"Xuanling, is this here?"
Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling.
Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the things are inside. Please come in with me."
Say it.
He made a "please" gesture.
Li Shimin was suspicious. Fang Xuanling was so mysterious every time. It was enough.
"That's all."
Shaking his head, Li Shimin stopped thinking about it.
He clasped his hands behind his back and walked in with his back bent.
Inside.
It was a dark scene, but as soon as he arrived, torches were lit by the Jinwu Guards around him, illuminating the inside extremely brightly.
Under the leadership of Fang Xuanling, Li Shimin hurried all the way, and then finally came to a house.
"This... this house is so big."
Li Shimin's eyes flickered.
This house is much larger than the Quyuanli and Porkfa houses that were discovered last time.
"Your Majesty, please come in."
Fang Xuanling opened the door and made way for Li Shimin to enter.
Li Shimin walked in.
The room was very large, and there were huge boxes stacked one after another on the ground.
There were spider webs on the outside, but there was no moldy smell inside. From time to time, Li Shimin could feel a hint of wind blowing from all directions.
The ventilation of this room is extremely exquisite.
Li Shimin immediately made a judgment.
immediately.
He looked at the boxes.
It's hidden so deeply, and Xuan Ling has such high hopes, what could be in the box...?
Gold?
food?
Armor?
Or a weapon?
Thoughts passed through Li Shimin's mind one by one.
next moment.
He took a deep breath, no longer thinking about it, put his hands on the box, feeling the age and weight of the box, gently wiped away the spider webs on the surface, and then slowly opened it.
Cluck cluck….
The box made a squeaking sound.
Then, with a crash, the box opened wide in front of him, revealing the scene inside.
Li Shimin looked at the things inside, and for a moment, everyone was stunned.
stunned!
confused!
Shock!
Unbelievable!
I can’t believe it, I really can’t believe it!
He thought he was dazzled.
This, this, this... Oh my God! ! !
How could what Xuan Ling discovered involve such a thing.
Li Shimin was stunned and confused.
It’s truly deceiving!
What's in that box?
It's exactly what Li Shimin wants most right now, a book! books!
Countless books!
Densely packed, filling the entire box!
Li Shimin's hands and feet were shaking.
Fear!
He was afraid that it was all fake!
Fear is just the appearance of a book and has no content.
In hesitation, Li Shimin slowly lowered his body and picked up one of the books.
【Book of Songs】.
Li Shimin's pupils widened instantly. The books were really books!
And it’s [The Book of Songs].
He has read this book since he was a child.
The surface printing is exactly the same as when I was a child, no difference.
Open it and see if it's the same inside.
In an instant.
The densely packed small characters appeared, clearly visible and exquisite, exactly the same as in the memory, without any difference.
Li Shimin's hands were shaking crazily.
this!
It’s the real Book of Songs! The Book of Songs is guaranteed to be genuine!
Li Shimin's lips were trembling. Before he came down, he couldn't even believe that the new thing Fang Xuanling discovered was a large number of books!
this! How did Chuhe Village get so many books? It seems like it’s free and can be seen everywhere.
Incredible!
Li Shimin was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
"Xuanling, this...is this your new discovery?"
Li Shimin's eyes widened.
Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it is indeed true. When I found these books, I was completely stunned, thinking that it was all fake."
"It wasn't until I slapped myself several times and felt a burning pain in my ears that I was sure it was true."
"Compared to me when I saw these books for the first time, Your Majesty, your performance is already good enough."
"Your Majesty, I can now tell you for sure that we have really discovered a large number of books!!"
Fang Xuanling raised her hands, extremely excited.
Li Shimin's eyes widened suddenly, and then he laughed loudly: "Haha, hahaha!!"
"Xuanling, well done, well done!"
"Come on, come on, come here, help me see if these books are real? Do they contain any content, or are they just a single piece of paper?"
Li Shimin quickly called the Jinwu guards around him.
He ordered the Jinwu guards to continue to check whether the remaining boxes were books and to confirm.
The Jinwu guards quickly dispersed and began to act according to Li Shimin's instructions.
