After leaving Feng's mansion, Tian Zhiyu went to the street and found a very large bookstore.

He wanted to see how hot "The Peony Pavilion" was.

When he walked into the bookstore, sure enough, he saw dozens of people queuing, and he walked to the front of the line, where a thick stack of "Peony Pavilion" was placed.

Tian Zhiyu sighed, thinking that it was a pity that there was no copyright in this world, otherwise he would really have to sue the owner of this bookstore and let him compensate him for his copyright fees.

Although the real copyright is not his.

Let's promote the masterpiece to the world for free.

Tian Zhiyu walked around again, this bookstore was about the same size as Mingyuan Bookstore, and there were also various types of books.

He glanced at it, and there was no book that caught his eye.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw a little girl next to him looking at him timidly, her eyes full of longing.

Tian Zhiyu glanced at her and said, "What's the matter, girl, do you know me?"

The girl finally mustered up the courage and said, "May I ask if you are Tian Zhiyu Tian Gongzi?"

Tian Zhiyu nodded and said, "I am, how do you know me?"

When the girl saw him admit her identity, her eyes immediately lit up and said, "It's not you I recognize, it's my sister Zhang," after saying that, she waved her hand to the girl who was hiding behind a bookshelf not far away, and asked her to come over quickly.

Tian Zhiyu took a closer look and had an impression of that girl.

The last time Ge Zhihuan and the others took a group of students to visit the divine doctor's house, this girl was also among them.

The girl walked over a little shyly, and was a little embarrassed when she walked to Tian Zhiyu's side: "Tian Gongzi is good, I didn't expect to see you here." ”

At first, the girl said: "Sister Zhang saw Tian Gongzi from a distance, pulled me and said look, that is Tian Gongzi, I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't know it was really you when I asked." ”

Tian Zhiyu was quite happy that the big star was recognized by fans, and said with a smile: "I happened to pass by here and come in to have a look, are you also here to buy books?"

The girl who stepped forward first said: "We don't have classes today, we went to the bookstore to see "The Peony Pavilion", I originally wanted to buy it, who knew that there were so many people, so I went shopping casually first, and then bought it when there were fewer people." ”

Miss Zhang also said: "Recently, "The Peony Pavilion" has been so popular, even our dean often explains the verses in it to us," she glanced at Tian Zhiyu, and then asked cautiously: "Tian Gongzi, did you write this "Peony Pavilion"?"

The other girl's eyes suddenly widened, and she looked at Tian Zhiyu with a surprised expression.

Tian Zhiyu nodded with a smile, and when he saw the two girls, he was about to scream, so he immediately made a silent gesture and said softly: "Don't shout, don't shout, but tens of millions of others have heard it." ”

The two girls hurriedly restrained, and there was still joy and excitement in their eyes that could not be hidden.

The girl surnamed Zhang said: "It turned out that it was really written by Tian Gongzi, and our husband also said that in the entire Yuhang, there are no more than three or four people with such pen power, and he also suspects that Tian Gongzi is the author." ”

Another girl immediately said, "Tian Gongzi, can you wait for a while, when I buy the book, you can leave me a word?"

Tian Zhiyu didn't expect that this "fan" would have the idea of signing the version, but he, the "original author", would not be able to get a penny of remuneration.

He looked at the crowd that was still queuing, at this rate, these two girls are going to line up now, how can it take an hour to buy books, he is a little hesitant.

While he was hesitating, he heard a young man's voice say sharply: "Why do you let this kind of book circulate among the public? Where is the Sven? Where is the system?"

Tian Zhiyu and the two girls all looked in the direction where the voice came, and saw a young man who was about his age and had a good appearance, standing in front of the crowd, and was questioning the people in line.

The three of them were a little puzzled, and those in line obviously didn't know what was going on, and were about to step forward to take a look, when the young man said: "Chinese culture, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, ethics and morality, pay attention to the father and the husband, such a book, the whole article is just a strange man, a thief and a prostitute, how can it be popular?"

