The second watch day is the time when people's bodies are the most tired and the sleep is the most familiar. At this time, a haunted and deserted mansion far north of the capital suddenly ignited a raging fire.

The fire instantly swept through the entire wooden building, and as soon as the flames burst onto it, it engulfed half of the house.

"It's out of the water!" "It's out of the water!" The voices rang out one after another.

Then the doors of each house were suddenly pushed open, and people shouted one after another, and people continued to carry buckets and basins, carrying water and rushing out of the house.

But the fire is too big, this house is an old house, and because no one has taken care of it for many years, the beams and rafters are rotten, and now the flames are crackling and burning violently, where a few basins of water and a few buckets of water can be extinguished.

The flames were blazing, and the surrounding people were all awakened.

The people were terrified and terrified, and they wondered how the fire had started.

But fortunately, it was this haunted mansion that was burned, and this mansion has been uninhabited for more than ten years because of its bad luck. And because the owner of this house was a rich man on this side at the beginning, when he built the house, he deliberately distanced himself from his neighbors, and left roads around the house, and did not fight with anyone, as if he was afraid that the poor would defile his lintel.

At the beginning, this operation was not less scolded, but now, looking at the wide alley that can accommodate two carriages in parallel, everyone can't help but mutter: "With this alley in the way, no matter how big the fire is, it can't burn other people's homes." ”

"At first, I thought that the family was arrogant, and he could not die if he did not share the wall with his neighbors. Now I would like to say that it is fortunate that his family did not share the wall with the neighbors, otherwise everyone would have been unlucky. ”

This is not false, it is a real situation.

After all, Dakuan Hutong is like a fire barrier, and no matter how big the fire is, it can't implicate others. And if there is no wide alley, the two families directly share the wall, then the fire here can directly burn to the next door, and then burn from the next door to the next door, and finally burn half of the street is small, and some can even burn half of the city.

But fortunately, this family is alone, and now they can only do their own scourge. Their neighbors are not harmed by him, but for the sake of their family, they are pitiful, and now there is only one lone seedling left, and they poured two basins of water to extinguish the fire, which is only the last friendship.

The man was muttering something when he suddenly heard someone next to him, "No, why did I hear a few days ago that this house was sold?" ”

The mother-in-law didn't believe it, so she pointed to the aunt who spoke and said, "Sold?" Why haven't I heard of such a big thing? You're not kidding, are you? It's just this dilapidated house, feng shui is unlucky, twenty or thirty years can kill dozens of people in a family, and it's still haunted here, if it weren't for the head in the paste, who would buy this thing? ”

"Hey, my eldest aunt, I'll find out if I go to the yamen to check on this, so can I still fake? Oh, I remembered now, that day I was selling baked cakes at the yamen, as if I vaguely heard a sentence that said that this house had been sold. The new buyer is also fatal, saying that there are only two sisters and brothers left in the family. Hey, don't the two sisters and brothers just live in this house, right? Damn it, don't burn people! ”

This aunt had a loud voice, and as soon as she said it, everyone around her heard it. Immediately, everyone became anxious, this is human life, so can you see death or not?

So, the people who had been waiting for the house to be burned down were also in a hurry at this time, and they were busy with pots and buckets, and basins of water were splashed on them, but it did not help the fire at all.

It is a coincidence that at this time, a thunderclap suddenly exploded in the sky, and then the rain poured down without hurrying.

It's really without warning, it will rain when it is said, and some fathers-in-law have lived for decades, and they all say that they have never seen such an evil rain.

When it rains, there will always be some wind, and the temperature will always drop, and the sand will fly, right? If you can't do it first, there will be two lightning bolts, and then a thunder forecast, this rain is good, but there is also thunder, but there is only one, the thunder has not fallen and the rain has fallen, who has ever seen such an evil thing?

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, but it can't stop the people's fiery gossip.

With the help of the rain, the people were no longer busy fighting the fires, and they took shelter from the rain in their neighbors' homes. While hiding from the rain, he discussed, the evil door is the real evil door, and there is really some ghost in this house.

