The light rain in the sky street is as moist as a crisp, and the grass color is close but there is none.

It is the most beneficial spring of the year, and it is absolutely better than the smoke and willows in the imperial capital.

In the spring of the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, because of "The Legend of the White Snake", it made people feel even hotter.

At the door of the Sanwei Library, Shopkeeper Zheng looked at the opposite side with a complicated face.

"Ah San, have you inquired clearly? Has this "The Legend of the White Snake" really sold more than 10,000 copies? ”

The sales volume is more than 10,000, and in later generations, it is a street hit that can no longer be hit the street.

Even if your sales volume is monthly, it is still on the street.

This is especially true for a popular book.

However, you must know that this is Datang.

Although the price of books and paper in Datang has dropped a lot due to the influence of the paper workshops and printing workshops of the Chu Palace, there are still not many people who can afford books.

Especially people who are willing to spend money to buy "The Legend of the White Snake", there will not be many.

No wonder when Shopkeeper Zheng heard this number, he had a look of envy, jealousy and hatred.

"Shopkeeper Zheng, 10,000 copies, that's only more, not less. I heard that the printing workshop of the Chu Wangfu has been staying up late to start work these days, and merchants in Luoyang, Jinyang, Dengzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou and other places are waiting to pick up the goods. If you count the sales of the entire Datang, "The Legend of the White Snake" is estimated to reach 100,000 copies this year. ”

Although these words are a bit ambitious and destroy their own prestige, Ah San still said it truthfully.

"100,000 copies?"

Shopkeeper Zheng gasped and felt incredulous.

's own three-flavor bookstore can't sell 100,000 books in a year.

And this is already the second-ranked bookstore in Chang'an City.

Nowadays, Xinhua Bookstore can sell so many sales of a single book, which is really ......

If other bookstores have such popular books, Sanwei Bookstore will inevitably find a printing workshop to reprint them.

But the words of Xinhua Bookstore......

In the entire Tang Dynasty, is there any bookstore that can print books cheaper than them?

If you really annoy them and start a price war, the first thing you can't stand must be yourself.

"Shopkeeper Zheng, or we will arrange for someone to go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy a batch of goods. We don't have to sell this Chang'an City, but if the semicolons in other places don't sell this book, this loss is a bit big. ”

After several years of blows, Ah San no longer has any intention of rebelling against Xinhua Bookstore.

Even Shopkeeper Zheng is willing to succumb to second place, how can these subordinates fight for anything anymore?

"Hey, you go and arrange it, you can't get along with anything, and don't get along with money."

Shopkeeper Zheng sighed helplessly.

……

"The Legend of the White Snake" has sold so much, and the storytellers in various restaurants in Chang'an City have used it as their own storytelling material, making Chang'an City, but anyone who cares about big things knows that such a thing exists.

There are more people who read the book, and there are naturally more people who comment on the book.

is like the later "Dream of Red Mansions", because it was so popular, even a thing called Red Studies was born because of this, and a group of experts and scholars studied this book.

Although "The Legend of the White Snake" has not reached the height of others, the popularity in a short period of time is even better.

Yang Benman, who was born in Xiucaike, although he has a lot of opinions about Li Kuan, he has true love for "The Legend of the White Snake", and he has watched it back and forth several times.

No, after going down today, he returned to the Yushitai, and there was nothing to do, and he discussed the book with the people around him again.

"Brother He, why did Bai Suzhen look for Xu Xian to repay her kindness, have you ever thought about the reason?"

Yang Benman took a cup of tea and took the initiative to come to the side of the palace servant Yu Shi He.

Yesterday, when the two of them discussed "The Legend of the White Snake", Yang Benman had the upper hand, and it was obvious that Yang Benman was now looking for a venue.

Yang Benman is full of supervising the imperial history, and He Qinlao is the imperial history of the palace, it seems that He Qinlao's grade is slightly higher, but the two have no superior-subordinate relationship.

In addition, the two of them entered the Yushitai in the same year, so the relationship is more special.

In this case, whether in Datang or in later generations, the relationship between two people is often either very good or very poor.

And Yang Benman and He Qinhard belong to the situation that is sometimes very good and sometimes very bad.

This is mainly due to the personalities of the two people.

"Brother Yang, isn't it very clear in this book, the edge is not over, so I have to repay the favor."

