Chapter 217 New Book Online
Qi Moxuan was instantly panicked and stuffed the thick stack of manuscripts back into Cui Qingyi's hands. Facing the other party's pleading eyes, Cui Qingyi silently put the manuscripts back into her school bag.
Without waiting for Qi Moxuan to reply, Shopkeeper Zhao came over directly.
When Shopkeeper Zhao saw that the person sitting face to face with Qi Moxuan was Cui Qingyi, he was stunned and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Greetings to the village master. I didn't know you were here. Please forgive me for disturbing you."
After the publication of the Record of Clearing Wrongs, Mr. Nancheng seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. The bounty that Manager Zhao received from his master this year was directly halved, and he was also laughed at by several managers who were in charge of the study like him for being at his wit's end. After the New Year, Manager Zhao kept staring at Qi Moxuan, trying to find some clues about Mr. Nancheng from him.
But three months passed, and not only did he not see Mr. Nancheng, but he also did not see Mr. Beicheng or Mr. Xicheng.
Today, the servant boy of Qixing Study said that he saw Qi Moxuan greet someone into the inner room, and he did not come out for a long time. Shopkeeper Zhao could no longer sit still and hurried to Moxiang Study.
But unexpectedly, Qi Moxuan's guest turned out to be the head of Dongping Township.
Shopkeeper Zhao didn't dare to offend Cui Qingyi. After all, she was a country lord with a high rank appointed by His Majesty's imperial decree. Not to mention that he was just a small study shopkeeper, even Bei Shangyuan of the Bei family had no choice but to bow and greet her when he saw her.
Cui Qingyi: "Shopkeeper Zhao, please stand up. What are you doing?"
Cui Qingyi heard what Shopkeeper Zhao had just shouted, but asked deliberately.
Manager Zhao saw that the Dongping Township Lord was not arrogant. In addition, he had long known that the Dongping Township Lord had a close relationship with the Qi family. Now that there was such a good opportunity, he also wanted to make friends with the Township Lord.
Shopkeeper Zhao then readily took a seat and deliberately lowered his voice, "I wonder if the village master knows the two books, Qingtian Ji and Xiyuan Jilu?"
Cui Qingyi raised her eyebrows and said, "Mr. Nancheng's works are very popular in the market now. I know that."
Shopkeeper Zhao originally thought that a girl of Cui Qingyi's age would not be interested in a book like Qingtianji. He didn't expect that she actually knew about it. He immediately became more excited and glanced at Qi Moxuan, pretending to be innocent. "Then, Village Master, please judge for yourself. Mr. Nancheng's writing is so good. I have finished reading the first volume and am waiting for the second. After reading this one, I am waiting for the next one. But Mr. Nancheng's whereabouts are uncertain, and only Shopkeeper Qi can find Mr. Nancheng himself.
I was thinking of asking Shopkeeper Qi to help us, Mr. Nancheng’s fans, to urge him to write a new book. If he doesn’t write a new book, the spring flowers will wither again.”
Qi Moxuan was speechless. If Cui Qingyi wasn't Mr. Nancheng himself, he would have been fooled by the old man's sweet words and urged him to ask Mr. Nancheng to submit the manuscript.
He looked at Shopkeeper Zhao with a headache and said helplessly, "I've already told you that Mr. Nancheng's whereabouts are erratic and I can't find him. I can only wait for him to send me a letter."
Cui Qingyi looked at Qi Moxuan and followed Shopkeeper Zhao's words, saying, "We really should ask Shopkeeper Qi and Mr. Nancheng to have a good talk. Don't make us book fans wait too long."
Qi Moxuan snorted in his heart, but agreed respectfully on the surface: "Since the village head has said so, Qi will naturally do his best. Alas, I hope Mr. Nancheng can be more diligent and don't let her fans of the book down."
Shopkeeper Zhao will probably never know that Mr. Nancheng once sat opposite him and urged him to finish his manuscript.
Just as they finished talking, Qi Moxuan suddenly pointed at a half-grown eagle-like bird outside the window and asked Cui Qingyi, "Village Master, is that creature looking for you?"
Upon hearing this, Cui Qingyi turned around to look, and sure enough, a cute little guy was looking at her with his head tilted. When he saw her looking at him, he actually spread his wings and flapped the window. It was her Guru.
Wangcai, who was lying at Cui Qingyi's feet with his eyes closed, looked up at the lingering dead bird with some displeasure. There were not many small animals that Wangcai hated, and this dead bird was number one among them.
Ever since it came to the house, it either occupied the two-legged beasts to feed it every day, or flew high and low to pull the fur of the dogs in the house from time to time. Wangcai, Xiaobai and even Heiya who lived next door were all annoyed by it.
Unable to bite, the dogs could only silently endure the presence of this annoying creature.
In Wangcai's world, the feeling at this moment is probably that after finally getting some quiet time with his favorite biped, the annoying follower follows him back.
But this time Wangcai really wronged Lord Gulu. The reason why Gulu ran out to find Cui Qingyi was just to lead someone.
Cui Qingyi said goodbye to Qi Moxuan and came out, only to see Jing Wei standing not far away with a horse. Gulu flew over and first landed on Wangcai's back and stepped on it, and then landed on Cui Qingyi's shoulder.
"Gulu is getting bigger and bigger. Next time you take him out, remember to wear an arm bandage."
The claws of eagles have very strong gripping force. Even a man like Jing Wei has to wear arm restraints before he dares to let the eagles land on his arms, let alone Cui Qingyi, a young lady with delicate skin and tender flesh.
Cui Qingyi touched Gulu's paw on her shoulder and said, "Okay, wait until it grows a little bigger."
Jing Wei came to say goodbye to Cui Qingyi: "The caravan sent a message. I will take people to Mingshan Pass to welcome them. If there is anything, please remember to send a message to me."
Cui Qingyi nodded. She would have to leave Dongping County temporarily in a few days. If nothing unexpected happened, her betrothal gifts would be ready when they returned to Dongping County.
Of course, the premise is that Jing Wei doesn't have any other surprises for her.
Cui Qingyi is not an absolute optimist, especially when it comes to matters between men and women in this era. She is more accustomed to imagining all possible bad situations.
For example, Jing Wei went out for a trip and came back with an orphan girl he met on the road. The orphan was so grateful for Jing Wei's life-saving grace that she insisted on marrying him; or Jing Wei encountered danger on the road, and a resourceful woman stepped forward and was injured for him. She had no way to repay Jing Wei's life-saving grace, so she could only marry him. And so on...
Pah pah pah...
The person who wrote the storybook inevitably had a rich imagination. Cui Qingyi quickly shook her head to get rid of these unreliable ideas.
"Okay, be careful on the road..."
Jing Wei didn't feel disappointed when he didn't hear what he wanted to hear. On the contrary, he took Amu's advice to heart. He should go and come back early to avoid some wishful thinking people who would set their sights on the village chief.
Qi Moxuan acted quickly. The first volume of "Paper Bride" was quickly typeset, printed and put on the shelves. The inside and outside of Moxiangzhai were once again filled with Mr. Nancheng's name.
The name "Paper Bride" instantly attracted many guests to watch.
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