Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading - Chapter 524
[Chapter 516: A dream of yellow beams!]
“La la la, la la la, I’m a little expert in selling newspapers. I ran all over the street in heavy wind and rain, shouting while running. Today’s article is really good. I can’t escape all the glory and wealth…” The
crisp newspaper selling song was on the street When it rang, the tea drinkers who were already used to the singing all raised their heads in unison when they heard the next two sentences.
“Huh? What’s the situation?”
“The words have been changed… Prosperity and wealth?”
“Quick… hurry up and buy a copy!”
Everyone reacted, put down their teacups in unison, and rushed out of the teahouse. It wasn’t until I took over the latest issue of “Daxuan Minbao” from the newsboy that I noticed the three large characters on the front page headline——Story in the Pillow!
“This is… Marquis Wu writing a new article?”
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Zheliu Academy.
“Hai Yi, the old man is right!” Kong Tianfang said to Tian Haiyi with a smile while holding the latest “Da Xuan Min Bao”, “This kid, didn’t you immediately respond to Bai Mo?”
“That kid It doesn’t matter on the surface, but in fact, I
have to be strong in my heart!” “I thought before that he might just continue to update “The Legend of the Eight Immortals”, but I didn’t expect him to write a new story directly, and it’s also a short story!”
” When the two of them fight each other in the future, won’t it be those of us who read books who will benefit?”
“With a competitor, let’s see how Chen Luo is still doing it!”
Tian Haiyi filled Kong Tianfang with a cup of tea with a smile on his face, and said: “The head of the hospital still has a long-term vision!”
Kong Tianfang waved his hand, then looked at the copy of “Da Xuan Min Bao” in his hand, and said meaningfully: “There is something in this article!”
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“Crack!”
Xingmu’s voice resounded throughout the Xingzao Tea House, and the energetic storyteller said with
great vigor—”The world is a big dream, and life has been cool in autumn. Ladies and gentlemen, I got a new article by Marquis Wu today. The article is called “Pillow After reading, my heart was full of excitement, life seemed to be full of mist, and it seemed to be suddenly enlightened. I dared to start with a fairy poem by Su Poxian, and explain this strange story to you…”
Listening to the storyteller’s words Foreshadowing, the listeners who haven’t had time to buy “Daxuan Minbao” are so absorbed that they don’t even touch the breakfast on the table. The always industrious mistress also stood there knowingly and stopped moving, looking at the storyteller on the stage.
In this way, a magical story was told from the mouth of the storyteller.
“Story in the Pillow”, a legendary chapter written by Shen Jiji, a litterateur in the Tang Dynasty in Chen Luo’s previous life, is a representative work of Tang legends. I lamented the bad luck and underappreciated talents. After talking about it, he felt a little sleepy, and the old man gave Lu Sheng a pillow, claiming that the pillow would bring Lu Sheng prosperity and wealth.
Lu Sheng took the pillow and fell asleep. Waking up refreshed, Lu Sheng bid farewell to the old man and returned home.
But then, Lu Sheng’s life changed dramatically.
First, because he met the daughter of a local rich family by chance, the two fell in love and took her as his wife. With the help of his husband’s family, he quickly became rich. In the following year, he passed the imperial examination to obtain Jinshi, won the favor of nobles again and again, and was promoted to three ranks within a year.
Three years later, Lu Sheng was released as a state herdsman for a state. He built water conservancy projects that benefited the people, and was engraved on a stele by all people to praise him.
Not long after Jing Zhaoyin was in power, foreign bandits invaded, and the general was killed by the enemy. At this time, he was ordered to go to the army, to prevent the collapse of the building, to smash the enemy army, to expand thousands of miles, to build a city, to resist external seizures, and to be supported by all people.
When the class teacher returned to the court, Lu Sheng became an important minister of the country because of his meritorious service. Although he was framed by villains, he eventually became a generation of virtuous ministers.
It’s just that when he was old, his political opponents took advantage of him and tricked the emperor to dismiss him from office and put him in prison. It was only at this time that Lu Sheng sighed like his wife, saying that he has good food in his home, so why bother to pursue glory and wealth?
Fortunately, the emperor pardoned Lu Sheng’s death crime, but sent him to a remote place.
As the saying goes, “A letter to the nine heavens in the morning, and eight thousand to Chaoyang Road in the evening”!
But things turned around. A few years later, the emperor found out that he had wronged him, so he called Lu Sheng back again, and gave him a high-ranking official with generous salary as compensation.
In the following life, Lu Sheng gave birth to five sons, each of whom held high positions, and he even assisted two generations of emperors, ranking among the third princes. Until fifty years later, he died under the emperor’s utmost grace.
At this point in the story, Mr. Storyteller intentionally paused. The tea drinkers below also didn’t react one by one.
This… is it over?
To be honest, Lu Sheng’s experience is simply the highest ideal in the hearts of all Confucian scholars. Loved by all people, appreciated by the royal family, held a high position, mourned after death, isn’t this a proper template for a protagonist?
When listening to a book, it is really cool to put yourself in it!
Especially when I heard that I was framed by a villain, but finally recovered, the feeling of comfort came spontaneously. Even how to kill the villain, everyone thought of at least 18 ways in their minds!
But… that’s the end?
This… This is good, but it was completely overwhelmed by “Nie Xiaoqian”!
While everyone was wondering, Mr. Storyteller took a sip of tea, and continued to
speak—”Lu Sheng enlightened himself, and saw his body lying in the mansion, Lu Weng sitting next to him, and the master steamed the millet uncooked, and he felt the same as before… ”
All the tea guests were taken aback: Huh?” what’s the situation?
