After lunch, Lin Jue took Lin Hu out to Songshan Academy located on Wansong Ridge in the south of Hangzhou. He was actually not sure whether he could be accepted by Fang Dunru as a disciple, but he had to give it a try. In his previous life, he
Finally, by chance, he entered Songshan Academy, and after receiving Fang Dunru's guidance, he went to high school. Unfortunately, everything came too late. The reason why Lin Jue wanted to re-enter Fang Dunru's family was not really to pass the imperial examination.
It's just a matter of fate in the previous life.
Although I spent a short time with Fang Dunru in that life, I was impressed by Fang Dunru's knowledge and insight. In Lin Jue's view, Fang Dunru was the truly talented and learned person. And if you want to make achievements in this life,
Establishing a relationship with Fang Dunru early will definitely benefit him a lot. But the more important aspect is that when he was under Fang Dunru's family in his previous life, Lin Jue felt the warmth of home. Fang Dunru and Mrs. Fang
The man was very kind to Lin Jue and made Lin Jue feel the warm feeling of family affection. It was a rare and beautiful memory in the gloomy life of his previous life. This was what Lin Jue valued the most. Therefore, Lin Jue decided to do this.
After leaving Lin Zhai, Lin Jue and Lin Hu walked south along Xihe Street. Xihe is one of the three inland rivers in Hangzhou that are connected to the canal. With these three inland rivers, Hangzhou's water transportation can be extended in all directions.
Because there are docks along several rivers in the city, ships can reach various locations on several main streets via canals, which greatly facilitates and speeds up the circulation of goods in Hangzhou.
This is also the reason why Hangzhou City has become the largest city in the southeast. The waterway transportation extending in all directions is a huge advantage in these days. Goods from all over the southeast are concentrated here, and can lead to distant places in the Zhou Dynasty through waterways and canals.
Songshan Academy is not in the city, but on Wansongling outside Fengshan Gate in Nancheng. It is also a scenic spot in Hangzhou. Horseback riding in Wansongling is a fashion among the literati and celebrities in Hangzhou. Small Wansongling
There are as many as seven or eight academies in the city, and it is a place where humanities and academics flourish.
After walking along the street for several miles, the Fengshan Gate Tower was in sight. At this time, Lin Jue's attention was not in the direction of the tower, but behind him.
Ever since he heard what Lu Wu said yesterday, Lin Jue had become more cautious as soon as he went out today. Not long after he went out, Lin Jue discovered two stalkers following the street. Although Lin Jue did not
I don’t know who they are, but it’s obvious that they must be the little tail sent by Huang Changqing.
Lin Jue sneered. He suddenly understood the reason behind Huang Changqing's behavior in the morning. If Huang Changqing wanted to catch him, he could only hope that he would commit a crime in the street market outside Lin's house. This may be why he did not stop him but said
Reasons for approval.
Lin Jue decided to give the two stalking guys some trouble, but he couldn't do it himself. After walking a few steps, Lin Jue stopped beside a group of idle coolies standing on the street corner. He glanced behind him with his peripheral vision and saw dozens of steps.
Outside, two people who were watching pretended to look at the stalls on the street and stopped.
Seven or eight idle men stood with their bellies open under the shade of a tree on the street corner talking. One of them was spitting and bragging. The other men were rubbing the mud balls on their bodies and listening attentively. These people are very common on the streets of Hangzhou.
, they are all coolie men, standing on the street corner waiting for odd jobs. Once someone wants to move goods and work as a coolie, they will come to them at the street corner, negotiate a price, and then the gang will follow them to work and earn some money to support their wives.
child.
A group of people saw a handsome young man standing in front of them with a teenage book boy, and they knew that a customer was coming. Several men said in succession: "Is this young official looking for someone to do some work?"
Lin Jue nodded and smiled: "Exactly."
"What kind of cargo? Unloading or loading? How many kilograms of cargo?" the men asked all at once.
