Chapter 112 Jiangnan Weird Talk and 'Silver Screen Chrysanthemum'
"...Dong Zhizhang and I...can actually teach such students?"
After Su Wen left, Qian Haoran fell into deep self-doubt. But he soon became complacent: "Everything about Guan Dong Zhizhang... I'm the one teaching him, okay?"
Thinking that he has talented disciples like Qingsong, Qingbai, and Qingli under his sect, it is not unacceptable for Su Wen to be more unfaithful than several senior brothers.
After pondering for a moment, Qian Haoran went to the bookstore, preparing to look for some Taoist and Buddhist classics for reference. From Su Wen's insights on the study of mind, he could clearly hear that many of them involved Taoist ideas. As for Buddhism,
, it’s not that Qian Haoran hasn’t dabbled in it, he just feels that it’s too old-fashioned and not something that Confucian disciples should read.
"Well...take the essence and discard the dross...students all have this kind of awareness, how can teachers fall behind?"
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Since the Peach Blossom Banquet, Su Wen has not gone to the inner factory to order Mao for nearly two months, but the salary and benefits of the inner factory have not been reduced. Yan Duo and Gu Qingchen will come every ten days. The former comes to teach him some basic fighting skills.
The latter is here to test his learning results.
Gu Qingchen received orders from Nangong, so every time he fought with Su Wen, he tested Su Wen's combat skills in a close-to-actual combat manner. Su Wen was inevitably bruised and bruised.
But after Su Wen took the time to learn the fighting skills of extraordinary people from Qing Bai for a period of time, he found that in the battle with Gu Qingchen, he did not get beaten blindly, and even made Gu Qingchen go back with some injuries.
Su Wenjing was extremely restless and returned to the inner factory, only to find that everyone from Lao Liu to Yan Duo had a sad look on their face and was stumped by a murder case.
"The homicide case...when did the homicide case come under the control of the internal factory?"
Su Wen was very confused.
The authority of the Inner Factory is very high, but the Inner Factory is basically only responsible for matters related to extraordinary powers. Generally, criminal cases are handled by the government.
"The case handed over by the arrester at the governor's office said it was related to extraordinary power and they couldn't handle it."
Lao Liu piled a thick stack of files in front of Su Wen, including a thick stack of newspapers that smelled of inferior ink.
Su Wen's eyes were naturally attracted by the thick stack of inferior newspapers. He picked them up and frowned.
Good guy!
This is a tabloid called "Jiangnan Weird Tales". The paper and ink are of very poor quality. It is even printed with woodblocks and the handwriting is blurry. But Su Wen had to admit that as the time of publication of this tabloid went by, the use of
The paper and ink used have gradually become more sophisticated, and the quality of the latest issues has at least reached an acceptable level.
As for the content above, it’s all kinds of things.
There are family and country affairs, gossips about famous people, and some sensational and weird legends, or erotic and explicit stories about worldly affairs - and there are accompanying pictures. Although the carved images are terrible, it can be seen that the organizers really put their heart and ability into it.
Still can't keep up with their wishes.
"How come you have anything to do with a tabloid?"
Su Wen flipped through several issues and found that the newspapers were all about "Jiangnan Weird Tales". He picked up a file and asked curiously.
"Heh... take a look at the storybook below. Well, the title of the book is "Silver Screen Chrysanthemum"..."
Lao Liu looked helpless: "The recent murders are exactly the same as what is written above..." He sighed and said: "Speaking of this matter, it has something to do with your Qingshan Academy. What kind of newspaper should I run?
I don’t know how many unscrupulous people are following this trend. In the past half month alone, the government has investigated and punished 18 tabloids that spread rumors and were immoral. This "Jiangnan Weird Tales" was also the target of severe investigation and punishment by the government. But strangely,
The government searched for more than a month, but could not find the person who printed and distributed this newspaper."
"Wouldn't it be better to ask the newspaper seller?"
Su Wen was surprised.
If a newspaper wants to circulate in the world, it must have underwriting channels, and there must be many people distributing it. From bookstores with fixed stores, street vendors' stalls, and even newsboys hawking along the street, there are always some clues.
"No, no one on the market has seen this copy of "Gangnam Strange Tales" in circulation... This can only be seen at the murder scene..."
Lao Liu looked helpless.
"I see."
Su Wen finally understood why the yamen's arrester would transfer the case to the internal factory after he couldn't find any clues.
"Look at "Silver Screen Chrysanthemum" published in the newspaper..."
Lao Liu rubbed his eyebrows again.
"Start from the first issue...be careful. This is the only clue we can find at the moment. It won't work if you break it!" Lao Liu did not forget to remind Su Wen.
"All right……"
Su Wen picked up a copy at random and looked at the blood stains on it, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart. After hearing Lao Liu's instructions, Su Wen had to rummage through it carefully, starting from the first issue.
"Yin Ping Ju... Why does this book title feel so weird..."
Su Wen glanced at ten lines, and after reading the storybook, he let out a sigh of relief: "What a guy! Isn't this the world's version of "The Golden Lotus"!"
