"Sir, a strange name card was delivered to my home in the afternoon."
"Whose name card is it?"
"Calling himself Seventh Master..."
During this time, Lin Xiaoyi has become very skilled in handling all kinds of famous invitations delivered to his door. He knows which ones do not need to disturb the young master, which ones need to be at least known to the young master, and which ones should be declined in reply.
So when he just returned home and heard the book boy's words, Di Jin knew that this post was unusual. When he looked at it again, he sneered: "Seventh Master? The head of a mere beggar deserves to be called Master." ?”
Master, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, was a very common title. Master, young master, officer, and military master are all honorific titles. Perhaps just kneeling down and calling someone alone is also a sign of obedience.
But in the Tang and Song dynasties, this title was the same as "adult" and was basically a title for the direct elders in the family. People in the Tang Dynasty called their fathers "Aye" and "Aye", and they were also called adults. In the Song Dynasty, the title "Aye" was relatively rare, and adults were still called "Daddy". of.
Therefore, if the seven beggar leaders of the Beggar's Gang are all addressed as "father", they are actually asking the beggars under their command to call them "father", just as the eunuchs like to recognize the young eunuchs as their adopted sons. This is to show their closeness and trust to their subordinates and to their superiors. It is to make them obey like their father.
Don't underestimate a title, it is very knowledgeable.
But the leader of the Beggar Gang, who is a scholar and a scholar, can get a name card, submit a name card, and then visit him, which is enough for him to win the title. In the name card, this person also casually uses the Seventh Master as his self-proclaimed name. It is simply ridiculous.
Di Jin was in a bad mood after investigating the case recently, and now he has received such a famous post. His tone was unprecedentedly cold and solemn. Lin Xiaoyi was shocked when he heard this, and then heard the young master say: "This is a charlatan." The threat was sent, you and Zhu Er don’t go out much these days, wait until Lei Jiu comes back, and then we can act together.”
Lin Xiaoyi mustered up his courage: "Sir, I have been practicing martial arts recently!"
Di Jin smiled, looked at the little book boy who had indeed become much stronger, and patted his shoulder: "Practice hard! The coachman taught you a good foundation, don't let him down! "
"Um!"
Lin Xiaoyi nodded heavily and turned around to inform Sister Zhuer about the situation.
Di Jin returned to the study and his eyes calmed down.
He despises Master Qi, and even hates organizations like the Beggar Gang that do all kinds of evil, but he will not despise the other party.
The main business of the beggar gang is to rob children and women. The children are harvested, cut, and artificially disabled, and then the disabled children are allowed to beg on the streets to gain sympathy. The robbed women from good families are then sold after causing harm. In this land of wind and dust, from now on it is impossible to survive or die.
This kind of Jianghu gangs are extremely hated by people no matter what period they are in, but this era is different and more threatening.
Because the base camp of the Beggar Gang is not in the streets or dark alleys, but in Wuyou Cave.
Bianliang City was built without proper planning for hundreds of years from the Tang Dynasty to the present. The underground ditches are very deep and wide, and people can drill into them. The terrain extends in all directions, and is hundreds of miles long in total, like a huge underground maze.
The beggars in the streets abducted women and children and hid them inside. Even if the government officials saw them at the time and followed them, they might disappear in the blink of an eye. If you pursue them deeper if you don’t believe in evil, you will get lost in them. Nowadays, regardless of whether he is a yamen servant or an official, everyone becomes angry when talking about Wuyou.
If the murder case affects the housing prices of a street, and the rumors of hauntings make people panic, then Wuyou Cave is the lingering shadow in the hearts of the people in the capital. It may not be as shocking as the former, but it is born under long-term torture. A sense of helpless numbness.
Not to mention the girls and children from common people's families, even those from high-ranking officials and powerful families have suffered, and they are itching to hate them, but there is nothing they can do about it.
If you want to solve it, all talk about flooding and poisonous gas is nonsense. Under normal circumstances, only the imperial court can send elite personnel to surround it from all directions and gradually clear it out, and then it is possible to catch the thieves hiding inside. But this is only a temporary solution to the disaster. , maybe in less than ten years, maybe in just one or two years, a large number of villains, thieves, and desperadoes will gather inside.
And this world still has force, which is more difficult to encircle and suppress than in history. Of course, the personnel sent can also be elite masters...
Just as he was thinking of this, a gust of breeze blew by, and Di Xiangling came to the desk and greeted: "Brother Six!"
It wasn't that they were in harmony with each other. Di Xiangling would go home every night in the past few days. The two parties exchanged the latest situation. Di Jin first brought a cup of tea over, moistened his sister's throat, and then whispered the progress of today's investigation.
"What!" Di Xiangling was so angry that she almost smashed her tea cup: "Just because of the bullshit rumors about the unknown twins, they killed the pair of children and forced Han Youniang to hang herself?"
Di Jin said: "The fundamental reason is that these dignitaries, concubines and their children all regard themselves as superior masters and regard Sun Hong as a servant. How can the children born by servants affect the future of the master? So even if they have an attitude of preferring to believe something exists rather than something they don’t have, they still can’t tolerate the pair of children..."
