[Red Chamber] Buddhist concubine

Tu Min, who appeared in front of the shopkeeper of the tea house, was still sitting in a wheelchair, but his demeanor seemed to have changed.Not only did he no longer have the calmness and indifference he had when he was talking with Lin Hai, but he also had a bit more arrogance. If he didn't see the wheelchair under him, he would definitely be confused with the ordinary playboy who played with cats and dogs.

In the capital city, if a plaque is knocked down, it may hit the boundary of the rich and powerful officials. If you don't have a little vision, even if it is backed by the Lin family, it is unlikely that the teahouse will have a prosperous business.

The shopkeeper looked up at Tu Min, immediately recognized his identity, and immediately greeted him with a smile on his face: "His Royal Highness Xian took time to visit the small shop, which really made the small shop flourish."

King Xian responded unceremoniously: "That is, it is your honor that this king is willing to visit your dilapidated shop. Since you know it, why don't you hand over the manuscript of "The Widow" soon? This king wants to publish it as a book. Book, show it to my brothers, if they continue to promiscuously, they will be killed by the women they raise outside."

The shopkeeper immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and even King Xian couldn't get angry when he said that their teahouse, which has stood for a hundred years, is a dilapidated shop: "King Xian, don't scare the grassroots!"

Xian Wang smiled contemptuously, picked up the folding fan and patted the shopkeeper: "If that's the case, hand over the manuscript of "The Widow" as soon as possible!"

The shopkeeper smiled wryly: "If this novel was written by Mr. He himself, there is no reason for the small one to refuse. He will definitely offer the manuscript with both hands the moment His Highness opens his mouth. But..."

Xian Wang squinted at him with indifferent eyes.

The shopkeeper didn't dare to show off, so he hurriedly told him that the author of the story "The Widow" was someone else.

Xian Wang frowned: "Then, do you know the author's identity?"

The shopkeeper shook his head again and again: "Your Highness, the man who wrote "The Survivor" is called Zhuang Zhou Menghonglou. But Mr. Menghonglou never delivered the manuscript himself, and every time he only asked the servant girl to come forward."

"To tell you the truth, Your Highness, the little one also thought about taking a firm hold on this cash cow, and sent people to follow the maid many times, but the other party seemed to have expected it, and easily shook off the people sent by the little one."

"Your Highness may not know that there are one or two small bookstores who have taken a fancy to the popularity of this story among the guests, and have visited many times to discuss cooperation with the small bookstores in publishing the book."

In such a situation, after Mr. Meng Honglou made a sudden turning point in the finale, there was still a short period of stagnation. However, those book shop owners who were not profitable but found that this finale not only did not reduce their popularity among scholars. , On the contrary, it caused controversy. After getting a higher evaluation, it got out of hand.

That is to say, Mr. Meng Honglou can't be contacted now, and he doesn't dare to rush to the master's house to inquire about the other party's identity. Otherwise, with the current popularity of this book, let alone publishing it, even selling this book to the north and south of the river will be difficult. It's not just a big talk.

pity……

"But that maid has not appeared in the teahouse for more than a month after the end of "The Widow". Even if the young girl is eager to find Mr. Meng Honglou to discuss cooperation matters, there is no way."

The idle king was impatient: "That is to say, you still don't know the true identity of Zhuang Zhou's dream of the Red Chamber?"

The shopkeeper was ashamed, but in the eyes of King Xian, he was deeply worried.

Who in the whole capital doesn't know that Xian Wang has no other hobbies because of his congenital frailty, which makes it difficult for him to go out, except for his obsession with story books?

Out of the protection of Mr. Meng Honglou, the cash cow, the shopkeeper didn't say that he was related to the Lin family, and he didn't know if he would offend the other party, so he felt uneasy for a while.He paused, and tentatively suggested: "If the King of Xian is not in a hurry, when Mr. Meng Honglou writes the second story, he will definitely send someone to the teahouse to contact him again. At that time, the young one will definitely let the servant girl tell His Highness that he wants to help you. Mr. Meng Honglou’s idea of ​​publishing a book.”

