Back in the game, the three Star Souls have been tamed.

"The soul of the Heavenly Speed Star Dai Zong, level 0 ghost male ......, skills: inquiring information, Jiama runes."

"The soul of Zhang Shun, a level 0 ghost ......hero, skill: water battle, drowning the enemy."

"The soul of Tianqiao Star Yanqing, level 0 ghost male ......, skills: crossbow arrows, sumo wrestling."

Although he caught a record three Tiangang, they were all ranked relatively low, which is not a surprise.

Fortunately, the skills of these guys can still come in handy.

Chaochen, Zhudian, Shi Xiu, Dai Zong, and now Li Wei has four spies.

Looking at Yan Qing again, this should be regarded as a very popular one among the Water Margin heroes, and the author has used a lot of pen and ink on him.

The young man is really handsome.

Yan Qing, like Lei Heng, is a versatile compound talent, but it's a pity that the ghost level and skill positions are limited, so they can't show their strengths.

Li Wei was not busy copying the Book of Heaven today, nor was he in a hurry to do the task of catching ghosts, but rushed to Chang'an to experiment with his ideas.

The first target is Wei Zheng, because guarding the palace gate rewards 10 points of favor, and now you can automatically find your way to Wei Zheng.

When I came to Wei Zheng's mansion, I was a little surprised that there were many players around here.

"Could it be that Wei Zheng is releasing tasks related to the main line? Why didn't I get noticed? Li Wei said strangely.

After watching it for a while, the players who left didn't seem to get the task, and they complained one by one.

It turns out that this time the main quest, in order to allow players to participate, the system has opened the City God Temple teleportation between Chang'an and Luoyang for free, so many players will come to Chang'an City to see it even if they don't want to do the main story.

Chang'an is a city, with at least 100,000 players visiting every hour, and there are many people everywhere.

Wei Zheng has appeared in the previous two missions. There will always be players who follow him after the mission and find his mansion.

When there are more players who know the coordinates, there will always be people who can't help but post them on the forum.

Li Wei stepped forward and asked like other players: "This time, 'Taizong enters the underworld', do you have any related tasks here?" ”

Wei Zheng glanced at Li Wei, smiled and shook his head.

"Mr. Wei. I have a 10-point good impression of you, this kind of relationship, no matter how you say it, you have to treat it differently, right? Li Wei shouted.

Wei Zheng snorted: "I have some 'routine' here, are you willing to do it?" Let's start with it, it has nothing to do with the 'main line'. ”

Being able to say this kind of thing, whether it is intelligence or permission, is different from other NPCs.

But it is a bit far from Li Wei's expectations.

"You have to do it every day, and you have to do it on the main line, and you have to do it. I'll ask you slowly. "Li Wei will not give up easily.

Dealing with NPCs for so long, coupled with the experience of the forum, let Li Wei know that many times, certain key words can activate a hidden mission.

After trying Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and other words, Li Wei asked for the word "Cui Yu".

"Old Cui, he has been dead for a long time." Wei Zheng smiled.

"Don't play dumb, I often go to the underworld. Why don't you let me bring him a letter or something? Li Wei said hehehe.

"So many people want to bring a letter to Lao Cui for me, but unfortunately I have handed over the letter to the emperor. I won't be writing it again anytime soon. Wei Zheng laughed.

It seems that it really doesn't work.

Li Shimin was arrested by the prefecture, Wei Zheng wrote a letter to his friend Judge Cui of the prefecture to open the back door, as long as anyone who has read the original Journey to the West knows that if every player brings a letter over, the price of paper in Chang'an will not know what it has risen, and Judge Cui will not be able to see it.

"Say. Is Cui Yu really dead? Li Wei looked at Wei Zheng, "I took a look at Baidu, he only joined the company after seven years of Zhenguan, and he left so early?" ”

If you really want to follow the official history, Tang Seng learned the scriptures in the second or third year of Zhenguan.

Wei Zheng looked up at the sky. Do not answer such a "complicated" question.

"Forget it, I'll ask something else, where does Tiancao Guan Li Lian live, or is he also dead?" Li Weidao.

"Lao Li?" Wei Zheng's eyes suddenly shot out, "You still know a lot?" ”

Li Wei sighed twice, looked left and right, the communication between the player and Wei Zheng was inaudible to each other.

