The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 107 The Demon Seal Book

Shen Jing hurriedly added: "Jianyang has produced many excellent works. In any case, he can be called a famous person. He will write many books in the future and he will also have great achievements."

Shen Yixiu nodded in agreement without saying much, just looking at the ground.

There was nothing Shen Jing could do against her.

Although many members of the Shen family did not take the official examination, Shen Yixiu did not think so.

What a girl of Shen Yixiu's age admires the most is her father, and Shen Yixiu's father has been a hard-working and motivated person since she was a child, so even though Shen Yixiu didn't say it, she always felt in her heart that a man must be admitted to the imperial examination to be successful.

Shen Yixiu returned to the boudoir and asked the maid to close the door. He picked up the five poems by Wang Wenlong and looked at them again, nodded in praise, and then he hesitated and stuffed them back into the book.

She held her cheeks with her little hands, her cheeks were bulging, and she looked very cute.

At this time, the little girl looked at Wang Wenlong's works and felt angry and regretful.

"I thought it was a good man, but I didn't expect it to be a big embroidered pillow."

"Singing the wind and the moon every day, what role does such a famous person play in the country and the family?"

Neither Shen Jing nor Wang Wenlong thought that Shen Yixiu, a 12-year-old girl, had such a positive idea.

Wang Wenlong also thought it was easy to deceive such a little girl's feelings, but he didn't know that the five poems he copied with great effort became the best evidence that in the eyes of the little girl he was an exaggerated scholar.

"What's more, where do people like this get food and clothing?"

Shen Yixiu fantasized for a while about Wang Wenlong's appearance as a romantic and talented man, and naturally brought him into the image of his brothers. They recited poems and composed poems all day long, and hung out in the Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion. They said they were celebrities and romantic, but in fact they were all prodigal sons. .

"A good man doesn't have to live in a separate family, and a good woman doesn't wear wedding clothes. My brothers are rich, but my family can't help him. It's hard enough for my father to be an official, and the eunuch's purse is not rich. My father has to support our sister. It’s not easy for the two brothers anymore. You still expect me to live a good life after we get married. How can I provide more money to support you Wang Jianyang..."

After completely misunderstanding Wang Wenlong as a prodigal son, Shen Yixiu felt that Wang Wenlong was not suitable.

Although he was still dealing with his uncle on the surface just now, Shen Yixiu put away all Wang Wenlong's books and manuscripts and threw them into the corner, planning to deal with his uncle for a while first and put the matter aside when he calmed down.

In the next few days, Shen Jing still felt that her niece, who was only in her early ten years, was easy to deceive and wanted to restore Wang Wenlong's image, so she kept talking about Wang Wenlong's skills in her ears all day long.

Little did he know that hearing these words would change the taste of Shen Yixiu, who had already formed a stereotype about Wang Wenlong.

Shen Jing said that Wang Wenlong knew a lot about the law, and Shen Yixiu imagined Wang Wenlong playing and singing at the Huajian Restaurant.

Talking about Wang Wenlong's knowledge of mathematics, Shen Yixiu also imagined that Wang Wenlong liked to seek immortality, visit Taoism, explain Yi and seek mysteries.

Finally, when it comes to Wang Wenlong being respected by many people in Fujian, Shen Yixiu directly understood that Wang Wenlong was a flashy prodigal like Fang Zhongyong, who had been known as a child prodigy among the people since he was a child.

At this time, Wang Wenlong didn't know that his glorious image was gradually evolving into an unreliable celebrity in Shen Yixiu's mind. He was busy solving his own life and death problems in the secret room.

Wang Pingbao lit a lamp and carved words furiously at the table. After half a day, he finally finished the last engraving.

Wang Wenlong asked: "Are you sure there is no problem?"

Wang Pingbao checked it again, nodded and said: "I have made reprinted books before, and I have to strive for excellence to get it to this level. Even if it is printed with the original version, it can only be printed like this."

Wang Wenlong stood in front of the stereotype and looked at it carefully, and then took out the paper patterns they had made before to compare.