It's a pity that the two young people who bought the house, you said that you should always ask around to buy a family business, but you bought this ghost house so quietly, and was severely cheated. If that's all it takes, it's okay, and then sell the house to unsuspecting outsiders, so that you can reduce some losses. Now it's good, the house is burning vigorously in the flames, and in a blink of an eye, only a piece of desolation remains.

Everyone sighed, and it was not good to gossip about the fate of the new homeowner. In the future, they will not be able to get close to this family, and the people who live in this house are all evil.

Just when everyone was talking, in the mulberry house in Willow Hutong, Sang Zhuyue watched the red light in the southern sky gradually dim until it turned black, and finally let go of his heart after a night's heart.

She said to Su Jin: "Li Cheng and they will come back in a while, you ask them, did this fire implicate other people's families, but did it shock the old people and children in the neighborhood?" If so, let someone send something over early tomorrow morning, and then apologize, and pay for it. ”

Su Jin responded: "Girl, don't worry, when Li Cheng comes back, I will relay your words to her." ”

Saying this, Su Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Uncle Li's mouth was like opening the light, he said that it would rain after the second watch tonight, and sure enough, the rain fell. And it's just coming, not hitting at all, God's is like a joke.

"yes, I think it's weird, too." Sang Xuanyue answered.

It turned out that Su Jin unconsciously said what she wanted, and Sang Zhuoyue heard it, which reminded her that this matter could be handled so perfectly, and Uncle Li's credit was indispensable.

Uncle Li's mouth is really like opening the light. Originally, they didn't believe it, because it wasn't stuffy on this day, and it didn't change, so why did it rain? Even a moment before the rain, Sang Xuanyue was thinking that Uncle Li had been strange all his life, but don't go wrong at a critical time.

You know, in order to deal with this matter, they played a big game. Not only to burn books, but also to burn houses. Although the house is broken, the foundation is good, as long as the beams and windows are repaired and repaired, the house can still be lived.

But if this fire goes down, the house will be completely burned to black coal. There are still so many books, no, as long as I think about those books, Sang Xuanyue can't control her distress.

The fire was a bit big, and if it hadn't been extinguished by some rain, the house would have been burned to the ground this time. But you just say it's strange, this rain comes as soon as it is said, and it doesn't give people time to react at all.

And with the blessing of the rainstorm, the rain is directly extinguished, and it will never implicate the people nearby.

When Sang Xuanyue was thinking about it, Su Jin had already made her bed, and urged her to say, "Girl, go to sleep quickly, and I'll talk about it tomorrow." Solved the big problem in her heart, the girl should be able to sleep well this time. ”

Sang Xuanyue took off her clothes and went to bed with only her underwear, and said to Su Jin: "Although the matter is solved, this disaster is really inexplicable. I still can't figure out who is deliberately trying to embarrass our brother and sister. ”

"If you can't figure it out, you don't want to, and when it's time to know, the girl will naturally know."

"That's what I said, but as long as I think of it, there are still people behind me who are calculating our sister and brother, and if one plan fails, there may be another plan, where can I sleep?"

Su Jin was also a little worried when he heard this, but he couldn't stop this day because of future disasters.

Su Jin said: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and when we encounter something, let's find a way to solve it, the living can't let the urine suffocate to death?" Besides, we have so many people in our hands, even if we really encounter something, it is easy to solve it. The girl doesn't want to do that, so go to sleep. ”

Sang Xuanyue fell asleep, and got up early the next day.

And this time she learned two good news from Su Jin's mouth.

The first is that although the people near the ghost house were panicked when they caught fire, when they learned that the fire point was the ghost house, everyone calmed down. Most of the children never woke up, and the old people were not shocked even if they woke up.

The second is that things are going smoothly, everything is going according to expectations, and if nothing else, they should no longer be trapped by the word "hidden treasure" in the future.

In addition to these two good news, there are two other news, which cannot be said to be bad or good, but Su Jin felt that the girl should know about it, so she also made it clear in a few words.

Among these two news, the first one is that when the fire first broke out, the first people to run out of their homes saw several people jumping out of the wall of the ghost house, their arms were full of things, and they didn't know if it was a treasure.

