Die For Life

The storytelling sheds in Damenshijie will not open until the Yao Bell Tower rings five times.

No one will come to listen to the book early in the morning, everyone has to eat the right food;

No one came to listen to the book at noon, it was sunny and hot, and most of them were working;

It wasn't until the evening of the afternoon that some people got off work one after another. After a hard day's get off work, they also got their wages.

The storytelling business has always been not relying on rewards for food-rewards have long since starved to death. No matter in any era, there are many more prostitutes than one-click triples.

Most of them are restaurants nearby. Some restaurants put their dining tables outside, and even some restaurants allow storytellers to tell stories in the shop, the main purpose of which is to attract customers.

After all, people at this time can’t watch videos and play on mobile phones when eating, but it’s really boring to eat, and the storyteller, as an entertainment that everyone can enjoy together, naturally flourishes gradually.

As a storyteller, Luan Jiba's dream is to sit in the middle of the second floor of the Jinbi Restaurant. The Jinbi Restaurant in Damenshijie has four floors. The first floor is the lobby, the third and fourth floors are the elegant seats, and only the second floor is the lobby.

The storyteller employed by the Jinbi Restaurant sits on the middle cafe on the second floor with a fan in one hand and a tea cup in the other. The whole lobby can hear the storytelling. When it comes to famous scenes, the audience applauds, and when it comes to sadness, everyone Weeping, was called the middle seat.

Now Jinbi’s middle seat is the old man Hu Luanhu and his three apprentices, who are known as the ‘Three Streams in One’. Mr. Hu is now fifty-two. He is proficient in the various techniques of'Xinyimen', Yanzhizhai' and'Yuyinpai'. In terms of plot and intentions, he is the number one storyteller in Xuanzhu County.

Father Hu is not at Jinbi all day, he only talks five days a week, four of which are high-end restaurants in the inner city, only one day will come to Jinbi, but often on that day, Jinbi will be full. Countless people are looking forward to it, just to listen to Mr. Hu's gavel.

For the thirty-six years of the storytelling of Mr. Hu, the former county guard praised him for'there is love in the human voice in the book.' The current county guard Yun Qinghe even swiped his pen and gave him a picture of'Tongue Blooming Golden Lotus', which laid the foundation for Mr. Hu's storytelling. The status of Master Renzu.

When the storyteller speaks of Mr. Hu's level, it is not a waste of life. In the eyes of storytellers such as Luan Jiba, Mr. Hu is their idol.

Luan Jiba was naturally not so arrogant that he wanted to take the place of Mr. Hu, but Mr. Hu only came to Jinbi for one day. The rest of the time, the three apprentices of Mr. Hu were all sitting in Jinbi. Naturally, such talents as Mr. Hu are among the few. Although his three apprentices are not bad, none of them can inherit the three-in-one technique of'Hu Liu', and they can only be regarded as ordinary storytellers.

If it weren't for Mr. Hu, how could the three apprentices sit firmly in the middle seat of Jinbi?

But now that Mr. Hu is old, it is estimated that it will not be a few years, Luan Jiba feels that he is still a little hopeful in vying for the golden seat with the three apprentices.

And now Luan Jiba’s restaurant is a restaurant called "Forklift Man". It is said that the boss used to be responsible for transporting forklifts when building the outer city, and his skills were learned when he was cooking for the workers at that time. of.

Luan Jiba lives next to the "forklift man". When he passed the door, the lady boss who was cleaning in the store glanced at him: "I don’t cook at noon. I don’t have your share. Find someone by yourself. Eat somewhere. Or you can pay."

Luan Jiba was a little embarrassed. At this time, the boss came out of the back kitchen and shouted, "What are you talking about? Go in and pick vegetables if you don't want to sweep the floor, and go."

"Why are you yelling so loudly? You will only quarrel with me. What's the use of you being louder, and you don't see you yelling loudly and yelling at the guests." The broom went into the back kitchen.

"Brother Chen..."

"Don't listen to the yellow-faced lady, come over for dinner later." The boss waved his hand and said, "If your brother Chen takes a bite, you will have to take a bite. She has been angry recently, so don't worry about it."

"No, no," Luan Jiba said quickly: "I just have to deal with it by myself at noon. I will be busy reading the new book and preparing, Brother Chen, you don't need to prepare my share."

"new book?"

"Yes, the sixth volume of Vulcan Biography, I asked the boss to buy it."

The boss patted Luan Jiba's shoulder happily, and said, "Well done well, life will always go up and down. Just stay through. I will save a meal for you and send it to you later~www. wuxiaspot.com~How can I not eat enough?"

