Volume 1 Chapter 62 The bait is ready

Li Du is also one of the top ten talents in Quanzhou, but his name Li Du is not because of Li Bai and Du Fu, and he is not a great poet, it can be said that he has nothing to do with Li Bai and Du Fu except for his surname Li Mingdu.

He is just a showman, his specialty is not poetry, but calligraphy, he has dabbled in all kinds of calligraphy, especially good at imitating other people's handwriting.

His family is a bit similar to Yang Cong's family, and he is also a merchant, but his family is not as rich as Yang Cong's family, and his family can only be regarded as relatively rich and rich.

His family is engaged in the four treasures of the study, books, calligraphy and paintings, etc., and the things that the scholars need to use can basically be bought in his family's shop.

Early the next morning, Yang Cong and Yu Dayou came to the Li family's Wenlin Bookstore.

In recent years, bookstores are not very rare, Hui'an has them, and Yang Cong has been there in his memory.

However, this Li family's Wenlin Bookstore really surprised him, good guy, I am afraid that the entrance to a lobby is not ten zhang deep, although the width is only three or four zhang, the height is at least two zhang.

The walls on both sides of this lobby are full of bookshelves, almost all of which lead to the roof, and the bookshelves are densely packed with books, and I don't know how many volumes there are.

There are also two counters under the bookshelf, and on the counter are all kinds of four treasures of the study, and there are hundreds of kinds of various kinds.

Yang Cong looked like the son of a rich family when he was dressed, but Yu Dayou was dressed more plainly, looking like a follower, a clever guy saw the two of them walk in, so he came up and said enthusiastically to Yang Cong: "Son, what do you want, we have this subset of scriptures and history, the four treasures of the study, Tang poems and Song lyrics, and all kinds of miscellaneous books." ”

At this time, Yu Dayou was telling Yang Cong how familiar he was with Li Du, and he seemed to have been to this Wenlin bookstore many times, but as a result, the guys in this bookstore didn't know him!

What is the situation, Yang Cong couldn't help but look at him with an inexplicable face.

Yu Dayou was so embarrassed, he rolled his eyes at the guy and said, "You're new here, what about your young master?" ”

When the guy heard this, not only did he not get angry, but he became more enthusiastic, he thought that this was a regular customer, and he actually knew his young master.

It is true that he has not been here for a long time, but because of his diligence and sharpness, the shopkeepers of all ages appreciate him.

He saw that these two were his young master's regular customers, and hurriedly led them inside.

Li Du was settling accounts at the innermost counter at this moment, and when he saw Yu Dayou coming, he hurriedly got up and said, "Lord Yu is here, it's really brilliant!" ”

Yu Dayou stepped forward and patted Li Du's shoulder and scolded with a smile: "You guys, you don't get tired of making such jokes with me all the time." ”

When Li Du heard this, he laughed and said: "Brother Zhifu, this is a bad word, this joke junior brother hasn't come over for a long time, but you haven't come to see the little brother for more than half a year." ”

When Yu Dayou heard this, he said embarrassedly: "Didn't I go to the martial arts test, by the way, this is Yang Cong of the Yang family in Hui'an, Yang Qingfeng, he is the proud protΓ©gΓ© of his father Xue in Rongcheng, and he is also a close friend of us, I specially brought him over this time to ask you for help." ”

This Yu Dayou and Xue Nantang's close friend is a friend in their circle, Li Du heard this, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Brother Qingfeng, I don't know what it is?" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but look left and right.

Although it was still early at this time, there were already a few people picking and choosing in the store, and looking at the clothes of these people, you could know that they must all be scholars.

It doesn't seem like a good thing for him to ask someone to imitate someone else's handwriting to write a letter, and it is naturally not good to say it in public, especially in front of these boring readers.

He could only arch his hand embarrassedly: "This, I heard that Brother Ruowen has a deep knowledge of calligraphy, and the younger brother came to ask for advice." ”

Li Du, you can understand when you see him like this, this kid is probably asking him to copy something.

