Chapter Twenty-Seven: Slaves
"The four famous novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties are the most influential, and they can increase my literary name and make the most money, but one is that there are too many words, the second is that the market needs to be cultivated, and the third is that there are some things in it that I have never been exposed to, and I need to buy some related books to cover up. Therefore, at present, it is most suitable for those short and medium-sized Tang legends, which are seamless in terms of the times. After Tang Legend has cultivated some readers, I will write those long masterpieces. Later, you can write the history of later generations into a novel, so that it is much more convenient to use poetry and allusions. ”
Fang Yun thought about it and aimed at the most influential of the Tang legendary novels, "The Legend of Yingying", and the famous Yuan song "The Legend of the West Chamber" is based on this novel, this novel has a very high historical status and literary status, and once it is present, it will inevitably cause a sensation in the current Shengyuan Continent.
Jin Shengsi, a famous literary scholar and literary critic of the Qing Dynasty, once commented on the "Book of Six Talents", comparing "The Legend of the West Chamber" with "Water Margin", "Historical Records" and Du Fu's poems.
However, the original text of "The Biography of Yingying" is too short, only more than 3,000 words, and it cannot be written into a book, and it cannot be sold at a good price. The ending of this short story is tragic, and the story does not meet the taste of readers in the current Shengyuan Continent. ”
Since "The Legend of the West Chamber" has the greatest influence and the story is stronger than "The Legend of the Yingying", then it should be based on "The Legend of the West Chamber", however, the things that are not suitable for the Shengyuan Continent cannot be retained. Fang Yun thought to himself.
So, Fang Yun began to look for novels or yuan songs related to "The Legend of Yingying" and "The Legend of the West Chamber" in the world of strange books, and then slowly pieced together new novels by himself.
The full text of "The Legend of the West Chamber" is more than 50,000 words, but after all, it is a yuan song, and it has to be deleted a lot when it is written as a novel.
At this time, the book was only one hundred and sixty words on one side, and one page was only three hundred and twenty words, so Fang Yun decided to compress the number to about 30,000 words, making up one hundred pages, which was already considered a long novel in this era.
After an hour of busyness, Fang Yun took the essence of books such as "The Legend of Yingying" and "The Legend of the West Chamber", removed or changed the elements that did not conform to the Shengyuan Continent, and wrote a new "The Legend of the West Chamber".
This story is similar to but different from the original "Legend of the West Chamber", about an official eunuch Cui Yingying in order to keep her father, forced to give Zuo Xiang's son, but before getting married, she met a poor scholar from a poor family, and then the two fell in love with each other.
"The story of scrap wood killing Gao Fushuai and overthrowing Bai Fumei is really an eternal theme in ancient and modern China and abroad. Do you want to write a costume "Titanic"? ”
Fang Yun couldn't help but chuckle.
A new "Legend of the West Chamber" was included in the world of strange books, and then Fang Yun began to study ink and write.
Fang Yun named the poor scholar in "The Legend of the West Chamber" "Fang Zhiyun", Cui Yingying's name remained the same, but Zuo Xiang's son changed it to "Liu Zizheng", when he thought of Liu Zicheng's expression when he saw this book, he wanted to laugh.
In this way, without Fang Yun's too much explanation, everyone will speculate: Fang Yun must have been bullied and humiliated by Liu Zicheng, resentful in his heart, and wrote this strange book based on his own experience.
The whole book is in the world of strange books, Fang Yun doesn't have to think about it at all, and keeps writing on paper.
The books of this era were not read, and Fang Yun added commas, periods, and colons for the first time in the book, and no other punctuation marks were added. In addition to this, it is also divided into paragraphs to make the reading experience better.
"The plot of the story is moving, the punctuation marks are amazing, I don't believe that this book can't be popular! The Confucianism here is much more ancient than the earth, once they find that this kind of punctuation marks are easier to read than sentences, they will inevitably apply it quickly, especially the military, because punctuation marks can minimize misreading and ambiguity, and avoid problems with military orders. There is not much talent in the novel, but this book should at least be Dafu! However, I need to keep the manuscript this time. ”
Fang Yun wrote quickly, and before he knew it, he had dinner in a hurry, asked Yang Yuhuan to leave him a supper, and then continued to write.
The night was dark, but he had bright eyes and night vision, and the night had no effect on him, and he still worked hard to write.
Fang Da Niu slept before him, and the little fox never woke up.
In the middle of the night, Fang Yun continued to write after eating supper, until he wrote until dawn, and he wrote for twelve hours, his arm was sore, and he couldn't write anymore before he went to sleep.
After only three hours of sleep, he got up, had breakfast and continued to write.
When it was close to noon, the smell of vegetables in the house was permeated, Fang Yun rubbed his sore wrist, stopped his pen and rested.
He has been very tired from writing calligraphy, if it weren't for the continuous talent to nourish his body and eat well these days, he would have been tired and sick.
"Boom......"
Fang Yun followed the prestige, and saw that the little fox in the bamboo basket had woken up, and was looking at Fang Yun with black eyes, revealing an innocent and cute appearance, stupid.
The little fox sniffled, sniffed continuously, turned his head in the direction of the door, and the scent wafted in from the outside.
Fang Yun smiled slightly and said, "Are you awake?"
The little fox immediately showed a shy look, lowered his head slightly, and was embarrassed to look at Fang Yun.