Before Luan Jiba refused, the boss turned back to the kitchen. Hearing that the boss in the back kitchen and the proprietress began to quarrel again, Luan Jiba gave a wry smile and went back to his cabin.

His home is not big, books and manuscripts are everywhere, messy and dirty, and the cleanest thing is a blue and white robe hung on the wall—that's what he did when he was on stage, and he couldn't be sloppy.

Luan Jiba’s cooperation with the ‘forklift guy’ is that the ‘forklift guy’ provides food for him. If the turnover of the day exceeds a certain amount, they will divide the bill between six and four. However, since the newcomers have robbed Luan Jiba of many customers, the turnover of the "Forklift Man" has continued to fall. Not to mention splitting the accounts with Luan Jiba, even maintaining the business is a bit reluctant.

He also doesn't blame the boss wife for being rude to him-he is really equivalent to eating plain rice now. There is no perfect attendance award this year. As long as you can't attract guests, then he says it's useless to break your mouth.

He will bet all his hopes on the sixth volume of Vulcan Biography!

Luan Jiba briefly flipped through the sixth volume and decided to talk about the first five chapters today, so he began to read in depth. Their "Yuyin School" requires a deep understanding of the characters. "Dialogue" is the Yuyin School's winning method, so he has to try a few paragraphs first, adjust his voice to better fit the identity of the person in the book, and will appear All characters are assigned different voice lines, so that the audience can hear that they are different characters.

Time passed quickly, and after a while, the lady boss opened the door with a slap, put a bowl of rice and a bowl of soup and left. Luan Ji gave an overbearing thank you and hurriedly finished the meal, and then continued to study.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Luan Jiba finally finished the first five chapters of the sixth volume, and gave it a quick trial. He was confident to surprise the group of young and old tonight.

After sitting all day, Luan Jiba was also tired, opened the door and went for a walk.

Just after walking two steps on the street, Luan Jiba suddenly heard two passers-by saying: "Hurry up and take a seat, otherwise you will be full."

"Unexpectedly, the Vulcan Legend has finally published a new volume. I waited until the flowers were all thanked!"

"Vulcan"! ?

Luan Jiba's eyes flickered. Although he also knew that "The Legend of Vulcan" was a must for storytellers, he didn't expect someone to crash with him-even if he was one or two days ahead of schedule!

However, Luan Jiba is not in a hurry. After all, there are so many storytellers, and there are loyal listeners in the "Xin Yi Men", "Rian Zhi Zhai" and "Yu Yin School". If people from other genres say "The Legend of Vulcan", it will not affect Luan Jiba's business.

But Luan Jiba secretly felt uneasy, so he followed the two to see who was going to talk about "Vulcan" today.

However, the more he left, the more uneasy Luan Jiba felt. When he saw the two walking into the'Cold Noodle Girl' shop, his anxiety reached its peak!

He saw a notice hung on the wall in front of Lengmian Girl's shop:

"At 5 in the afternoon, Xia Che started on the sixth volume of "The Legend of Vulcan" on time, and it was broadcasted in Yuyin. Ten chapters in a row!"

Summer car, it's you again!

Luan Jiba didn't know how he walked home, he only had one thing in his mind-it's over!

Xia Che is the same Yuyin who is younger than him, better than him, and even louder than him!

He never imagined that Xia Cha actually got the "Vulcan" today!

How to fight now? He talked about five chapters and others talked about ten chapters; he talked about chapter ten tomorrow, and they finished one third of the story tomorrow; he was halfway through, and they finished the sixth volume.

They are both Yuyin faction, Luan Jiba and Xia Che are not far behind. Except for a few die-hard listeners, everyone else must be chasing Xia Che's latest progress!

Even if he is studying chapters 6 to 10 right now, his voice does not allow him to even say ten chapters!

This is over, this is over...

Luan Jiba lay desperately on the bed, turned over, and suddenly caught sight of the "Youth Daily" he had bought and kept.

Looking at the heroic and alluring cover of "The Yanjing Policewoman", Luan Jiba couldn't help but imagine that there would really be such enchanting policewomen patrolling the streets of Yanjing.

With this kind of policewoman, Yan Jing must have a high crime rate. Who doesn't want to be arrested by her!

Thinking about it, Luan Jiba, a young man who just suffered a setback, kept looking at the cover, and then pulled off his waistband...

Just when Luan Jiba wanted to busy with needlework, the wind blew from the window and the newspaper opened another page. He sighed, just about to reach out and turn back to the cover page, but he couldn't help but be attracted by the content of the second page of the newspaper.

