The next morning, Di Renjie returned to Xiaojiazhuang with Xiao Changle's letter.

"Teacher, this is a letter from Aunt Changle."

Burst...... Who are you talking about? Changle? What's your name Changle?

"How can you call her aunt?"

"It was she who said it, she said that you are her brother-in-law, and I should be called aunt in terms of seniority. He almost screwed my ears off. Di Renjie subconsciously rubbed his ears.

Xiao Rui covered his eyes, "She is also a student taught by me, and she will be called Senior Sister when I see her in the future." ”

But......

Nothing but, listen to me! Xiao Rui ordered without question.

After opening the letter and looking at it, Xiao Rui was slightly surprised: "Hehe, this girl is still so nosy." What did she say besides asking you to deliver the letter? ”

Di Renjie recalled, "Aunt, cough cough, senior sister said that she is now grounded in the palace and is not allowed to go out easily, otherwise she doesn't need to send a letter, she can directly bring Sister Erya over." ”

Oh? It seems that yesterday was a commotion, and the three of you formed a friendship.

"What do you think of the daughter of the Duke of Yingguo? Oh, it's the second sister you call in your mouth. ”

Yes?

Di Renjie obviously didn't expect Xiao Rui to ask like this, and he didn't know what this meant for a while, "Sister Erya, she's very good, she's very smart, but her fate is a little tragic, and she met two soulless brothers." However, the two sinful souls have been taken down by the Imperial Tower, and even if they don't die, they have to shed their skin. ”

Xiao Rui rubbed his chin, carefully looked at Di Renjie's expression when he spoke, and suddenly asked with some playfulness: "You kid seems to be only eight years old, do you know what love is?" How do you feel that you have a crush on the daughter of the samurai family? Eyes squinting? ”

No, no, I don't......

Di Renjie jumped up and waved his hand again and again as if he had been stepped on by a cat's tail.

"Okay, okay, I didn't say against it, you have the ability to really catch her. But this is not a fuel-efficient lamp, this woman has big ambitions and an unlimited future, but she is not the kind of good girl who teaches her husband and children. ”

Yes?

"Teacher, have you seen her?"

"Hehe, I haven't seen it, but I've heard of it. It is said that Yuan Shenxian gave her a life back then, saying that she was unspeakably expensive. ”

Di Renjie will be skeptical: "Teacher, is the numerology prophecy credible?" ”

Xiao Rui laughed and said: "Since it can be called a science, and it has been inherited for thousands of years, there is naturally something real." But this way is very profound, and those who are not in the root can not get started, so it also depends on who will use it. Yuan Shenxian's level can be called the best in the world, and there are few times when he is blind. ”

"Hehe, if you are interested, there are relevant books in the study, you can flip through them, if you have talent, maybe you can understand it."

Yes? Understood? That's too trivial, isn't it?

Di Renjie said a little unconvinced: "Teacher, as long as there are books in this world, how can there be anything that you can't understand?" If the books that have been handed down cannot be understood by future generations, then how can the knowledge be passed on? ”

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "I used to think the same as you, thinking that there is nothing in this world that I can't learn. But it turns out that people are people, and manpower is sometimes poor. ”

"There's something called talent, and where your talent is, you can easily get started with a kind of knowledge or craft. But if you don't have the corresponding talent, it's like God has deliberately closed a door for you, and you can't get started at all. ”

Di Renjie was puzzled, "How could there be such a thing?" ”

Xiao Rui shook his head, "I don't know." This is something that I realized after reading many books. Some books I can understand as soon as I read them, some books are just hard to read, some are even very obscure, and even more difficult to read at all. ”

Di Renjie was surprised: "Are there any teachers in this world who you can't read?" ”

Xiao Rui smiled bitterly: "I'm not an omnipotent immortal. ”

Later, I remembered a sentence in the Tao Te Ching, "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost; The way of man is not the same, and if the loss is insufficient, there is more than enough. ”

"There are roughly two ways to find the direction that each of us is good at: one is to try all walks of life in the world, and which line of work can make you handy, that is, talent."

"Huh? This can't work, a person's life is limited, there are hundreds of crafts and arts in the world, if you try them all, the time is not enough. Di Renjie retorted.

