Flickering in the candle flames, Zong Xiu's figure had disappeared at the door.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Yi Qingxing's eyes had a strange look, and his slender jade fingers gently tapped the bed, and the corners of his mouth outlined a shallow smile, muttering to himself.

"Is it the best in the world? If you really pity me, why not put your life on the line for you? Jong Xiu...... You're the one I've been waiting for! ”

In the silence of the night, two people who were less than ten meters apart tossed and turned in their respective rooms.

Early the next morning, Zong Xiu got up with two big black circles under his eyes, and when he saw that Yi had not gotten up yet, he went out alone and walked towards Jiangjia Village.

The printing workshop in Jiangjia Village now works in three shifts, and the meals in the front hall canteen have also changed from three meals a day to all-day service.

When the women who helped the cook saw the owner coming, they hurriedly served the hot broth. Because of last night's incident, Zong Xiu has no appetite for anything to eat.

He thought about it all night.

Yi Chengqing is a beautiful embryo, and his personality and mind are the types he likes, but he is still young.

However, even such a sixteen-year-old girl can think about him, and he can't think about it all day long.

Li Shimin's hatred for Shan Xiongxin was so deep that it harmed his children. Yi is now a person who cannot appear in public, which is equivalent to a 'dead man'.

And if he wants to marry the woman he likes, he will inevitably offend Li Shimin.

Therefore, he must have the ability not to be afraid of Li Shimin's questioning before he becomes an adult.

How?

The more Zong Xiu thought about it, the more headache he felt, and the spoon in his hand stirred the broth in the bowl back and forth, and the two of them were distracted.

As the sun slowly rose, Jiang Chen, who led his wife and son to dinner, saw Zong Xiu from afar, and couldn't help but scold his wife: "It's all your fault for talking too much, looking at the adults who are worried." In the past, adults were at home waiting for you to come over to cook, but now I came to eat by myself. ”

Jiang retorted in a low voice: "I'm not also thinking about girls. ”

"Dare to quibble, if there is any conflict between the adult and the girl, see how I clean you up."

After Jiang Chen finished speaking, he explained that Jiang led his son to eat, and came to Zong Xiu's side by himself, and called, "My lord, what do you want?" ”

"It's Brother Jiang." Zong Xiu put down the spoon in his hand, the hot broth was already cold, and he simply pushed away the bowl: "It's okay, it's nonsense." ”

Jiang Chen looked left and right, and there was no shadow of easy affection, and subconsciously asked, "Where is the girl?" Why don't you see her? ”

Zong Xiu smiled bitterly: "I guess I didn't sleep well yesterday, so I made up for it." ”

"Oh~I didn't sleep well~"

Jiang Chen showed a look that a man understands, and grinned.

“……”

Zong Xiu is also a man, so he probably doesn't know what Jiang Chen is thinking, but this kind of thing can't be explained.

To say yes is to lie; Say no, the ghost knows what Jiang Chen thinks of him, and maybe he will suspect that there is something wrong with him.

Zong Xiu got up and said, "You eat first, put on the carriage after eating, and go into the city with me in a while and go to the store to have a look." ”

He set up a shop opposite Yi Feng Pavilion as a sales point for "Chang'an Weekly". After coming down from the shop, he handed it over to Jiang Shihu to take care of, and he didn't go for a few days, and Zong Xiu also wanted to see how Jiang Shihu took care of it.

As soon as Jiang Chen heard that Zong Xiu was going to Chang'an, he hurriedly said, "Then I'll go to the carriage first." After saying that, he stopped eating and hurried out.

Jiangjia Village is more than 20 miles away from Chang'an City, and when Zong Xiu arrived at the shop, it was just morning.

"Strange, strange, why are you so lonely today?"

Zong Xiu got out of the carriage and looked at the deserted storefront, and couldn't help but wonder.

It stands to reason that "Chang'an Weekly" has just started to go on sale, and the shop is still open opposite Yifeng Pavilion, even if the popularity will drop, it shouldn't drop so quickly.