He Qinlao has also read "The Legend of the White Snake" many times and has his own understanding.

"That's what I said, but don't you think the relationship between Bai Suzhen, Xu Xian, and Fahai seems too complicated?"

"It's not complicated, in fact, Brother Yang, you can understand it if you sort it out well. You see, Xu Xian was a little shepherd boy, Fahai was a snake catcher, and Bai Suzhen was a little white snake. Fahai caught the little white snake on the mountain, and was ready to take out her snake gall, at that time the white lady must have felt that she was in a catastrophe, at this time the little shepherd boy Xu Xian appeared, he saw that Fahai was holding a little white snake, very kind, did not want the little white snake to die in the hands of Fahai, so said: Please let it go, it is so pitiful. Fahai felt that this child was very wise, and talked to him, and the little white snake took the opportunity to bite Fahai and quickly escaped. ”

"I know this, at that time, this little snake was actually able to transform into Chéng Rén form, but the cultivation was still very poor, it was the appearance of a little girl, and she also went back to see the little shepherd boy at that time, and wrote down the appearance of the benefactor. However, there is no need to make a promise just because you save someone's life. ”

There is nothing big about it today, Yang Benman simply put on a good talk with He Qinlao.

"Brother Yang, what do you say. My understanding is that Bai Suzhen may not have wanted to make a promise to Xu Xian at the beginning, maybe she wanted to give Xu Xian a wealth or repay her kindness in some other way; But when he saw that Xu Xian was a personable, gentle and elegant gentleman, he was moved by his heart, and simply repaid his kindness with his body. ”

If Li Kuan was here, he would probably agree with He Qinlao's understanding.

This is the same as "the little woman has nothing to repay, only to promise with her body", behind these words, it is because people have taken a fancy to your person, so there is a personal promise.

If she doesn't take a fancy to you, then the words will become that the little woman has nothing to repay, but to be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay this great kindness.

However, fortunately, Yang Benman is not stupid.

Although people are a little bit of an axis, their ability to understand is still okay.

"Brother He, if you say that, it's okay. This reminds me of a girl in the neighborhood, when the matchmaker comes to the door to propose, if she feels that the other party is not the person she is satisfied with, she will say: The daughter still wants to honor her parents for two years; And when you meet someone you like, it immediately becomes: lifelong events are all up to your parents. ”

"Yes, it is. Actually, after reading this book, I also have a question, why did Xu Xian look so indifferent when he saw Bai Suzhen again many years later? It seems to be the feeling of seeing through the red dust after enlightenment. But isn't the purpose of Xu Xian's penance in Jinshan Temple for twenty years to wait for Bai Suzhen to get out of the tower as soon as possible? ”

Yang Benman: ......

Dialogues like this between Yang Benman and He Qinlao are unfolding in various parts of Chang'an City.

It's like Li Kuan watched a TV series when he was a child, and the next day the classmates in the class must have talked about it.

Especially when "The Condor Heroes" was broadcast at night, and the next day after class, his family was talking about this why and that why.

If the discussion between Yang Benman and He Qinlao is still a friendly and pleasant atmosphere,

Then the situation that happened in Yongyangfang Dazhuangyan Temple is a bit delicate.

"Master, my disciple recently inadvertently read the very popular "The Legend of the White Snake" in Chang'an City, and I feel that this book has a lot of scandals and slanders against our Buddhism, and if it is allowed to develop, it is likely to affect our believers in Chang'an City."

As a close disciple of Master Daoyue, who presided over the Great Solemn Temple, he is well versed in the Theravada Sutras, and his Dharma attainments are extremely high at a young age, and he is highly respected by the surrounding monks, and his vision is naturally more long-term than that of ordinary monks.

"Debate, believe it, don't believe it, don't worry too much."

Although Daoyue was also a little worried in his heart, he didn't show it.

"Master, now everyone in Chang'an City is talking about this "Legend of the White Snake", and even some believers are asking in our temple whether Na Fahai is really our Buddhist disciple, it is no longer a simple question of believing or not believing."

Although the debater is smart, he is still young after all, and he can't stand the suspicious eyes of the believers.

He also specifically checked various records, but did not find such a monk as Fahai in the temple of Buddhism.

But "The Legend of the White Snake" is so famous, and every character in it is vividly described, making it difficult for outsiders to believe that Fahai is a fictional character.

