Over the past few days, a bookstore has become a holy place in the hearts of students, but at the same time, it has also become a thorn in the side of many merchants.

They always feel that after a bookstore opens, their business will be affected. Although the poor students in the past were poor, every once in a while, even if they were reluctant, they would have to spend money to buy one or two books from their bookstore. Now it's good, the bookstore is free of charge, so who will come to their bookstore to spend money?

So several shopkeepers with evil intentions decided to teach Youjian Bookshop a lesson.

The next day, there were a few new faces among the students who came to the bookstore to read. The waiter didn't notice them at first, but when he looked around, he found these people sneaking around and making small moves next to the bookshelf. The clever waiter had already been warned by the steward and immediately ran to the second floor to report.

The steward had been bored for several days, but now he felt energetic. He heard an exclamation from downstairs. His old arms and legs seemed to have suddenly become ten years younger, and he came to the first floor.

When Xiaoxiao and Rong Yan received the news and came over, they saw a man wearing a student robe holding a book in his hand, with a heavy face and a bad tone: "I said how could such a good thing happen in the world? It turns out that opening a bookstore is Fake, inciting civil unrest is real!”

He spread out the book, and the black and white words were all statements of dissatisfaction with the current situation. Among them were remarks that questioned whether he had obtained the throne righteously. The timid man quickly lowered his head and did not dare to read anymore. He wished he could even plug his ears to avoid hearing that again. Rebellious words.

Xiaoxiao almost wanted to applaud him. He didn’t have much brains but he was very courageous.

The interest in the steward's eyes disappeared, replaced by a cold and solemn look that was completely different from before.

"Someone, get this troublemaker down for me!"

The man did not expect such a development at all: "Wait a minute, could it be that I found out about this treasonous act and wanted to kill you and silence you?"

"Fellow folks, they must be spies sent by Jihu!"

Really, the vicious Hu man Chi Ernan was also hanging out today. He happened to see this farce just after eating a big meat bun. He was still being educated by passers-by about what kind of bookstore there was, when he heard someone calling his name. .

The man was well prepared and spoke decisively: "As soon as that vicious second prince came to our Daxia, you opened a bookstore. The idea of ​​not charging for reading has been unheard of since ancient times. It is said that showing courtesy for nothing is either adultery or theft. ,really!"

He held up the letter in his hand: "You must be the helpers of the vicious people, just to disturb the hearts of our people!"

"Everyone, hurry up and report to the official!"

"Whoever wants to report to the official should get out of the way. Officials are doing their work, and idlers should go away!"

The troublemaker just took a step forward, but heard the steward beside him say first: "I reported that someone is deliberately causing trouble. Please ask the official to take him away, so as not to disturb the reading of my guests here."

Hey, why do you still say "the evildoer complains first"? The person who caused the trouble was sure that the owner of the bookstore was a bit stupid. He didn't know how to be afraid in this situation. He showed the book to the official: "Look!"

The steward clasped his hands behind his back: "I advise you to think carefully before doing anything, so as not to regret it later."

The man didn't care. It wasn't the first time he had done something like this. He was very familiar with it, so he slapped the thing in the officer's face carelessly.

At some point, Xiaoxiao had already taken out some snacks and gave half of them to Rong Yan. The two of them ate and watched with relish.

"The steward you found seems to be very confident."

Rong Yan told her: "Eunuch Sun used to serve the concubines. Compared with the intrigues in the harem, this method is not enough for him. I guess he just played with them because he was bored recently."

Xiaoxiao bit into the biscuit and said, "It should also be meant to scare the monkeys."

After all, they had finished their errands and it was time to return to Beijing. This bookstore had to establish itself in Xijiang County, otherwise all their efforts would be in vain, and not only the students, but Xiaoxiao would also feel regretful.

The officials' faces turned green, they didn't dare to listen to these things! Where did the fool come from? Dare you tell anyone in public!

They quickly asked someone to cover the man's mouth, regardless of whether he was still talking, and turned to ask the steward: "What do you say here?"

Wise people have noticed the unusual way he addresses his stewards.

The steward didn't put on any airs, and bowed his hands like an ordinary citizen: "It's like this, just now I was running the shop properly, and the customers were reading quietly, but this person is causing trouble over nothing and wants to frame me."

"We are all good citizens who abide by the law. When we encounter such evil people, of course we can only seek help from the government."

The official was a little flattered, but he still had to go through the process: "Then how do you prove that it has nothing to do with the bookstore at this time?"

The steward nodded, pinched the treacherous book with two fingers as if holding something dirty, and then took another one from the bookshelf. After opening both books under the sun, he said: "Everyone, please take a look. "

It is a bright sunny day today, and the sunlight shines directly on the page of the book, making it difficult to see the words clearly. However, in such glare, a mark that suddenly appears on the footer is particularly clear.

Afraid that everyone would not understand, the steward asked someone to bring in a few books and found that the lower right corners of the pages had the same mark. No matter how stupid the troublemaker was, he knew he had failed. He tried to defend himself but his mouth was covered.

The steward said slowly: "Every book here has a secret seal, and others cannot imitate it."

"I might as well take this opportunity to be more specific. All the books in a bookstore have the same handwriting, the same covert seal, and are numbered. It's impossible for anything of unknown origin to be mixed in."

"Not to mention that I have a secret seal here, but I don't have one. Do you think that by just writing a few numbers on a book, you can pass it off as a bookstore collection?"

"You don't understand the most basic rules of the ranks, so why are you just joining in the fun?"

Compared with the methods used by the concubines in the harem to compete for favor, it is simply ridiculous.

The official verified that it was true and asked the steward: "How do you think this person should be dealt with?"

The steward rolled his sleeves and said: "You dare to be so disrespectful to today. You can see that the dog is very brave and is determined to kill us. So, let him taste the bitter fruit he has brought. I ask the official to follow the law in everything." Let him be judged and make sure he pays the due price for what he did."

If today's events were not enough to wake up those with evil intentions, the next day, Shen Tianci, who was sent to study by the county magistrate with great fanfare, became another living sign.

"I heard that the county magistrate sent his young master to a study room?"

"Does this mean that the county magistrate wants to protect the bookstore?"

"Is it possible that the shop is opened by the county magistrate?"

There are various speculations, and no one knows whether they are true or not, but there are some sharp-eyed people who have noticed——

"Have you noticed that the steward of the bookstore doesn't have a beard..."

Who doesn't have a beard? The eunuch in the palace!

If a eunuch can be used as a steward, how can the identity of the person behind this bookstore be so simple?

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