Zong Xiu glanced inside, and saw Jiang Shihu and seven or eight guys chatting on the counter, and immediately shouted, "Shihu, what are you doing!" ”

Seeing Zong Xiu and Jiang Chen coming, Jiang Shihu hurriedly ran out to greet him: "Why is the owner free?" ”

Zong Xiu had a straight face: "What's the matter?" Why don't you see a guest? ”

"The owner forgives the sin, because the Yan family thinks that our side is too noisy during the day, which affects their rest, so they specially greeted and did not let them sell newspapers during the day."

"Yan Chengcheng?"

Jiang Shihu was afraid that Zong Xiu would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained.

Yan and the others proposed that the children should bring newspapers to sell at several fixed points during the day, and if they gave the order, they would also provide home delivery. Don't say it, Yan's method is very easy to use. In the past few days, there have been fewer people gathering in front of the shop, and more newspapers have been sold. Some children can also get a reward for delivering newspapers. ”

“……”

No wonder the door of the store is deserted, it turned out to be Yan Chengcheng's idea. But that's fine, fixed-point stalls, newspaper delivery, this kind of marketing means is better than letting people buy at home.

Zong Xiu asked again, "What else did Yan Chengcheng have in mind?" ”

Jiang Shihu grinned: "Everyone Yan said that what we are doing is a big deal, and we can't let everyone in, and we must implement a consumption system." A few days ago, I helped to change our upstairs into a teahouse, spent three taels of silver to order a pot of tea, get a few refreshments, and you can go up and sit for an hour, read books and newspapers for free. ”

"I'll go! This girl wants to go crazy for money. ”

Zong Xiu couldn't help but complain.

This is a bookstore, not a green building, who has nothing to do to spend three taels of silver to drink tea?

Now that the Tang Dynasty is in ruins, in addition to dignitaries, which ordinary people are so extravagant that they spend three taels of silver to buy a pot of tea?

Hearing Zong Xiu call everyone Yan 'girls', Jiang Shihu, Jiang Chen and the rest of the staff all held back their laughter.

Jiang Shihu pointed upstairs: "The two of them came in the morning and gave three taels of silver, and now they have been sitting for almost an hour, and I am counting the time, ready to urge them to add money later." ”

"Is anyone really coming?"

Zong Xiu ran to the second floor with a bang, he wanted to see which one was wronged.

As soon as Zong Xiu went upstairs, he found that the second floor had changed greatly.

The originally open venue was divided into a dozen small areas by a half-height wooden fence, each with tables and chairs, similar to the cafés of later generations.

On the second floor, there was only a young woman with a child sitting at a table by the window.

The woman was young and beautiful, with a graceful physique, and the child was dressed in a boy's shirt, but her body was very thin.

Xu heard the sound of Zong Xiu going upstairs, and the mother and son, who were originally sitting side by side reading the newspaper, looked up.

"A woman dressed as a man?"

When he looked up, Zong Xiu found that the person wearing the boy's shirt was a little girl, with a delicate face, but there was a trace of heroism between her eyebrows.

The young woman gave a polite smile and put her arms around the little girl to read the newspaper.

After all, it is his own business, and the other party is a guest, Zong Xiu walked over with a smile and said hello: "Morning two, I am the owner of this store Zong Xiu, I don't know if you are satisfied with us here?" ”

Before the young woman could speak, the little girl said happily, "You are Zongxiu?" "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written by you? ”

"This ...... Sort of. ”

Zong Xiu said with a smile.

The little girl hurriedly said, "What about the story behind it?" What happened after Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan? ”

The young woman nodded the little girl's head.

"Cong'er, didn't my mother tell you that Lu Bu went to Dong Zhuo with Ding Yuan's head."

The little girl said aggrievedly: "But this is the story, and Lu Bu may not necessarily defect to Dong Zhuo in the story." ”

After speaking, the little girl stared at Zong Xiu again: "Can you let Lu Bu establish himself as the king later?" ”

Facing the little girl's longing eyes, Zong Xiu 'chuckled' in her heart.

Child?

A young and beautiful lady, a little girl dressed as a man, could it be that the little girl in front of her is the future Empress of the Ages-a generation of Empress Wu Zetian?