How can those small bookstores that only want to make money compare with the chat room under the name of King Xian?That is the No. [-] Bookstore in Daxia, and bookstores with the same name have opened all over the country.

Regardless of his status as idle king, even for the sake of Bai Huahua's money, he has to try his best to facilitate this deal.

Xian Wang glanced at him, the expression in his eyes was unclear.

Seeing something interesting, the shopkeeper continued to swim and said: "There is no scholar in the world who has no idea about publishing a book. If Meng Honglou knew about His Highness's kindness, he would definitely regard you as a noble person."

King Xian didn't seem to notice the wit in his words, he glanced at the shopkeeper and then nodded: "When Mr. Meng Honglou finishes writing, remember to tell me the first time. If I let me know that you lied to me..."

The shopkeeper didn't dare to say: "Your Highness, just rest assured, if there is news about Mr. Meng Honglou, I will definitely send someone to the house to inform you immediately."

King Xian was satisfied now, "Hurry up and hand over the manuscript to me!"

"Your Highness..." The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, "Didn't you say that you can wait for Mr. Meng Honglou to get news before discussing the publication of the book?"

How can you not keep your word?

Xian Wang glared at him viciously: "I am a man of heaven, how could I do such absurd act of publishing a book with a manuscript without Mr. Meng Honglou's approval?"

The shopkeeper knew that he had misunderstood, and quickly apologized: "It was the little one who treated His Highness's gentleman's belly with a villain's heart. If His Highness is angry, just punish the little one, and the little one will never complain!"

"Who cares!"

King Xian raised his hand, and the shopkeeper immediately understood, and hurriedly sent someone to find the storyteller Mr. He, and handed over the manuscript sent by Mr. Meng Honglou to King Xian himself.

After Tu Min got the manuscript, he unfolded it immediately.

"This handwriting..."

The shopkeeper explained: "This is also the reason why I have been unable to confirm the identity of Mr. Meng Honglou. Every time Mr. sends a manuscript, the servant girl will copy it." After a pause, he said, "Maybe even more than once."

"How do you know Mr. Meng Honglou is not the girl herself?"

"Impossible! How could a woman write such a wonderful and fascinating story!" the shopkeeper said firmly.

Tu Min smiled without saying a word.He felt that neither the writing style nor the ending of the story seemed to be written by a man.Even if this Mr. Menghonglou is not the maid, there is a great possibility that he is a woman.

Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising that the shopkeeper of the teahouse couldn't find the identity of Zhuang Zhoumeng's Red Mansion.

Who made him never think of the possibility that this gentleman is a woman?

A sneer flashed in Tu Min's eyes, because it disappeared quickly, and no one caught it.

The shopkeeper begged in a low voice: "Your Highness, I really don't know the identity of Mr. Meng Honglou, so why don't you ask me?"

Tu Min waved his hands in satisfaction, and asked someone to push the wheelchair out of the teahouse.

The shopkeeper stood at the door, watching Xian Wang and his party flow into the crowd, and then looked away.

When Tu Min mentioned that Mr. Meng Honglou might be a woman, it still left a trace in the shopkeeper's heart——

After all, in the Lin family, except for Mr. Lin, almost all the famous people born were women.Xian Wang's guess seems not impossible.

But she quickly dismissed such thoughts.As far as the women he has come into contact with, almost all of them regard their husbands as their heavens and are full of three obediences and four virtues. He does not believe that such a person can write a story like "The Widow".

It is possible for the girl Ji who has experienced many twists and turns.

It's a pity that the other party has nothing to do with the Lin family at all, so the shopkeeper naturally ruled out the possibility that she was Mr. Meng Honglou immediately.

After the people left, Mr. He, who was hiding behind, walked to the shopkeeper: "His Royal Highness, doesn't seem to be as gloomy and irritable as the rumors in the market?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and sighed: "Who can say for sure about the royal family?"

After all, he shook his head and entered the counter.

Zhou Yao didn't know that someone had already guessed her woman's identity, and now she was learning to make clothes for the two sisters, Cang Jin and Dan Yu, under the supervision of Cui Palm and others.

