In the middle of summer in June, the heat is unbearable.

I also learned that the constant noise in the trees made many students in Jiangcheng County School unable to study with peace of mind, so some people came up with various ways to entertain them. At this moment, Qi Qing took out the chess he was carrying, walked up to his classmate Wen Wenning, and said with a smile: "Zining, it's time for it, don't work too hard, there is still more than a year before the next hometown test." Come on, you and I will play a few chess games first and relax. ”

Wen Wenning, who was immersed in reading a book, raised his head when he heard this, and also laughed: "Do you say that I am reading scriptures?" ”

"Isn't it?"

"It's a new novel that came out last month, and it's really interesting and exciting to watch."

"Didn't you say before that those novels are like that now, and you won't buy or read them in the future?" Thinking of what his friend said at the beginning, Qi Qing, who was not interested in the novel, was puzzled.

"This "Romance of the Gods" is very different from other novels, there is no old-fashioned talent and beauty in the back garden or any plot of seeking immortals and asking questions, it is the most exciting." Wen Wenning smiled and said, so no matter ancient or modern, people can't escape the law of true fragrance.

"And such a thing? But you better stop watching it and play two games with me. ”

Wen Wenning saw that his friend insisted, so he nodded again, put down the scroll in his hand, but muttered in his mouth: "Do you say that this world is really like Daji who turns all beings upside down and makes the king of a country do everything for her?" If so, I'd love to see it. "Well, this one is not only really fragrant, but also an LSP.

Just when Qi Qing had set up the chess pieces and was about to fight with his friends for three hundred rounds, another person from outside hurriedly ran in, who was also their classmate and friend, named Tian Gang, I saw that he was holding a brand-new scroll in his hand, and said straight to Wen Wenning, who had just raised the chess pieces: "Zining, the second volume of "Romance of the Gods" has come out, and many people have gone to the bookstore to buy it, if you don't go quickly, I'm afraid it will be sold out if it's late." ”

"Huh? So fast? This author called Xiaoyaozi is really like a god, and he actually published a new book in only half a month. Wen Wenning was surprised, and immediately threw away the chess pieces in his hand at will, and hugged Qi Qingyi and said, "Brother Qi, I went to buy a book first and then fought with you." Such a great book is not to be missed. Without waiting for the other party's reaction, he hurried out of the door.

Qi Qing watched his friend leave, and then turned his head to look at another friend who had opened a new book and looked at his friend carefully, and he was a little speechless. After being silent for a while, he still reached out and took the "Romance of the Gods" that Wen Wenning put aside and looked at it casually, and this look was actually a little fascinated.

I don't know how long it took before Tian Gang suddenly let out a chuckle: "Haha, this is really interesting." This Nezha has become the incarnation of a lotus, and it is actually called 'Lotus Tyrant', but if you think about it carefully, it is also appropriate......"

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Under the scorching sun, Wen Wenning ran to the bookstore closest to the county school as fast as possible, and then found that there were dozens of people gathered in front of the bookstore that was usually deserted today, and he could hear someone shouting the word Fengshen from a distance, which made him even more anxious, don't be bought by others. It seems that the scorching sun can't stop the fans of this novel.

The shopkeeper of the bookstore smiled so much that his eyes were already narrowed into a thin slit at the moment, and while quickly collecting the cash to give the books to the customers, he comforted everyone in his mouth: "Rest assured, our store has entered a total of more than 100 Fengshen this time, which is enough to supply everyone, everyone has a share, and it will never be disappointed." ”

That's good, hearing this, Wen Wenning finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then he was distracted to look at these fans gathered in front of the store, but found that the composition of book fans this time is really complicated, not only young people like him, but also many middle-aged and elderly people, and even two women, who were actually crowded in the crowd and shouted to buy books. It can be seen that this "Romance of the Gods" is really sought after by many people, and the audience is extremely wide.

It was so easy that he came to the boss, shook the money bag and said, "Give me a copy of the second volume of the gods." ”

"Chenghui, three or two dollars." The boss quickly picked up another copy and talked about the price.

"Why has the price increased? Wasn't the first volume only two or eight dollars before? "Although Wen Wenning is a talent and has a small asset in his family, he has not reached the point where he can't rest assured that he will have a few dollars of silver.

"This is the price set by the Gujia Bookstore, and I have made as little money as possible. If the son is too expensive, you can wait for a while to see if this book will drop ......"

"If you don't want it, I want it. I don't see many books in the store. Seeing this, the first person in the back took the opportunity to say. With his reminder, Wen Wenning found out that the second volume of the stack of Fengshen behind the boss was indeed only a few thin copies left, and it would be gone after it was sold out. At that moment, he gritted his teeth: "If you want it, three taels and two dollars will be three or two two dollars." As he spoke, he fumbled for a few pieces of silver and handed them to the boss.

