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Chapter 170

Since ancient times, people have loved the stories of happy grievances and enmity between the sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes.

Whether it is a folk tale book, a storybook in a teahouse, or a bedtime story told by a mother to lull children to sleep, there is always a character like "A long time ago, there was a martial arts hero".Even the children in the Liu family village would use long branches as swords when they were playing in slack. When the road was rough, they would draw their swords to help, and then the villain opposite would cover his chest and fall to the ground with a loud cry.

In the real society, although Daliang can't be said to be a martial artist, martial arts are still very prosperous.

Many men who come to Daliang from other places to work hard will choose to take this road, because the imperial examination in Daliang can only be taken by people of their own nationality. Apart from some unconventional official methods, this is their only chance to stay in this country .

In addition, there are major regional gangs, bodyguards, and thousand-year-old martial arts schools such as Shaolin Wudang among the people, but compared to the imperial court, their power is not too powerful, and they are still very obedient to management.

But things like martial arts cheats, natural materials and earth treasures are basically just a gimmick. The real masters are very low-key, and never easily show their skills in front of others.This has also caused many ordinary people to have an inexplicable filter for these mysterious people from the rivers and lakes, thinking that they can fly through the walls and go to the sky and into the earth, and they are so powerful that they can do anything.

Since Qiao Jing wanted to write a novel about martial arts, he naturally needed to know the common sense about it.

Although it's completely okay to make up a world background setting, but who told him to have such a convenient source of information as Jing Xinglan by his side.According to Jing Xinglan, the head of the hidden guard in his palace is from a medium-sized sect called "Jiangmeng", and he is very skilled. He was the dark guard that Qiao Jing saw when he came to Liujia Village on the first day. .

Jing Xinglan didn't know much about the others, so he called this person over again.

Qiao Jing learned a lot of interesting news from him. For example, there really is internal force in this world, but only a very small number of people with talent and chance can cultivate it. Breaking stones with the palm is a kind of use of internal force.

The same goes for light work.Compared with the people who come and go without a trace in the hearts of the common people, the lightness kung fu practiced by people in the Jianghu is more similar to a martial arts technique that makes one's body lighter, but the head of the dark guard is also very vague about this, because Before he entered the palace, his status in the Jiangmen League was not high, because he didn't like to be restrained, so he could only be regarded as a nominal non-staff person at most. The things he told Qiao Jing just now were all based on his own exploration in the Jianghu for so many years. seen.

"Then have you ever seen the kind of master who can fly over the roof?"

Qiao Jing took a brief look at the level of the head of the dark guard, and found that he was actually roughly equivalent to some modern bodyguards who knew lurking skills, and he didn't have any internal strength, so he finally asked him this question.

He originally thought that the other party would deny him, but unexpectedly, after hearing this question, the head of the dark guard thought carefully for a long time, and then nodded slowly: "I have seen it once."

Jing Xinglan opened her eyes slightly: "Where is it? Who is it?"

He seemed to be more interested than Qiao Jing. Qiao Jing glanced at him with a faint smile on his lips.

After so many years, Jing Xinglan's interest in martial arts is still the same as before.

The head of the dark guard recalled: "It was a rainy night seven years ago. I was hiding from the rain in a ruined temple in the mountains. Suddenly, I heard a movement outside in the middle of the night. I thought it was some beast. I was holding a weapon carefully. I got up and looked, only to find that there were people fighting on the river outside the temple."

Jing Xinglan paused for a moment, then confirmed: "On the river? Are you sure you read it right?"

"Sure," the head of the dark guards nodded, his eyes serious. "At that time, I also thought I was dreaming, because the rain was so heavy that I couldn't see anything clearly. Until one of them pushed out with a palm, the other One person overturned onto the shore and rolled in front of my eyes, only then did I realize that all of this was not my imagination, but actually existed."