Someone got up early this morning and chased them in the direction they were running from, and as a result, they picked up several books from the ground. At first, he was not sure that it was "stolen goods", but he thought that some scholar had carelessly dropped the object.

But there are many "cheap" people in Beicheng.

This is even more different from the people of the southern city. The people of the southern city are only poor, but they are good people. If the family is angry and the children in the family are also angry, then they can also grit their teeth and send their children to school.

But there are many sluts in Beicheng, and they have cheap status.

What does it mean to be a lowly member? It refers to those who do the next nine popular positions. Such as silversmithing, carrying sedan chairs, midwifery, frog catching, haircuts, matchmakers, ghost hunting, etc.

It can be said that most of the people in Beicheng are engaged in these professions that cannot be said to be on the table. It can't be said that there is no one who reads here, but there are very few, like a pearl in the sea.

And books are precious, what kind of people do you need to be able to drop books all over the ground, and you can not look back?

This is obviously unusual.

If you think of someone stealing something from the haunted house and escaping from the chaos, then it's obvious that this book is obviously stolen.

It's just that I've never heard of stealing other people's gold and silver treasures, and even more so of stealing people, but I've never heard of stealing books, so I ask if it's unusual?

Because this matter was so rare, it soon became known to the people of Beicheng.

Regardless of whether this matter was operated by Li Cheng and others, or something else, everyone in the whole North City is talking about it now, there are books hidden in the ghost house, but the gangsters can't steal the books, and they inadvertently ignited something in the house, and the fire burned directly.

I don't know how many books there are in the ghost house, maybe they will all be burned, isn't this a sin?

Another thing is that because they know that the ghost house was re-bought, and the buyers are still a pair of sisters and brothers, some people are worried that the sisters and brothers have been killed; Or he was put down by the smoke lit by the gangsters, so even though the flames were blazing, there was still a man with a good heart who broke into the house to see what was going on, despite everyone's obstruction.

The result was good, people didn't see it, but they saw several large boxes of books burning.

There were several large boxes of books, and the top boxes were opened, and half of the books were burned. The man thought that the box below was also filled with books, so he kicked open the box on top despite the smoke that filled the room, and then miraculously rescued the box of books below at the risk of being burned.

When Sang Xuanyue heard this, she couldn't help but be surprised: "Rescued a box of books? Is the book a written book, or is it some new blank book? Sang Xuanyue's heart was completely lifted, and the whole person was so shocked that he couldn't jump.

How did this kind of mistake come about, it's really terrible!

"Don't worry, girl, it's a false alarm, that book is not a new book, there are words on it." When Su Jin talked about this, he also had palpitations, "Fortunately, Li Cheng and they are reliable, and they all pile those blank books in the corner." The upper row of the corners was filled with unsightly sayings, but the outermost row of boxes was full of carefully prepared books, which the girls were reluctant to burn. Let's just say that this arrangement is not elaborate? If it weren't for Li Cheng's dedication to doing things perfectly, then when everyone opened the box, it turned out to be blank books, and they asked if this thing would explode? ”

At that time, presumably those villains will also realize that this is a "situation", and the family must not be uneasy again.

But fortunately, Li Cheng did things carefully, and he was very thoughtful, taking every link into account. Therefore, after the people of Beicheng turned over the box of books, they were even more convinced that all the books placed in the ghost house were good books, and they were all good books, and there were annotations on them.

Sang twisted her lips a few times and asked Su Jin, "Who spread this rumor?" ”

"Not our people anyway. I heard that it was someone from the yamen who had passed, and then I read the books, and said that the annotations were amazing. Then it was passed on ten, ten on hundreds, and it was passed on like this, and I heard that many readers had already gone to Beicheng to read books. ”

Sang Xuanyue's face became even more distorted when she heard this, "Why did this happen?" By the way, the book belongs to our family, shouldn't it be returned to us? ”

"I can't do it now, because it's been dragged to the yamen as evidence."

Sang Xuanyue was a little speechless when she heard this, but after careful consideration, she felt that this was human nature. After all, there was such a big fire, and it was a burglary, and it was still such a huge wealth that was damaged, and it was reasonable for the yamen to attach importance to it and keep the evidence temporarily.

