After explaining the matter about the Heavenly Book, Zhou Jun breathed a sigh of relief, went to the bookcase, found the "Butterfly Lovers" sent by Jie Qin, and read it carefully.
Compared with later versions, "Butterfly Lovers" written by Xie Qin and Song Ruo'e slightly weakened the role of Liang Shanbo, but focused the pen and ink on Zhu Yingtai.
After Zhou Jun thought for a moment, he could understand. After all, both authors are women, so they are naturally more familiar with the psychological grasp and character creation of female characters.
In addition to this point, the original version of "Butterfly Lovers" mainly attributes the reason why Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai were unable to get married to Liang Shanbo because he was ashamed of his family poverty and failed to propose marriage as promised.
In Song Ruo'e's plot adaptation, it was written that Liang Shanbo came to propose marriage as scheduled, but the Zhu family blocked him out because of the clan and discrimination between the rich and the poor, and deliberately did not let Zhu Yingtai know about it.
Liang Shanbo fell ill and died, and was hastily buried. Zhu Yingtai didn't know the true situation until she was on her way to get married. She took a detour to pay homage in front of Liang Shanbo's tomb, and finally jumped into the tomb, turning into butterflies and flying together.
In Song Ruo'e's "Butterfly Lovers" script, there is a passage that caught Zhou Jun's attention.
Those words were spoken by Zhu Yingtai before she died. The general idea is true love. What exactly is it?
Love means sitting in wealth and power and living a comfortable life? Or does love mean living in peace and poverty with the person who resonates with the soul?
In Zhou Jun's memory, this passage did not exist in the original version of "Butterfly Lovers". Song Ruo'e must have been inspired by it and wrote it in.
After reading through it roughly, Zhou Jun couldn't help but sigh that Song Ruo'e's talent was not inferior to that of the four great talents of the Tang Dynasty: Li Ye, Xue Tao, Liu Caichun, and Yu Xuanji.
But why are there no works of such a strange woman preserved in the annals of history?
While he was meditating, Hua Yue was watching "Butterfly Lovers" and kept wiping tears when he saw the emotional parts.
Zhou Jun was helpless when he saw it.
After resting in the Bieyuan for a few days, Zhou Jun finished handling the affairs of the Bieyuan, said goodbye to Pang Gong and Hua Yue, and rode towards Chang'an early in the morning.
After entering Chunming Gate, Zhou Jun rushed towards Pingkangfang.
As soon as they entered the yard in the north of Pingkangfang, Zhou Jun's Wusun horse neighed, attracting a crowd of people to watch.
Youfang Ding recognized Zhou Jun's face and hurriedly ran over to sing "Oi" and called him "Master Zhou".
Zhou Jun led the horse and walked to the Qumen of the courtyard. He asked Fang Ding, "Can Xie Qin be here today?"
Fang Ding replied: "Jie Duzhi went to Jiaofang today."
Zhou Jun was stunned. It was an unlucky coincidence that Xie Qin wasn't there.
After thinking for a while, Zhou Jun asked again: "Where is Song Duzhi?"
Fang Ding: "Song Duzhi is here, but she has stopped seeing guests."
Zhou Jun: "No guest? Why?"
Fang Ding: "Song Duzhi has confessed his identity to his fake mother and paid the ransom money. I heard he will leave Beili soon."
Zhou Jun suddenly realized that Song Ruo'e had a young man from the Zhong family who was married to her on her fingertips. She was probably preparing to get married to him, so she would naturally not continue seeing guests at this time.
Leaving the horse in the stable, Zhou Jun went into the middle room to look for Song Ruo'e.
Arriving at the small courtyard where Song Ruo'e lived, Zhou Jun knocked on the door.
After a while, a maidservant's crisp voice came from the door: "My lady has no guests."
Zhou Jun cleared his throat and said, "This is Mr. Zhou."
The maid paused and asked again: "Which Zhou Erlang?"
Zhou Jun said: "Director Zhou from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs."
The servant stopped talking and trotted to the courtyard.
After a while, the courtyard door opened a crack, and the maid led Zhou Jun in.
After passing through the courtyard and entering the hall, Zhou Jun saw packed books, calligraphy and paintings everywhere in the house, and sighed in his heart. It seemed that Song Ruo'e was really leaving Beili.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the rear compartment.
Song Ruo'e, who was dressed in commoner clothes and not wearing pink and white, was startled when she saw Zhou Jun, and then said, "Is Mr. Zhou back from Dongdu?"
Zhou Jun cupped his hands and said, "Song Duzhi."
Song Ruo'e frowned and said in a bad tone: "Don't mention the word "Duzhi" again. It doesn't matter if it's a name or a nickname, let's change the title."
Zhou Jun knew Song Ruo'e's temper, so he wasn't angry at all. He just called her layman.
Song Ruo'e responded and said: "If Mr. Zhou is here to find Jie Qin, she is not in the song today."
Zhou Jun shook his head and said, "I heard that the layman will leave Beili soon."
