Chapter Ninety-Six: Ancient Books
Because of Yan Qingge's reminder, the next day, Yan Xiuyu asked the people around him to go outside to inquire about the news to see if there were any rumors related to Prince Zhao's Mansion.
In the afternoon, the next person came back, his face was full of unconcealed intentions, and he learned words to Yan Xiuyu: "Little prince, it has spread all over the outside, saying that the lord of Prince Zhao's mansion went to the Yan family yesterday uninvited, and the four talented women in the capital are holding a poetry meeting, and the lord of Yuan Weng is jealous of their talents, and wants to break the finger bones of the four talented women." Miss Yan Shuyu of the Yan family stepped forward and saved those girls, according to people, Miss Yan Shuyu is very skilled, and she is the first of the four talented women, such a good person, I am afraid that she is a fairy descending to earth. β
Yan Xiuyu's body sat up straight, his eyes full of interest: "Is there anything else?" β
"Also, some people say that Miss Yan's subduing of Lord Yuan Weng this time is based on her medical skills. Her medical skills are so good, I'm afraid that even the prince's weakness can be cured. β
Although Yan Xiuyu likes to mess around, he is not stupid, he vaguely grasped something in his mind, and said, "Is there anything else?" β
"There are a lot of them, they are all good for Yan Shuyu. By the way, there is another one, Hai's Pharmacy said that they are Yan Shuyu's grandmother's family, when Yan Shuyu's mother was pregnant, she ate the fetal pills specially prepared by their pharmacy, a box of five, one cost one or two silver. Many people went to buy it, and it was about to break through the threshold of Hai's pharmacy, and it seems that many people want to give birth to a daughter like Yan Shuyu. β
Yan Xiuyu thought for a moment, nodded slowly, and said: "What Sister Qingge and Brother Xuan said yesterday is indeed right, thanks to them reminding me, otherwise I would be as miserable as Yuan Qianqian today." β
The person who inquired about the news couldn't help but reach out and secretly pinch himself, so that he wouldn't show a strange expression.
Because in the news he inquired about today, he found that people were also discussing the four villains in the capital, among which Yan Xiuyu and Yuan Qianqian were on the list. Even if their little prince doesn't get involved with Yuan Qianqian, they can't escape being talked about, it's all just as miserable.
In summer, the weather was hot and sultry, but one afternoon, a light wind suddenly rose, slowly blowing stronger and stronger, blowing the willow trees on the roadside with their teeth and claws, like a crazy woman. The weather was getting gloomy, and it looked like it was going to rain.
Yan Xiuyu was playing with Yan Qingge under the corridor, and when he saw the sudden change in the weather, he swooped up and said happily: "The wind is up, the wind is up!" β
"It's going to rain, of course it's going to be windy. What's wrong? Yan Qingge was puzzled.
"Our kites are ready to be flown off!" Yan Xiuyu burned his butt and rushed to the warehouse.
The kite that the craftsman made for them that day was one and a half people high, and it was a mighty eagle kite, which was made big and sturdy at the request of Yan Xiuyu. However, although it has a large size, it is still an ordinary kite, and it can't reach the point where it can carry people to fly like in the Zhiwei Notes.
Yan Xiuyu didn't care, shouted and shouted, called a group of people, and helped him fly a kite.
The wind is blowing, and the kite should be very easy to put up, but because Yan Xiuyu tied the kite to his back, no matter how he trotted, the kite didn't have the slightest intention of flying, but he was like a stupid roe deer with a colored door panel on his back, walking crookedly in the wind, and there was an old rope behind him.
Yan Qingge watched him trotting all the way, and he was about to laugh stupidly! Even Le Xuan laughed and clutched his stomach and shouted that it hurt.
Gu Shi buried his face on her maid's shoulder, and laughed so much that even the people couldn't hold back, and looked at Yan Xiu Yule one by one.
At this point, Yan Xiuyu finally understood that his plan to fly by kite was impossible to achieve.
The people around him laughed so happily that Yan Xiuyu couldn't help but laugh after untying the big kite on his back.
After a while, the rainstorm fell sharply, and everyone returned to the house.
Listening to the sound of heavy rain crackling on the ground outside, Yan Xiuyu found Le Xuan in trouble: "Brother Xuan, you actually lied to me!" The kite couldn't fly at all. β
Le Xuan said seriously: "Where did I lie to you, I don't know that the kite made like that can't fly." Maybe it's because we don't do it in the right way, I still have too few books here, if there are more books like this, and I think about it more, maybe I can make it. β
Yan Xiuyu said: "But where can we find such a book?" β
Yan Qingge listened, his eyes darkened: "In the past, there should have been a lot of Yan family's library, but unfortunately now it is all destroyed." β
Last time, Aunt Hai asked someone to count the book stacks, and there were only a few hundred books in it that had not been bitten, most of them were common books, and it seemed that rats did not bother to eat them. Many unique and rare books have been gnawed to the point that only a slag remains, and there is no possibility of even piecing together and transcribing them.