According to Wang Pingbao's analysis, although the wax plate used for the flyer in the letter to remind him looked like it was carved with movable type, it was actually handwritten in Song font. The evidence is that the corners of the letter had some traces of deliberate bending and imitation.Since it is handwritten, if you want to print it multiple times, you must repeatedly engrave wax plates, which provides great convenience for them to imitate.

Even slight discrepancies with the original may be explained as errors between different printing editions.

At this time, the wax plate made by Wang Pingbao was divided into two parts. One was a detailed copy of the content of the leaflet in Wang Wenlong's previous warning letter, and the other was Wang Wenlong's continuation of the "Continuation of Worry" that he planned to append to the original text that framed him. "Hongyi".

That's right, it's the demon book "Xu Wei Wei Hong Yi" that set off the demon book case in history.

The first demon calligraphy case in the Wanli Dynasty occurred two years ago. At that time, someone printed a leaflet titled "Worry Hong Yi" and used a question and answer method to discuss the abolition of concubines in the past dynasties, and pointed the issue of the throne.

The first demon book case two years ago was suppressed by Wanli in an understatement.

That's because Wanli may indeed have wanted to abolish Li Li at that time. If he severely punished the author of the demon book, he would probably be slapped in the face if he followed the prescription again.

But at this time, Emperor Wanli already knew that it was impossible to abolish the eldest son and establish a young one. It didn't take long for him to agree to make the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo the crown prince. When he saw the demon book appeared, he already felt upright and would not be soft-hearted again.

After repeatedly confirming that the manuscript was correct, Wang Wenlong put on homemade linen gloves and started printing together with Wang Pingbao.

Wang Wenlong sneered at Wei Tianjue's approach of leaving this fatal matter to his subordinates.

Wei Tianjue felt that he would be exempted from responsibility if he did not intervene, but he did not expect that every additional person involved in such a matter would create an additional risk of leaking secrets.

Probably Wei Tianjue thought that he used rebellion documents to slander Wang Wenlong, and even if something happened, he could throw away his car and protect his commander to prevaricate the situation. Unexpectedly, Wang Wenlong's counterattack might be the direct killer of the bloody storm.Unlike Wei Tianjue, Wang Wenlong had to ensure that this matter would not be leaked.

So only Wang Wenlong and Wang Pingbao participated in the whole process. Even the wax paper and ink used for printing were brought to the suburbs by themselves.

The two found an abandoned house outside Fuzhou, worked all day and night to complete the engraving, and printed it themselves.

They also wear gloves when printing to avoid leaving any traces of themselves on the printed pages. After printing, everything including the wax plate, the remaining wax paper with ink, and the paper are burned to ensure that they cannot be associated with them. A trace of relationship.

After being so strict in doing things, Wang Wenlong is confident that the probability that he and Wang Pingbao will be leaked is definitely lower than Wei Tianjue who was sent to deliver the letter before the matter was completed.

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In Fang Baozhou's house, Fang Baozhou looked worried.

This morning he sent someone to visit Wang Wenlong's house and found that Wang Wenlong was still in Fuzhou and was not scared away at all.

Fang Baozhou couldn't help feeling troubled.

It's not that he has never done anything like frame-up and death, but if he has to deal with a big shot like Wang Wenlong and use this method of frame-up, just thinking about it makes him think something will happen.

Even if Wang Wenlong can really be killed, it will definitely have to go through a government investigation. Now that Wang Wenlong is Xu Xueju's staff, the Fujian government will definitely not be perfunctory in investigating this case.If they are really found out, Wei Tianjue can just ignore it, but Fang Baozhou will definitely be thrown out and take the blame.

However, Wei Tianjue issued another death order and had already urged him several times.

At this time, a gangster came in and said: "Master, everyone has been found. The eight refugees from Quanzhou who were specially found according to your instructions speak with a Minnan accent. It is difficult to communicate with the locals, and they did not tell them who their boss is."

Fang Baozhou nodded: "Tell them to go to the City God's Temple to get the books. Our people should not participate in the whole process. After the distribution is completed, let them go home quickly." He pointed to a money bag on the table, "This is a reward, give the money first." Get the books again and tell them to leave the city after distributing the books early in the morning without stopping."

"Yes." The subordinate nodded quickly.

(End of this chapter)