Song Ruo'e: "During the Shangyuan Festival, Zhong Lang came to Chang'an. Because he had to prepare for the Spring Festival, he did not meet with me, but only exchanged letters. The Spring Festival in early March was over, and when Zhong Lang passed the exam on the day when the results were released, he would
Take me to see Mr. Zhong."
Zhou Jun couldn't help but be curious when he heard Song Ruo'e say the word "Ji Di" and asked: "Why is the layman so sure that the Zhong family will be on the list?"
Song Ruo'e smiled slightly, but said another thing: "Does Mr. Zhou know how much my ransom fee is?"
Zhou Jun couldn't help but shook his head when he thought of Kitasato's astronomical ransom fee.
Song Ruo'e told Zhou Jun a figure, which shocked Zhou Jun. The former's ransom fee was even worth the annual tax of a county in Gyeonggi Province.
Seeing Zhou Jun's surprise, Song Ruo'e added: "The fake mother and I have always had a good relationship, and the ransom money has already been reduced a lot."
Zhou Jun was surprised and asked Song Ruo'e: "Did the Zhong family help you pay so much money?"
Song Ruo'e shook her head and said: "Does Mr. Zhou know the 'Xing Juan'?"
Zhou Jun nodded, and the candidates were asked to write a few poems and poems with outstanding literary talent, and then put them into the hands of the examiner to build momentum for the Spring Festival.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jun reacted.
He asked Song Ruo'e: "Is it possible that all this redemption fee is the income you earned from helping candidates write papers in the past?"
Song Ruo'e: "Yes, the writing fee for the manuscripts I write can range from a hundred dollars to a thousand dollars. If the candidate succeeds, a sealing fee that is ten times the writing fee will be charged. Now, Zhou Zuorang can understand why.
I said Zhong Lang should be able to pass this spring, right?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhou Jun finally understood that the article Zhong Jiazi wrote this time was written by Song Ruo'e. No wonder the other party behaved like this when he talked about passing the exam.
Have confidence.
After saying these words, Zhou Jun thought of the business of this trip.
He first bowed his hand to Song Ruo'e and said, "Jun has already read the script of "The Butterfly Lovers". It is really a masterpiece that will go down in history."
Song Ruo'e: "Both Jie Qin and I put a lot of thought into the script, so it's naturally rare."
Zhou Jun: "I came here to ask for the opinion of the layman and the general. If there are no more changes to this script and it is finalized, Jun will contact the wood carving workshop and prepare to print the book."
Song Ruo'e was stunned for a while after hearing this, and then said, "Just wait a moment."
After saying that, Song Ruo'e entered the room.
Just when Zhou Jun was confused, Song Ruo'e came out with the original manuscript of "Butterfly Lovers".
Spreading the book on the table, Song Ruo'e turned to the last page of the manuscript and said to Zhou Jun: "After you read the story, do you think there is something missing?"
Zhou Jun looked at the last page, which said that after Zhu Yingtai jumped into Liang Shanbo's tomb, the wind stopped and the rain stopped, a rainbow hung high, and Liang Zhu turned into a butterfly and danced in the world.
Zhou Jun said: "This is the end, what else is there?"
Song Ruo'e knocked on the book and said: "Weique! There is no tailque! No matter what storybook it is, at the end of the story, there will always be poems and songs at the end of the text, either to express emotions or to express aspirations. But this "
Butterfly Lovers", but there was no time to write the tail gate."
Zhou Jun also thought about it at this time. Most of the ancient Chinese storybooks will use a poem or a poem at the end of the whole book to refine the content and sublimate the plot. It is the highlight of the whole work.
at.
Song Ruo'e said angrily: "For the ending of "Butterfly Lovers", I and Xie Qin thought about a lot of articles, but they all seemed a bit ordinary when paired with it. It would be a waste of resources if we couldn't come up with a good ending for such a good storybook."
Zhou Jun frowned, paced back and forth in the room, and began to try to remember, what exactly was the end of the script of "Butterfly Lovers" in later generations?
After thinking about it for a long time, since "Butterfly Lovers" is not a history book and Zhou Jun has never memorized it, he really can't remember the end of the script of "Butterfly Lovers" in history.
After a while, Zhou Jun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he remembered a series of words that fit the occasion.
He walked up to Song Ruo'e and read slowly: "Ask what love is in this world, and you will learn how to make love between life and death."
Just hearing these two sentences, Song Ruo'e opened her eyes wide and sat there blankly.
Zhou Jun continued to read: "We are traveling from the south to the north, and the old wing has been to the cold and summer several times. It is joyful, but the separation is painful, and there are even more idiotic children. You should have words, and there are thousands of miles of clouds, and thousands of mountains are covered with dusk snow, only the shadow is going to whom."
"
Song Ruo'e woke up from a dream, quickly took out a pen, and added this last line at the end of the storybook of "Butterfly Lovers".
When she finished writing the last stroke, she couldn't help but stand up, hugged the original manuscript of "Butterfly Lovers", and cried and laughed: "It's done, it's done!"
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