"Isn't that a good death?" Di Xiangling waved his hands angrily: "I think Sun Hong has left the capital. The world is so big that there is no way to find him. Let's not waste our efforts and catch the evil lord first. Say it again!”
Di Jin was silent.
Di Xiangling was a little embarrassed when he saw it and lowered his voice: "Brother Six, you finally found out the truth. I'd better go find Sun Hong...right?"
"Sister misunderstood..." Di Jin shook his head: "In this regard, my sister and I have the same view. As the saying goes, harming others will ultimately harm yourself. The 'Sun family' is extremely selfish. Not only does it show indifference after the death of the child, but it even You are still laughing, but you really have no humanity at all. Such people have done their own evil! But I don’t think Sun Hong will fly away. He is old and fakes his death to escape, just to find a place to start over? "
"That's right!" Di Xiangling understood: "Sun Hong should still be hiding in the capital, waiting for a chance to avenge the powerful. Now we have finally found this step. Once we seize the evidence, we can convict the culprit. If he interferes with it, all the previous efforts will be wasted, and Sun Hong will bear all the final blame, and those people will feel at ease!"
Di Jin nodded: "This is exactly what I am worried about."
"Okay!" Di Xiangling regained her energy: "I'll go find him!"
After the exchange of the case was over, Di Jin asked again: "What's the situation with the Beggar Gang?"
Di Xiangling frowned slightly: "Don't mention it, they are all smaller than a mouse! In the past two months, the monks arrested a lot of people from the Beggar Gang. Those were not low-level minions, many of them were in charge. , which made the Beggar Gang lose some vitality. Not long ago, Gongsun Ce next door also destroyed one of their strongholds. I have been extremely vigilant these days. I went to many strongholds, but all of them were empty..."
"Oh?" Di Jin's eyes moved slightly and he handed over the name card: "The beggar's posture is quite unusual!"
"Visit him at home? Who gave him the courage!"
When Di Xiangling saw it, he was furious at first, and then he was happy: "They really dare to come to the door, then I can't ask for anything more. Place Xiao Yi and Zhu'er in place, I'll wait for them, and kill as many as they come!"
"It's not that simple. Sister, it's better to find more helpers..." Di Jin thought for a while and said, "What is the Zhongyi Society's attitude towards the Beggar Gang?"
Di Xiangling said: "The Zhongyi Society does hate what the Beggar Gang does, but it is still impossible for them to use all their strength to encircle and suppress them. After all, the Beggar Gang mostly conflicts with the thieves and has little contact with the Zhongyi Society. , the two sides are not going to fight to the death, and the Beggar Gang can hide in Wuyou Cave, if they really have to lie dormant for a period of time, and come out to embarrass the Zhongyi Society, they will be devastated..."
Di Jin was not surprised: "If the Zhongyi Society had a shrewd leader, he would indeed not do that. Otherwise, even if the Beggar Gang is eliminated, the government will still be afraid of it."
"That's right!" Di Xiangling snorted: "The Beggar Gang can't even be dealt with by the Kaifeng government office. If they were defeated by a Jianghu gang, it would be too conspicuous. Humph, it seems they are not true heroes! "
Di Jin smiled, but didn't take it seriously: "Any force that can become powerful cannot be based on loyalty alone. We can't ask others to be perfect, as long as they are not duplicitous hypocrites. Sister can work more with the Loyalty Society. It is better to go back and forth and rely on their strength to deal with the Beggar Gang than to show off your talents when you first come to the capital, suppressing the local gang and making people jealous..."
"clear!"
Di Xiangling understood everything and was about to discuss how to guard the house in detail. The sound of footsteps was heard. Not long after, Lin Xiaoyi arrived outside the study: "Sir, Official Lu is here. It seems there is something important!"
Di Jin's eyes moved: "I'll be here right away!"
In the waiting hall, Lu Andao was circling with his hands behind his back, looking very confused. When he saw Di Jin walking in, he immediately came up to him and said directly: "Shi Lin, regarding the truth you deduced, Chen Dafu has some doubts..."
Di Jin raised his eyebrows and immediately asked, "What happened?"
Although there is no conclusive evidence for his analysis, more and more details are completely consistent and corroborated. There is no reason why Chen Yaozi should not believe it unless there is some evidence that conflicts with the speculation.
Sure enough, Lu Andao said solemnly: "Just in the afternoon, Judge Wang discovered a key clue. In the Puji Temple outside the city, a group of forty ashes were enshrined three years ago. However, after the officials lifted them, There are differences in severity. Five or six of them may be deceptions, but only more than thirty jars are heavy..."
Di Jin was slightly startled: "Thirty-five missing heads?"
"Judge Wang is very suspicious that it is those heads, but the monks in the temple do not want the government office to open it, saying they are afraid of disturbing the souls of the dead. But now that the jar has been guarded, waiting for the approval of Chen Dafu, these monks cannot resist!"
Lu Andao said in a deep voice: "Because of this, Chen Dafu has doubts about the truth that Shi Lin said. If it was not the case of family extermination, how could Sun Hong still keep the heads of those enemies and enshrine them in the Buddhist temple?" Woolen cloth?"
