Chapter 044: A Turning Point in History
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"Notes on the Book Tomb"?
Liu Xing stepped forward and looked at the novel in Wang Tairan's hand, and found that it was the first volume of "Notes on the Book Tomb" that he had sold at the auction house before.
"Why is this novel in your hands?" Liu Xing felt strange.
"Xiao Cai sent it. Wang Tairan said lightly.
"Xiao Cai?"
Liu Xing was stunned for a moment, and after pondering for a while, he finally understood that the "Xiao Cai" in Wang Tairan's mouth should refer to Cai Fugui, right?
Cai Fugui is in his fifties this year, and he can be regarded as an elder. It's just that Wang Tairan is 98 years old this year, and his generation is two generations higher than Cai Fugui.
""Book Tomb Notes" was bought by Xiao Cai for 900,000 yuan, how could he be willing to give it to you?" Liu Xing asked curiously.
Wang Tairan smiled and didn't say anything, but he knew it in his heart.
Wang Tairan will officially retire next year, and the management of Novel Street will change the dynasty. In such a special period, many booksellers on Novel Street naturally keep an eye on the position of management.
Who will take over these positions, Wang Tairan plays a decisive role. If he wants to promote someone, no one on the novel street can stop him.
Cai Fugui suddenly sent a copy of "Book Tomb Notes" worth nearly one million to Wang Tairan, the intention couldn't be more obvious, how could Wang Tairan not know?
Wang Tairan originally didn't like this kind of small favor, but this "Book Tomb Notes" just hit Wang Tairan's death hole. He is a hardcore old book lover who has read novels for more than 80 years, and his favorite thing to read is tomb robbery novels.
This "Book Tomb Notes" is the first two-star novel in the country, which is an irresistible temptation for Wang Tairan.
"Xiao Liu, is the second volume of "Book Tomb Notes" in your hands?" Wang Tairan suddenly asked, he finished reading the first volume yesterday, and suddenly there was no follow-up, and he felt uncomfortable, and he came to Liu Xing to ask for the second volume today.
"I only have the first volume of Notes from the Book Tomb. Liu Xing said truthfully.
"Xiao Liu, you can't be so selfish!" Wang Tairan sank his face and said earnestly, "Good books should be taken out and shared, you can't hide the other volumes privately, it's too unkind." ”
"......" Liu Xingting can understand Wang Tairan's mood at this time, he himself has a similar experience, halfway through a good book, there is suddenly no follow-up, and he will indeed panic.
"Elder Wang, I don't have a private collection, and the second volume is really not in my hands. ”
"Anyway, if you don't take out the second volume of "Book Tomb Notes", I won't give you this "General Outline of Ma Xingkong Entering the Gods". Wang Tairan said with a straight face, and suddenly became a little old and stubborn.
Liu Xing had an idea and said, "I really don't have "Book Tomb Notes", but I do have another one-star tomb robbery novel, do you want to read it?"
Wang Tairan frowned: "There are only 19 one-star tomb robbery novels in the country, and in the past two years, there have been no new tomb robbery novels, where did you get one-star tomb robbery novels?"
Wang Tairan's words are not wrong, the number of tomb robbery novels in Huaxia is very small, mainly because it is very difficult to create. Not to mention the rest, there are very few people who know about the information about the production process of the book coffin.
The book coffin is a device used by ancient novelists to store books, it is equivalent to a lockbox, the structure is extremely exquisite, the process is quite complex, except for the coffin maker, it is impossible for a layman to understand.
As a result, there are very few writers who can create high-level tomb robbery novels.
"Elder Wang, I not only have a one-star tomb robbery novel, but this tomb robbery novel tells the story of a coffin maker making an anti-theft book coffin......
Before Liu Xing's words were finished, the expression on Wang Tairan's face had already changed subtly: "Book coffin craftsman? Xiao Liu, you are teasing me, right? The profession of book coffin maker disappeared more than 100 years ago, how can anyone write this kind of novel now?"
Liu Xing reminded: "What if the author is a descendant of the Lu family?"
