Early in the morning of January 7th.

Sanitation workers in white uniforms are already working hard to clean up the garbage on the streets. The ground that has been swept away from the garbage will be sprayed with some clean water by a sprinkler truck to purify the dusty air.

At this time, the ink-scented "Martial Arts and History" magazine had begun to be listed in major bookstores in Hong Kong and newsstands on the street.

Yuen Long, New Territories.

A stop to wait for the bus on the side of the road.

There is an endless stream of office workers, either sitting in their seats or standing nearby, waiting for the bus to pass by.

Newsstand near the station.

A young man, looking at the owner of the newsstand, smiled and said, "Has today's "Martial Arts and History" arrived? ”

The newsstand owner smiled and said, "It's arrived, and I only bought two." One of them is reserved for you, and the remaining one is not known when it will be sold! ”

The young man nodded and said, "Martial arts magazine, it's really not going well. In recent years, not only have magazines not sold well, but more importantly, there is a lack of good-looking works! ”

The boss said: "Hey, now in this market, even Gu Long wrote it, everyone doesn't like to read it." In my opinion, this martial arts novel will end sooner or later! ”

The young man shook his head and said, "I don't believe that martial arts novels have been in such a slump, and sooner or later there will be new masterpieces to break such an impasse." There are talented people in the country, there have been Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Liang Yusheng in the past, and there may not be new masters in the future! ”

This young man, named Zhang Yu, is thirty-one years old, and is a veteran reader of martial arts novels.

Since elementary school, Zhang Yu has been reading the works of Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng and growing up strongly. When Gu Long was born, "The Peerless Double Pride", "Lu Xiaofeng", and "Chu Liuxiang" made him even more addicted.

However, as a veteran reader with 18 years of novel reading experience, because I have read at least more than 1,000 novels, I have a very high vision and become extremely picky - I don't read the writing is too poor, the plot is old-fashioned, the logic is too poor, I don't read it, I don't read it if it's full of loopholes, and I don't read it if it's not interesting

In short, the critical eye made him bookless. Under normal circumstances, Zhang Yu always reads the classics of Jin Yong, Gu Long and others repeatedly. Recently, I can only pass the time with the "Legend of Shushan Wonders" series of the Lord of the Pearl House during the Republic of China, "The Legend of Jianghu Heroes" by Pingjiang Buxiaosheng, as well as classical masterpieces such as "Journey to the West" and "Water Margin".

This kind of distress of book shortage is very painful for Zhang Yu. How he wished that there would be some readable works that were "above the standard".

After Zhang Yu paid the money, he got a new issue of "Martial Arts and History"! The whole cover suddenly attracted him.

"The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"?

A title that I have never heard of at all

Zhang Shaojie?

It is a completely unfamiliar author

However, in the dark, Zhang Yu seemed to feel that this was an absolutely wonderful story.

Therefore, he couldn't wait to open the page of the book and turn to the main text of "Datang".

"On the command platform of Yu Wenhua and Zhuoli warships, on both sides of the Jimu Canal"

At the beginning of the article, a vigorous picture of the atmosphere jumping on the paper has completely exceeded the bearing of ordinary martial arts novels.

The huge warship, Emperor Yang of Sui, Yu Wenhua, "The Secret of Eternal Life" and so on are just a few words, but they outline an extremely suspenseful plot.

However, Zhang Yu had just been immersed in a rare large-scale description in this martial arts novel, but the scene in the later text quickly switched to the scene of the pursuit of the rivers and lakes.

"Jiao Xie, the general under the 'Mantian King' Wang Subamo, led more than a dozen highly skilled subordinates to gallop along the Yangtze River, shattering the tranquility on the riverbank."

waited until the tension and suspense were intriguing, and the picture switched to two gangsters in Yangzhou City. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling appeared!

"'Koling! Koling! Does it still hurt? ’

"'Fucking Boss, fists are terrible, alas! If there is genuine goods on the next trip, don't go to the dead grass to exchange money, which is both mean and low-priced, and tell the dog thief that if you want to hide half of it, you have to suffer from punching and kicking. ”

With the appearance of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, Zhang Yu gradually felt "burning".

At the same time, in different places, such a fast number of plots, advancing synchronously, however, it is not chaotic at all!