Because of this incident, Yan Songnian was furious, simply knocked down the courtyard of the library, and mobilized the whole family of slaves to catch mice, and in the end, there were almost 200 mouse holes dug out of the library, and the rats in it were fat and numerous, dense, looking at the numbness of people's scalps, it is said that a timid maid fainted on the spot.
Le Xuan was just as unhappy as Yan Qingge.
He had heard of the Yan family's library for a long time, and the last time he came to the door, he planned to borrow a few books to come back and read them, but he didn't expect to see such a tragic situation.
He sighed and said, "I remember that there are several bookstores on Wenbao Street, which specialize in selling used books and ancient books, and there must be such notes from predecessors in them, if you go and look for more, you will definitely be able to find them." If you find a treasure, don't forget to show it to me. β
When Yan Xiuyu heard this, he was interested and agreed.
Yan Qingge glanced at Le Xuan. Le Xuan's methods of playing Yan Xiuyu have become more and more proficient recently, and he can always get Yan Xiuyu out of the way just right, he is so dominant in the study to read. Le Xuan is not at all like his uncle fears, he has a lot of eyes, but he usually doesn't show it.
As soon as the rain stopped, Yan Xiuyu went to buy books. Yan Qingge was too lazy to move, so he asked him to go alone.
After more than an hour, Yan Xiuyu ran back happily, and the subordinate behind him carried two large packages, which were full of books.
"Sister Qingge, Brother Xuan, look, I found a lot of books like this." Yan Xiuyu said with a smile.
He threw the books on the ground and piled them up in a big pile, and said, "I went to three bookstores and told the shopkeeper that I wanted books with kites, and each shopkeeper told me many books, and I bought them all." β
Yan Qingge's eyes were sharp, and he took out two blue-skinned books from them, and said, "These two are the same!" β
Yan Xiuyu sighed, took it over and took a look, it was really the same. He said: "These two should have been bought in two different shops, and if you buy too much, you don't pay too much attention to it, and it will be heavy." β
Yan Qingge helped him carefully select and classify the books, and sure enough, he found a few duplicate ones.
While he was sorting out the book, Yan Qingge's hand paused, picked up a book with a pale yellow sheepskin as the cover, and said, "In the past, there was also a book like this in the Yan family's library, not only the title of the book is the same, but even the cover is almost the same. β
As she spoke, she opened the book, and the more she looked at it, the more her brows furrowed.
Yan Xiuyu looked at her differently and asked, "Sister Qingge, what's wrong?" β
Yan Qingge had already turned the book to the last page, carefully looked at the gap between the back cover and the last page, and saw that there were indeed a few scraps of paper that had not been cut clean insideβthe original last page of the book had been cut off.
She slapped the book on the ground, her eyebrows were full of frost, and said, "Brother Yu, how much silver did you spend on this book?" β
Yan Xiuyu is a person who remembers how much money he spent, he beckoned his little servant to come over, and the little servant said respectfully: "One of the three bookstores spent one hundred and twenty taels of silver, one spent one hundred and forty taels, and one spent six thousand taels. β
For an ordinary people's family, this money is astronomical, but for Yanwang Mansion, this money is simply a drizzle. Yan Qingge's brows furrowed tightly, pointing to the book with a sheepskin cover on the ground, and said, "Did you buy this book in that store that cost six thousand taels?" β
Yan Xiuyu bought hundreds of books at once, both new and old, good and bad. However, because the bookkeeper's price was very high, the little guy still remembered, and he nodded: "Yes!" This shop said that two of the books that the little prince wanted were ancient books, both of which were rare books, and they were expensive, so he spent so much money. This is one of them. β
Yan Qingge's gaze shuttled through the large pile of books, and he accurately pulled out another book, and said, "Is there another ancient book?" β
The little guy took a look at it and said decidedly: "This is it." β
Yan Qingge opened the book, turned to the last page, checked it, and the last page of the book was the same as the previous one, and it was also cut.
Yan Qingge sneered, stood up and said, "Brother Yu, it seems that we are going to go back to the bookstore." Take me there. β
Yan Xiuyu was puzzled: "What's wrong with this book?" Could it be that the boss actually sold me fake books? β
Yan Qingge said: "This book is not fake, it is true. It's because it's true, that's why there's a problem. She turned back to Le Xuan and said, "Brother Xuan, you can come too." β
Le Xuan waved his hand: "You guys go." "Obviously I don't want to move.
Yan Qingge came to Le Xuan's side and whispered a few words to him, Le Xuan's eyes widened and widened, and he stood up suddenly, and said, "There is such a thing?" Let's go! β
Yan Xiuyu looked at them mysteriously, and jumped to his feet anxiously: "Tell me what you two said." β
Yan Qingge's face was solemn, and he showed a reluctant smile at Yan Xiuyu: "Brother Yu, if it weren't for you today, I would have been kept in the dark." I thank you in advance. β
Yan Xiuyu calmed down instantly, touched his head and raised his eyebrows and smiled, proud of himself. Sister Qingge thanked him, he must have done something very useful, so Sister Qingge would say this.
But, what did the master do? Yan Xiuyu silently recalled what he had done, and the second monk was puzzled.