The person who came was Mr. Shen. After he followed Gao Fugui and found out that Gao Fugui had hidden the second book, he hurried here. He felt that Gao Fugui must be doing something important, maybe with the second book. The author was concerned, so he followed quietly.
When he arrived in Chang'an Township, he did not show up immediately, but quietly hid in a corner and watched the place.
Sure enough, as he had guessed, Gao Fugui's hurried arrival was related to the author of the Second Book, and the apprenticeship was a good proof of this.
He was sure that the young man in front of him, no, the big shot must be the author of the second book, and he was surprised and admired him.
Seeing that Gao Fugui's apprenticeship was successful, he couldn't wait any longer and hurriedly came over and knelt down without hesitation before saying what he just said.
This was really difficult for him. When was the son of a dignified imperial servant someone else kneeled down to him? But now that he was kneeling down, it was evident that he was a disciple and deeply admired General Li.
One after another people came to be apprentices. Li Zhao was in a dilemma. Shusunli's face turned dark and dark, but Li Jinong was happy to see it.
He didn't know who this boy was, so he asked, "Who are you?"
Mr. Shen said without hesitation: "Go back to my uncle." He also imitated the rich and noble man's example of making rice and cooking it. "My student is Shen, the son of the servant."
"What?" The person who made such a shocking reaction was not Li Jinong, but Shusun Li. His entire face turned completely black and his eyes were fixed on Mr. Shen.
He has heard about Mr. Shen for a long time, but has never seen him. This is not the main thing. The main thing is that Mr. Shen, who is known as the most talented man in Xianyang, actually wants to worship Li Zhao as his disciple. This, this... he cannot understand and cannot accept it. , he is going to collapse.
Li Zhao was so virtuous and capable that he allowed such a person to rush to become his disciple, and he was so eager.
If Mr. Shen really becomes Li Zhao's disciple, then his uncle's family. No, it can't be like this. If his uncle's family has been running for several years, he can't even reach the level of Jiuqing. But the Li family is better, they have nothing. If you do, Jiu Qing's son will come to your door.
This makes him feel so embarrassed, how can he compare with Li Jinong.
For a moment, he was shouting in his heart: No, it's not fair.
But, so what if it's unfair, the world is like this, so it's his fault for provoking the Li family without overestimating his own abilities.
Li Jinong didn't know the wailing in Shusun Li's heart, and he was laughing in his heart at this moment. Before Li Zhao could respond, he took it upon himself to help Mr. Shen up, patted his heart and said: "Haha! As your apprentice, I will take my place for my nephew." Take it, take it."
Although he has never met Young Master Shen, it does not prevent him from knowing this person. In fact, his reputation has become too famous recently.
There is even a father who is one of the Nine Lords, and the son of one of the Nine Lords has become a disciple of Chang'an Township. Just thinking about it makes me laugh when I sleep.
Li Zhao was very helpless and secretly asked, wasn't his uncle afraid of killing him suddenly? Taking in one thing after another, he had a lot to do.
But after taking everything, he could only accept his fate.
Shusunli's face was gray and gray, as if he had been through hell. His face was extremely ugly. He couldn't stay any longer and was about to sneak away when suddenly, Shang Xin caught him.
"Shusunli, where are you going? Come with me! His Majesty wants to see you."
Shang Xin seemed very unkind and his tone was sharp. Shusunli was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly: "Eunuch, I wonder what your Majesty wants to do with me?"
At this moment, it must not be a good thing for His Majesty to find him.
"Hmph!" Shang Xin's attitude changed drastically, and he still squinted in disgust, "What does your Majesty want from you? Don't you have any idea?"
"You dare to deceive me, huh! Look, you haven't died before."
"Deceiving the emperor?" Upon hearing this, Shusunli was startled, but he still tried his best to keep calm and asked pretending to be confused, "I really don't know."
"Hmph!" Shang Xin hummed again and looked at Shusun Li as if he were looking at a dead person, "That's alright! Since you are about to die, there is no harm in talking about it."
"Did you complete your mission last time to preach about Chang'an Township? How did you report to His Majesty? Is that actually the case?"
ah!
Shusunli's face instantly turned pale, and his whole body collapsed to the ground.
But he still didn't understand. He did this very secretly. How did His Majesty know?
He has sent people to monitor Chang'an Township. No one in Chang'an Township will tell His Majesty. Who is that?
At this moment, he felt extremely desperate and secretly thought that His Majesty was not as simple as he seemed!
After leaving Chang'an Township that day, he reported that Chang'an Township had kicked him out, and also described Li Zhao's crimes. He thought it must be a perfect match, but he didn't know that he was still a gangster.