"If you don't unload the goods, you won't load them." Lin Jue took out a piece of silver from his arms and said, "Have you seen the two men in short clothes next to the stall behind? They are my servants. I want to go out to play, and they serve me.
My parents ordered me to follow them behind to control them, which prevented me from enjoying myself. I would like to ask you to help stop them. It is best to give them a good beating. For such a small matter, I will share this ingot of silver with you."
All the men looked at each other in shock. This was the first time they had received such a job. The small officials probably had as many as three taels of silver ingots. Each of the seven or eight people could get three or four taels of silver, which was not a small amount. Normally, a day's hard work would be done.
, it was only two denarii. However, this request to beat someone in the street was a bit strange, and everyone was murmuring.
"We don't do things like beating people. We are workers, not street gangsters. It's not economical to arrest people and slap them in the government." One man shook his head and the others nodded.
Lin Jue smiled and said: "You don't dare to earn such easy money. You really deserve to be poor. That's all. I'll teach you a trick. After a while, they come over and one of you pretends to be knocked down by them. Isn't there a reasonable reason for this?
Do you want to beat them up? Besides, these two are servants of my family. I just don’t want my parents to know about this, otherwise I can beat them myself. That’s all, you don’t want to make this money, I will find someone else.
Xiaohu, there is a group of men on the street corner in front, they must be smart. Let's go find them."
Lin Hu nodded and said, "Young Master is saying that those guys seem to be more sophisticated than these guys. Let's go find them."
Several men were blushing and being scolded by the little official and the child in front of them, which was really hurtful. Moreover, they were really unwilling to see the money flying away.
"Ah Hei, maybe we can do this. The officer is right. If we block the road and they bump into us, it's not unreasonable for us to beat them."
"But... isn't this blackmail? I'm afraid it's not good. We brothers are all good people who abide by the law."
"Old Kang, I haven't made any money today. My wife will make a lot of noise when I get home, and I can't control much of it. What this little official said is that if you have money but don't make money, you deserve to be poor. If you don't do it, I will do it.
I'll hit two of them one at a time, and I'll get the silver alone."
"Isn't that right? Are we still brothers? We agreed that we should share the same responsibility if there are difficulties? If we do it, it's not a big deal."
A group of people immediately reached a consensus in a few words.
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Okay, even if you have some courage, I don't want you to beat them any more. Just give them a bruise and a swollen face. Take the money, let's go first, and the rest is up to you."
Lin Jue threw the silver into the hands of a man. The men sighed, spit and rubbed the money into their palms again and again.
Lin Jue and Lin Hu walked quickly toward the Fengshan Gate Tower. Behind them, two servants from the Lin House who were following saw this and hurriedly dropped the goods in their hands to follow. The two servants looked at Lin Jue in the crowd in front.
and Lin Hu's figure, and didn't notice a figure bumping into him from the side. Before he could figure out what was going on, he saw a man lying on the ground moaning.
The two guys didn't care about this and walked straight forward. Six or seven men gathered around and yelled: "You hit someone and you still want to leave? What's the point?"
"Come here, are you trying to mess with me? Get out of here, or I'll make you look good." A fierce slave didn't take these men seriously at all, and yelled with eyes wide open.
Several big men looked at each other and shouted almost at the same time: "Beat him. If you are so violent after hitting someone, is there any way to do it?"
All the men came up with fists, and for a while, the fists and kicks were ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-ponging. The dust was flying. Although the two servants had some skills, they couldn't stand against the large number of people on the other side. Moreover, these coolies had strong arms and were not light on their fists and feet.
.He was knocked to the ground three times, punched and kicked until he was wailing and begging for mercy.
The coolie idlers did not dare to strike hard. They punched and kicked them until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen. They dispersed before the policemen arrived on the street. The remaining two servants were lying on the street rolling and groaning.
I know what happened today.
When the commotion started in the rear, Lin Jue and Lin Hu sped up and left the city through Fengshan Gate.
