After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

Zhou Xun: ...

Amidst the emperor's screams, he paused for a moment with his finger on the cover of the book.

— not opened.

—and looked up at the emperor.

emperor:……

The booklet slipped away from Zhou Xun's hands like a flying horse, and retreated backward like a student's hairline that couldn't be kept.Zhou Xun didn't have time to see the booklet clearly, but only saw its colorful cover and the... figure on the cover?

Zhou Xun:? ?

He was thinking about the afterimage of that booklet, and suddenly...

face, reddened.

The emperor who was rescued successfully carried the booklet behind his back.He let out a long sigh of relief, and secretly smugly smug that he saved his crumbling face.He swallowed his saliva, looked at Zhou Xun, and was about to explain something...

emperor:? ?

Zhou Xun's expression...why is it a little strange?

"Your Majesty, I...forgot to pass the message before I came in, please make amends." Zhou Xun stammered.

emperor:? ?Why is he suddenly so polite?

Zhou Xun only felt that his whole face seemed to be burning.He thought in his heart how he had run into such a bad thing, and he couldn't open his mouth when he thought of what to explain.

…It would be too embarrassing to say anything at this time, and he couldn't let him pat the emperor on the shoulder and say, "Everyone is a man, it's normal for you to read this kind of book", right? !

"This...what's the crime? Why are you so polite all of a sudden?"

He raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and the emperor looked at him, with his hands still behind his back.

Zhou Xun: ...

"It's getting late today, the emperor is busy," he lowered his head, briefly said a few words about today's itinerary, and then saluted, "I... take my leave first."

After speaking, Zhou Xun hurriedly left the anxious imperial study.

Seeing Zhou Xun's figure disappear outside the imperial study room, the emperor who was standing upright in front of the desk heaved a sigh of relief.He also put the booklet hidden behind him on the table.

"You almost killed me." He knocked on the booklet and let out a long sigh of relief.

The booklet was still opened on the page he read at the beginning.The emperor stared at that page, frowned, and thought: "There is some truth in this passage, let's see if we can practice it on him tomorrow..."

He crossed the line with his finger again, squinted his eyes and thought about it, with a serious expression on his face.

"...but according to the operation in this book, can it really quickly increase others' favor towards you?" He muttered, "Xiao Lizi found this teaching book on interpersonal communication from the shop, why does it look so uncomfortable? Is it reliable? Well, it should be because my EQ is too low, and I still can't understand the subtleties..."

"However, this matter must not be leaked out. If people know that I am a majestic and proud emperor, I actually read "A Little Skill a Day, How to Communicate Efficiently" and "How to Quickly Improve Others' Treating You in Communication" in private. How can I save my face for books like "The Degree of Favorability" and "The Art of Emotional Quotient"? Especially, I can't let him know... Otherwise, I will be so ashamed!" The emperor murmured after learning from the pain, "Why did I make such a mistake at the time? I bought this book…”

He really bought this book by accident.

After parting with Zhou Xun at the guard in the morning, the emperor was going back to the capital in a carriage.On the way, when passing by a market, the emperor heard the excitement outside, so he asked the guards, "What's outside?"

The guards were ordered to inquire, and came back soon after: "If you go back to the emperor, there is a book market outside."

"Book market?"

The guard gave a brief introduction.It turns out that this time of the month is the busiest day of the book market.There are not only large and small bookstores here, but also many people have set up stalls to sell or trade books they own or make by themselves.There are also some down-and-out scholars who have no ambitions and will sell their manuscripts here in order to get someone to recognize heroes.

The guard saw that the emperor was moving, so he said empathetically, "Does the emperor want to go and have a look?"

Emperor: "Okay, okay."

——You know, this kind of book market with mixed fish and dragons is a good place for travelers to obtain martial arts cheats or immortal cultivation classics!

——And generally speaking, as a traveler here, you will definitely see an old man in shabby clothes squatting in a corner where no one cares about, with a few books no one cares about lying in front of you in the vast crowd.Then he will recognize the hero with his eyesight, and he will see the inexplicable and powerful attraction of one of the books to him at a glance. He picks up the book, reads it carefully, buys the book, and then confesses the master with a drop of blood.

——What's more, there will be a young man in a splendid dress.That son would dislike him for various weird reasons, and then insist on following him as if possessed by a demon.After he bought the book, Mr. Jinyi would suddenly jump out and bid ten taels of gold, yelling that poor people are not worthy of buying things, and threatened him with reasons such as "my father is Li Gang".

