Prince Ying gasped and angrily said, "He thought he could live by betraying me? I told him to go to Beiting alive, but not to return to Chang'an!"
Zhou Huai was puzzled, "What does the prince mean?"
Prince Ying sneered. He did not completely trust Zhao Xiu.
The fish letter was just a decoy, the jade tiger was the real secret letter. He asked Zhao Xiu to take the jade tiger as a token to find Guo Yuanzhen to ensure that nothing would go wrong.
The Jade Tiger represents killing. As soon as Guo Yuanzhen saw the Jade Tiger, he knew that the time had come for his plan. He would directly communicate with the Xiongnu and the Western Regions, allowing them to break through the border. Then he would cooperate with them from inside and outside, and the plan would naturally succeed.
Besides this, Yu Hu had another intention, which was to silence the witnesses and kill the messenger.
Regardless of closeness or distance, regardless of loyalty or treachery.
If Zhao Xiu only handed over the letter, Guo Yuanzhen would remain silent. If Guo Yuanzhen saw Yu Hu, Zhao Xiu would surely die.
From the very beginning, Prince Ying never thought of sparing Zhao Xiu's life.
Xu Jiang arrived at the bookstore early, and taking advantage of the clear and cool weather, she set up the Liangyi couch and covered it with a reed mat to provide shade and escape the heat.
Yin Yin was extremely surprised to see the couch transform into such a thing. Finally, while Liang Mo was outside, she rolled back and forth on the couch several times, exclaiming how great it was.
Xu Jiang caught her and placed the armrests and round tables that went with the Liangyi couch, so that the table was complete.
After finishing the tinkering, he scrubbed it again, then swept the courtyard with Yin Yin and used wormwood to remove the odor.
The farm already had a donkey, a goose, and a cat, and now there was a rambunctious dog, making the yard a mess. Even if Uncle Jackal was tied up during the day, a single night was enough for him to cause chaos, especially with Moon Slave in the house. The two of them would chase each other endlessly.
So this work has to be done every day, otherwise this yard will be unsightly.
Fortunately, Uncle Chai did not act wildly in the bookstore. Perhaps he understood human nature, or perhaps he did not like the smell of books, ink and wormwood. Even if he followed Yue Nu into the bookstore, he would leave quickly.
This made Xu Jiang feel less worried, and she even touched the dog's head and praised it as a "good dog".
After tidying up the yard, it's time to get down to business.
Liang Mo worked hard to carve the "New Edition of Mathematics", while Xu Jiang counted the inventory, sorted out the books that needed to be reprinted, cut the paper, mixed the ink, and then printed them himself.
It was Yinyin's first time seeing printing, and out of curiosity she helped out by passing papers and sorting them for Xu Jiang. After all, she was young, agile, and had a good memory, so after half a day, she was able to follow Xu Jiang's movements.
The number of books to be reprinted was not large, ranging from a few to a dozen. Xu Jiang was quick, and with Yin Yin's help, they finished printing in two or three days.
The next step is binding. This process is a bit slow, but a few gentlemen come to the shop from time to time to sit around, and a lot of the works are sold through their hands, especially Ji Shan.
He would spend the whole day there, often bringing Deng Yuechuan with him.
The Liangyi couch was also "occupied" by the two of them. As long as they were there, Liang Mo could only go to the tree to do his work and listen to Guard Zhu and Guard Xue tell legends.
During the summer vacation, the neighbors became familiar with the two men. When they had nothing to do in the afternoon, they would come under the tree to listen to their stories and drink tea. After a while, it became their daily pastime.
Xu Jiang simply placed stools or spread reed mats under the tree for them to sit on, and every morning when she opened the door, she would boil a pot of tea for them to quench their thirst and relieve the heat.
Sometimes it was Laoyin tea, sometimes it was buckwheat tea, and sometimes it was the summer-cooling tea prepared by Dr. Chen. There was no tea left when the shop closed every day, and it was all drunk up.
The colloquialisms of the market, the elegance of poetry and books, the leisurely activities in the courtyard and outside, complement each other and form a picture of "Summer Heat Relief".
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