The two first went to the bookstore where Xiao Hanzheng copied books.
It was also the largest bookstore in the county.
The shopkeeper saw Xiao Hanzheng and said with a big smile, "Duke Xiao, you are here. Do you want to take the books back to copy again today?"
Xiao Hanzheng was the only xiaosanyuan or small three yuan (小三元: a candidate who came in first place in three consecutive scholar examinations) in Nanxi county for so many years, so he was very polite.
Xiao Hanzheng replied with a faint smile, "I'm not copying books today. I wrote a novel and want to show you. Do you accept it here?"
The shopkeeper was stunned. "Ah, what did Duke Xiao write?"
Xiao Hanzheng had copied books from him for many years, but he had never written a novel before.
It seemed that he wasn't really interested in those romance novels.
So he was a little curious about what manuscript Xiao Hanzheng would write.