If that's the case, it's fine, but she is practicing embroidery hard on the sidelines, while Cui Palm and others read the beginning of the second book she wrote with relish, which really makes people angry.

Hmph, angry!

Zhou Yao glanced at them, secretly looking forward to how they would come begging her for an update after they finished reading the beginning.And at that time, she would definitely refuse——

Who kept her busy making clothes for her two daughters now?

"hiss……"

Zhou Yao lowered her head and was not surprised to see a drop of blood condensed on her finger.She raised her head and glanced at the novel, completely oblivious to the three of them who had been pricked by the needle, and suddenly felt sad: Little cabbage, the ground is yellow; her life is so bleak!

She obviously couldn't even hold a needle steadily, so why did she dare to agree to Hong making clothes for her two daughters under the pressure of Cui Palm?

……

At first, it was because Zhou Yao saw that Cui Palm would occasionally hide in a corner in her spare time, sewing and mending with a super small piece of fabric.Zhou Yao felt strange when she saw it for the first time, so she asked her.

Cui Palm was taken aback, and without waiting for Zhou Yao to say anything, she knelt down directly towards Zhou Yao.

Zhou Yao was frightened, completely unaware of what happened.

"Aunt Yao, slaves will never dare again." Cui Palm knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

Zhou Yao looked confused: "...don't dare to do anything?"

Cui Palm raised her head in a daze, seeing that Zhou Yao really didn't understand, she was also a little confused: "Aunt Yao, the servant is making clothes for two girls, are you... not angry?"

Zhou Yao blinked: "..." Can she say that she didn't see it at all?

Because she only makes clothes in her spare time, Cui Palm's current steps are still at the stage of embroidering patterns on fabrics, and children's clothes require very little fabric, so Zhou Yao only thought she was embroidering handkerchiefs when she saw it .Because of Cui Palm's sneaky actions, she still wondered if Cui Palm had someone she liked, and wanted to use the handkerchief as a token of love, so even embroidered handkerchiefs had to avoid people, worrying that others would find out... …

Besides, Cui Palm makes clothes for her daughter, why is she angry?

Seeing that Zhou Yao was really not angry, Cui Palm explained: "Many wives are more taboo to make clothes for their children by people who are often close to their children."

Because in many families, children spend most of their time with their nurses and maids. After getting along day and night, they are naturally close to the people around them. In many cases, children are even closer to those who serve them than their parents.

In order to avoid such a situation, many wives will not allow things that can increase intimacy, such as making clothes by themselves.

Zhou Yao was amused: "I get along with two children all day long, can they still have my identity?"

Cui Palm heaved a sigh of relief.

Zhou Yao walked up to Cui Palm and grabbed the fabric: "Cui Palm, your embroidery skills are good, but if you really want to make clothes for your children, you can't favor one over another, and it's best to make exactly the same for the two sisters. It's fun when two sisters wear the same clothes."

Cui Palm naturally agreed.

but……

"Auntie, why have you never made clothes for the two girls?"

This is one of the reasons why Jade Palm has been making clothes in secret.After all, Aunt Yao didn't plan to make clothes for the two girls for some reason, and she didn't know the reason, so she was worried that Zhou Yao had other arrangements.

Even for the clothes in her hands, she was only going to make them secretly. If the child was one year old and Aunt Yao hadn't done it, she didn't plan to take it out.

But it can be regarded as doing my part.

Zhou Yao's claws were numb at that time.The original owner's embroidery is pretty good, but her memory can't make her embroidery reach the original owner's level immediately, and she has never had fewer people around her, so naturally she has no chance to practice and get familiar with it.But she was also worried that people would suspect her identity because her embroidery level was too different from the original owner's, so Zhou Yao has never touched a needle since the time travelling.

But how could she say such a reason?

Zhou Yao laughed awkwardly, and wanted to change the subject: "Do you want to read the beginning of the second story I wrote? The name of the story is "Huangliang", and it is about a craftsman who makes a living as a ventriloquist ..."

