go to Lei's house at night."
"It's not that it's not that..."
Di Jin is still a law-abiding and good citizen, but he can't keep up with his sister's thinking in this regard. His original starting point is to cause less trouble, why is he now aiming to exterminate his family?
"Don't think too much, just practice at home!"
Di Xiangling smiled and comforted his brother, then left happily after eating.
Di Jin shook his head and smiled bitterly. Lei Hushang was simple, and his sister was not a kind person either. He put away the dishes, went to the backyard to practice martial arts, went to the study to study, and returned to the usual rhythm of life.
After two days of this, there was a knock on the door.
When Di Jin opened the door, he saw a servant who looked like a book boy standing respectfully in front of the door: "I'd like to pay my respects to Brother Six. This is Alang's letter. Please accept it."
The letter was written by his uncle Di Yuanchang. Di Jin read it briefly and became happy.
Two important messages.
For one, he became famous.
At least among the upper class in Yangqu, he is already somewhat famous.
Because a group of rich people gathered outside Longquan Temple that night tacitly described how vicious the kidnappers were to prove how difficult it was for their children to come back. He, the righteous man who captured the thieves and rescued the hostages, was " A talented person who is courageous, clear and able to make judgments."
And those wealthy households who had not been kidnapped breathed a sigh of relief and were happy to spread the word about this deed.
Secondly, the admission to Jinyang Academy was successfully passed.
Historically, academies sprouted in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, official learning declined. Inspired by the model of the Buddhist Zen Forest and the tradition of private professors, academies began to be born, but only in small numbers.
In the Song Dynasty, academies began to spring up all over the country. When Zhu Xi published "Revelation of Bailudong Academy", the management of academies was unified and institutionalized.
In the later Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, in order to be more conducive to governance, the imperial court simply converted the academies into official schools. This also led to the rapid rigidity of the educational content of the academies and inevitably became vassals of the imperial examination system.
It can be said that the most dynamic dynasty of the academies was the Song Dynasty, which flourished in civil affairs, and the Northern Song Dynasty when a hundred flowers bloomed, but that was basically after Fan Zhongyan founded the academy.
This year is the third year of Tiansheng. Fan Zhongyan is thirty-seven years old. He is still a local county magistrate, but he also asks for orders from the people and is responsible for building weir projects. It can be said that he is in the accumulation stage of becoming an official. There is still some time before he can teach and start a school.
Di Jin does not enjoy the benefit of further popularization of education. If he wants the best local educational resources and the greatest return on learning in the least time, he must enter a top academy.
Now I finally got my wish.
Di Yuanchang did not take credit for this, and believed that it was Di Jin's contribution to solving the case and arresting the thief, coupled with the residual prestige of Di's own famous family, which made Jinyang Academy willing to accept him as a student, and even had very low requirements in terms of education. .
Other students asked for 300 guan a year, but Di Jin only had to give him a symbolic 50 guan.
Although the letter was not written so straightforwardly, the comparison revealed by Di Yuanchang still left Di Jin a little stunned.
After arguing for a long time, if he didn't get a reward, even if he could enter the academy, he wouldn't be able to pay the tuition?
Of course, now that there is a letter of recommendation attached to the letter, you only need to go to the Supervisory Academy Hao Qingyu for an interview and go through the process, and you can enter the academy to listen to the class the next day.
Such conditions made Di Yuanchang more and more certain that his nephew had a bright future and would revitalize the Di family in the future. In addition to the earnest expectations in the letter, he also hoped to move around more.
Di Jin knew that if he hadn't been withdrawn by nature in the past, he was still a homebody now. He stayed at home all day long, and those relatives who were not sure about their attitude would have visited him long ago to communicate with him.
But that's okay, except for his sister, he really doesn't want to socialize with his brothers and sisters of the same generation.
It's not that the Di family has a bad family tradition, on the contrary, because one of Di Renjie's sons was cruel and unscrupulous, the people pulled down the shrine built in honor of Di Renjie. , no longer serve." Since then, the Di family has always attached great importance to family tradition and family education, and most of the children have stayed on their own. Ironically, this may be the reason why they did not earn such a big fortune in the previous dynasty.
Di Jin was optimistic about this, but he really didn't have anything in common with his cousins who followed the rules. Why bother just chatting awkwardly with relatives who were visiting relatives during the New Year in his previous life? It’s better to practice martial arts alone and save worry!
Accepting the admission notice with great care, Di Jin wrote a reply and asked the boy to bring it to his uncle Di Yuanchang. Then he returned to the study and began preparations for entering the academy.
"Yes, I also have to hire a book boy, otherwise many things will be really inconvenient..."
While he was thinking about it, Di Xiangling knocked on the door of the study room, walked in, and handed something over: "This is a greeting card! Tomorrow night Lei Hu will come to the door in person to thank him for saving his daughter, but in terms of reward, Something has changed…”
Di Jinqi said: "You're cheating and won't pay me?"
Di Xiangling had a strange look on his face: "On the contrary, Thunder Tiger has already said that it is our fault that he can save his beloved daughter and return home safely. He is willing to thank her with a thousand dollars!"