After saying this, Sang Xuanyue couldn't help but ask about the man who rescued a box of books in the fire house, and confirmed that he really wasn't burned, so Sang Xuanyue said to Su Jin: "You should still give some thanks." There is no one in the house, and if there is anyone, this man must have saved someone's life. He has a good character, we can't chill the hearts of good people. "Besides, those books alone are worth a lot of money, and others have worked hard to save you—although it is of little use to them, but if they have saved them, they should always be rewarded with some gold and silver.

Su Jin responded when he heard this, "I have written this down, but I estimate that if the young master knows, he should thank him in person, and the young master will go out before dawn." ”

"Went to the North City, didn't you?"

"Yes."

After all, such a big thing happened, can the main family not come forward?

If it is said that the collection of books used to be "sneaky", but now that the books have been stolen and burned, what is the significance of the master's collection of books from everyone?

Therefore, Qing'er not only went to Beicheng, but I heard that she cried bitterly and rolled down from the carriage like a landslide.

Then, the people of the northern city learned about one more thing.

That is, it turned out that the people who bought this ghost house were the Sang family sisters and brothers who opened the bookstore in Nancheng. It's just that I don't know who I offended, or maybe someone simply looked at them unpleasantly, so it was inexplicably spread that there was a treasure hidden in the Sang family's books.

Then the sister and brother were so troubled that even if they lived in their own house, they were not at peace day and night. They had no choice but to buy a new house and hide their books here, and they were going to move here secretly. Unexpectedly, this book had just been moved out of the house, and it was targeted. A few days later, gangsters came to steal the book.

Let's just say that this pair of sisters and brothers is pitiful?

They did all the good deeds, and they were grateful to the people of Nancheng, but they were burned by the gangsters and destroyed the treasures handed down by their ancestors. If you go to hell in the future, you won't be beaten into meat by your ancestors.

Su Jin said that the sound and color were colorful, and Sang Twisting Yue listened to it with taste. But thinking about those burned books, Sang Xuanyue felt distressed again.

She was so distressed that she didn't even eat breakfast, and in the end, Qing'er came back from Beicheng, and when she heard that her sister didn't eat, she avoided her and ate a bowl of bird's nest soup, and then she told Sang Xuanyue about the follow-up.

The follow-up is actually quite simple.

After all, the book was burned, and the house was also burned, so just report it to the official.

But the official didn't need him to go to the yamen in person, after all, the servants had been waiting at the ghost house for a long time.

So, Qing'er told the matter of "hiding treasures", as well as the repeated visits of gangsters, and the hardships of having to buy a house and relocate books.

He said it in a real way, and people can empathize with him.

Again, because of the fermentation of the matter, the people of Beicheng are spreading it like this, so even the servants have a preconceived idea that this is what is going on.

The matter of reporting to the official is very easy to handle, but it is just a matter of chasing down the gangsters in the future, which is somewhat troublesome. After all, there was already a curfew when the fire caught fire, and there were mostly small alleys in Beicheng, so the gangsters could just find an alley to drill, who could know where he was going?

It is more difficult to catch the gangsters, so you have to take your time.

Fortunately, Qing'er is not in a hurry, and now he is "anxious" about books.

But those books had to be kept as evidence in the yamen. And many readers came to hear the news and wanted to see the books handed down by the ancestors of the Sang family, Qing'er "couldn't wipe his face", and after discussing with the people in the yamen, the books were open to readers.

As a result, now there are many scholars who have gone through various doorways to go to the Yamen to see the Sang family's collection of books.

And those books are good, and the annotations are even more amazing. So, after reading the news of the Sang family's biography that he could win the champion, it spreads far and wide, and now it is known all over the city.

After listening to her brother's story, how to say it, the whole person had a feeling of ridicule.

So, it's as simple as that, their sister and brother have become the most popular figures in the capital?

It's as simple as that, their ancestral books have become highly regarded must-read for scientific expeditions?

Why is this so ridiculous?

