Chapter 25: The Secret of the College (19)

"Kexin sent a letter to me that day, making an appointment to meet me, saying that there was something important to tell me in person."

Mrs. Lin was haggard, dressed as a village woman, according to herself, she was followed when she went out of the city, the maid Xiaoyun was loyal to the lord, changed into her clothes and drove the carriage away to lead away the stalker, she panicked, it was late, she accidentally fell down the hillside, fainted, and was rescued by the farmers under the mountain the next day, and rested in the human house for two days, I heard that Lin Zhishan was arrested, and came to complain.

"Mrs. Lin said that the person who harmed you was Lin Shanchang, you are the same clan's flesh and blood, why would he harm you?"

Xia Xianling didn't believe it.

Luo Fan looked at Mrs. Lin with a concerned face, and Zengshou hid in the shadows, staring at Mrs. Lin with interest, and the playful eyes made Luo Fan shudder: he seemed to enjoy Mrs. Lin's performance, how did this person's heart grow?

"I went to Ruyi Academy, because it was night, lonely men and widows were worried about being gossiped, when I went to the academy, I was careful all the way, I kept avoiding people, and there was no one outside the small courtyard, but I went in and found that he was ......" Mrs. Lin's lips trembled slightly, "Kexin fell in a pool of blood, I was frightened, squatted down to check, he was out of breath, I was frightened, and ran out in a hurry, my maid Xiaoyun was waiting for me at the back door of the courtyard, and I just walked to the alley and saw a figure, it was my uncle Lin Shanchang." Grandma, you think, how did he end up there? Kexin said that there was something important to find me, I guess he was going to accuse me of insulting and occupying him after a long time, my uncle was worried that Kexin would expose his privacy and kill him, the more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and Xiaoyun hurriedly ran home, and when I arrived at the door, I thought no, since my uncle saw me, he must trouble me, and Kexin died, I entered the house after his death, and it was easy to be suspected, so I went home and changed my clothes, took some money and came out to take Xiaoyun out of the city in a carriage, I was going to go back to the ancestral hall in the countryside to take refuge, but I didn't expect that the carriage was halfway away, and I found that someone was following me, and the maid Xiaoyun changed my clothes, and drove the carriage to lure away the people who were following me, so I got out of the car and ran to the hillside not far away, but I didn't expect to accidentally fall down," Mrs. Lin said here and trembled.

Luo Fan kept looking at her silently and didn't say a word.

Xia Xian Ling looked at the longevity of the people who were sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, and asked with a dry cough: "Just because you saw Lin Shanchang appear near that alley, you think that he killed Zhang Kexin, which is too ...... Unbelievable. ”

"My lord, I have proof."

Mrs. Lin said as she took out a piece of jade pendant from her purse.

"My lord, please look, when I went to check Kexin's injury, I found that he was holding this in his hand, I picked it up and took a look, this is the jade pendant in our Lin family's room! It has been passed down from generation to generation, and only the eldest grandson of the eldest house who inherits the academy is eligible to wear it. ”

Xia Xian Ling picked up the jade pendant: "This ...... A piece of jade pendant, I don't know where it fell and it was picked up by Zhang Kexin. ”

In his words, he kept excusing Lin Shanchang.

"What do you mean, sir? Do you want to force me a weak woman to sue the royal nail board? Mrs. Lin glanced at Luo Fan again and continued, "I have accepted the imperial court's edict, and I am not afraid of the nail board. Lin Zhishan followed all the way and tried to snatch the jade pendant, I saw it clearly at the time, but the adults repeatedly excused him, and the little woman really didn't understand. ”

In front of the two Qincha, Xia Xianling was speechless when asked.

Luo Fan snorted and stood up and said, "The facts are clear, the evidence is conclusive, does the Xia County Order still want to protect Lin Zhishan?" ”

"Hahaha, you have wronged Xia County, isn't there a little girl here...... Didn't the little boy be tried? Zengshou smiled, yin and yang weird, "I said Xia County Order, how did you find someone to identify Mo Zhanxiang's handwriting?" ”

It turned out that Xia County Ling took the little boy's paper, and asked the master to go to Jixiang Academy to find Mo Zhanxiang's past articles to check whether the handwriting was consistent.

