On Shuangnan Avenue, the Zhang family's convoy left Nanzheng and was heading towards Nanxiang.

"Lady, lady, this road is so smooth."

On a four-wheeled carriage in the middle of the convoy, Zhang Xingyi's personal attendant was excited, sitting in the car and looking around, and from time to time he went out to have a look.

This car is much better than the car in Jincheng, not only is it spacious, but it is also very smooth to drive on such a flat road.

Zhang Xingyi was holding a book and was fascinated by it, and he didn't raise his head when he heard the words, just said "um".

"It's a comfortable place to sit. I heard that it was all made by Feng Langjun, but I don't know if it's true......"

This sentence finally stimulated Zhang Xingyi, only to hear the sound of "horn", Zhang Xingyi directly knocked the maid's head with a book, and shouted, "You are also from the Hou Mansion, can you not look like you have never seen the world like this?" ”

The maid winced, let out an "oh", and obediently crawled into the corner.

Zhang Xingyi threw the book in his hand irritably, only to feel that his chest was very tight, but he couldn't say what was uncomfortable.

The maid carefully picked up the book, "Lady, why don't you read it?" ”

"There are very good things, I've read them twice, and this book has no ending, which makes people feel scratchy."

Zhang Xingyi said angrily, she lifted the curtain and called, "Zhang Sanlang!" ”

A member of the Zhang family hurriedly ran over, "What do you have to say?" ”

Zhang Xingyi took the book and raised it, "Let me ask you, do you know the end of this book?" ”

"Lady, the villain is illiterate."

"Purple Electric Blue Frost."

When Zhang Sanlang heard this, his spirit was lifted, and he hurriedly said, "I know, I know!" The villain only listened to the rapper of Nanxiang a few days ago. ”

"Are Zhang Wuji and Zhou Zhiruo married? What happened to that Zhao Min in the end? ”

The little lady of the Hou Mansion wants to go to Nanxiang to inspect the industry, and the Zhang family, who takes care of the industry in Nanxiang, naturally has to take care of the little lady.

What kind of food, utensils, clothes, etc., which are unique to Nanxiang, are all prepared.

In view of the reputation of the little lady in Jincheng, she is a fairy-like character sung in poetry, and she reads books on weekdays, so people who have a heart will also send some books unique to Nanxiang, so as to relieve the boredom of the little lady on the road.

This "Purple Electric Green Frost Record" is the latest biography, not only the paper is unique to Nanxiang, but even the book is printed by Nanxiang in a special way, not copied out like other places.

What is recorded in it is the most popular ranger country biography in the mouth of Nanxiang rappers.

Zhang San is in Nanxiang, and his biggest hobby on weekdays is to go to listen to rappers and tell biographies.

Thinking that Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min, Zhou Zhiruo, Xiao Zhao, and the four daughters of Xiaozhao are entangled, and they love and resent, it really makes people's hearts itch when they hear it.

"That Zhang Langjun and Zhou Niangzi were about to get married, but they were broken in by Zhao Niangzi, and in the end, the two didn't succeed."

"And what about the end of the book?"

"There are many versions of the ending," Zhang Sanyi was full of excitement when he said this, "Nanxiang, different rappers have different endings in their mouths, but I don't know which one the little lady wants to hear?" ”

"Naturally, I want the ending of the book, what do you want the rapper to say!"

Zhang Xingyi reprimanded.

"Little lady, the villain is illiterate, I really don't know which one is the end of the book."

Zhang San was ashamed.

"Then tell all you know about the end.

"Oh, good. This first ending, it is said that Zhang Langjun and Zhao Niangzi have joined hands to retreat to the mountains and forests, and they don't care about the affairs of the world......"

"Retreat to the mountains and forests?" Zhang Xingyi was stunned, and somehow, he suddenly remembered someone thousands of miles away: He was born in Shanmen, will he also return to Shimen in the future?

"Yes, retreat to the mountains and forests. As for the lady of the week, I followed them later, but it's a pity that the little Zhao lady and the spider lady ......"

Zhang San was still chattering, but Zhang Xingyi didn't have the heart to listen to it anymore.

She lowered the car curtain, remembered that Feng Lang was now Sister Guan's husband, and then remembered that Zhao Min in the book had so much courage to find Zhang Wuji when her lover got married, and finally remembered herself......

At the moment, I felt a pain in my heart, and then a sigh, but I could only escape, I really couldn't compare to Zhao Min.

When Zhang San heard the little lady ask about this, he suddenly felt that he was a confidant, and he was about to talk to the little lady about what he knew, but he didn't expect the little lady to be interested in listening to it, and he felt a little regretful at the moment.

He was about to leave when the curtain suddenly opened again.

The little lady didn't know why, and suddenly her face became very bad, "Who is this Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng?" ”

"The villain doesn't know, I only heard that this person specializes in writing such wild history market biographies, and the rappers there in Nanxiang are all stories written by this person."

"Did he write a lot?"