——Then he would smile slightly, and sneer, "Li Gang gave birth to a good son", and was recognized by Mr. Jinyi's dog-legged younger brother, and walked away with his things in a low-key and arrogant manner.On the second day, he changed Li Gang's position and completed a perfect face-slapping trip!

——As for that book, it will show a different kind of content about cultivating immortality under his blood-recognized master.From then on, he can ascend to immortality...

——Wait, when a cultivator ascends to become an immortal, what is the gravitational force of heaven on him?Can he take Zhou Xun to fly up together?

Emperor: "Hey hey hey hey."

The guard at the carriage stop:? ?

For some reason, seeing the emperor's deeper and more mysterious smile, he felt a chill run down his back.

...I always feel that the emperor seems to have thought a lot.

Before entering the book market, the emperor who was thinking about how he would arrange his and Zhou Xun's address if he ascended to become a fairy queen was like the straight man who met a girl for the first time and thought about which middle school he would arrange for his child to go to.After the car was parked, he did what he said and got out of the carriage in a hurry.

Before leaving, he did not forget to ask the guard.

Emperor: "I am traveling in micro-clothes now."

Guard: "Yes."

Emperor: "Look at my clothes, is it slim enough? Can it attract standard villains to try to laugh at my poverty, so I can slap my face?"

Guard:? ? ?

The guard's confused expression made the emperor very lonely. He felt that if Zhou Xun was here, he would definitely give him an answer that would make him happy.

...Although Zhou Xun's answer was probably just "...".

The emperor entered the book market with the intention of completing the standard treasure-hunting plot of a first-rate novel.But he wandered around for a long time, not to mention martial arts cheats, he didn't even see a hair of the magic formula for strengthening the body.

The emperor walked back and forth in the book market for a long time, surrounded by crowds of people, and heard the sounds of discussions, bargaining and selling.When he was squeezed by a group of people, the emperor subconsciously stretched out his hand to the back, grabbed someone's hand, and said, "Brother Xun, follow me closely, don't get pushed away again..."

When he grabbed it, he caught an empty hole.

Before the emperor could react, he scratched back and grabbed a hand: "You..."

emperor:? ?

Does your hand feel wrong? ?

The next moment, he turned his head and stared at the bewildered guard in silence.

emperor:……

Oh, he forgot, Zhou Xun is not here anymore.

Now it's not that flower street, and Zhou Xun is not following him anymore.

The guard hesitated to speak, hesitatingly said: "Your Majesty...you have misunderstood your subordinate, this subordinate is not Mr. Zhou..."

Emperor: ...Why are you so gay?

In order to express his clear conscience, the emperor held back the phrase "Oh, you are not him", but smiled heartily at the guard, and persistently pulled him to the side of the street.

Guard:  …

emperor:……

The guards and the emperor drank tea boredly at a nearby tea stall.The emperor stared absently at the tea leaves floating in the teacup, suddenly feeling very boring.

There was still a rustling discussion in the tea stand.The emperor watched the tea leaves in the teacup rise and fall, fall and rise again.The guard at the side said cautiously: "The emperor is in this book market, there is nothing to buy?"

Emperor: "That's all, come here. Let's go shopping again!"

The emperor's words were finalized.He gave up looking for old men in ragged clothes on the street, but let himself go and have fun with the people. Just now, the street they walked was surrounded by large bookstores. Now they walked again, and they arrived at the book market where self-employed people gathered. district.

If it is said that most of the books sold in the previous bookstore were high-quality literature, the books sold by the individual shopkeeper here can be called a mixed bag.In the previous area, most of the library managers upheld the lofty integrity and temper of scholars, and did not solicit customers. However, in this area, most of the stall owners of small shops let themselves go and yell loudly.

"Young Master Xiaoxiang's latest masterpiece! With illustrations! The latest version! You have never seen that a book can be written like this!"

"Young Master Jinjiang's latest collection of poems! The most lingering love stories are all in this collection of poems!"

"No, no, no, no one doesn't know that there are only ten remaining copies of "The Begonia Man", right?"

"I don't know what other people are thinking? Want to practice your skills in communicating with people? Want to gain the favor of others faster in communication? All skills are in this small interpersonal communication manual!"

The guards guarded the emperor all the way, but the emperor finally stopped at a bookstall and said to him, "I'll stop and take a look."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and flipped through the books here, and asked the stall owner, "How do you sell these books?"

The stall owner who was playing cattail fan saw that business finally came, and immediately started to do it. He said with a smile on his face, "My lord, you are really lucky. These are the last few books. They teach people how to gain the favor of others..."

The stall owner Balabala talked a lot, and finally quoted a price.When the emperor heard that these books cost dozens of taels of silver, his face turned pale.He knelt down and said to him, "Can you have a knife?"