At the same time, all the plots with different developments are unfolding in Yangzhou, which makes people feel the panorama-like scene of the party.

Zhang Yu was surprised to feel that every word was so smooth and comfortable to read.

At the same time, every character, every description, combined together, seems to have a seductive charm!

Jin Yong's works, although classic, but the typography and text combination, are far less smooth than "Datang".

Although Gu Long's writing is extremely smooth, he likes to engage in stream of consciousness, and his sword is on the wrong side, and his writing is like a detective novel, and there is no historical weight at all.

Zhang Yu felt the impact of every line of words, and he was almost excited!

"Genius, this guy who wrote "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is really a genius, I can see it, martial arts novels can be written like this!" Zhang Yu shouted obliviously.

Suddenly, he felt the emptiness around him, and he was surprised.

Zhang Yu's face changed, and then he screamed: "Oops, I'm too fascinated." I missed the bus and was going to be late for work! Hey the taxi, stop! ”

Not only office workers in Yuen Long, Zhang Yu was deeply seduced by the wonderful plot in "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

In fact, all over Hong Kong, lovers of martial arts novels are invariably attracted by this novel.

From Central, Wan Chai, and Kowloon on Hong Kong Island are Yau Tsim Mong and Kwun Tong districts.

From Sha Tin and Sai Kung in the East of the New Territories to Yuen Long and Tuen Mun in the West of the New Territories

Throughout Hong Kong, everywhere you can buy "Martial Arts and History" magazines, there has been a wave of rush to buy**!

Many readers who have read "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" strongly recommend this work to others.

Countless readers who have heard others describe the plot of "Datang" are itchy and can't wait to go to various locations to buy "Martial Arts and History", wanting to have a sneak peek

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January 7, in the afternoon.

"Boss, I'm going to buy this week's new 'Martial Arts and History', which serialized the issue of 'The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty,'" a young man in Causeway Bay said in a bookstore.

"Nope!" The boss shook his head dryly.

"How could it not be? In the past, I bought the previous issue of "Martial Arts and History" from you," the young reader said unwillingly.

"Sold out!" The boss explained, "More than 10 copies arrived at 6 o'clock in the morning, but by noon, they were sold out!" ”

"Oh!" Young readers can't help but be a little disappointed, "Then I'll go to another house!" ”

The bookstore owner shook his head and said, "It's unlikely that there will be anything else!" Because, the original circulation of "Martial Arts and History" was only 20,000 copies. And today's issue, suddenly because of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", was rushed by readers to buy it frantically after hearing the news. Not only am I sold out here, but many of my peers I know are also sold out! If you don't believe me, just ask around! ”

The young people didn't believe it, and began to go from house to house on the streets to ask bookstores, but they all received the same thing - "sold out!" ”

At this time, the young man saw a young girl squatting and crying on the street, and walked over curiously and asked, "Hey, what's the matter, beauty, crying so sadly?" ”

The girl looked up at the young man and whimpered, "Woo woo! What to do, what should I do? My boyfriend asked me to buy "Martial Arts and History" on the street, and he wanted to watch "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", but I asked dozens of bookstores, and they were all sold out. What should I do?"

Although the young man himself was very hurt because he didn't buy "Martial Arts and History", when he heard the girl's words, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "If you can't buy it, forget it, I dare to say, at most tomorrow, the publisher will definitely put more magazines on the market, and it will definitely be easier to buy it by then!" ”

"No! Akai said that he would break up with me if he couldn't see "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" today! The girl cried even more sadly

"Khan actually has such a boyfriend, it's really superb" Although the young man didn't say it, he felt very funny in his heart.

At this time, a middle-aged man on the street shouted obscenely: "The new issue of "Martial Arts and History", endure the pain and cut love!" The market price is 15 yuan a piece. I want to transfer it at a black market price of 50 yuan, and the sister-in-law is not bullied, whoever wants it will take it."

When the girl heard this, "quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit", she quickly ran over and said viciously: "50 yuan, give it to me!" Whoever wants to rob me, the old lady will fight with him! ”

The middle-aged man smiled and took the 50 yuan in cash, and at the same time handed over the magazine, saying, "Here you go!" ”

The girl took the magazine and found that there was indeed "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in the catalog, so she left satisfied.

The young man next to him shook his head and said, "Good luck, unknown girl!" ”