"At present, only three books have been written, and this "Purple Electric Green Frost" is the latest. There are also two books in front: "The Legend of the White Lady" and "Fengshen List". ”

"When you get to Nanxiang, you quickly find me the two books he wrote before."

"No."

"Also, the second half of this "Purple Electric Blue Frost Record" should also be found quickly!"

"The villain understands."

After Zhang Xingyi finished speaking, he lowered the curtain again, hesitated for a moment, opened the book again, and began to read it for the third time.

Although I just said that it was heart-wrenching, but somehow, I always remembered what the ending of this book was.

If Zhou Zhiruo followed Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min to the mountains and forests in the end, who would be the eldest of the two maids and one husband? Who's small?

Besides, the two women are like fire and water, how can they get along safely?

Zhang Xingyi was in a trance, flipping through the book in his hand, his eyes fell on the book, but he only felt that the words on the book were like small black dots, but he couldn't see the meaning of the book.

I don't know how long it took, but the carriage suddenly stopped, only to hear someone outside say, "Lady, Nanxiang has arrived." ”

Zhang Xingyi came back to his senses and smiled to himself, he was really obsessed, and he was worried about the fictional person in this book.

She lifted the curtain again, and when she saw the outside, her face changed directly, and she exclaimed in a low voice, "What is that?" ”

In the distance, black smoke was billowing as far as the eye could see, and even in broad daylight, I couldn't see what it looked like under the black smoke, and I could only vaguely see what kind of building should be there.

Shrouded in black smoke, the looming buildings resemble ghost towns.

Thinking of the legend of the demons dancing in Nanxiang, anyone who sees this situation for the first time will have a thought: Could it be that there are evil ghosts in the world?

"The villain doesn't know either, because outsiders are never allowed to come near it. I only knew that there should be a kiln inside, and the fire was burning day and night. ”

Zhang San, as the person who is most familiar with the Zhang family in Nanxiang, doesn't even know what is under the black smoke.

"How much firewood does that cost?"

"I heard that it was not firewood that burned, but charcoal."

Zhang Sanlang said, stomping his feet, "The material of this artificial stone is produced there." ”

Then he pointed to the mountains behind the black smoke and said, "The charcoal was brought out of the mountains." ”

"It's really like a group of demons dancing around......"

Zhang Xingyi looked at it for a long time, and then muttered.

Then, when she looked at the road ahead, she realized that something was not quite right.

"Didn't you say that? How come there are no walls? ”

I saw people coming and going in front of me, and there were quite a few convoys mixed in, and the cars were covered with sackcloth or oilcloth, covering the things on the cars tightly.

There are many houses on both sides of the avenue, with thatched, mud houses, and even tall brick houses, but there are no city gates and walls.

"Back to Niangzi, the city wall is still ahead, but this is already Nanxiang City." Zhang San explained, "The original Nanxiang City was too small, but now it has become an inner city, where most of the workshops and ranches are lived, as well as the mines in the mountains. ”

"Outside the city wall, it is more lively, and it is the people who moved to Nanxiang later, and there is no longer another city wall."

Zhang Xingyi asked in surprise, "Why not?" ”

"Because the number of people coming and going to Nanxiang is increasing every day, no one knows how many people will be in Nanxiang in the end." Zhang San pointed to the thatched huts in front of him, "Lady, please see, these are all in Nanxiang for nearly three months to beg for a living." ”

"In the past, there was a wasteland that no one wanted, but now there are houses, so Nanxiang County has not built a city wall."

As we walked along the avenue, the thatched houses gradually became fewer, and at last, even the mud houses were gone, and only the tall brick houses remained.

The pedestrians on the side of the road did not have the shabby atmosphere of the outermost, and they were all ruddy and energetic.

There were also more shouts of all kinds.

Nanxiang is already a rare rich place in the Han Dynasty, so this street is very lively.

But Zhang Xingyi was used to seeing the streets of Jincheng, but he felt that it was even better than Nanzheng, the Hanzhong Governance Office, but he didn't feel much surprised.

She simply hung up the window of the car, and just looked out, only to feel a very familiar feeling, and after a long time, she reacted, "How can the street be so clean here?" ”

Even on the streets of Jincheng, there will always be cattle, horses, and livestock drowning.

The reason why Zhang Xingyi feels familiar is because Feng Zhuang's road is also so special.

Neat and clean, nothing uncomfortable, walking on top of it makes people feel very comfortable.

"Lady, you can't litter things on the streets of Nanxiang, even if you drive a car into the city, you have to be prepared."

Zhang San pointed to his carriage, and saw that behind the buttocks of all the cows and horses, a cloth pocket had been installed at some point.

"How can there be such strange rules?"

"I heard that it was a rule set by Feng Langjun, if anyone littered, they would be fined, and if they didn't have money, they would be arrested for three days of labor and clean the streets."

