Ci Jinzhi

After He Qingxiao said this, he was ready to be dissatisfied with the girl opposite.

But there was no change on Xin You's face: "I have a suggestion."

"Miss Kou, please tell me."

"Mr. Songling may not come to me in the short term. If you wait a month or two before reporting to Jinshang, isn't it too late?" Xin You noticed the change in He Qingxiao's expression, "I think Jinshang just asked on a whim. In a word, maybe you don’t take it seriously when you turn your head around. Maybe it’s enough for Mr. He to report the information about Mr. Songling you got from me?”

He Qingxiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

Miss Kou is letting him fool the emperor?
Well, it's not impossible.

"Thank you, Miss Kou, for reminding me."

Xinyou's heart twitched slightly.

This Lord He, doesn't seem to be so obedient to the emperor.

Her bookstore is located near the Imperial College, and Mr. He often comes to visit. It is difficult to bypass the person in front of her if she wants to plan something. What she said just now was a temptation.

A less foolish and loyal courtier is a good thing for her.

Immediately, Xin You looked at He Qingxiao with gentler eyes, so Liu Zhou was surprised to find that Master He bought books again.

Of course, the boy's shock this time was only in his heart, but his movements were not slow.Instead, Xin You stared at Liu Zhou's action of collecting money, thinking about Duan Yunlang's words, he couldn't bear it.

He Qingxiao brought the new travel notes back to the Hou Mansion, causing Aunt Gui to speculate for a while.

"Master Hou likes to buy books very much recently."

"Well, these travel notes are worth reading over and over again."

He Qingxiao's explanation failed to convince Aunt Gui.

This kid has always loved reading, but he rarely buys books frequently. Why is he suddenly willing to spend money?
Aunt Gui secretly memorized the source of the upper reaches of the book: Qingsong Bookstore.

It seems that I am looking for a chance to visit this bookstore.

He Qingxiao soon entered the palace to meet Emperor Xing Yuan.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Mr. Songling is a young man who came to the capital a few months ago. He is withdrawn and hardly interacts with others. Currently he is only writing books for Qingsong Bookstore."

"It's actually a young man." After hearing He Qingxiao's report, Emperor Xing Yuan didn't ask any more questions.

As an emperor, his interest in a book writer has reached this point.

But when He Qingxiao left, Emperor Xingyuan still told the eunuch Sun Yan: "In the future, Mr. Songling will have a new book, buy it for me to read."

Sun Yan thought about the big dark circles under the emperor's eyes that day, and really wanted to be obedient and obedient, but he didn't dare, so he turned around and ordered: "Qingsong Bookstore will publish a new book, report it in time."

Qingsong Bookstore is ignorant of these movements in the palace, and now the entire bookstore is beginning to worry about what will happen if the batch of "Painted Skin" is sold out.

Shopkeeper Hu hesitated to speak in front of Xin You countless times, and was so anxious that his beard fell out a lot.

Xin You was afraid of worrying about the old shopkeeper, so she suggested: "Except for "Painted Skin", if there are any other books that are selling well, we can print some more. When "Painted Skin" is sold out, the customers who come to buy will come thinking about it, maybe it will be sold out. By the way, buy another copy and take it away."

Shopkeeper Hu couldn't laugh or cry.

The boss is so smart, why doesn't he want to sell "Painted Skin"?
Xin You was actually thinking that maybe she was too cautious.

Concubine Shu loses her temper, whether it will harm the bookstore is just a guess.Therefore, she also set a time, if nothing happened for more than half a month, it should have no effect for the time being.

Early this morning, Duan Yunlang rushed over, panting, "Cousin, have you heard that something happened to our Imperial College!"

"Cousin said slowly, what happened?"

"A prisoner died at the gate, his belly was ripped open, and his heart disappeared!"

When Xin You heard it, her first reaction was "Painted Skin".

"When did this happen?"

"I found it early in the morning, and almost scared the gatekeeper half to death. Nowadays, many students are running out to watch the fun, and I can't stop them, so I took the opportunity to sneak out to find you."

"So the body is still there?"

"I'm here. But Jiancheng and the others have ordered people to guard and not approach, and have already sent people to report to the officials. Cousin, I won't tell you anymore, I have to go back."

I only watched half of it, and I don't know which class's students are involved in the accident.

"Cousin, I'll go take a look with you."

Duan Yunlang was stunned for a moment, and quickly agreed.

On the way the two went together, Xin You tentatively asked why Duan Yunlang came to tell her the first time.

Duan Yunlang scratched his head: "Everyone is talking about the heart of the deceased being plucked out, like the evil ghost in "Painted Skin" is taking his life! Meng Fei said that it is best to tell you——"

"Meng Fei?"

"The one in the same school as me, his grandfather is our sacrificial wine."

Xinyou had a slight impression of that phoenix-eyed boy.

"Meng Fei just loves to think too much. He reads the books of sages. Who would believe such absurd things as evil ghosts taking their lives?"

"Then why did my cousin come to tell me?"

"Since Meng Fei has said so, I just want to share this scary thing with my cousin."

While talking, the Imperial College had arrived, and a middle-aged man in long gown blushed and shouted, "All the superintendents will go back to school immediately and wait for the roll call. Anyone who violates the rules will be expelled from school!"

Duan Yunlang's expression changed: "Cousin, I'll go in first!"

Before Xin You could react, the boy disappeared in a flash.

Xin You looked around, and although the number of students who came out to watch the excitement seemed to be decreasing, more and more people came to watch the excitement when they heard the news. After such a look, they found the shopkeeper of the opposite bookstore.

As for the dead, apparently not even a hair was visible.

At this time, a team of officials came.

"Get out, get out!"

The crowd quickly parted ways, and the officials squeezed in.

After an unknown amount of time, Xin You heard the comments from the people who had seized a favorable position.

"How did you carry it in?"

"It is said that all the teachers and students of the school will be summoned, and all the schools whose names are missing will be identified."

……

Although the gate of the Guozijian has been closed, the number of people surrounding the gate has no intention of decreasing.Xin You knew that the investigation of the identity of the deceased would not be completed soon, so she turned and left silently, and returned to Qingsong Bookstore.

Shopkeeper Hu was standing at the door looking in the direction of the Imperial College, and when he saw Xin You came back, he immediately asked, "Boss, did something happen to the supervisor?"

Xinyou nodded.

"How could such a thing happen!" Shopkeeper Hu sighed heavily when he thought that most of the supervisors were young people in their teens or twenties.

Bad things spread thousands of miles, not to mention that it happened in a place like Guozijian. I don’t know how many people who have descendants studying in Guozijian went to inquire about it this day, so as to make sure that it was not their own family members who had the accident.

By the second day, the identity of the deceased had not yet been ascertained, and a rumor spread like wind.

The reason why the prison student was murdered was because he bought "Painted Skin", and the evil spirit came out of the storybook and stole the prison student's heart.

As soon as this rumor spread, many timid people hurriedly burned the book.

"It's nonsense, it's pure nonsense!" Shopkeeper Hu raised his beard in anger, "How could these people believe such absurd statements!"

Liu Zhou's expression was complicated.

To be honest, he went to the flower market to see peonies after he finished watching "The Peony" before, thinking that if he took care of them carefully, he might turn into a peony fairy and become his wife.

However, the price of peonies is high, so I reluctantly gave up.