He blames his cousin, he shouldn't have listened to his cousin and gone along with him.
He knew very well what the consequences of deceiving the emperor would be.
"Have mercy!" He wailed, but is there any use in wailing here? useless.
This is called stealing the chicken but losing the rice.
When Li Jinong saw the two talking about 'Chang'an Township', he asked Shang Xin doubtfully: "Father-in-law, what's the matter with preaching about Chang'an Township?"
Shang Xin smiled awkwardly and quickly used words to explain away.
"Nothing, nothing!"
After saying that, he ran away in a hurry.
It’s really hard for him to answer! Could it be that because Li Zhao poisoned his students with his second book, His Majesty sent Shu Sunli to preach to Li Zhao? That is impossible.
If I say that, I will slap His Majesty in the face.
Not long after Shang Xin left with his uncle Sunli, Gao Fugui and Mr. Shen also left. They said they wanted to prepare and would move to Chang'an Township permanently the next day. Li Jinong naturally agreed.
As soon as the few people left, they thought Chang'an Township would return to peace. However, not long after, no one knew that there was a commotion outside the manor.
"What happened?" Li Jinong asked in confusion.
Chang'an Township has always been quiet. Even if it gets noisy, it is when everyone is working together, but the noise at the moment is not caused by work at all.
Li Zhao raised his eyebrows. He suddenly realized something and quickly sent more people to guard the door.
Since Gao Fugui and the servant's son can come to the door, others can also come to the door.
Why do other people come to your door? There was a vague suspicion in his mind.
The imperial examination questions come from the Second Book. These students are not stupid and naturally know the importance of the Second Book.
It would be foolish to object to the second book at this moment, and not only cannot it be opposed, but it is also necessary to obtain it.
This is the guarantee for them to enter the imperial examination.
In other words, the second book at this moment has become a fragrant steamed bun, and all students will definitely fight for it.
But the only bookstall selling the second book had been closed down. They could not find the second book, so they had to go to Chang'an Township.
You know, they knew about Chang'an Township when they smashed the bookstall.
"Hey! Good time!"
"It's a pity. Because of you, the bookstall has been sealed and the second book has been banned. What's the use of coming to Chang'an Township?" Li Zhao was not angry, but smiled.
He published the second book for entertainment and did not intend to make money. Since it is sealed, it is sealed, so let it be sealed! On the contrary, it would not be a good thing to save some worries.
At this time, some slaves hurried over and said that many people had gathered at the door and were about to burst through the threshold. They could not stop them.
When Li Jinong heard this, he didn't know whether he was happy or blamed these people for being rude. He laughed loudly and said, "If you squeeze them, squeeze them and let them in. This is a big deal!"
Yes, he has realized that the purpose of these people coming here is not just for the second book? With so many people, if sold at the previous price, it would be a big income.
No, the previous price was too cheap. If these people want to buy it, they have to pay a price. The price must at least double, yes, double.
Li Jinong smiled, already having a plan in mind.
As for the second book!
The scale of the workshop has increased, and they can print as much as they want.
"Let them in, of course, and tell them to prepare money and silk first. We in Chang'an Township have what they need."
"Hehe!" Li Jinong clapped his fingers and smiled happily, as if the piles of money had already been put into his pocket.
"Yes!" The slave agreed quickly and was about to walk out, but was stopped by Li Zhao.
"No! Let everyone go out and drive them away."
He looked unkind and looked in the direction of the door, showing disgust.
"Why?" Li Jinong was unhappy and refused to do good business. His nephew's words were a bit puzzling.
"No reason, our Chang'an Township no longer has what they need, and our Chang'an Township follows the laws and will never do anything prohibited."
Yes, the second book is banned, and selling it again is prohibited.
As for what the students need, does it have anything to do with him? No.
"This" Li Jinong was speechless, his nephew was still worried about the ban!
"That's all, do as the young master says and let them all go!" Li Jinong said with a sigh, not wanting to refute his nephew.
"No!" The slave walked away.
At the same time, Li Zhao also called the housekeeper and asked him to dispatch more people to stop these shameless things.
Less than half an hour later, the housekeeper came back from the door, looking very embarrassed and panting. There were many scratches on his body, so he must have been attacked.
"Master, master, it's not good. These people can't be driven away no matter how hard they are driven. They even smashed the fence. We can't stop them anymore. They also injured many slaves, who are clamoring to see you."
"What? You're beating people, they rebelled, rebelled, Chang'an Township is our family's territory, how can we allow them to mess around, housekeeper, gather everyone and fight with them." When Li Jinong got angry, he rushed harder than anyone else. , and soon rushed out alone.
The housekeeper didn't dare to neglect, and was about to call someone, but saw the young master also heading towards the door. He was startled and stopped him quickly.
