At this moment.
In the Liu residence.
Minister Liu looked at the couplet left by Zhao Jing again and again.
The butler knocked on the door of the study and handed a few manuscripts to Minister Liu.
"Master, these are the manuscripts I received these few days.”
"The library felt that it was not bad and specially sent it to the residence for Old Master to take a look.”
Minister Liu nodded and carefully put away the couplet in his hand. Then, he picked up the manuscripts and flipped through them.
One of the manuscripts at the top caught his attention.
"The First Volume of the Wilderness"
"Is this a folk myth?"
Zhuo Ying Pavilion was the property of the Liu family.
After the shopkeeper received Zhao Jing's manuscript, he quickly got someone to make a few copies.
Then, he sent the manuscript to the main house.
When Minister Liu saw the title of the book, he was a little curious. He opened the manuscript and began to read.
The books sent over from the library were all originals. As he read, he felt that the handwriting was familiar.
However, before he could think about it, the story quickly attracted him.
Fifteen minutes later, he had roughly finished reading and couldn't help but say,""Not bad!"
"What about the second volume? After this heaven-opening tribulation, didn't it predict that there would be another Dragon-Phoenix tribulation?”
"Old Master, the second volume hasn't been written yet. That scholar said that he would make a decision after the first volume is published.”
Minister Liu clicked his tongue.
Although the first volume was already a complete story, the ending was already so exciting.
However, he couldn't look at it now.
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"When will the manuscript be printed?”
"The shopkeeper said that he's already making arrangements. He'll probably come out in a few days," said the housekeeper of the Liu family.”
Minister Liu thought for a moment and said,"Stop the other new books first and put this one in front."”
"If it sells well, get the author to hurry up and publish the second volume.”
"Right, once the second volume arrives, bring it to the residence immediately and let me read it first.”
"Who wrote this book?" he asked.”
"The author didn't want people to know his real identity, so I didn't ask him."”
The main thing was that he did not know that Official Liu would value this book so much.
If he had known that this book was so highly regarded, he would have definitely inquired about the author of this book.
Minister Liu nodded and said nothing more.
The butler quickly left to make the arrangements.
Minister Liu looked at the manuscript and couplet on the table. He suddenly stood up and ordered,"Prepare the carriage. We're going to the county school."
He had a good relationship with the teachers of Green Pine Academy.
Teacher Chen, who taught his eldest son, also liked these novel books.
The bookstore opened by Minister Liu was just enough to satisfy his hobby.
The two of them usually liked to exchange their experiences.
………
Soon, they arrived at Teacher Chen's house.
There were no students in the school today.
Teacher Chen was reading a book in the room. When he heard that Official Liu had arrived, he quickly put down the pen in his hand and went out to welcome him.
"Old friend, did you receive another good manuscript?”
Minister Liu smiled and handed over the manuscript in his hand."I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
"This is the original manuscript. This is the copy of the manuscript that I sent to you.”
Teacher Chen first took the manuscript and flipped through a few pages. As expected, he was quickly drawn in.
However, he was a teacher, so he could resist the temptation.
While waiting for the servants to serve tea, Teacher Chen put down the manuscript after a cursory glance.
"Written by Scholar Jingyang."
"Not bad, the story is very novel, and the handwriting is not bad.”
Speaking of this word, Official Liu unfolded the couplet in his hand.
"Speaking of which, when I look at these words, I feel that they are inexplicably similar to the words of the couplet.”
Teacher Chen took the couplet and read it.
"We should look at the current prosperity of the Divine Prefecture.”
After Master Chen finished reading, his reaction was almost the same as that of Minister Liu.
He couldn't help but shout,"Good!”
"Who did this?"
"This cursive script has already shown its strength. Could it be that it came from the hands of a High Scholar?”
"No." Official Liu shook his head.
"This couplet was written by a young man from Zhao Family Village.”
"When I first saw it, I was also shocked.”
"Moreover, this young man seems to be a disciple of a Humble Class, which is even more precious.”
Teacher Chen looked at it carefully again and sighed,"If this person can persist in practicing calligraphy."
"In less than ten years, I'll definitely master calligraphy.”
"It's a pity that I don't have much attainments in calligraphy. Otherwise, I would really want to take him as my disciple.”
The two of them discussed the couplet and the manuscript for a long time.
In the end, he came to a conclusion.
Although the two pieces of calligraphy gave off a familiar feeling, they were written in different characters.
This young man from Zhao Family Village was very young.
To be able to practice one type of character well was already a sign of outstanding talent.
It was basically impossible to write the second type of character well without ten to twenty years.
Therefore, these two items were basically not made by the same person.
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After the quilt was ordered, it would take another two days to get it.
Wild vegetables could be dug up from the mountains, but there was no way to dig for meat.
The house was well taken care of by the little girl. Zhao Jing could be said to be able to eat and wear as he pleased.
Everything was fine, except that after eating pure vegetarian food for two days, Zhao Jing felt that his mouth was about to fade out.
He took his new manuscript with him and prepared to go out of the city to the library to sell it. He also wanted to sell more meat and vegetables.
Zhao Jing didn't catch up with the ox-cart in the village because he had set off late.
He carried the basket on his back and slowly walked along the main road.
On the way, they were lucky enough to encounter an ox cart that was driving over from behind.
"Langjun, are you going out of the city?”
The old driver shouted.
"Yes," Zhao Jing quickly said.
"Then get in the car. I'll give you a ride on the way.”
After thanking the old man, Zhao Jing quickly sat down.
There was a young man in a scholar's uniform in the car. Zhao Jing found him familiar.
The young man glanced at him but didn't say anything.
On the contrary, the middle-aged woman sitting beside him kept talking.
"Xiang Ming, you really have to persuade your father.”
"Tell me, what's going on?”
"At that time, he wanted to marry the widow with a child, and we didn't agree to it.”
"In the end, because of your stepmother, our Lin family has lost all face.”
"The people of Zhao Family Village kept shouting that they wanted to report this to the authorities.”
"If you really report it to the authorities, how are you going to study?”
"Just like that, your father even gave her money to buy medicine.”
"In my opinion, divorce the widow directly so that her mother and son won't drag your family down.”
Although their voices were not loud, Zhao Jing heard them clearly.
Hearing their conversation, she recalled the little girl crying when she first arrived home and saying that she was sick.
Zhao Jing had a bad guess in his heart
Lin Xiangming frowned slightly. He didn't want to talk about his family matters in front of others.
"I understand, Aunt." He only replied vaguely.”
"I only bought her a tray of medicine. It didn't cost much money.”
"Next time Xiumu comes home, I'll see what my father's attitude is like. I'll tell my father about this.”
The woman said a few more words to him, and Lin Xiangming vaguely responded.
The woman glanced at Zhao Jing and smiled at him without saying anything else.
Zhao Jing glanced at the two of them and said nothing.
As he was thinking about this matter, he had unknowingly arrived in the city.
After arriving in the city, he first went to the Zhuo Ying Pavilion.
When the shopkeeper saw Zhao Jing's arrival, he immediately beamed with joy and pulled Zhao Jing into the inner room.
"Young Master Zhao came at the right time."
"I was thinking that I didn't leave your address, so I couldn't find someone to inform you.”
"Our family has read the manuscript you submitted last time.”
"He liked it very much and said that he wanted to publish it in advance!”
"It's already been printed. In less than two days, the first edition will be out.”
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