…
Songshan Academy is located halfway up the east slope of Wansong Ridge. Lin Jue and Lin Hu walked along the mountain road for half an hour before they saw the gate of the academy among the green pines.
A tall stone archway stands across dozens of stone steps. The four characters "High Mountain Yangzhi" are engraved on the archway, which is really extraordinary. Pass through the archway and bypass a huge screen wall engraved with the teachings of ancient sages.
Ahead is a small flat land. Covered in green trees, a house is located on the cliff on the left. There is also a stone step leading to a place where pines and bamboos are denser.
Lin Jue was very familiar with all this. He had studied here for a year in his previous life, so he was naturally familiar with the roads. He knew that the building in front of him was the gatehouse at the entrance of the academy. There were academy servants on duty here, and outsiders were not allowed to enter or exit at will.
of.
Lin Jue and Xiao Hu had just appeared from behind the screen wall when someone poked their head out of the stone gatehouse.
"What are you doing? This is where the academy is. People who are not from the academy are not allowed to break in." A porter in short clothes shouted loudly.
Lin Jue stepped forward and saluted: "I am a student who comes here to study. I would like to see Fang Dunru and Fang Daru. Please be accommodating."
The porter looked Lin Jue up and down, and when he saw Lin Jue's gentleness and talent, he was convinced. He had seen this kind of thing a lot, and it was not uncommon for students to come to the academy with admiration.
"That's right. But the academy is on summer vacation in June and July. You came at the wrong time."
Lin Jue was stunned, cursing himself that he had forgotten that Songshan Academy had a two-month summer break every June and July when it was extremely hot, and a two-month winter break in the cold winter. It is now mid-to-late June, which is exactly the time.
During the summer break of Songshan Academy.
But then I thought about it, what I wanted to see was Fang Dunru, as long as he was here. Even though it was summer break, there were actually many students in the academy who didn't want to leave, so they lived in the academy to study.
"It's okay to take a summer break. I'm mainly here to see President Fang Shan. But I don't know if he is in the academy."
"Yes, I am, but the mountain chief told me not to see outsiders. I can't let you in."
"I am an acquaintance of his, how can you stop me from entering?" Lin Jue used his trump card.
"Acquaintance? Are you and Fang Shan long?" The concierge obviously didn't believe it.
"Of course, can I lie to you? I came to see him some time ago, and you were not the concierge at that time. I will only tell you one thing, and you will know that I am not lying. The house where Fang Shanchang lives is
Isn't it under the small cliff next to the West Bamboo Forest? There are three small huts, the one with a fenced courtyard in front and back? Also, in the afternoon, there is a small pond under the cliff? My wife planted some lotus flowers in it, and there are many more in it.
Big herring?”
The concierge opened his eyes wide and nodded repeatedly: "Really, you really came in."
Lin Zhi smiled happily and said: "No, I told you I didn't lie to you. Fang Shan has always loved taking care of flowers and plants, and there are many flowers and trees planted in the yard and house, right? Well... there is a wintersweet in the southwest corner of the back garden, right?
"
The concierge had no doubts. These details were explained clearly, which showed that the young man in front of him and the mountain leader should be really familiar with each other. Otherwise, even the mountain leader's preferences were clearly stated, and the terrain was accurate.
It doesn't make sense.
"Since that's the case, I can't stop you, so I'll just invite you in." The concierge finally said.
Lin Jue cupped his hands and thanked him, leading Lin Hu back along the stone steps. Lin Hu asked in a low voice: "Uncle, have you been here before? How do you know so much about it?"
"I'm confused." Lin Jue smiled.
"Liar, can this be true? That's really bizarre." Of course Lin Hu didn't believe it.
Lin Jue smiled and said nothing, thinking: The memory of the last life here should be ten years from now. In the past ten years, the layout of this place has remained unchanged. Fortunately, it can be completely matched just now. Just now
I am also worried that the situation at this time will be different from that in ten years.
