Chapter 128: The People in the Palace
Since Guozijian made this thing Chang'an Feng, Wei Zhong, the eunuch next to the Son of Heaven, went to investigate, and has checked the front and back of this thing, and now His Majesty the Emperor already knows who made this thing, and even knows that it originated from the story of Yuezhou Sanyuan Bookstore.
His Majesty the Emperor has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and he is also quite bored, and he was going to bring the author of the Westward Journey to the palace to be a minister to relieve his boredom, but Lin Zhao is also a student of Guozijian, and it is not good to directly cut off the future of a student's scientific examination, so he can only give up.
At this time, the Son of Heaven looked at the eighth issue of Chang'an Feng in his hand and frowned slightly.
Because it was the first time to do the Chang'an Xunbao, only four or five news stories were written in this issue, including the fight between Zhou De and Feng Shilang's son, but this was enough to attract the attention of the Son of Heaven.
His Majesty the Emperor, whose hair was already slightly gray, slowly closed the booklet in his hand, turned his head to the old eunuch beside him and asked, "Wei Zhong, how many copies of this booklet have been sold in Chang'an City?" ”
Some time ago, Eunuch Wei had already investigated the affairs of Chang'an Feng in detail, but at this time, he was also confident, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, more than a month ago, when this thing came out to the third book, in several bookstores in the East Market, each book sold about 6,000 copies, but this thing is not completely used for sale, in addition to the East Market, there are also hundreds of books in the Guozijian Library for Guozijian students to borrow. ”
The old eunuch paused and continued: "In addition, some big families in Chang'an, there will be people who give them this kind of booklet for free, it seems that they don't charge money, counting together, each of these booklets in Chang'an, it is estimated that there are seven or eight thousand copies. ”
The Son of Heaven nodded and continued to ask: "All of them were printed by those printing workshops under the name of the East Palace when Chang'an City was engaged in movable type before?" ”
"Mostly."
The old eunuch said respectfully: "In addition to those workshops, His Highness seems to have added a few more workshops in the past few months, and at the same time recruited a lot of craftsmen, who should help print this thing." ”
The Son of Heaven snorted: "He's busy and cheerful." ”
Wei Zhong bowed his head respectfully and did not answer any more, for him, whether it was the Son of Heaven or the Prince, they were both masters, and there was no room for him to intervene in this kind of topic.
The Son of Heaven frowned and thought for a while, and then spoke: "In other words, there are at least 50,000 copies of this booklet in Chang'an City. ”
"This thing will be issued every ten days, and by the end of the year, there will probably be more than 100,000 copies in Chang'an City."
The Son of Heaven muttered to himself, then opened the last part of the booklet and looked at the several interesting news stories recorded on it.
Although he has vaguely felt the influence of this thing, after all, the Son of Heaven has never seen what the media in the other world is like, so he is still a little unclear about the specific role of this booklet.
After being silent for a while, the Son of Heaven said slowly: "Wei Zhong, you find time to go out of the palace, go to the Guozi Prison to meet this little monkey, and ask him a few questions on behalf of me." ”
Wei Zhong nodded hurriedly: "The slave obeys." ”
The voice of the Son of Heaven put the booklet in his hand aside, and closed his eyes a little tired.
"After seeing him, you can take him into the palace if necessary."
Lao Weizhong nodded hurriedly.
"The slave and maid understand."
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Guozijian, in the Taixue School.
The little fat man Zhou De, holding the eighth issue of Chang'an Feng that had just come out in his hand, the expression on his face was extremely exciting, he threw the pamphlet aside with a sad face, and then looked at Lin Zhao viciously, gritted his teeth and said: "How did the fight between me and Feng Su's kid also be recorded in this broken book?" With such a note, doesn't the entire Chang'an City know that the master went to Pingkangfang? Isn't that master's reputation all ruined?! ”
At this time, Qi Xuan was also in the schoolhouse, and he had just finished flipping through the Chang'an Feng in his hand, glanced at Zhou De, and said nonchalantly: "Fat Zhou, you seem to have some misunderstanding about yourself all the way, where do you have any reputation in Chang'an City?" ”
Speaking of this, he snorted: "Because I am with you, the reputation of me and San Lang has been tarnished by you, and now when I walk on the street, there are no little ladies waving red sleeves on both sides of the road." ”
In the entire Taixue, who can scold Zhou De so ruthlessly, I'm afraid that Qi Xuan is alone, Zhou De is not very willing to conflict with Qi Xuan, and when he heard this, he walked in front of Lin Zhao in three or two steps, crying with a sad face: "San Lang, didn't you make this thing?" We are roommates under one roof, how can we write such things and slander me? ”
Lin Zhao was writing at this time, and when he heard this, he glanced at Zhou De, and was a little speechless: "Brother Zhou, when the first draft of this thing was delivered to me five days ago, I showed it to you, and you didn't care about it at that time, I thought you didn't care about this kind of false name......"
"When did you tell me?"
Zhou Gongzi wanted to cry without tears, and said with a bitter face: "This kind of false name is not famous, but it doesn't matter, don't say that if you beat one Feng Su, even if you beat ten, it's not a big deal." ”
Speaking of this, he looked resentful: "It's just that my father asked me to study hard in the Guozi Prison and didn't allow me to go out, if he knew that I was staying overnight outside the Guozi Prison, and he went to Pingkangfang, he would have to break my legs!" ”
Lin Sanlang glanced at Zhou De a little speechlessly.
"Brother Zhou said this, as if you had rested in the Guozi Prison."
"You're still kidding!"
Zhou De made a bitter face: "My father is a violent temper, and he can't beat people at every turn, it seems that this time I am in a catastrophe." ”
Lin Zhao stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and was about to say a few words of relief, when he suddenly heard the sound of someone knocking at the door, Lin Saburo stepped forward and pushed the door open, only to see a young man with a delicate face standing at the door, who was saluting him.
"Is it Lin Gongzi?"
Lin Zhao nodded.
"I'm Lin Zhao."
The young man hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, and said respectfully: "Young Master Lin, my godfather invites you to see me." ”
Hearing his words, Lin Zhao was a little stunned, and said in amazement: "Who is Ling Zu?" ”
The young man bowed his head and said, "We are working in the palace. Grandpa has something to do, please ask Lin Gongzi to go and see him. ”
Only then did Lin Zhao realize that the young man with a beautiful smile in front of him was a eunuch.
He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Dare to ask where Ling Zu is now?" ”
"In the Kuniko Prison Retreat."
The little eunuch hurriedly lowered his head: "I'll show the way for my son." ”
Lin Zhao nodded: "I'll say hello to the two roommates first, and then go to see Ling Zu." ”
With that, he went back to the school and said hello to Qi Xuan and Zhou De, and then followed the little eunuch towards the quiet room of the Guozi Prison.
With a little eunuch leading the way in front, Lin Zhao quickly disappeared and walked into the backyard of Guozijian.
Qi Xuan, who was standing at the door of the school building and watching, saw that he couldn't see the figure at all, so he said thoughtfully: "The people in the palace." ”
Fat Zhou was a little confused. "How do you know?" he asked. ”
Since I was a child, I have seen many eunuchs, and the little eunuch just now still walks a little strangely, and it must have been not long after he was promoted.
Hearing Qi Xuan say this, Zhou De also walked out of the room, looked in the direction of Lin Zhaoyuan, and shook his head.
"People are more angry than people, why don't people in the palace come to see my eldest son Zhou?"
Qi Xuan didn't pay attention to the noisy Zhou Fatzi, but looked at the direction of Lin Zhao's departure, with a contemplative look in his eyes.