Chapter 174 I'm just a copyist
"The villain has a bad memory and doesn't even remember what he ate in the morning. This book was written by the villain a few days ago. There are some people in it. The villain also forgot about it. He only remembers that there is a Li Mingzhu. As for whether her sister is Li Aizhu or Li Mingbai, the villain did remember it wrongly just now. Now that she remembers it, her sister is Li Mingbai."
The eldest prince was too lazy to listen to the big man's nonsense anymore. He called Captain Yin and said in a deep voice: "This person dared to speak nonsense in front of this prince, first hit forty boards, and then interrogate."
Captain Yin responded and called the yamen runners over. The two yamen runners pressed the big man's shoulder without saying a word. The big man realized that he was going to be beaten!
Forty big boards, that would take his life.
"Your Highness, your life is wronged. The villain is wronged. That broken book that has committed evil is not written by the villain. It is the villain who has received it for others."
This sudden disaster must have been caused by the broken book, it must have been! He once heard from the public that a scholar in the previous dynasty wrote a poem. The government determined that he had ill-intentioned intentions and intended to rebel, so he was sentenced to death.
That poem has only twenty words, and the number of words in such a book is many times more than that in that poem. Twenty words can intentionally rebel, and a book is even more rebellious.
The big man used his strength to struggle, and he wanted to hug the eldest prince's thigh!
But the big hands of the two yamen runners were like iron pliers, making him unable to move.
"Unforgivable, villain's wrong!"
An unpleasant smell came to my face, and the eldest prince and Miss Hua both covered their noses.
The eldest prince said to the two yamen runners in disgust, "Take him out and clean it up."
Others were scared, but this guy was scared directly.
After a full stick of incense, the big man was brought again. His three souls and six spirits had already scared away half of them. When he saw the eldest prince again, he could only help him to get it all without interrogating him.
His name is indeed Wang Luanhua, and he does live in Mazi Hutong, the capital, but this book "The Pearl Record" was indeed not written by him.
Although he didn't look like a scholar, he was indeed a scholar. When his father was alive, he set up a small stall for writing letters outside Mazi Hutong. Later, the stall was passed on to him, and he was doing business to write letters.
One day, a boy came. The boy dressed like a servant from a wealthy family. The servant gave him a book and asked him to copy it on his behalf. He copied all the manuscripts and gave him twenty taels of silver!
This is not the first time he has taken on this kind of business. There were people who wrote bad words before and asked him to copy it on his behalf, but the servant paid more money.
Although he is a scholar, he has been a businessman since he was a child and can guess some things without asking.
"At that time, the villain suspected that the book must have been written by a young lady from a young man. He was worried that the elders in the family would say that they were not doing their jobs, so he spent money to hire the villain to copy the book. The villain never expected that it would be a counter-book!"
When he copied it, he didn't know what he was doing and he just had a hasty impression of the book, otherwise he wouldn't even remember the name of Li Mingzhu.
The eldest prince and Miss Hua exchanged gazes, and it turned out that this man thought it was a counter-book.
"The servant paid a deposit of 5 taels first and agreed to take it out one month later. Although the villain was doing a small business, he was still alive. After a month, he handed over the book he had copied to him, and he also gave the remaining fifteen taels to the villain. A few days later, the servant came again. The villain thought he had a business again, but he did not expect that this time, he did not let the villain copy the book, but asked the villain to take the book to Wanjuanfang. As long as the villain handed the book to Wanjuanfang and insisted that the book was written by the villain, he would give the villain fifty taels of silver."
When the big man said this, he slapped himself hard: "It's all a villain. He has never seen fifty taels of silver when he grows up so old. He has a greed for a moment, so he agrees."
"Wanjuanfang? The Qin family's Wanjuanfang?" Hua Jingyao said in the air.
Yes, how could she forget that the Qin family not only owns the largest library in the world, Tianxin Pavilion, but also has two seal shops in the Qin family, one is Tianxin Pavilion, known as the official seal, and the other is Wanjuanfang. The seals of Tianxin Pavilion are all classics and historical books, but the printed in Wanjuanfang is very complicated, and there are often lyrics and words.
However, "The Pearl Record" was not printed by the Qin family's Wanjuanfang.
She bought a hundred copies and knew it.
"Yes, the villain went to the Wanjuanfang of the Qin family. At that time, the person who received the villain was a manager. He took the manuscript and let the villain go. The villain came out of the Wanjuanfang and just turned a crossroads, he saw the servant. The servant really gave the villain fifty taels of silver, all of which were white and white. The villain held the box containing silver, his legs were weak, and he was afraid that he would be targeted by the thief, so he ran into the money shop and exchanged the silver for silver notes. "The big man wiped the sweat beads on his head, not knowing whether he was hot or scared.
Hua Jingyao raised the book "The Pearl" in her hand, shook it in front of the man, and said, "But this book was not printed by Wanjuanfang, how do you explain it?"
"The villain really doesn't know. Later, the villain saw the book in the market and bought one. The villain also found that there was no mark of Wanjuanfang on the book, but the villain didn't think much about it." The man began to regret it again. The eldest prince and this girl wouldn't let him hand over the seventy taels that were added together.
Miss Hua asked the big man, and said, "Who is the name of the manager you met in Wanjuanfang?"
The big man said, "His surname is Liang. The servant asked me to go to Wanjuanfang to find Manager Liang. Just hand over the book to him."
The eldest prince called Captain Yin again and said, "You have heard his confession? Go and check it, go and return quickly."
When Captain Yin went out, the eldest prince called another subordinate who was good at painting portraits, took the big man down, and drew the servant.
Half an hour later, Captain Yin brought the people from Yinfang.
The first one to be heard from was the shopkeeper and a manager of Huiwenzhai.
"The Pearl Record" was engraved and printed by Huiwenzhai.
Hua Jingyao remembers Mr. Hua San said that the reason why he received the job of illustration was introduced by Jiangnan, and Jiangnan had some friendship with Huiwenzhai's boss.
As one of the best restaurant owners in the capital, Jiangnan knows a lot of people.
The person who came was the shopkeeper and manager of Huiwenzhai, and he was not the boss, so he might not know Jiangnan if he came here.
Chapter completed!