He hurriedly said modestly: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, since the virtuous brother is also interested in calligraphy, why don't we go to the study to learn from each other." ”

With that, he made a gesture of please, then turned and walked towards the side door.

Yang Cong followed in to take a look, it was really a small study, this study seemed to be dedicated to storing calligraphy and paintings, and the room was full of calligraphy works, many of which were Tang Bohu's.

He was curious to take a look, and it turned out to be the real thing!

Impossible, right?

Tang Bohu's true handiwork will cost thousands of taels of silver at this time, wouldn't it be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver if he hung so much!

He looked around again, and it turned out to be all calligraphy scrolls of famous artists such as Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Su Shi, Mi Fu, Huang Tingjian, etc., worth no less than hundreds of thousands of taels, if these are true, Li Du's family is probably richer than his family.

Li Du's family is richer than his family?

Is it possible?

Among the famous rich people in Quanzhou, no one opened a bookstore.

Obviously, these are all copied by Li Du!

This guy is amazing, he couldn't help but admire: "Brother Ruowen's calligraphy attainments are really profound, and the younger brother admires it." ”

When Li Du heard this, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Everywhere, it's just a gourd to draw a scoop and eat with a mouthful." ”

At this time, Yang Cong was already convinced of Li Du's copying level, and he took out an envelope from his arms without hesitation, and said solemnly: "This letter is a very important evidence in court, can you help me copy a copy?" ”

Li Du took the envelope with a solemn face, looked at it carefully, and then turned around and rummaged through a bookshelf.

In a few moments, he found an identical envelope.

Then he opened the envelope again, pulled out the letter and looked at it carefully, then turned around and rummaged through another shelf.

After a while, he found another stack of stationery that looked exactly like the secret letter.

Yang Cong was already stunned when he saw this, this guy really specializes in copying, and even prepared a lot of envelopes and stationery!

But that's not all, and that's what comes next.

After Li Du found the envelope and stationery, he immediately sat down behind the desk, and then spread the letter paper on the table and looked at it intently.

After looking at it for a while, he took out a big box, opened it, took out an ink stick from it, took a new inkstone, sharpened some ink, and then raised his hand to pick out a brush from the pen holder and dipped it in ink and drew a few strokes on a piece of manuscript paper, and then nodded with satisfaction.

He was attentive throughout the whole process, without distractions, that look, that posture, at first glance he was an expert.

With this ready, he finally began to copy.

He stared at the words on the letter for a while, and then slowly wrote on the manuscript paper, at first it was not very similar, but the more he got to the back, the more it looked, when he picked up the pen and began to write on the letter, it was almost like a photocopier copying!

Yang Cong was stunned for a long time, and then reminded aloud: "Brother Ruowen, you can change that three days to one day." ”

Li Du nodded while writing, the brush kept wandering on the letterhead, without a moment's pause, and it didn't take long for him to pick up the letterhead and blow it, then handed it to Yang Cong, and said with a little smugness: "Brother Qingfeng, do you see what the problem is?" ”

Yang Cong picked up the original and compared it carefully for a while, and the shock in his heart was beyond measure.

Hungry Diga obediently, this guy is even more powerful than a photocopier, there is a difference in the depth of strokes copied by the photocopier, and he has no difference at all!

This secret letter was so prepared, and immediately afterward, Yang Cong asked people to inform Yang Jinfeng to come to Fucheng to get the letter and take it back to his second uncle.

The next day, Yang Jinfeng hurried to the Yang family's shop in Fucheng with five hundred taels of silver, needless to say, this silver was going to be handed over to Chen Wenjie's cronies.

The bait is ready, just waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Yang Cong sent three groups of twelve guards that day, taking turns to keep an eye on his shop in Fucheng, just waiting for Chen Wenjie to send someone to come.