"Descendants of the Lu family?"
Wang Tairan was slightly stunned, the ancestors of the Lu family were the most famous coffin craftsmen in Huaxia hundreds of years ago, and the Lu family's coffin craftsmanship level was unparalleled in the entire Huaxia Kingdom: "Do you really have such a novel?"
"Yes, the title of the book is "The Master of the Book Coffin". Liu Xing rubbed the tip of his nose and talked about the conditions, "If I lend you this book "The Master Craftsman of the Book Coffin", you also have to lend me the "General Outline of Ma Xingkong Entering the Gods". ”
"Good boy, you even bargained with me. Wang Tairan's face was silent, but his heart was tickled. He has read more than a dozen one-star tomb robbery novels, but he has never read a tomb robbery novel about a coffin maker.
"If you really have a star novel about the coffin maker, I can lend you this general outline of the gods. ”
"It's a deal. ”
Liu Xing originally wanted to pull Wang Tairan to pick up the novel at home, but Wang Tairan was trapped in the study in order to avoid Wang Lanlan and couldn't get out at all.
Helpless, Liu Xing could only go home alone to pick up the novel "The Master of the Book Coffin".
This "Book Coffin Master" was found when he bought scrap books last month, and he originally wanted to send it to the book testing center for identification, but he has been busy practicing reading skills recently, and he has not made time.
An hour later, Liu Xing returned to the Blue Sky Community with the novel, and when he passed by the living room, he found that Wang Lanlan had abnormal behavior.
I saw Wang Lanlan change into a black night shirt: a black top, black pants, black sneakers, and a black cap.
On the table beside her sat a map of Mount Yufeng, with a telescope with night vision, a cell phone, and a sharp knife. In addition to this, there is also a black device similar to Big Brother, and it is impossible to see what it is for a while.
"Wang Lanlan, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to go to the book tomb in Yufeng Mountain for a field trip!"
"Didn't you go to Yufeng Mountain in the morning?"
"In the morning, there were a few policemen guarding the tomb and not letting me in, and I was going to sneak in after dark at night, hehe. Wang Lanlan said as she tidied up the equipment on the table.
Liu Xing stepped forward and asked curiously, "What are all these things for?"
Wang Lanlan introduced: "This map is used to explore the terrain of Yufeng Mountain to choose the right route to infiltrate the book tomb. This night vision binoculars are used to monitor the police's every move, making it easy to get in. This mobile phone was used to take pictures and act as a lighting device behind the tomb of the book. ”
"What's this black big brother?"
"It's not Big Brother, it's a wireless bugging!"
"What do you want a bugging device for?"
"Of course, it's eavesdropping on the police's conversations!" Wang Lanlan pursed her lips and explained seriously, "The police are heavily guarded by the book tomb, and I must collect more intelligence information through the eavesdropper in order to increase the success rate of infiltrating the book tomb." ”
"......" Liu Xing was a little speechless, this girl is too hard, right? In order to write a mystery novel about a book coffin, it is so difficult?
"Liu Xing, what do you think of my black night suit?" At this time, Wang Lanlan's petite body turned around, made a ballet move, and showed off.
Liu Xing reminded: "Wang Lanlan, the Yufeng Mountain Book Tomb is forbidden for idlers to enter, you are so heavily armed and trying to sneak into the Book Tomb secretly, and blatantly go against the police, are you not afraid of being arrested by the police?"
"It's fine. Wang Lanlan looked confident, "Anyway, I'm a minor, and the police uncle will let me go, hehe." ”
"......" Liu Xing suddenly convinced this little girl, it seems that her plan has been carefully prepared, and she has even thought about the way back.
"Liu Xing, do you want to go with me to Yufeng Mountain to inspect the book tomb?"
"No, I'm already an adult. ”
"Okay, I'll go first. ”
After speaking, Wang Lanlan put away the sharp knife, picked up the night vision binoculars, rolled up the map of Yufeng Mountain, brought a wireless bugging, and carried a backpack containing food and mineral water, and then left alone in a black night suit.
