The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

"The Four Great Classics and other Ming and Qing novels are the most influential, and they can increase my literary reputation the most and make me the most money. However, firstly, there are too many words, secondly, I need to cultivate a market, and thirdly, there are some things in them that I have never come across and I need to buy some. Related books cover up. Therefore, it is currently most suitable to publish short and medium-length Tang legends, which are seamlessly connected in terms of time. After Tang legends have cultivated some readers, I can write those long-form classics in the future. When writing a novel, it is much more convenient to use poems and dictionaries.”

Fang Yun thought about it and set his sights on "The Legend of Yingying", which was the most influential among the legendary novels of the Tang Dynasty. The famous Yuan opera "The Romance of the West Chamber" was adapted from this novel. This novel has both historical and literary status. Extremely high, once it appears, it will definitely cause a sensation in the current Holy Yuan Continent.

Jin Shengtan, a famous litterateur and literary critic in the Qing Dynasty, once commented on the "Book of Six Talents" and compared "The Romance of the West Chamber" with "Water Margin", "Historical Records" and Du Fu's rhymed poems.

"However, the original text of "The Legend of Yingying" is too short, with only more than 3,000 words, so it cannot be turned into a book and 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 Shengyuan Continent today."

"The adaptation of "The Romance of the West Chamber" has a happy ending. Since "The Romance of the West Chamber" has the greatest influence and the story is stronger than "The Legend of Yingying", then "The Romance of the West Chamber" should be the main one. However, there are things in it that are not suitable for Shengyuan Continent. Can't keep it," Fang Yun thought.

Therefore, Fang Yun began to search for novels or Yuan songs related to "The Legend of Yingying" and "The Romance of the West Chamber" in the world of strange books, and then slowly pieced together new novels by himself.

"The Romance of the West Chamber" has more than 50,000 words in its entirety, but it is a Yuan song after all, so a lot of it had to be cut when it was written into a novel.

At that time, the book had only 160 words per page and 320 words per page. Fang Yun decided to compress the number to about 30,000 words, making up 100 pages, which was considered a full-length novel in this era.

After an hour of busy work, Fang Yun took the essence of "The Legend of Yingying" and "The Romance of the West Chamber" and removed or changed the elements that were not in line with Shengyuan Continent, so he wrote a new "The Romance of the West Chamber".

This story is similar but different from the original "The Romance of the West Chamber". It tells the story of Cui Yingying, an official woman, who was forced to marry the son of the left prime minister in order to save her father. However, before getting married, she met a poor scholar from a poor family, and the two fell in love with each other. , after that the poor scholar won the first prize, competed with the left prime minister's son with war poems, and finally won and married Cui Yingying.

"The story of a loser killing a tall, rich and handsome man and overthrowing a rich and handsome man is an eternal theme at all times and in all over the world. Do you want to write a costumed version of "Titanic"? Forget it."

Fang Yun couldn't help but chuckle.

A new copy of "The Romance 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 Romance of the West Chamber" "Fang Zhiyun". Cui Yingying's name remained unchanged, but the left prime minister's son was changed to "Liu Zizheng". When he thought of Liu Zicheng's expression when he saw this book, he thought laugh.

In this way, without Fang Yun having to explain too much, everyone will speculate: Fang Yun must have been oppressed and humiliated by Liu Zicheng, and he felt resentful 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 at all and keeps writing on the paper.

Books of this era had no sentence reading. Fang Yun added commas, periods and colons for the first time in the book, but no other punctuation marks were added. In addition, it is also divided into paragraphs to make the reading experience better.

"With its moving storyline and amazing punctuation, I don't believe this book can't be popular! The Confucians here are much more enlightened than those on ancient earth. Once they find that this kind of punctuation is easier to read than sentences, they will definitely use it quickly, especially the military, because punctuation Symbols can minimize misunderstandings and ambiguities and avoid problems with military orders. There is not much talent in the novel, but this book should at least be Dafu! If it circulates for a long time, it will definitely be Mingzhou. However, I will keep the original manuscript this time. ”

Fang Yun wrote quickly, and before he knew it, it was evening. He ate dinner in a hurry, asked Yang Yuhuan to leave him a midnight snack, and then continued writing.

The night was already dark, but he had bright eyes and night vision. The night had no effect on him at all, and he still wrote hard.

Fang Daniu went to bed first, but the little fox never woke up.

Late at night, Fang Yun continued writing after a late-night snack until dawn. After writing for twelve hours, his arms were sore and he couldn't write anymore before going to bed.

After only three hours of sleep, he got up, had breakfast and continued writing.

As noon approached, the aroma of vegetables filled the room. Fang Yun rubbed his sore wrist and stopped writing to rest.

It was very tiring to write calligraphy all the time. If he hadn't been able to nourish his body and eat well these days, he would have been tired and fell ill.

"Hey..."

Fang Yun looked around and saw that the little fox in the bamboo basket had woken up and was looking at Fang Yun with his black eyes, showing an innocent and cute look, silly.

The little fox sniffed, kept sniffing, and turned his head in the direction of the door. There was a scent wafting in from the outside.