But the more ridiculous is yet to come.

Around noon, it was time for dinner, and I saw the dumb uncle coming to the house with the little servant in a hurry.

When Sang Zhuoyue rushed to the outer courtyard when he heard the sound, he thought that something had happened to Chongwen Zhai.

As a result, after asking, I realized that something had indeed happened, but it was not a bad thing, but a good thing. Because of the trouble in the northern city, those things spread to the southern city, and the books they worshipped were robbed by everyone.

Although the dumb uncle repeatedly asked the little girl to shout at the throat, "The books of the Sang family do not have the magic of making people want to be the champion", "Buying books still depends on your own needs, don't blindly follow the trend", "Rational shopping, no return or exchange in the follow-up", "The books in the study are slightly different from the books in the Sang family's collection".

But even if the little guy shouted in his throat, no one listened to him.

The readers were like crazy, and when they entered the bookstore, they swarmed up and threw themselves on the shelves.

With that rich person, it doesn't matter what kind of books you have on the shelf, and whether it is useful to him or not, they are like chicken blood. not only grabbed it himself, but also shouted his good brothers and personal servants to follow him to grab it. is afraid that he will suffer if he robs less, and he will not be able to pass the championship at that time.

These people don't care about money, and they rob stacks of books. Then on the one hand, some people moved books out, and on the other hand, some people directly threw gold peanuts and gold ingots to the dumb uncle.

Let's not talk about golden peanuts, after all, they are small, and at most one can be exchanged for twenty or thirty taels of silver and buy more than ten books. But the gold ingots are so big, that is ten net weights, and it takes more than 100 taels to exchange for silver. Then the gold ingots were thrown away one purse after another, and the dumb uncle who watched it had a numb scalp, for fear that the gold ingots would smash his table out of a pit.

can make buying books like follow-up goods, such a scene has been lived for half a lifetime, and it is the first time I have seen it.

Such buyers are not short of money in the family, as for those poor students, or those who do not have rich family resources, do you say that you are blushing when you see this scene?

But this is not the time to be red-eyed at all, they have little money, but they have borrowed money. Can't buy more than a hundred copies, can't they buy five or six copies? After all, they can buy less, so they can choose well. I don't believe that the books they have carefully selected are not as good as the books that people move out when they can't bear anything.

But you have to be selective?

Hehe, I'm afraid that before I finished reading the first line, the book was snatched away.

Let's just say how ridiculous this is, but it really happened.

As a result, in just a short period of time, Chongshu Bookstore, which was originally orderly and well-arranged, was robbed as if it had just experienced a bandit crossing.

Even the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other items sold in bookstores have been sold a lot, and they are about to bottom.

I heard that it was said that the Sang family's book can make people take the top prize, so the pen, ink, paper and inkstone sold by the Sang family are used, isn't it blessed that the top student is more sure?

So, under such a very unreliable rumor, the things in the store were almost sold out, and the dumb uncle came over in a hurry at this time, he came to replenish the stock.

However, Sang Xuanyue heard what Uncle Dumb said, but categorically refused: "Uncle Dumb, have you forgotten that the books of the Sang family were hidden in the ghost house, and now they are all burned in the fire and burned to ashes." ”

Qing'er echoed her sister and said, "Yes, yes, dumb uncle, can't you transport the book out of the mulberry house, otherwise the game we did before will not be exposed?" ”

When the dumb uncle heard this, his hot head was suddenly cooled down.

The brain is cold, and the dumb uncle is sober. At this time, he couldn't help but pat it on his head, he was old, he was really confused. He was also so dazzled by the speed at which he could enter the account so quickly that he even forgot such an important thing.

Now is the time to make money, now to fool those gangsters and suppress the "hidden treasure" thing, this is the most urgent.

The girl and the young master have been busy for many days, and they have lost a lot of weight. finally succeeded, and was almost ruined because of his lack of sobriety today.

However, seeing this opportunity to make money drifting away with the wind, the dumb uncle was also very distressed.

There are not a few times in this life when people can be hot-headed, and if you miss this time, I don't know when there will be such a grand occasion in the bookstore in the future.

