"Master Horse, there is an old man here in the library pavilion, who claims to be a scattered person from the lake and the sea, and brings many books, saying that he must meet the author of "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", saying that he has works comparable to "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", and is willing to discuss them together and create another masterpiece!"

"Three Heroes and Five Righteousness" is the Qing Dynasty, the originator of Chinese long-form martial arts, and tells the story of the Song Dynasty.

At that time, these stories were told by Zhang Yifan to Zhu Jingjing, and then Zhu Jingjing sorted them out and printed the book. However, the author's name is definitely not a direct name, but a word in Fan Jing's name, that is, a word in Zhang Yifan's name and a word in Zhu Jingjing's name.

Those who know, of course, know that this Fan Jing is actually Zhang Yifan. People who don't know, if they want to break their heads, they don't know that this Fan Jing will be the captain of the court, and no one will believe it when they say it.

Of course, the library keeper knows for sure. Therefore, he came to ask Zhang Yifan.

At this time, when Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately became interested, put down the quill, and asked, "A work comparable to "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness"? What is it?"

"The villain read two volumes, one is "Water Margin", and the other is "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he was taken aback. These two books are two of the four great Chinese classics, and they are the first two books he read when he was a child. Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong, aren't they the people of the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty!

Idol!

He didn't know whether the person who came was Shi Nai'an or Luo Guanzhong, so he hurriedly asked, "Where is the person?"

"Still waiting in the Library!"

Zhang Yifan listened, stood up and left. Government affairs is a signature, just a county matter, it's not a big deal, hurry up to meet the idol, so as not to wait and leave.

In this era when communication and transportation are not developed, if you are not careful, you will not see it at this time, and you may not see it in the future.

However, as soon as he reached the door, he suddenly remembered, and immediately instructed the administrator of the library, "You go back first, and I will be there at once!"

After saying that, he turned back to the back office.

As soon as he passed through the back garden, he saw Zhu Jingjing and Qiu Ju pondering recipes in the lobby, and Zhang Yifan shouted happily: "Jingjing, let's go, visit friends!"

Zhu Jingjing heard it and looked up at him in surprise.

Seriously, since she met Zhang Yifan, it was the first time she had seen her husband so happy and say something like "visit friends" to her.

I don't think anyone can be called a friend by my husband yet, right?

Thinking like this, Zhu Jingjing immediately became interested, put down the recipe and immediately greeted him and asked, "Brother Fan, what friend? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Haha!" When Zhang Yifan heard this, he walked up to her very happily and said, "I don't know, but God has been friends for a long time, let's go, let's go and meet together."

After finishing speaking, he took Zhu Jingjing's hand and left.

Zhu Jingjing felt his excitement and was also happy, and asked as she walked, "Brother Fan hasn't seen it?" What does this friend do?"

The one who can make his husband say that he has been friends with God for a long time is definitely not an ordinary person, which makes Zhu Jingjing's interest even stronger.

Zhang Yifan listened to it and said to her with a smile, "Don't you like to listen to stories? This man is a very good storyteller."

"Really?" When Zhu Jingjing heard this, she was immediately happy, "That's good, there's a new story to read, right?"

Zhu Jingjing didn't have this hobby before, but since she followed Zhang Yifan, she has been fascinated by his stories and likes to listen to Zhang Yifan's stories.

Zhang Yifan listened, nodded, and suddenly, he thought of something in his heart, and suddenly secretly said that it was dangerous!

If Zhu Jingjing is a man, no, if Zhu Di likes to listen to stories, Zhang Yifan will most likely tell him "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and then meet Luo Guanzhong himself, then he can only be dumbfounded!

At this time, Zhang Yifan was not sure whether it was Luo Guanzhong or Shi Nai'an, but no matter who it was, it was a celebrity who would go down in history.

No, he happily introduced to Zhu Jingjing: "The works he created can be passed down through the ages

Target. I really didn't expect to see me, so happy!"