Then the young man said a lot of impassioned words, generally criticizing "The Peony Pavilion", saying that it is not a work that conforms to traditional morality, and belongs to the worst part of contemporary culture, calling on everyone to boycott it, and incidentally asking the bookstore to destroy all "The Peony Pavilion".

This person is not very old, how can he become such a sanctimonious appearance? Tian Zhiyu thought.

He saw that the girl surnamed Zhang originally wanted to come forward to see the excitement, but after she saw the young man's face clearly, she was a little embarrassed and secretly hid behind Tian Zhiyu.

Tian Zhiyu said strangely: "What, do you know this young man?"

The girl surnamed Zhang immediately looked ashamed, nodded and said, "This is the son of the Yangzhou prefect, called Luo Xingping, who happened to study with Mr. Ge in our academy recently. ”

Tian Zhiyu secretly said that after it turned out to be an official eunuch, it was no wonder that he looked like a hypocrite at a young age.

He saw that Luo Xingping was still talking non-stop, some of the people in line were ashamed and quietly left the line, and some were disapproving, ignoring Luo Gongzi's righteous words.

When Luo Xingping finally said that he was tired, he walked to the guy in charge of selling books at the front, and said sternly: "How can such books be sold? Can you invite the owner of your bookstore out, I want to question him face to face." ”

Just when he was at a loss for what to do, a middle-aged man came out of the curtain at the back, he looked elegant and easy-going, smiling.

When the man saw the shopkeeper come out, he immediately had a backbone, got up and said to him, "The shopkeeper's ......"

The man stretched out his hand to signal that he didn't need to say more, turned to Luo Xingping and said: "This son, below is Yao Rongzu, the shopkeeper of this bookstore, I have heard your words just now, I don't know why you criticize this "Peony Pavilion" so much, son?"

When Luo Xingping saw Yao Rongzu, the owner of the bookstore, come out, not only was he not timid at all, but he still said arrogantly: "In Xia Yangzhou Luo Xingping, my father is now the prefect of Yangzhou and a member of the Beijing Normal Science Society. Since I was a child, he taught me the scriptures and the scriptures, etiquette and morality, and today I passed by your bookstore and saw that such obscene books were openly sold, so I didn't dare not come forward. I also hope that the shopkeeper will ban the sale of this book, and all editions will be destroyed. ”

Yao Rongzu was not angry, but still asked with a smile on his face: "Why does Gongzi say that this "Peony Pavilion" is an obscene book?"

Luo Xingping was full of justice, raised the book in his hand and said: "This book clearly talks about men marrying women, but through the soul dream, a belly of men stealing women and prostitutes, isn't it still indecent?"

Hearing this, the people in the bookstore began to discuss, obviously not agreeing with Luo Xingping's words, but seeing his face full of righteous indignation, no one was willing to stand up and refute him.

And Yao Rongzu is not afraid because he is the son of the prefect, and he is still the prefect of Yangzhou, how can he manage Yuhang's affairs?

He said to the bookshelf behind him: "Childe, look, here is Shen Jiji's "Pillow Story", Li Gongzuo's "The Biography of Nan Ke Taishou", in addition to "The Biography of Liu Yi", "The Story of the Soul", "The Legend of Yingying", etc., if you want to talk about strange forces, there are among them, if you want to talk about love stories, there are also here, as for the soul dream you said, it is everywhere here, could it be that these are all obscene works?"

Luo Xingping was speechless for a while, but he didn't want to admit defeat, so he had to quibble: "These are all done by ordinary people, and they are pure nonsense." ”

Yao Rongzu smiled again: "Shen Jiji official to the history museum to revise, Yuan Weizhi once served as the Wuchang military festival envoy, Xu Yao served as an adjutant doctor, Chen Hong once served as Dr. Taichang, and Niu monks and children even entered the center and served as a scholar in the middle, which of these people is an ordinary man?"

