Chapter 86: The Words of the Imperial Capital
"Not really. Xiang Nan said: "The winner of the Luban Festival, I have inquired about where the carpenter is, and I heard that the wood man he makes is very flexible, and I will also make a movable wood man, so I want to go and see his work." Since the senior brother and the junior brother have nothing to do, they also went to see the fun. Are you going?"
Bai Yuelan walked over and shook her head: "I asked my senior sister to accompany me to buy a notebook." It's been a long time since the last volume came out, and maybe the next volume will be available. β
Ye Zhidao: "Okay, go your separate ways." Be careful. β
Bai Yuelan nodded. In fact, the second senior brother was too worried, and ordinary people couldn't hurt cultivators at all.
"Buy this kind of book, or change into women's clothes, right?" Bai Yuelan asked Ding Rong.
Ding Rong nodded, changed his clothes, closed the door, and went down to the first floor. The men who had gone to find the carpenter had already gone out.
Bai Yuelan asked the small shopkeeper: "Excuse me, what bookstores are there in the city?"
The shopkeeper's shrewd little eyes narrowed and asked, "It turns out that you are two girls." Are the girls trying to buy any books?"
"The book is called "This Love Can Be Treated"......" Bai Yuelan replied.
The shopkeeper's eyes immediately became vigilant, and he said, "This book is a forbidden book." β
"My sister is not sensible, shopkeeper, we are just bored, so it is okay to buy some other notebooks to pass the time. Ding Rong immediately changed his tone and asked, "If girls often read it, just use the book." β
The shopkeeper nodded: "If you need the sage books for scientific research, they are all in a few bookstores at the East City Gate. But if Mrs. Miss reads the book, she will go to several bookstores in the West City Gate, among which Xinyu Bookstore and Tingyue Bookstore are the largest, in West Fourth Street. β
"Okay, thank you, shopkeeper. "Ding Rong Road.
The shopkeeper instructed, "Don't mention that forbidden book again." β
"I see. Bai Yuelan nodded.
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The imperial capital of Dajin is very large, and it took an hour to reach the West First Street of the West City Gate, and the West Fourth Street is still far away. The two girls were sweaty, and they were not good at the sword, so they had to hire a carriage and go to the Xinyu bookstore.
In the Xinyu bookstore, there was really no book, and when Bai Yuelan pulled a guy over to inquire quietly, the guy swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "This store doesn't sell this book." Never sold. He looked around before he walked away.
Bai Yuelan looked at Ding Rong, Ding Rong shrugged his shoulders and said, "Look, I'm afraid this book is more strictly forbidden in the imperial capital." After all, the content involves 'that one', and the imperial capital is at the feet of 'that one'. β
Unexpectedly, just as the two wanted to leave, a flowery young lady also entered the door with the maid and the family, and asked loudly: "Is there a second volume of "This Love" for sale?"
The guy sweated and hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "This store doesn't sell this book." We have never sold it. β
"Isn't it written at the door that 'collect all the books that can be read in the world'? Why not?" A girl who looked like a maid stepped forward and said arrogantly: "Don't you think we can't afford it?
The shopkeeper of the bookstore hurriedly stepped forward, bent down and said, "Miss Yu, please stop being angry, that book is indeed not available in this bureau, and it is all listed as a banned book, how dare the small bureau print and sell it?"
Miss Yu asked reluctantly, "Then do you know where to sell it?"
The shopkeeper looked helpless: "The little one really doesn't know." Why don't you check out some other bookstore?"
The story in it was touching, Wenhua was affectionate, looking forward to reuniting with his fiancΓ©e, but he didn't expect to be hindered by the villains, and a thousand mountains and rivers were drawn between them. With such a touching story, how can you not sell it?" said Miss Yu.
Do you know that the villain you are talking about is the current saint? As an official lady, if you want to complain about whether the emperor can hide and complain, and actually make a big statement in their bookstore, don't implicate them. The shopkeeper thought to himself, but he still said very humbly: "The scale of this book bureau is limited, and it can't include the book of the world, but the plaque at the front door is overwritten!"
Miss Yu glanced at him contemptuously and summoned her personal maid: "Hmph, let's go!"
A group of people swaggered out.
The man approached the shopkeeper and said, "This young lady is too unreasonable." We don't sell banned books and it's still in her way, really!"
The shopkeeper wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said, "I heard that this book has recently become popular among the wives and ladies of high-ranking officials, and they are very sympathetic to the man in the story. β
"The emperor is a little weird, isn't it? If the story is true, then the emperor has only favored men after he has not been established all these years, isn't it really because of what the woman who broke into the cold palace did?" the man guessed in a low voice.
"You dare to say that!" The shopkeeper glanced sideways at the guy, and then looked around vigilantly, there were only two women in plain skirts in the bookstore looking through the books from a distance, not paying attention to their conversation, and the shopkeeper hurriedly warned: "The vain discussion of the saint is going to punish the nine clans!"
The guy was immediately silenced.
Bai Yuelan and Ding Rong, who pretended to be flipping books in the corner, had good ears and could hear clearly, and they exchanged a look, since there is no book to buy here, let's look elsewhere.
However, I searched all the bookstores in the city, and even asked about the humble shop, but I didn't buy them.
When leaving the small shop, Bai Yuelan approached Ding Rong and whispered: "Someone is following ......"
Ding Rong had already noticed that an inconspicuous little man was following them. But she didn't care: "It's okay, let him follow." β
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In the evening, the town of the south of the general's house.
North Garden.
Under the flickering lights, the little man reported to the eldest princess behind the desk: "Except for the ladies of the princes and ministers, there are two suspicious women today. β
The eldest princess Danfeng's eyes swept over and said, "Elaborate." β
"Your Royal Highness Princess, these two young women, not from our country, only arrived in the imperial capital today, and now live in the Longyun Inn. Today, they are looking around to find out if there is a book to buy. The little man replied respectfully.
"Zhou Qian, what's suspicious about them?"
They were fine, and when they returned to the inn, they met with their companions. After a small investigation, their companions, four men, visited Tang Carpenter, who had just won the Luban Award in our imperial capital, this afternoon, and had a very pleasant conversation with him, and Tang Carpenter also offered to introduce them to meet King Zheng. Wasn't King Zheng the one who bought toys for the emperor? Therefore, I suspect that they are all spies of other countries, and I don't know what their purpose is when they come to the emperor. The little henchman Zhou Qian replied.
The eldest princess's eyes lit up and she didn't speak.
Zhou Qian continued: "Of course, it is not excluded that these two foreign women are also like many ministers and daughters in our country, just hostile to the emperor, pity the people in the story, and exert their boring sympathy that is too widespread. β
The eldest princess thought for a while and said, "I sent someone to investigate the cold palace, although there are people cleaning it inside, but there is no palace inhabitant, that is to say, the woman in the story does not know whether she is dead or living elsewhere." I'm still worried that I can't get him to the harem and let the story develop, but now it's good, there is one more way to make sense. β
"What do you mean ......"
"Let him enter the palace!Go and see if his poor fiancΓ©e is dead or what's wrong, isn't there the next volume of the book?hehe, with that group of stupid women who don't know what is going on to ruin his reputation, see how he can sit firmly on the throne!" the eldest princess laughed very happily.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess. β
"What about the bitter man in the story, is he still discussing with the general?"
"This time should be there. β
"Then I'll go and promote and build a bridge for him. β