I rely on talking to brush the copy

Although Ji Qi's words were short, they revealed a lot of information.

Yang Jinglun, who was sitting opposite, was obviously still awake. Hearing Ji Qi's knock on the door, he also opened the door and asked anxiously: "Are you serious? Has your new pen name been exposed?"

"Why would I lie to you? That's what the telegram from the telegraph office said." Ji Qi took out the telegram from his pocket and handed it to Le Jing.

Le Jing took it without looking at it, "Come in first."

The window was foggy, and the night outside was deep and cold, with heavy snow. Ji Qi's face was red from the cold, his eyebrows were frosted, and there was still frost and snow on his cotton coat.

"Shake your clothes quickly." Le Jing said, "Otherwise, your clothes will be soaked if the snow melts later."

Ji Qi quickly shook off the snow on his body, and sat down by the stove to warm his hands.

Le Jing sat down in front of the window and carefully looked at the telegram in his hand under the warm candlelight. Yang Jinglun didn't bother to greet Ji Qi, and walked to stand behind Le Jing, his eyes also staying on the telegram.

Because telegrams are charged by word count, the telegram in Le Jing's hand is also very concise, and only a few dozen words are used to briefly describe the situation. What Ji Qi just said is all the content of the telegram.

The overall tone of the telegram is relatively calm, and it can be seen that the situation is not as serious as imagined.

Le Jing put down the telegram and fell into deep thought.

Ji Qi asked worriedly: "Jingran, do you have any way to deal with it?"

Yang Jinglun also cast an expectant look at Le Jing. In his opinion, his master is meticulous and flawless, and he will definitely be able to come up with a way to deal with it!

Le Jing pondered for a while, "Now we can only wait."

"Wait?"

He spread his hands helplessly, "The information given in the telegram is limited, so we can only wait now."

Yang Jinglun blinked his eyes, and seemed to understand a little: "Sir, do you want to see who will jump out?"

Le Jing nodded, feeling a little helpless. If it were modern times, a phone call would make it clear, but in the Republic of China, we can only wait.

At least we have to wait until the telegraph office opens tomorrow, and he will send a telegram to Beiping to inquire about this matter in detail.

"Don't worry, it's just a repeat of the old tune." Le Jing smiled and comforted the two worried people: "I was bailed out at the beginning, and I don't think I will be arrested again now."

"If there is such a possibility..." Le Jing raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Then I will just stay in Shanghai and not go back."

...

A week later.

Beijing.

Wu Yi, the editor-in-chief of "Literary Newspaper", has been a little annoyed recently.

There are many authors in their newspaper who changed their pen names and started over because of being banned. As long as the authors did not continue to publish sensitive articles, the authorities would turn a blind eye to it. How could a night watchman cause so much trouble?

The fact that Wheat Field is the night watchman is a tacit secret among many people in their newspaper. After all, Yang Jinglun was the editor-in-charge of the night watchman before, and now he has been replaced by a Wheat Field who came out of nowhere. Even a fool can know that Wheat Field is the new pen name of the night watchman.

Wu Yi issued a gag order on this, prohibiting people who know the inside story from talking nonsense outside.

Despite this, it still didn't work. Money can move people's hearts.

There was an editor in their newspaper who was bribed by someone who came out of nowhere, and he leaked the matter out, and the newspaper immediately reported it. Wu Yi immediately fired the editor after knowing this, but the matter was spread after all.

Before being banned, the night watchman was a representative of emerging writers who were in the limelight. He didn't have many works, but each one was a masterpiece.

Although the novel "Murder in Fengtian Secret Chamber" is Mr. Wu's debut work, its writing style, conception and plot are all excellent, and it has also triggered a series of imitations. Wu Yi has seen many copycat novels with similar themes in many tabloids, but they are all imitations of Mr. Wu's essence.

The series "Rat Eyes Look Down on People" which came to an abrupt end because the author was banned is still remembered by many readers. Now their newspaper office can still receive many letters from readers asking when the article will be reprinted.

The play "Memoirs of Famous Courtesans" is still being performed in major theaters, not to mention that Shanghai has now remade "Memoirs of Famous Courtesans" into a movie. Although the movie was not released in Beijing, Beijing newspapers have also reported on it.

Then there is "The Last Non-Drug Addict".

The banning of Night Watch actually made "The Last Non-Drug Addict". A book that can be banned by the authorities for talking about some sensitive issues itself represents the extraordinary nature of this book.

Therefore, the last work of the Night Watchman, "The Last Person Who Doesn't Take Drugs", also attracted a lot of attention and curiosity. This is what is called the more it is banned, the more popular it becomes.

Wu Yi had long known that "The Last Person Who Doesn't Take Drugs" had actually been circulating in a small circle, and even Wu Yi himself had collected clippings of the articles at that time.

It is really a pity that such an outstanding author was banned by the authorities.

In addition, Mr. Li's newly serialized "Wandering Adventures" under the pen name Maitian is now a bestseller. Mr. Li's book has touched many people to do charity. He also heard that the son of the Fu family opened an orphanage to help street children. The street children in Beiping have lived a much better life during this period.

Now that the newspaper has revealed that Maitian is actually the Night Watchman, it is conceivable how crazy this will cause readers.

That group of powerful reporters not only surrounded their newspaper office, but also found out Mr. Li’s new home address, wanting to interview the person involved.

Wu Yi couldn’t help but feel a little lucky that Mr. Li went to Shanghai and just avoided this incident.

Although the newspapers were buzzing about this matter, and many people suddenly jumped out to say that the authorities should ban the author from re-publishing, Wu Yi just felt that it was a bit troublesome and didn’t think it was a big deal.

