Ha ha

Xu Chenchuan was about to close the window when the other party's profile picture suddenly turned into color.

【Paper Crane】: "I see your question."

Xu Chenchuan was taken aback, and for a long while didn't know how to respond.

The other party did not wait for him to reply, and continued on his own: "The claim that Richelieu deceived the Pope first came from Talmandreau's "Anecdotes", and the nature of this book can be known from the name. Historiography Another theory of the family is that Richelieu went to Rome originally to ask for an exemption from the age limit, and he has no reason to lie about this matter."

Xu Chenchuan's attention was no longer on this issue.He was still immersed in the shock that Zhihe came to talk to him on his own initiative.

【Paper Crane】: "Sometimes the history of script adaptation is not necessarily the most reasonable version, but the most dramatic version."

These few lines are purely a matter-of-fact tone.Xu Chenchuan stared at the screen in a daze, and the other party's words would always give him a feeling of low pressure, so he was still wondering in his heart—is this a show of favor?Could it be that I would make a mistake again?

After Bai Qi sent a few words, it took a long time before seeing the other party reply briefly: "I see, thank you, Great God."

For a moment, he felt like he was asking for trouble.

Bai Qi's mouse had already moved to the red cross, but the other party sent another sentence——

[Chris]: "The Great God knows so much, did he study it specifically for RR?"

[Paper Crane]: "Not exactly. Originally, I made this play because I was interested in this period of history, but I checked some information during the play."

What a serious person.

Xu Chenchuan thought about it, and said: "As expected of a great god, I am honored to cooperate with you. I will definitely learn a lot."

Before Bai Qi answered, Xu Chenchuan hurriedly added: "I mean, if you see and hear, you will gain something without knowing it..." I'm afraid that the other party will misunderstand that I will harass him regularly again.

The corner of Bai Qi's mouth slightly raised, it seemed that he had left a lot of shadow on this newcomer last time.

[Paper Crane]: "You can just call me Zhi Crane. If you have any questions about this drama in the future, you can come and ask me, and I will reply when I see it."

——It’s really a show of favor!Xu Chenchuan's first impression of the paper crane was overturned.He is not an awkward person, and immediately sent a smiling face: "Okay! Thank you for not disliking me for not being able to speak."

Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, is this guy used to being disliked?

"...If there are new words that you don't understand, you can ask me."

He slowly typed this line, paused, and then slowly deleted it.I went a little too far.

Xu Chenchuan waited for a while, and seeing that the other party had no intention of replying, he typed: "I'm going to sleep first, good night!"

【Paper Crane】: "Okay, good night."

Xu Chenchuan went to the group to say hello again, then turned off the computer, turned off the lights and fell asleep.

On the desk not far from him, the muted phone screen was always on, showing incoming calls one after another.After an unknown amount of time, the faint light finally returned to the darkness.

******

It was dark.Like a turbulent situation, the clouds of lead ash gather and stir with overwhelming force.In the distance, there was a dull thunder, and the drums of war were endless, making people panic.

The carriage staggered along a country dirt road, the wheels were splashed with mud.This is a spacious carriage, with heavy curtains behind the windows to isolate the situation inside the carriage from the outside world, and there are several attendants on horseback behind the carriage.

Sitting in the car was a casually dressed man in his 30s, thin and pale.He closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep, but his thin lips were still tightly pressed.A black cat curled up on his lap, its small pointed ears quivering with the bumps of the car.

"My lord bishop." An attendant urged the horse forward and called out from the car window.

The man opened his eyes suddenly, and there seemed to be two dark fires burning in the dark pupils.He reached out to lift the curtain and looked outside.

"Someone is coming up ahead." The attendant pointed to the front of the road, "It's another carriage, and the driver seems to be gesticulating something in this direction."

"Stop," the bishop ordered.

The two carriages met on a narrow road, one of them stopped, and the other slowly turned into the field on the side of the road, as if to bypass the former and continue on the road, but stopped halfway.The two windows are exactly opposite each other.

In the opposite window, a slender hand raised the curtain halfway, and the face of the stunning beauty loomed in the darkness, like a dream.She smiled lightly: "Master Cardinal Richelieu."

"Countess Carlisle." The bishop stretched out his hand expressionlessly, and made a sign of the cross in the void.

"I want to congratulate you."

"why?"

"Why?" She asked back with a smile, "Even a blind and deaf person would kneel at your feet and kiss your red robe right now."

"You are neither blind nor deaf. Tell me what you hear."

"The big figures around His Majesty the King of France are rotating like a circus troupe, making it dizzying. Maliak was changed to be the Keeper of the Seal, the Marquis of Effia was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer, Schomberg was promoted, and Buttierrière was promoted to be the Secretary of the Queen Mother. Just yesterday, the Vendôme brothers were arrested by His Majesty the King himself."

"It seems that you are not only not deaf, but also very well-informed."

"Thank you. This is my only advantage, and the only place I can serve you." She bowed her head humbly, "I want to congratulate you for finally sweeping away your opponents and taking power."

Hearing this flattery, a mocking smile appeared on Richelieu's pale face, and he gently stroked the kitten in his arms with his fingers.The black cat narrowed its eyes and purred. "What's the reaction from the UK?" he asked.

"They all said that Louis XIII opened Pandora's box and supported a favorite like you, and he would soon regret it. They are still guessing when you will be exiled again. You have made too many enemies in the court and the opposition. My younger brother hates you, but His Majesty the King is afraid of you. You have not implemented any of your grand strategies, but he is already worried that your achievements will surpass the master."