"Aunt Yao," Cui Palm pressed down her heart and asked cautiously, "Do you know how to embroider?"

Zhou Yao was a little nervous: "...how did you know?"

Cui Palm pursed her lips, with a smile in her eyes: "You should have said it earlier. You don't have time to learn embroidery, and now you are free. If you want to, learning embroidery is not easy."

Zhou Yao was stunned: "Don't you think it's strange?"

Female celebrity is almost an essential skill for women in this era. If she doesn't know it, won't she be suspected?

"Aunt Yao, to put it bluntly, with the status of a slave, how can everyone have the opportunity to learn embroidery? The slaves can have the current craftsmanship, or they find time to find someone to teach after finishing their work. .”

The original owner was also a maid before, so Cui Palm thought she was in the same situation as himself.

After all, although the original owner had a child at home and had a mother to take care of him, the original owner also needed to work, and Wang Ma didn't have a reputation for good embroidery skills, so it didn't seem strange that Zhou Yao didn't know it.

Zhou Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to speak, when Cui Palm asked her again: "Aunt Yao, are you really not going to make clothes for the two girls? Regardless of the craftsmanship, at least it's a thought. When the two girls grow up, If I hear that you made clothes for them, I will be very happy and get closer to you."

"..." Zhou Yao thought about the picture of her daughter wearing the clothes she sewed with her own hands, and a warm feeling suddenly surged in her heart, so she agreed.

but……

Cui Palm suddenly promised: "Aunt Yao, the servant girl will definitely teach her all her skills in the future."

Zhou Yao hesitated: "...do you still dare to hide your secrets?"

"Don't dare to dare," Cui Palm's eyes flickered, "I just want to ask, what you said before, is it still worthwhile to show the beginning of the new story to the slave?"

Zhou Yao squinted at her: "What do you think?"

Cui Palm said with a cheeky face: "Aunt Yao, you are the best person, so please show kindness and show the new story to the servants."

Seeing her pretending to be silly and being obedient, Zhou Yao felt annoyed and funny.She went into the room and took out the beginning of "Huang Liang", and threw it on Cui Palm angrily: "You!"

Cui Palm smiled, took the manuscript and went to read it with her good sister Hong Palm.

When Zhou Yao wrote the beginning of the story "Huangliang", she completely adopted the characteristics of the beginning of the online novel, which is straight to the point, fast-paced, and frequently contradictory.

At the beginning of the novel, Huang Liang's identity is directly named - a street performer ventriloquist.At the same time, contradictions were drawn out, and while the contradictions were resolved, a face-slapping plot was arranged, not to mention, and the first heroine of the novel was directly drawn out.

Yes, the previous plot of this "Yellow Liang" followed the routine of the male-frequent stallion.

Of course, the last thing will have a magical twist that makes people vomit blood.

……

Huang Liang is a street artisan in the West City of Beijing. With his superb ventriloquism, he can get a good income every day. Not to mention drinking and eating meat every day, but it's not a problem to have a tooth festival from time to time.

In this part of the West Market, Huang Liang is considered to be the most enjoyable group of people.

But this kind of life naturally easily attracts people with malicious intentions.

On this day, Huang Liang went to West Market with screens, tables and stools and other items for performance.Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the place where he usually set up a stall, he found that not only was the place occupied by someone, but there was also a circle of thugs dressed as vicious servants surrounding him.Among the group of people, a fat young master was lying on a rocking chair with an arrogant expression.

Seeing him coming, someone leaned into the young master's ear and pointed out Huang Liang's identity.

The young master looked in the direction of the man's finger, and when he saw Huang Liang's face, his expression suddenly became gloomy.

Huang Liang's heart sank severely. He probably knew that he was in trouble today.

……

By the time Zhou Yao successfully sewed the first clothes for the two sisters, it was almost four months since the end of "The Widow".Only then did Cui Palm hand over her pen, ink, paper and inkstone with a smile on her face: "Aunt Yao, if the two girls know that you care about them so much, how happy they will be."

