Even if the other party didn't tell him, Di Jin had almost forgotten that he solved the case of Hao Qingyu's death in Jinyang Academy and cleared Guo Chengshou's injustice. The Guo family of Taiyuan still owed him a huge favor.
Guo Chengshou apparently notified the capital in advance via a letter, including the departure date and a fixed route along the official road. The Guo family hired idle men at various city gates to describe their appearance and characteristics, so they followed him as soon as they entered the city. come over.
If Di Xiangling hadn't disappeared, Xianhan found that one person was missing. He was not sure for a while, and he might have come up to ask.
Facing the invitation from the Guo family, Di Jin smiled and nodded: "In that case, please lead the way!"
The old man from the Guo family breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that this candidate, who was a candidate for the exam, would not want to have anything to do with his relatives’ home. If he was rejected, he immediately happily led the way: "Please!"
The destination of the group became clear, heading towards Taipingfang in the first compartment of the left army.
According to records from the fifth year of Tianxi, 1021 AD, that is, five years ago, there were eight compartments in the old and new cities of Bianjing. Among them, the first compartment of the Zuo Army governed 20 compartments and contained about 8,950 households. .
This number is not only small, but rather small, because Taipingfang among them is where dignitaries and dignitaries live, and many of the mansions are even given by the emperor. You can imagine how large an area each family occupied.
The Guo family's residence in the capital is in Taipingfang.
The house had already sent someone to inform the owner, and the man who came out of the front yard was a man in his forties named Guo Chengqing. He was Guo Chengshou's biological brother. He entered the official position as the queen's nephew and is now in the third class courtyard. As an official, he leads a leisurely life.
Di Jin stepped forward and saluted: "Di Jin pays homage to Guo Langjun!"
Guo Chengqing smiled: "Shilin, you and Wuxie are good friends, how about you call me brother Yanxiu?"
Guo Chengshou was named Wuxie because he had been frail and sick since he was a child and hoped that no external evil would enter his body. The name Yanxiu meant long-term protection, which was in line with his status as a member of the Guo family.
"Brother Yanxiu!"
Di Jin's attitude towards the Guo family is actually neither far nor close.
He has a good relationship with Guo Chengshou, and he will not deliberately do evil to his relatives in order to show their so-called arrogance like some literati of the same generation. However, there is no doubt that he will never accept the kindness of his relatives' family.
This attitude was also reflected in the following banquet, especially when Guo Chengqing invited him to live in the mansion in Taipingfang, and he said bluntly: "Thank you, Brother Yanxiu, for your kindness. It's just that I'm busy preparing for the exam and want to find some peace and quiet." Taipingfang is not suitable for this place.”
When Guo Chengqing was rejected, he was not angry. On the contrary, he was more optimistic. He stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Then I wish Shilin a successful career and a bright future. He will also have his own mansion in Taipingfang one day!"
The family of military commanders are direct and don't mince words. Di Jin actually liked this statement and raised his glass to drink.
After the banquet of catching wind and washing the dust, and staying at the Guo family for another day, it was time to look for a place to live in the capital.
The high housing prices in the capital city of the Northern Song Dynasty were extremely exaggerated in all dynasties. After all, Bianliang was not suitable for being the capital city. At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the city's designed capacity was 300,000 people. Now, the inner city and the outer city are With constant mobility, the total population is approaching one million. With so many people coming in all at once, it is easy to imagine that every inch of land costs money.
Now is the Tiansheng period in the early days of Renzong, which is barely okay. It's just that some officials in the capital have no money to buy a house and need to rent a house to live in. The price of the houses in the back becomes more and more shocking, and it has reached the point where the poorer prime ministers have to rent a house.
Di Jin felt that he would definitely own a mansion in the capital in the future, but he had better forget it now. The three thousand guan that the Lei family had previously paid could buy a mansion in Bingzhou, but it was nothing here.
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When it came to renting a house, he was not polite and directly asked Mr. Guo to find a reputable dental shop. He soon found a house in Laoqiao Lane.
"The front yard and the back house are of a suitable size, with convenient transportation and easy access to all directions. It can also provide peace and quiet in the midst of the hustle and bustle... Are there any bad guys happening around here?"
"Please rest assured, high officials, this place is not far from the Fengfu Yamen. We have people patrolling it frequently. No thieves dare to cause trouble!"
"very good!"
Di Jin nodded slightly.
The public security situation is also a necessary condition for renting a house. It is not that they are afraid of danger. Their family basically wants to harm others. It is mainly in case something happens. Some people always whisper that wherever he goes, there will be cases. occur……
That's slander, slander!
Now I am satisfied with the environment and location, but the price is also quite astonishing. The annual rent is a full 200 yuan.
For this price, Di Jin and Zhu Er were not surprised. Lei Jiu even felt a pain in his body, let alone Lin Xiaoyi. It was really difficult to live in the capital.
After signing the lease for renting the house for one year, Yaren introduced the employment of maids, but even if there were nursing homes or maids, they would be reserved for the elites of the Lei family. Before solving the case of the Zhu family in the Imperial City, Di Jin They won't be used by people who don't know where to go.
When Yaren was rejected, he reluctantly mentioned a few restaurants and shops he was familiar with. After advertising, he resigned and left.
After leaving the courtyard, Yaren silently calculated today's income and walked out of the alley humming a tune.
As soon as I arrived next door, I saw the door open, and a handsome scribe with a wide robe, wide sleeves, and a scarf on his head walked out with his head held high. He glanced at him and said with a Jiangnan accent: "You Qi, the house next door is occupied. Have you rented it out?"
Yaren was shocked: "Mr. Gongsun? Why did you move to Laoqiao Lane?"
The handsome scribe said matter-of-factly: "Someone died in the house we shared. Although the case has been solved, people from the government came and went, disturbing people's peace, so they had to change places. By the way, I rented a house from you three times. What happened?"
The painful memories were brought back to the tooth man, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "Gongsun Langjun, please don't say that, our dental shop has always been reputable, we have always been reputable!"
The handsome scribe said calmly: "So it's because of bad luck in my life that my life has been unlucky?"
The weather was still cold, but Yaren's forehead was sweating, and the corners of his eyes kept turning back, fearing that the high-ranking official who had just agreed to a one-year lease would hear about it, and the commission money he finally got was gone.
The handsome scribe just sighed a little, but he was not angry. After all, he solved the murder case of the resident scholar at that time, and he was quite proud of himself. Naturally, he would not embarrass the person who introduced him: " Go! Go! Look how nervous you are~"
"Well done, Gongsun Langjun! I'm taking my leave, little one!"
As if he had been pardoned, Yaren hurriedly bowed and while running out of the alley, he looked back sympathetically at the house he had just rented out...
With such a person as your neighbor, God bless you, but nothing will happen to you!
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