"Brother, I'll go to the bookstore to buy books for my grandfather, you go to the tavern on Front Street to get a drink for your father first, and we'll meet at the Sifang Teahouse in an hour."

Ah Shu put the snack in his hand into his brother's arms, patted the dust on his hands and said with a smile.

Liu Rui hurriedly held a bunch of boxes in his arms, and looked at his sister uncomfortably when he heard this: "It's not safe for you to go to a girl's house by yourself, so let's go with me to get wine for my father first, and then buy books for my grandfather together." ”

Ah Shu grabbed Liu Rui's sleeve aggrievedly, and said coquettishly: "The tavern is far away, I'm too lazy to go." ”

Liu Rui nodded his sister's forehead helplessly: "Okay, you go to the bookstore first, my brother is here to watch you, and I will leave when you enter the door." ”

Ah Shu smiled and nodded, turned around and trotted to the door of the bookstore, turned around and waved his hand to his brother who was still looking at him from afar, and walked in with his skirt.

Linzhou is a remote small city in the south of the Ming Kingdom, the scenery in the city is not as prosperous as the capital, but there is a sense of simplicity and tranquility, the Zhiyuan Hall bookstore in the city has a hundred cities, so it is famous throughout the Ming Kingdom, many people who love books in Beijing come to this place to look for books from thousands of miles away, and it has become a beautiful talk.

Ah Shu's grandfather loved books like life, and every few days he sent Liu Rui's brothers and sisters to the bookstore to find books for him, and the shopkeeper of the bookstore gradually became familiar with the two brothers and sisters. ”

Ah Shu pursed his lips and smiled, then turned over and turned two pages, "The old man has this idea to love, and the shopkeeper is bothered." ”

"The lone book, I took it from the little vendor, don't see through it, but it's really the only one, the old gentleman must be happy to see it." The shopkeeper pointed to the book in her hand and said confidently.

Ah Shu curled his lips and compared a number with him.

The shopkeeper nodded happily: "Well, you should run an errand for the old man, and our old man will be happy." ”

Ah Shu paid the money, and was waiting for the guy to wrap up the books, when there was a sudden loud cheer from the teahouse next door.

The shopkeeper followed her gaze, "Sifang Teahouse has found a storyteller out of nowhere, and the business has been very good in the past two days, and even my bookstore has been wiped out, and there are many more customers than before." ”

Ah Shu thanked the shopkeeper, took the box handed by the guy and walked out of the door of the bookstore, the moment she stepped out of the threshold, a pair of master and servant passed by her, she walked to the door, and heard the shopkeeper's apologetic voice: "Sorry son, the book you want has just been bought by another girl......

She glanced behind her and followed the applause into the Sifang Teahouse.

The shopkeeper of the bookstore said well, the business of the Sifang teahouse today is indeed very prosperous, A Shu just entered the teahouse, was shocked by the tea customers in the lobby, she wanted to turn around, but was squeezed into the crowd by the guests who came later, the crowd pushed her to the storyteller's table, she raised her head, only to see a square table on the small platform, a piece of waking wood on the table placed next to a book, the storyteller in front of the table held a folding fan, and described exaggeratedly: "But it said that the daughter of the Liu family returned home, Before the evening meal was prepared, I heard the sound of a man calling the door in front of the door, and the little girl of the Liu family went to open the door, and saw two strange men standing in front of the door, led by a young man in a brocade suit, who was born with a star in his eyes, and looked like Pan An! ”

The spectators in the audience applauded at the right time.

Ah Shu didn't understand what they were doing so excitedly, and looked at the stage with a wooden face, and saw the old storyteller gasping for breath, and then said: "This man is the third son of the emperor, Chu Wangyun. At the behest of his father, the current emperor, he came to invite the old prime minister Liu Min, who lived in seclusion, to come out of the mountain. Seeing the girl who opened the door, he only felt that the women in the Liu clan were really good-looking, but he didn't have any other thoughts. But after he took great pains to invite Liu Min back to Kyoto and got the news that the emperor had married him and Liu's daughter, he realized the deep meaning of the emperor asking him to invite the old prime minister back to Beijing. This is a big deal for His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who doesn't know that the prince of Chu has a rock-like heart, and he has long fallen in love with the young daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, Wu Yunuan Wu? ”

The visitors' minds were all on the storyteller's mouth, but Ah Shu frowned slightly.

Her surname is Liu, coincidentally, her grandfather is also called Liu Min, is the prime minister of the first emperor, the first emperor was deaf and not admonished, and her grandfather resigned angrily after repeated admonitions to no avail, and became a teacher in this remote Linzhou village.

Although people have the same name, even the identity is important, which is a bit too much of a coincidence.

Her mind wandered, and she heard the storyteller on the stage continue: "However, the emperor's attitude is resolute and refuses to withdraw his will. The king of Chu had no intention of being the daughter of the Liu family, but although he was given a marriage, he was extremely cold, and the two became a couple after the marriage, and after the wedding, the king of Chu accepted Miss Wu into the mansion under pressure and became the most favored concubine Wu in the palace of the king of Chu! ”

"Good!"

Ah Shu's brain hurt from the shouts of the people around her, and she couldn't bear to listen to the storyteller finish half-time, she followed with a frown.

After the storyteller stepped down, he went straight to the backyard, and Ashton walked behind him without pause, which naturally caught his attention.

He stopped, looked back at the pretty woman's face, and seemed to be stunned: "Little girl, what are you doing with the old man?" ”

Ah Shu looked directly at the old man in front of him: "You just said that the king of Chu will invite the old prime minister to come out of the mountain, let Liu Min return to Beijing to be the prime minister, and will marry the daughter of the Liu family?" ”

The storyteller bowed slightly: "That's true." ”

Ah Shu: "Then do you know that my surname is Liu, and my grandfather is also called Liu Min, he has been away from Beijing for many years, and he once swore with his life that he would never return to Beijing?" ”

The storyteller's eyes, which seemed to know everything, fell lightly on Ah Shu's face, and he smiled and said, "Miss Liu, can you know that the old man is talking about the book of prophecy, and it is the future of the Liu clan and the entire Ming Kingdom that is predicted?" ”

Ah Shu looked at the storyteller in front of him with a sneering face, and suddenly asked with a cold face: "Who let people come here, and who made you pretend to be a ghost here to deceive me?" Those people were all arranged, weren't they? They deliberately pushed me to the front of the stage to listen to you, right? ”

The storyteller looked at her with a smile: "Is it true or not, Miss Liu will know when she goes home and sees?" ”。

Ah Shu didn't believe a word of what he said.