MTL - Ci Jinzhi-Chapter 108 murder

  After He Qingxiao said this, he was ready to be dissatisfied with the girl opposite.

   But Xin You's face remained unchanged: "I have a suggestion."

   "Miss Kou, please tell me."

"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 too late?" Xin You noticed the change in He Qingxiao's expression, "I think Jinshang just asked on a whim. In a word, maybe you don’t take it seriously when you turn your head around. Maybe it’s enough for Mr. He to report the information about Mr. Songling you got from me?”

  He Qingxiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

  Miss Kou is asking him to fool the emperor?

   Well, it’s not impossible.

   "Thank you, Miss Kou, for reminding me."

  Xin You's heart twitched slightly.

  This Mr. He doesn't seem to be so obedient to the emperor.

  Her bookstore is located near the Imperial College, and Mr. He often comes to visit. If you want to plan something, it is difficult to bypass the person in front of you. What you said just now was a temptation.

  A courtier who is not so foolish and loyal is a good thing for her.

  Xin You immediately looked at He Qingxiao with gentler eyes, so Liu Zhou was surprised to find that Master He bought a book again.

  Of course, the boy's shock this time was only in his heart, but his movements were not slow. Instead, Xin You stared at Liu Zhou's action of collecting money, thinking about Duan Yunlang's words, he couldn't bear it.

  He Qingxiao brought the new travel notes back to the Hou Mansion, causing Aunt Gui to speculate for a while.

   "Master Hou likes to buy books recently."

   "Well, these travel notes are worth reading over and over again."

  He Qingxiao's explanation failed to convince Aunt Gui.

  This kid has always loved reading, but he rarely buys books frequently. Why is he suddenly willing to spend money?

  Aunt Gui secretly memorized the source of the upper reaches: Qingsong Bookstore.

   It seems that I am looking for an opportunity to visit this bookstore.

  He Qingxiao soon entered the palace to meet Emperor Xingyuan.

   "Reporting to Your Majesty, Mr. Songling is a young man who came to the capital a few months ago. He is withdrawn and hardly interacts with others. Currently he is only writing books for Qingsong Bookstore."

   "It's actually a young man." After hearing He Qingxiao's report, Emperor Xing Yuan didn't ask any more questions.

  As an emperor, his interest in a book writer has reached this point.

  But when He Qingxiao left, Emperor Xingyuan still told the **** Sun Yan: "In the future, Mr. Songling will have a new book, buy it for me to read."

  Sun Yan thought about the big dark circles under the emperor's eyes that day, and really wanted to be obedient, but he didn't dare, so he turned around and ordered: "Qingsong Bookstore will publish a new book, report it in time."

  Qingsong Bookstore is ignorant of these movements in the palace, and now the entire bookstore is beginning to worry about what will happen if the batch of "Painted Skin" is sold out.

   Shopkeeper Hu hesitated to speak in front of Xin You countless times, and was so anxious that his beard fell out a lot.

Xin You was afraid of worrying about the old shopkeeper, so she suggested: "Except for "Painted Skin", if there are any other books that are selling well, we can print some more. When "Painted Skin" is sold out, the customers who come to buy will come thinking about it, maybe it will be sold out. By the way, buy another copy and take it away."

   Shopkeeper Hu couldn't 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.

  Concubine Shu loses her temper, whether it will harm the bookstore is just a guess. Therefore, she also set a time, if nothing happened for more than half a month, it should have no effect for the time being.

  Early this morning, Duan Yunlang rushed over, out of breath, and said, "Cousin, have you heard that something happened to our Imperial College!"

   "Cousin said slowly, what happened?"

   "A prisoner died at the gate, his belly was ripped open, and his heart disappeared!"

  When Xin You heard it, her first reaction was "Painted Skin".

"When did this happen?"

   "I found it early in the morning, and almost scared the gatekeeper half to death. Nowadays, many students run out to watch the fun, and I can't stop them, so I took the opportunity to sneak out to find you."

   "So, the body is still there?"

   "Here. But Jiancheng and the others ordered people to guard and not approach, and they have already sent people to report to the officials. Cousin, I won't tell you anymore, I have to go back."

   I only watched half of it, and I don’t know which class’s students are involved in the accident.

   "Cousin, I'll go take a look with you."

  Duan Yunlang was taken aback for a moment, and quickly agreed.

   On the way the two went together, Xin You tentatively asked why Duan Yunlang came to tell her the first time.

  Duan Yunlang scratched his head: "Everyone is talking about the death of the dead, like the evil ghost in "Painted Skin" is taking his life! Meng Fei said it's best to tell you—"

   "Meng Fei?"

   "The one in the same school as me, his grandfather is our sacrificial wine."

  Xin You had a slight impression of that phoenix-eyed boy.

   "Meng Fei just loves to think too much. He reads the books of sages. Who would believe such absurd things as evil ghosts taking their lives?"

   "Then why did my cousin come to tell me?"

   "Since Meng Fei has said so, I just want to share this scary thing with my cousin."

   While talking, the Imperial College has arrived, and a middle-aged man in long gown blushed and shouted: "All the supervising students will go back to the school immediately and wait for the 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, and although the number of students who came out to watch the excitement seemed to be decreasing, more and more people rushed to watch the excitement when they heard the news. After such a look, they found the shopkeeper of the opposite bookstore.

  As for the dead, apparently not even a single strand of hair could be seen.

   At this time, a team of officials came.

   "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

  The crowd quickly parted ways, and the officials squeezed in.

   After an unknown amount of time, Xin You heard the comments from the people who had seized a favorable position.

   "How did you carry it in?"

   "It is said that the teachers and students of the whole school will be summoned, and all the schools that have missed the roll call will have to identify the dead."

  …

  Although the gate of Guozijian has been closed, the number of people surrounding the gate has no intention of decreasing. Xin You knew that the investigation of the identity of the deceased would not be completed soon, so she turned and left silently, and returned to Qingsong Bookstore.

   Shopkeeper Hu was standing at the door looking in the direction of the Imperial College, and when he saw Xin You came back, he immediately asked, "Boss, did something happen to the prison student?"

  Xin You nodded.

   "How can such a thing happen!" 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, not to mention it happened in a place like Guozijian. I don’t know how many people who have descendants studying in Guozijian went to inquire about it this day, so as to make sure that it was not their own family members who had the accident.

   By the next day, the identity of the deceased had not yet been ascertained, and a rumor spread like wind.

  The reason why the prison student was killed was because he bought "Painted Skin", and the evil spirit came out of the storybook and stole the prison student's heart.

  As soon as this rumor spread, many timid people quickly burned the book.

   "Nonsense, it's pure nonsense!" Shopkeeper Hu raised his beard in anger, "How could these people believe such absurd statements!"

  Besides, Liu Zhou looked complicated.

  To be honest, he went to the flower market to see peonies after he finished watching "The Peony" before, thinking that if he took care of them carefully, he might turn into a peony fairy and become his wife.

  However, the price of peonies is high, so I reluctantly give up.