Looking at her bouncing away, Liu Xing shook his head, didn't say anything, and immediately returned to the study.
When he came to the bathroom of the study, he knocked on the door of the secret room behind the toilet, and with a bang, the wall slowly opened, and Wang Tairan was still waiting in the secret room.
"Elder Wang, your precious granddaughter is going to go to Yufeng Mountain to break into the book tomb and fight against the police, so you don't care?"
"This is a good thing, why bother?" Wang Tairan looked like a matter of course, and said, "The novelist's thinking should be unrestrained, unrestrained, and do things that ordinary people dare not do, and Lan Lan's current creative route is completely correct." ”
Liu Xing was speechless, but he suddenly remembered a sentence in his mind - the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked.
"Did the novel bring it?"
"Give. ”
After taking over "The Master Craftsman of the Book Coffin", Wang Tairan opened the book, squinted his old eyes, and began to read.
Liu Xing took advantage of his free time to check the books on the bookshelf in this secret room.
In Huaxia, many readers have private libraries. Due to the high price of star novels, the library room is basically equal to the treasure room, so it is generally designed to be relatively hidden.
Although Wang Tairan's library is not big, there are many star-rated novels on the shelves, Liu Xing roughly swept it, and found 18 two-star novels and 7 three-star novels, which should be worth millions of yuan!
Looking at these novels, Liu Xing secretly wondered in his heart: when will he get acquainted with this old man, and borrow a few more books from him to take a look.
"Yes, this "The Master of the Book Coffin" should really be a one-star novel. At this time, Wang Tairan suddenly said that he had finished reading the first half of "The Master of the Book Coffin" and had a general understanding of the quality of this novel.
Although Wang Tairan is not a professional connoisseur, he has studied reading for more than 80 years, and his level of connoisseurship is not much worse than that of ordinary connoisseurs. With decades of experience, he has determined that the book in front of him has a one-star standard.
"This novel reminds me of an old story. ”
"The past?"
"A past incident more than 50 years ago. Wang Tairan slowly recalled, "More than 50 years ago, I once read a news article that a writer surnamed Lu spent 15 years writing a tomb robbery novel, which embodies his life's work. As a result, the novel was identified by the book connoisseur as an ordinary novel. The author, surnamed Lu, couldn't bear the blow and finally died of depression. Alas, it's a pity!"
A few decades ago, the level of book appreciation in Huaxia was relatively low, the book appreciation equipment was very backward, many good books were missed, and at the same time, many excellent novelists were buried.
The author of this book "The Master of the Book Coffin" is one of them.
"Xiao Liu, how can you tell that this "Book Coffin Master" is a one-star novel?" At this time, Wang Tairan asked strangely, it is very difficult to find a star-rated novel from a waste book.
"Uh......" Liu Xing explained, "this novel is very professionally written, so I guessed that it should be a star novel." ”
"How do you know it's written very professionally?"
"Because there are many terms in the novel that I can't understand. ”
“……”
Wang Tairan smiled, it was the first time he had heard of this way of appreciating books, so he breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the "General Outline of Ma Xingkong's Entry into the Gods" beside him, and handed it over, "This General Outline of Entering the Gods has lent it to you." ”
When he held the "General Outline of Ma Xingkong into the Gods" in his hand, Liu Xing's eyes lit up slightly, the deer on his chest collided, his heartbeat accelerated suddenly, the blood in his whole body seemed to boil, and he suddenly had a feeling that he was about to reach the peak of life!
This general outline of the spirit was written by the ancestor of the novel, Ma Xingkong, more than 900 years ago, and more than 900 years have passed, and no one has been able to put the theory in the general outline into practice.
It is a glorious pearl, but it has to be silenced in the long river of history.
And today, history may be about to turn a corner.
Liu Xing, the new owner of this general outline, will impact the supreme realm of the integration of Chinese reading and books, and realize the ultimate dream of countless readers for thousands of years - to enter the gods!
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