At this time, Li Shimin picked up a copy of [Mencius] and opened it.
With just one look, he knew the book was true.
"Xuanling, this book is from Mencius. I believe other books are also true. The King of Chu... King Chu, he and his Chuhe Village are really hidden deep enough, almost so deep that it is unbelievable."
Li Shimin sighed extremely.
In the past, he thought that he knew this bastard well enough, but since he was sent to the Turks, what happened one after another in Chuhe Village made it clear that he was watching the sky from a well.
He didn't know anything about this second son at all!
at the same time.
It was the more and more discoveries that made Li Shimin's heart become more fierce, and he became more and more certain that he had made an extremely wise decision by sending the King of Chu to the Turks.
If such a King of Chu still stayed in the Tang Dynasty, it would be really... endless troubles!
The trouble for the eldest son Li Chengqian is endless!
Fang Xuanling also sighed at this moment: "Yes, Your Majesty, King Chu... is really unfathomable. I even think that the King of Chu we knew before is just the tip of his iceberg."
When Li Shimin heard this, he didn't answer, which was regarded as acquiescence.
He continued to read.
And soon.
He noticed something was wrong.
"Huh? Xuanling, why does it look like... this book is a bit strange."
Fang Xuanling's eyes flickered as she looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, what do you say?"
After discovering the books, he immediately went to find Li Shimin, so he didn't know what the contents of these books were.
now.
Li Shimin opened the first page of Mencius and showed it to Fang Xuanling.
"Xuanling, let's take a look. There are many small symbols in this book, which seem to separate the poems. I don't know what they mean."
"Thinking about it carefully, there are many symbols in the Book of Songs just now. I just thought it was unique to that book, maybe it was the author's habit."
"And now...there are countless books collected here. Obviously, even the author cannot add symbols to each book in detail. What does this symbol mean?"
Li Shimin frowned, thinking about the purpose of the symbols in the book.
The content in the book was the same as what he had read, but there were a lot more small symbols. What was going on?
Even Li Shimin, who has always been well-informed, didn't understand. Fang Xuanling was extremely surprised. After thinking about it, he said, "Maybe the author of this book has his own intentions? But we don't know yet."
"After all, there are so many magical things in this Chuhe Village that we don't understand."
Li Shimin nodded without comment.
soon.
He turned a new page and was about to speak, but found something new.
These contents clearly indicate the purpose of these symbols.
[,] This symbol is a comma, used to separate verses or sentences in rhymes and pauses.
For example, [I will practice spear today and sword practice tomorrow. 】
【. 】This symbol is a period, used at the end of a sentence to indicate that you have finished speaking.
For example, [I am full. 】
【? 】This symbol is a question mark, used when there is confusion in a sentence, indicating that there is a question and needs to be answered by others.
For example, [What nonsense are you talking about? 】
【! 】This symbol is an exclamation point, used when exclamating a sentence to express that you are shocked by this matter or thing.
For example, [My child can do backflips! 】
…
There are various explanations of symbols below, as many as sixteen in total.
"This! Xuanling, this!"
Li Shimin's eyes widened.
Try to use the symbols in the book to understand the contents of Mencius' book.
[Mencius said to him: In the bad years and the famine years, your people, the old and the weak, turn into the ravines, and the strong ones are scattered in four directions. There are thousands of people in the square. 】
Sure enough... The so-called periods and commas are used perfectly and can fill in the sentences.
Simple symbols.
but!
The effect is shocking!
As he read, Li Shimin felt that the application of these symbols was extremely perfect.
It's like the finishing touch, bringing all the articles to life.
"Xuanling, something is wrong! In the past, my Tang Dynasty books had no symbols at all. These were probably created by the author. This author only wrote in the books in Chuhe Village. He must be a member of the King of Chu. The King of Chu... He and his people are truly gods!”
Li Shimin was extremely shocked.
The current Tang Dynasty books and articles all have all the words connected together without any pause.
If you want to read it, you must read it all in one sitting.
It is also long and difficult to understand.
Extremely tests one's memory.
