Chapter 10: Grimm (End)

Bluebeard's story is a logical accident.

He killed several wives, but he didn't throw the corpse and bury the corpse, but also put the corpse at home, even if there was any special need, what should I do about the smell problem?

I got married immediately after the killing, and it's been a month now, and the blood stains of my ex-wife haven't dried yet, and even if I treat it with a hemolithic agent, it will evaporate, right?

Bluebeard wants to kill the bride, but the bride's relatives and friends don't care, could it be that they are helping to block the door? Who the hell called them?

The most important thing is that giving the key to a person, both male or female, and saying to that person, "Never use the key to open a certain door", is definitely 10,000 times better than "Be sure to use the key to open that door", Bluebeard seems to have an ulterior motive.

The previous wife was busy getting married soon after she disappeared, and the bride probably had ulterior motives.

How do you do it like Mr. and Mrs. Smith?

Zhou Yu was slandering while thinking about whether it was logical for him to find logic in his dreams.

The town is peaceful and quiet, and no one can see it, but on the street you can see cats squinting in the sun, dogs with their tongues hanging to hide from the shade, chickens striding around the world, donkeys shaking their heads as if listening to rock 'n' roll, and a cow with a bell around its neck and chewing on something incessantly.

Walking to the front of the villa, Zhou Yu healed the scar and forgot the pain, and wanted to go to the window to see the situation in the villa.

Zhou Yu sighed and rushed in.

Surprisingly, the villa was quiet, no one could see it, there were no relatives and friends as Green said, and there was only a pipe on the coffee table in front of the sofa, which did not look like it had entertained guests.

Green's brows furrowed tightly, he pulled out his short sword in his right hand, and held the book in his left hand, looking at it "hard", his eyes fluttering rapidly, as if he were following a demon.

The cat in the boots was as calm as ever, with his head down, his eyes at the level of his hat, and he looked around the living room, then raised his head and looked at the stairs leading to the second floor of the villa.

At the same time, footsteps rang out on the stairs.

Zhou Yu noticed this small detail, and he couldn't take his eyes off the cat - the footsteps on the stairs were too clear.

Under normal circumstances, the sound of footsteps should be from far to near, and it has nothing to do with hearing, it is impossible to be so clear all of a sudden, he has a strange feeling, as if the cat first looked around the living room, did not find a suitable place to "place" the NPC, had to look at the stairs, felt that it was good, and put a person on the stairs, so that there would be a sudden and very clear footsteps.

Green didn't think much of it, just looked at the staircase warily.

Walking down the stairs was a middle-aged man, with long dark brown hair and a long dark blue beard with a strong sense of disobedience, wearing very formal trousers, a white shirt and a horse jacket, and shiny leather shoes.

"Bluebeard!" Green's face was gloomy and his gaze was cold.

"Bluebeard?" The man was stunned for a moment and laughed: "So in your eyes, I am Bluebeard." ”

With that, he tore off his beard and threw it on the ground.

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, as soon as his beard was gone, this person's appearance was much more pleasing to the eye, and he looked like a gentleman in the upper class.

As if he had seen a ghost, Green was dumbfounded and stammered, "Pe...... Mr. Perrault......"

"Perrault?" Zhou Yu didn't have any impression of this surname, when the man first appeared, he thought it was the Grimm brothers who had a conflict, and Jacob dreamed that William was Bluebeard and wanted to kill him.

"Surprised? No, you shouldn't be surprised. Perrault pointed to the book of heaven in Green's hand: "Isn't what you've been reading my book?" ”

Hearing this, Green withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted, and the book fell to the ground, and when it was closed, the haphazard lines of the cover changed, and the name was still unclear, but there was a patternβ€”a vivid white goose.

"Why?" Perrault sighed, picked up the book, patted the dust, and asked, "Why did you revise those stories?" ”

Green lost his previous bravery and resigned himself like a child who had done something wrong: "Because ...... Because your story will ...... Scare small children. ”

Perrault sneered: "But if you change it, not only will you lose the meaning of the story, but you will also harm the children, it doesn't matter if you climb into a stranger's bed, because there will be a hunter to save you later; It's okay to eat strangers' stuff, because there will be a prince who will come and kiss you, and you can come back to life. ”

He talked eloquently, and Zhou Yu listened for a while, and finally understood what was going on.

It turns out that this Mr. Perrault is the founder of fairy tale literature, the famous French poet and writer Charles Perrault, and his "The Story of Mother Goose" is the first fairy tale in the true sense of history.

"The Tale of Mother Goose" is a collection of many folk tales, and it is also the first book to collect stories such as "Little Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Sleeping Beauty in the Woods", "Beauty and Monsters", "Puss in Boots", "Princess Donkey Skin" and so on.