This is a dream?
What is a turn of events, this is a turn of events!
It turned out that Lu Sheng hadn’t woken up all this time. Marrying a beautiful wife, becoming a high-ranking official, becoming a general and becoming a minister, being promoted and relegated, being ranked among the three princes, and being honored after death, all this was a dream!
“Huang Liang has to wake up in a dream. Rootless and infinite, it returns to the dust .
”
As if waking up everyone from their dreams, the storytelling of “The Pillow Story” ended…
But at this moment, a wave of spirit and soul suddenly spread, and the eyes of a little Taoist priest in Taoist robes lit up, and there was a faint connection with him. A similar spirit flew out of the body, hovered in the sky for a while, and then returned to the little Taoist priest’s body.
“A dream! A beautiful dream!”
“Hahaha, I got it, I got it!”
“Thank you Wuhou, thank you Wuhou!” As
he spoke, the little Taoist performed the disciple ceremony in the direction of Dongcang City , bow deeply.
A Confucian student was puzzled and came forward and asked, “Brother Taoist, what are you…”
The Taoist replied, “Your Excellency, I don’t know, but this article has the charm of Zhuang Zhou’s dream of butterflies. The prosperity and wealth are like clouds and smoke, and the spring and autumn dreams are free and easy.” Immortal. Xiao Dao has to hear this article and release the shackles of the soul. Yesterday was a small Taoist, and now he is a real person…” The
Confucian scholar was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly saluted again: “The Confucian scholar who has become a poet of the seventh rank has seen a Taoist real person! ”
Hahahaha, little brother, Taoism is free and unrestrained.” After finishing speaking, he looked at the storyteller on the stage again, and said, “Sir, this article has a miraculous effect on my Taoism. I don’t know if reading directly is still a good idea.” In this way, I dare to ask you to go to the Taoist temple with me, I wonder if it is convenient for you?”
At this moment, the storyteller suddenly thought of “Huazui Nansheng” in the storytelling business because “Du Shiniang” was on the seal of Zheliu Academy. In the first battle of the gods, his heart was surging, and he nodded again and again: “I will do what I want!”
The new real person smiled slightly, and after rolling up his Taoist robe, he took the storyteller straight to the monastery. Looking at the Daoist Daoist and the storyteller who disappeared from sight, everyone present gasped.
An article helps Daomen disciples advance to real people!
As expected of Wuhou!
Based on this, how does Bai Mo compare?
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Wenchang Pavilion.
Yan Baichuan looked at the “Pillow Story” in his hand over and over again, with a look of helplessness on his face.
“This Chen Luo, is he spending so much money fighting against himself?”
“One article allows the Yaozu to break through, and one article advances the Taoist sect!”
“What about my Confucian sect?”
“No, let him spend some time thinking about it.” With
that said, Yan Baichuan picked up his pen and was about to write a letter to Zhulin. At this moment, Leng Hanbing knocked on the door, holding a memorial in his hand, and said: “Mr. The imperial court intends to appoint an envoy to study at Daxuan, this is a memorial, and His Majesty will transfer it to Wenchang Pavilion for processing.”
“An envoy?” Yan Baichuan put down his brush, and immediately forgot that he wanted to urge Chen Luo. In the past sixty years, although the Yaozu have had envoys to communicate with Daxuan, they haven’t heard of the title of envoy to Xuanxuan.
The last time Xuan Envoys were sent to the court dates back to the time of Emperor Lin.
The arrival of Xuanxuan Envoy shows that the Yaozu recognizes the Human Race, and through the influence of Xuanxuan Envoy, Daxuan can also influence the internal affairs of the corresponding Yaozu for quite a period of time, which is an extremely beneficial political means.
Although the current memorial is not the letter of credence issued by the Hall of the Holy Monarch after the entire monster clan reached a consensus, Yan Baichuan still smiled knowingly when he saw the densely packed race names on it.
“This Chen Luo has done a really good job in the Yaozu!” Yan Baichuan praised in his heart. Then, he picked up a brush and made a circle on the memorial, stamped it with the official seal, threw it to Leng Hanbing, and said , “Leave it to the relevant yamen for handling, but there is one thing…”
“The tuition fees of each monster clan have been increased, so it can be two…three times the previous Lin Dynasty standard. After all, Daxuan is not rich! ”
“They’ll take it!”
Leng Hanbing took the memorial and calculated in his mind, since he would accept it three times, why not give it four times.
Asking prices all over the place to pay back the money on the spot, there must be room for bargaining!
Four times as expensive, you can’t even afford a big Confucian treasure!
He Leng Hanbing spoke now, without a great Confucian cultural treasure, it would not be considered an expense!
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At the same time that Daxuan was spreading “The Story of the Pillow”, Nanhuang, Fangcunshan.
In the Liaozhai Study Room, the entrance to the Yin-Yang Realm opened again, and Chen Luo fell out from the entrance of the Yin-Yang Realm. Then Chen Luo managed to get up and retched.
At this time, Chen Luo’s face was pale, and there was a black gas looming between his eyebrows.
“Fuck, this dark and dead energy is so powerful…”
Millet: One of the five grains, also known as yellow rice. Therefore, “Huang Liang Yimeng” in “The Story of the Pillow” got its name from this.
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Because I wrote “The Pillow Story”, I recommend a classic movie “The Truman Show”. If you haven’t seen it, you can watch it. When I saw this movie when I was a teenager, my world view was shocked. This is probably the first time the public in the story felt when they heard “A Story in the Pillow”.
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