Zhu Jingjing saw that Zhang Yifan was so happy, even if it wasn't for anything else, it just made her husband so happy, and she was also happy.

My husband has been busy with the affairs of Xiangshan County, and it is rare to be so happy!

Soon, the two of them, under the escort of Zhu Wu and others, came to the library pavilion.

The caretaker of the library was already waiting at the door, and immediately welcomed the colt and the princess to the backyard of the library.

Zhang Yifan turned into the backyard and saw that under the big tree in the backyard, there was an old man in plain clothes, about fifty years old, with about half of his hair white, sitting there reading intently.

On the coffee table next to him, the tea was not moved, and in addition, there was a package, which looked very large, and at a glance, it was clear that it was full of books.

Zhang Yifan and Zhu Jingjing walked over, although they didn't speak, but the movement was still not small, at least there were footsteps.

However, the old man did not seem to hear, and was still intently looking at the book in his hand.

When the library keeper saw this, he quickly coughed and said, "Old man, the person you want to see has arrived!"

When the old man heard this, he raised his head, looked at Zhang Yifan and Zhu Jingjing, and saw at a glance that the others were surrounding these two people. However, these two people are obviously not the people he wants to meet.

So, he stood up and didn't greet Zhang Yifan and them, but said a little dissatisfied: "This little brother, the old man wants to see this fellow Taoist named Fan Jing!"

As he spoke, he flipped the book in his hand to the cover and pointed to the author's name printed on it.

As soon as Zhang Yifan looked at it, he saw that the book in his hand was the first volume of "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness".

So, he said with a smile: "My name is Zhang Yifan, this is my daughter-in-law, Zhu Jingjing, Fan Jing is my daughter-in-law who made up one of the names of the two of us."

Upon hearing this, the old man was dumbfounded.

When the administrator saw that Zhang Yifan answered the call by himself, he retreated and went to the front to get busy.

Soon, the old man came back to his senses, and his face was full of disbelief.

In his mind, being able to write such a wonderful book is similar to the format he wrote, and he is definitely a middle-aged man with rich experience. At such a young age, how could he write this "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness"?

No, I heard him ask, "Dare to ask this son...... Madam, this "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness" is a story about the pre-Song Dynasty, with so many characters and profound portrayals, could it be that someone has told similar stories, and the latter two have been sorted out?".

When Zhu Jingjing heard this, she was a little unhappy. She heard it, this was a suspicion of them, a suspicion that her husband did not have this ability.

However, she thought that this person was a long-time friend of her husband, so she suppressed the unhappiness in her heart and said lightly: "I don't hide it from the old man, these stories are all told by my husband and compiled by me."

When the old man heard this, he still looked incredulous, looked at Zhang Yifan, then at Zhu Jingjing, and finally looked at Zhang Yifan, and said with shame on his face: "It's old and shallow, and I thought that the author of this book must be a person with rich experience. Shame, shame!"

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he smiled.

He is indeed an impostor, but such a young person in later generations can still write a long masterpiece. For example, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, three paragraphs of fighting power, millions of words, is a classic of online literature. His famous work was written when he was still in middle school, and he dropped out of school for this!

So, he ignored the question and just smiled and asked, "I don't know what the old gentleman is called?"

The old man may have been offended just now, so he ignored Zhang Yifan's age, solemnly clenched his fists, and then said sincerely: "The old man's surname is Luo, a single name, a single character, the word runs through the middle, the number is Huhai Sanren, Taiyuan people."

After introducing himself, he hurriedly and carefully put down the book "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness" in his hand, and then went to unpack the package, and at the same time said: "I brought with me the masterpiece "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", as well as my teacher's posthumous work "Water Margin".

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When he said this, he was interrupted by Zhang Yifan's surprised voice: "You mean, Shi Nai'an passed away?"

When Luo Guanzhong heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then raised his head, looked at Zhang Yifan, and didn't mind calling him by his name, and asked in surprise, "Do you know my teacher?"