The boss took the silver and took it in his hand, and then handed the book to Wen Wenning with satisfaction, who took it and opened it first, but found that there was actually a map of the Shang Dynasty on the first page here, and the location of the names of places such as Chaoge was on it. This made him no longer dissatisfied, and he turned to leave, taking a closer look at the map.

Although there is a saying that Xiucai does not go out and knows all the things in the world, but in fact, Wen Wenning, a young man who has never left the Hengzhou Mansion, is really not very familiar with the concept of geography. In his heart, Xiaoyaozi must be an old pedant who is rich in learning and knows everything about astronomy and geography throughout the ages.

When he slowly left, many people in front of the bookstore behind him voiced regret and dissatisfaction: "I've been waiting for this for a long time, and the book is actually sold out?" ”

"This ...... I didn't know that the new book had such a good sale, and the 100 copies were sold out in only half a day......" The boss was also confused, and finally could only say: "If you have the heart, come back tomorrow." How about I ask someone to go to the bookstore and ask for a new batch? ”

After seeing someone nodding, he quickly turned his head again: "Fugui, you go to the Gujia Bookstore and ask them for another fifty volumes of the second volume of the gods, and thirty volumes of the first volume of the gods." ”

The half-grown man in the back hurriedly agreed, and reluctantly put down the second volume of the Fengshen that he had read halfway, and hurriedly went out.

However, their wish was obviously about to be frustrated, because at this time, even in the Gu Family Bookstore, the second volume of the newly printed Fengshen had already been sold out, and in front of Gu Yuezi, there were still people from several bookstores surrounding him begging for new books.

"Everyone, I didn't expect that the demand for the second volume of this god letter would far exceed that of the first volume, so a total of eight hundred copies were prepared, and the others were not yet written. New books will not be available until the day after tomorrow at the earliest, so please be patient and I will let you know when the time comes. Although he was saying words of apology, Gu Yuezi's face was still full of joy, and his mouth was grinning to the root of his ears.

He is really happy, the first volume of Fengshen has brought a lot of gains to the bookstore, but he doesn't want to ferment after word of mouth, the second volume actually caused a rush to buy as soon as it came out of the market, and this time alone, there was a net profit of one or two hundred taels of silver, which was the book that made him earn the most in addition to those books such as the Four Books and the Five Classics.

After finally persuading all the people from the bookstore who came to ask for goods to leave, Gu Yuezi returned to the back, picked up the teapot and drank two sips beautifully, the excitement on his face could not be concealed.

At this time, the shopkeeper also came over and said with sincere admiration: "In the end, it is still the owner who sees people and things better, sure enough, this Li Gongzi is a great talent for writing novels, and this is only the second volume, which has already made people in my county highly sought after." If a few more books are published, our bookstore will be able to get through the current predicament. ”

"Hehe, yes. I didn't expect it, this Li Gongzi is really like a god, not only writes quickly, but the content is also extremely exciting, compared with his books, other people's novels are really not worth mentioning. After a pause, Gu Yuezi's eyes lit up even more: "Such a good book can't be limited to my Jiangcheng County, when this difficulty passes, I have to help him sell the book to Hengzhou City, and even the capital Luoyang, maybe there will be a place for this novel!" ”

Speaking of this, he remembered a little more: "Shopkeeper, you go to the counter and pay another twenty taels of silver, and I will take it to visit Li Gongzi." Now it seems that it was really wronged that he only gave him thirty taels in the first volume before, and he has to make up for it, and the price is the same as the second volume. As for the third volume, as long as we relax at that time, it is nothing to give him a higher point, after all, befriending him as a talent is the most crucial. ”

The shopkeeper is also an understanding person, and immediately nodded with a smile: "What the owner said is that such a talent may become a generation in the future, and it is always good to make more friends at this time." The second half of the sentence is not said, if they are found and taken away by the people of the 10,000 bookstores, they can only cry.

Although it was not early, Gu Yuezi didn't care, took a guy from the store, and went straight to the address left by Li Ling before. Half an hour later, it was already the time to hold the lamp, and the two finally came to this slightly quiet and dilapidated alley.

Different from the lights elsewhere, the alley where Li Ling's house was located was extremely quiet at the moment, as if the other people were not there. Seeing this, Gu Yuezi unconsciously reminded him of the previous things he had about Li Ling's family, and thinking about what happened to his family, he unconsciously sighed lightly.

Just as the two of them entered the alley, suddenly a scream sounded inside: "There are thieves!" Help me! The sound pierced the silence of the alley, causing Gu Yuezi and the others to shake suddenly, and then they saw a man stumble out of front of a certain courtyard, followed by a strong figure rushing out, and the stick in his hand went straight to the former's head.

"Stop!" Seeing such a scene, Gu Yuezi suddenly became anxious and shouted loudly. Because at this time, he suddenly discovered that the courtyard was Li Ling's family......