"But they can't leave me." Richelieu said with a half-smile, "It's really sad."

"I have some other information in England. There has been a new visitor to the Duke of Buckingham's. Unfortunately, it is the one you least expect."

"Representatives of the Huguenots?" Richelieu sneered, "They are entrenched in the west, and they dream of being equal to the French king. With the help of Buckingham who sent them to the door, they will be damned if they are not active. England Zhengchou couldn't find a reason to call, so it just happened to come together."

"The King of England obeys Buckingham's orders." She blinked. "The pillow wind blown by a beauty is very powerful—whether the beauty is a man or a woman."

The Bishop's sneer was somewhere between contempt and loathing: "Buckingham . . . one day I'll crush that little boy."

"Are you going to war with England?"

"Do you mind, Countess?"

"Your Excellency, I thought you knew me best." She said lamentingly, "Those useless men who are full of food all day long, I don't care whether they live or die."

"That's what I appreciate most about you." Richelieu said lightly, "Keep watching Buckingham and report his movements to me at any time."

"Obey," said the noble female spy.

"Happy cooperation. I will pay you what you deserve."

The woman raised her eyes to look at him, and there was a dark undercurrent rolling in her bright and eye-catching pupils.For a moment he almost thought she hadn't lost the ability to cry.But she smiled brightly: "Happy cooperation."

Two carriages passed each other, and the wild and desolate scenery passed by the window, blending into the infinite darkness behind.

God says we are guilty.God says we are all lost sheep who stumble on blood.

******

Xu Chenchuan completed the first season of "The Red Robe Plus Body" on the plane back to China.This play tells the story of French Prime Minister Richelieu's road to hegemony, and portrays the greatest, most strategic, and most ruthless politician in history as an ordinary person with flesh and blood, desires and hesitation.The first season ended with his successful ascension to power after many ups and downs, interspersed with the unhappy marriage of Louis XIII and Queen Anna, the extramarital affair between Duke Buckingham and Anna, and various anecdotes of chaotic and romantic aristocrats.

Due to the large number of characters in the play, and most of them are outstanding in appearance, the complicated relationship between them has become a major attraction of the play.The nerds will argue endlessly about who is more beautiful, the queen, the duchess, or the female spy, and the rotten girls will think about the overly close friendship between Richelieu and Cardinal Joseph the Grey.As for Xu Chenchuan, he was originally not interested in this kind of American drama that distorts history, and came purely for the subtitles, but he was attracted by the plot in the end.

It has to be said that the crew is well versed in the way of manipulating the audience's emotions, making people's blood rush in the sensational soundtrack without knowing it, as if creating an irreproducible era with the protagonist.

These audiences obviously included the subtitle team, or at least included Awen, who was in charge of the post-production in the subtitle team.When Richelieu finally won the crown of cardinal and knelt down uncontrollably to swear to God on the spot, the word "Amen" appeared in the subtitles along with his tearful cry, as if he was about to break through the screen and burst into tears to celebrate .

Xu Chenchuan couldn't help laughing as he imagined a little girl passionately doing post-processing.

But Awen's sense of existence is far less than that of the other person.

Whenever a new character or location appears in the show, a brief introduction will appear above the video.At the end of each episode, there will also be a full-screen popular science text, introducing the buildings, paintings and even customs that appear in this episode.That's all, and even the things that are obviously inconsistent with the historical facts in the plot will be noted one by one at the end.Since this text appears after the ending song, viewers can choose to watch it or not.

Xu Chenchuan secretly speculated why Zhihe didn't act as a proofreader himself when he was working on "Poison is Good", now he seems to understand.This is playing with life!If you finish one, you will lose your life!

As for the accuracy and beauty of the translation, it cannot be concluded that some of the credit is due to the paper cranes.After all, Maocao and Yuta Lasang are also masters, and it is probably because of Zhihe's character that they came to cooperate with him.After watching their works, Xu Chenchuan suddenly looked forward to the second season more than ever.As a newcomer, the second drama in his life can be taught by these great gods, maybe he will be reborn.

It wasn't until the plane landed that Xu Chenchuan suddenly realized that he hadn't slept.This is also good, at least the jet lag is reversed all at once.

"Hello? Mom, I'm here." He called Shu Yingli while taking his backpack from the luggage rack.

"Success, your dad and I will wait for you at the exit. Your dad is so excited that his hands are shaking."

"It's you who is trembling, don't frame it..." Xu Guoqi's voice came faintly, Xu Chenchuan suppressed a smile and pretended not to hear it. "See you later then."

He got off the plane a little top-heavy, and everything he saw was square characters, and all he heard was Chinese.I haven't seen each other for two years, and it's obviously the most intimate hometown, but there is a strange feeling of strangeness in an instant.

Xu Chenchuan's life so far has been split open since he was 11 years old, with half of him staying in China and the other half in the United States.Both sides seem to be able to enjoy themselves, but they are separated by a layer of glass.The Chinese regard him as a fake foreign devil, and the Americans regard him as a foreigner.These words can't be said to anyone, and if they fall into the ears of some people, they will still taste like showing off.People always yearn for a life they cannot live, but no one asks those aliens if they will be lonely.

Xu Chenchuan came out of the customs in a daze, took his suitcase, and took out his mobile phone while walking towards the exit: "Mom, I'm out, where are you?"

At the same time, in the crowd who picked up the plane.

"Honey, is that our son?"

"Ah."

"Honey, do you think it's possible that our son...is gay?"

"……what?"