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At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Fai Bell Tower rang five times. Most workers finished their busy work during the day and either went home to eat at home or found a restaurant to find food to fill their stomachs.

Damenshijie is undoubtedly the first choice for low-income people: cheap, large quantity, delicious (from the perspective of the poor), and there are many entertainment nearby, you can watch people play cards and listen to books.

And the summer car in the "Cold Noodle Girl" shop said that the news of the sixth volume of Vulcan has spread all over the gate stone street. When many workers after get off work heard the news, they rushed to the cold noodle girl's side.

Leib is a loyal fan of Vulcan Biography. He has listened to the first five volumes of Vulcan Biography many times, and he has memorized all the famous quotes and lines in it. Hearing the good news, he hardly looked at other shops and headed straight for the cold-faced girl.

When passing by the ‘forklift man’, Reb glanced at the storytelling shed outside. He remembers that this storyteller also likes to talk about Vulcan, but he is too slow to talk about a few chapters a day. It is not as good as the cold girl who can talk about more than a dozen chapters a day, although Reb feels that the "forklift man" It's better than'cold noodle girl', but listening to books is more important.

At this moment, Leib heard a deafening rant from the storytelling shed, and a gavel directed at people's hearts:

"If tomorrow is the end of the world, what do you want to do!?"

Leibu and the nearby diners were stunned, staring blankly at Luan Jiba in the storytelling shed.

After drinking a sip of tea to moisturize his throat, Luan Jiba said, "The first respondent was named Chief Secretary. She was a female swordsman of the Yanjing patrol guard. To this question, she answered this way—"

Luan Jiba covered his face with a fan, and heard a delicate and strong girl voice:

"For me, this is not a question, but an answer."

"I really hope that tomorrow is the end of the world, and everyone can get a just and fair final judgment-death."

"In Yanjing, the'doomsday' is not an illusory existence, but a real reality-the rich merchants, the powerful, the nobles, their existence is the end of the bottom people."

"When I joined the Yanjing patrol guard, I felt that there were too many bad people and too few good people in this world, so I wanted to kill all the evil spirits and protect the kindness. Over the years, I have indeed killed many evil spirits and protected a lot of kindness; But more often, in the face of treacherous evil, I have to stand on the sidelines, and in the face of kindness, I have to wield a butcher knife."

"The captain told me that this is to protect the overall situation. The captain is a good person. I believe in the captain. I also understand what the overall situation is. The political struggle in Yanjingli is too complicated. Sometimes, even if he has done all the bad things, he can’t move. Otherwise, once it is overthrown, it will affect the overall situation of the country; sometimes, even if this person is correct, he will have to go to jail, or he won’t be able to appease other nobles with great power.”

"Killing one less person and killing one more person can protect more ordinary people's quiet life and save more people from war. It is indeed very cost-effective."

"Moreover, I'm just an ordinary patrol guard, a warrior who is seriously ill and dying. What else can I do besides following orders~www.wuxiaspot.com~?"

"So, if tomorrow is really the end of the world, then I will sincerely look forward to tomorrow."

"If I hadn't died on the bed at that time, I would pick up my Qiushui sword and see if I can kill those powerful and powerful people who are at large."

"After all, tomorrow is the end of the world, it doesn't matter the overall situation. And they are just a bunch of sinners."

At this time, it was said that the dining table outside the book shed was already full of people.

The audience was shocked by this crazy remark. In Luan Jiba's vivid imitation, they seemed to be able to see a weak and crazy female swordsman. She is loyal to the country and protects her kindness, but she is struck by reality. She wears heavy shackles to kill good people and protect treacherous officials, but deep in her heart is the ultimate violence, and she only waits for a catharsis. Reason.

If everyone were to die tomorrow, not only would she not be afraid, she even hoped to kill the sinners before everyone died!

What a madness, what a violence, and what a...justice!

"It turns out that Yan Jing... is similar to Xuan Zhu..." Leib couldn't help sighing.

Snapped!

Luan Jiba slammed the startled and said: "The second respondent is named Nietzsche. He is a linguist, cultural critic, composer, and thinker. His answer is like this—"

"I am in Star Carving and just got off the train. For this question, I would like to ask a rhetorical question. After you close your eyes and fall asleep, do you think you are'asleep' or'dead'? Woke up the next day Is the person "you" or a "new person" who has all your memories?..."

This sentence is like a bolt from the blue sky, exploding in the hearts of all the listeners!