He said with lingering fear, "Fortunately, that man didn't seem to intend to kill me. He just walked over to see if his opponent was dead. When he came over, a flash of lightning lit up the night, and I saw it clearly. His face——he has double pupils, which is rare, and he is surprisingly young. After several inquiries, I found out that this person has no background and no affiliation, and he comes and goes without a trace in the rivers and lakes. Weird, good and evil guy."

"Then if he wants to enter the palace to assassinate," Jing Xinglan asked a very crucial question, "Is there any way for the emperor to stop him?"

The head of the dark guard said: "Please rest assured, my lord, not to mention Your Majesty, even our palace is not a place where ordinary people can come and go casually."

But regarding his words, Jing Xinglan just nodded noncommittally, and sent people back.

"Do you believe what he said is true?" Qiao Jing asked him after the person left.

"Half-truth, half-false," Jing Xinglan said, "I don't think he has the guts to lie to me, and it's not necessary. It's just that, as he said, what happened a few years ago was too long ago, and it was raining heavily outside again. Perhaps he was really confused by the miasma in the mountains, and maybe he had hallucinations."

"Then how to explain the real 'magic eye' in Jianghu?" Qiao Jing asked another question, "Is this also an illusion?"

Jing Xinglan shook her head: "Before meeting the real person, no one can tell whether he is real or not."

After a pause, he asked with great interest: "You are so interested in this magic eye, are you planning to include him in the article?"

"Since ancient times, people with double pupils have been amazing," Qiao Jing said, "Perhaps it would be good to start this story with a legend, which can create an epic atmosphere."

"Then you plan to write the world of high martial arts?"

Qiao Jing gave a soft "hmm".This is not something he decided casually. People in the world of low martial arts accounted for too much. In the end, it will inevitably involve various power entanglements, and the sense of restraint of the characters will be heavier. This deviates from Joe The original intention of the mirror.

As an author, he understands how deeply the initial setting affects the subsequent theme and development of a book.

"Freedom," Jing Xinglan sighed, "There are many kinds of freedom. What kind of freedom does your protagonist want to pursue?"

"When every teenager first entered the rivers and lakes, he hoped that he would be famous all over the world." Qiao Jing picked up the pen on the table, as if he was thinking, but he didn't write for a long time. Their lives are different, and their views on freedom are very different."

Some people think that freedom has boundaries, and a chivalrous man cannot be banned with martial arts; some people pursue complete and unfettered freedom, and neither the fetters of loved ones nor the secular moral laws can hinder him; some people advocate the liberation of the soul, For example, Su Dongpo's "A Cloud of Misty Rain and Ren Pingsheng"...

Jing Xinglan's question really caught Qiao Jing's attention.

What kind of freedom is his protagonist looking for?

The arrangement of character arcs is closely related to the main line of the novel. Simply put, Qiao Jing needs to write about the growth and changes of the protagonist, which can be external or internal.However, due to the story he heard from the old people in Liujia Village, he is more inclined to the inner growth line, which shows that the protagonist finally realizes the kind of freedom he pursues in life after years of wandering in the rivers and lakes. Spiritual relief.

"I found that you like Laozhuang's theory very much." Jing Xinglan sat beside him drinking tea with a relaxed look, because he had just picked all the crops in the field not long ago, and now he is basically fine. Feeling lighter, "It was the same when I wrote "Don't See You". Does Zhuangzi fascinate you so much?"

He felt that if he really lived in ancient times and was born in the royal family, he must be a loyal supporter of Legalism.So even though Jing Xinglan had read many Taoist works, he couldn't fully understand what they wanted to express.

But Jing Xinglan was not surprised that Qiao Jing would like Zhuangzi.His character is very suitable for the concept of being quiet and inaction. To put it in an inappropriate sentence - when his brain is wide open, he is even worse than Zhuang Zhou's Dream Butterfly.

"It's okay," Qiao Jing replied, "but relatively speaking, Xianxia and Wuxia have the highest compatibility with Taoism."

He can't write about the divine right of kings in the world of Xianxia.

