Chapter 916: Investigating the Books
The prince of the Yuan Kingdom is crazy, he has always been proud, and he feels that he is above everything.
Until now, he met Qin Ming, completely from the clouds, and fell into the mud!
He regretted it, and he thought he could start all over again. However, this is not possible.
This filthy cell has destroyed his so-called pride......
At this moment, watching Uncle Wang and the prime minister leave, he collapsed on the ground in despair, and then muttered to himself, "Don't ...... Don't leave me behind...... Help me...... Help me......"
However, the old prince and Prime Minister Sun Cheng resolutely left.
It is worth giving up one prince and switching to two countries to avoid war.
This prince failed, it was a mess, for Yuan Guo, maybe such a prince has no much value.
As for family affection?
How many of the emperor's family have family affection?
Therefore, he is destined to die, Yuan Guo can't be saved, and he won't be saved.
Three days, soon passed!
Noon Gate, Execution Ground!
The executioner has been waiting for a long time.
The prince of the Yuan Kingdom was dragged to the execution ground, and he urinated.
Under the great fear, he completely forgot his identity as a prince, and at this moment, even if he was a beggar, he was willing, as long as he lived.
However, that is not possible.
The old prince and Prime Minister Sun Cheng did not come to see him, maybe three days, but also let them understand that this prince is no longer valuable, and there is no need to see him off under such a hot sun.
The executioner, the moment the knife fell in his hand, the prince of the Yuan Kingdom suddenly understood a truth.
The truth that is understood when death is approaching, that is, people must not die in this life......
However, the moment when you understand this truth, it is too late......
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The next day, the old prince took more than one million books, bid farewell to Emperor Qin Ming with Prime Minister Sun Cheng and his envoys, and left the state of Chu.
The five million orders of the Western Cangguo were also completed, and Xue Rengui took the secret guard and sent it to the Western Cangguo.
But for the five million books that were lost, Qin Ming always had a pimple in his heart.
He is a person who has never been willing to suffer, but this loss is to eat, and it is naturally uncomfortable.
However, when he was uncomfortable in his heart, the system task was triggered, and the task was to let Qin Ming go to the Jin Kingdom to investigate the whereabouts of five million books.
Qin Ming was forced at that time, this thing is so easy to investigate?
However, there is also a feeling that the knots are going to be lifted, and the system asks him to investigate, indicating that there is hope, and this matter may not be so simple.
So, he decided, to investigate.
After all, this is not a trivial matter.
Thinking of this, he handed over the mess in the palace to the little princess again.
And he, set off alone, went to the Jin Kingdom.
Five days later.
Jin Kingdom, in the capital.
Qin Ming was dressed in white, holding a fan, it was too hot, he was walking and fanning, thinking in his heart, he had to find a way, and also learn from some traversers, and get some popsicles to eat.
Fortunately, in memory, there is really a way to do it.
This is not the time to think about this, Qin Ming came back to his senses and looked around.
He went from the State of Chu to the State of Jin, and went to the place where the books were missing to take a look, but there were no clues.
After some thought, I decided to come to the imperial capital of the Jin Kingdom.
The reason is very simple, if the Jin State did it, then for the sake of insurance, the books will definitely be transported to the imperial capital, in this way, everything is under the control of the royal family, and it is too difficult to be investigated.
And the imperial capital of the Jin Kingdom, although it is not as good as the Chu State, but it is also prosperous, Qin Ming went to find a few bookstores, and when he asked, the books were very expensive, and they were all manuscripts, and the number was small.
To investigate, it is necessary to find books.
What was the purpose of the robbery of five million books? Pure robbery for fun?
Impossible, it must be for something else.
These five million books, bought in the Chu State, cost 20 million taels of silver, a terrifying amount.
The ordinary imperial court may not be able to afford it.
You don't see, the Half Moon Kingdom and the Yuan Kingdom only spent four or five million taels of silver and ordered more than one million copies.
Even if Xicang Kingdom spent 40 million taels of silver to order 10 million copies, it was forced to be helpless, because at the instigation of Qin Ming, the Xicang Kingdom family and the emperor fell out.
The emperor had to use a large number of books to dismantle the heritage of the family.
Therefore, the five million books that have been lost are of great significance to any country, and they are an astonishing asset.
At the risk of offending the State of Chu, he robbed five million books, which will definitely be used on the right path.
In other words, if Jin Guo did it, then these books will definitely be used.
And once they use it, then Qin Ming can find out that because his books are printed, except for the books printed by his Chu State, the books of other countries are all manually copied.
Therefore, as long as you find a book that is printed in large quantities and is made of very good quality paper in Chu State, then you can peel back the cocoon and find the source, that is, the truth of the case.
However, Qin Ming visited many bookstores, but did not find any books printed by his Chu State.
If you think about it carefully, it may also be that you are worried about being found out and have not spread yet?
If this is the case, then the books should also be in the hands of some high-level people.
Like what...... The royal family of the Jin Kingdom!
Qin Ming thought that he had to go to the palace of the Jin Kingdom to take a look, and maybe he would find these books.
After making up his mind, he was ready to go, but now that he had arrived at a bookstore, he had come and visited, so he had to go in and have a look.
As soon as he walked in, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up: "Yo, childe, what book do you need?" Our store has the works of sages and Confucians, the masterpieces of poets and lyricists, and the articles of literati.
There are even colored stories between men and women, and by the way, there are illustrations, so you can see them...... Hey...... You know. ”
Qin Ming sweated on his forehead, looked helpless, and said, "Is there a book with good paper, neat handwriting, and no typos and alterations?" ”
In a word, basically negating all hand-copied books.
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then looked Qin Ming up and down, looked left and right, and then whispered: "Gongzi is rich, I don't think it's an ordinary person, and I really have good books here." ”
"Take it out and see!" Qin Ming said.
The shopkeeper whispered: "When I look at the son, I have taste, my book can be sold, but only for sale, not for first!" ”
"And this rule?" Qin Ming felt in his heart that if it wasn't good, it was the lost books, the mysteries, and they couldn't be read yet, and it was obviously something that didn't see the light.
"If the son wants it, buy it, six taels of silver!" The shopkeeper spoke.
Qin Ming thought about it, the books of his Chu Kingdom, whether they were paper or printed, were worth this price, and other books could not be worth this price, so they must be lost books.
So he took out twelve taels of silver: "Come on two!" ”
The shopkeeper immediately went back to the house, and after a while, he took out two books wrapped in yellow paper and carefully handed them to Qin Ming: "Take it back and read it slowly!" ”
Qin Ming nodded, then turned around and went out with a serious face.
And when he got to the street outside, he opened the paper as he walked, and the book had no cover.
He was stunned for a moment, then opened it, completely stunned.
What caught my eye was a picture with color, a picture that made people blush......
(End of chapter)