Fang Yun smiled slightly and said, "Are you awake? You didn't wake up from hunger, right?"

The little fox immediately looked shy and lowered his head slightly, embarrassed to see Fang's luck.

Fang Yun was surprised, could this little fox understand human speech?

"Let's go, I'll hold you for dinner." Fang Yun said and walked over.

Unexpectedly, the little fox struggled to run, but its limbs felt like stepping on cotton, with no strength at all. In the end, 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 it in front of it without touching it.

The little fox felt that Fang Yun had no ill intentions, and the fear in his eyes disappeared, but there was still a pleading look.

"If I hurt you, you would have died outside the city long ago. Would you still be alive now?" Fang Yun said.

The little fox immediately showed a thoughtful look, and the pleading look gradually faded.

Fang Yun reached out and touched its head, and it showed a reluctant but helpless look.

"Let's go." Fang Yun reached out and hugged it.

The little fox didn't like being hugged by Fang Yun, and struggled hard, but it was a pity that it was too small, and Fang Yun could stop it from struggling with one hand.

"If you move again, I will throw you out of the city and let the monster chasing you eat you."

The little fox's body shook violently, and it didn't struggle anymore. It looked up at Fang Yun pitifully, and tears were shining in its eyes.

"If you are honest and obedient, I will leave you here. When your injury is healed, you can leave or stay as you like, how about it?" Fang Yun asked.

The little fox nodded subconsciously.

Fang Yun asked with a smile: "Can you understand what we humans say?"

The little fox was stunned for a moment, its dark and bright eyes turned slightly, and then it shook its head firmly, as if to say that it didn't understand.

Fang Yun was amused by the silly fox and laughed.

The little fox looked confused, as if to say why didn't you believe me even though I shook my head?

"I'll call you little stupid fox from now on." Fang Yun said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, the little fox immediately changed its face, shouted angrily twice, and objected to this name.

"You didn't tell me your name, who can you blame? Little stupid fox."

The little fox was anxious and hurriedly shouted: "Nu Nu! Nu Nu!"

"Your name is Nu Nu?" Fang Yun wondered why a fox would give this name, but it sounded good.

The little fox nodded happily and was a little proud.

"Nu Nu, let's eat together."

Nu Nu nodded vigorously immediately, with two unusually bright eyes.

Fang Yong held Nu Nu with his left hand and opened the door with his right hand, but Nu Nu suddenly cried softly.

Fang Yun looked down and saw that Nunu was shy again. The snow-white hair on her face seemed to turn pink, and she covered her face with her two little paws.

Fang Yun couldn't figure out why Nunu was shy. He took two steps and found that his left hand was warm, as if he was holding Nunu's belly.

"Is she shy because of this?" Fang Yun immediately moved his fingers and rubbed her belly.

"嘘嘤..." Nunu's voice was shy and anxious, and there was a hint of grievance.

Fang Yun coughed lightly, stopped teasing Nunu, and walked towards the main house.

The style of ordinary houses at this time was basically the same. The houses were divided into the east wing and the west wing, and both wing rooms had earthen kangs.

Between the two wing rooms was the main house. There were two stoves on the left and right near the gate of the main house, which could be used for cooking and heating in winter. The dining table and other things were placed at the innermost part of the main house. It was considered a living room and dining room, which was relatively small.

Fang Yun guessed that this fox was not an ordinary animal fox, but a demon. However, since the holy temple of Dayuan Mansion did not suppress it, it proved that it was harmless, so he could rest assured to take it to eat.

Yang Yuhuan was very happy to see the little fox wake up, and said to Fang Yun: "You stayed up late last night and kept writing in the morning. I was afraid that you would not be full, so I specially stewed an extra chicken. You have a big appetite since you became a student, so I am not sure."

Nunu looked at Yang Yuhuan curiously, and then looked at the main room with a little wariness in his eyes.

"Thank you, Sister Yuhuan." Fang Yun said.

"Why thank you for your own family!" Yang Yuhuan said.

Nunu saw the casserole with two chickens, his eyes lit up, and his sight seemed to be glued to it.

"Let's eat together. Aunt Jiang, prepare a small bowl for Nunu, and only give it to her in the future." Fang Yun said.

"Okay."

Fang Yun put Nunu on the ground, and then put an empty small bowl in front of it.

Nunu 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 people sat down one after another. Yang Yuhuan first put a chicken leg in Fang Yun's bowl and said, "All four chicken legs are for you."

Although Fang Yun's status was different, he did not look down on Jiang Pozi and Fang Daniu. In his eyes, the two were still relatives and neighbors. In the future, the two might not dare to eat at the same table with him again, but since they were at the same table now, he would treat them as guests.

"One chicken leg per person, not too much or too little. Sister Yuhuan, you divide it." Fang Yun said.

"Okay." Yang Yuhuan divided the chicken legs for the other two people.

"Young Master is really a kind man." Jiang Pozi couldn't close her mouth with laughter.

"Hehe." Fang Daniu smiled foolishly.

The two didn't dare to eat too much meat yesterday. They only picked up a few chopsticks and kept eating vegetables.

Ji County is a poor county after all. There is enough food, but meat is still a luxury.