Zhou Yao glared at Cui Palm: "I can see through your faces! Tell me, do you want me to continue writing this story?"

Cui Palm naturally nodded again and again, the eagerness in his eyes was almost overflowing.

In order to make clothes for her two daughters, Zhou Yao had to write 2 characters every day to practice pens during this time, except for the [-] characters at the beginning of the new article "Huangliang".

Cui Palm herself is actually impatient, but Red Palm and Nanny Guo are watching, even if she can't bear it anymore, she can only obediently wait for Zhou Yao to finish the two sisters' clothes before daring to rush Zhou Yao continued to update.

Thinking of Zhou Yao's previous plan to fall into the sand because of Hong Zong and Guo Nanny's pressure, she suddenly regained her spirits.

She looked at Cui Palm with a smile in her eyes: "You want me to update you so much?"

Cui Palm nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, causing an afterimage.

"I won't update, I'm so anxious to kill you. Hmph!" Seeing Cui Palm's aggrieved expression, Zhou Yao almost wanted to laugh wildly on her hips.

"Auntie..."

Seeing that Cui Palm was about to cry, and Zhou Yao's bad taste was satisfied, she took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone according to Cui Palm's wishes, and began to write at her desk.

The name of the story "The Widow" comes from the magical turning point of the finale——

Wu Qianjin stabbed her husband Qian Xiucai to death with her own hands, but the princess directly became the widow's head of support after the death of her nominal husband;

The title of the new article "Huang Liang" and the name of the hero Huang Liang all come from the idiom "Huang Liang Yimeng".

Yes, it was that daydream, dreaming that I would become an official and enter the ranks and enjoy the glory and wealth of my life, but when I woke up, I found that the millet boiled in the pot was not cooked.

And Zhou Yao's new novel "Yellow Liang" has similarities with this allusion.

While Zhou Yao was writing the next plot, while thinking about the final ending of the story, a chilling smile appeared on her face involuntarily.

Seeing Zhou Yao like this, Cui Palm couldn't help trembling: "Aunt Yao, what are you thinking?"

Zhou Yao looked up at Cui Palm with a malicious expression on her face: "I'm just thinking about how to write the finale of the story."

"The finale?" Cui Palm was surprised, "Did you write the finale so soon?"

Zhou Yao rolled her eyes: "Of course not. I have to write out the general plot of the story before writing."

Hearing this, Cui Palm immediately remembered that when Zhou Yao wrote "The Widow", she also thought out all the plots in advance before starting to write.

Thinking of this, Cui Palm couldn't help but feel anxious: "Aunt Yao, can you tell the slave about the plot of this article?"

Zhou Yao glanced at her, and was about to refuse, but Hong Zong, who had just entered the door, said, "Aunt Yao has already thought about the plot of this book? It's also the same as "The Widow", there will be a shocking finale Is that kind?"

Hong Zong pushed the small trolley into the door, then carried the two children to Zhou Yao's bed together with Nanny Guo, and handed each of them a rattle to play with.

The two sisters were naughty. After being put on the bed, they turned over and crawled towards the bed. When they saw Zhou Yao was frightened, they immediately sat up, and then looked straight at Zhou Yao and grinned.

Zhou Yao quickly put down the pen and paper, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, picked up the rattle to tease the two sisters, and the two sisters also joined in, no matter how Zhou Yao teased, they would happily play with her.

While playing, Zhou Yao joked: "This finale is even more exaggerated than the previous one. If Mr. He were to tell the story, maybe in the finale, he would be pushed to the ground by the excited guests."

Although the ending of "The Widow" may feel abrupt and confusing at first, it still makes sense after all. As long as Mr. He explains clearly to the guests, those guests will not be unreasonable; however, the story of "Huang Liang"... …

That is the real turning point.

After all, every person who really listens to this story and likes it from the bottom of his heart, if he finds out all the plots that the hero has experienced before, and their previous true feelings are substituted, and feel happy, such as the promotion of official titles, prosperity and wealth, and various romantic encounters, etc. It's just a dream...