Xiao Rui smiled and nodded: "Yes, so there is a second way: that is, to read, turn over all kinds of books as much as possible, and see what books you like to read?" What type of book is the quickest to get started with, and that's where your spirituality lies. ”

Di Renjie patted his head, "I understand, for example, I like to reason and solve cases, and every time I meet someone telling such a story, I am particularly interested." It's a pity that there don't seem to be such books in the hand-me-down books, but fortunately, my father worked in the Yamen, and I can sometimes go through some of the Yamen's murder files. ”

Xiao Rui smiled, patted Di Renjie's head and said, "Yes, that's the truth." You kid is a top smart person, and he has the talent of a prime minister, but the prime minister is not a prime minister, and he can be called a prime minister if he has more than three official residences. Let you write the order to seek the country, maybe you are a little reluctant, but you are more than enough to let you be the imperial historian, the secretary of the criminal department, and the secretary of the Dali Temple. ”

Di Renjie blushed and said, "Teacher, I'm only eight years old, how could I ever think of becoming a prime minister." ”

Xiao Rui turned around and walked to his bookshelf, then rummaged through it for a long time, and took out a thick thread-bound book from it, "Since you are my student, you should have a gift." Since you like reasoning and solving cases, then this volume of "Collection of Grievances" will be passed on to you. ”

""Records of Clearing Grievances"? I've never heard of such a book. Di Renjie took it curiously.

After a cursory moment, he closed his mouth in surprise, "This, this is a book dedicated to the judgment of Xing Prison?" Teacher, where are you from? The author is Song Ci? Which Daehyun is it? ”

Xiao Rui smiled, "Maybe Song Ci was an unknown criminal official in his dynasty, but the book he handed down is the earliest and most complete masterpiece of criminal names, which is enough to leave a name for eternity." ”

Di Renjie hugged the new book excitedly, "Thank you, teacher." ”

Xiao Rui scolded with a smile: "Hehe, you kid is really arrogant, how about now?" Am I qualified to be your teacher? ”

Di Renjie said embarrassedly: "Teacher, what did you say? A teacher for one day and a father for life, students are willing to kowtow to their teachers. ”

Xiao Rui kicked angrily, "You didn't say that a few days ago, why did you go home after reading my book here...... Alright, let's go read a book. ”

"Well, by the way, the matter of the second sister ......"

"I will send someone to pick her up at the Yingguo Mansion, and when the time comes, you will be more restrained, don't be a follower."

Burst...... How can I have? I didn't think about it at all......

Di Renjie wanted to explain, but Xiao Rui had already turned around and left.

The next day, Li Junxian personally came to the door and picked up Wu Zhao from the Ying Guo Mansion.

When the news came out, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and it turned out that the champion Hou broke the convention and made people sign up for this idea? Three people passed at once, all of whom were his students. Tsk, what is that call an exceptional registration? If you want to clear the customs, you have to apprentice to the champion Hou first, which is too difficult, right?

But some people don't see it that way, such as Wang Jishan of the Taiyuan royal family.

"Hahahaha, it turns out that this is his backhand. didn't expect those three-year students to come out at all, but to pick out a group of talented people out of the ordinary, and then take them under their command, so that they will be in the limelight when they participate in the imperial examination in the future? Hehe, it's a pity, unless you dare to give these students to your questions, can these young dolls, even if they are prodigies, really dominate the imperial examination room? ”

Thinking of this, Wang Jishan sent a letter to the Taiyuan Wang family, to the effect that the five surnames and seven wangs should work behind the scenes and participate in the formulation of the imperial examination questions.

At the same time, in the northern Liang Kingdom, the young man who had been following Xue Li in a low-key manner for the past two years confidently asked for his life to sign up for next year's imperial examination.

Xue Li looked at the calm young man in front of him with satisfaction, "Jingren, you have suffered a lot in the past two years by your side incognito. In fact, you can already go home after completing your studies, with your identity as the second son of Jiangxia Wangfu, you can directly enter the court to listen to it, why do you insist on staying in Liangzhou to register for the imperial examination? And it's a pseudonym. ”