It is precisely because the whole article is awkward and difficult to read. The words are so densely packed together that there is no sense of meaning.
Many people couldn't read this kind of books and were defeated for a while, which resulted in very few readers.
Even readers who can accept this kind of article find it difficult to get started. They often finish reading here and then turn around and forget about it, and a bunch of words are crowded together. If you read the wrong line because of distraction, you have to read it again. Among the densely packed text, look for the paragraph you just read.
All kinds of difficulties are very encouraging!
Now the emergence of punctuation marks can solve the problem of the whole article being awkward and difficult to understand, like periods, which separate sentences. If the reader has a poor memory, he can recite a single sentence and continue to the next sentence after he is familiar with it.
God!
Really awesome!
"This, the author is really a genius, he can actually create such a magical thing!"
"These punctuation marks, Your Majesty, will help me as a scholar in the Tang Dynasty immeasurably!"
At this time, Fang Xuanling also noticed it and was extremely excited.
He used to read so densely that he felt sleepy.
And with these punctuation marks, he just read it again, and he was not sleepy at all.
Those punctuation marks cleverly separate sentences, making the overall look dozens of times better.
"Yes, hahahaha! With these books, the number of scholars in the Tang Dynasty will definitely increase several times."
"And these punctuation marks are not found in the books in the hands of the aristocratic family. I believe that these books will definitely defeat the books in the hands of the aristocratic family and become the mainstream of the market!"
"And there are so many books here. We can sell books to scholars all over the world without relying on books from aristocratic families!"
Li Shimin laughed so happily.
"Yes, Your Majesty, with these books, the current difficulties our court is facing will be easily solved. We can get rid of the family blockade and start the imperial examination after Bu Dayan. This Chuhe Village...has been hidden from us again!!"
Fang Xuanling also kept echoing.
He knows, he knows clearly.
Datang….will no longer continue to die slowly.
The drain of talent will finally come to an end...
……………………
afternoon.
The Li family in Longxi, backyard.
Many elders and family heads of the family said goodbye to each other after having a drink.
today.
It was a day of great significance to them. Seeing Li Shimin defeated in all aspects by the plan of Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, one word, happy! !
So I drank more.
Most of them were helped away by their own family members.
After seeing off the last guest.
The head of the Li family in Longxi, who was originally blushing and drunk, put away his sword in an instant and stood with his hands behind his back, head held high.
"Artest."
A low, majestic voice came out.
"Master, Artest is here."
A guard quickly walked up and half-knelt down towards the back of the head of the Li family in Longxi.
"Did you ever get any information while I was drinking with them?"
This information
Naturally, there is recent talk about Li Shimin and the imperial examination.
Although this matter, the head of the Li family in Longxi did not give any instructions before accompanying people to drink.
But naturally there will be other people in the Longxi Li family to arrange this matter.
The entire family is like a delicate instrument.
He, the head of the family, is the most critical position. He can make everyone move with an order. But even without an order, as long as there is an emergency, there will be people who do not need to report it and will gather information as the first priority.
This is this exquisite instrument that moves locally.
obviously.
Today's imperial examinations fall into this category.
"Master, after we closed the bookstore, nothing unusual happened while you and other senior family members were drinking."
"However, in several bookstores, some people broke into the store, but there was no threat. They were all suppressed by the Detective Guards."
"Among them, Tan Fengwei was seriously injured when he broke into the people. The family has sent people to compensate them in front of thousands of people, saying that it was their fault for breaking in. However, the Li family is willing to compensate for all expenses and will not be caught out."
Home guard Artai said slowly.
"Well done. At this juncture, even if the intruders are those who shouldn't, compensation must still be paid. Don't be stingy with gold and silver expenses to avoid being seized by Li Shimin."
The head of the Li family in Longxi was very satisfied with the handling of his subordinates. He continued: "This war is destined to be without smoke. We must try our best to be as perfect as possible."
Artai half-knelt with his head lowered and said, "Understood, head of the family."
The head of the Li family in Longxi nodded, and then seemed to think of something, and asked: "Where is the second son of the Li family? Such a big thing happened, where did he go?"
(End of chapter)
