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With the storytelling of Steward Xu in Fengyou Teahouse, more and more people are attracted to the teahouse, in order to listen to this unique Journey to the West story with their own ears.

In this case, under Zhou Chong's hint, Steward Xu pretended to accidentally leak his mouth, and as a result, the news that Journey to the West was from his young master Zhou Chong leaked out.

In addition, through the hands of Zheng Jing, Zhang Kuang and Li Zheng, the manuscripts of the first few chapters of Journey to the West also began to circulate among readers, although some stubborn old Confucian students thought that Zhou rewrote these things was not a proper job, but the vast majority of readers were full of praise for the book Journey to the West, and even those stubborn old Confucian students also had to admit that Journey to the West was a good book that could be passed on to future generations.

The bankruptcy of the Zhou family and the forced withdrawal of the Zhou family by the Song family have twice pushed Zhou Chong to the cusp of public opinion in Songjiang Mansion, but everyone did not expect that only a few days later, Zhou Chong once again became the focus of everyone's discussion, and at the same time, the "prodigy" aura on his body has become more dazzling.

Originally, Zhou Zhong and Steward Xu planned to talk about the sixth episode of Journey to the West, that is, Sun Wukong made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, but they were plotted by Taishang Laojun, and when they were caught by Erlang God and put on the demon slaying platform, the content behind them was no longer passed on, just wait for the bookseller to come to him to buy the manuscript.

But the two of them underestimated the huge influence of Journey to the West, and there were more and more guests listening to books in Fengyou Teahouse, and Shopkeeper Liu had to change the layout of the teahouse and add a lot of extra tables. Moreover, the status of the guests who came to listen to the book was getting higher and higher, and many wealthy businessmen and scholars became frequent visitors to the teahouse, and even some officials came to listen to the book in their spare time, and finally attracted the current prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, Lord Xu, which really caused quite a stir.

In addition, with the spread of the Journey to the West, many storytellers also came by the name, sorted out what they heard, and then preached it everywhere. In this era, there is no intellectual property protection, everyone thinks that this is normal, and some even think that it is helping the author to make a name for himself. In fact, it is true that in this era of underdeveloped information, these storytellers have indeed made Journey to the West more widely circulated, and even the story of Journey to the West has spread to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and it has spread to all parts of Daming at a very fast speed.

It is precisely considering that so many people are willing to listen to Journey to the West, and it has caused such a big response, if you only talk about the first six times, the content is really a bit small. In addition, Zhou Chong considered that the content of the story was quite different from the content of the manuscript, so after discussing with Steward Xu, Zhou Chong decided not to hide the content behind, but to tell it generously, otherwise it would be easy to offend people, and the real manuscript was in his own hands, and the bookseller had to come to them if he wanted to publish a book.

In fact, it is true that as Journey to the West has been widely circulated by storytellers, more and more people are interested in the manuscript of Journey to the West, which is much more fortunate for local readers in Songjiang Prefecture, because they can visit Zhou Zhong in Zhoufu and ask for a copy of the manuscript by the way.

At the beginning, Zhou Chong was very happy, and every time he received it in person, but then there were too many people, and Zhou Chong, who was the most stubborn, had to think of a way to spread the first ten episodes of Journey to the West through Zheng Jing and Li Zheng and Zhang Kuang, as for the rest of the manuscript, it was announced that it had not been written, and he would write the book behind closed doors during this time, hoping not to be disturbed, which finally blocked the footsteps of the visitors.

In a warm pavilion next to the hall in the front yard of the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Zhong and Zheng Jing sat opposite each other, with a few kinds of wine and food on the table, and a long-faced young man sat between the two of them, who was smiling and toasting Zhou Chong.

"Wenda, Xu has been studying in Suzhou, a few days ago I came to visit my father, only to hear about Wenda's name from my father, and then I was more fortunate to see your handwritten Journey to the West from Brother Minglun, which really made Brother Fool admire, so I have been grinding Brother Minglun to take me to visit, and today I can finally get my wish!" The long-faced young man who claimed to be surnamed Xu said with a smile on his face, and his words were all about wanting to make friends with Zhou Chong.

This long-faced young man who came with Zheng Jing is named Xu Shenzhong, and his background is extraordinary, his father is Lord Xu, the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, and in the words of later generations, he is a standard second generation official. But the quality of the second generation of officials is much stronger than later generations, Xu family is a native of Suzhou, Xu Shenzhong was born in Suzhou, used to live in Songjiang with his father for a period of time, returned to Suzhou when he was a teenager, followed Zhu Zhishan, one of the four talented sons of Wumen, to learn calligraphy, at the age of 24, he was admitted in one fell swoop, and he was also well-known in Suzhou City.

"Brother Xu is a great talent, especially with one hand, he is the true biography of Mr. Zhishan, and even Tang Jieyuan praised Brother Xu's words as having seventy percent of Mr. Zhishan's charm." The reason why Zheng Jing brought Xu Shenzhong was to let Zhou Chong make more friends, so that no matter what he did in the future, he could help.