Although the storybook is different from the "Jin Ping Mei" that Su Wen is familiar with, the plot is similar. It tells a story about a high-ranking official in Dongguo and a group of women who had to tell a story about the 18th Forbidden Period. Among them, this high-ranking official in Dongguo,
The methods of bullying men and women and preying on the common people are even worse than those of Ximen officials.
but……
This "Yin screen chrysanthemum" is not a simple story about world affairs, but has a supernatural color and is very rich in karma.
Every time this high-ranking official in Dongguo would do something to bully men and dominate women, the final outcome would be that the high-ranking official suffered retribution, and all kinds of tragic retribution fell on him.
"What a beast..."
The tabloid only serialized twenty episodes of Dongguo's deeds, but Su Wen made a rough calculation and found that the official had had affairs with almost thirty people of the opposite sex. It was a proper stallion novel.
In the twenty chapters of the story, the officials of Dongguo died tragically fifteen times, thirteen of which resulted in the death of their families, and twice the whole family was wiped out; three times they repented, dispersed their family wealth, did good deeds, and washed away their sins. Twice
He did all the evil things, died on a woman's belly, and was reborn as an animal.
"Have you finished reading? Take a look at these files again."
Lao Liu pushed the pile of files in front of Su Wen.
Su Wen took out one of the copies, flipped through a few pages, and frowned.
Because he discovered that although the background of the characters in the dossier was different from that in the storybook of "Yinpingju", the things they experienced were similar. He was a big businessman who bought and sold porcelain, and he fell in love with the appearance of a street vendor who made a living selling fruit.
The beautiful wife, after trying to hook up with her, poisoned the trafficker to death.
But the dealer's brother was a gangster who made a living by selling illegal salt. When he heard that his honest brother had been killed innocently, he took a dozen of his gangers and broke into the merchant's house in the middle of the night and killed the merchant.
The entire family was killed.
The plot of the storybook corresponds to what happened in reality, except for the names and details.
At the scene of the murder, in addition to the bodies found lying on the ground and the brother of the trafficker who remained at the scene and surrendered, there was also a blood-stained copy of "Ghost Stories of Jiangnan".
No one knows who placed this newspaper at the scene. The dealer's brother was illiterate, so it was certainly not him. His accomplices also took the money and fled everywhere, and the merchant's family was all dead. Naturally, it was not him.
Can't get information.
The Yamen's police officers noticed from the beginning that the content of the newspaper serial was consistent with the case. They paid close attention to "Jiangnan Weird Tales" and organized a rigorous pursuit and arrest. However, for a period of time, nothing was found. Instead, more than a dozen unlicensed businesses were arrested.
Low-quality tabloids. As crimes continue to occur in various parts of Gangnam Province, "Gangnam Weird Tales" appears more and more.
By this time, there were already victims and the perpetrators had survived, but no one could explain the reason why "Gangnam Strange Tales" appeared. In their minds, they had never been exposed to this thing.
But unfortunately, the story written in the ghost story is almost the same as what they experienced.
Therefore, the governor's office decided that this was an extraordinary incident that was beyond their ability to handle, and that it had to be handled by professionals, so the case was transferred to the inner factory.
After the internal factory took over the case, Nangong didn't care much about it and directly became the boss and let Lao Liu take charge of the matter.
Lao Liu felt bitter in his heart, but he did not dare to say it.
It took a while to track down the matter, and Lao Liu had to admit that everything that happened was just as described in the storybook of "Yin Ping Ju", but the scenes and parties involved in all incidents were used by the internal factory.
I tried various means to detect it, but no extraordinary and strange power was found to be involved.
However... even a blind person can realize that this is a mysterious incident. There is no evidence to prove it, which can only show that they are incompetent. Fortunately, Nangong has been doing something mysterious recently. When asked about the progress of the case one day,
The sixth child is afraid that he will die.
Being punished is the next best thing. Lao Liu believes that "Gangnan Strange Tales" will continue to be released, and the script of "Yin screen chrysanthemum" is still far from being completed, which also means that vicious incidents may continue to happen.
"If this continues, things will not be easy to handle..."
After Su Wen flipped through the files, his scalp felt numb.
Each chapter of "Yin Ping Chrysanthemum" is an independent story, which means that the storyteller still has a lot of room for development.
Su Wen also discovered that the plots of the storybooks have gradually developed from family ethics and expanded the regional scope. In the latest storybook, a senior official from Dongguo fell in love with the land in a village and collaborated with the county magistrate to forge the land deed.
Shuzhu, seized thousands of acres of fertile farmland, triggered a armed fight, killed and injured hundreds of people. In fact, such a thing did happen, and it was Qinghe County where Su Wen did not go to during his last rotation.
The governor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, only to find out that it was related to this tabloid. The plot in "Yin Ping Chrysanthemum" clearly arranged all the people involved, and the governor was also afraid that this author would make the plot even bigger.
If a fire breaks out on him, or a big incident occurs, his career will probably be over.