"The villain has a bad memory, he doesn't even remember what he ate in the morning, this book was written by the villain a few days ago, and there are some people in it, and the villain has forgotten, I only remember that there is a Li Mingzhu, as for whether her sister is called Li Aizhu or Li Ming, the villain did remember it wrong just now, and now I think about it, her sister is called Li Ming."

The eldest prince was too lazy to listen to this big man's nonsense anymore, he called Yin Zhutou and said in a deep voice: "This person dares to talk in front of this prince, first hit forty boards, and then interrogate." ”

Yin Zhutou responded and called the official over. The two officials didn't say a word, so they pressed the big man's shoulder, and the big man only understood at this time that he was going to be beaten by the board!

Forty boards, that could kill him.

"His Royal Highness spares his life, the villain is wronged, the broken book of iniquity is not written by the villain, the villain has suffered it on behalf of others."

This flying disaster must have been caused by the broken book, it must be! He had heard in the community that a scholar wrote a poem in the previous dynasty, and the government determined that he harbored evil intentions and intended to rebel based on the poem, so he was sentenced to be beheaded.

That poem is only twenty words, and the number of words in such a book is many times more than that poem, and twenty words can be intended to rebel, and a book is even more rebellious.

The big man struggled with all his strength to feed, and he wanted to hug the thigh of the eldest prince!

But the big hands of the two servants were like iron tongs, and he couldn't move.

"Wronged, villain!"

An unpleasant smell came to his face, and the eldest prince and Miss Hua covered their noses together.

The eldest prince said to the two officials with disgust; "Take him out and get him clean."

Others are scared, but this one is directly scared.

After a long time of incense, the big man was brought up again, and half of his three souls and six spirits had already been scared away, and when he saw the eldest prince again, he recruited them all without interrogation.

He is indeed called Wang Lanhua, and he does live in Mazi Hutong in the capital, but this "Pearl Story" is indeed not written by him.

Although he didn't look like a scholar, he was a reader. When his father was alive, he set up a small booth outside Mazi Hutong to write letters, and later this small stall was passed on to him, and he made a living as a letter writer.

One day, a young man came, and the young man dressed like a small servant of a large family, and the young man gave him a scroll of books and asked him to copy them on his behalf, and he copied all the manuscripts of the book, and gave him twenty taels of silver!

It's not the first time he's taken on this kind of business, and there used to be someone who wrote a bad spell and asked him to copy it on his behalf, but this little guy produced more money.

Although he is a scholar, he has grown up in the market since he was a child, and he can guess a few points without asking.

At that time, the villain suspected that the book must have been written quietly by a young lady, and was worried that the elders of the family would say that they were not doing their job, so they spent money to hire the villain to copy the book. The villain never expected that it would be an anti-book! ”

When he copied it, he didn't go through his brain, and he just had a hasty impression of the book, otherwise he wouldn't even remember the name of Li Mingzhu's sister.

The eldest prince and Miss Hua exchanged glances, and it turned out that this person thought it was an anti-book.

"The little guy paid a deposit of five taels first, and said that he would take it after a month, although the villain was doing a small business, but he was also a child, and after a month, he handed over the book that had been copied to him, and he also gave the remaining fifteen taels to the villain. After a few days, the little guy came again, and the villain thought that there was business again, but he didn't expect that this time, he didn't let the villain copy the book, but let the villain take the book to Wanjuanfang, as long as the villain handed over the book to Wanjuanfang, and insisted that the book was written by the villain, he would give the villain fifty taels of silver. ”

When Dahan said this, he slapped himself hard: "It's all to blame on the villain, I haven't seen fifty taels of silver when I'm so big, and I was greedy for a while, so I agreed." ”

"Wanjuanfang? The Qin family's 10,000 rolls? Hua Jingyao interjected.

Yes, how could she have forgotten that the Qin family not only has the largest Tibetan Tianxin Pavilion in the world, but also the Qin family also has two printing workshops, one is the Tianxin Pavilion with the official seal, and the other is the Wanjuan Workshop. Tianxin Pavilion is printed with scriptures and historical books, but the printing of Wanjuanfang is very miscellaneous, and there are often word books.

However, "The Legend of the Pearl" was not printed by the Qin family's Wanjuanfang.

She bought a hundred copies, and she knew it.

"That's right, the villain just went to the Qin family's Wanjuanfang, and it was a steward who received the villain at that time, so he accepted the manuscript and let the villain go. The villain came out of Wanjuanfang, just turned an intersection, and saw the little guy, the little guy really gave the villain fifty taels of silver, all of which were white flowers, and the villain took the box containing the silver, with soft legs and soft hands, for fear of being targeted by thieves, ran into Qian Zhuangzi, and exchanged the silver for a silver ticket. The big man wiped the beads of sweat from his head, and he didn't know if he was hot or scared.

Hua Jingyao raised the book "Pearl Record" in her hand, shook it in front of the big man, and said, "But this book is not printed by Wanjuanfang, how should you explain it?" ”

"The villain really doesn't know, but later the villain saw the book in the workshop and bought one on purpose, and the villain also found that there was no mark on the book, but the villain didn't think much about it." Dahan began to regret it again, the eldest prince and this girl, should he not let him hand over the seventy taels that were added up before and after.

Miss Hua asked the big man, "What is the name of the steward you saw in Wanjuanfang?" ”

Dahan said: "His surname is Liang, and that little guy asked me to go to Wanjuanfang to find Liang as a manager, and I just need to hand over the book to him." ”

The eldest prince called Yin Zhutou again and said, "Have you heard his confession?" Go check it out, go back quickly. ”

Yin Zhutou went out, and the eldest prince called another subordinate who was good at painting portraits, took the big man down, and drew the little guy.

After half an hour, Yin Zhutou brought the people from the printing workshop.

The first to come in was the big treasurer and a steward of Huiwenzhai.

"The Legend of the Pearl" was engraved by Huiwenzhai.

Hua Jingyao remembered that Master Hua San said that the reason why he received this job of drawing illustrations was introduced by Jiangnan, and Jiangnan and the owner of Huiwenzhai had some friendship.

As one of the best restaurant owners in the capital, Jiangnan knows a lot of people.

The person who came was the big shopkeeper and steward of Huiwenzhai, not the owner, and he didn't necessarily know Jiangnan if he wanted to come.

"The Pearl Record" is engraved by the trumpet, and the trumpet also specially invited a famous artist to draw illustrations, and hired an engraving master from Hangzhou, although the book is a big seller, but because the cost of engraving is too high, it has just returned to the original." The big shopkeeper said.