Fang Yun was surprised in his heart, could this little fox be able to understand human speech?
"Let's go, I'll take you to dinner. Fang Yun said and walked over.
The little fox struggled to run, but its limbs were like stepping on cotton, and it had no strength at all, so it could only curl up and look at Fang Yun with frightened and pleading eyes, as if to say don't hurt it.
Fang Yun slowly stretched out his hand and put his hand in front of it, without touching it.
The little fox felt that Fang Yun had no malicious intent, the horror in his eyes disappeared, and there was still a look of pleading.
"If I hurt you, you would have died outside the city a long time ago, can you still live until now?" Fang Yundao.
The little fox immediately looked thoughtful, and his pleading color faded.
Fang Yun reached out and touched its head, it showed a reluctant but helpless look.
"Let's go. Fang Yun reached out to hug it.
The little fox didn't like to be hugged by Fang Yun, so he struggled hard, but unfortunately it was too small, and Fang Yun could make it struggle with one hand.
"If you move again, I'll throw you out of the city and let the monsters chasing you eat you. ”
The little fox's body shook suddenly, and he didn't struggle anymore, he looked up at Fang Yun pitifully, his eyes were filled with tears.
"If you are honest and obedient, I will keep you here. When you are healed, how about you leave or stay with you?" Fang Yun asked.
The little fox nodded subconsciously.
Fang Yun smiled and asked, "Can you understand the words of our human race?"
The little fox was stunned for a moment, his dark and bright eyes turned slightly, and then shook his head firmly and repeatedly, as if he couldn't understand it.
Fang Yun was amused by the silly fox and laughed.
The little fox looked confused, as if he was shaking his head, why didn't he believe me?
"I'll call you a stupid fox from now on. Fang Yun said with a smile.
The little fox immediately changed his face and shouted angrily twice, objecting to the name.
"You don't tell me your name, who is to blame? ”
The little fox was anxious, and hurriedly shouted, "Slave! slave!"
"Your name is Nunu?" Fang Yun wondered how a fox could have such a name, but it was quite nice.
The little fox immediately nodded happily, and a little proudly.
"Slave, let's eat together. ”
The slave immediately nodded vigorously, and his eyes were unusually bright.
Fang used his left hand to support the slave, and used his right hand to open the door, but the slave suddenly screamed softly.
Fang Yun looked down and saw that the slave had become shy again, the snow-white hair on his face seemed to be a little powdery, and he covered his face with two small paws.
Fang Yun couldn't figure out why the slave was shy, so he took two steps and found that his left hand was hot, and it seemed to be holding the slave's stomach.
"Could it be that she's shy because of this?" Fang Yun immediately moved his fingers and rubbed his stomach.
"Huh......" The slave's voice was shy and anxious, and there was a trace of grievance.
Fang Yun coughed lightly, stopped teasing the slave, and walked towards the main house.
At this time, the style of ordinary houses was basically the same, and the houses were divided into east and west wings, and both wings had earthen kangs.
Between the two wings is the main house, and there are two stoves on the left and right near the main house, which can be used for cooking and stir-frying, and can also be used for heating in winter. There are dining tables and other things in the innermost part of the main house, which is a living room and dining room, which is relatively small.
Fang Yun guessed that this fragrant fox was not an ordinary animal fragrant fox, it should be a demon, but since the holy temple of Dayuan Mansion did not suppress it, it proved that it was harmless, so he was relieved to take it to eat.
Yang Yuhuan was very happy to see the little fox wake up, and the other party said: "You stayed up late last night, and you kept writing in the morning, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to eat enough, so I deliberately stewed an extra chicken." You have a lot of food as a child, I can't be sure. ”
The slave looked at Yang Yuhuan curiously, and then looked at the main room with a little guard in his eyes.
"Xie Lu, Sister Xie Yuhuan. Fang Yundao.
"What do you want to thank your family!" Yang Yuhuan said.
Nunu's eyes lit up when he saw the casserole where the two chickens were held, and his eyes seemed to be glued to it.
"Let's eat together. Aunt Jiang, prepare a small bowl for the slave slave, and only use it for her in the future. Fang Yundao.
"Good. ”
Fang Yun placed the slave on the ground, and then placed an empty small bowl in front of it.
The slave sat obediently in front of the small bowl, looking up at Fang Yun, like a child, but there seemed to be a trace of saliva at the corner of his mouth.
The four of them sat down one after another, and Yang Yuhuan first put a chicken leg into Fang Yun's bowl and said, "All four chicken legs are for you." ”
Although Fang Yun's status is different, he does not look down on Mrs. Jiang and Fang Daniu, in his eyes, the two are still relatives and neighbors, and the two of them may not dare to eat at the same table with him in the future, but since they are at the same table now, they will treat them as guests.
"One chicken leg per person, no more, no less. Sister Yuhuan, you are divided. Fang Yundao.
"Good. Yang Yuhuan divided the chicken legs for the other two people.
"The young master is really a good man. Mrs. Jiang's mouth couldn't close when she smiled.
"Hey, hey. Fang Daniu smirked.
The two of them didn't dare to eat too much meat yesterday, so they only grabbed a few chopsticks and kept eating vegetables.
Jixian is a poor county after all, and the grain is enough, but the meat is still relatively luxurious.