Zhang Yifan already knew that the person in front of him turned out to be Luo Guanzhong's classmate, and he had to see the real person!

He replied respectfully, "Indeed, I have heard of it, and I have great talents, just as you are, sir!"

Among the four famous novels, if Zhang Yifan really wants to say it, he thinks that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is better than "Water Margin", but in front of Luo Guanzhong, he said that Shi Nai'an, who wrote "Water Margin", is his master, so it is not good to say it truthfully.

When Luo Guanzhong heard him mention Shi Nai'an's matter, he said a little sadly, "The master died in the third year of Hongwu."

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he felt a little regretful, at that time, he hadn't passed through the soul yet, otherwise, this celebrity would have been able to meet him.

At this time, Zhang Yifan hurriedly changed the topic, not wanting to continue to be sad, and immediately ordered Zhu Wudao: "Go get some pastries, we have to have a good chat with Mr."

"Yes, colt!" When Zhu Wu heard it, he immediately agreed and asked people to hurry up.

And Luo Guanzhong, when he heard it, was dumbfounded.

"Can I take a look?" Zhang Yifan looked at the package that had been untied and asked happily.

It is estimated that this is the original manuscript of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or "Water Margin"!

This is a baby!

After asking, he found that Luo Guanzhong did not answer, so he looked up.

saw Luo Guanzhong's face shocked, looked at Zhang Yifan, and stammered to confirm, "You...... You are the county magistrate of Xiangshan County, and you should be a court?"

Luo Guanzhong's family was originally in business, but doing business in troubled times is basically unrealistic, and he doesn't like to do business, so he likes stories.

Originally, as a literati, he took refuge in Zhang Shicheng, but Zhang Shicheng was a dou who couldn't be supported, and he didn't listen to the advice, and finally left Zhang Shicheng. And because Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang were enemies, he had to give up being an official and just bury himself in writing.

There is a saying in later generations, writing books starves people to death!

Luo Guanzhong writes books, but he has little income at all, which can be described as poor, and it is difficult for him to write books and publish them. If it was the original history, he would go to Fujian, which is famous for printing books, to try his luck in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, and finally returned disappointed.

However, in this plane, he heard the literary style of Xiangshan County, so he came to Xiangshan County to try his luck first.

After arriving in Xiangshan County, he was a literati, and what he was most concerned about was that the Xiangshan County Library was open to ordinary people, so he went straight here.

Therefore, he didn't know Zhang Yifan, and he didn't expect that the person standing in front of him, the author of "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", turned out to be the captain of the horse!

He stammered in shock, not because of the high title of the lieutenant of the horse, but because he couldn't get in touch at all, the person who could write "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness" turned out to be a young man who was too young to speak, and he was the famous Xiangshan County Commander in recent years!

It's just one of the identities, he can still understand, but once several identities are combined, it is beyond his cognition.

Zhang Yifan looked at him like this, and said with a slight smile: "I am the county magistrate of Xiangshan County, and my daughter-in-law ......."

As he spoke, he pointed at Zhu Jingjing and said, "...... It's Princess Lin'an."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yifan said with a smile: "But there are no horses and princesses here, it is the relationship between seniors and juniors.

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hand, absolutely sincerely.

Zhu Jingjing saw that her husband was like this, but she didn't care about Luo Guanzhong's attitude before, and she also followed the blessing.

In her concept, marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, anyway, how Zhang Yifan is, how she is!

Seeing this, Luo Guanzhong still had an unbelievable expression on his face, but he hurriedly returned the salute and then took their seats.

Just at this time, the pastries came up and the tea was served.

Zhang Yifan asked with great interest, "Old Luo, can I take a look?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the book in the package.

Although Luo Guanzhong thinks that he can't have anything to do with Zhu Yuanzhang in this life, he will write books for the rest of his life.

But at this moment, he didn't expect that he would sit with Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter and son-in-law, and Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law respected him very much.