From the perspective of readers and listeners, Zhou Yao feels passionate just thinking about it, and just wants to kill herself who wrote such a frenzied story immediately. :)

However, as the author, instead of feeling angry, Zhou Yao felt a strong sense of excitement that the prank succeeded.

Hearing this, Cui Palm became more and more curious about the ending of the story.

Zhou Yao really wanted to show off, but Mother Guo suddenly said, "Is it true that what Huang Liang is going through now is all a dream?"

Zhou Yao: "...Nurse, is the ending easy to guess?"

Mammy covered her mouth and laughed: "Didn't Auntie say it herself? The ending of this story might make people press Mr. He to the ground and beat him up? Thinking about the name of your story again, can't you guess it?"

Zhou Yao's face was paralyzed: "I'm not happy at all."

Mother Guo laughed, "If Auntie is worried about being guessed about the finale, why not change Huang Liang's name and hometown."

Zhou Yao cheered up: "How to change it?"

"The protagonist of Huangliang Dream is named Lu Sheng, who is from Handan." Mother Guo pointed out, "Why don't you change the name of the story and the protagonist to Lu Sheng, and then arrange Lu Sheng's native place and place of birth in Handan. In this way, people will not easily think of the allusion of Huangliang Yimeng, and when the finale comes out, no one will find it too abrupt."

Zhou Yao's eyes twitched and lit up: "Just listen to Mommy!"

Zhou Yao coaxed the two children a few words, then got up and came to the table to change the title of the book and the hero's name according to Nanny Guo's suggestion, and also added a data card of the hero's origin in Handan.

After she finished correcting, Guo Nanny's kind voice suddenly sounded: "Auntie, I have solved the problem for you, shouldn't you repay me a little?"

Zhou Yao raised her head in a daze, and met Nanny Guo's smiling eyes, "If you don't mind, why don't you tell me the ending of this story?"

Zhou Yao: "..." Is Grandma Guo waiting for her here?

"But didn't you already guess the ending?" Zhou Yao felt strange, "The ending of the story is that after Lu Sheng woke up, he found that everything he experienced before was just a dream."

Guo Nanny looked at her: "I don't believe that the story written by my aunt is no different from Huangliang Yimeng."

Zhou Yao blinked, but finally took out the outline of the story she wrote.

The story of "Lu Sheng" is actually nothing more than a small-scale love story.Even if there are countless adventures and slaps in the face during the process, as well as the embrace of many beauties, when the finale comes out, everyone will understand that this story is actually just a man's most sincere love for a woman.

The first love affair the hero meets is an orphan girl who sells her body to bury her father.

At the beginning of the story, Lu Sheng encountered someone picking on him. After conquering the noble man through superb ventriloquist performances, the other party not only solved his troubles, but also rewarded him with a lot of money.Then on his way home, he met an orphan girl who was dressed in mourning and sold her body to bury her parents.

The orphan is the daughter of Lu Sheng's neighbor's family. She was as beautiful as a flower since she was a child. The matchmaker who wanted to propose a marriage almost broke through the threshold of his family.Lu Sheng naturally fell in love with him, but unfortunately, although Lu Sheng could earn a little money by relying on ventriloquism, he couldn't let him live a stable life with affluent food and clothing.So even though Lu Sheng and the orphan girl were in love with each other, his parents were cruel enough to beat the mandarin ducks and arranged another marriage for the orphan girl.

Unexpectedly, not long after, the orphan girl's parents passed away at the same time, not to mention that her family property was taken away by her relatives, and she was almost sold into a brothel by them because of her beauty.After finally escaping, he could only think of selling himself and burying his parents with the money he sold himself.

Lu Sheng happened to get a pen reward. After seeing the orphan girl, he couldn't bear it, so he took the money to bury her parents for her.

The orphan girl loved Lu Sheng already, and because of his kindness, she naturally promised her with her body.

Afterwards, Lu Sheng relied on the recommendation of the nobles, entered the court and became a moderate official, and relying on his three-inch tongue and superb ventriloquist performance, he convinced more nobles, and his official position rose steadily.During this period, Lu Sheng had other encounters with the courtesan of the brothel, the daughter of a noble family, and the beautiful concubine of the boss's family.