"Li Lian is not as busy as me and Lao Cui, you can go and talk to him, well, this sword will be given back to him for me, just treat it as today's 'daily life'." Wei Zheng handed over the dragon slaying sword.

Li Wei happily took it, but saw that the sword was displayed as a mission item and could not be used or sold.

After getting Li Lian's coordinates, Li Wei hurriedly hurried over.

Li Lian's name looks young, but he is an old warrior with white hair and white beard, who is idle at home.

The old man took the sword, listened to Wei Zheng's message brought by Li Wei, and didn't say much, but directly wrote a letter and threw it to Li Wei.

"Di Cao Guan Cui Yu personally opened?" Li Wei's eyes lit up as he read the words on the envelope.

People who have read Journey to the West have a lot of speculations about Wei Zheng's position of "Ren Cao Guan", but there is indeed no similar official position in history, and there is no way to verify it, and there is no way to go deeper into this problem.

But Li Wei happens to know a little more.

As mentioned many times before, this edition of Journey to the West is a combination of various popular stories at that time.

In the Journey to the West miscellaneous dramas at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Journey to the West did not have the Dragon King of Jinghe.

In the original text of "Journey to the West" "Wei Zhengmeng Cutting the Dragon King of the Jing River" included in the "Yongle Canon" in the early Ming Dynasty, it was only said that Wei Zheng was the prime minister, and Cao Guan was not mentioned.

So, was it Wu Chengen, or the author of the Hundred Editions, who coined the term "Ren Cao Guan"?

Don't forget that Yongle to Wanli, there is a gap of nearly two hundred years, and I don't know how many versions of Journey to the West have appeared during this period.

Okay, isn't it Wu Chengen who invented "Ren Cao Guan", is it interesting to fight for this?

Yes.

During the Wanli period, there was an opera writer Zhang Dafu who wrote a legend called "Fishing Boat", which wrote about Wei Zheng beheading the Dragon King + Taizong entering the underworld + Liu Quanjin melon, and it is generally believed that he was rewritten according to Wu Chengen's version of "Journey to the West", so few scholars attach importance to this "Journey to the West Homo".

In fact, there are a lot of different settings from Journey to the West in this legend, and they seem to be more primitive, so it is likely that the Journey to the West and the fishing boat are all rewritten according to earlier works, and they also belong to the "same generation".

It was mentioned in the fishing boat that Tiancao official Li Lian captured the Dragon King of Jinghe, Cui Yu, the local Cao official, collected his soul, and Cao Guan Wei Zheng was executed, three old friends, with a clear division of labor.

Obviously, the setting of "heaven, earth and man" is more reasonable.

Some people may suspect that Zhang Dafu is based on the name of Cao Guan, a Journey to the West, and made up Tiancao and Dicao.

However, in the "Book of Etiquette" found in Shanxi, which is older than the Journey to the West 100 times, in the paragraph of "Mr. Jinghe Dragon King", there are also characters of "Tiancao, Dicao, and Rencao", and the script of "Jinghe Dragon King" is separated from "Tang Seng Learns Scriptures" in that book.

Therefore, "Fishing Boat" does not strip several stories from Journey to the West, but follows the early setting of the story.

Wu Chengen, or other Journey to the West authors borrowed the story of the Dragon King of Jinghe, omitting the Tiancao official and the earth Cao Guan, which did make the plot more concise, but leaving a lonely person, Cao Guan, seemed more abrupt, which would make the reader entangled for so long.

Why do you want to pursue the problem of Cao Guan? Isn't it just to find out the original appearance of Journey to the West?

If such an important role as Tiancao Guan is erased, the case must be overturned.

Li Wei was excited for a while, and wanted to have a good talk with this Tiancao official, but unfortunately Li Lian was very arrogant and stopped talking.

"Okay, since Tiancao Guan can be found, there should be a drama on Li Chunfeng's side." Li Wei looked at the letter and said with a smile. (To be continued.) )

PS: All kinds of "evidence" about this book,It's not simply Baidu to find,Like Tiancao Guan's branches,I haven't seen any expert mention it.,In short, Erlang has spent a lot of time and energy in these aspects.,It's interest.,Or maybe it's obsessive-compulsive disorder.,I hope don't treat these things as irrigation.。