Ci Jinzhi

Chapter 173 Catastrophe
The matter of Xiao Xiaoye breaking into Qingsong Bookstore suddenly became a hot topic among people after dinner.And what everyone was most emotional about was that Qingsong Bookstore had so many guards, which was really unexpected.

Since Xin You took over, "Painted Skin" first, and then "Journey to the West", the two story books sold well and made Qingsong Bookstore famous. Even if they didn't know about the belongings moved from Shaoqing's mansion, many people were envious and jealous.

As soon as this incident happened, those people who were about to make a move immediately settled down.

Qingsong Bookstore really dares to kill people, it will die!
This day when Duan Shaoqing went down to the Yamen, a colleague on the way out couldn't help but sighed with him: "Duan Shaoqing, it's really amazing to make your niece, a dozen gangsters robbed the bookstore, and none of the dead or injured was cured."

Duan Shaoqing chuckled, his face darkened as soon as he got into the carriage.

A small bookstore has more than a hundred guards. Is this a waste of money?
Thinking again about how the money came from, Duan Shaoqing became even more frustrated.

This also sounded the alarm for him. It seems that it is impossible to start with the bookstore. If you want that girl's life, you need to be more cautious.

In the palace, a small servant presented the book wrapped in cloth to the eunuch Sun Yan with both hands: "Godfather, this is the new book "Journey to the West" published by Mr. Songling."

Emperor Xingyuan had previously expressed his interest in the story written by Mr. Songling. As the servant of Emperor Xingyuan, Sun Yan had already told the people below to pay attention to Mr. Songling's new book.

"Good job." Sun Yan asked casually, "How is Qingsong Bookstore?"

He was very impressed with the owner of Qingsong Bookstore, and he had to know that Miss Kou had been rewarded by the emperor.

To be valued by the great eunuch Sun Yan, the little servant is also very clever. He has already inquired clearly about the bustle of the past few days: "Mr. Songling's new book is released, the business of Qingsong Bookstore is booming, and thieves have been recruited for this. Fortunately, the bookstore has a lot of guards. Not only did the thieves fail to succeed, but they even spent their lives in prison..."

After listening to the waiter, Sun Yan was very curious: "A dozen bandits were wiped out in one go, how many guards did they have?"

"I heard that there are hundreds of people!"

Sun Yan clicked his tongue.

A bookstore has hundreds of guards?

For a moment, he didn't know whether to say that Miss Kou had courage, or that she was a fool with a lot of money, so Sun Yan checked the new book and went to see Emperor Xingyuan.

Emperor Xingyuan didn't slack off because the Chinese New Year was approaching, Sun Yan silently accompanied him, and only presented "Journey to the West" when he finished processing a batch of memorials and stood up for activities.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Song Ling from Qingsong Bookstore has released a new book." Sun Yan lowered his head slightly, holding the story book in both hands.

Emperor Xingyuan originally wanted to take it over to take a look, but thinking of the experience of staying up all night watching "Painted Skin", he decided to finish processing the notes on the case.

Storybooks are like this. After you start reading, you want to finish it quickly. If you haven't read it yet, you can bear it.

In the afternoon, Emperor Xingyuan finally finished his work. As soon as he touched the scriptures, a minister came to report something urgent. He picked up the scriptures and put them down again, and buried them in the case.

Seeing this, Sun Yan didn't remind again.

He wished that the emperor would spend the time of reading idle books to rest.

Xinyou noticed that a servant came to buy books.

Even if these servants are dressed as ordinary people, their words and deeds are different after all.

The only thing that is uncertain is which palace the servant who came to buy the book is from.

But since the emperor ordered Mr. He to check Mr. Songling, the people around the emperor will definitely send Mr. Songling's new book to the emperor to show off. It will be a matter of time before "Journey to the West" is seen.

If you are unlucky and there is no movement in the palace for a long time, then you can only remind Master He without showing any trace.

But this is a choice of last resort, and Xinyou doesn't want to go to this point.

Fortunately, she knows that many things cannot be rushed, and she needs to wait patiently.

Right now, the people in Qingsong Bookstore are annoyed by those book readers who have finished reading "Journey to the West" and come to urge the second volume every day.

These people are mainly the students of the Imperial College. These students take advantage of the convenience of being close to the school, and they can take a trip in their spare time at noon. When they enter the door, they will ask when the second volume of "Journey to the West" will be released.

It was not until noon, and Liu Zhou glanced at the supervisors walking towards the bookstore, and complained to shopkeeper Hu with a wrinkled face: "What I fear most now is noon and evening, I can't handle it, I really can't handle it!"

Shopkeeper Hu slapped Liu Zhou: "Don't be so talkative, hurry up and greet the guests."

When I was busy counting ants, did I ever think about those young people who crowded the bookstore every day, crying and shouting to buy new books that hadn't been released yet?
Although this is trouble, it is also a sweet trouble.

Liu Zhou complained, but he actually thought so in his heart, and smiled enthusiastically at the students who walked in.

"Second brother, don't just laugh, when will the second volume of "Journey to the West" be released?"

"This villain really doesn't know..."

"I want to see your boss, Ms. Kou!" The leading boy slapped the counter.

Liu Zhou knew the identity of this young man, but he was the grandson of the prime minister's family, so he couldn't afford to mess with him.

Fortunately, the boss is best at dealing with these dudes.

Liu Zhou glanced at shopkeeper Hu, seeing that shopkeeper Hu had no intention of objecting, he smiled and said, "Please wait a moment, we will send a message to the boss."

Zhang Xu nodded in satisfaction.

Xin You received the news and went to the front.

The students who were waiting in the study hall were still a little impatient, but when the girl in the silver cloak walked in calmly, most of the students' impatience disappeared suddenly.

Cough, the main reason is that Miss Kou has hundreds of guards, so her mind is much clearer.

Facing Xin You, Zhang Xu didn't see the arrogance just now: "Miss Kou, I finally waited for you to come."

"I heard Mr. Zhang has something to do with me?"

"It's nothing, just a random question, when will the second volume of our "Journey to the West" be released?"

"Probably after the Lantern Festival."

Zhang Xu clapped his hands: "Ms. Kou is happy! Cough, but it's still early before the Lantern Festival. Can Ms. Kou reveal what happened to the monkey after it was crushed under the Five Elements Mountain?"

"That's right, did the divine monkey escape and take revenge?" the supervisors asked one after another.

Xin You glanced over these teenagers inadvertently, and her eyes fell on one boy and did not move.

The young man stood on the outermost edge, his body and appearance were ordinary, but Xin You, who was used to seeing all kinds of pictures, changed his face.

In the picture that suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, the boy was hit by the collapsed wall, only his head and face were exposed.

But this is not the main reason why Xin You didn't control her expression well in front of people. What really shocked her was the large collapsed houses in the background in the picture, and how many people were buried and smashed.

This is not the accident of one person, but the disaster of many!

Even though there were so many people crowded in the study hall, Xin You felt the bone-chilling cold.

This was the first time she had seen so many people killed and injured, so she couldn't keep her expression on.

(End of this chapter)