Ci Jinzhi

  Chapter 47 Send off

  After the shopkeeper Hu was shocked, he knelt down with a plop: "Thanks to the boss for having such supernatural powers, he saved the villain's life!"

  Xin You hurriedly helped shopkeeper Hu up: "The shopkeeper doesn't have to be like this."

   Shopkeeper Hu looked at Xin You with sparkling eyes as if he was meeting Xin You for the first time: "Boss, you are so proficient in physiognomy at such a young age, isn't it a talent?"

  Xin You was silent, smiled and nodded: "Yes, I have talent."

   "The villain just said—" Shopkeeper Hu sighed.

  Xin You: "..." How can you hear the deep regret in the elongated voice of Shopkeeper Hu?

   Shopkeeper Hu is indeed sorry.

  Who would not want to learn such a miraculous physiognomy!

  After regretting, shopkeeper Hu was even more moved: "Master, you shouldn't take risks for villains, why didn't you call the nursing home?"

Xin You had long expected shopkeeper Hu to ask this question, so she casually explained: "After all, it's just speculation, there's no need to mobilize the crowd. I can help the shopkeeper if he's in trouble. If there's no trouble, the moon will be fine tonight." Just walk away."

   "My boss is still too risky. You are a woman after all. If the evildoer tonight is that kind of villain with high martial arts skills, wouldn't the villain implicate my boss?" Shopkeeper Hu felt scared when he thought of Li Li's ferocious expression when he lifted the stone.

   "The shopkeeper doesn't have to think too much. Since I dare to go, I can naturally handle it."

  Seeing the doubts on Shopkeeper Hu's face, Xin You said calmly: "I'm bringing bricks."

   Shopkeeper Hu: "..."

   "By the way, why did the shopkeeper go to the warehouse at night?" Xin You also asked her doubts.

Shopkeeper Hu sighed: "The villain found out that a collection of poems was sold out today, and told the master of the printing house to reprint it tomorrow morning, but after falling asleep, he suddenly remembered that there was a block of this collection of poems with other words. Although it is harmless to print it out, since I thought of it It’s better to change it, but I can’t remember which rigidity it is for a while, I can’t sleep with such a thing in my heart, so I just go to confirm it..."

  Xin You couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this.

   It can't be seen that shopkeeper Hu is still impatient.

   "Boss, will you really send Li Li to the government tomorrow?"

  Xin You smiled: "If you lock him up for one night, he will probably say it tomorrow. Wait until he says it before sending him to the officials."

   "The boss is really—" Shopkeeper Hu didn't know how to praise for a moment.

   "It's too late, let's rest first."

  One night passed, and what Xinyou saw was Li Li who had beaten the eggplant by Rushuang.

   "Woooooooooooh—" Seeing Xin You, Li Li seemed to use all his strength to shake his face.

   "Xiao Lian, take the cloth out of his mouth."

  Xiao Lian quickly took the rag from Li Li's mouth. Li Li's mouth was numb, and it took him a while to speak tremblingly: "I... say... I say..."

  Under Xin You's signal, Xiao Lian poured a glass of water and handed it over, enduring her distaste and feeding Li Li a few sips.

  Li Li's face looked better, and tears flowed down his face as soon as he opened his mouth: "It's all villains who are obsessed with ghosts. They lost money in gambling. Someone gave the villain four taels of silver and asked me to do this..."

   "Who is that person?" Shopkeeper Hu asked.

"have no idea-"

   "Don't know?" Manager Zhao slapped the table, "Li Li, you're still stubborn!"

  Compared to the anger of Shopkeeper Hu and Guanshi Zhao, Xin You was much calmer, and just called Xiao Lian lightly.

  The word "Xiaolian" instantly brought back the terrible memory of Li Li being stuffed in his mouth with a rag all night.

   "The villain really doesn't know, but the villain can swear! I've never seen that person before..." Li Lifei spoke quickly, lest Xiaolian would come over if he was too slow.