Zhang San pointed not far away, "Lady, look, that's the person who patrols." ”

Zhang Xingyi looked at it and saw a person at the corner of the street, dressed in black clothes and wearing a somewhat strange hat on his head, his eyes were staring closely at everyone on the street.

"Isn't there anyone who violates such strange rules? And I think he is only one person, and what can he do if someone gangs up and disobeys him? ”

Zhang Xingyi felt that it was a bit ridiculous for one person to control the entire street.

"The lady doesn't know, this Nanxiang Street, there are soldiers patrolling from time to time, if someone makes trouble, as long as a whistle sounds, the nearby soldiers will gather. And these soldiers are also specially equipped with iron hooks, fishing nets and other things, no matter whether you are a ranger or a green skin, you can't escape. ”

That person's preference for cleanliness has really reached a point that is rare in the world.

Zhang Xingyi thought secretly in his heart.

"Lady wants to go back to the house to rest first?"

Zhang San pointed to a fork in the road ahead, "Go further and turn left, and you will enter the inner city." The courtyard where the lady rests is in the inner city, but it is also quiet. ”

"There's a bookstore on the edge of the inner city, just on the right side of the intersection, and there's all kinds of books in it. The lady wants to find the latest "Purple Electric Blue Frost", if you can't find it inside, you can't find it outside. ”

"A bookstore? What is this place? Listening to this name, could it be the place where someone's book is hidden? ”

Zhang Xingyi asked curiously.

"The lady misunderstood, it was not anyone's place to store books, but the place where books were sold in Nanxiang County."

"Selling books?"

Zhang Xingyi became more curious, and she felt more and more the strangeness of this Nanxiang.

This book is a precious thing in the world, if others are lucky enough to get a book, they will only treasure it, if they are small-minded, even if they are relatives and friends to borrow it, it is also a shirk and do not give it, how can it be sold?

If you take the books at home and sell them, it is the same virtue as selling the ancestral business, and it is a loser in the family.

"Yes. The lady didn't know that the woolen workshops, ranches and mines in this Nanxiang all require literacy. Especially for children under the age of 12, they must be enrolled in the church. Therefore, this bookstore was originally built in the inner city to facilitate their reading. ”

Later, there were more and more outsiders in Nanxiang, and some outsiders even heard that there were books here that they could read at will, so they did not hesitate to come here. Nanxiang County ordered the expansion of the bookstore outside the inner city. ”

"If you have settled in Nanxiang, you can apply for a library card, as long as you ask the doctor in the library to register, you can take the book directly, as long as you return it within the specified time."

"If you come from out of town, you can only buy books and take them away. It's just that the price of this book is not low, and ordinary people really can't afford it, so most people buy pen and ink at the pen and ink shop next to the bookstore, and then go to the bookstore to copy the book. ”

"Just copy?"

"Yes, there is also a place for reading and copying books."

While speaking, the convoy arrived at the intersection, Zhang Xingyi looked in the direction pointed by Zhang Sanlang, and saw a huge pavilion not far away, even if he stood at the intersection, he could see the big words on the sign of the pavilion: Xinhua Bookstore.

The façade of the museum is huge, and the area is even more dominant, which looks majestic and solemn.

"You take me to see it first, and the others go back to the other courtyard first."

Zhang Xingyi has thought about the emotional fate of Zhang Wuji and the fourth girl countless times, and she really wants to scratch her lungs, and now that the bookstore is in front of her, she naturally wants to go first.

With that, she straightened her appearance, pushed the car door and got out of the car, and walked towards the solemn courtyard.

The door of the bookstore was open, and from time to time people came in and out with books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, and there were many servants waiting outside.

When many people saw Zhang Xingyi, they couldn't help but show surprise in their eyes, and they were all thinking about which little lady this was? How can there be such a rare appearance?

Zhang Xingyi stood at the door of this bookstore that was bigger than the door of her house, only to feel that there was a dignified air in it, and there was a slight cringe in her heart, she asked Zhang San in a low voice: "What are the rules of this bookstore?" ”

Although Zhang San stood in the distance more than once on weekdays and saw this bookstore, he had never entered it, and when he heard the lady asking, he was also a little confused: "Back to the little lady, the villain doesn't know ......."

Zhang Xingyi glared at him dissatisfied.

At this time, I saw a child sneakily look left and right, and then slipped past Zhang Xingyi like a mouse, ready to run into the bookstore.

Zhang Xingyi's eyes were quick, and he grabbed the child's collar.

The child was caught off guard for a while, his scalp tightened, and he thought that he had been caught by his own adult, so he hurriedly shouted, "My lord, I was wrong!" ”

Then he turned his head to look, but he didn't expect it to be a good-looking sister, and his heart was relieved, and then he fluttered twice, and said angrily, "Who are you?" How dare you sneak up on me from behind! ”

Although Zhang Xingyi does not have the same martial arts as Guan Yinping, she has also practiced martial arts, and she is older than the other party, so she has the advantage of height.

"Which baby are you, I don't know where to look when I play. Is this the place where you have come? ”8)