Zhou Chong naturally understands Zheng Jing's kindness, not to mention that this Xu Caizi is still the son of Xu Zhifu, and he is also a lifter, this kind of person naturally has to make good friends, so for Xu Shenzhong, he also said with a smile: "Brother Xu is really polite, Suzhou has been full of talented people since ancient times, so there are talented people like Lord Xu and Brother Xu, and the younger brother has been admiring it for a long time, and he must go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to travel there when he has time, and then he will trouble Brother Xu to help the younger brother introduce one or two!" ”

Hearing that Zhou Zhong intended to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou, Xu Shenzhong was even more happy, and said with a smile at the moment: "If Wenda goes to Suzhou, Brother Yu will be the east, please Wenda You go to a few good places, in addition to several celebrities in Suzhou, Wenda, you should also visit one or two, such as Brother Yu's teacher Mr. Zhishan, as well as Tang Jieyuan, Nanfeng Jushi and others......"

Speaking of Suzhou's customs and customs, Xu Shenzhong was a little carried away, and he didn't finish talking about it, although it seemed a little rude, but from his previous reckless visit to Zheng Jing, and now he is so open-mouthed, in fact, it also shows one point, that is, Xu Shenzhong should be a straight person, and he has no heart to get along with others, this kind of person is the most suitable to be friends.

Since Zhou Chong crossed, he has been busy with his family affairs, not much interaction with the outside world, and he does not know much about the situation in Daming, so for Xu Shenzhong's introduction of these situations, it also aroused Zhou Chong's great interest, and asked from time to time, which made Xu Shenzhong more interested in talking, and the result was that the two talked very happily, Zhou Zhong got a lot of useful news, and Xu Shenzhong was also very happy.

From Xu Shenzhong's mouth, Zhou Zhong learned a lot about the Ming Dynasty Suzhou side of some situation, Zhilu Dao was already a famous land of fish and rice in the Ming Dynasty, rich in products, is an important agricultural and economic center in the south, but also the governor of Yingtianfu station, the cultural atmosphere is very profound, trained a large number of Wu sergeants, such as the famous Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and others, now live in Suzhou, but the situation of both is not very good.

The two chatted from morning to afternoon, and only after Xu Shenzhong did he say his most important purpose today: "Wenda, next month is the birthday of my teacher Mr. Zhishan, I haven't thought about what birthday gift to give before, but after seeing Journey to the West, I like it very much, so I want to personally copy a copy of Journey to the West, and then give it to his old man, but now only the first few times of Journey to the West are circulating, so I take the liberty to visit today, and I hope that the text will be completed!" ”

Hearing Xu Shenzhong's request, Zhou Chong was embarrassed, and Zheng Jing next to him saw this, thinking that Zhou Chong was unwilling to borrow, and hurriedly said: "Wenda, Mr. Zhishan has a humorous temperament, and he usually likes Zhiwei legends, so Brother Xu concluded that Mr. Zhishan will definitely love your Journey to the West, so he asked me to come and ask for a copy." ”

However, after hearing this, Zhou Zhong smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Minglun misunderstood, I hit it off with Brother Xu at first sight, and there is nothing reluctant about a novel, but now I have only written the thirtieth chapter of Journey to the West, and it is expected that there will be seventy more chapters later, adding up to more than 600,000 words, even if I wrote the first thirty times, there are more than 100,000 words, and now there is only one month left before Mr. Zhishan's birthday, I'm afraid Brother Xu can't finish copying it alone!" ”

Hearing Zhou Chong agree to his request, Xu Shenzhong was also overjoyed, but when he heard the latter words, he couldn't help frowning, more than 100,000 words is not a small amount, and he can only stay in Songjiang for ten days at most, and then he has to rush back to Suzhou, and it is almost impossible to copy the first thirty chapters of Journey to the West in ten days.

Zheng Jing and Xu Shenzhong are also friends who have known each other for many years, and they can't help but feel anxious for him when they hear the words, but soon Zhou Zhong smiled and said: "Brother Shen, you see if this will work, I just finished writing the first thirty times, and we have three people here, so it is better to simply do this, each of them take ten times back to copy, and strive to finish copying in the shortest possible time, and then Brother Shenzhong will give the manuscript to Mr. Zhishan as a birthday gift, which can be regarded as a little bit of our juniors' thoughts!" ”

"Wonderful!" Zheng Jing closed the fan violently after hearing this, and said with a look of surprise, although Mr. Zhishan's career is not smooth, but he is a well-known Shilin predecessor in Wudi, he has always admired it very much, and he has also visited Suzhou before, originally he also prepared a birthday gift to let Xu Shenzhong hand it over, but now it seems that it is still the method that Zhou Zhong thought of.

Xu Shenzhong was also overjoyed, he concluded that the teacher would like the book Journey to the West, the key is the content of the book, as for who copied it, I am afraid that with the teacher's temperament, he will not care at all.

Thinking of this, Xu Shenzhong also nodded in agreement, so Zhou Zhong took the first thirty manuscripts of the book, and the three of them each took ten times. It's just that Zheng Jing and Xu Shenzhong seem to have agreed, scrambling to get the last twenty rounds in their hands, and then sit on the wine table impatiently. They had already seen the first ten times, and they were eager to know the next story of Lu Dao.

However, it is not early now, the sun has already set in the west, and Zheng Jing, who is still relatively stable in the future, was the first to wake up, and pulled up Xu Shenzhong, who was still addicted to books, to say goodbye to Zhou Chong, and Zhou Zhong also personally sent them to the door.

However, just as Zheng Jing and Xu Shenzhong turned around and were about to leave, suddenly a carriage slowly drove on the street in the distance, and it seemed that the target was the gate of the Zhou Mansion.