Stall owner: "Knife?"

Emperor: "A discount, will it work?"

Stall owner: "Oh, these are the last few copies. It's not easy for us to do small business."

Emperor: "I sincerely want it. There are so many books, give me some."

Stall owner: "I have an old man and a young man..."

Emperor: "I am a student party."

Stall owner: "Oh, it's not easy to set up a stall these days..."

Emperor: "Look, I've already picked it up at my door, so you don't need to post it."

The two chattered for a while, and the emperor finally returned with a full load of books.

——I actually learned how to bargain!

The emperor, who was always only being bargained for, thought happily.

His happiness didn't last long, and disappeared when he saw the stall owner who cried and said "these are the last few copies" moved out a pile of "last few copies" hidden behind him.

emperor:……

The emperor endured and endured, and finally resisted his urge to abuse public power to ask for money.

Guard: ...What did the emperor buy these books for?

"Take it." The emperor threw the book to the guard.

He walked and shopped all the way, thinking about buying some books he likes for Zhou Xun.

——What kind of books does Zhou Xun like?

The emperor thought for a while and felt that his head was a little big.At the intersection, when passing by a colorful stall, a stall owner saw that he was wearing expensive clothes and had just been slaughtered, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Little brother, can you see if there are any clothes in this stall?" The book you want?"

The emperor glanced at the stall and saw a book with a gorgeous binding, so he couldn't help but take another look.

"Appreciating flowers... Baojian?"

Tasting flowers?

The stall owner said: "My little brother has a good eye, this is a brand new illustrated version..."

As he spoke, he winked at the emperor: "The kind with paintings!"

emperor:……?

Tasting flowers... Peach blossoms are also considered flowers.The emperor thought so straightly, Zhou Xun seems to like peach blossoms?

He thought it might be a flower appreciation manual, so he nodded and said, "I bought it."

"Good Le!"

The stall owner happily packed books for him.The emperor squatted by the side and looked around, still not giving up on his martial arts cheats, so he said: "By the way, stall owner, I'm looking for a class of books... Do you know where they are sold?"

The stall owner asked him, "What book?"

The emperor thought for a while and said, "Do you understand the "Nine Yin Manual"?"

Stall owner:?

The stall owner gave him a puzzled look, and the emperor scratched his head and said, "Do you understand the Nine Suns Manual?"

Stall owner: "I don't know."

Emperor: "What about "Lingbo Weibu"?

"Yi Jin Jing"? "Six Meridians Excalibur"? "Dugu Nine Swords"? "Sunflower Treasure"... No, don't want the last one..."

Stall owner: "This... little brother, the things you said are unheard of in our family!"

As he spoke, he scratched his head and said, "Why don't you tell me what it looks like, and I'll look for it for you?"

The emperor thought for a while, and gestured: "It's about something like a comic book."

Stall owner: "Oh."

Emperor: "There are formulas next to it, and there are many movements, some for one person, some for two people, and some for multiple people...one person versus many people."

Stallholder: "What else?"

Emperor: "They are doing some coherent movements, very excited. They will make some 'hehe' and 'haha' sounds."

The stall owner thought for a while, thoughtfully.The emperor was also scratching his head.

...isn't it?There are goblins in this world, not even martial arts cheats?

With sharp eyes, he saw a booklet in the distance that was pressed by other books, and on it was the words "X Dragon Eighteen X", so he said excitedly: "That's right, that's the book!"

Stallholder: "Which one?"

Emperor: "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms!!!"

The stall owner looked over where his eyes were pointing. When he saw the book, he hurriedly said, "This book is not called the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon, but the Eighteen Forms of Longyang..."

emperor:?

"The name is similar, then..."

Before he finished speaking, a guard pushed through the crowd and ran towards him.The emperor listened to the guard whisper a few words, and his face became slightly dignified.

"It's broad daylight, and I have to work overtime again." The emperor murmured.

It was too late to visit the book market, so before leaving, the emperor could only do his last thing.

"Wrap up those books just now!" The emperor waved his sleeves and said, after thinking for a while, he said, "Forget it, wrap up this stall for me!"

The emperor returned with a pile of books.The stall owner suddenly lost a lot and gained some money.

He was sitting by the stall, still wondering about the behavior and identity of the man who had been in a hurry just now.The emperor sat on the carriage back to the palace, and outside of work, he was thinking about the secret book he had just obtained.

"...Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, there are really Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms in this world." He murmured.

Thinking about it, he touched his chin again.

"Otherwise, send someone to buy all the books on the market?" He thought, "In this way, I can monopolize this martial art... I am number one in the world!"