The Brothers Grimm collected and compiled "Fairy Tales for Children and Families" (i.e., "Grimm's Fairy Tales"), part of the story is taken from "The Tale of Mother Goose", and aside from the fact that they "collected" stories from other people's books, the brothers adapted some of the fairy tales.

For example, Little Red Riding Hood.

In Perot's version of "Little Red Riding Hood", Little Red Riding Hood takes off her clothes and climbs into her grandmother's bed, only to discover how "grandma's" mouth is so big and hairy.

The Brothers Grimm's "Little Red Riding Hood" modified part of the plot and added a plot at the end of the plot where the hunter dissected the wolf's belly and rescued both Grandma and Little Red Riding Hood.

This is contrary to Perrault's original intention, he wants to teach those beautiful young girls not to listen to strangers, because wolves will devour them, and the wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood" does not refer to wild beasts, but to those charming, elegant, playboys who mingle with high society, and this kind of wolf is the most dangerous.

Doesn't Brother Grimm's change mean that it doesn't matter if you take off your clothes and climb into bed, anyway, there will be hunters to rescue you afterwards? .

And the end of the story is also made up of logical problems, the wolf that can hold two living people in the belly is definitely "attack" level, it is estimated that only hunters at the level of "monster hunter" Van Helsing or "first hunter" Geman can be killed, and ordinary hunters can only be used as snacks for giant wolves; If you are swallowed into your stomach, you will not die, this Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother are not simple, maybe they will come out with a bit of a thumb.

And Snow White.

In "Snow White", the Brothers Grimm not only arranged for the prince to appear, but also resurrected Snow White, and lived happily ever after, isn't this saying - it's okay, it's okay to eat strangers' things, even if that thing is poisonous, not only can you come back to life, there is a charming prince who will be responsible for you.

A prince who opens the coffin and kisses when he sees the corpse of a beautiful woman, no matter how handsome he looks, no matter how rich his family is, and how noble his status is, he is just a simple pervert, right?

Zhou Yu guessed that the reason why Green had this dream was because he was very entangled in his heart when adapting the story, that is, he knew that the modification would go against the author's original intention.

However, "Snow White" is not in "The Story of Mother Goose", it may be a knot in the heart to be mentioned by "Perot", this Perot has nothing to do with the real Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm and Perot have no intersection, and their birth time is more than 150 years apart.

Green didn't speak, but the cat in the boots next to him spoke, and said lightly to Perot: "Your book will give children nightmares." ”

Perrault shook his head: "Children are far less fragile than adults think, when exploring the world, they have to face more and more frightening things, listening to stories is nothing at all, but it can make them remember the lesson, even if they can't remember, it's better than being misled." ”

The Puss in the boots immediately retorted: "Yes, you also said that children are fragile in the eyes of adults, and it is up to adults to decide whether to tell these stories to children, and if they are not changed, adults will not tell these stories to children." ”

Zhou Yu nodded secretly, in later generations, the fame of the Brothers Grimm and "Grimm's Fairy Tales" is not known how many times greater than Perrault and "The Story of Mother Goose", like he never knew that there was a book "The Story of Mother Goose".

"This form of literature will live on no matter what." Perrault said confidently.

This is not wrong, the literary form of fairy tales has indeed been passed down to this day, and the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen are the inheritors of Perrault and the promoters of fairy tales, of course, this idea also comes from Grimm.

The cat and Perrault are both very reasonable, it is difficult to judge right and wrong, Perrault's version of the fairy tale is more like a fable and has a high educational value, while the Grimm version of the fairy tale weaves dreams for the little girls of later generations, who fantasize about being princesses and looking forward to the appearance of the prince from the age of five or six, until they put on their wedding dresses and become real princesses.

Of course, there are also those who take a sharp turn in the plot, put on a wedding dress or become a nightclub princess many times.

The cat in the boots didn't answer this time, but looked up slightly and glanced at Perrault.

This glance made Perrault make an unexpected move, he suddenly pounced on Green, flew the short sword, threw Green to the ground, and grabbed Green's neck, Green fought back, and the two fought together like crazy.

"What should I do?" Zhou Yu watched the two giants in the fairy tale world roll on the ground like a homeless man grabbing cardboard, not knowing what to do.

The mission is to help Jacob Green, but Perrault represents part of Green's thoughts, how should he help? Dissuade? War? Or just cut off Perrault's head with an axe?

"Alas...... If you knew it, you wouldn't be in a hurry to come to the dream, ask more about the crescent moon, figure it out and then grab the rattan. After thinking about it for a while, he finally made up his mind, took a deep breath, raised his pickaxe and swung it down violently.