Hearing Zengshou ask, the master hurriedly turned around from behind and said, "Master, Lord Qincha, the handwriting of the letter is indeed Mo Zhanxiang's,"

Xia Xianling's face was gloomy, and he sighed: "I didn't expect that Lin Shanchang would ...... Insulting Sven, insulting Sven. ”

"Xia County Order, what this Lin Zhishan has done is extremely hateful and must be severely punished." Luo Fan glared at Xia County Order angrily.

"This ...... After all, this is the great Confucianism of the time, and the scholars of the Lin family have made great contributions to the academy for generations, this ...... This ......"

Xia Xianling was embarrassed.

Luo Fan said: "Xia County Order, this auspicious academy belongs to the Lin family, not his Lin Zhishan alone, all the glory of Lin Zhishan comes from the academy, even if Lin Zhishan is arrested, the academy is still in the hands of the descendants of the Lin family, what can adults worry about." Saying that, he looked at Mrs. Lin, "I don't shy away from relatives, my cousin Mrs. Lin is a festival woman, has a court seal, and is quite popular in the academy, so she can temporarily act as the head of the mountain." ”

"But all the previous mountain chiefs are men."

"Everyone is a descendant of the Lin family, what does it matter between men and women?" Luo Fan strongly supported Mrs. Lin's ascension.

Xia Xian Ling looked back to see Zengshou, and the latter was like an old monk who was settled, with his eyes and face down, as if he didn't know anything.

Xia County Ling was helpless: "Then Mrs. Lin will temporarily take the position of the mountain chief." ”

In just a few days, Jixiang Academy has undergone such a big change: Lin Zhishan was detained by the government for two murders, and the head of the academy became Mrs. Lin.

Of course, Mrs. Lin persuaded everyone bitterly: This academy belongs to everyone in the Lin family, and she is just managing it on her behalf, and when Lin Zhishan investigates clearly, she will hand over the position to the Lin family's rooms, of course, everyone has to choose the best person before she can hand over the power.

"Uncles and brothers, we can't write two Lin characters in one stroke, I have said it on the side of Lord Qincha, the position of the mountain chief still belongs to our Lin family, and when the time comes, I will ask the court for the title, and all uncles and brothers will have a chance."

Mrs. Lin's words implied that the head of Jixiang Academy should nominate one person from each room of the Lin family to be appointed by the imperial court, and it was no longer a privilege that had always belonged to the Lin family's room as in the past. Everyone did not doubt him, after all, Mrs. Lin and Lord Qincha were close relatives, and what she relayed must be true.

The Lin family's rooms were gearing up, and they all reported to Mrs. Lin and Xia County Lingmi's secret that the Lin family's room was private, including Lin Shanchang's playing with the small house at home to put out the fire, and in less than three days, the Lin family's house, headed by Lin Zhishan, was abandoned by the Lin family's rooms.

Luo Fan went to say goodbye to Madame Lin.

"The position of mountain chief is temporarily replaced by my cousin, and my cousin must act impartially and never forget his original intention."

Luo Fan encouraged.

"Cousin, rest assured, the academy is the work of several generations of the Lin family, and I will definitely carry it forward."

The cousin did not mention the news that she had spread in the Lin family's rooms.

"I have written back to Beijing to truthfully report this matter to the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, with my cousin's talent and reputation, the appointment of the imperial court will soon come down, and my cousin will be the first female head of the academy at that time."

"It's just to share the worries of the Lin family, the male style is prevalent in this academy, and there are things that are wrong with yin and yang everywhere, and I am also difficult to ride a tiger, so I can barely make it difficult to reverse this situation." Mrs. Lin sighed.

"It's my cousin, it's dangerous all the way to Jiangnan, please take care."

The next day, the two messengers set out on their journey.

Chief Lin's crime has not yet been determined, but the power of Jixiang Academy has fallen into the hands of Mrs. Lin.

As for Lin Shanchang, he had already been spurned by the Lin family, so he almost stepped on a few feet, and everyone wanted him not to turn over.

The turmoil at Jixiang Academy seems to have calmed down.

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