At this time, Luo Xingping was completely speechless, he only studied scriptures and history with his father, how could he have ever come into contact with these books? But Yao Rongzu said that he still knew these people, especially Niu monks and children, and he was also one of the "culprits" of the great poet Li Shangyin's depressed life.

Yao Rongzu said: "This "Peony Pavilion" is graceful and gorgeous, and the imagination is unlimited, and the old man thinks that it is far more dazzling than any book on this shelf, enough to be passed on to future generations. Besides, these books are just things for self-entertainment after tea and dinner, and the common people like to see them, so why not print and sell them below?"

Luo Xingping's face was embarrassed, neither advancing nor retreating, and he didn't know what to do.

At this time, another young man stood up and said: "There is nothing wrong with what the shopkeeper Yao said, since the Wei and Jin dynasties, small talk books have been popular, many people like them, and this is normal. In this bookstore, most of the books are purchased by students, but after reading for a long time, no one buys the scriptures and the like, and most of them are choosing these small talking books, so my brother is angry for a while, and he is offended, and I hope that the shopkeeper Yao will forgive me. ”

Tian Zhiyu saw that this person was also righteous and awe-inspiring, and asked Miss Zhang in a low voice, "Who is this?"

Miss Zhang was still embarrassed, and said softly: "This is the son of Yangzhou Tongju, called Ning Qian, he came to our academy with Luo Xingping. ”

It turned out to be a raccoon dog, but it's a pity that the appearance of these two people is as white as a dog, Tian Zhiyu thought.

Over there, Yao Rongzu saw a young and old son stand up, and he didn't ask him what his surname was, and then said: "This son's words are wrong, and he uses the history of scriptures and rituals as the standard for materials, which is not a tradition since the founding of Dongyang, but started by Emperor Xingzong one hundred and fifty years ago. On the contrary, at the beginning of the founding of Dongyang, the road to materials was much broader, there were poems and songs, the history of the scriptures, the martial arts had swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, in addition to engineering materials, business materials, and even agricultural materials, there were many paths to enter the dynasty as officials, which were clearly recorded in the history books of Dongyang. ”

Where did Ning Qian know this? Like Luo Xingping, he only read the so-called classics, and he almost didn't know anything else.

Now seeing that Yao Rongzu refuted them to the fullest, and they no longer had the face to stay here, they had to apologize to Yao Rongzu and leave in disgrace.

When they walked out of the bookstore, the room immediately erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Seeing that Yao Rongzu was about to return to behind the door curtain, Tian Zhiyu immediately walked over and stopped him.

Yao Rongzu saw another young man coming over, thinking that he was also here to argue, but this time he finally had a somewhat uncertain expression on his face.

"Shopkeeper Yao, don't get me wrong, I heard a lot of you just now, I'm very interested in some of them, and I want to know some of them," Tian Zhiyu hurriedly said: "In Xia Tian Zhiyu." ”

Yao Rongzu immediately became happy when he heard this name, and hurriedly asked, "Are you really Tian Zhiyu?"

Tian Zhiyu nodded, and at this time, Miss Zhang also came over and said to Yao Rongzu: "Shopkeeper Yao, this is really Tian Zhiyu, and this "Peony Pavilion" is what he wrote. ”

When the crowd in line heard Miss Zhang's words, they immediately made a commotion, and the person at the front had already shouted: "Tian Gongzi, wait a minute, I bought a book and trouble you to sign it." ”

Yao Rongzu also had a happy expression on his face, and said with a smile: "It turns out that it is really Tian Gongzi, the old man has eyes and does not know gold and jade, and he neglected Tian Gongzi, I hope to forgive me." ”

Tian Zhiyu hurriedly signaled that he didn't have to be polite.

Yao Rongzu said again: "Tian Gongzi, you see, these people who buy your book want to get Tian Gongzi's signature, are you tired to meet the wishes of readers?"

Tian Zhiyu saw that those who had bought the book had already flocked to him and surrounded him, and it was impossible to refuse, so he had to agree.