Chapter 117: Murder
Calculating the time, it seems that it has taken half a month to suppress the bandits by himself, and there are still five days away from Nanyang City, and Yao Lian in the capital should have already set off at this time.
Twenty days after the Spring Exam, I have to rush over as soon as possible to make some preparations, so as not to be a little busy with the Xue family, and I will be the one who suffers at that time.
And Wang Ming, who was far away in Nanyang City, was doing nothing all day at this time. Since buying the relationship, Wang Ming has been hiding at home and not going out. lest the other party find out that he is the behind-the-scenes boss of the weekly newspaper, because he has nothing to do, he slowly calms down and starts reading, thinking that he is going to take the exam anyway, and it is good to read books.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a small servant pushed the door and walked in, handed a letter to Wang Ming, opened the letter and looked at it, and stood up suddenly.
There are two pieces of news in the letter, one is that Yasukuni Gong Lin Yuan will be in Nanyang City in the next few days, and the other is that the things prepared before can be sorted out and distributed.
What is going to be released is a book, and Wang Ming doesn't know who wrote it, but some speculations were written by Lin Yuan, but the other party didn't admit that he was just guessing, and he only knew that the author was a person named Mengxi Jushi.
The manuscript that Lin Yuan handed over to Wang Ming was an adaptation on the basis of the Red Dragon Dream, which shortened the description of a large number of children's love and affection a lot, focusing on the appearance of the four major families, but in fact the current situation of arrogance and lasciviousness behind them, and described the decay of the four families very hard.
Wang Ming got the complete version here two months ago, and at that time, the first time I read it, it was just an ordinary novel to pass the time, who knew that the more I looked back, the more cold sweat I would become. This is really a typical example of stabbing a soft knife without seeing blood.
The Xue family was afraid that they would never dream that Lin Yuan would insinuate the Xue family in this way. Looking at the little servant, Wang Ming ordered: "Go, call Shopkeeper Liu over." ”
"Yes, sir."
Seeing the little guy walk out, Wang Ming thought about it, turned around and took out a wooden box on the shelf, and then sat on a chair and waited for someone.
Liu Wenxu was busy in front, the new issue of the weekly newspaper was about to be published, and when he heard that Wang Ming was looking for himself, he did not hesitate to take a temporarily finalized weekly newspaper to Wang Ming.
As soon as he entered the study, Liu Wenxu was stunned, because Wang Ming's hand was on a wooden box, and he tapped a few times from time to time, as if there was something important in it.
Hearing the movement, Wang Ming opened his eyes and looked at Liu Wenxu, and said with a smile: "Coming?" Sit down. ”
"I don't know what the owner is looking for me?"
"The weekly newspaper has been published smoothly in the past few days, have you encountered any problems?" Wang Ming looked at Liu Wenxu and asked.
"I'm just about to talk to the owner about this, so let's take a look at the new version that will be released in two days." As he spoke, he handed the weekly report in his hand to Wang Ming.
Taking it from Liu Wenxu's hand and glancing at the cover, Wang Ming nodded with satisfaction, and then opened it and flipped through a few pages. Liu Wenxu is not in a hurry, the weekly report has just started, because of manpower reasons, the weekly report has always been only reviewed by Wang Ming, although there is some trouble, but Wang Ming still persevered, because Wang Ming said that the audit is extremely important. So I've always done it myself.
Putting down the weekly newspaper in his hand, Wang Ming nodded and said, "This version is good, but it needs to be changed." ”
Liu Wenxu was stunned, this is the first time this has happened, it was said to be an audit before, in fact, Liu Wenxu himself will review it several times before Wang Ming's audit, at most he will take it over and let Wang Ming take a look and nod, and it is the first time he has encountered it to reprint.
"Is there something wrong?" Liu Wenxu wondered.
"There's no problem with the content, it's pretty much the same as before, as long as you keep it, and this time it's going back and reprinting because I want to add something." Wang Ming explained.
"What's more?"
Liu Wenxu's gaze fell on the wooden box under Wang Ming's hand. Seeing Liu Wenxu's gaze swirling in his hand. Wang Ming smiled and didn't care. Instead, he patted the wooden box in his hand.
"That's a good guess, it's here."
"What is this?"
"The novel, sent by the people above, is like the story of the storyteller we usually hear. I've seen it, and the story is wonderful. "Wang Ming will be wonderful.
After thinking about it for a while, Liu Wenxu also knew that he shouldn't ask more, so he said: "Since I want to reprint and add content, I will tell the previous ones to stop first and print these things in." It's just..."
"I know time is tight, but I still have to add it, so you can delay it by two days, and work overtime to print things out in the next few days." Wang Ming knew what Liu Wenxu was worried about. But there is no way around it.
The Duke of Yasukuni is about to arrive in Nanyang, and the plan has already begun to move, so he has to keep up with the rhythm, otherwise he will ruin the grandfather's big event, and there will be a few lives that are enough for him to waste.
On the official road.