First of all, Marshal Xue had bailed Mr. Li out before, and Mr. Li’s new article didn’t have anything illegal, so the authorities didn’t need to continue to embarrass him. Secondly, Mr. Li is also in Shanghai now, so at most he can stay in Shanghai for a few more days to avoid the storm and then come back. There is also a branch of their "Literature Newspaper" in Shanghai, so at most he can change a new pen name to publish.

Despite this, he thought that he had to tell Mr. Li about this matter, so he sent a telegram to Mr. Li.

The next afternoon, he received a telegram from Mr. Li in reply. The telegram only had three words: Is it troublesome?

Wu Yi replied decisively: It's just a small matter.

However, Wu Yi was slapped in the face on the third day.

The development of the following events really made him particularly dumbfounded.

...

Fu Kemao put down the newspaper in his hand. His heart, which was ignited by today's "The Rise of Dynasties", became cold because of a report published in other newspapers.

Someone who claimed to be an old friend of the Night Watchman published an article in the newspaper saying that the Night Watchman's real name was Li Jingran, and his ancestral home was Fengtian in Northeast China. In fact, he was a gangster who ate, drank, whored, gambled, and took drugs. He was notorious in the local area and had no knowledge at all. His articles might have been written by someone else.

[This boy was idle every day, uneducated, and dropped out of high school before finishing high school. He was a well-known gangster in Fengtian.

That day, he was locked up by his father for smoking opium and ordered to quit smoking. But he not only did not reflect on himself, but also spoke ill of his mother, making her sick. He took away his younger sister when his father was away and left home.

Poor girl, just promised by her parents, now her innocence was ruined and she could not get married. For the sake of the reputation of the Li family, Li's father could only marry his other daughter to him. In order to calm down the anger of his in-laws, he also gave a lot of dowry...

………

Li Jingran is a double-faced person who is the best at disguise. Don't be fooled by such a villain! The articles he wrote are full of righteousness and morality, but in fact he is the most vicious and dirty, with a belly full of male prostitutes and female thieves. Just like he published an article advocating a ban on smoking, but he is a heavy smoker. Don't you think it's ridiculous?

………

……Li Jingran is only 16 years old this year and has not been to school seriously. How can he write such a profound article? In my opinion, someone must have been asked to write it for him...】

If it was before, this article would not have touched Fu Kemao much, at most he would have sighed that people's hearts are separated from their stomachs. But when he learned from the newspaper that the wheat field was actually the night watchman, he could no longer stay out of it.

He really likes "The Adventures of Wandering"! It is no exaggeration to say that this book pointed out a way out for him who was confused at the time and gave him a direction to strive for.

He now runs an orphanage outside and sets up a street children's rescue association in the school. He is busy every day and has no copper coins in his pocket. He is now truly penniless.

But he is still very happy, very fulfilled, and very passionate.

He is happier now than when he was squandering money and living a life of debauchery before! He has never felt that his life is meaningful and that he is useful.

Even his father, who has always been cold and arrogant to him, has been much gentler to him recently. Yesterday, his father even patted his head with relief and said that he had grown up.

He cried at that time.

The corners of the old man's eyes were also a little wet.

It was at that time that he suddenly remembered the conversation between him and his father that day.

At that time, his father asked him: "If fighting means death, and not fighting means life, what will you do?! What can you do?!"

Fu Kemao has not figured out the answer yet, he is too stupid. But he vaguely feels that as long as he continues to insist on doing things that can help others within his ability, then he will be able to answer his father's question one day.

He will also be able to find the thing that his father said is "more important than everything in this world" and that can make him "throw his head and shed blood, and do whatever it takes".

Fu Fanlin thought he was on the right path, but at this moment he found that his guide was likely a liar who deceived the world and stole his reputation. How could this not make him feel like he fell into an ice cave and be shocked and angry?

He couldn't help but run to find Fu Fanlin: "Dad, tell me, is the night watchman that kind of person?"

Fu Fanlin looked up at the confused boy, and felt that he was still too young.

"It doesn't matter who he is." He told the young child: "The most important thing is what kind of person you want to be."

Fu Kemao seemed to understand something, but he didn't understand anything. Fu Fanlin waved his hand, "Go down and think about it."

After Fu Kemao left, Fu Fanlin turned his eyes to the newspaper spread out on the desk again. The front page was the article criticizing the night watchman that Fu Kemao had just read.

"What would you do?"

Fu Fanlin fell into a long contemplation.

At his age, he certainly would not be easily influenced by one or two articles. But this article still aroused doubts in his heart.

There is no doubt that he admired the articles of the Night Watchman before.

But the Chinese literati circle has always believed in a saying that the quality of the article is like the character of the person. In other words, the articles written by a good person must be good articles, and the articles written by a bad person must be garbage.

For example, Qin Hui, in fact, his articles are excellent, he is also quite strategic in governing the country, and his calligraphy is even more unique. But because he killed Yue Fei, he is a treacherous minister, so his articles and calligraphy are garbage, not worthy of future generations to study and learn.

So if the Night Watchman is really as unbearable as described in this article, then there is no need to study the articles written by a villain.

So, what will the Night Watchman do? If he cannot prove his innocence, then he will be exiled from the literati circle forever, and will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever, and it is really infamous for thousands of years.

The author has something to say:

So, what will the Night Watchman do? If he cannot prove his innocence, he will be forever exiled from the literary circle and forever nailed to the pillar of shame in history, and he may really be infamous for thousands of years.