In the end, Lu Sheng was even favored by the emperor, and for a while the power was all over the court, and he was in the limelight.

Then, Lu Sheng woke up from his dream.

Seeing the bare walls of the house, which could only provide shelter from the wind and rain, Lu Sheng suddenly felt sad and couldn't help crying.

……

Nanny Guo was a little dazed, a big man, even if he found out that his previous experience was just a dream, he wouldn't cry like this, would he?

She suppressed her curiosity and continued to look down.

……

After crying, Lu Sheng got up, went to the table, picked up the wine bottle and poured it into his mouth. After taking a few sips, he found that the wine bottle was empty.

He stumbled out to drink, but involuntarily walked to the door of a dilapidated courtyard.Lu Sheng stood in front of the door for a long time, and then suddenly fell to the ground.

It took a long time before someone found Lu Sheng. After checking, he left a sentence: "Dead."

The neighbor kindly took out a broken straw mat, wrapped Lu Sheng in this way, and threw it in the mass grave.

……

Nanny Guo: "..."

She ignored her congested chest, turned to look at Zhou Yao, with a strange smile: "Aunt Yao, guess what the old man is thinking now?"

Zhou Yao immediately rang the alarm and begged for mercy: "It's not my fault. I obviously didn't want to show you the ending before, but you insisted on it. Now I feel uncomfortable, why are you still angry?"

Guo Nanny smiled: "Could it be that my aunt is not satisfied with the ending and plans to make a big change?"

"Of course not!" Zhou Yao puffed her chest out, "This ending is simply the best ending I've ever written in my life, it's so delicate, so moving, so..."

Seeing Nanny Guo's more and more gentle smile, Zhou Yao's voice became smaller and smaller.

In the end, she completely extinguished her desire to be tricky: "This is not the final outcome."

Although the end result is worse than this...

Guo's mother's smile returned to normal: "I wonder if Aunt Yao can tell me, how do you plan to conceive the next plot?"

Zhou Yao scratched her face and said carefully, "You don't want to know the final outcome."

"Don't worry, Auntie, I won't get angry with you because of a story."

Nanny Guo spoke righteous words, but Zhou Yao didn't believe it at all: Who was the person who was almost blackened because of Lu Sheng's death?

However, even Nanny Guo, who has always been calm, behaved like this after seeing "Lu Sheng", Zhou Yao became more and more convinced that this story would be popular, even surpassing "The Widow".

Zhou Yao was in a good mood: "After Lu Sheng died, I will arrange for his former friends and acquaintances to explain why he had such a dream, and what is the truth of that dream."

the truth?

Guo Nanny became interested: "Could it be that there is something hidden in it?"

"Except for the beginning, there is only an outline of this story at present, so many details cannot be known. But in fact, in Lu Sheng's dream, the orphan girl who sold herself to bury her father, the courtesan of the brothel, the daughter of a high family, and the beautiful women of the boss's family The concubine's room is actually one person."

Three mothers and mothers: "!!!"

"The same person?" Cui Palm exclaimed in surprise.

Zhou Yao nodded: "All the beauties that Lu Sheng met in his dream were actually the daughters of his neighbor's family. The orphan girl's previous experience was also true, but Lu Sheng was not as lucky as in his dream. He In real life, he also encountered finding faults, but he did not meet noble people who liked his performance, so he was severely beaten by the young master, and because of this incident, he failed to go home in time, causing the lonely The woman was caught by relatives on the way to sell herself, and she was taken directly to a brothel to be sold."

Hong Zong immediately reacted: "That oiran..."

"Because of her beauty, the orphan girl quickly became famous in the brothel. Because she missed Lu Sheng, she escaped on the eve of the official reception and had a flirt with Lu Sheng, and completely ended her relationship with Lu Sheng. It was just that she was almost raped after returning. She was beaten half to death. But she was smart, and quickly gained a foothold and became a well-known courtesan."

Guo Nanny frowned: "The daughter..."