What's even more odious is that there is a sentence in the prologue of this book, "This story is pure fiction, if there are similarities, please do not sit in the opposite number", which makes people feel that there are no three hundred taels of silver here.

If it's really to remind the reader that this is a fiction, then just say the first half of the sentence, don't add the following words, and now it's like trying to cover up, which makes people think more.

"Debate, this person looks at the world, there are three processes, the first is to see the mountains as mountains, and the water as water, before you become a monk, you basically belong to this stage; After a few years of practice, now you have begun to see that the mountains are not mountains, and the water is not water. Although this "The Legend of the White Snake" is very popular now, it is just a pastime reading after all, and after everyone has read it, they will slowly forget it. You know, people are forgetful. ”

Daoyue lightly held the Buddha beads in his hand, and calmly stated his views to the debate.

However, there is one sentence that he did not say, and that is even if the Buddhism is not satisfied, what can it do?

His Royal Highness the King of Chu wrote this book, and he may not have the idea of getting along with Buddhism, but if his gang makes a fuss, he will offend a prince out of thin air.

Don't look at the smooth development of Buddhism in Chang'an, but this is just because the Li Tang royal family saw that when they first conquered the world, the warrior monks had provided help, and there was not much interference.

However, Daoyue saw very clearly that Li Tang regarded himself as a descendant of Lao Tzu, and Datang was actually more supportive of the development of Taoism.

If you don't know each other, it's hard to say what the result will be.

Especially His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Dao Yue can see it more clearly than ordinary people, and he definitely belongs to a character who cannot be easily offended.

But as long as it does not reach the point of life and death, he will not support offending the king of Chu.

"Look at the mountains not mountains, and look at the water not water. Master, what realm is there after that? ”

After listening to Daoyue's words, although he couldn't accept it for a while, he became interested in the theory proposed by Daoyue.

"Looking at the mountains or the mountains, looking at the water is still the water, this is the ultimate state of life. If one day you can reach this point, as the presiding position of the teacher, you can abdicate and give way to the virtuous. ”

"Master, the disciple still doesn't understand what this realm has to do with the matter of "The Legend of the White Snake"?"

After thinking about it for a while, he actually wanted to stand up and bring the monks of Chang'an City to refute Li Kuan.

In this way, it is good for both personal fame and the Great Solemn Temple.

As for whether it is good for the entire Buddhist sect, he is a small monk and does not want to think about it so much for the time being.

To put it mildly, although the debate machine has become a monk, it has not yet reached the state of having no desires and no desires.

In fact, how many people are really desireless?

"If you don't understand, think slowly. In short, we can't get involved in this matter, even if those believers come to the temple to ask about Fahai with curiosity, it is actually just a curiosity. No matter how bad they are, they scolded Fahai a few words, in fact, it does not mean that these believers will no longer come to the temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha in the future. ”

Dao Yue was very satisfied with this closed disciple, and hoped that he could quietly consult the Dharma and not be involved in too many worldly worlds.

However, Daoyue was destined to be disappointed.

……

In the courtyard of the Chu Palace, Wu Meiniang happily came to Li Kuan.

"Lord Wang, the latest statistics show that "The Legend of the White Snake" has sold 12,000 copies in Chang'an City, and there are more than 34,000 copies directly purchased by foreign merchants in wholesale, and nearly 50,000 copies have been sold in less than a month.

As a half-author, Wu Meiniang is more concerned about the sales of books than Li Kuan.

Although Wu Meiniang has also published books such as "Tea Ceremony" before, there is no way to compare that sales with "The Legend of the White Snake".

"In this way, when our opera house will stage "The Legend of the White Snake", it will basically attract countless audiences without much publicity."

As the weather began to warm up and the ground was no longer covered with snow, Nanshan Construction began the construction of the opera house.

As for the drama of "The Legend of the White Snake", Li Kuan also asked Zixia and Kujou Xingxiang to make overall arrangements and select some personnel when.

"Lord Wang, this book is so popular, and the drama must not be bad."

Wu Meiniang didn't dare to say it too hard, after all, no one had ever tried to put such a long "The Legend of the White Snake" on the stage.

"After a while, this king will personally go to see the preparation of the play, and when the time comes, when the premiere comes, please invite the concubine of Chu to go with her, and the popularity will definitely be no different."

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