Lin Yuan lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at Yu Shi who was following beside the carriage, and asked, "How long will it take to get to Nanyang?" ”
Yu Shi roughly calculated the time, and turned back to report: "Back to the young master, there is still one day to go." ”
"Don't rush, rest for the night at the post station in front." Lin Yuan commanded directly.
Yu Shi was a little puzzled, he had been on the road for the past few days, why was it just such a short distance, but the young master was not in a hurry. But if you don't understand, you still have to listen to the young master's orders.
Yu Shi was just about to inform him of this order, but Lin Yuan said again: "Send someone who is clever to go to Nanyang City in disguise to find out some news for me." ”
Yu Shi nodded in response. Lin Yuan returned to the car at this time, the intelligence needs to be compared to find what is not there, although the Zhenfu Division has given a lot of information, but Lin Yuan always feels that there is something missing, this time he sent people out to see if there is any gain.
And those who had been sent out by Yu Shi came back on the third day. Lin Yuan has been stopped at the post station for the past few days without moving, and Yu Shi entered Lin Yuan's room with a cloth bag that night.
Seeing that the cloth bag was not thick, Lin Yuan frowned, and he didn't smile bitterly until he opened the cloth bag, what was in it was the latest issue of the weekly newspaper, and the date was issued a few days ago, no surprise, this booklet was already on the way to his place, what was the use of his subordinates bringing back such a book.
"Back to the young master, the person who came back said that Nanyang City has been messed up in the past few days because of this booklet." Yu Shi saw that Lin Yuan didn't care too much, so he spoke.
"What's going on?"
"The Xue family found the prefect of Nanyang, sued the weekly newspaper for bewitching the public, and asked the court to investigate." Yu Shi said.
"What? Poke in the foot? Lin Yuan asked with a smile and a sip of tea.
Yu Shi said at this time: "The person who came back said that there is a story in the weekly newspaper that has been popular in Nanyang City in the past few days, and has even begun to spread to the surrounding areas. The Xue family sued the weekly newspaper, saying that the story was suspected of reflecting the local family. Several companies have been united to find the yamen and request that the store be closed down and the author severely punished. ”
"Innuendo? Does that mean they did it themselves? "The things written by Lin Yuan are all written by the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division over the years to collect some information about the Xue family, and it is not surprising that the Xue family is an insinuation, but it is a little too much to say such a blatant admit.
The United Family put pressure on the imperial court, but it was just to control this rumor within an effective range and facilitate their management, otherwise it would break out when the time came, and the first unlucky one would be the Xue family.
"Go, arrange for someone to go to Nanyang City again, let him give Wang Ming a message, just say that you will send more storytellers, don't pay attention to the reproach of the Xue family, I will go to Nanyang the day after tomorrow, and some of the Xue family will be in a hurry when the time comes."
"Yes, young master." Yu Shi responded and turned to leave.
In Nanyang City, Xue Huaiyi threw the weekly newspaper in his hand to the ground, and shouted angrily: "Check, check for me, you can't find a shopkeeper, have you all grown up eating rice all these years?" Which one of these things is not looking at in Nanyang City right now? You just don't see any movement? ”
"Master, Governor Xue said that this thing didn't have an order from the ancestor, so he didn't dare to check it." The subordinate said hard.
"Don't dare to check? Isn't it just a Cui family? He Cui Yan is just a dog that Li Yuan kept in captivity in the capital, does he dare to grin at my Xue family? ”
Seeing that Xue Huaiyi said without concealment, Xue Huaili, who was sitting on the side, frowned and shouted, "Third brother, be cautious." ”
"Caution? You told me to shut up at this time, have you read the contents? The beginning is to rob the people's daughter, which is slapping me in the face. Xue Huaiyi said angrily.
"Maybe it's just an unintentional move, you're thinking too much." Xue Huaili frowned.
"I don't care if he is unintentional, I think it's okay, I have to pick up this person, if you want to stop me, you can try." Xue Huaiyi snorted coldly and turned around and walked out of the room.
Seeing that Xue Huaiyi was going crazy there without saying a word, Xue Huaili's face sank, he knew best what kind of character his third brother was, but now it was obvious that he was about to die, thinking of this, his face suddenly changed, and he looked at the housekeeper standing at the bottom and said: "Quick, order a few people to come with me, the third master is about to get into a big disaster." ”
The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that the second master didn't want to be fake, he couldn't help but change his face when he thought about what the third master did on weekdays, and hurriedly responded and ran out with the second master.
When Xue Huaiyi left the mansion, he gathered all his hands and rode his horse to the store of the weekly newspaper, his eyes were full of the look of a vulture, and the blue tendons on his forehead were bursting up.
The last family is coming to Nanyang today, Wang Ming went out of the city early to pick up people, only Liu Wenxu was alone in the store at this time, although he was interested in the money behind him, but the business was equally important, Liu Wenxu simply did not follow Wang Ming out of the city to pick up people.
Liu Wenxu, who was settling accounts in the store, heard a commotion on the street at this time, and raised his head with some doubts. This Nanyang City used to be peaceful and quiet, when did it happen like this. After thinking for a moment, he got up and went to the door of the store to see what was going on.