After He Qingxiao said this, he was prepared to be dissatisfied with the girl opposite.
But Xin You's face remained unchanged: "I have a suggestion."
"Miss Kou, please speak."
"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 a bit late?" Xin You noticed the change in He Qingxiao's expression, "I think Jinshang just asked on a whim. Just one sentence, maybe you will turn around and not take it to heart. Maybe it will be enough for Mr. He to report the information about Mr. Songling he got from me?"
He Qingxiao raised her eyebrows slightly.
Miss Kou is asking him to deceive the emperor?
Well, it’s not impossible.
"Thank you, Miss Kou, for reminding me."
Xin You's heart moved slightly.
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 here to visit. If you want to plan something, it is difficult to bypass the person in front of you. What you just said was a test.
A less loyal minister would be a good thing for her.
Xin You immediately looked at He Qingxiao with a gentler look, so Liu Zhou was surprised to find that Mr. He had bought another book.
Of course, this time the boy was only shocked in his heart, but his hands were not slow. Instead, Xin You stared at Liu Zhou's action of collecting money, feeling a little unbearable thinking about Duan Yunlang's words.
He Qingxiao brought the new travel notes back to the Hou Mansion, which aroused Aunt Gui's speculation.
"Master Hou likes to buy books recently."
"Well, these travel notes are worth reading again and again."
He Qingxiao's explanation failed to convince Aunt Gui.
This child has always loved reading, but he rarely buys books frequently. Why is he suddenly willing to spend money?
Aunt Gui secretly noted the source of the seal on the travel notes: Qingsong Bookstore.
It seems that I am looking for an opportunity to visit this bookstore.
He Qingxiao quickly entered the palace to see Emperor Xingyuan.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Mr. Song Ling is a young man. He came to the capital just a few months ago. He is a solitary man and hardly interacts with others. Currently he only writes books for Qingsong Bookstore."
"He's actually a young man." After hearing He Qingxiao's report, Emperor Xingyuan didn't ask any more questions.
As an emperor, it is already quite a lot for him to be interested in a gentleman who writes books.
However, after He Qingxiao left, Emperor Xingyuan still told the eunuch Sun Yan: "If Mr. Songling has new books from now on, buy them for me to look at."
Sun Yan thought about the dark circles under the emperor's eyes that day, and wanted to obey him, but he didn't dare. He turned back and ordered: "Qingsong Bookstore will publish a new book, please report it in time."
Qingsong Bookstore knew nothing about these developments in the palace, and now everyone in the bookstore began to worry about what would happen if the batch of "Painted Skins" was sold out.
Shopkeeper Hu faced Xin You and hesitated countless times, so anxious that he lost a lot of his beard.
Xin You was afraid of worrying the old shopkeeper, so he suggested: "In addition to "Painted Skin", if there are other books that sell well, print some more. When "Painted Skin" is sold out, all the customers who come to buy it will come thinking about it, maybe I bought another copy and took it with me."
Shopkeeper Hu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The owner is so smart, why doesn't he want to sell "Painted Skin"?
Xin You was actually thinking that maybe she was too cautious.
Whether Concubine Shu loses her temper and will cause disaster to the bookstore is just a guess. Therefore, she also set a time. If she was fine for more than half a month, it should not be affected for the time being.
Early that morning, Duan Yunlang rushed over, panting: "Cousin, have you heard that something happened in our Imperial College!"
"Cousin said slowly, what happened?"
"A prison guard died at the gate, his body disemboweled and his heart missing!"
When Xin You heard it, his first reaction was "Painted Skin".
"When did this happen?"
"I found it so early in the morning that I almost scared the gatekeeper half to death. Now many students ran out to watch the fun, and I couldn't stop them, so I took the opportunity to sneak out and look for you."
"So, the body is still there?"
"He is here. However, Jian Cheng and the others ordered people to guard him and not come near. They have already sent people to report to the official. Cousin, I won't tell you anymore. I have to go back."
I only watched half of it, and I still don’t know which class the student was who caused 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 of them went together, Xin You tentatively asked Duan Yunlang why he immediately thought of telling her.
Duan Yunlang scratched his head: "Everyone is talking about the deceased having his heart ripped out, like the evil ghost in "Painted Skin" asking for his life! Meng Fei said it would be best to tell you -"
"Meng Fei?"
"He is from the same school as me, and his grandfather is the one we offer wine to."
Xin You had a slight impression of the young man with phoenix eyes.
"Meng Fei just loves to think too much. He is a student of sages. Who would believe such a ridiculous thing as an evil ghost seeking his life?"
"Then why did my cousin come to tell me?"
"Since Meng Fei has said so, it's time to share this scary thing with my cousin."
While they were talking, the Imperial College had already arrived, and a middle-aged man in a long gown was suppressing his blush and shouting: "All the prison students will go back to school immediately and wait for 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. Although the number of students who came out to watch the fun was decreasing, more and more people came to watch the fun after hearing the news. After looking around, he also discovered the shopkeeper of the bookstore opposite.
As for the deceased, apparently not even a hair could be seen.
At this time, a team of officials arrived.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
The crowd quickly separated and the officials squeezed in.
After an unknown amount of time, Xinyou heard comments from people who had seized a favorable position.
"How did you carry it in?"
"They said they would call all the teachers and students in the school to identify the corpses of any school whose names were missing."
…
Although the gate of the Imperial College has been closed, the number of people surrounding the gate has no intention of decreasing. Xin You knew that the investigation into the identity of the deceased would not be completed quickly, so she silently turned around and left, returning to Qingsong Bookstore.
Shopkeeper Hu was standing at the door looking in the direction of the Imperial College. When he saw Xin You coming back, he immediately asked: "My boss, is something really wrong with one of the Imperial College students?"
Xinyou nodded.
"How could something like this happen to Hao Duanduan?" Shopkeeper Hu sighed heavily when he thought that most of the supervisors were young people in their teens and twenties.
Bad things spread thousands of miles, let alone if they happened in a place like the Imperial College. On this day, countless families whose descendants were studying in the Imperial College came to inquire to make sure that the person who had the trouble was not one of their own.
By the next day, before the identity of the deceased had been identified, a rumor had spread.
The prison student was killed because he bought "Painted Skin". The evil spirit came out of the storybook and stole the prison student's heart.
As soon as this statement spread, many timid people were so scared that they quickly burned their books.
"It's nonsense, it's pure nonsense!" Shopkeeper Hu was so angry that his beard stood up, "How could these people believe such a ridiculous statement!"
Liu Zhou on the side looked complicated.
To be honest, after watching "The Peony Story", he went to the flower market to look at peonies, thinking that if he carefully raised them, they might turn into peonies and become his wife.
However, the price of peonies was high, so I reluctantly gave up.