After all, the essence of Xianxia is to challenge the gods and gods with the power of mortals. Qiao Jing has written for so many years, but he will not make such a low-level mistake of self-contradictory underlying logic.

"Is there nothing going on in the city recently?" He exchanged his reputation for several books, but put them aside for the time being and didn't read them, but turned to ask Jing Xinglan.By the way, he also took Jing Xinglan's teacup away from him.

Jing Xinglan looked at Qiao Jing who drank the tea in his cup with a smile, crossed his fingers and asked, "What aspect are you talking about?"

Qiao Jing said helplessly, "You know exactly what I'm asking."

"If you want to know the sales situation of the second book," Jing Xinglan said after a moment of deliberate pondering, "then I can only use two words to describe it—hot and extraordinary."

Mirror Bookstore has been out of stock for a long time, because of the previous lawsuit, there are almost no pirated books by Yan Heqing on the market today.Emperor Liang also took this opportunity to severely clean up the major chambers of commerce. That Boss Zhang was at best a bookseller, and the salt merchant imperial merchants and official power network involved behind him were the focus of his attack.

But Qiao Jing did gain a lot of credit because of this top-down thorough investigation. Now all the major booksellers in the city seem to believe that Yan Heqing himself is the prince and grandson. It was all to please, and they all expressed their eagerness to meet Yan Heqing and express their "admiration"—of course, they were all declined by Duan Ran with a smile.

But it won't work if it keeps going on like this. After seeking Jing Xinglan's consent, Duan Ran revealed a little bit of news about Yan Heqing's book to the outside world.Regardless of the mood of the booksellers, after knowing that Yan Heqing's next book is going to be about martial arts, the readers are all crazy with joy——

Good martial arts!

Among these story books sold on the market, martial arts novels accounted for almost [-]% or more, and various "Wulin Secret History", "Legends of Heroes and Heroes", and "Xia Ke Wu Yi" are all very popular among the people.

And these stories are especially popular with teenagers.How much do they like martial arts?

I like it so much that almost every day, I can hear my parents waving brooms and cursing in the city: "Sneak reading idle books in the middle of the night, and get sleepy as soon as you arrive at school! I think you are looking for smoking!"

But even if they are beaten by the broom, the idle books they should read are still the same, and every day people go to Jingshufang's shop to ask the owner Yan Heqing when the new book will be available, and they can't wait.

Not only readers can't wait, but businessmen from the Western Regions and other countries can't wait long ago.If it weren't for Duan Ran's strict mouth and his refusal to reveal where Yan Heqing lived, they might have broken through Qiao Jing's threshold.

Even Liang Dizai in the palace also tactfully sent someone to inquire about the progress of Qiao Jing's new book.Naturally, Qiao Jing couldn't fool the emperor by fooling Jing Xinglan, and he felt that Jing Xinglan was "fooled" by him on purpose, and his heart was to be punished.

So he could only bite the bullet and replied: "This book is called "Entering the Rivers and Lakes". It shouldn't be too long. It can probably be finished this summer."

It was just summer when he said this.

In a blink of an eye, summer is over.

When the first fallen leaf fell in front of Qiao Jing's window, the young man picked it up, looked at it for a moment, and stuffed it into the "Entering the Rivers and Lakes" sample booklet he had just gotten from Jingshufang not long ago.

And in Daliang City, on the first day of the release of "Entering the Rivers and Lakes", there were crowds of people in front of the mirror bookstore.

The protagonist of this book was born in a martial arts family, and his mother is a young lady from a scholarly family.He was born in the autumn when the maple leaves were dyed red. Not only was he born with double pupils and different phases, but he also possessed excellent martial arts roots and an unforgettable ability. He knew all kinds of classics and martial arts cheats.

As the seventh-generation legitimate son in the family, his parents had high hopes for him, so they gave him a nice name——

Ping tomorrow.

If it is said that winter is the season of cold plums and proud snow, and the sky is rising.

Then, in the future, the entire Daliang City will belong to his autumn.