"Master, you can't go out. You must know that they are all here for you. If you go out, you will definitely not get any benefits."
Li Zhao thought about it. These people were all here for him. When he went out, it would be okay if he brought out the second book. If he didn't have the second book, they would definitely get into trouble. It was hard to say whether they would do something outrageous.
"Hey! There is still a lack of personal guards!" I sighed to myself.
As a general, the imperial court allowed some personal guards, mainly for safety reasons, but since he was named, he has only had a false name, and has never thought about personal guards. Naturally, he has no personal guards.
"I have to recruit some personal guards sometime. Being harassed by some little bastards is not an option."
He didn't go out again, he could only wait for the news.
The housekeeper mobilized everyone in Chang'an Township and hurried to the door.
After a few quarters of an hour, it seemed that the reinforcements from the uncle and the others had no effect. Instead, the noise became even louder, almost covering up the entire manor.
Li Zhao frowned, thinking that he had to go out and take a look, otherwise he would feel uneasy. Just when he had this idea, several people came back supporting his uncle.
I saw that my uncle's face was swollen, his clothes were torn to pieces, and he was still staggering when he walked. He was obviously injured.
Li Zhao quickly came over and asked worriedly: "Uncle, what's going on?"
Li Jinong looked a little frightened. He did not answer Li Zhao's question, but urged: "Zhao'er, hide quickly. They, they are crazy, crazy because of Er Shu."
The slave who was supporting Li Jinong also said: "Master, these people are lawless. In order to ask you to hand over the second book, they not only injured many of us, but also the master was injured. I am afraid that the door cannot be guarded. You should hide quickly, otherwise It’s too late.”
Li Zhao was very angry when he heard this. These people were so arrogant that they even dared to beat up people from his Chang'an Township for the sake of the Second Secretary. They really went against it and they didn't take Chang'an Township seriously.
"Why are you hiding? Can they hurt me, the people of Chang'an Township? Let me go out and have a look, and see who is so brave." Li Zhao waved his hand and walked out.
He was really angry.
"Master, no! There are hundreds of them, and we can't stop them."
Slavery is anxious.
"Hmph! I don't care about thousands of people, so why should I be afraid of hundreds of people?"
Li Zhao ignored it and walked towards the door angrily.
Once he arrived, the chaos and tragedy in front of him made his anger even more intense.
I saw the people of Chang'an Township being surrounded by hundreds of people, all of them showing fierce looks and shouting to hand over the second book, otherwise Chang'an Township would be demolished.
The housekeeper was forced to the edge of the field and had no way to retreat. His face was even more bruised and red, adding some gloom to his old body.
Seeing that Li Zhao couldn't bear it any longer, he yelled, "Stop it!"
The voice was like thunder, carrying the unique evil aura on the battlefield, which immediately stunned everyone, and all eyes immediately focused on it.
"Master, how could you appear here? Leave quickly. They are not human beings."
When the housekeeper saw Li Zhao's appearance, he was shocked and quickly warned, "I, the people of Chang'an, will protect the young master immediately."
"He is Li Zhao!"
Some of these people recognized Li Zhao's location from the word 'young master' and immediately turned their attention.
The people from Chang'an Township immediately broke away from the encirclement of these people and gathered towards Li Zhao. They were all in a mess, but they stared angrily.
Li Zhao glanced at the entire audience. They were all well-dressed and had a strong student atmosphere, but they were definitely not students from poor families or farmers. Judging from their arrogant behavior, they must have some ability behind them, otherwise they would not dare to beat the people of Chang'an Township like this. .
But that’s it! No matter who they are, if they dare to attack Chang'an Township today, they must bear a certain price.
"Are you Li Zhao?"
The students gathered around and surrounded the roads on three sides. If the slaves hadn't occupied the position in the direction of the manor, they would have been besieged on all sides.
"Who are you?" Li Zhao glared at the questioner angrily and asked.
The man didn't seem to take Li Zhao seriously and said arrogantly: "You are not worthy of knowing who I am. If you are wise, just give up the two books and we will not hold you accountable for deliberately hiding the books."
It is indeed arrogant and even more shameless.
Li Zhao was so angry that he laughed out loud.
He doesn't deserve to know who he is. His majesty's personal title as a general is not qualified to know the name of a young boy. It's really ridiculous. Moreover, he said nothing about not pursuing the crime of collecting books.
Does he have a collection of books? Is he guilty?
It's really annoying that I don't want money.
The bookstall was blocked because of these people, and it was they who pushed for the ban on two books. Now they actually say that they own books. Is it a crime?
He really didn't know that these people were so shameless.
(End of chapter)