It's still distressing to think about it, but the dumb uncle knows the severity. Just sighed and gestured with a "I listen to the girl" gesture.

After the dumb uncle left, Qing'er asked Sang Xuanyue: "Sister, is our bookstore really going to be so empty?" ”

"At least the last few days will be empty. You know, even if you go to the surrounding bookstore to buy books now, it will take time. Besides, since we have made a reputation, why don't we try to choose some good books, so as to strengthen the ability of Chongshu and make our Sang family's bookstore business to a higher level? ”

"What do you mean, sister?" Qing'er couldn't help but lean over and ask.

Sang Twisting Moon touched his head and said with a smile: "This is a good opportunity, an opportunity for our bookstore to ride the wind." ”

Although the "hidden treasure" thing was ridiculous at first, and it did cause them a lot of trouble and distress, but after such an operation, the matter was finally solved, and they had an unexpected joy.

That is, the reputation of the Sang family's book collection was spread, and even led to the business of Chongshu bookstore.

Although the development of this matter is somewhat magical, it is completely unexpected by everyone. But it is also in response to that sentence, if Seon loses his horse, how can he know if it is a blessing?

What a great opportunity this is, usually working hard to operate and operate, it may not be able to bring such a big exposure to the bookstore, but now these are all here, and they are menacing, and the momentum is like a tide, if she can't seize this opportunity, she will regret the rest of her life.

Sang Xuanyue will run a bookstore in the future, and talked to his younger brother Haosheng.

She has always felt that she doesn't have much talent for business, and even running a bookstore is crossing the river by feeling the stones. It is all thanks to what I heard before, and the help of the dumb uncle, that the bookstore can operate smoothly and smoothly until now.

However, Qing'er looked at his sister who was shining in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he didn't know how much talent his father had in business, and he didn't know how many capable people his ancestors had, he only knew that Chongshu would be carried forward in the hands of his sister, and even one day, Xu would overshadow the reputation of these old bookstores in the capital and take the lead.

It's all something that can't be said for sure.

He didn't dare to think about it before, can he have such a sister with a keen sense of smell, and this inexplicable luck, why worry about it?

Now it is the south city, the north city, and after Xu Yes, there are the east city and the west city. This is like a general attacking the city, now the people in the south and north cities all recognize Chongshu bookstore, then one day, the people in the entire capital will recognize Chongwen bookstore, and the whole world will recognize Chongwen bookstore.

When Qing'er left her sister and went back to the backyard to rest, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

He couldn't hold it back, so he said a few words to Li Cheng, and then Li Cheng was busy in his heart.

Although he looks silly and stupid, he is also honest and powerful, giving people a very reliable and loyal feeling, but Li Cheng himself is a beautiful person, and he is a flexible person.

He heard Qing'er mention those books, mentioned that thanks to Hou Ye's help, and heard Qing'er ask, where did he get those books, and he wanted to buy another batch, Li Cheng couldn't help muttering in his heart, where is this something that can be bought with money?

Do you think that annotation could really be written by a random reader?

That's a serious thing, is it okay for Hou Ye to annotate when he reads by himself?

Of course, the books are definitely not the books used by the Hou Ye, but they were specially copied and shipped over. But Hou Ye is too big and three-yuan, and his academic level is to be famous in history. Hou Ye's ordinary words of guidance can benefit people a lot, and after reading his comments, the reader feels that he has benefited from it, and he knows it in his heart.

Therefore, it is no wonder that the people in the north and south cities have brought the remaining boxes of books to the altar, after all, the books have capital.

It's not a big talk, if someone really reads all the books annotated by the Hou Ye, not to mention the big words of the top scorer, at least the middle jinshi is definitely a trivial matter.

But some of Hou Ye's books can be taken out, but some must not be revealed. The more you do, the more likely you are to expose the filling.

So that's the end of it.

Don't want to get more books out of Hou Ye's study, but Hou Ye likes Qing'er very much, if Qing'er Gongzi proposes to go to Hou Ye's library to have a look, or let Hou Ye give a few words, I want to come to Hou Ye's will.

(End of chapter)