   Manager Zhao was so angry that he kicked him: "I don't know anyone, and you do this kind of outrageous thing for four taels of silver!"

  Li Li groaned and stopped talking, but he was not convinced in his heart: If people don't know each other, how can Yin Zi not know him?

  Xin You saw that Li Li's expression did not seem to be fake, and said to shopkeeper Hu: "Since you can't ask anything, then send him to the government."

   Manager Zhao showed a surprised expression.

  He thought that Li Li had told the truth, and at most he would be kicked out.

   Shopkeeper Hu was mentally prepared, and immediately called two men to send Li Li to the government.

   "Master, please forgive me, please forgive me—"

  From the questioning hall to the outside of Qingsong Bookstore, Li Li yelled all the way at the top of his lungs, causing countless discussions.

   "What happened to Qingsong Bookstore?"

   "I don't know, it looks like a craftsman from Qingsong Bookstore."

  The guy Liu Zhou was asked by someone, and he said directly: "That dog is called Li Li, and he is a printing apprentice of our bookstore. He was ordered to burn the warehouse last night. After being found out, he wanted to kill him..."

  When everyone heard this, they cursed one after another.

   It’s too late to prevent fire on weekdays, but even set fire, the fire can’t be controlled together, what should I do if the whole area is burned?

  The more people thought about it, the more angry they became, they chased Li Li and scolded him all the way to the government, and there were many rotten vegetables and leaves to greet him.

  In Qingsong Bookstore, Xin You gathered the craftsmen together and comforted them softly: "Everyone, don't be afraid. If there are such villains in the future, they will all be sent to the government."

  Everyone: "..." was not comforted.

   Waiting for these people to disappear, shopkeeper Hu made a bow to Xinyou: "It's better for the owner to be smart. In this way, if someone wants to do evil, he will have to weigh it."

  Deliberately arson is a felony, ranging from being boarded to prison to being exiled, but Li Li could bear it anyway.

   "It's the person who instigated Li Li, and the government doesn't necessarily have to investigate carefully." Shopkeeper Hu reminded Xin You, fearing that Xin You would have too high expectations.

  Don't say it's just a fire that hasn't started. Those who lost children, or even homicide cases, accounted for the majority.

   "Of course it's good to be able to find out, but it's okay if we can't find out. We'll just pay more attention in the future." Xin You is very optimistic about this.

   Shopkeeper Hu suddenly lowered his voice: "Boss, the villain has a guess, but there is no evidence—"

   "The shopkeeper said whatever came to his mind."

   "The villain thinks it was ordered by the opposite bookstore."

   "Yaxin Bookstore?"

Shopkeeper Hu nodded: "The owner of Yaxin Bookstore has a grudge with the original old owner of our bookstore. This Yaxin Bookstore was opened on the opposite side to fight in the ring a few years ago. It's a pity that the old owner's health is failing, and the young owner has no intention of running it. The other party will soon be overwhelmed. Now that our bookstore has changed to a new owner, the news that five hundred taels of silver will buy a story spreads all over the capital, and even the business has improved. The other party is probably planning to kill our bookstore in advance. "

   "I see. As the shopkeeper said, there is nothing we can do without proof. The best way to fight back is to run Qingsong Bookstore well."

   Shopkeeper Hu thinks so, but after a few days, the number of people who come to the bookstore to sell stories has decreased significantly. The reason is that the down-and-out scholar spread the word everywhere.

   Shopkeeper Hu sighed in worry, but Duan Shaoqing, who had heard about the situation of the bookstore, finally had something to say.

   "Mother, let me tell you that you can't let Qingqing mess around."

   "Ten days of vacation tomorrow, Qingqing will come back, I will talk about her then."

  The next day, June 20th, Duan Yunlang came in as soon as Xin You came to the bookstore.

   "Cousin Qing, let's go home together."

  (end of this chapter)