He felt in a trance, and hurriedly responded, "Of course you can, of course you can!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly reached out and picked up a copy, but then, he quickly put it down, and then pushed it over with the package, and said, "Just look at it."

Zhang Yifan listened, smiled and stretched out his hand to take it, and then divided Zhu Jingjing's copy, and the two watched it together.

What Zhang Yifan got in his hands was a copy of "Water Margin".

It is indeed from the manuscript, and there are some changes.

However, the specific content, Zhang Yifan is a little blind, there are a lot of traditional characters, and individual words need to be guessed, which is not pleasant to see.

Zhu Jingjing was here, but there was no obstacle, and she looked through it seriously.

After Zhang Yifan looked through it a few times, he put it aside, went to get other books, and confirmed that they were all manuscripts. The book placed below is Luo Guanzhong's own "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Yifan raised his head to look at Luo Guanzhong, and found that he had been looking at him, so he asked, "Old Luo, what do you mean by bringing these books?"

When Luo Guanzhong heard this, he hurriedly replied, "I want to find a place to publish, but I don't have the money, and I don't know if I can use the proceeds from the sale to pay for the printing!"

In ancient times, there was no such thing as manuscript fees, and authors wrote books, and if they wanted to publish them, they had to spend their own money.

That is, since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, popular has become popular, and there will be well-written and popular kinds, and booksellers will advance funds or buy out.

In other words, with the literacy rate and popularity of ancient times, it was really difficult to make a living by writing books before the Ming Dynasty!

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately answered: "This is no problem at all, my daughter-in-law and I are both people who like to read story books, and I can publish these works of Luo Lao." In the future, too, you can just write the book, and I will publish it, how about 55% of the profits?"

casually said that it was all based on the sharing method of the network in later generations, but Zhang Yifan immediately came back to his senses and felt a little sorry for Luo Guanzhong, so he immediately changed his words and said: "Or like this, you write books, sell books by me, and we will share fifty-fifty of the sales revenue." How?"

The difference between these two statements is huge.

The first way to say is that the profit is divided into fifty and fifty, and if the book does not sell well, he may not even be able to get back the money from printing, then there will be no profit at all, and Luo Guanzhong will not have a dime.

And the second statement, that is the sales share, Luo Guanzhong will definitely have income, the difference is only that if the book is sold less, the income will be less. But Zhang Yifan's side may lose a lot of money.

Luo Guanzhong couldn't hear the difference, and hurriedly said, "The first one is good, the first one is good, as long as it can be printed, the old man will be grateful."

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "No, no, it's the second one!" In addition, I also provide food and lodging for Luo Lao to write books with peace of mind, I hope Luo Lao can write more excellent works, and my daughter-in-law and I will have a good eye!"

When Zhu Jingjing heard this, she immediately understood that her husband must be raising a writer for himself!

Otherwise, the husband usually hasn't seen him read a storybook, or has collected a storybook, it must be for himself.

Thinking of these, Zhu Jingjing couldn't help but be very moved!

It's also a loss to Zhang Yifan who doesn't know what she's thinking, otherwise, he will definitely be shocked: raise a Luo Guanzhong and write about it? If it were to be changed in the next generation, wouldn't it be the kind where top characters like Wubai in the Central Plains were raised in the backyard to write, and if they were not updated to death, they could really close the small black house?

This is probably the wish of every reader, right?

At this time, Luo Guanzhong listened, and he was a little overwhelmed, this kind of treatment, except for defecting to Zhang Shi at the beginning

I encountered it when I was sincere, and later, it was a wall everywhere and was looked down upon everywhere.

For no other reason, the literati who had a relationship with Zhang Shicheng at the beginning were all disgusted by Zhu Yuanzhang!

At this time, Luo Guanzhong was moved, and had to think about Zhang Yifan, and immediately reminded: "Donkey, I used to be Zhang Shicheng's staff!"