"A down-and-out nobleman took a fancy to the beauty of the oiran, redeemed her, took her home and adopted her as an adopted daughter. Not long after, she was made to fake her death, and she appeared as a concubine raised in the countryside."

"what?"

"But not long after, she was given to a powerful man as a concubine."

Red Palm and Cui Palm's eyes widened immediately, and Cui Palm's eyes were reddened by the tragic experience of the heroine: "Isn't this orphan girl too miserable? Why are those people so bad? They should all be dragged out and beaten to death." !"

Zhou Yao shook her head: "It was precisely because of the miss at the beginning that the person I liked ended up like this, so Lu Sheng spent all his time drinking away his sorrows, and finally died directly at the gate of the orphan girl's former home."

"Then what happened to the girl Lu Sheng liked?" Cui Palm asked anxiously.

"Suicide!" Zhou Yao said calmly, "When she was in the brothel and Xungui's house, she was kept under strict supervision. It can be said that she could not wish to die. When she enters the backyard of the rich and powerful, there are not so many people watching her. The orphan girl, who could not endure everything for a long time, naturally chose to commit suicide. Before she died, she specially put on a wooden hairpin carved by Lu Sheng himself."

Cui Palm's eyes were full of tears, and Hong Palm's eyes were also red.Even Nanny Guo, who had a calm face, felt a trace of melancholy in her heart.

If Lu Sheng was affectionate and the orphans were fickle, they might not feel too much.But the two had mutual intentions and did not take the initiative to betray each other, but both died tragically in the end, making it difficult to accept such an ending.

Guo Nanny couldn't help but said: "Aunt Yao, can't we really change this ending?"

Zhou Yao was puzzled: "Why did you change it? Isn't this ending good?"

The stories that people really remember and love are never comedies.Many people think they are upright, even if they say they don't like tragedy or abuse, most of the things that really impress them and like them in their hearts are tragedies.

"But if you write like this, Mr. He will really be beaten by angry guests!" Nanny Guo understood Zhou Yao's character, so she got to the point, "Does my aunt want to see Mr. He bleed and get hurt because of your story?"

Zhou Yao really hesitated.

If she writes a book that can be published, it has nothing to do with her if the book is sold, and she will naturally stick to her own ideas.But this story is to be handed over to Mr. He to attract guests. When he was telling the story, he was in front of the guests, and the distance was very close. If someone is really dissatisfied with the ending and wants to do something to him...

"Aunt Yao, because of the ending of "The Widow", Mr. He was almost beaten." Guo Nanny reminded, "The ending of the story of "Lu Sheng" is worse than that of "The Widow", but the beginning of the story you wrote earlier It is very refreshing to read, and it makes people happy. The contrast is too great, and many guests may not be able to accept this ending. Even if Mr. He is protected by the shopkeeper of the teahouse and will not be injured, if those guests make trouble, the teahouse will also have A lot of losses."

After Zhou Yao thought for a long time, she finally chose to compromise: "Then I'll add a finale where the two reunite in the underworld. That way no one will be so angry that they want to do something to Mr. He, right?"

She held the pen and began to think carefully about how to write this ending in a satisfactory and unconventional way...

Lin Hai looked suspiciously at the red-eyed Red Palm and Emerald Palm, and found that Nanny Guo also had a pensive look on his face, and he couldn't help being surprised: "It's broad daylight, what are you all doing with your mournful faces?"

Zhou Yao raised her head when she heard the sound, and when she found out that it was Lin Hai, she quickly gathered all the manuscripts on the table, picked them up and walked into the back room.

"Stop!" Lin Hai frowned, "What are you hugging? You're sneaky, can't you see people?"

Zhou Yao paused, and turned her head in embarrassment: "Back to the master, the records on the paper are all the private affairs of the little daughter's family that should not be revealed, it is really not good to dirty the master's eyes."

Lin Hai: "..." I said that your things are shameful, but you have really implemented this statement, right?

Lin Hai knew that Zhou Yao's words were false, but he pursued the way of a gentleman, and he would not let people down in public.

Even if this person is just a concubine